recommendation

English

Etymology

From Old French, from Medieval Latin recommendatio.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

recommendation (plural recommendations)

An act of recommending.
That which is recommended.
A commendation or endorsement.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:advice

Translations

act of recommending

Catalan: recomanació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 建議 (zh), 建议 (zh) (jiànyì), 勸告 (zh), 劝告 (zh) (quàngào), 推薦 (zh), 推荐 (zh) (tuījiàn)
Czech: doporučení (cs) n
Dutch: aanbeveling (nl) f
Finnish: suositteleminen (fi)
French: recommandation (fr) f

German: Empfehlung (de) f
Hungarian: ajánlás (hu)
Italian: raccomandazione (it)
Japanese: 勧告 (ja) (かんこく, kankoku), 推薦 (ja) (すいせん, suisen), 薦め (すすめ, susume)
Portuguese: recomendação (pt) f
Russian: рекоменда́ция (ru) f (rekomendácija)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

that which is recommended

Catalan: recomanació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 建議 (zh), 建议 (zh) (jiànyì), 勸告 (zh), 劝告 (zh) (quàngào), 推薦 (zh), 推荐 (zh) (tuījiàn)
Czech: doporučení (cs) n
Dutch: aanbeveling (nl) f
Finnish: suositus (fi)
French: recommandation (fr)

German: Empfehlung (de) f
Hungarian: ajánlat (hu)
Macedonian: препорака f (preporaka)
Maori: kupu whakatau
Polish: zalecenie (pl) n, polecenie (pl) n
Portuguese: recomendação (pt)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

commendation — see commendation

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Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} recommandation (fr) f
Italian: ^{(please verify)} raccomandazione (it) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: anbefaling c

Nynorsk: anbefaling f

Romanian: ^{(please verify)} recomandare (ro) f
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} prȅporuka f
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} recomendación (es) f