Answer in Different Languages
Discover 'Answer' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Answer
Afrikaans antwoord | ||
Albanian përgjigje | ||
Amharic መልስ | ||
Arabic إجابة | ||
Armenian պատասխանել | ||
Assamese উত্তৰ | ||
Aymara jaysawi | ||
Azerbaijani cavab ver | ||
Bambara jaabi | ||
Basque erantzun | ||
Belarusian адказаць | ||
Bengali উত্তর | ||
Bhojpuri जबाब | ||
Bosnian odgovor | ||
Bulgarian отговор | ||
Catalan contesta | ||
Cebuano tubag | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 回答 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 回答 | ||
Corsican risponde | ||
Croatian odgovor | ||
Czech odpovědět | ||
Danish svar | ||
Dhivehi ޖަވާބު | ||
Dogri परता | ||
Dutch antwoord | ||
English answer | ||
Esperanto respondu | ||
Estonian vastus | ||
Ewe ŋuɖoɖo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) sagot | ||
Finnish vastaus | ||
French répondre | ||
Frisian antwurd | ||
Galician resposta | ||
Georgian პასუხი | ||
German antworten | ||
Greek απάντηση | ||
Guarani mbohovái | ||
Gujarati જવાબ | ||
Haitian Creole repons | ||
Hausa amsa | ||
Hawaiian pane | ||
Hebrew תשובה | ||
Hindi उत्तर | ||
Hmong teb | ||
Hungarian válasz | ||
Icelandic svara | ||
Igbo azịza | ||
Ilocano sungbat | ||
Indonesian menjawab | ||
Irish freagra | ||
Italian risposta | ||
Japanese 回答 | ||
Javanese wangsulan | ||
Kannada ಉತ್ತರ | ||
Kazakh жауап | ||
Khmer ចម្លើយ | ||
Kinyarwanda igisubizo | ||
Konkani जाप | ||
Korean 대답 | ||
Krio ansa | ||
Kurdish bersiv | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) وەڵام | ||
Kyrgyz жооп | ||
Lao ຕອບ | ||
Latin responsum | ||
Latvian atbildi | ||
Lingala eyano | ||
Lithuanian atsakyti | ||
Luganda okuddamu | ||
Luxembourgish äntweren | ||
Macedonian одговор | ||
Maithili उत्तर | ||
Malagasy valiny | ||
Malay jawapan | ||
Malayalam ഉത്തരം | ||
Maltese risposta | ||
Maori whakautu | ||
Marathi उत्तर | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯥꯎꯈꯨꯝ | ||
Mizo chhanna | ||
Mongolian хариулт | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အဖြေ | ||
Nepali उत्तर | ||
Norwegian svar | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) yankhani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଉତ୍ତର ଦିଅ | ||
Oromo deebii | ||
Pashto ځواب | ||
Persian پاسخ | ||
Polish odpowiedź | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) responda | ||
Punjabi ਜਵਾਬ | ||
Quechua kutichiy | ||
Romanian răspuns | ||
Russian ответ | ||
Samoan tali | ||
Sanskrit उत्तरम् | ||
Scots Gaelic freagairt | ||
Sepedi karabo | ||
Serbian одговор | ||
Sesotho araba | ||
Shona pindura | ||
Sindhi جواب | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පිළිතුර | ||
Slovak odpoveď | ||
Slovenian odgovor | ||
Somali jawaab | ||
Spanish responder | ||
Sundanese ngajawab | ||
Swahili jibu | ||
Swedish svar | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) sagot | ||
Tajik ҷавоб | ||
Tamil பதில் | ||
Tatar җавап | ||
Telugu సమాధానం | ||
Thai ตอบ | ||
Tigrinya መልሲ | ||
Tsonga nhlamulo | ||
Turkish cevap | ||
Turkmen jogap ber | ||
Twi (Akan) anoyie | ||
Ukrainian відповідь | ||
Urdu جواب | ||
Uyghur جاۋاب | ||
Uzbek javob bering | ||
Vietnamese câu trả lời | ||
Welsh ateb | ||
Xhosa phendula | ||
Yiddish ענטפֿערן | ||
Yoruba idahun | ||
Zulu phendula |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Dutch word "antwoord" means both "answer" and a specific type of mathematical equation with multiple solutions. |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "përgjigje" can also mean "response" or "reply". |
| Amharic | The root word 'መል' ('mel') denotes 'to say' or 'to speak' which evolved into 'reply', 'return', and 'exchange', among other meanings, which may derive from Proto-Semitic '*ML' with a similar sense. |
| Arabic | The word "إجابة" can also mean "reply" or "response" in Arabic. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "պատասխանել" (answer) originates from the Proto-Indo-European root "*pot-", meaning "to fly" or "to fall". It shares a similar root with the English word "respond". |
| Azerbaijani | It is cognate with Persian "gofte"(said), from Middle Persian "guftan"(speak). |
| Basque | The Basque word "erantzun" is derived from the Proto-Basque root *er- "to give" and the suffix -tzun "action, result". |
| Belarusian | The word "адказаць" originates from the Proto-Slavic word *otkazati, meaning "to refuse" or "to reject". |
| Bengali | উত্তর derives from the Sanskrit word 'uttara' meaning 'to cross over' or 'to respond'. |
| Bosnian | The word "odgovor" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "otъgovorъ", meaning "answer" or "solution". |
| Bulgarian | The word "отговор" also means "excuse" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | In Latin, the verb "contestare" means to "bear witness" or "give evidence". |
| Cebuano | Tubag, meaning 'answer,' can be a noun, verb, and is sometimes a euphemism for 'gun.' |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "回答" also means to "respond" or "reply." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In Chinese, the word "回答" also means to reply or to respond to a question or request. |
| Corsican | Corsican "risponde" derives from the 13th c. Genoese "rispondere" or the 12th c. Old Ligurian "risponder" or "risponder, respondre" (both meaning "answer"). |
| Croatian | The word "odgovor" in Croatian comes from the Proto-Slavic root *otъgovorъ, meaning "to speak against". |
| Czech | The word "Odpovědět" is derived from the Czech word "odpovědět", which means "to give an answer or reply." |
| Danish | The Danish word "svar" is cognate with the English word "sware", which means to make an oath or solemn declaration. |
| Dutch | From Proto-Germanic *andwaran "to return a reply, to speak back", from PIE root *h₁weh₂- "to say, to speak". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word 'respondu' is derived from the French word 'répondre', meaning to answer. |
| Estonian | Vastus is also used in Estonian to refer to a response to a question or request. |
| Finnish | The word "vastaus" is also the imperative form of the verb "vastata", meaning "to respond" or "to answer". |
| French | "Répondre" comes from the Latin "respondere", meaning "to promise". |
| Frisian | The word "antwurd" is a compound of the words "and" (against) and "wurden" (to become), meaning to oppose or counter an argument. |
| Galician | In the Galician language, the word "resposta" can also mean "reply" or "response". |
| Georgian | The word “პასუხი” has an additional meaning of “response”, particularly in the context of religious rituals. |
| German | In German, "Antworten" originally meant "to address" or "to speak opposite to someone". |
| Greek | Greek απάντηση derives from the root "αντ-" meaning "against", so the word literally means "against-statement". |
| Gujarati | The word "જવાબ" in Gujarati originates from the Sanskrit word "jawab" meaning "response" and can also mean "reply" or "reaction" in certain contexts. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "repons" can also mean "to take revenge" or "to repay a favor". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "amsa" can also mean "share" or "portion". |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, the word "pane" can also refer to a flat surface or a wall. |
| Hebrew | תשובה (Teshuva, 'return'), means 'answer' but is also a term in Judaism that signifies 'repentance'. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word 'उत्तर' also means 'North' in Sanskrit and is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root 'h₂wert-' meaning 'to turn, or overturn'. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "teb" also has other meanings such as agreement, reply, or response. |
| Hungarian | The word "válasz" comes from the Proto-Uralic word *walita-, meaning "to say". |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, the archaic word "svör" means "answer"; it is cognate with "svara" in Sanskrit and "svār" in Old Norse. |
| Igbo | The word "azịza" can also mean "to solve a problem" or "to make a decision". |
| Indonesian | "Answer" (menjawab) in Indonesian also means "to respond" and derives from the Sanskrit word "jñā" meaning "to know". |
| Irish | The word "freagra" can also mean "return" or "response". |
| Italian | In Italian, "risposta" can also mean a "witness's statement" or a "musical response" in a call and response pattern. |
| Japanese | The kanji 答 in 回答 can also mean to |
| Javanese | Wangsulan can also mean the final part of a Javanese theatrical performance, similar to the epilogue of a play. |
| Kannada | "ಉತ್ತರ" (uttara) can also mean "north" or "reply" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, "жауап" can also refer to a response, a reply, or a solution. |
| Khmer | The word ចម្លើយ is also used to refer to an oath or affirmation, a response to a question or challenge, or a solution to a problem or puzzle. |
| Korean | The term is derived from the native Korean word 타갑 or 타땋 (takap, tadap) meaning "to say." |
| Kurdish | The word "bersiv" in Kurdish is derived from the Persian word "pasokh", meaning "answer" or "response". |
| Kyrgyz | "Жооп" means "answer" in Kyrgyz and is related to the Turkish word "cevap." |
| Lao | The Lao word "ຕອບ" can also refer to a reply or response, and is related to the Thai word "ตอบ" with the same meaning. |
| Latin | The Latin word "responsum" can also refer to an utterance or opinion from a god or another supernatural being, particularly in the context of divination or prophecy. |
| Latvian | The verb 'atbildi' can also refer to 'replying' or 'responding'. |
| Lithuanian | The word “atsakyti” is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eḱ-, which also means “to say” or “to speak”. In Lithuanian, the word “atsakyti” can also mean “to reply”, “to respond”, or “to react”. |
| Luxembourgish | The verb 'äntweren' originates from the Old High German word 'antwurten' meaning 'to reply, to answer back'. |
| Macedonian | The word "одговор" is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "отъговоръ", meaning "retaliation" or "punishment". |
| Malagasy | Valiny comes from the Sanskrit word "valana", meaning "rejection or turning away". |
| Malay | The word also means "the act of chewing" in Old Javanese, a language from which Malay likely borrowed the term |
| Malayalam | ഉത്തരം can also mean the north direction or a response to a question |
| Maltese | "Risposta" is derived from the Italian word "risposta," meaning "response," and is related to the Maltese word "risposta," meaning "reply." |
| Maori | In Māori, "whakautu" also refers to a response to a call, an echo, or a reply to a prayer. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'उत्तर' also means 'to cross' or 'to pass'. |
| Mongolian | "Хариулт" derives from the verb "харих" (to say, to speak) and can also mean "speech" or "statement". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "အဖြေ" is derived from the Pali word "uttarā", meaning "reply", or "response". |
| Nepali | The Nepali word 'उत्तर' can also refer to the north direction, while its Sanskrit origin means 'to deliver'. |
| Norwegian | The word 'svar' can also refer to 'response', 'reply', 'reaction', or 'opinion' |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Though 'yankhani' literally means 'to open the mouth' in Nyanja, it is frequently used to describe a specific verbal response. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "ځواب" (answer) also means "reply" or "response" and is derived from the Persian word "جواب" with the same meaning. |
| Persian | The Persian word "پاسخ" not only means "answer" but also "reply", "response", and it is ultimately derived from the Middle Persian word "pasux" meaning "answer". |
| Polish | The word "odpowiedź" is derived from the Old Polish verb "odpowiedzieć", meaning "to sing back". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "responda" in Portuguese can also mean "response" or "reply". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਜਵਾਬ" can also mean "receipt" or "reply" in Punjabi. |
| Romanian | Răspuns in Romanian also means a type of folk song in Transylvania and Banat, Romania |
| Russian | The Russian word "ответ" derives from the Slavic "отъвѣтъ" meaning "retribution" or "counteraction". |
| Samoan | "Tali" also means "to lift up" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "freagairt" in Scots Gaelic comes from the Old Irish word "freagra", meaning "reply" or "response". |
| Serbian | In Serbian, 'odgovor' can also refer to 'response', 'reply' or 'reaction'. |
| Sesotho | "Araba" also means "to agree" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | 'Pindura' also means 'to hang' or 'to suspend'. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "جواب" is derived from the same Proto-Indo-Iranian root as the English word "response", suggesting a shared meaning of "return speech". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "පිළිතුර" has many other meanings in Sinhala including "response", "reply", "rebuttal", and "explanation" |
| Slovak | The word "odpoveď" also means "response" and comes from the verb "odpovedať," meaning "to answer" or "to respond." |
| Slovenian | "Odgovor" is a derivative of the verb "odgovoriti", meaning "to un-speak" (i.e. "to answer") in Slovene. |
| Somali | Although commonly used for "answer," "jawaab" also means "reply" or "message" in Somali. |
| Spanish | "Responder" can also mean "to be responsible" or "to react" in Spanish. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "ngajawab" can also mean "to speak", suggesting its etymological link to communication and response. |
| Swahili | "Jibu" also has meanings like reply or a solution in English. |
| Swedish | The word 'svar' originates from the Old Norse word 'svar' meaning 'proof' or 'evidence'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The root word of "sagot" is "sag" which means "reply to a question or request". In many contexts, it could mean "respond" in general without requiring a direct question. |
| Tajik | The word "ҷавоб" in Tajik is derived from the Persian word "جواب" (jawāb), which means "reply" or "response". It can also mean "solution" or "explanation" in some contexts. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "பதில்" also means "the act of replacing something." |
| Telugu | In Telugu, "సమాధానం" also holds the alternate meaning of "the act of comforting somebody". |
| Thai | "ตอบ" also refers to responding to a request or offer. |
| Turkish | Cevap, meaning "side" in Turkish, derives from the Arabic "jawāb" meaning "reply". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "відповідь" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *otvĕtъ, meaning "reply, response" or "message". |
| Urdu | جواب is derived from the Arabic word 'jawab' meaning 'reply' or 'response', and also means 'recompense' or 'punishment' in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word "javob bering" in Uzbek can also mean "to respond" or "to react". |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "câu trả lời" can also mean "a response" or "a solution". |
| Welsh | Ateb is also used to refer to a specific part of a traditional Welsh house, which serves as a sitting or sleeping area. |
| Xhosa | The word 'phendula' comes from the verb stem '-phend-' which means 'to pay' or 'to give'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "ענטפֿערן" is derived from the German word "antworten", meaning "to respond". |
| Yoruba | In its primary usage, “Idahun” refers to the verbal response to a question but it can also mean a solution to a problem |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "phendula" also means "to respond" or "to reply". |
| English | The word 'answer' is derived from the Old English word 'andswarian', meaning 'to respond' or 'to speak in return'. |