elapse

English

Etymology

From Middle French elapser, from Latin elapsus.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -æps

Verb

elapse (third-person singular simple present elapses, present participle elapsing, simple past and past participle elapsed)

(intransitive, of time) To pass or move by.
He allowed a month to elapse before beginning the work.

Several days elapsed before they met again.

Translations

(of time) to pass or move by

Arabic: مَرَّ‎ (ar) (marra)
Bulgarian: изтичам (bg) (iztíčam), изминавам (bg) (izminávam) (време)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 過去 (zh), 过去 (zh) (guòqù), 過 (zh), 过 (zh) (guò)
Finnish: kulua (fi), vieriä, vierähtää
French: se passer (fr), s'écouler (fr)
German: vergehen (de), verrinnen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: διαγίνομαι (diagínomai)

Italian: trascorrere (it)
Japanese: 過ぎる (ja) (すぎる, sugiru), 経つ (ja) (たつ, tatsu)
Korean: 지나가다 (ko) (jinagada)
Polish: upływać (pl) impf
Portuguese: passar (pt), transcorrer (pt)
Russian: проходи́ть (ru) impf (proxodítʹ), пройти́ (ru) pf (projtí), истека́ть (ru) impf (istekátʹ), исте́чь (ru) pf (istéčʹ), минова́ть (ru) impf (minovátʹ), ми́нуть (ru) pf (mínutʹ)
Spanish: transcurrir (es)
Swedish: förgå (sv), passera (sv), förlöpa (sv)
Vietnamese: trôi qua

Anagrams

asleep, please, sapele

Latin

Participle

elapse

vocative masculine singular of elapsus

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