Active in Different Languages
Discover 'Active' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Active
Afrikaans aktief | ||
Albanian aktiv | ||
Amharic ገባሪ | ||
Arabic نشيط | ||
Armenian ակտիվ | ||
Assamese সক্ৰিয় | ||
Aymara aktiwu | ||
Azerbaijani aktivdir | ||
Bambara walawalalen | ||
Basque aktiboa | ||
Belarusian актыўны | ||
Bengali সক্রিয় | ||
Bhojpuri सक्रिय | ||
Bosnian aktivan | ||
Bulgarian активен | ||
Catalan actiu | ||
Cebuano aktibo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 活性 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 活性 | ||
Corsican attivu | ||
Croatian aktivan | ||
Czech aktivní | ||
Danish aktiv | ||
Dhivehi އެކްޓިވް | ||
Dogri सरगर्म | ||
Dutch actief | ||
English active | ||
Esperanto aktiva | ||
Estonian aktiivne | ||
Ewe le dɔwɔm | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) aktibo | ||
Finnish aktiivinen | ||
French actif | ||
Frisian aktyf | ||
Galician activo | ||
Georgian აქტიური | ||
German aktiv | ||
Greek ενεργός | ||
Guarani kyre'ỹ | ||
Gujarati સક્રિય | ||
Haitian Creole aktif | ||
Hausa aiki | ||
Hawaiian ʻeleu | ||
Hebrew פָּעִיל | ||
Hindi सक्रिय | ||
Hmong nquag | ||
Hungarian aktív | ||
Icelandic virkur | ||
Igbo nọ n'ọrụ | ||
Ilocano aktibo | ||
Indonesian aktif | ||
Irish gníomhach | ||
Italian attivo | ||
Japanese アクティブ | ||
Javanese aktif | ||
Kannada ಸಕ್ರಿಯ | ||
Kazakh белсенді | ||
Khmer សកម្ម | ||
Kinyarwanda bikora | ||
Konkani सक्रीय | ||
Korean 유효한 | ||
Krio wok | ||
Kurdish jîr | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) چالاک | ||
Kyrgyz жигердүү | ||
Lao ຫ້າວຫັນ | ||
Latin active | ||
Latvian aktīvs | ||
Lingala esalaka | ||
Lithuanian aktyvus | ||
Luganda obunyiikivu | ||
Luxembourgish aktiv | ||
Macedonian активен | ||
Maithili चुस्त | ||
Malagasy active | ||
Malay aktif | ||
Malayalam സജീവമാണ് | ||
Maltese attiv | ||
Maori hohe | ||
Marathi सक्रिय | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯋꯥꯏ ꯌꯥꯎꯕ | ||
Mizo harhvang | ||
Mongolian идэвхтэй | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တက်ကြွ | ||
Nepali सक्रिय | ||
Norwegian aktiv | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) yogwira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସକ୍ରିୟ | ||
Oromo si'aawaa | ||
Pashto چارنده | ||
Persian فعال | ||
Polish aktywny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) ativo | ||
Punjabi ਸਰਗਰਮ | ||
Quechua kawsaq | ||
Romanian activ | ||
Russian активный | ||
Samoan toaga | ||
Sanskrit सक्रियं | ||
Scots Gaelic gnìomhach | ||
Sepedi mafolofolo | ||
Serbian активан | ||
Sesotho mafolofolo | ||
Shona kushingaira | ||
Sindhi فعال | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සක්රීයයි | ||
Slovak aktívny | ||
Slovenian aktivno | ||
Somali firfircoon | ||
Spanish activo | ||
Sundanese aktip | ||
Swahili hai | ||
Swedish aktiva | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) aktibo | ||
Tajik фаъол | ||
Tamil செயலில் | ||
Tatar актив | ||
Telugu చురుకుగా | ||
Thai คล่องแคล่ว | ||
Tigrinya ንቑሕ | ||
Tsonga hanya | ||
Turkish aktif | ||
Turkmen işjeň | ||
Twi (Akan) asɔ | ||
Ukrainian активний | ||
Urdu فعال | ||
Uyghur ئاكتىپ | ||
Uzbek faol | ||
Vietnamese hoạt động | ||
Welsh gweithredol | ||
Xhosa esebenzayo | ||
Yiddish אַקטיוו | ||
Yoruba ti nṣiṣe lọwọ | ||
Zulu iyasebenza |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "aktief" comes from the Latin word "actus" and originally meant "action" or "activity". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "aktiv" is derived from the Latin word "activus". In addition to its meaning of "active", "aktiv" can also mean "property" or "assets". |
| Amharic | The word 'ገባሪ' can also mean 'enterprising' or 'aggressive'. |
| Arabic | نشيط is also used to refer to someone or something that is 'vigorous', 'spirited', or 'lively'. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "ակտիվ" derives from the Latin "activus" and also means "positive, optimistic". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "aktivdir" in Azeri is derived from the Arabic word "aktif", which means "in force, valid, operative", and also refers to a person who actively participates in an event or organization. |
| Basque | In Basque the word "aktiboa" also means "active voice" in grammar. |
| Belarusian | The word "актыўны" can also mean "lively" or "energetic" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | "সক্রিয়" can also mean "efficient" or "industrious" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | "Aktivan" is a loanword from German "aktiv", meaning "energetic" or "lively" |
| Bulgarian | The word "активен" is derived from the Latin word "activus", meaning "doing" or "acting" and in Bulgarian it can also mean "lively" or "spirited". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "actiu" can also mean "asset" or "stock" in financial contexts. |
| Cebuano | The word 'aktibo' in Cebuano comes from the Spanish word 'activo', which means 'active' or 'diligent'. It can also be used to describe something that is 'in use' or 'functioning'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "活性" is also used in chemistry to describe the chemical activity of a substance. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 活性 in Chinese can also mean "energy" or "effectiveness." |
| Corsican | Corsican "attivu" derives from the Italian word "attivo" but can also mean "positive" or "proactive". |
| Croatian | The word "aktivan" can also mean "agile" or "flexible" in Croatian. |
| Czech | The word "aktivní" (active) in Czech is derived from the Latin "activus", which originally meant "ready for action or service". |
| Danish | The word “aktiv” in Danish can also mean an asset or an income source. |
| Dutch | "Actief" can also mean "share" in the sense of a company stock or bond. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "aktiva" is derived from the Latin word "agere" meaning "to do" and "to act". |
| Estonian | The word "aktiivne" in Estonian can also mean "energetic" or "lively". |
| Finnish | In Finnish, "aktiivinen" also signifies being on the offensive in sports or war. |
| French | The French word 'actif' originated in Latin, and is related to 'actum' (done) and 'agere' (to do), thus referring to something currently happening, active or operational. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "aktyf" also means "capable" or "efficient". |
| Galician | In Galician, the word "activo" also means "property" or "capital". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "აქტიური" is derived from the Latin word "agere," meaning "to do" or "to act." |
| German | The word "aktiv" is derived from Latin "actus" and can also mean "asset" or "property". |
| Greek | The Greek word "ενεργός" is derived from the root "ενεργ-," meaning "to work" or "to produce," and is related to the word "έργον" (work). |
| Gujarati | સક્રિય (Sakriya) originates from Sanskrit 'sakria' (meaning 'capable' or 'powerful') and can also refer to a 'working capital' in financial contexts. |
| Haitian Creole | The word 'aktif' also means 'in good health' in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | The word 'aiki' can also mean 'action', 'movement', or 'energy'. |
| Hawaiian | The term 'eleu (or in older spelling 'elelu) is cognate to the Tahitian word 'areu 'awake, lively', and the Maori 'ere". |
| Hebrew | Originally, פָּעִיל meant "capable of speaking". |
| Hindi | सक्रिय can also mean 'lively' or 'agile'. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "nquag" can also mean "in heat" |
| Hungarian | 'Aktív' ('active') has the same root as 'akció' ('action'). |
| Icelandic | The word "virkur" in Icelandic also means "effective" or "efficacious". |
| Igbo | "Nọ n'ọrụ" also means "to be in office" or to "perform a task"} |
| Indonesian | "Aktif" is a borrowed word from Arabic meaning "to be present" or "to be in a state of doing something." |
| Italian | In Italian, "attivo" can also mean "asset". |
| Japanese | The word "アクティブ" in Japanese has Chinese roots, meaning "quick, vigorous, or energetic" and "positive, lively, or enthusiastic." |
| Javanese | The etymology of "aktif" in Javanese is uncertain, but some scholars believe it is related to the Javanese word "aktipati" meaning "action". |
| Kannada | ಸಕ್ರಿಯ refers to a state of being active or engaged in an activity, and can also mean 'energetic' or 'vigorous'. |
| Kazakh | The word "белсенді" can also mean "energetic" or "proactive" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | សកម្ម means 'active' but can also refer to a state of being awake or alert. |
| Korean | In addition to its primary meaning of "active," 유효한 can also mean "valid" or "effective." |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "jîr" is also used to describe a person or animal that is agile, lively, or energetic. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "жигердүү" can be etymologically linked to the word "жигер" or "liver," suggesting a connotation of "having the strength of a liver". |
| Lao | The root of the Lao word “ຫ້າວຫັນ” which means “active”, also shows up in “ຫ້າວ” (“to eat, chew”) and is related to an ancient Tai word which referred to the “action of a beast in seizing its prey” and “vigorous, intense action.” |
| Latin | The Latin word "activus" comes from "agere" meaning "to do" and refers to a state of being or doing, rather than a quality of being or doing. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word “aktīvs” shares its root with the verb “aktēt” which means “to act”. This verb is further related to the words “aktīvs” (meaning “asset”) and “aktieris” (which means “actor”). |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, "aktyvus" can refer to being active or to having assets. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "aktiv" is also used in Luxembourgish to refer to a person who is a member of a political party or other organization. |
| Macedonian | The word "активен" can also mean "diligent", "energetic", or "busy" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, "active" can also mean "busy", "diligent", or "hardworking". |
| Malay | The Malay word "aktif" comes from the Arabic word "nafs", meaning "self" or "soul", and ultimately derives from the Proto-Semitic root *n-p-š, meaning "to breathe". |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "സജീവമാണ്" can also refer to agility, alertness, or quick-wittedness. |
| Maltese | The root word "atto" refers to activity in multiple Mediterranean languages; it also implies a connection to work (attribuire = give work) in Italian. |
| Maori | The Maori word "hohe" may also refer to a sense of pride or eagerness. |
| Marathi | "सक्रिय" can also mean "active ingredient" or "current account" in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The word "идэвхтэй" is derived from the Mongolian word "ид" which means "work". The word "идэвхтэй" can also mean "diligent", "industrious", or "energetic". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | In the Burmese language, the word "တက်ကြွ" ("active") derived from the Proto-Burushaski word *tɔq, meaning "to run, to jump." |
| Nepali | The word "सक्रिय" is derived from the Sanskrit word "क्रिया" (kriya), meaning "action" or "deed". It can also mean "energetic" or "vigorous". |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "aktiv" can also refer to assets or financial investments. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "yogwira" in Nyanja (Chichewa) is derived from the Proto-Bantu root "-gwil-," meaning "to do, act, or work." |
| Pashto | The word “چارنده” literally means 'the one which grazes' in Pashto. |
| Persian | In Persian, "فعال" not only means "active" but also refers to a noun meaning "doer" or "agent". |
| Polish | The Polish noun 'akta' (meaning 'documents' or 'files') originates from the Proto-Indo-European root '*h₃ak-' (meaning 'to possess' or 'to hold'), a fact reflected by the semantic evolution of the word 'aktywny'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "ativo" can also mean "asset" or "liability" in accounting. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸਰਗਰਮ" ("active") in Punjabi originates from the Sanskrit word "सक्रिय" ("active") and is related to the word "सर्ग" ("creation"). |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "activ" is derived from the Latin word "activus", meaning "in motion". It can also refer to someone who is engaged in a particular activity or cause. |
| Russian | The term "активный" (active) comes from the Latin word "activus" which means "acting, doing, stirring, busy, nimble." |
| Samoan | Toaga, meaning 'active' in Samoan, also relates to the concept of 'being awake', 'bright' or 'shining' |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "gnìomhach" is likely derived from the Proto-Indo-European words "dʰeh₃-" and "ǵʰno-," meaning "to put" and "to strike". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "активан" comes from the Latin word "agere" (to do) and also means "current" or "present". |
| Sesotho | The word 'mafolofolo' in Sesotho can also mean 'a person who talks a lot' or 'a person who is always moving'. |
| Shona | The word "kushingaira" can also mean "to strive" or "to make an effort." |
| Sindhi | The word "فعال" in Sindhi also means "current" or "present". |
| Slovak | The word "aktívny" comes from the Latin word "agere," meaning "to do" or "to act." |
| Slovenian | The word "aktivno" can also mean "positively" or "energetically" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | "Firfircoon" in Somali means "active," but it can also refer to a "lively" or "energetic" person. |
| Spanish | The word "activo" can also mean "asset" in Spanish, referring to a valuable resource or property. |
| Sundanese | The word 'aktip' (active) also means 'diligent' in the Sundanese language. |
| Swahili | The word "hai" in Swahili can also mean "there is" or "there are". |
| Swedish | The word "aktiva" in Swedish can also refer to assets or financial liabilities. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "aktibo" can also mean "capital" or "assets" in Tagalog. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "фаъол" can also refer to a noun that means "an action". |
| Tamil | "செயலில்" derives from the root word "செயல்" ("action") and signifies "in action," "engaged in an activity," or "dynamic." |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "చురుకుగా" is said to have originated from the Tamil word "சுறுசுறுப்பாக" or the Prakrit word "curucka," both of which mean "active" or "nimble." |
| Thai | คล่องแคล่ว comes from the root "คล่อง" (nimble, agile) and "แคล่ว" (quick, swift). |
| Turkish | "Aktif" also means "current asset" in accounting. |
| Ukrainian | The word 'активний' can also refer to 'lively' or 'energetic' in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | The word "فعال" comes from the Arabic root word "فعل" which means "to do" or "to act", and can also mean "agent" or "doer" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | Faol also means "hard-working" in Turkish and means "useful" and "efficient" in Persian and Arabic. |
| Vietnamese | The word "hoạt động" in Vietnamese can also mean "operation" or "movement." |
| Welsh | The word "gweithredol" is derived from "gweithred," meaning "action" or "deed," and the suffix "-ol," which denotes activity or state. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word 'esebenzayo' is also used to describe something that is 'effective' or 'efficient'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word “אַקטיוו” or “akṭiv” is a direct borrowing from the Latin word “activus” and the German word “aktiv”. |
| Yoruba | The word "ti nṣiṣe lọwọ" is a compound word derived from the words "nṣiṣe" (action) and "lọwọ" (at hand), meaning literally "that which is being done by hand". This phrase is most commonly used to describe an individual or group that is actively engaged in a task or project. |
| Zulu | The word "iyasebenza" (active) also means "self-working" or "automatic" in Zulu. |
| English | The word "active" derives from the Latin "agere," meaning "to do" or "to drive." |