Afrikaans akkuraat | ||
Albanian i saktë | ||
Amharic ትክክለኛ | ||
Arabic دقيق | ||
Armenian ճշգրիտ | ||
Assamese সঠিক | ||
Aymara qhana | ||
Azerbaijani dəqiq | ||
Bambara jɔnjɔn | ||
Basque zehatza | ||
Belarusian дакладны | ||
Bengali নির্ভুল | ||
Bhojpuri सटीक | ||
Bosnian tačno | ||
Bulgarian точно | ||
Catalan precís | ||
Cebuano tukma | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 准确 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 準確 | ||
Corsican accuratu | ||
Croatian točno | ||
Czech přesný | ||
Danish nøjagtig | ||
Dhivehi ޞައްޙަ | ||
Dogri पक्का | ||
Dutch nauwkeurig | ||
English accurate | ||
Esperanto preciza | ||
Estonian täpne | ||
Ewe de | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tumpak | ||
Finnish tarkka | ||
French précis | ||
Frisian krekt | ||
Galician preciso | ||
Georgian ზუსტი | ||
German genau | ||
Greek ακριβής | ||
Guarani hesetéva | ||
Gujarati સચોટ | ||
Haitian Creole egzat | ||
Hausa daidai | ||
Hawaiian pololei | ||
Hebrew מְדוּיָק | ||
Hindi शुद्ध | ||
Hmong yog lawm | ||
Hungarian pontos | ||
Icelandic nákvæm | ||
Igbo ziri ezi | ||
Ilocano napudno | ||
Indonesian tepat | ||
Irish cruinn | ||
Italian accurato | ||
Japanese 正確 | ||
Javanese akurat | ||
Kannada ನಿಖರವಾದ | ||
Kazakh дәл | ||
Khmer ត្រឹមត្រូវ | ||
Kinyarwanda neza | ||
Konkani अचूक | ||
Korean 정확한 | ||
Krio kɔrɛkt | ||
Kurdish tam | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) وورد | ||
Kyrgyz так | ||
Lao ຖືກຕ້ອງ | ||
Latin accurate | ||
Latvian precīzi | ||
Lingala sikisiki | ||
Lithuanian tiksli | ||
Luganda -tuufu | ||
Luxembourgish präzis | ||
Macedonian точен | ||
Maithili सटीक | ||
Malagasy marina | ||
Malay tepat | ||
Malayalam കൃത്യം | ||
Maltese preċiż | ||
Maori tika | ||
Marathi अचूक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯞ ꯆꯥꯅ ꯆꯨꯝꯕ | ||
Mizo dik thlap | ||
Mongolian үнэн зөв | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တိကျ | ||
Nepali सही | ||
Norwegian korrekt | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zolondola | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସଠିକ୍ | ||
Oromo sirrii | ||
Pashto کره | ||
Persian دقیق | ||
Polish dokładny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) preciso | ||
Punjabi ਸਹੀ | ||
Quechua huntalla | ||
Romanian exact | ||
Russian точный | ||
Samoan saʻo | ||
Sanskrit परिशुद्धः | ||
Scots Gaelic neo-mhearachdach | ||
Sepedi nepagetše | ||
Serbian тачно | ||
Sesotho nepahetse | ||
Shona rakarurama | ||
Sindhi صحيح | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) නිවැරදි | ||
Slovak presný | ||
Slovenian natančno | ||
Somali sax ah | ||
Spanish preciso | ||
Sundanese akurat | ||
Swahili sahihi | ||
Swedish exakt | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tumpak | ||
Tajik дақиқ | ||
Tamil துல்லியமானது | ||
Tatar төгәл | ||
Telugu ఖచ్చితమైనది | ||
Thai ถูกต้อง | ||
Tigrinya ትኽክለኛ | ||
Tsonga kwatsa | ||
Turkish doğru | ||
Turkmen takyk | ||
Twi (Akan) pɛpɛɛpɛ | ||
Ukrainian точний | ||
Urdu درست | ||
Uyghur توغرا | ||
Uzbek aniq | ||
Vietnamese chính xác | ||
Welsh cywir | ||
Xhosa ichanekile | ||
Yiddish פּינטלעך | ||
Yoruba deede | ||
Zulu enembile |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "akkuraat" derives from the Dutch word "accuraat" and carries an additional secondary meaning of "neat" or "tidy" that is not present in the Dutch original. |
| Albanian | "I saktë" also means "straight ahead" |
| Amharic | ትክክለኛ can also mean 'certain' or 'sure' in Amharic. |
| Arabic | "دقيق" shares the same root with "ضيق" (tight) and "ضيّق" (narrow), and it originally meant "to constrict, to narrow". |
| Armenian | The word "ճշգրիտ" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*tek-", meaning "to shape, to fit". It can also mean "precise", "exact", or "correct". |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "dəqiq" derives from the Arabic "дақиқ", meaning "minute" or "precise". |
| Basque | The Basque word "zehatza" originally meant "sharp" in the sense of sharpness of the senses. |
| Belarusian | The word "дакладны" can also mean "clear and understandable" or "to the point" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | "নির্ভুল" (nirbhul) is derived from the Sanskrit word "vibhra". It means "without mistakes" and is also used in the sense of "correct", "exact", and "precise" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word "tačno" can also mean "punctual" or "on time" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The word "точно" can also mean "definitely" or "certainly" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "precís" also means "urgent" or "necessary". |
| Cebuano | The root word of 'tukma' is 'tukmang,' which also means 'target' or 'aim'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 准确 (zǔnquè) has the same pronunciation as 准绳 (zǔnshéng), which is used to express 'measurement standard'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "準確" (Accurate in Chinese) derives from the word "準" (Standard), which refers to a straight line or path. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "accuratu" can also mean "careful" or "meticulous." |
| Croatian | The term 'točno' can refer to exact time in Croatian, and has the synonymous term 'u pravi čas'. |
| Czech | Přesný derives from the Slavic root "*prěks", meaning "direct", "straight across", "cutting across". |
| Danish | The word "nøjagtig" is derived from the Old Norse word "nøgd", meaning "satisfied" or "exact". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "nauwkeurig" is derived from the Old Dutch words "nau" (narrow) and "keurig" (neat), referring to the careful attention to detail required for accuracy. |
| Esperanto | Precise comes from the Latin "precisus," meaning "cut off" and "exact;" in Esperanto, it can also mean specifically "to cut." |
| Estonian | "Täpne" comes from the Germanic word *teknô "sign", and also appears in words like "märk", "märge" and "tunnus" |
| Finnish | Tarkka may also refer to a small bird in Finnish, called the common redpoll. |
| French | In French, the word "précis" can also mean "concise" or "summary". |
| Frisian | In older Frisian, the word "krekt" was also used to describe something that was straight or correct. |
| Galician | "Preciso" in Galician also means necessary, indispensable, or urgent. |
| Georgian | The word "ზუსტი" (accurate) in Georgian is derived from the Arabic word "ضبط" ( ضبط), which means "to seize" or "to control"} |
| German | The word "genau" originally meant "thoroughly" and "completely" in German, and is related to the English word "genuine" |
| Greek | The word “ακριβής” derives from the Greek “α” (not) and “κρίσις” (judgment), originally meaning “not admitting judgment” or “indisputable.” |
| Gujarati | The word "સચોટ" can also mean "precise" or "exact". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "egzat" comes from the French word "exact" and retains its original meaning of "accurate" or "precise". |
| Hausa | The word "daidai" in Hausa can also mean "straight" or "precise" |
| Hawaiian | The word "pololei" can also mean "exact", "correct", or "straight". |
| Hebrew | The word "מְדוּיָק" (accurate) comes from the root "דיק" (accuracy), meaning to be measured or regulated. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "शुद्ध" originally meant "cleansed" or "purified" and is related to the Sanskrit word "शुध्" meaning "to purify". It later came to mean "correct" or "accurate". |
| Hmong | "Yog lawm" is a Hmong word that is used to mean both "accurate" and "true". |
| Hungarian | The word 'pontos' in Hungarian, meaning 'accurate', has its origins in Greek, where it denotes 'sea' or 'pathway across the sea'. |
| Icelandic | The word "nákvæm" in Icelandic derives from the Old Norse word "naukumr", meaning "perfect" or "faultless". |
| Igbo | "Ziri ezi" can also mean "good" or "right", and is related to the word "ezi" meaning "beauty". |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word 'tepat' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'sthāpita', which means 'established' or 'fixed'. |
| Irish | The Irish word "cruinn" can also mean "round" or "complete". |
| Italian | "Accurato" comes from the Latin word "accuratus," meaning "done with care". |
| Japanese | 正確, Japanese for "accurate," is made up of the two characters 正 (correct) and 確 (certain). |
| Javanese | The word "akurat" in Javanese can also mean "just right" or "precisely". |
| Kannada | The word 'ನಿಖರವಾದ' (accurate) in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word 'निर्गत' (nirgata), which means 'precise' or 'exact'. |
| Kazakh | The word "дәл" also means "precise", "sharp", "distinct", and "true" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | ត្រឹមត្រូវ is cognate with the Thai word |
| Korean | The Korean word "정확한" is derived from the Chinese word "正確", meaning "accurate", "exact", or "precise". |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "tam" is also used to refer to a measurement or a quantity that is complete or sufficient. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "так" can also mean "correct", "precise", or "exact". |
| Lao | In Thai, the word "ถูกต้อง" can also mean "correct" or "appropriate". |
| Latin | The Latin word "accuratus" originally meant "taken care of" or "done with care." |
| Latvian | "precīzi" ultimately derives from German "prezis", meaning “exact”. |
| Lithuanian | "Tiksli" comes from the word "tik", meaning "to aim at" or "to hit the mark". The word is also related to "taikyti", meaning "to aim" or "to adjust". |
| Luxembourgish | "Präzis" also means "precise" and comes from the French word "précis". |
| Macedonian | The word "точен" in Macedonian can also mean "punctual" or "precise". |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, “marina” also means “very”. |
| Malay | The root of 'tepat' means 'to hit a target' in Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, indicating its primary meaning as 'exact' or 'precise'. |
| Malayalam | The word "കൃത്യം" derives from Sanskrit and is found in many Indian languages to mean "accurate" but also "ritual" or "obligatory duty." |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "preċiż" ultimately derives from the Latin word "pretium", meaning "price", and came to mean "exact" or "accurate" through its use in commerce. |
| Maori | "tika" is also used in the Maori word "tikanga" meaning "customs" or "correct procedures" |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "अचूक" has its origin in the ancient Sanskrit word "अच्युत" with a different meaning -- "inflexible, unchanging, firm, unwavering" and is a near equivalent of the English phrase "not to be missed". |
| Mongolian | In Buryat Mongolian, “үнэн зөв” is specifically used when giving the correct answer to a question. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | In ancient Burmese, "တိကျ" also meant "true" or "real" and was sometimes used to refer to the essence or nature of something. |
| Nepali | "सही" also means "true" or "correct" in Nepali, but can also be used informally to mean "okay" or "alright". |
| Norwegian | The word 'korrekt' in Norwegian comes from the French word 'correct', which in turn comes from the Latin word 'correctus', meaning 'made straight or right'. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'zolondola' is also used in Chichewa to describe something that is correct, appropriate, or in accordance with a standard. |
| Pashto | کره (accurate) in Pashto originates from the Persian word "kordeh" which means "made" or "done" and is not related to the Persian word "kora" which means "blind". |
| Persian | The word "دقیق" comes from the Arabic root "دقق" meaning "to pierce" or "to make a hole". |
| Polish | The word "dokładny" can also mean "thorough" or "precise". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Preciso" originally comes from Latin word "prehendo," meaning "to seize, to grasp" or "to capture". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸਹੀ" also has the alternate meaning of "valid" or "correct" in Punjabi. |
| Romanian | "Exact" comes from the Latin "exactus," meaning "required," and also relates to "tax," because taxes were precise amounts due. |
| Russian | The Russian word "точный" can also mean "urgent" or "exact". |
| Samoan | The word "saʻo" also means "right" or "correct" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "neo-mhearachdach" in Scots Gaelic is derived from the Gaelic words "neo" (new) and "mhearachdach" (accurate), and can also mean "up-to-date" or "reliable." |
| Serbian | "Тачно" in Serbian has an alternate meaning of "at that moment" or "then". |
| Sesotho | The word "nepahetse" in Sesotho means "accurate", and also refers to a sharp stick or knife. |
| Shona | The word "rakarurama" can also mean "precise" or "straightforward". |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "صحيح" can also mean "correct", "true", or "healthy". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The term also means 'correctness', 'freedom from error', or 'certainty'. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "presný" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *prěsъ, meaning "straight, correct". |
| Slovenian | The word "natančno" in Slovenian also means "precisely" or "exactly". |
| Somali | The word "sax ah" in Somali can also refer to a measuring instrument or device for precise measurement. |
| Spanish | Originally, "preciso" meant "necessary" or "exact" and was derived from the Latin word "precisus," meaning "cut off" |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "akurat" can also mean "appropriate", "correct", or "precise" in English. |
| Swahili | The word 'sahihi' in Swahili can also mean 'genuine' or 'correct'. |
| Swedish | "Exakt" is rooted in the Latin word "exactus" meaning "requiring care". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "tumpak" can also mean "true" or "correct" in Tagalog, and is related to the word "tumpak" which means "exact" or "precise" in Indonesian and Malaysian. |
| Tajik | The word "дақиқ" in Tajik can also mean "short" or "brief". |
| Telugu | The word "ఖచ్చితమైనది" in Telugu can also refer to something that is exact, correct, or precise. |
| Thai | ถูกต้อง is an adjective used not only to say that something is accurate or correct, but can also be used to indicate that something is proper, appropriate, or reasonable. |
| Turkish | The word "doğru" in Turkish also means "straight" or "correct" and is related to the word "dürüst" meaning "honest" or "upright". |
| Ukrainian | The word `точний` is derived from the Proto-Slavic root `*tьkъ`, meaning "to hew" or "to cut off". |
| Urdu | The word "درست" in Urdu comes from the Persian word "درست", meaning "correct, right, or true". |
| Uzbek | The word "aniq" also means "exact" and "correct" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Chính xác" literally means "exactly right" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The word "cywir" can also mean "fair" or "just". |
| Xhosa | The word "ichanekile" in Xhosa has a secondary meaning of "straight or upright." |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, the word "פּינטלעך" also means "precise, meticulous, or conscientious". |
| Yoruba | The word "deede" is also used to refer to a type of drum or a particular dance step. |
| Zulu | The name is derived from the words "eni" (one) and "mbili" (two), meaning both first and second |
| English | The word "accurate" originates from the Latin word "accuratus", meaning "done with care" |