Along in different languages

Along in Different Languages

Discover 'Along' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.

Along


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Afrikaans
saam
Albanian
së bashku
Amharic
አብሮ
Arabic
على طول
Armenian
երկայնքով
Assamese
একেলগে
Aymara
akat jayaru
Azerbaijani
boyunca
Bambara
a nɔ fɛ
Basque
batera
Belarusian
разам
Bengali
বরাবর
Bhojpuri
के साथे
Bosnian
zajedno
Bulgarian
заедно
Catalan
al llarg
Cebuano
kauban
Chinese (Simplified)
沿
Chinese (Traditional)
沿
Corsican
longu
Croatian
uz
Czech
podél
Danish
med sig
Dhivehi
އެކުގައި
Dogri
इक्कला
Dutch
langs
English
along
Esperanto
kune
Estonian
mööda
Ewe
le eŋu
Filipino (Tagalog)
kasama
Finnish
pitkin
French
le long de
Frisian
bylâns
Galician
xunto
Georgian
გასწვრივ
German
entlang
Greek
κατά μήκος
Guarani
ipukukuévo
Gujarati
સાથે
Haitian Creole
ansanm
Hausa
tare
Hawaiian
Hebrew
לְאוֹרֶך
Hindi
साथ में
Hmong
ze
Hungarian
mentén
Icelandic
ásamt
Igbo
tinyere
Ilocano
kadua ti
Indonesian
sepanjang
Irish
feadh
Italian
lungo
Japanese
に沿って
Javanese
bebarengan
Kannada
ಉದ್ದಕ್ಕೂ
Kazakh
бойымен
Khmer
នៅតាមបណ្តោយ
Kinyarwanda
hamwe
Konkani
हाचेसयत
Korean
...을 따라서
Krio
wit
Kurdish
tenişt
Kurdish (Sorani)
لەگەڵ
Kyrgyz
бирге
Lao
ຕາມ
Latin
una
Latvian
gar
Lingala
elongo
Lithuanian
kartu
Luganda
kumabali
Luxembourgish
laanscht
Macedonian
заедно
Maithili
संग मे
Malagasy
miaraka
Malay
sepanjang
Malayalam
ഒപ്പം
Maltese
flimkien
Maori
haere
Marathi
सोबत
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯂꯣꯏꯅꯅ
Mizo
zuiin
Mongolian
хамт
Myanmar (Burmese)
တလျှောက်
Nepali
साथ
Norwegian
langs
Nyanja (Chichewa)
motsatira
Odia (Oriya)
ସାଙ୍ଗରେ
Oromo
irra
Pashto
سره
Persian
در امتداد
Polish
wzdłuż
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
ao longo
Punjabi
ਨਾਲ
Quechua
kuska
Romanian
de-a lungul
Russian
вдоль
Samoan
faʻatasi
Sanskrit
सह
Scots Gaelic
feadh
Sepedi
go bapela
Serbian
заједно
Sesotho
hammoho
Shona
pamwe chete
Sindhi
سان گڏ
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
දිගේ
Slovak
pozdĺž
Slovenian
skupaj
Somali
weheliyaan
Spanish
a lo largo
Sundanese
sapanjang
Swahili
pamoja
Swedish
längs
Tagalog (Filipino)
kasabay
Tajik
дар баробари
Tamil
உடன்
Tatar
белән
Telugu
వెంట
Thai
พร้อม
Tigrinya
ማዕረ ኣንፈት
Tsonga
swin'we
Turkish
boyunca
Turkmen
bilen bilelikde
Twi (Akan)
wɔ ho
Ukrainian
разом
Urdu
ساتھ
Uyghur
بىللە
Uzbek
birga
Vietnamese
dọc theo
Welsh
ar hyd
Xhosa
kunye
Yiddish
צוזאמען
Yoruba
pẹlú
Zulu
kanye

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe word "saam" can also mean "together" or "at the same time", and is derived from the Dutch word "zaam".
Albanian"Së bashku" is also used as an intensifier, meaning "very" or "greatly."
AmharicThe word "አብሮ" can also mean "together" or "in the company of".
ArabicThe phrase "على طول" is a colloquial expression that originated from Egyptian Arabic and can also mean "immediately"
Armenian"Երկայնքով" is also used to indicate the duration of a period or the distance measured along a particular direction.
AzerbaijaniThe word "boyunca" in Azerbaijani also means "throughout" or "during" a specified period of time.
BasqueThe Basque word "batera" also means "the other side" or "the other bank (of a river)".
Belarusian"Разам" is a Belarusian noun and adverb that can also mean "volume" or "size", and may derive from the Lithuanian word for "a lot", "daugybe".
Bengaliবরাবর' may also mean 'straight' or 'adjacent to'
BosnianThe verb 'zajedno' in Bosnian can also mean 'to come together' and is derived from the word 'jedan' meaning 'one'.
BulgarianThe word "заедно" can also refer to "at one place" or "in one piece."
CatalanIn Catalan, "al llarg" can also mean "throughout" or "during".
CebuanoKauban can also mean "together" or "side by side".
Chinese (Simplified)"沿" also refers to an edge, bank, riverside, seaside, or boundary.
Chinese (Traditional)"沿" is derived from an ancient pictograph showing a river, so it originally meant "by water", and still has that meaning in some words.
Corsican"Longu" derives from the Latin word "longus", meaning "long" or "tall", and is also used to refer to the length of a garment or the duration of a period of time."
CroatianThe word 'uz' can also mean 'with' or 'by'.
CzechThe word "podél" is cognate with the Polish word "podle", both derived from the Proto-Slavic word *podolь, meaning "foot, base, bottom".
Danish"Med sig" can also mean "by the way" and "including".
Dutch"Langs" can also refer to a bar or inn.
EsperantoThe word 'kune' also means 'together' in Esperanto, and is a derivative of the word 'kuni' ('up to').
EstonianThe word "mööda" has been linked to the Finnish word "myötä" and the Hungarian word "mellett", meaning "beside" or "with".
FinnishIn addition to 'along', 'pitkin' can also mean 'along the course of', 'along the edge of', or 'throughout the extent of'.
FrenchThe French phrase "le long de" can also mean "parallel to" or "following the outline of".
FrisianIn Frisian, 'bylâns' can also mean 'parallel' or 'opposite', depending on context.
GalicianGalician "xunto" is thought to come from Latin "iunctu" (united, joined) with the same meaning as in Portuguese "junto".
GermanEntlang comes from the Middle High German word 'en(e)' meaning 'in', 'on' or 'along' and the Old High German 'lanc' which means 'long'. In modern German it has become the word 'lang'. It can also mean 'in the direction (of something)'. It is also used in the word 'entgegen', meaning 'towards'.
Greek"Κατά μήκος," Greek for "along," comes from the root "μήκος," meaning "length" and "κατά," meaning "down, according to, during".
GujaratiThe word સાથે can also mean to accompany or join and is often used in reference to people or things moving together.
Haitian CreoleThe Haitian Creole word "ansanm" is derived from the French word "ensemble," meaning "together".
Hausa"Tare" means "along and wide" in Hausa, similar to "tare"
HawaiianThe Hawaiian word "pū" can also mean "to blow" or "a shell."
Hebrew"לאורך" (along) derives from "אור" (light), and describes the path illuminated in front of one.
Hindiसाथ में is derived from the Sanskrit word 'सह' meaning 'together' or 'with' and can also have the alternate meaning of 'company' or 'assistance'.
HmongThe term ze also means to accompany someone somewhere.
HungarianThe word "mentén" is also used to refer to a Hungarian type of fur-trimmed coat or fur-trimmed sheepskin that is worn as a cloak.
IcelandicThe word "ásamt" is derived from the Old Norse word "ásamt,
IgboTinyere also means 'a line or row' and 'the path of a moving object'.
IndonesianThe word "sepanjang" is also used in Indonesian to refer to the "length" of something.
IrishFeadh derives from the Old Irish word fo dí, meaning "along a direction."
ItalianThe Italian word "lungo" also means "long"}
JapaneseThe word '沿って' is also used in the sense of 'to follow' or 'to stick to'.
JavaneseThe word 'bebarengan' is derived from the words 'bebare' meaning 'together' and 'ngan' meaning 'with'.
KannadaThe alternate meaning of 'ಉದ್ದಕ್ಕೂ' is 'throughout' or 'along the length of something'.
KazakhThe word "бойымен" ("along") in Kazakh is derived from the noun "бой" ("height") and the suffix "-мен" ("along or on"). It can also mean "parallel to" or "beside" in certain contexts.
KhmerThe word "នៅតាមបណ្តោយ" can also be used to describe the arrangement of objects in a row or line, or to indicate the direction in which something is moving.
KoreanThe word '...을 따라서' can also mean 'according to' or 'in accordance with'.
KurdishThe word "tenişt" in Kurdish originated from the Old Persian "tanista" which also means "along".
Kyrgyz"Бирге" can mean not only "along" but also "together" and "with".
LaoThe word "ຕາມ" ("along") in Lao can also mean "to follow" or "to be in accordance with".
LatinThe Latin word "una" can also mean "with" or "together."
LatvianThe word gar can also mean "side" or "at the side of" in Latvian.
LithuanianThe Lithuanian word "kartu" means "together" in addition to meaning "along".
LuxembourgishThe word "laanscht" is derived from the Old High German word "langasto", meaning "long". It also has the alternate meaning of "length" or "distance".
MacedonianThe word "заедно" in Macedonian can also mean "together"
MalagasyIn Malagasy, "miaraka" can also mean "together" or "with".
MalayThe word "sepanjang" can also mean "all along" or "throughout" in English.
MalayalamThe word "ഒപ്പം" has additional meanings including "together with," "with," and "near."
MalteseThe word "flimkien" is derived from the Arabic word "al-makān", meaning "the place". It can also mean "together" or "in company".
MaoriHaere was traditionally used for travelling, while waka was typically associated with sea journeys.
MarathiThe word "सोबत" can also mean "in the company of" or "together with".
MongolianMongolian "хамт" also means "together" and is cognate with the same-meaning Turkish "hamt" and "hamta" in Tungusic languages
Myanmar (Burmese)The word ုစျဆူ (ta.le hkauk) comes from the Pali word ဆဳတြမိ (anukkam) which means "sequentially."
NepaliThe word "साथ" in Nepali can also mean "with" or "in the company of" in addition to "along".
NorwegianIn Norwegian, the word "langs" also means "down" or "along a riverbank".
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word "motsatira" is derived from the root word "tsata," meaning "to follow" or "to come after."
Pashto"سره" is also the Pashto word for "edge" or "border".
PersianThe word "در امتداد" can also mean "parallel" and "alongside" in some contexts.
Polish"Wzdłuż" is also used in the context of spatial dimension, and can mean "across" in English.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)"Ao longo" means "alongst" but it also means "along the". It is used to indicate a path or direction of movement.
Punjabiਨਾਲ also means "with" or "together with".
RomanianDe-a lungul has other meanings such as "in rows", "in parallel", "alongside", and "throughout."
RussianThe preposition "вдоль" in Russian is cognate with the preposition "along" in English, and it can also mean "following the length of" or "parallel to".
SamoanThe word "faʻatasi" can also mean "together" or "at the same time" in Samoan.
Scots Gaelic"Feadh" can also mean "length" or "duration" in Scots Gaelic
SerbianThe word "заједно" in Serbian can also mean "together" or "in tandem".
SesothoThe word "hammoho" is derived from "moho," meaning "to follow" or "to accompany."}
ShonaThe expression "pamwe chete" in Shona can mean "along together" or "together with".
Sindhi"سان گڏ" is derived from the Persian word "همراه" meaning "companion" or "accompaniment" in English.
Sinhala (Sinhalese)දිගේ is also used to refer to the length of an object, or the distance between two points.
SlovakThe word "pozdĺž" can also be used to mean "at length" or "in detail".
SlovenianThe noun 'skupaj' can also be used to mean 'together'.
Somali"Weheliyaan" also means "a group of soldiers".
Spanish“A lo largo” (“along”) also means “throughout”.
SundaneseThe word "sapanjang" can also mean "throughout" or "continuously".
SwahiliPamoja is also commonly used in Swahili to describe a sense of unity or togetherness.
Swedish"Längs" also means "spine" or "backbone" in Swedish.
Tagalog (Filipino)Though “kasabay” literally means “simultaneously,” it is also used in Tagalog to refer to someone from the same town or city.
TajikThis Tajik word can also mean "side by side" or "equal".
TamilThe word 'உடன்' can also mean 'immediately' or 'at the same time'.
TeluguIn Telugu, 'వెంట' can also mean 'immediately after' or 'in succession'.
Thai"พร้อม" also means "ready" or "complete" in Thai.
Turkish"Boyunca" also means "during" in Turkish.
UkrainianThe Ukrainian word "разом" also means "together" or "at once".
UrduIn Urdu, "ساتھ" also means "with" and can refer to the company of individuals.
Uzbek"Birga" also means "one after another" and is used in expressions like "birga-birga" (one after another) and "birga-birga borish" (to go one after another).
Vietnamese"Dọc theo" can also mean "in accordance with" (e.g. "dọc theo quy định") or "in line with" (e.g. "dọc theo đường").
Welsh'Ar hyd' literally means 'for the purpose of', which implies movement towards a destination
XhosaThe word 'kunye' can also mean 'now' or 'at the present time' in Xhosa.
YiddishThe Yiddish word "צוזאמען" originally meant "to bind" or "to connect" and is related to the German word "zusammen".
Yoruba"Pẹlú" derives from the verb 'pẹ' ('to accompany'), denoting companionship and movement together.
ZuluKanye also means 'in or to a specified direction' in Zulu.
EnglishIn addition to its literal meaning of "alongside" or "in line with," "along" can also be used figuratively to mean "in accordance with" or "in the process of."

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