request

English

Alternative forms

• requeste (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English request, from Old French requeste (French requête), from Vulgar Latin *requaesita, from Latin requīsīta, feminine of requīsītus (“requested, demanded”), past participle of requīrō (“require, ask”), composed of re- + quaerō (“I seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). Compare to French requérir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkwɛst/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Hyphenation: re‧quest

Verb

request (third-person singular simple present requests, present participle requesting, simple past and past participle requested)

1. (transitive or with a subjunctive clause) To ask for (something).

   The corporal requested reinforcements.

   I have requested that the furniture be moved back to its original position.

   • 1979 December 29, Mitzel, “Dale Barbre's Murder & Related Matters”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 23, page 6:

     Copies of records of Spear's long-distance telephone calls (which had been requested by Norfolk County police from the telephone company)

2. (transitive) To ask (somebody) to do something.

   Synonyms: ask, bespeak, call for

   She called me into her office and requested me to sit down.

Conjugation

Conjugation of request

infinitive	(to) request
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	request	requested
2nd-person singular	request, requestest†	requested, requestedst†
3rd-person singular	requests, requesteth†	requested
plural	request
subjunctive	request	requested
imperative	request	—
participles	requesting	requested

^† Archaic or obsolete.

Synonyms

• desire

Derived terms

• nonrequested
• requestable
• requestee
• requester
• requestingly
• requestive
• requestor
• unrequested

Translations

to express the need or desire for

• Arabic: طَلَبَ (ar) (ṭalaba)

  Egyptian Arabic: طلب (ṭalab)

• Armenian: խնդրել (hy) (xndrel), հայցել (hy) (haycʻel)
• Belarusian: запы́тваць impf (zapýtvacʹ), запыта́ць pf (zapytácʹ)
• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: hagad (bcl)

• Catalan: demanar (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏔᏲᎯᎭ (atayohiha)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 請求 / 请求 (zh) (qǐngqiú), 拜托 (zh) (bàituō), 要求 (zh) (yāoqiú)

• Czech: žádat (cs), požádat (cs)
• Dalmatian: precur
• Danish: anmode, forespørge, indkalde (da), tilkalde (da)
• Dutch: verzoeken (nl)
• Egyptian: (dbḥ)
• Esperanto: peti (eo)
• Estonian: paluma, soovima
• Finnish: pyytää (fi), anoa (fi)
• French: demander (fr)
• Galician: requirir
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: anfordern (de), erwünschen (de), verlangen nach, begehren (de)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽 (aihtrōn)
• Greek: ζητώ (el) (zitó)

  Ancient Greek: αἰτέω (aitéō)

• Hebrew: בִּקֵּשׁ (he) (biqésh)
• Hindi: निवेदन करना (nivedan karnā)
• Hungarian: kér (hu), igényel (hu), kíván (hu)
• Icelandic: biðja (is)
• Ingrian: kyssyä, ampua
• Irish: iarr
• Japanese: 要望する (ja) (ようぼうする, yōbō suru), 要請する (ようせいする, yōsei suru), 求める (ja) (もとめる, motomeru), 頼む (ja) (たのむ, tanomu)
• Kazakh: сұрау салу (sūrau salu)
• Khmer: សុំ (km) (som), សូម (km) (soom)
• Korean: 부탁하다 (ko) (butakhada), 요망하다 (yomanghada), 요청하다 (ko) (yocheonghada), 요구하다 (ko) (yoguhada)
• Latin: petō (la), requīrō (la), poscō
• Latvian: prasīt, lūgt (lv)
• Lithuanian: prašyti (lt)
• Macedonian: барање (mk) (baranje)
• Malayalam: അഭ്യർത്ഥിക്കുക (ml) (abhyaṟtthikkuka)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anmode (no)

• Occitan: demandar (oc)
• Persian: درخواست کردن (fa) (darxâst kardan), طلب کردن (talab kardan), درخواستن (darxâstan)
• Polish: prosić (pl)
• Portuguese: requerer (pt)
• Quechua: mañay
• Romanian: cere (ro), ruga (ro)
• Russian: запра́шивать (ru) impf (zaprášivatʹ), запроси́ть (ru) pf (zaprosítʹ), тре́бовать (ru) impf (trébovatʹ), проси́ть (ru) impf (prosítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: iarr
• Spanish: pedir (es), solicitar (es), instar (es)
• Swedish: anhålla om, be (sv), bedja (sv), utbe sig, utbedja sig
• Tagalog: makiusap
• Thai: ขอ (th) (kɔ̌ɔ), ขอให้ (kɔ̌ɔ-hâi)
• Tibetan: བསྐུལ་བ (bskul ba)
• Ukrainian: проси́ти impf (prosýty), попроси́ти pf (poprosýty)
• Vietnamese: thỉnh cầu (vi) (請求), yêu cầu (vi) (要求)
• Zazaki: wazen, taleb kerden, waşten

to ask somebody to do something

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: طلب (ṭalab)

• Armenian: խնդրել (hy) (xndrel)
• Azerbaijani: xahiş etmək
• Bulgarian: моля (bg) (molja)
• Catalan: demanar (ca)
• Czech: žádat (cs), požádat (cs)
• Danish: anmode, bede om, forespørge, henstille (formal)
• Dutch: verzoeken (nl)
• Finnish: pyytää (fi), anoa (fi)
• French: demander (fr), prier (fr)
• Galician: requirir, pedir (gl), pregar (gl)
• German: erbitten (de), ersuchen (de), bitten um
• Greek: ζητώ (el) (zitó)
• Hebrew: בִּקֵּשׁ (he) (biqésh)
• Hindi: माँगना (hi) (māṅgnā), निवेदन करना (nivedan karnā)
• Hungarian: kér (hu), megkér (hu), felkér (hu), felhív (hu)
• Icelandic: biðja (is)
• Irish: iarr
• Korean: 요청하다 (ko) (yocheonghada)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: داوا کردن (dawa kirdin)

• Latin: rogō, petō (la), requīrō (la)
• Latvian: prasīt, lūgt (lv)
• Malayalam: ചോദിക്കുക (ml) (cōdikkuka)
• Mòcheno: pitten
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anmode (no), etterspørre

• Occitan: demandar (oc)
• Polish: poprosić (pl)
• Portuguese: pedir (pt), solicitar (pt)
• Romanian: cere (ro), ruga (ro)
• Russian: проси́ть (ru) impf (prosítʹ), попроси́ть (ru) pf (poprosítʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: iarr
• Spanish: pedir (es), solicitar (es), instar (es)
• Swedish: anmoda (sv), begära (sv), uppmana (sv), anmana (sv)
• Ukrainian: проси́ти impf (prosýty), попроси́ти pf (poprosýty), проха́ти impf (proxáty), попроха́ти pf (poproxáty)
• Urdu: دَرْخواسْت کَرنا (darxvāst karnā)
• Zazaki: gere kerden

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} inroepen (nl)
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} בקש (he), ^{(please verify)} דרש (he)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} chiedere (it)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} petere (la), ^{(please verify)} rogare

Noun

request (plural requests)

1. Act of requesting (with the adposition at in the presence of possessives, and on in their absence).

   Synonyms: asking, beseech, prayer, wish

   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     I will marry her, sir, at your request.

   • 1839, The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports:

     The promise that arises upon an account stated, is to pay on request.

2. A formal message requesting something.

   Synonyms: petition, postulation

3. Condition of being sought after.

   Synonym: demand

   • 1690, William Temple, Miscellanea. The Second Part. […], London: […] T. M. for Ri[chard] and Ra[lph] Simpson, […], →OCLC, page 49:

     I do not doubt, but many Great and more Noble Uſes would have been made of ſuch Conqueſts or Diſcoveries, if they had fallen to the ſhare of the Greeks and Romans in thoſe Ages, when Knowledge and Fame were in as great Requeſt, as endleſs Gains and Wealth are among us now; [...]

4. (networking) A message sent over a network to a server.

   The server returned a 404 error to the HTTP request.

5. (obsolete) That which is asked for or requested.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 106:15:

     He gave them their request.

Derived terms

• discovery request
• merge request
• multirequest
• pull request
• request for admission
• request for comments
• request for production
• request for quotation
• requestman
• subrequest

Related terms

• require
• requirement
• requisite

Descendants

• → Dutch: request
• → Japanese: リクエスト (rikuesuto)
• → Korean: 리퀘스트 (rikweseuteu)

Translations

act of requesting

• Afrikaans: aanvraag
• Arabic: طَلَب (ar) m (ṭalab), مَسْأَلَة (ar) f (masʔala), ضَرَاعَة f (ḍarāʕa)
• Armenian: խնդրանք (hy) (xndrankʻ), խնդիր (hy) (xndir), խնդիրք (hy) (xndirkʻ)
• Avar: гьари (hari)
• Azerbaijani: xahiş (az)
• Belarusian: про́сьба f (prósʹba), за́пыт m (zápyt), зая́ўка f (zajáwka), хада́йніцтва n (xadájnictva), патрабава́нне n (patrabavánnje), прашэ́нне n (prašénnje)
• Bulgarian: молба́ (bg) f (molbá), зая́вка (bg) f (zajávka), про́сба (bg) f (prósba), проше́ние (bg) n (prošénie)
• Carpathian Rusyn: просьба f (prosʹba)
• Catalan: petició (ca) f, sol·licitud (ca) f, requesta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 請求 / 请求 (zh) (qǐngqiú)

• Czech: prosba (cs) f, žádost (cs) f, požadavek (cs) m
• Danish: anmodning c, forespørgsel c
• Dutch: verzoek (nl) n, vraag (nl) f
• Estonian: palve, avaldus
• Faroese: umbøn
• Finnish: pyyntö (fi)
• French: requête (fr) f, demande (fr) f
• Georgian: თხოვნა (txovna), მოთხოვნა (motxovna)
• German: Bitte (de) f, Nachfrage (de) f, Wunsch (de) m, Begehren (de) n, Begehr (de) n, Ersuchen (de) n, Gesuch (de) n, Anliegen (de) n
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽𐍃 f (aihtrōns)
• Greek: αίτηση (el) f (aítisi), αίτημα (el) n (aítima)

  Ancient Greek: αἴτημα f (aítēma)

• Hebrew: בַּקָּשָׁה (he) f (bakashá)
• Hindi: निवेदन (hi) m (nivedan), अनुरोध (hi) m (anurodh), फ़रमाइश f (farmāiś)
• Hungarian: kérés (hu), kívánság (hu)
• Icelandic: beiðni (is) f
• Indonesian: minta (id)
• Italian: richiesta (it) f
• Japanese: 依頼 (ja) (いらい, irai), 要求 (ja) (ようきゅう, yōkyū), 要望 (ja) (ようぼう, yōbō), 願い (ja) (ねがい, negai)
• Kaitag: тилади́ (tiladí)
• Kazakh: бұйымтай (būiymtai), өтініш (ötınış)
• Khmer: សំណូម (km) (sɑmnoum), សំណើ (km) (sɑmnaə)
• Korean: 요망(要望) (ko) (yomang), 요구(要求) (ko) (yogu), 부탁(付託) (ko) (butak), 의뢰(依賴) (ko) (uiroe)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: داوا (dawa), تکا (tka), خواست (xwast)

  Northern Kurdish: daxwaz (ku), doz (ku), dawa (ku), rica (ku), tika (ku)

• Kyrgyz: өтүнүч (ky) (ötünüc), суроо (ky) (suroo)
• Latin: petītum n
• Latvian: prasīšana f, lūgšana (lv) f
• Lithuanian: prašymas m
• Macedonian: барање (mk) (baranje), молба f (molba)
• Malayalam: അഭ്യർത്ഥന (abhyaṟtthana)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anmodning m or f, oppfordring m or f

  Nynorsk: oppfordring f

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: دَرْخواسْت (darxâst), خواهِش (xâheš)

• Polish: prośba (pl) f, żądanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: pedido (pt) m, requisição (pt) f, requerimento (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਗੁਜਾਰਸ਼ f (gujāraś)
• Romanian: cerere (ro) f
• Russian: про́сьба (ru) f (prósʹba), запро́с (ru) m (zaprós), зая́вка (ru) f (zajávka), хода́тайство (ru) n (xodátajstvo), тре́бование (ru) n (trébovanije), проше́ние (ru) n (prošénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: iarraidh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мо̀лба f

  Latin: mòlba (sh) f

• Slovak: prosba f, žiadosť f, požiadavka f
• Slovene: prošnja f, zahteva (sl) f
• Spanish: solicitud (es) f, petición (es) f, instancia (es) f, pedido (es) m
• Sundanese: suhun
• Swahili: ombi (sw)
• Swedish: begäran (sv), bön (sv) c, önskemål (sv) n, önskan (sv) c
• Tagalog: paki-usap
• Tajik: дархост (tg) (darxost), хоҳиш (tg) (xohiš), илтимос (tg) (iltimos)
• Tamil: வேண்டுகோள் (ta) (vēṇṭukōḷ)
• Thai: การขอ (th) (gaan-kɔ̌ɔ)
• Turkish: istek (tr), talep (tr), rica (tr)
• Ukrainian: про́сьба f (prósʹba), за́пит m (zápyt), зая́вка (uk) f (zajávka), проха́ння n (proxánnja), вимо́га f (vymóha)
• Urdu: دَرْخْوَاسْت f (darxvāst), فَرْمائِش f (farmāiś), عَرْض f ('arz)
• Uyghur: تەلەپ (telep)
• Uzbek: iltimos (uz), soʻrov (uz), talab (uz)
• Welsh: cais (cy) m
• Yiddish: בקשה f (bakoshe)
• Zazaki: reca c, waştış m, taleb m

formal message requesting something

• Afrikaans: aanvraag
• Armenian: հարցում (hy) (harcʻum), հարցապնդում (hy) (harcʻapndum)
• Azerbaijani: xahiş (az), rica (az), təvəqqe, istək (az)
• Catalan: petició (ca) f, sol·licitud (ca) f
• Czech: žádost (cs) f
• Danish: ansøgning (da)
• Dutch: verzoek (nl) n
• Esperanto: peto
• Estonian: tellimus
• Finnish: pyyntö (fi)
• French: requête (fr) f
• German: Gesuch (de) n, Ansinnen (de) n, Antrag (de) m, Anfrage (de) f, Eingabe (de) f
• Hungarian: kérvény (hu), kérelem (hu)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: تکا (tka), خواست (xwast)

• Latvian: prasība f, lūgums m
• Macedonian: барање (mk) n (baranje)
• Plautdietsch: Aunfroag f
• Polish: wniosek (pl) m
• Portuguese: requisição (pt) f, requerimento (pt)
• Russian: запро́с (ru) m (zaprós)
• Scottish Gaelic: iarrtas m
• Spanish: petición (es) f, demanda (es) f, instancia (es) f, pedido (es) m
• Swahili: ombi (sw)
• Swedish: anhållan (sv) c, anmodan (sv) c, begäran (sv) c
• Tagalog: paki-usap
• Tamil: வேண்டுகோள் (ta) (vēṇṭukōḷ)
• Ukrainian: за́пит m (zápyt)
• Zazaki: waştış

condition of being sought after

• Armenian: պահանջարկ (hy) (pahanǰark)
• Bulgarian: търсене (bg) n (tǎrsene)
• Danish: efterspørgsel c
• Finnish: kysyntä (fi)
• French: demande (fr) f
• German: Nachfrage (de) f
• Hungarian: kereslet (hu), igény (hu)
• Macedonian: баран (baran)
• Scottish Gaelic: iarrtas m
• Swedish: efterfrågan (sv) c

message sent over a network

• Catalan: crida (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 請求 / 请求 (zh) (qǐngqiú)

• Finnish: pyyntö (fi)
• French: requête (fr) f
• German: Anfrage (de) f, Request m
• Greek: αίτημα (el) n (aítima)
• Polish: petycja (pl) f
• Spanish: petición (es) f
• Ukrainian: за́пит m (zápyt)

See also

• Wiktionary:Requested entries:English

Further reading

• request on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “request”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “request”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “request”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• quester

Dutch

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English request. Doublet of rekest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈkʋɛst/

Noun

request n or m (plural requests, diminutive requestje n)

1. (networking) request (message sent over network)

   Synonym: verzoek

   Stuur even een request naar die API. ― Send a request to that API real quick.

Usage notes

• Semantically and etymologically differentiated from rekest, which has an archaic spelling request (see Etymology 2 below); rekest (which is borrowed from French) is a general word for any type of request, whereas request (as borrowed from English) has a different pronunciation and is limited to computing contexts.

Etymology 2

See rekest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəˈkʋɛst/

Noun

request n (plural requesten, diminutive requestje n)

1. obsolete spelling of rekest

Middle English

Alternative forms

• requeste, reqweste, rekeyste

Etymology

From Old French requeste, from Vulgar Latin *requaesita; equivalent to re- +‎ quest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈkwɛst(ə)/

Noun

request (plural requestes)

1. A request or petition; a pleading or asking.
2. (Late Middle English) What is requested or petitioned for; something that is sought-after.
3. (Late Middle English) An adventure or heroic journey.

Descendants

• English: request, requeste (obsolete)
  • → Dutch: request
  • → Japanese: リクエスト (rikuesuto)
  • → Korean: 리퀘스트 (rikweseuteu)
• Scots: request

References

• “request(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-3.