Apartment in Different Languages
Discover 'Apartment' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Apartment
Afrikaans woonstel | ||
Albanian apartament | ||
Amharic አፓርትመንት | ||
Arabic شقة | ||
Armenian բնակարան | ||
Assamese এপাৰ্টমেণ্ট | ||
Aymara tipartamintu | ||
Azerbaijani mənzil | ||
Bambara so | ||
Basque apartamentua | ||
Belarusian кватэра | ||
Bengali অ্যাপার্টমেন্ট | ||
Bhojpuri अपार्टमेंट | ||
Bosnian stan | ||
Bulgarian апартамент | ||
Catalan apartament | ||
Cebuano apartment | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 公寓 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 公寓 | ||
Corsican appartamentu | ||
Croatian apartman | ||
Czech byt | ||
Danish lejlighed | ||
Dhivehi އެޕާޓްމަންޓް | ||
Dogri अपार्टमेंट | ||
Dutch appartement | ||
English apartment | ||
Esperanto apartamento | ||
Estonian korter | ||
Ewe xɔhaya | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) apartment | ||
Finnish huoneisto | ||
French appartement | ||
Frisian appartemint | ||
Galician apartamento | ||
Georgian ბინა | ||
German wohnung | ||
Greek διαμέρισμα | ||
Guarani mboja'oha | ||
Gujarati એપાર્ટમેન્ટ | ||
Haitian Creole apatman | ||
Hausa ɗakin kwana | ||
Hawaiian hale noho | ||
Hebrew דִירָה | ||
Hindi फ्लैट | ||
Hmong chav tsev | ||
Hungarian lakás | ||
Icelandic íbúð | ||
Igbo ulo | ||
Ilocano siled | ||
Indonesian apartemen | ||
Irish árasán | ||
Italian appartamento | ||
Japanese アパート | ||
Javanese apartemen | ||
Kannada ಅಪಾರ್ಟ್ಮೆಂಟ್ | ||
Kazakh пәтер | ||
Khmer ផ្ទះល្វែង | ||
Kinyarwanda inzu | ||
Konkani अपार्टमँट | ||
Korean 아파트 | ||
Krio ajɔynin | ||
Kurdish mal | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) شوقە | ||
Kyrgyz батир | ||
Lao ອາພາດເມັນ | ||
Latin apartment | ||
Latvian dzīvoklis | ||
Lingala ndako | ||
Lithuanian butas | ||
Luganda enju | ||
Luxembourgish appartement | ||
Macedonian стан | ||
Maithili कोनो बड़का भवन मे कमराक समूह | ||
Malagasy trano | ||
Malay pangsapuri | ||
Malayalam അപ്പാർട്ട്മെന്റ് | ||
Maltese appartament | ||
Maori whare noho | ||
Marathi अपार्टमेंट | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯥꯈꯜ | ||
Mizo pindan | ||
Mongolian орон сууц | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တိုက်ခန်း | ||
Nepali अपार्टमेन्ट | ||
Norwegian leilighet | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) nyumba | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଆପାର୍ଟମେଣ୍ଟ | ||
Oromo gamoo namni hedduun itti galu | ||
Pashto اپارتمان | ||
Persian اپارتمان | ||
Polish apartament | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) apartamento | ||
Punjabi ਅਪਾਰਟਮੈਂਟ | ||
Quechua apartamento | ||
Romanian apartament | ||
Russian квартира | ||
Samoan fale mautotogi | ||
Sanskrit प्रकोष्ठ | ||
Scots Gaelic àros | ||
Sepedi phapoši | ||
Serbian стан | ||
Sesotho folete | ||
Shona furati | ||
Sindhi اپارٽمينٽ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මහල් නිවාසය | ||
Slovak byt | ||
Slovenian stanovanje | ||
Somali guri dabaq ah | ||
Spanish departamento | ||
Sundanese susun | ||
Swahili ghorofa | ||
Swedish lägenhet | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) apartment | ||
Tajik квартира | ||
Tamil அடுக்குமாடி இல்லங்கள் | ||
Tatar фатир | ||
Telugu అపార్ట్మెంట్ | ||
Thai อพาร์ทเม้น | ||
Tigrinya ክፍሊ | ||
Tsonga yindlo | ||
Turkish apartman | ||
Turkmen kwartira | ||
Twi (Akan) daberɛ | ||
Ukrainian квартира | ||
Urdu اپارٹمنٹ | ||
Uyghur تۇرالغۇ | ||
Uzbek kvartira | ||
Vietnamese căn hộ, chung cư | ||
Welsh fflat | ||
Xhosa yonke iflethi okanye indlu ekwicomplex | ||
Yiddish וווינונג | ||
Yoruba iyẹwu | ||
Zulu ifulethi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "woonstel" derives from the Dutch word "woonstal", meaning "dwelling place for animals". |
| Albanian | "Apartament" is a foreign word adopted into Albanian, derived from Latin "apartare" (separate), similar to the meanings of "apartment" in various other languages. |
| Amharic | In English, "apartment" can also refer to a group of rooms for a particular purpose. The word comes from French and originally referred to a division of a building by a horizontal boundary. |
| Arabic | The Arabic term "شقة" (apartment) derives from the verb "شقّ" (to cut or divide), as apartments are typically divided into separate rooms. |
| Armenian | "Բնակարան" originates in Middle Persian *βn'g-d-dān, meaning "place to inhabit", which is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root of "to inhabit". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "mənzil" in Azerbaijani also means "stage" or "resting place". |
| Basque | "Apartamentua" is related to the Latin word "eparare" meaning "to separate". |
| Belarusian | "Кватэра" derives from the German word "Quartier" (military camp) and originally meant "military dormitory". |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "অ্যাপার্টমেন্ট" (apartment) is derived from the English word "apartment", which itself comes from the Latin word "apparatus", meaning "preparation" or "arrangement". |
| Bosnian | The word "stan" in Bosnian can also mean "habitat" or "living space". |
| Bulgarian | The word "апартамент" in Bulgarian also has the alternate meaning of "a room in a monastery" derived from the Italian word "appartamento". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "apartament" derives from the Latin word "apartamentum" (Latin for "separation"), and means "apartment" in English. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "apartment" (アパート) originates from the Spanish word "apartamento," meaning "room" or "suite." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 公寓 (gōngyù) is a Mandarin loanword from Japanese apartments, called “apaato,” adopted from the English phrase “a partment house.” |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 公寓, 亦作 "公寓", 意为 "楼房", 或 "大厦", 也指 "寓所". |
| Corsican | Corsican "appartamentu" derives from the Italian "appartamento" meaning "small space for living" but also refers to an extension on a house, such as a terrace or a balcony. |
| Croatian | The word 'apartman' in Croatian is derived from the French word 'appartement,' which refers to a division of a larger building. |
| Czech | The Czech word "byt" (apartment) shares the same etymology as "being," reflecting the idea of a dwelling as a place where life unfolds. |
| Danish | The Danish word "lejlighed" also refers to an "opportunity" or "occasion". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "appartement" originates from the French word "appartement", meaning "room" or "suite". |
| Esperanto | 'Apartamento' is derived from the Spanish word 'apartamento', which means 'separation' or 'division'. In Esperanto, it retains this meaning and can also refer to a distinct part of a building. |
| Estonian | The word "korter" may also refer to a "row house" or "section of a building" in addition to an apartment, and is likely derived from the German word "Viertel" meaning "quarter" or "district". |
| Finnish | "Huoneisto" is cognate with the Estonian word "hoone" meaning "building" and the Karelian word "kodi" meaning "home". |
| French | The word "appartement" derives from the Old French word "apartement," meaning a furnished room or suite of rooms. |
| Frisian | The word "appartemint" in Frisian can also refer to a separate part of a house or building, such as a room or a flat. |
| Galician | In Galician, "apartamento" could also refer to a set of rooms on different floors connected by a single internal staircase |
| Georgian | The word "ბინა" also has the alternate meaning of "house" or "dwelling" in Georgian. |
| German | "Wohnung" is a compound of the Gothic word "wunian" (to dwell) and the Proto-West-Germanic root "*ung" (enclosed space). |
| Greek | "Διαμέρισμα" derives ultimately from the ancient word "merizomai" (μερίζοµαι) meaning "to share". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "એપાર્ટમેન્ટ" is derived from the French word "appartement". In French, it means a set of rooms in a building that is rented or leased to a tenant. |
| Haitian Creole | Apâtman is of French origin, meaning a group of rented rooms, or a suite of offices. |
| Hausa | The word ɗakin kwana in Hausa means "bedroom" and is derived from the words ɗaki ("room") and kwana ("night"). |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, 'hale noho' literally translates as 'house to sit in,' reflecting the concept of a dwelling as a place to reside and relax. |
| Hebrew | The word "דִירָה" also means "step stool" in Hebrew, a possible reference to the act of stepping into an apartment. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "फ्लैट" comes from the English word "flat", which originally meant "level or even" and later came to refer to a one-story dwelling. |
| Hmong | In its earliest usage in Hmong, 'chav tsev' actually meant a house used to store tools and grain. |
| Hungarian | The word "lakás" in Hungarian is derived from the verb "lakik", meaning "to dwell" or "to live". |
| Icelandic | The word 'íbúð' literally translates to 'living abode' in Icelandic. |
| Igbo | "Ulo" is an Igbo word for "house" or "room" and it originates from the Proto-Benue-Congo word "*lo" meaning "house". |
| Indonesian | The word "Apartemen" in Indonesian is derived from the Dutch word "appartement". It can also refer to a separate room or compartment within a larger building such as a house or palace. |
| Irish | "Árasán" derives from the Latin word "area" meaning "a paved space" and originally referred to a threshing floor. |
| Italian | "Appartamento" originally meant a room or set of rooms within a larger building, and only later came to refer to an independent dwelling unit. |
| Japanese | アパートメント or アパート ('apartment') is derived from the Latin word "apparatus" meaning "fitting" or "furnishing". |
| Javanese | In Javanese, the word "apartemen" can also refer to a "room" or a "house". |
| Kannada | The word "ಅಪಾರ್ಟ್ಮೆಂಟ್" (apartment) comes from the Latin word "dispartire", meaning "to divide" or "to separate". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "пәтер" ultimately stems from the English word "flat," meaning an apartment on one level of a building. |
| Khmer | The word "ផ្ទះល្វែង" literally means "small house" in Khmer, reflecting the traditional view of apartments as small, affordable dwellings. |
| Korean | 아파트 also means ‘apartment’ in Spanish, French, and Italian. |
| Kurdish | The word "mal" in Kurdish also refers to a tribe or a group of families living together and sharing a common ancestor. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "батир" in Kyrgyz has a secondary meaning of "hero" or "warrior". |
| Latin | The word "apartment" comes from the Latin "appartare," meaning "to separate." |
| Latvian | The word "dzīvoklis" derives from the verb "dzīvot," meaning "to live," indicating its primary purpose as a living space. |
| Lithuanian | The word "butas" may also refer to a "wooden house" in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Appartement" can also refer to a "flat" or a "room in a shared house". |
| Macedonian | The origin of the Macedonian word "стан" may derive from the Persian word "istan," meaning "dwelling place." |
| Malagasy | Trano is derived from the Proto-Austronesian root *tRuma 'house' which also gave rise to rumah in Indonesian and Malay. |
| Malay | The Malay word "pangsapuri" is derived from the Sanskrit "pañcasthala", meaning "five-storeyed building". |
| Malayalam | The word 'അപ്പാർട്ട്മെന്റ്' comes from the French word 'appartement', which itself derives from the Latin word 'adpartare', meaning 'to separate'. |
| Maltese | Maltese "appartament" is derived from the Italian "appartamento," meaning both "apartment" and "room." |
| Maori | The word "whare noho" comes from the Maori words "whare", meaning "house" or "dwelling", and "noho", meaning "to stay" or "to live". It is also used to refer to a temporary shelter or a place to stay for a short period of time. |
| Marathi | The word 'अपार्टमेंट' is derived from the French word "appartement," which means a set of rooms on one floor of a building. |
| Mongolian | "орон сууц" can also mean "residence" or "housing". |
| Nepali | The term "apartment" can refer to a large residential building that is divided into individual living units or a single room in such a building. |
| Norwegian | Leilighet is derived from the Old Norse word 'læge', meaning 'to lie', implying a place to lie down or dwell permanently. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word "nyumba" can also refer to a house or building, not just an apartment. |
| Pashto | اپارتمان also means "a place to stay temporarily" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "اپارتمان" (apartment) in Persian, is derived from the French word "appartement", meaning a set of rooms forming a self-contained housing unit. |
| Polish | In Polish, "apartament" initially referred to a room in a royal palace, but its meaning later expanded to include rooms in noble residences and eventually apartments in general. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "apartamento" in Portuguese can also refer to a set of rooms in a palace or a monastery or a room for temporary use |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਅਪਾਰਟਮੈਂਟ" is of English origin and is used to refer to a set of rooms that are used as a dwelling, typically in a larger building. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "apartament" derives from the French "appartement" and ultimately the Latin "ad parietem," meaning "by the wall." |
| Russian | The word "квартира" (apartment) originally meant a rented room or lodging. |
| Samoan | The term "fale mautotogi" is a derivative of the Polynesian root words "fale" meaning "house" and "mautotogi" meaning "permanent settlement" or "village". |
| Scots Gaelic | 'Àros' can also mean 'dwelling', 'house' or 'palace' in Gaelic, and 'dwelling' in Old Irish. |
| Serbian | In Russian, "стан" means "military camp" but comes from Old Church Slavonic where it means "place, stop, stay". |
| Sesotho | The word "folete" in Sesotho is derived from the English word "flat" and the Tswana word "lelapa" (hut). |
| Shona | In Shona, "furati" also means "a single room in a shared house" or "a small house made of clay". |
| Sindhi | The word "اپارٽمينٽ" ("apartment") in Sindhi comes from the French word "appartement", meaning a set of rooms for living in. |
| Slovak | The word byt also means 'being' in Slovak, and is related to the Old Church Slavonic 'byti', meaning 'to exist'. |
| Slovenian | The word "stanovanje" also means "residence" or "stay" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The term 'guri dabaq ah' is a composite term meaning 'house on top of another' and denotes a shared or multi-unit building. |
| Spanish | In Mexico, "Departamento" can also refer to an administrative unit at the state level within the Federal District. |
| Sundanese | The word "susun" in Sundanese also refers to the "story" of a building, as in the first, second, or third story. |
| Swahili | The word 'ghorofa', meaning 'apartment' in Swahili, is derived from the Arabic word 'ghurfah', meaning 'room' or 'chamber'. |
| Swedish | The word "lägenhet" derives from the Old Swedish "lægh", meaning "to place". It can also refer to a "position" or "situation". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog (Filipino) word "apartment" can also mean a "room" or a "suite" in English. |
| Tajik | The word "квартира" comes from the French word "quartier", which means "district" or "neighborhood." |
| Telugu | The word "అపార్ట్మెంట్" is derived from the French word "appartement", which originally meant a room or suite of rooms in a palace or large house. |
| Thai | The word 'apartment' is derived from the Latin word 'apparatus', meaning 'something prepared' or 'equipment', and has come to refer to a room or set of rooms intended as living quarters. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "apartman" derives from the French word "appartement" and also refers to a block of flats, a building containing multiple apartments. |
| Ukrainian | The word "квартира" is derived from the Latin word "quaternum", meaning "a set of four". This is because, in the past, apartments were typically divided into four rooms. |
| Urdu | "اپارٹمنٹ" is derived from the French word "appartement", which originally meant a room or suite of rooms in a palace or large house, and later came to refer to a self-contained housing unit. |
| Uzbek | The word "kvartira" also means "dormitory" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | The word "căn hộ, chung cư" is derived from the Cantonese words "fon ho", meaning "separate house". In modern usage, it can refer to a wide range of residential units from small studios to large luxury apartments. |
| Welsh | A flat is not typically referred to as |
| Xhosa | The word "yonke iflethi" is derived from the Zulu word "ifulethi", which means "flat". The word "indlu ekwicomplex" is derived from the English word "complex", which refers to a collection of flats. |
| Yiddish | "וווינונג" is the Yiddish word for "apartment", derived from the German word "Wohnung" (dwelling), which is ultimately derived from the Proto-Germanic word "*wunōnō" (to dwell). |
| Yoruba | The word 'iyẹwu' may also refer to a communal farm or a plot of land allocated to a particular family in a village. |
| Zulu | The term 'ifulethi' is also used to refer to a type of traditional Zulu hut that is typically round and made of mud and thatch. |
| English | Apartment originally referred to a group of rooms that were either a part of a larger building or a complete separate building, and can be used to refer to either a small house or a single room in a modern context. |