Activity in Different Languages
Discover 'Activity' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Activity
Afrikaans aktiwiteit | ||
Albanian aktiviteti | ||
Amharic እንቅስቃሴ | ||
Arabic نشاط | ||
Armenian գործունեություն | ||
Assamese কাৰ্যকলাপ | ||
Aymara wakichawi | ||
Azerbaijani fəaliyyət | ||
Bambara baara | ||
Basque jarduera | ||
Belarusian дзейнасць | ||
Bengali ক্রিয়াকলাপ | ||
Bhojpuri गतिविधि | ||
Bosnian aktivnost | ||
Bulgarian дейност | ||
Catalan activitat | ||
Cebuano kalihokan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 活动 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 活動 | ||
Corsican attività | ||
Croatian aktivnost | ||
Czech aktivita | ||
Danish aktivitet | ||
Dhivehi ހަރަކާތް | ||
Dogri सरगर्मी | ||
Dutch werkzaamheid | ||
English activity | ||
Esperanto aktiveco | ||
Estonian aktiivsus | ||
Ewe nuwɔna | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) aktibidad | ||
Finnish toiminta | ||
French activité | ||
Frisian aktiviteit | ||
Galician actividade | ||
Georgian საქმიანობა | ||
German aktivität | ||
Greek δραστηριότητα | ||
Guarani mba'apo | ||
Gujarati પ્રવૃત્તિ | ||
Haitian Creole aktivite | ||
Hausa aiki | ||
Hawaiian hana | ||
Hebrew פעילות | ||
Hindi गतिविधि | ||
Hmong kev ua si | ||
Hungarian tevékenység | ||
Icelandic virkni | ||
Igbo ọrụ | ||
Ilocano aktibidad | ||
Indonesian aktivitas | ||
Irish gníomhaíocht | ||
Italian attività | ||
Japanese アクティビティ | ||
Javanese kegiyatan | ||
Kannada ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆ | ||
Kazakh белсенділік | ||
Khmer សកម្មភាព | ||
Kinyarwanda ibikorwa | ||
Konkani कृती | ||
Korean 활동 | ||
Krio tin | ||
Kurdish çalakî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) چالاکی | ||
Kyrgyz иш-аракет | ||
Lao ກິດຈະ ກຳ | ||
Latin actio | ||
Latvian aktivitāte | ||
Lingala mosala | ||
Lithuanian veikla | ||
Luganda eby'okukola | ||
Luxembourgish aktivitéit | ||
Macedonian активност | ||
Maithili क्रिया-कलाप | ||
Malagasy asa | ||
Malay aktiviti | ||
Malayalam പ്രവർത്തനം | ||
Maltese attività | ||
Maori ngohe | ||
Marathi क्रियाकलाप | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯕꯛ ꯊꯧꯔꯝ | ||
Mizo thiltih | ||
Mongolian үйл ажиллагаа | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လှုပ်ရှားမှု | ||
Nepali गतिविधि | ||
Norwegian aktivitet | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ntchito | ||
Odia (Oriya) କାର୍ଯ୍ୟକଳାପ | ||
Oromo hojii | ||
Pashto فعالیت | ||
Persian فعالیت | ||
Polish czynność | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) atividade | ||
Punjabi ਸਰਗਰਮੀ | ||
Quechua ruwana | ||
Romanian activitate | ||
Russian деятельность | ||
Samoan gaioiga | ||
Sanskrit गतिविधि | ||
Scots Gaelic gnìomh | ||
Sepedi mošomo | ||
Serbian активност | ||
Sesotho ketsahalo | ||
Shona chiitiko | ||
Sindhi سرگرمي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ක්රියාකාරකම් | ||
Slovak činnosť | ||
Slovenian dejavnosti | ||
Somali waxqabad | ||
Spanish actividad | ||
Sundanese kagiatan | ||
Swahili shughuli | ||
Swedish aktivitet | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) aktibidad | ||
Tajik фаъолият | ||
Tamil நடவடிக்கை | ||
Tatar эшчәнлек | ||
Telugu కార్యాచరణ | ||
Thai กิจกรรม | ||
Tigrinya ንጥፈት | ||
Tsonga gingiriko | ||
Turkish aktivite | ||
Turkmen işjeňlik | ||
Twi (Akan) dwumadie | ||
Ukrainian діяльність | ||
Urdu سرگرمی | ||
Uyghur پائالىيەت | ||
Uzbek faoliyat | ||
Vietnamese hoạt động | ||
Welsh gweithgaredd | ||
Xhosa umsebenzi | ||
Yiddish טעטיקייט | ||
Yoruba aṣayan iṣẹ-ṣiṣe | ||
Zulu umsebenzi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "aktiwiteit" is derived from the Latin word "actīvus", which means "active" or "lively." |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "aktivitet" also means "a thing that is happening" or "a state of being active" |
| Amharic | The word 'እንቅስቃሴ' ('activity') in Amharic comes from the word 'እንቅስḳሰ' which means 'to be active, to move, to shake, to tremble' |
| Arabic | "نشاط" can also mean 'liveliness' or 'vigour' in Arabic. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "fəaliyyət" shares its root with the word "fəal" which means "active; energetic." |
| Basque | The Basque word "jarduera" comes from the Latin "iactūra", meaning "loss" or "outlay". |
| Belarusian | "Dзейнасць" may also refer to a field of activity, occupation, or pursuit. |
| Bengali | The term "ক্রিয়াকলাপ" is also used in the scientific field of "kinetics", which refers to the study of the rate and mechanism of change. |
| Bosnian | Aktivnost is the Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian equivalent of the Russian word "aktivnost", meaning "activity" but also implying "social activity" or involvement in social causes. |
| Bulgarian | The word "дейност" is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "дѣти" (deti), meaning "to do". In modern Bulgarian, it has a broad meaning encompassing any type of purposeful action, including work, study, play, and leisure activities. |
| Catalan | The word "activitat" in Catalan derives from the Latin word "activus," meaning "energetic" or "lively." |
| Cebuano | The word "kalihokan" in Cebuano comes from the root word "lihok" which means "to move" or "to do something." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 活动 (huódòng) in Chinese can also refer to events or campaigns. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The character "動" in "活動" originally meant "to move" or "to shake", and can still be used in this sense in some contexts. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "attività" can also refer to a business or commercial enterprise. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "aktivnost" also refers to a form of meditation or contemplation. |
| Czech | "Aktivita" can also refer to a financial asset or liability in Czech. |
| Danish | The Danish word "aktivitet" is derived from the Latin word "activus," meaning "active" or "energetic." |
| Dutch | The word "werkzaamheid" can also refer to efficacy or effectiveness. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "aktiveco" also means "property" or "assets", deriving from the Latin word "activus". |
| Estonian | The word "aktiivsus" also denotes "activism" in Estonian, like in the sentence: "Aktiivsus on oluline kodanikuühiskonna toimimiseks" (Activism is essential for the functioning of civil society). |
| Finnish | Finnish "toiminta" can also mean "function" or "operation", mirroring its Swedish cognate "funktion". |
| French | The French word "activité" originally meant "energy" or "vitality", and is related to the Latin word "agere", meaning "to act" or "to do". |
| Frisian | The word "aktiviteit" in Frisian is derived from the Latin word "activus", meaning "active". |
| Galician | In Galician, "actividade" can also mean "skill" or "ability". |
| German | The German word "Aktivität" (activity) derives from the Latin word "actus", meaning an action or an active state of being. |
| Greek | The word δραστηριότητα (drastiriotita) comes from the Greek root δρα- (dra-), meaning "to do" or "to act," which is also present in other words such as δράση (drasi, "action") and δραστικός (drastikos, "effective"). |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "પ્રવૃત્તિ" can also mean "behavior" or "conduct", and is derived from the Sanskrit word "pravrtti", meaning "to engage in"} |
| Haitian Creole | It derives from the French word "activité" (itself from the Latin "agere"), and is cognate with the English word "activity". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "aiki" is also a noun meaning "work". |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "hana" also refers to a job or occupation. |
| Hebrew | In Modern Hebrew, the word "פעילות" (activity) also refers to a movement or organization, such as a political party or social group. |
| Hindi | "गतिविधि" is a Sanskrit word composed of गति (motion, movement) and विधि (method, way), and can also refer to speed or velocity in physics. |
| Hmong | ``Kev ua si'' is also an umbrella term for all sports, games, and competitions. |
| Hungarian | Magyar szó, jelentése latinból ered, és eredetileg 'szorgoskodást', 'munkásság't jelentett. |
| Icelandic | The word `virkni` can also mean `effect` or `consequence`, and is derived from the Old Norse word `verk` meaning `work` or `deed`. |
| Igbo | Ọrụ can also refer to a task, business, or trade, indicating the active or productive nature of the concept. |
| Indonesian | The word "aktivitas" in Indonesian also refers to the active form of a verb, as opposed to its passive form. |
| Italian | "Attività" is derived from the Latin word "actus," meaning "action" or "deed," and also refers to a business or commercial establishment in Italian. |
| Japanese | アクティビティ (activity) also means "event" or "social gathering" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, 'kegiyatan' derives from 'giyat' (diligence) and can also refer to the level of diligence or a lively atmosphere. |
| Kannada | While "ಚಟುವಟಿಕೆ" is most commonly used in Kannada to mean "activity," it originally meant "cleverness" or "intelligence." |
| Kazakh | The word "белсенділік" can also refer to "initiation", "proactivism", or "activeness" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | In Khmer, "សកម្មភាព" ("activity") also refers to a "sphere of activity" or a "range of action." |
| Korean | The word “활동” can also mean “movement,” “exercise,” or “operation.” |
| Kurdish | The word "çalakî" also means "playful" or "lively" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | "Иш-аракет" originally meant "work and effort" but now more broadly means "activity". |
| Latin | The Latin term "actio," meaning "activity," also carried legal connotations referring to a cause of action or judicial proceeding. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "aktivitāte," meaning "activity," comes from the French word "activité" which is derived from the Latin word "activitas," meaning "vigorous action." |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "veikla" is related to the verb "veikti", which means "to do" or "to act", and also has a broader sense of "work" or "occupation." |
| Luxembourgish | Aktivitéit can also mean a business or a company, especially when it is made up of a small number of people. |
| Macedonian | "Активност" е сродна на думата "акт" и "активен". Думата има и друго значениe - "имот". |
| Malagasy | Asa may also refer to a "group of people" or "family unit" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | "Aktiviti" can also refer to a particular event or performance, as in "aktiviti kesenian" (an art event). |
| Maltese | In Maltese, "attività" can also refer to a business or commercial establishment. |
| Maori | The Maori word "ngohe" can also refer to a gathering or meeting. |
| Marathi | "क्रियाकलाप" comes from Sanskrit and in Marathi it can mean both "activity" and "movement or motion" |
| Mongolian | The word "үйл ажиллагаа" can also refer to an undertaking, pursuit, or occupation. |
| Nepali | The term 'गतिविधि' comes from the Sanskrit word 'गति' which means 'movement' or 'progress' and 'विधि' which means 'method'. |
| Norwegian | The Proto-Germanic root of "aktivitet" is most likely *akras "a field": a place of intense "action". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'ntchito' can also refer to 'work', 'job' or 'task' and is derived from the Bantu root '-tchit-' meaning 'to construct, make or fashion'. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "فعالیت" can also refer to a particular kind of event, often one that is religious or ceremonial in nature. |
| Persian | The Persian word "فعالیت" derives from the Arabic root "فعل" meaning "to do" and in Persian it may also imply "effectiveness" |
| Polish | Polish "czynność" comes from Proto-Slavic word meaning "action"} |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "atividade" can also refer to a business, enterprise, or occupation. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਸਰਗਰਮੀ" ("activity") is derived from the Sanskrit word "सक्रिय" ("active, energetic"), and in some contexts can also refer to "agitation" or "excitement." |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "activitate" has a second meaning not present in most other Romance languages: "tax". |
| Russian | The Russian noun "деятельность" is derived from the verb "делать," meaning "to do" or "to make". |
| Samoan | 'Gaioiga' can also refer to an object's function or use. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "gnìomh" in Scots Gaelic also means "deed", "work", or "business". |
| Serbian | The word 'активност' is derived from the Latin word 'activus' meaning 'active' or 'agile'. |
| Sesotho | Ketsahalo derives from the root verb "tsahala" meaning "to play, to be happy"} |
| Shona | The word 'chiitiko' has a wider meaning, including 'diligence' and 'industriousness'. |
| Sindhi | In Persian, this word also means "leisure", "recreation", "amusement", "pastime", "play", "sport", "hobby", and "diversion". |
| Slovak | The word "činnosť" also means "action" or "function" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The Slovene word "dejavnosti" comes from a verb meaning "to do", and thus it has the same roots as the English word "deed" |
| Somali | "Waxqabad" is a Somali word with a variety of meanings, including "action," "work," and "project." |
| Spanish | "Actividad" derives from the Latin verb "agere" (to do or act), and also relates to legal "acts". |
| Sundanese | The word “kagiatan” can also mean “busyness”, “event”, or “tare”, depending on the context. |
| Swahili | "Shughuli" derives from the Arabic word "shughl" meaning "occupation" or "business". |
| Swedish | Aktivitet is derived from Latin actīvitās, meaning "a state of being active", and is related to the Latin verb agere, meaning "to do or act." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Aktibidad" comes from the Spanish word "actividad" and can also refer to a "project". |
| Tajik | The word "фаъолият" comes from Arabic and is also used in Uzbek, Kazakh, and Kyrgyz. |
| Tamil | நடவடிக்கை (naṭavaṭikkai) is not just an 'activity' but also refers to 'acting' in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The word "కార్యాచరణ" (kāryācaraṇa) in Telugu can also refer to a "practical implementation" or "action plan". |
| Thai | "กิจกรรม" derives from Sanskrit "kriya" (action) and also means "deed" and "occupation". |
| Turkish | Aktivite derives from French "activité" meaning "energy" and "action". |
| Ukrainian | The word діяльність is derived from the Proto-Slavic word дѣꙗ ( |
| Urdu | Urdu 'سرگرمی' also refers to 'entertainment' and originally meant 'preoccupation' in Persian. |
| Uzbek | "Faoliyat" is also used to refer to the process or state of being active. |
| Vietnamese | The word "Hoạt động" can also mean "function" or "operation" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The word "gweithgaredd" is derived from the Welsh word "gweithio," meaning "to work" or "to act." |
| Xhosa | "Umsebenzi" also refers to traditional beer-making in South Africa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "טעטיקייט" ("activity") shares its root with the German word "Tätigkeit" and the English word "deed". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "umsebenzi" can also refer to "work" or "job". |
| English | The word "activity" derives from the Latin "activus," meaning "quick" or "agile". |