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Pronunciation / Transliteration: chijimu
"セーターは熱い水で洗うと縮みます。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To become smaller in size, amount, or value.
"The sweater will shrink if you wash it in hot water."
- 1
A person who is a psychiatrist or psychologist.
"He decided to see a shrink to help with his anxiety."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'scrincan', meaning to wither, shrivel, or contract. It shares roots with Proto-Germanic words related to drawing back or becoming smaller, evolving through Middle English 'shrynken' into its modern general and colloquial senses.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Shrink" is said worldwide
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rétrécir
Transliteration: reh-treh-seer
"Le pull va rétrécir si vous le lavez à l'eau chaude."
schrumpfen
Transliteration: shroom-fen
"Der Pullover wird schrumpfen, wenn Sie ihn in heißem Wasser waschen."
restringere
Transliteration: reh-streen-jeh-reh
"Il maglione si restringerà se lo lavi in acqua calda."
encoger
Transliteration: en-koh-her
"El suéter se encogerá si lo lavas con agua caliente."
encolher
Transliteration: en-koh-lehr
"O suéter vai encolher se você lavá-lo em água quente."
सिकुड़ना
Transliteration: sikuṛnā
"स्वेटर गर्म पानी में धोने पर सिकुड़ जाएगा।"
收缩
Transliteration: shōusuō
"如果用热水洗，毛衣会收缩。"
줄어들다
Transliteration: jureodeulda
"스웨터는 뜨거운 물로 세탁하면 줄어듭니다."
縮む
Transliteration: chijimu
"セーターは熱い水で洗うと縮みます。"
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