Action in Different Languages
Discover 'Action' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Action
Afrikaans aksie | ||
Albanian veprimi | ||
Amharic እርምጃ | ||
Arabic عمل | ||
Armenian գործողություն | ||
Assamese কাৰ্য কৰা | ||
Aymara luraña | ||
Azerbaijani fəaliyyət | ||
Bambara wale | ||
Basque ekintza | ||
Belarusian дзеянне | ||
Bengali কর্ম | ||
Bhojpuri कार्रवाई | ||
Bosnian akcija | ||
Bulgarian действие | ||
Catalan acció | ||
Cebuano aksyon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 行动 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 行動 | ||
Corsican azzione | ||
Croatian akcijski | ||
Czech akce | ||
Danish handling | ||
Dhivehi ޢަމަލު | ||
Dogri हरकत | ||
Dutch actie | ||
English action | ||
Esperanto ago | ||
Estonian tegevus | ||
Ewe nuwɔwɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) aksyon | ||
Finnish toiminta | ||
French action | ||
Frisian aksje | ||
Galician acción | ||
Georgian მოქმედება | ||
German aktion | ||
Greek δράση | ||
Guarani ojejapóva | ||
Gujarati ક્રિયા | ||
Haitian Creole aksyon | ||
Hausa aiki | ||
Hawaiian hana | ||
Hebrew פעולה | ||
Hindi कार्य | ||
Hmong ntawv | ||
Hungarian akció | ||
Icelandic aðgerð | ||
Igbo emereme | ||
Ilocano aksion | ||
Indonesian tindakan | ||
Irish gníomh | ||
Italian azione | ||
Japanese アクション | ||
Javanese tumindak | ||
Kannada ಕ್ರಿಯೆ | ||
Kazakh әрекет | ||
Khmer សកម្មភាព | ||
Kinyarwanda igikorwa | ||
Konkani कृती | ||
Korean 동작 | ||
Krio du | ||
Kurdish çalakî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کردار | ||
Kyrgyz иш-аракет | ||
Lao ການປະຕິບັດ | ||
Latin actum | ||
Latvian darbība | ||
Lingala mosala | ||
Lithuanian veiksmas | ||
Luganda okikolwa | ||
Luxembourgish aktioun | ||
Macedonian акција | ||
Maithili कार्य | ||
Malagasy hetsika | ||
Malay tindakan | ||
Malayalam പ്രവർത്തനം | ||
Maltese azzjoni | ||
Maori mahi | ||
Marathi क्रिया | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯕꯛ | ||
Mizo thiltih | ||
Mongolian үйл ажиллагаа | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အရေးယူမှု | ||
Nepali कार्य | ||
Norwegian handling | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kanthu | ||
Odia (Oriya) କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ | ||
Oromo gocha | ||
Pashto کړنه | ||
Persian عمل | ||
Polish akcja | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) açao | ||
Punjabi ਕਾਰਵਾਈ | ||
Quechua ruwana | ||
Romanian acțiune | ||
Russian действие | ||
Samoan gaioiga | ||
Sanskrit नामपत्र | ||
Scots Gaelic gnìomh | ||
Sepedi kgato | ||
Serbian поступак | ||
Sesotho ketso | ||
Shona chiito | ||
Sindhi ڪاروائي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කටයුතු | ||
Slovak akcia | ||
Slovenian ukrepanje | ||
Somali ficil | ||
Spanish acción | ||
Sundanese tindakan | ||
Swahili hatua | ||
Swedish handling | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) aksyon | ||
Tajik амал | ||
Tamil நடவடிக்கை | ||
Tatar эш | ||
Telugu చర్య | ||
Thai หนังบู๊ | ||
Tigrinya ተግባር | ||
Tsonga goza | ||
Turkish aksiyon | ||
Turkmen hereket | ||
Twi (Akan) anamɔntuo | ||
Ukrainian дії | ||
Urdu عمل | ||
Uyghur ھەرىكەت | ||
Uzbek harakat | ||
Vietnamese hoạt động | ||
Welsh gweithredu | ||
Xhosa isenzo | ||
Yiddish קאַמף | ||
Yoruba igbese | ||
Zulu isenzo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "aksie" derives from the Dutch word "actie", and also has the meaning of "share" or "stock" in a company. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "veprimi" is derived from the Latin word "actio," meaning "a doing" or "a making." |
| Amharic | The word "እርምጃ" also means "step" or "pace" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The word "عمل" in Arabic also means "deed", "work", "employment", "operation", "transaction", and "function". |
| Azerbaijani | 'Fəaliyyət' can also mean 'operation', 'activity', 'conduct', 'performance', 'function', 'effect' or 'influence' in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The word "ekintza" comes from the Basque word "ekin", which means "to act". The suffix "-tza" is a suffix that is used to form abstract nouns, so "ekintza" means "the act of acting". |
| Belarusian | In Belarusian, the word "дзеянне" ("action") also refers to a specific legal action or proceeding initiated by a party to enforce a right or redress a wrong. |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "কর্ম" (karma) comes from the Sanskrit word "कर्म" (karma), which in turn comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "*kʷer-m-," meaning "to make, do, or perform." |
| Bosnian | The word "akcija" can also refer to a special offer, promotion, or sale. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "действие" can also refer to a verb or the action of performing a task. |
| Catalan | The word "acció" (action) derives from the Latin "actio" and shares its roots with "actual" and "agency". |
| Cebuano | "Aksyon" is derived from Spanish "acción" meaning a lawsuit or legal remedy. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 行动 is also an important term in Chinese philosophy, referring to the process of transformation and change. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "行動" is composed of "行" (moving) and "動" (triggering); its original meaning was "to trigger a movement." |
| Corsican | The Corsican word `azzione` also means `fate` or `destiny` and derives from the Vulgar Latin `*acsione`, from the Latin `actiōn-, actiōnis`. |
| Croatian | The word 'akcijski' in Croatian can also mean 'special offer' or 'on sale' |
| Czech | In Czech, "akce" can also mean "discount" or "sale." |
| Danish | The Danish word "håndtering" can also mean "handling" (of goods), "management" or "operation." |
| Dutch | The word "actie" in Dutch can also mean "sales promotion" or "share in a company". |
| Esperanto | The word "ago" in Esperanto can also mean "past tense" or "before," similar to its use in Latin. |
| Estonian | The word "tegevus" is derived from the Proto-Finnic word "teko", meaning "to do" or "to make." |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "toiminta" (action) also means "function" or "activity". |
| French | In French, "action" can also refer to a share of stock. |
| Frisian | The word "aksje" can also mean "share" in financial contexts. |
| Galician | In Galician “acción” may also refer to a financial action such as a stock or share or an investment. |
| German | In German, "Aktion" can also refer to a fundraising or promotional campaign by an organization or company. |
| Greek | In modern Greek the word 'δράση' can mean not only 'action, doing' (opposed to inaction), as in ancient Greek, but it can also mean a 'performance, play', as in French 'action' or the English stage direction 'enter' and 'exit'. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word 'ક્રિયા' ('action') also means 'function' or 'verb' in a grammatical context. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "aksyon" in Haitian Creole also means "lawsuit" or "legal action". |
| Hausa | "Aiki" can also refer to a specific type of traditional Hausa wrestling. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "hana" also refers to an occupation, profession, or duty. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word פעולה derives from the root פעל, which means to do or make. |
| Hindi | Hindi word "कार्य" ("karya") also means "work" or "task" in English. |
| Hmong | The verb 'ntawv' is also used in idioms to describe actions that take place with a certain amount of force. |
| Hungarian | The word "akció" derives from the Latin "actio", meaning "a doing" or "a performing". |
| Icelandic | The word "aðgerð" can also refer to a surgical procedure or an arithmetic operation. |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the word 'emereme' also refers to a type of traditional performance that involves singing and dancing. |
| Indonesian | The word "tindakan" can also mean "measure" or "step". |
| Irish | "Gníomh" also signifies "deed, exploit, achievement" and in early Irish could mean "force, violence; power, authority, dignity, majesty." |
| Italian | The word "azione" in Italian can also mean "stock" or "share" in a company. |
| Japanese | The word "アクション" can also mean "reaction" or "response" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "tumindak" can also mean "to act, to do, to behave" |
| Kannada | The word "ಕ್ರಿಯೆ" also means "activity", "operation", "performance", "behavior", and "reaction" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "әрекет" (action) is also used to refer to a motion or gesture. |
| Khmer | 'សកម្មភាព' does not only mean 'action' but also can mean 'activism' or 'campaign'. |
| Korean | The word "동작" can also mean "neighborhood" or "district" in Korean, hinting at the interconnectedness of people and actions in a community. |
| Kurdish | The word "çalakî" in Kurdish also means "speed" or "agility". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "иш-аракет" derives from the Proto-Turkic "*iş-araq" and can also refer to "work" or "activity" in modern Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | "Actum" also means "decree" or "legal transaction" in Latin. |
| Latvian | The word "darbība" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *werb-, meaning "to turn, to move". |
| Lithuanian | The word "veiksmas" in Lithuanian can also mean "deed" or "performance" |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word 'Aktioun' derives from the French word 'action', but it can also refer to an activity or event. |
| Macedonian | "Акција" can mean "share" in the context of a corporation or "campaign" in the context of a marketing effort. |
| Malagasy | "Hetsika" also means something that is done for someone else as a service and for which nothing is expected in return. |
| Malay | The Malay word "tindakan" can also refer to a measure or step taken to prevent or remedy something. |
| Maltese | The word 'azzjoni' in Maltese can also mean 'lawsuit' or 'proceedings' in a legal context. |
| Maori | Mahi can also mean 'cause', as in the phrase 'mahi kai' ('cause for food'). |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "क्रिया" also has the meanings of a verb and a mantra. |
| Mongolian | The word "үйл ажиллагаа" can also mean "deed", "work", or "activity" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | कार्य can derive from the Sanskrit word 'karma' meaning 'deed', 'action' or 'work' and is cognate with the Greek word ' ergon' meaning 'work' or 'deed' |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "handling" can also mean "conduct, behavior, or operation". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja (Chichewa), the word "kanthu" can also refer to a "thing" or a "matter". |
| Pashto | In Pashto, the word "کړنه" can also refer to "a way of doing something", "a deed", or "conduct". |
| Persian | Persian "عمل" (amal) can be traced back to the Arabic root "ع م ل" (ʿ-m-l), meaning "to do, act, work" and has cognates in other Semitic languages, such as Hebrew "עָמַל" (amal). |
| Polish | In Polish, "akcja" also translates as "stock" or "share". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Açao" derives from the Latin "actio," with many meanings such as "deed," "activity," and even "share." This reflects the multifaceted nature of the word's usage in Portuguese. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਕਾਰਵਾਈ" (action) in Punjabi originated from the Sanskrit word "कार्य" (task, function) and has a secondary meaning as "proceedings" or "course of action". |
| Romanian | "Acțiune" also means "share", as in a share of stock (derived from French "action") in Romanian. |
| Russian | The Russian word "действие" (action) can also refer to an event, a deed, or a performance. |
| Samoan | The verb gaioiga can also refer to the act of fighting, or to an aggressive or boisterous person. |
| Scots Gaelic | In addition to its core meaning of "action", "gnìomh" also carries the meanings of "deed", "work", and "business" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The word 'поступак' can also mean 'procedure' or 'method' in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The word "ketso" in Sesotho can also refer to a lawsuit or legal proceedings. |
| Shona | The word "chiito" is commonly used to refer to an action or event, but it can also mean "a piece of meat" or "a debt". |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ڪاروائي" (action) is derived from the Persian word "کاروائی" (action, work, deed) and has the alternate meaning of "proceeding" or "course of action." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "කටයුතු" can also refer to "business dealings" or "official work". |
| Slovak | The word "akcia" in Slovak can also mean "special offer" or "sale." |
| Slovenian | The word "ukrepanje" can also refer to a physical intervention or a medical procedure. |
| Somali | The word "ficil" also means "deed" or "work" in Somali. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "acción" is derived from the Latin word "actio," meaning "an action, act, or deed," and is cognated with the English word "action." |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "tindakan" can also refer to a "performance" or a "ritual," reflecting its deep cultural and spiritual significance. |
| Swahili | The word 'hatua' also means a step in Swahili, reflecting the idea of movement associated with action. |
| Swedish | The word "handling" in Swedish can also mean "treatment" or "behavior". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "aksyon" ultimately derives from the Spanish word "acción", meaning "act" or "deed". |
| Tajik | The word "амал" is also used in Tajik to refer to the "method" or "way" of performing an action. |
| Telugu | చర్య also means 'behaviour' or 'conduct' and is derived from the Sanskrit word 'kriya'. |
| Thai | The word หนังบู๊ (pronounced "nàang bùu") also means "skin battle" and refers to movies with lots of fight scenes. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word 'aksiyon' (action) is derived from the French word 'action', which in turn comes from the Latin word 'actio', meaning 'a doing' or 'an act' |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "дії" originates from the Proto-Slavic verb "дѣяти" (dějati), meaning "to do" or "to act."} |
| Urdu | The word "عمل" in Urdu can also mean "work" or "deeds". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word “harakat” not only means “action”, but also “movement”, “stir”, and “excitement”. |
| Vietnamese | "Hoạt động" (action) comes from the Chinese characters "活动", which can also mean "movement", "energy" or "liveliness". |
| Welsh | Derived from the word 'gwaith' ('work') and the suffix '-redu' ('doer of'), 'gweithredu' can also mean 'operator'. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "isenzo" can also refer to a "deed" or a "performance." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "קאַמף" not only means "action" but also "struggle" and "fight". In addition to its literal meaning, it can also refer to a political or social conflict. |
| Yoruba | The word "igbese" can also refer to a type of dance or movement in Yoruba culture. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "isenzo" can also mean "conduct" or "performance", denoting the manner in which something is carried out. |
| English | The word 'action' derives from the Latin word 'actio' meaning 'act' or 'doing' and has the alternate meaning of 'a share in a company'. |