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Afrikaans
voeg by
Albanian
shtoni
Amharic
ጨምር
Arabic
أضف
Armenian
ավելացնել
Assamese
যোগ কৰা
Aymara
yapxataña
Azerbaijani
əlavə et
Bambara
ka fara kan
Basque
gehitu
Belarusian
дадаць
Bengali
যোগ করুন
Bhojpuri
जोड़ल
Bosnian
dodati
Bulgarian
добавете
Catalan
afegir
Cebuano
dugangi
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Corsican
aghjunghje
Croatian
dodati
Czech
přidat
Danish
tilføje
Dhivehi
އެއްކުރުން
Dogri
जोड़ करना
Dutch
toevoegen
English
add
Esperanto
aldonu
Estonian
lisama
Ewe
kpee ɖe eŋu
Filipino (Tagalog)
idagdag
Finnish
lisätä
French
ajouter
Frisian
tafoegje
Galician
engadir
Georgian
დაამატე
German
hinzufügen
Greek
προσθήκη
Guarani
moinge
Gujarati
ઉમેરો
Haitian Creole
ajoute
Hausa
ƙara
Hawaiian
hoʻohui
Hebrew
לְהוֹסִיף
Hindi
जोड़ना
Hmong
ntxiv
Hungarian
hozzá
Icelandic
bæta við
Igbo
tinye
Ilocano
agnayon
Indonesian
menambahkan
Irish
cuir
Italian
inserisci
Japanese
追加
Javanese
nambah
Kannada
ಸೇರಿಸಿ
Kazakh
қосу
Khmer
បន្ថែម
Kinyarwanda
ongeraho
Konkani
जमा करचें
Korean
더하다
Krio
ad
Kurdish
lêzêdekirin
Kurdish (Sorani)
زیادکردن
Kyrgyz
кошуу
Lao
ເພີ່ມ
Latin
adde
Latvian
pievienot
Lingala
kobakisa
Lithuanian
papildyti
Luganda
okwongerako
Luxembourgish
dobäizemaachen
Macedonian
додаде
Maithili
जोड़ू
Malagasy
hametraka
Malay
tambah
Malayalam
ചേർക്കുക
Maltese
żid
Maori
tāpiri
Marathi
जोडा
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯍꯥꯞꯆꯤꯟꯕ
Mizo
belh
Mongolian
нэмэх
Myanmar (Burmese)
ထည့်ပါ
Nepali
थप्नुहोस्
Norwegian
legge til
Nyanja (Chichewa)
onjezani
Odia (Oriya)
ଯୋଡନ୍ତୁ |
Oromo
ida'uu
Pashto
اضافه کول
Persian
اضافه کردن
Polish
dodaj
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
adicionar
Punjabi
ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਕਰੋ
Quechua
yapay
Romanian
adăuga
Russian
добавить
Samoan
faʻaopoopo
Sanskrit
संयोजयति
Scots Gaelic
cuir ris
Sepedi
hlakanya
Serbian
додати
Sesotho
eketsa
Shona
wedzera
Sindhi
شامل ڪيو
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
එකතු කරන්න
Slovak
pridať
Slovenian
dodajte
Somali
ku dar
Spanish
añadir
Sundanese
nambahan
Swahili
ongeza
Swedish
lägg till
Tagalog (Filipino)
idagdag
Tajik
илова кардан
Tamil
கூட்டு
Tatar
өстәргә
Telugu
జోడించు
Thai
เพิ่ม
Tigrinya
ምድማር
Tsonga
katsa
Turkish
ekle
Turkmen
goş
Twi (Akan)
fa ka ho
Ukrainian
додати
Urdu
شامل کریں
Uyghur
قوش
Uzbek
qo'shish
Vietnamese
thêm vào
Welsh
ychwanegu
Xhosa
yongeza
Yiddish
לייג צו
Yoruba
fikun
Zulu
engeza

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
Afrikaans"Voeg by" in Afrikaans finds its origins in the Middle Dutch "voeghen" which meant "to join together".
Albanian"Shtoni" derives from Old Albanian "štóni", related to Indo-European "*steh₂-" (to stand, put), found in Albanian "shtëpi" (house), "shtab" (headquarters), and English "stand".
AmharicThe Amharic word "ጨምር" can also be used to express the concepts of "joining" or "uniting" two or more things.
ArabicThe word "أضف" can also mean "to append" or "to attach" in Arabic.
ArmenianIn Armenian, the word “ավելացնել” (avelatsel) is a verb that means to add, but it also has an alternate meaning of “to increase” or “to make more”.
AzerbaijaniThe word "əlavə et" is derived from the Old Turkic word "al", meaning "to take" or "to bring".
Basque"Gehitu" also means "to approach" or "to join" in Basque.
BelarusianThe word "дадаць" also means "to put, to set", and comes from the Old East Slavic word "dadati", meaning "to give with the hand."
BengaliThe word "যোগ করুন" can also mean "to perform a mathematical operation resulting in a sum."
BosnianThe word "dodati" also means "to fill" or "to complete".
BulgarianThe word добавете 'dobavete' also means an addition to a meal in Bulgarian.
CatalanThe Catalan word "afegir" likely derives from the Latin "adficere", meaning "to attach, add, or join."
CebuanoThe term "dugangi" is also used in Cebuano to mean "to supplement" or "to make up for a deficiency".
Chinese (Simplified)The glyph 加, meaning "to add," also appears in the word 加油, "to cheer," because the latter means literally "to add oil" to the fire of enthusiasm.
Chinese (Traditional)In Mandarin, 加 can also mean "in addition to" and "plus."
CorsicanThe word "aghjunghje" is derived from the Latin word "adjungere", meaning "to join" or "to add".
CroatianThe verb 'dodati' derives from the Proto-Slavic word '*dodati', meaning 'to put, add, place'.
CzechPřidat can also mean "to give" or "to contribute".
DanishThe Danish word "tilføje" is derived from the Old Norse word "tilfæja," meaning "to attach" or "to fasten."
DutchDutch "toevoegen" also means "administer", "apply", or "add something new".
EsperantoThe word "aldonu" in Esperanto can also mean "to add on" or "to add to".
EstonianA derivative of the old Estonian word "lis" meaning "more" or "addition", it is related to the Finnish word "lis" with the same meaning.
FinnishThe Finnish word "lisää" comes from the Proto-Uralic root *liśɜ- meaning "to pour", which is also the origin of the English word "liquid".
FrenchThe French word "ajouter" is derived from the Latin "adjungere", meaning "to join" or "to attach".
FrisianThe Frisian word "tafoegje" may also refer to "appending" or "extending" something.
GalicianThe verb "engadir" comes from Latin "incadere", meaning to fall into or put in.
GeorgianThe word "დაამატე" also means "to join" or "to put together" in Georgian.
GermanThe word "hinzufügen" can also mean "to append" or "to add on".
Greek"Προσθήκη" is a term used in mathematics to describe the operation of adding two or more numbers together.
Gujaratiઉમેરો (add) is derived from the word 'उपरि' (above), meaning to place or add something on top of something else.
Haitian Creole"Ajoute" in Haitian Creole can also mean "to bring" or "to carry".
HausaThe word "ƙara" also means "to continue" or "to prolong" in Hausa.
HawaiianThe word "hoʻohui" in Hawaiian can also mean "unite" or "join".
HebrewThe Hebrew word "לְהוֹסִיף" ("add") also means to continue or proceed.
Hindi"जोड़ना" is derived from the Sanskrit word "yuj" meaning "to join, to unite, to connect," and is cognate with the English word "yoke."
HmongThe word "ntxiv" can also mean "to continue" or "to extend" in Hmong.
HungarianIn addition to its primary meaning of 'add', the Hungarian word 'hozzá' can also mean 'to' or 'towards'.
IcelandicBæta við can also mean to "improve" or to "repair".
IgboThe word "tinye" originated from the "n" sound Igbo prefixes to words beginning with vowel sounds for emphasis, thus the base word is "iye" (add-in).
IndonesianThe word "Menambahkan" also means "to mix" or "to combine" in Indonesian.
IrishThe word "cuir" in Irish can also mean "put", "place", "apply", or "make".
ItalianThe etymology of "Inserisci" can be traced back to the Latin "inserere", which means "to put, place, or insert". It can also be used to mean "to intervene" or "to interject".
JapaneseThe word "追加" also means "to pursue" or "to run after" in Japanese.
JavaneseThe Javanese word "nambah" also means "to grow" or "to increase".
Kannadaಸೇರಿಸಿ (sērisī) means "to join" in Kannada, implying the act of bringing entities together.
KazakhIn Kazakh, the word "қосу" can also mean "to put together" or "to join".
Khmerបន្ថែម comes from the Sanskrit word ‘panyam’ (पण्यं), meaning ‘goods’ or ‘commodities’
KoreanThe Korean verb "더하다" can also mean "to grow" or "to increase."
KurdishThe Kurdish word "lêzêdekirin" has roots in Persian and Arabic, and also carries meanings of "append" and "join" in addition to "add"
KyrgyzThe word "кошуу" can also refer to the act of subtracting or deducting.
LaoThe word ເພີ່ມ can also mean "to increase" or "to grow" in Lao.
Latin"Adde" can also mean "join to" or "attach."
LatvianThe word "pievienot" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*wes-/*yos-**, meaning "to dwell, settle, or be present".
LithuanianThe word "papildyti" is a cognate of the Latin word "complere," meaning "to fill up."
LuxembourgishThe verb "dobäizemaachen" can also be used figuratively to mean "to exaggerate" or "to make something seem more important than it actually is."
MacedonianThe Macedonian word "додаде" can also mean "to provide" or "to give".
MalagasyThe word "hametraka" is derived from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian root “kum”, which means "to collect" or "to gather."
MalayThe word 'Tambah' is derived from the Old Javanese term 'tamba', meaning 'to put something in addition' or 'to increase'.
MalayalamThe word "ചേർക്കുക" also means "to attach" or "to join" something.
MalteseThe Maltese word "żid" also means "increase" or "grow".
MaoriThe word "tāpiri" can also mean "to mix", "to join", or "to combine".
MarathiIn some contexts, जोडा can refer to a pair or couple, rather than the mathematical operation of adding.
MongolianНэмэх is likely related to нэмрүү, which refers to an object added to an existing group.
NepaliThe word "थप्नुहोस्" in Nepali is derived from the Sanskrit word "तप्" (tap), meaning "to heat" or "to ignite".
Norwegian" Legge til" means not only "add", but also "to allow", "let (someone) be in a place", or even "to hire a vehicle with a driver".
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word "onjezani" in Nyanja (Chichewa) is derived from the Proto-Bantu root "-jez- ("to put") and has a literal meaning of "to put in".
PashtoThe word "اضافه کول" also means "to carry" or "to bring" in Pashto.
Persianاضافه کردن derives from Arabic "زود"' which means "quick" in the sense that adding a thing causes a fast increase of the existing thing.
PolishIn Polish, the word "Dodaj" can also mean "supplement" or "join"
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)"Adicionar" is a cognate of "adicionar" in Spanish and comes from the Latin "addere," meaning "to give."
RomanianThe Romanian verb "adăuga" is derived from the Latin word "addere," which also means "to join" or "to put together."
RussianThe verb "добавить" can also mean "to include" or "to join".
Samoan"Faʻaopoopo" can also mean "to accumulate".
Scots GaelicCuir ris literally means 'put to' in Gaelic, but it's often used as 'add'.
SerbianThe word "додати" can also mean "to provide" or "to supplement", implying the addition of something to enhance or complete something else.
SesothoThe word "eketsa" in Sesotho also means "to make longer" or "to extend."
ShonaThe verb -wedzera- in Shona also means "to increase" or "to multiply".
SindhiThe word "شامل ڪيو" can also refer to "including" or "comprising".
Slovak"Pridať" in Slovak comes from the Slavic root *pri-dati*, meaning "to give in addition".
SlovenianThe verb 'dodajte' can also be used to mean 'add up', 'join', 'put together', or 'attach'.
Somali'Ku dar' in Somali can also mean 'to put on', 'to offer', or 'to send' depending on the context.
Spanish"Añadir" possibly derives from the Latin "apponere" "add, apply", which gave rise to variants of "apponere" in Hispano-Romance such as "aponderar" and "anponer ", and these last might have evolved into "añadir""
SundaneseBesides the meaning "add", "nambahan" can also mean "extra", "supplement", or "additional".
Swahili"Ongeza" also means "extra" or "in addition" in Swahili.
SwedishThe word "Lägg till" literally means "lay to" in Swedish.
Tagalog (Filipino)"Idagdag" can also mean "append" or "include".
Tajik'Илова кардан' means 'add' in Tajik, and also means 'to increase' or 'to grow' in other Indo-Iranian languages.
TamilIn Tamil, the word "கூட்டு" also has the meaning of "a mixture" or "a combination".
TeluguThe verb "జోడించు" can also refer to "mixing" or "joining" and is derived from the root word "జోడు" meaning "pair" or "set".
Thai"เพิ่ม" (add) also means "increase" or "make more of something."
TurkishThe word 'Ekle' is also used in Turkish to describe the act of inserting something into a container or a space.
UkrainianThe word "додати" is also used to mean "to attach" or "to add to" in Ukrainian.
Urdu"Add" came about in 1300 AD meaning to join something but also "to make" and hence to sum things up with the result to "add up to"
UzbekThe Uzbek word "qo'shish" originally meant "to join" and is related to the words "qo'shiq" (song) and "qo'shimcha" (addition).
VietnameseThe word "thêm vào" can also mean "to insert" or "to add something to something else".
WelshThe Welsh word "ychwanegu" can also mean "to increase", "to make larger", or "to augment".
XhosaThe word 'yongeza' in Xhosa also has an archaic meaning of 'multiply'.
YiddishThe Yiddish word 'לייג צו' is derived from the German word 'zulegen,' meaning 'to add' or 'to put on.'
YorubaFikun can also refer to a type of Yoruba dance.
ZuluThe word "engeza" in Zulu shares the same root as the word "nkobe", meaning a type of bird known for its thieving habits, possibly referencing the action of taking or adding something.
EnglishThe word "add" is derived from the Latin word "addere," meaning "to put to or near" or "to bring together."

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