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 requetér.

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).
   • 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)

   The corporal requested reinforcements.

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

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.

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: 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: αἰτέω (aitéō)

• Hebrew: בִּקֵּשׁ (he) (biqésh)
• 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
• German: erbitten (de), ersuchen (de), bitten um
• Greek: ζητώ (el) (zitó)
• Hebrew: בִּקֵּשׁ (he) (biqésh)
• 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
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} demandar (es)

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
• pull request
• request for admission
• request for comments
• request for production
• request for quotation

 

Related terms

• require
• requirement
• requisite

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 (zajáŭka), 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 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
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍂𐍉𐌽𐍃 f (aihtrōns)
• Greek: αίτηση (el) f (aítisi), αίτημα (el) n (aítima)

  Ancient: 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)
• 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)
• 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: درخواست (fa) (darxâst), خواهش (fa) (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

  Roman: 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
• 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)
• 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 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
• 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.
• “request”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “request”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• quester

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
• Scots: request

References

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