Open

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Antonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.4 Transitive verb 1.4.1 Antonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Intransitive verb 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 See Also

English

Pronunciation

• AHD : ō'pən
• IPA : GenAm , RP /ˈəʊp(ə)n/
• SAMPA : GenAm /"op(@)n/, RP /"@Up(@)n/

Adjective

open (more open , most open )

1. Which is not closed; accessible.
2. Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
3. Receptive. (I am open to new ideas.)

Antonyms

closed, shut

Translations

• Bulgarian: отворен m, отворена f, отворено n, отворени plural
• Catalan: obert m oberta f, oberts m plural obertes f plural
• Dutch: open
• Esperanto: malfermita
• Finnish: avoin (1, 2, 3) auki (1, 2)
• French: ouvert m ouverte f, ouverts m plural, ouvertes f plural (1,2,3)
• Frisian: iepen
• German: offen , geöffnet
• Hebrew: פתוח
• Ido: Apertar
• Irish: oscailte
• Italian: aperto m, aperta f
• Polish: otwarty m
• Portuguese: aberto m, aberta f
• Russian: открыт m, открыта f, открыты m plural открыты f plural
• Spanish: abierto m, abierta f
• Turkish: açık

Noun

1. A sports event, i.e. the Australian Open

Transitive verb

to open (opens, opened, opening)

1. the action of making something accessible or removing an obstacle to something being accessible (e.g. opening a door to access the room behind it).
2. to bring up (a topic). (I don't want to open that subject.)
3. to prepare (an establishment) to conduct business. (I will open the shop an hour early tomorrow.)
4. To start (a campaign)

Antonyms

• close
• shut

Translations

• Bulgarian: отварям
• Catalan: obrir
• Czech: otevřít
• Dutch: openen , openmaken , opendoen
• Esperanto: malfermi
• Finnish: avata (1,2,3)
• French: ouvrir (1), (3), entamer (4)
• German: öffnen , aufmachen (1)
• Irish: oscail
• Japanese: 開ける (あける , akeru), 開く (ひらく , hiraku)
• Polish: otwierać (1, 3), podejmować (temat) (2)
• Portuguese: abrir (1, 3)
• Russian: открыть
• Slovak: otvoriř
• Spanish: abrir
• Turkish: açmak (1,2,3)

Intransitive verb

to open (opens, opened, opening)

1. To become open. (The door opened.)
2. To begin conducting business. (The shop opens at 9:00.)

Translations

• Dutch: openen (1,2), opengaan (1,2)
• Finnish: passive form of avata
• French: s'ouvrir (1), (2)
• German: sich öffnen
• Japanese: -が 開く(あく, aku)
• Polish: otworzyć
• Portuguese: abrir
• Turkish: açmak (1,2)

See Also

• open up
• opening
• opener