Angle in Different Languages
Discover 'Angle' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Angle
Afrikaans hoek | ||
Albanian këndi | ||
Amharic አንግል | ||
Arabic زاوية | ||
Armenian անկյուն | ||
Assamese কোণ | ||
Aymara q'iwt'a | ||
Azerbaijani bucaq | ||
Bambara sleke | ||
Basque angelua | ||
Belarusian кут | ||
Bengali কোণ | ||
Bhojpuri कोण | ||
Bosnian kut | ||
Bulgarian ъгъл | ||
Catalan angle | ||
Cebuano anggulo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 角度 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 角度 | ||
Corsican angulu | ||
Croatian kut | ||
Czech úhel | ||
Danish vinkel | ||
Dhivehi އޭންގަލް | ||
Dogri कोण | ||
Dutch hoek | ||
English angle | ||
Esperanto angulo | ||
Estonian nurk | ||
Ewe gɔglɔƒe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) anggulo | ||
Finnish kulma | ||
French angle | ||
Frisian hoeke | ||
Galician ángulo | ||
Georgian კუთხე | ||
German winkel | ||
Greek γωνία | ||
Guarani apy | ||
Gujarati કોણ | ||
Haitian Creole ang | ||
Hausa kwana | ||
Hawaiian kihi | ||
Hebrew זָוִית | ||
Hindi कोण | ||
Hmong lub kaum ntse ntse | ||
Hungarian szög | ||
Icelandic horn | ||
Igbo n'akuku | ||
Ilocano anngulo | ||
Indonesian sudut | ||
Irish uillinn | ||
Italian angolo | ||
Japanese 角度 | ||
Javanese amba | ||
Kannada ಕೋನ | ||
Kazakh бұрыш | ||
Khmer មុំ | ||
Kinyarwanda inguni | ||
Konkani कोन | ||
Korean 각도 | ||
Krio say | ||
Kurdish qozî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) فریشتە | ||
Kyrgyz бурч | ||
Lao ມຸມ | ||
Latin angle | ||
Latvian leņķis | ||
Lingala angle | ||
Lithuanian kampu | ||
Luganda ensonda | ||
Luxembourgish wénkel | ||
Macedonian агол | ||
Maithili कोण | ||
Malagasy fiolahana | ||
Malay sudut | ||
Malayalam കോൺ | ||
Maltese angolu | ||
Maori koki | ||
Marathi कोन | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯦꯉ꯭ꯒꯜ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo thil kawm | ||
Mongolian өнцөг | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ထောင့် | ||
Nepali कोण | ||
Norwegian vinkel | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ngodya | ||
Odia (Oriya) କୋଣ | ||
Oromo roga | ||
Pashto زاويه | ||
Persian زاویه | ||
Polish kąt | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) ângulo | ||
Punjabi ਕੋਣ | ||
Quechua kuchu | ||
Romanian unghi | ||
Russian угол | ||
Samoan tulimanu | ||
Sanskrit कोण: | ||
Scots Gaelic ceàrn | ||
Sepedi sekhutlo | ||
Serbian угао | ||
Sesotho sekhutlo | ||
Shona angle | ||
Sindhi ڪنڊ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කෝණය | ||
Slovak uhol | ||
Slovenian kota | ||
Somali xagal | ||
Spanish ángulo | ||
Sundanese sudut | ||
Swahili pembe | ||
Swedish vinkel | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) anggulo | ||
Tajik кунҷ | ||
Tamil கோணம் | ||
Tatar почмак | ||
Telugu కోణం | ||
Thai มุม | ||
Tigrinya ኩርናዕ | ||
Tsonga nhlohlwe | ||
Turkish açı | ||
Turkmen burç | ||
Twi (Akan) ɔfa | ||
Ukrainian кут | ||
Urdu زاویہ | ||
Uyghur بۇلۇڭ | ||
Uzbek burchak | ||
Vietnamese góc | ||
Welsh ongl | ||
Xhosa ikona | ||
Yiddish ווינקל | ||
Yoruba igun | ||
Zulu engela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "hoek" is derived from the Dutch word "hoek", which also means "angle". |
| Albanian | The word "këndi" originates from the Illyrian word "kanda", meaning "corner", and is cognate with the Latin word "cantus" |
| Amharic | The Amharic word 'angle' can also refer to 'corner,' 'point' or 'direction.' |
| Arabic | Originally, the Arabic word "زاوية" denoted the corner of a room and, in the 10th century, was introduced into mathematics |
| Armenian | The Armenian word for "angle", "անկյուն", also means "corner" and comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *ank- "bend, angle". |
| Azerbaijani | "Bucaq" in Azerbaijani language also means a "corner". |
| Basque | The Basque word "angelua" also means "angel", an association likely influenced by the similar shape of the geometrical and mythical figures. |
| Belarusian | The word "кут" also refers to a corner of a building or room in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | The word "কোণ" can also mean "corner" or "side", and is cognate with the Sanskrit word "कोण" (koṇa), meaning "angle". |
| Bosnian | The word "kut" can also refer to a corner, a nook, or a bay. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, the word "ъгъл" (angle) also refers to a corner or a nook, and it is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*ǫgъlъ", meaning "corner" or "place where something is bent." |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "angle" also has the alternate meaning of "angel". |
| Cebuano | Another meaning of "anggulo" is "side" of a body of water. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "角度" (angle) was originally the "corner" formed by a "bone" and was later extended to the "corner" or "angle" of any object |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 「角度」在中文裡除了指幾何概念，也泛指觀點、立場或看法。 |
| Corsican | The Corsican word 'angulu' means both 'angle' and 'corner'. |
| Croatian | Kut can also colloquially mean 'a place' or 'a corner' |
| Czech | The word "úhel" is a loanword from the German word "Winkel". |
| Danish | The word "vinkel" can also refer to a type of tool used for measuring or drawing angles. |
| Dutch | The word "hoek" in Dutch has multiple etymologies, including "hook" and "corner of a room". |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's "angulo" comes from Spanish and Portuguese "ángulo", which in turn derives from Latin "angulus", meaning "corner" or "hook". |
| Estonian | Estonian "nurk" derives from Old Baltic "nerkan", meaning the edge of something, or German "nork", meaning tunnel or hole. |
| Finnish | Kulma also refers to an enclosure, a boundary for an area of land or water, or a corner. |
| French | The French word « angle » (angle) originally meant "nook", then became "corner", which also corresponds to Latin « angulus » (nook, corner). |
| Frisian | In modern Frisian, "hoeke" can also mean a type of cabinet. |
| Galician | In Galician, "ángulo" also means "corner" or "edge". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "კუთხე" can also refer to a "corner" or a "place of worship". |
| German | The German word "Winkel" can also refer to a corner, nook, or shop. |
| Greek | "Γωνία" derives from "γόνυ," "knee" in English, due to the similar shape. |
| Gujarati | કોણ has an alternative meaning: corner or edge. |
| Haitian Creole | Ang in Haitian Creole is borrowed from French "angle", and also means "hook" or "fishhook". |
| Hausa | The word "kwana" also means "direction" or "side" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "kihi" also refers to a corner, edge or boundary. |
| Hebrew | "זָוִית" can also refer to a perspective, point of view, or aspect. |
| Hindi | The word 'कोण' can also mean 'corner', 'side', or 'direction'. |
| Hmong | The term "lub kaum ntse ntse" is literally translated as "the part that is sharp," capturing the idea of an angle as a sharp point where two lines meet. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word 'szög' is also used to mean 'corner' or 'wedge' |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "horn" also denotes the pointed end of a hill or mountain. |
| Igbo | "N'akuku": From the Igbo root "-ku," referring to a position where something bends, folds, or turns |
| Indonesian | "Sudut" also means "corner" or "area" in Indonesian, and is related to the Malay term "sudut" and the Acehnese word "sudu". |
| Irish | The Irish word "uillinn" also refers to an elbow as well as an angle and elbow crease. |
| Italian | The Italian word "angolo" also means "nook" or "corner" |
| Japanese | 角度 can also mean "point of view" or "stance". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "amba" also means "measure of an angle". |
| Kannada | Also means a corner, nook or recess. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "бұрыш" not only means "angle" but also refers to a place where two mountain chains meet, or two paths converge. |
| Khmer | The term "មុំ" is derived from Sanskrit and originally meant "point" or "tip". |
| Korean | The word 각도 (angle) is derived from the Chinese word 角度, which means "horn degree", referring to the shape formed by two lines meeting at a point. |
| Kurdish | The word 'qozî' in Kurdish is also the name of a musical instrument used by singers, similar to a flute but with a single hole on top. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "бурч" can also refer to "edge" or "side" in addition to "angle". |
| Lao | The Lao word "ມຸມ" can also refer to a corner or edge of something, as in the phrase "ມຸມຕึก" ("corner of a building"). |
| Latin | The Latin word "angulus" also means "corner" or "hook". |
| Latvian | In older Latvian the word "leņķis" could also mean "a corner" or a place where something is hidden or tucked away |
| Lithuanian | "Kampu" in Lithuanian shares its etymology with the word "camp" in English, both deriving from the Proto-Indo-European root "*kemb-/*kamp-," meaning "to bend". |
| Luxembourgish | Wénkel' is derived from the Middle High German word 'winkel', meaning 'corner' or 'bend'. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "агол" (angle) is derived from the Greek word "αγωγή" (guidance), referring to the guiding line of a measurement. |
| Malagasy | The word "fiolahana" in Malagasy derives from the Proto-Austronesian word "*puqun" meaning "side" or "corner". |
| Malay | It is derived from Javanese "sudut" and Sanskrit "shruto" (horn). |
| Malayalam | The word "കോൺ" also means "a circle" in Malayalam, derived from the Sanskrit word "कोण" (kōṇa) meaning "a corner or angle". |
| Maltese | Maltese "angolu" derives from French "angle" and Spanish "ángulo" which in turn derive from the Latin "angulus" which means "corner" or "hook" |
| Maori | In Māori, the word "koki" also refers to the sharp point on a fishhook or the sharp end of a needle. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "कोन" not only means "angle" but also refers to "direction" and "side". |
| Mongolian | "Өнцөг" word is derived from the verb "өнцөх" meaning "to bend". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ထောင့်" can also mean "corner" or "edge" in Myanmar, and is derived from the Proto-Burushaski word *tuŋ- "to turn" or "to bend". |
| Nepali | The word "कोण" can also refer to a corner, turn, or bend in a road or path. |
| Norwegian | The word "vinkel" is derived from the Proto-Germanic word "winkilaz," meaning "corner" or "bend." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'ngodya' can also mean 'corner' or 'edge'. It shares its origin with the word 'odya', which means 'to bend' or 'to fold'. |
| Pashto | The word "angle" in Pashto, "زاويه", also refers to a specific type of Sufi lodge or retreat. |
| Persian | The Persian word "زاویه" ("angle") derives from the Arabic word "زویة" meaning "corner" or "recess". |
| Polish | In Polish, "kąt" not only refers to an angle, but also a corner (of a room), a nook, or a recess. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "ângulo" also refers to a corner or a viewpoint. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਕੋਣ" also means "a fault" or "a flaw". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "unghi" also means "corner" or "edge". |
| Russian | In Russian, "угол" also means "corner" of a room or a building. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "tulimanu" is also used as a directional word to indicate "in the direction of the east". It also figuratively means "to have authority over". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "ceàrn" is derived from the Common Brittonic cognate *kanerrno-s, which means "oblique" or "slanting" |
| Serbian | "Угао" can also mean "corner" or "corner of the eye" or "corner of the mouth." |
| Sesotho | In architecture, "sekhutlo" is used to refer to any corner or vertex. |
| Shona | In Shona, "angle" is derived from the word "kona", meaning "corner", and can also refer to a sharp or pointed part of something. |
| Sindhi | The word "ڪنڊ" also means "corner" or "edge" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'කෝණය' (angle) is also used to refer to a 'corner' or 'edge'. |
| Slovak | "Uhol" is connected with Greek "ankylos", which means "bent", or with Latin "uncus", which means "hook". |
| Slovenian | "Kota" can also mean a "house" or a "corner". |
| Somali | The word "xagal" is also used to refer to the corner of a room or building, the point where two lines meet, or the point from which several lines or paths radiate. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "ángulo" also refers to a corner or edge, and can have mathematical or geometric interpretations depending on the situation. |
| Sundanese | "Sudut" in Sundanese also means "edge" or "corner" |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "pembe" shares an etymological root with the word for "horn" and carries the alternate meaning of "pointed projection." |
| Swedish | In the past, "vinkel" used to mean "measure of land", and is related to the English word "acre." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "anggulo" also means "corner" in Spanish, from which the word was derived. |
| Tajik | The word "кунҷ" also means "side" or "direction" in Tajik, and its root is in the Persian word "کنج" (kunj), which has the same meanings. |
| Tamil | கோணம் is also used to refer to the corner of a room or building, a wedge-shaped piece of land, or a group of people united for a common purpose. |
| Telugu | "కోణం" also refers to the junction of two or more lines or surfaces. |
| Thai | In Thai, "มุม" not only refers to an angle but also to a corner, perspective, or point of view. |
| Turkish | In addition to "angle," "açı" in Turkish can also be used to refer to a specific part of a building, a trap, a position, a viewpoint, or a state or condition. |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, the word "кут" also means "corner" or "place". In some contexts, it can refer to a secret gathering or meeting. |
| Urdu | زاویہ can also mean 'viewpoint' in addition to its mathematical meaning of 'angle'. |
| Uzbek | In Chagatai, the word "burchak" meant "turn" or "direction". In Mongolian, it means "side" or "edge". |
| Vietnamese | The word "góc" in Vietnamese can also refer to a corner, edge, or nook. |
| Welsh | The word "ongl" in Welsh can also refer to a fishing hook or a fish bone, derived from the Latin "angulus" meaning "corner" or "hook". |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, the word "ikona" derives from the Zulu word "ikona", meaning "a right angle" or "a corner". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "winkel" can also refer to a shop or store. |
| Yoruba | "Igún" can also mean "side" or "edge". |
| Zulu | The word "engela" means "angel" in Zulu, as well as "angle" and "corner". |
| English | The word 'angle' comes from the Latin 'angulus', meaning 'corner' or 'bend'. |