expectation

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

P. προσδοκία, ἡ, P. and V. ἐλπίς, ἡ.

opinion, view: P. and V. δόξα, ἡ, γνώμη, ἡ.

contrary to expectation: P. and V. παρὰ γνωμήν; or use adj., P. παράδοξος.

beyond expectation: P. and V. παρ' ἐλπίδα, V. ἐκτὸς ἐλπίδος, ἔξω ἐλπίδος.

on the tiptoe of expectation: use adj., P. μετέωρος, ὀρθός.

Translations

Bulgarian: чакане, очакване; Catalan: expectació; Chinese Mandarin: 等待; Czech: očekávání; Dutch: verwachting, afwachting; Estonian: ootus; Finnish: odotus; French: attente; German: Erwartung; Gothic: 𐍅𐌴𐌽𐍃; Greek: προσμονή, προσδοκία; Ancient Greek: δόκημα, δόξα, ἐλπίς, ἐλπισμός, προσδόκημα, προσδοκία; Irish: dúil, oirchill; Italian: attesa; Japanese: 期待, 予想, 予期; Kurdish Central Kurdish: چاوەڕوان; Macedonian: очекување; Malay: jangkaan; Malayalam: പ്രതീക്ഷ; Maori: kawatau; Norwegian Bokmål: forventning; Nynorsk: forventning, forventing; Old English: wēn; Polish: oczekiwanie; Portuguese: espera; Romanian: așteptare, anticipare; Russian: ожидание; Scottish Gaelic: fiughair, dùil; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: очекивање; Roman: očekivanje; Spanish: expectación; Swahili: kusudio; Swedish: förväntan; Ukrainian: очі́кування; Zazaki: tesla