English in Different Languages
Discover 'English' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
English
Afrikaans engels | ||
Albanian anglisht | ||
Amharic እንግሊዝኛ | ||
Arabic الإنجليزية | ||
Armenian անգլերեն | ||
Assamese ইংৰাজী | ||
Aymara inklisa | ||
Azerbaijani i̇ngilis dili | ||
Bambara angilɛtɛri | ||
Basque ingelesa | ||
Belarusian англійская | ||
Bengali ইংরেজি | ||
Bhojpuri अंगरेजी | ||
Bosnian engleski | ||
Bulgarian английски | ||
Catalan anglès | ||
Cebuano english | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 英语 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 英語 | ||
Corsican inglese | ||
Croatian engleski | ||
Czech angličtina | ||
Danish engelsk | ||
Dhivehi އިނގިރޭސި | ||
Dogri अंगरेजी | ||
Dutch engels | ||
English english | ||
Esperanto angla | ||
Estonian inglise | ||
Ewe iŋlisi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ingles | ||
Finnish englanti | ||
French anglais | ||
Frisian ingelsk | ||
Galician inglés | ||
Georgian ინგლისური | ||
German englisch | ||
Greek αγγλικά | ||
Guarani inglés | ||
Gujarati અંગ્રેજી | ||
Haitian Creole angle | ||
Hausa turanci | ||
Hawaiian pelekania | ||
Hebrew אנגלית | ||
Hindi अंग्रेज़ी | ||
Hmong lus askiv | ||
Hungarian angol | ||
Icelandic enska | ||
Igbo bekee | ||
Ilocano ingles | ||
Indonesian inggris | ||
Irish béarla | ||
Italian inglese | ||
Japanese 英語 | ||
Javanese basa inggris | ||
Kannada ಆಂಗ್ಲ | ||
Kazakh ағылшын | ||
Khmer អង់គ្លេស | ||
Kinyarwanda icyongereza | ||
Konkani इंग्लीश | ||
Korean 영어 | ||
Krio inglish | ||
Kurdish îngilîzî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئینگلیزی | ||
Kyrgyz англисче | ||
Lao ພາສາອັງກິດ | ||
Latin anglicus | ||
Latvian angļu | ||
Lingala lingelesi | ||
Lithuanian anglų | ||
Luganda olungereeza | ||
Luxembourgish englesch | ||
Macedonian англиски | ||
Maithili अंग्रेजी | ||
Malagasy anglisy | ||
Malay bahasa inggeris | ||
Malayalam ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് | ||
Maltese ingliż | ||
Maori ingarihi | ||
Marathi इंग्रजी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯍꯪꯂꯤꯁ | ||
Mizo sap | ||
Mongolian англи | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အင်္ဂလိပ် | ||
Nepali अंग्रेजी | ||
Norwegian engelsk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chingerezi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଇଂରାଜୀ | | ||
Oromo afaan ingilizii | ||
Pashto انګلیسي | ||
Persian انگلیسی | ||
Polish język angielski | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) inglês | ||
Punjabi ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ | ||
Quechua ingles simi | ||
Romanian engleză | ||
Russian английский | ||
Samoan igilisi | ||
Sanskrit आंग्ल | ||
Scots Gaelic sasannach | ||
Sepedi seisimane | ||
Serbian енглески језик | ||
Sesotho senyesemane | ||
Shona chirungu | ||
Sindhi انگريزي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඉංග්රීසි | ||
Slovak angličtina | ||
Slovenian angleščina | ||
Somali ingiriis | ||
Spanish inglés | ||
Sundanese inggris | ||
Swahili kiingereza | ||
Swedish engelsk | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ingles | ||
Tajik англисӣ | ||
Tamil ஆங்கிலம் | ||
Tatar инглиз | ||
Telugu ఆంగ్ల | ||
Thai ภาษาอังกฤษ | ||
Tigrinya ኢንግሊሽ | ||
Tsonga xinghezi | ||
Turkish ingilizce | ||
Turkmen iňlis | ||
Twi (Akan) borɔfo | ||
Ukrainian англійська | ||
Urdu انگریزی | ||
Uyghur ئىنگىلىزچە | ||
Uzbek ingliz tili | ||
Vietnamese tiếng anh | ||
Welsh saesneg | ||
Xhosa isingesi | ||
Yiddish ענגליש | ||
Yoruba gẹẹsi | ||
Zulu isingisi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In the Afrikaans language, "Engels" also refers to angels, and the phrase "Engelse vis" means angelfish. |
| Albanian | 'Anglisht' in Albanian ultimately derives from Late Latin, but also has a folk etymology tying it to 'angel' (angelëzi) |
| Amharic | The term "እንግሊዝኛ" can refer to the English language, people or culture, or even the United Kingdom itself, depending on the context. |
| Arabic | لغة إنجليزية أو انكليزية هي كلمة أعجمية اصلها انكليزي تعني بالإنجليزية language of the Angles. |
| Azerbaijani | The word 'İngilis dili' is also used in Azerbaijani to refer to the language of Scotland. |
| Basque | The word "Ingelesa" derives from the Basque word "ineles" for "island" and originally referred to the English people. |
| Belarusian | Англійская is the Belarusian form of English — it can be used for things related to England as well (like an |
| Bengali | "ইংরেজি" ("English") শব্দটি এসেছে "ইংল্যান্ড" শব্দ থেকে, যা অ্যাঙ্গলস নামক একটি জার্মানিক গোষ্ঠীর নাম থেকে নেওয়া হয়েছে। |
| Bosnian | "Engleski" in Bosnian also means "foreign" or "European". |
| Bulgarian | В болгарском языке слово "Английски" также может обозначать "английский язык". |
| Catalan | Anglès is derived from the Latin word 'anglius', meaning 'Angle' or 'English'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 英语一词源自于英语Angles，指来自德国西北部的一个部落，后来成为不列颠的主体民族，其语言也成为今天英语的源头。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 英語在英語中意為「英國的語言」，在漢語中則意為「英國的」「英國化的」或「歐洲的」 |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "Inglese" (English) also means "strange" or "odd". |
| Croatian | Engleski is also used in Croatian to mean 'English language' or 'English literature'. |
| Czech | The word “Angličtina” is also used to refer to the English language or to something related to England. |
| Danish | In Danish, "engelsk" can refer to a type of dance as well as to the language and nationality. |
| Dutch | The word "Engels" originally referred to the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes that settled in England. |
| Estonian | The Estonian |
| Finnish | Englanti also means "angel" or "angel's" in Finnish. |
| French | L'origine du mot « Anglais » vient du vieux néerlandais « Angleis », faisant référence au peuple germanique anglo-saxon qui s'est installé en Grande-Bretagne. |
| Frisian | The term Ingelsk likely originated from the word Ingvaeones, an ancient Germanic tribe that lived along the North Sea coast. |
| Georgian | ინგლისური refers to the language and culture of England as well as the wider English-speaking world and is derived from the Old English word 'Englisc'. |
| German | Im Deutschen kann "Englisch" auch als Farbbezeichnung für ein helles Rot oder Rosa verwendet werden. |
| Greek | Η λέξη Αγγλικά προέρχεται από την παλαιότερη λέξη Γλώγκλικα που σημαίνει 'γλώσσα των Γάλλων'. |
| Hausa | Hausa word borrowed from English, also used to refer to white people or Europeans. |
| Hawaiian | Pelekania is also a Hawaiian surname, and a type of gastropod shell. |
| Hebrew | The word "אנגלית" also means "Anglican" or "England" in Hebrew. |
| Hindi | The word "अंग्रेज़ी" (English) is derived from the Sanskrit word "अंग" (Anga), which refers to the ancient Indian kingdom of Anga. |
| Hmong | Lus Askiv derives from "Askiv," which means "American". |
| Hungarian | A "angol" szó eredetileg a "szász" népnév magyar változata, amelynek jelentése "a szászok földje". |
| Icelandic | It comes from the Old Norse word 'Englar' referring to an area centered on the Angeln Peninsula in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. |
| Igbo | The etymology of 'Bekee' is debated: some say it derives from 'Beeke' ('beak' in Igbo); while others say it's an evolution of 'Bigheri', a Bight of Biafra Pidgin English term for Europeans. |
| Indonesian | Inggris is also the name of a small town in the district of Indramayu in West Java, Indonesia. |
| Irish | Modernly, "Béarla" can colloquially refer to Irish itself, especially in contexts of Irish-language education or media. |
| Italian | The word "inglese" in Italian also has the alternate meaning of "groin". |
| Japanese | 英語 can also mean a type of fish or a flower in Japanese. |
| Javanese | "Basa Inggris" dalam bahasa Jawa juga merujuk pada bahasa Inggris Kuno. |
| Kazakh | The word "Ағылшын" also means "smart" or "knowledgeable" in Kazakh. |
| Korean | 영어 (English) was originally used in Korean to mean the language of angels (天使語) before acquiring its current meaning as the language of England. |
| Kurdish | The word "Îngilîzî" in Kurdish is a loanword from Persian ("Īnglīsī") and a calque of the Greek word "aggeloi" ("messengers"), ultimately meaning "speaker of a foreign language". |
| Kyrgyz | The word 'Англисче' ('English') in Kyrgyz is a loanword from the Russian language, where it is pronounced as 'английский' and has the same meaning. |
| Latin | The term 'anglicus' in Latin may also refer to the Angles, an ancient Germanic tribe that settled in Britain. |
| Latvian | The word "Angļu" is derived from the Old Saxon "angul", meaning "hook" or "barb", and was originally used to refer to the inhabitants of the Angeln peninsula in Germany. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "Anglų" derives from the name of the historical region of "Angeln" in contemporary northern Germany, from which the Angles originated and migrated to Britain. |
| Luxembourgish | "Englesch" also means "angelic" or, in older texts, "language of the angels". |
| Macedonian | Англиски could also mean "of England" or "a person from England", when used as an adjective. |
| Malagasy | The word "anglisy" in Malagasy, derived from the French "anglais," also has the alternate meaning of "Protestant" or "missionary." |
| Malay | "Bahasa Inggeris" can also refer to the English people or the English language. |
| Malayalam | The word "ഇംഗ്ലീഷ്" in Malayalam may have originated from Persia, where it means "belonging to a kingdom" or "noble". |
| Maltese | The term 'Ingliż' is derived from the Greek 'Englizi' and originally referred to the Angles, a Germanic tribe who settled in England. |
| Maori | Ingarihi is derived from the word "Ingarangi", meaning "land of the foreigners". |
| Marathi | The word "इंग्रजी" also refers to the English language or culture, regardless of its geographical origin. |
| Mongolian | Англи can also refer to the color grey, a small coin, or a type of small, cheap knife. |
| Nepali | The word 'अंग्रेजी' comes from the Persian word 'अंगरेजी' ('Angrezi'), which in turn comes from the Old French word 'Engleis' ('English'). |
| Norwegian | The word "Engelsk" can also refer to an angelic being or the language of angels in Norwegian mythology. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Chingerezi" can also mean "a person of European descent" |
| Pashto | The name |
| Polish | język angielski - nazwa ta pochodzi od plemienia Anglów, którzy zasiedlili w V wieku południowo-wschodnią Anglię. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Apesar do nome, Inglês vem do antigo alto-germânico Englez, que significa "ângulo", o povo que originou os ingleses. |
| Romanian | "Engleză" comes from the word "englezi" which means "people of England" in Romanian. |
| Russian | В русском языке слово "английский" также используется для обозначения представителя народа, живущего в Англии. |
| Samoan | The word 'Igilisi' is derived from 'Ingrisi' (English), which itself is derived from the Old English 'Englisc' (of the Angles, a Germanic tribe). |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "Sasannach" can also refer to a Lowland Scot or a Protestant |
| Serbian | The word 'engleski' is derived from the German word 'englische', which means 'English'. |
| Sesotho | The word Senyesemane may also refer to a white person. |
| Shona | The word Chirungu is also used to refer to the English language in general. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'ඉංග්රීසි' (English) may have originated from the word 'Angrezi', which was used by the Portuguese to refer to the people of England in the 16th century. |
| Slovak | The term "Angličtina" can also be used to refer to the language spoken in England as well as the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. |
| Slovenian | The name derives from the Old English word "Englaland" |
| Somali | The word |
| Spanish | El término "Inglés" en español tiene su origen en el latín "Anglus", que inicialmente hacía referencia a los anglos, un pueblo germánico que habitó las islas británicas. |
| Sundanese | The word "Inggris" is derived from the Arabic "Inggrīs", which in turn comes from the name of the Persian Gulf region, "Farsistan" |
| Swahili | Kiingereza derives from the word 'king', possibly a reference to the British Empire. |
| Swedish | The word "engelsk" in Swedish can also mean "angelic" or "heavenly". |
| Tajik | In Tajik, 'Англисӣ' originated from the name of a nomadic Turkic people, the Англиc, later assimilated into the Tajik-Persian speaking population |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "ஆங்கிலம்" is derived from the name of the Anglo-Saxons, a Germanic people who settled in England. |
| Thai | 'ภาษาอังกฤษ' (English) comes from the Old French word 'Engleish', which in turn comes from the Old English word 'Englisc', meaning 'the language of the Angles'. |
| Turkish | "İngiliz" kelimesi Orta Farsça kökenli olup "İngil" halkını ifade etmektedir. |
| Ukrainian | Англійська, англійський - похідне від назви германського племені англів, яке прибуло на Британські острови у V ст. нашої ери. |
| Urdu | انگریزی is also sometimes used to refer to the people, language, or culture of England. |
| Uzbek | "Ingliz tili" ("English") in Uzbek also means "the language of the English" or "the English language." |
| Vietnamese | "Tiếng Anh" also means "the sound of the English language". |
| Welsh | In older Welsh, 'Saesneg' could refer to the languages of all of the Germanic peoples who invaded Britain. |
| Xhosa | The term IsiNgesi (English) is also used to refer to Afrikaans. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "ענגליש" can also refer to the language of Jewish merchants known as Yiddish or Anglo-Jewish. |
| Yoruba | "Gẹẹsi" derives from a Yoruba word that refers to the British accent and way of speaking. |
| Zulu | IsiNgisi also means 'the sound of iron', from the 1800s interaction with missionaries who translated the Bible using blacksmithing imagery. |
| English | The term "English" is derived from the Old English word "Englisc," which originally meant "a member of the Angles," one of the Germanic tribes that settled in Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries. |