Synonyms: purchase, take over
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /baɪ̯/ |
| Hyphenation | buy |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑚𐑲 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐐺𐐴 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) buy | (I) bought |
| (thou) buyest | (thou) boughtst, boughtest |
| (he) buys, buyeth | (he) bought |
| (we) buy | (we) bought |
| (you) buy | (you) bought |
| (they) buy | (they) bought |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) buy | (I) bought |
| (thou) buy | (thou) bought |
| (he) buy | (he) bought |
| (we) buy | (we) bought |
| (you) buy | (you) bought |
| (they) buy | (they) bought |
| Imperative mood | |
| buy | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| buying | bought |
| Afrikaans | koop; aanskaf |
|---|---|
| Catalan | comprar |
| Czech | koupiti |
| Danish | købe |
| Dutch | afnemen; kopen; aankopen; inkopen; aanschaffen; overnemen; zich aanschaffen |
| English (Old English) | bycgan; ceapian |
| Esperanto | aĉeti |
| Faeroese | keypa |
| Finnish | ostaa |
| French | acheter |
| German | kaufen; einkaufen; lösen |
| Greek | αγοράξω |
| Hungarian | vásárol; vesz |
| Icelandic | kaupa |
| Italian | comprare |
| Latin | emere |
| Low German | koupen; köypen |
| Luxemburgish | kafen |
| Malay | membeli |
| Norwegian | kjøpe |
| Papiamento | kumpra |
| Polish | kupić |
| Portuguese | comprar |
| Romanian | cumpăra |
| Russian | купить; покупать |
| Saterland Frisian | koopje; sik koopje |
| Scots | coff; buy |
| Scottish Gaelic | ceannaich |
| Spanish | comprar |
| Sranan | bay |
| Swahili | ‐nunua |
| Swedish | köpa |
| Thai | ซื้อ |
| Turkish | almak; satın almak |
| Ukrainian | купувати |
| West Frisian | keapje |
| Yiddish | קױפֿן |