Afrikaans oënskynlike | ||
Albanian e dukshme | ||
Amharic ግልፅ | ||
Arabic واضح | ||
Armenian ակնհայտ | ||
Assamese প্ৰতীয়মান | ||
Aymara ukhamäña | ||
Azerbaijani aydın | ||
Bambara jɛlen | ||
Basque itxurazkoa | ||
Belarusian відавочны | ||
Bengali আপাত | ||
Bhojpuri स्प्ष्ट | ||
Bosnian prividno | ||
Bulgarian очевидно | ||
Catalan aparent | ||
Cebuano dayag | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 明显的 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 明顯的 | ||
Corsican apparente | ||
Croatian prividno | ||
Czech zdánlivý | ||
Danish tilsyneladende | ||
Dhivehi ފާޅުވުން | ||
Dogri जाह्र | ||
Dutch duidelijk | ||
English apparent | ||
Esperanto ŝajna | ||
Estonian näiline | ||
Ewe si me kɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) maliwanag | ||
Finnish ilmeinen | ||
French apparent | ||
Frisian skynber | ||
Galician aparente | ||
Georgian აშკარაა | ||
German ersichtlich | ||
Greek εμφανής | ||
Guarani gua'u | ||
Gujarati સ્પષ્ટ | ||
Haitian Creole aparan | ||
Hausa bayyana | ||
Hawaiian ʻikea | ||
Hebrew נִרְאֶה | ||
Hindi स्पष्ट | ||
Hmong pom meej | ||
Hungarian látszólagos | ||
Icelandic augljós | ||
Igbo pụtara | ||
Ilocano nalawag | ||
Indonesian semu | ||
Irish dealraitheach | ||
Italian apparente | ||
Japanese 見かけ上 | ||
Javanese nyoto | ||
Kannada ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟ | ||
Kazakh айқын | ||
Khmer ច្បាស់ | ||
Kinyarwanda ikigaragara | ||
Konkani स्पश्ट | ||
Korean 명백한 | ||
Krio klia | ||
Kurdish dîyare | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕووخسار | ||
Kyrgyz ачык-айкын | ||
Lao ປາກົດຂື້ນ | ||
Latin apparent | ||
Latvian acīmredzams | ||
Lingala komonana neti | ||
Lithuanian akivaizdus | ||
Luganda kiri nga | ||
Luxembourgish scheinbar | ||
Macedonian очигледен | ||
Maithili साफ-साफ | ||
Malagasy toa | ||
Malay jelas | ||
Malayalam വ്യക്തമാണ് | ||
Maltese apparenti | ||
Maori mārama | ||
Marathi उघड | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯌꯦꯛ ꯁꯦꯡꯅ ꯈꯪꯕ ꯉꯝꯗꯕ | ||
Mizo lan dan | ||
Mongolian тодорхой байна | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သိသာ | ||
Nepali स्पष्ट | ||
Norwegian tilsynelatende | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zoonekera | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସ୍ପଷ୍ଟ | ||
Oromo fakkaata | ||
Pashto څرګند | ||
Persian آشکار | ||
Polish pozorny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) aparente | ||
Punjabi ਸਪੱਸ਼ਟ | ||
Quechua kaqlla | ||
Romanian aparent | ||
Russian очевидный | ||
Samoan manino | ||
Sanskrit व्यक्त | ||
Scots Gaelic a rèir coltais | ||
Sepedi bonagalago | ||
Serbian привидан | ||
Sesotho bonahala | ||
Shona pachena | ||
Sindhi ظاهر آهي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පෙනෙන ආකාරයට | ||
Slovak zjavný | ||
Slovenian očitno | ||
Somali muuqda | ||
Spanish aparente | ||
Sundanese semu | ||
Swahili dhahiri | ||
Swedish skenbar | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) maliwanag | ||
Tajik маълум аст | ||
Tamil வெளிப்படையானது | ||
Tatar күренеп тора | ||
Telugu స్పష్టంగా | ||
Thai ชัดเจน | ||
Tigrinya ግልፂ | ||
Tsonga rivaleni | ||
Turkish bariz | ||
Turkmen görnüp dur | ||
Twi (Akan) pefee | ||
Ukrainian очевидний | ||
Urdu ظاہر | ||
Uyghur ئېنىقكى | ||
Uzbek aniq | ||
Vietnamese rõ ràng | ||
Welsh yn ymddangos | ||
Xhosa kubonakala | ||
Yiddish קענטיק | ||
Yoruba han | ||
Zulu kuyabonakala |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word “oënskynlike” stems from the Dutch word “ogenschijnlijk.” |
| Albanian | The word "e dukshme" can also mean "visible" or "clear" in Albanian. |
| Amharic | The word "ግልፅ" can also mean "manifest" or "distinct". |
| Arabic | The word "واضح" (apparent) is derived from the Arabic root "وضـح", which also means "to shine" or "to light up." |
| Armenian | "ակնհայտ" (apparent) in Armenian traces its roots to the Greek word "anakalypto," meaning "to uncover" or "to reveal." |
| Azerbaijani | "Aydın" can also mean "intellectual", referring to individuals with higher education and cultural interests. |
| Basque | "Itxurazko" is derived from the word "itxura" (form), which also means "way of being, appearance" and "way of acting". It is related to the word "itxuragabea" (unformed), which means "shapeless, formless" and "unpresentable". It can also be used to refer to something that is not real, but seems to be real. |
| Belarusian | The word "відавочны" also means "evident" and comes from the stem "від-" (from "відзіць"—to see) and the root "-ав-" (found in the Slavic word "jav" (яв)—manifest). |
| Bengali | The word "আপাত" in Bengali originates from the Sanskrit word "आपात" (āpāta), meaning "calamity" or "misfortune". |
| Bosnian | "Prividno" (apparent) shares its root with "vidjeti" (to see), suggesting a connection between perception and appearance. |
| Bulgarian | The word "очевидно'' is borrowed from the Russian language and has no other meanings besides "apparent" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, the word "aparent" can also mean "evident", "clear", or "obvious". |
| Cebuano | "Dayag" also means "obvious" or "unmistakable". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 在日语中,“明显的”也有“公开的秘密”之意。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 「明顯的」一詞在日語中也可作為「顯著的」的意思。 |
| Corsican | Corsican "apparente" is a loanword from French and also means "obvious", "evident" and "clear" alongside its primary meaning of "apparent". |
| Croatian | "Prividno" in Croatian can also mean "seeming", "outward" or "ostensible". |
| Czech | The word "zdánlivý" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "*zdъnъ", meaning "bottom" or "foundation". |
| Danish | Tilsyneladende can also mean 'seeming', 'ostensible', or 'pretended'. |
| Dutch | The word "duidelijk" in Dutch has cognates in other Germanic languages, such as English "deal" and "tidy", and originally meant "clear" or "clean". |
| Esperanto | The word "ŝajna" is derived from the Latin word "sciens", meaning "knowing" or "aware". |
| Estonian | The word "näiline" in Estonian may also refer to something that is "superficial" or "illusory". |
| Finnish | "Ilmeinen" is derived from the Proto-Finnic "*ilme", meaning "manifestation, appearance" and is also related to words like "ilmestyä" ("to appear") and "ilmoittaa" ("to inform, declare"). |
| French | The term "apparent" originally meant "to manifest one's soul outwardly" in French, while "apparenter" has connotations of "to affiliate". |
| Frisian | The word "skynber" in Frisian (meaning "clear" or "obvious") could be related to the Dutch word "schijnbaar" (with the same meaning) or the German word "scheinbar" (meaning "seeming"). |
| Galician | Apparente, do latín "apparente-is", ten como sinnónimo evidente, claro ou manifesto. |
| Georgian | The word "აშკარაა" (apparent) shares etymological roots with the word "clear" and originally meant "uncovered" or "visible" in Georgian. |
| German | "Ersichtlich" can also mean "visible" or "noticeable". |
| Greek | The Ancient Greek word "εμφανής" literally means "coming to light". |
| Gujarati | In astronomy, "સ્પષ્ટ" refers to the apparent position of a celestial body as observed from Earth, taking into account atmospheric refraction and other optical effects. |
| Haitian Creole | The verb 'aparan' is originally the 3rd person conjugation of the verb 'parèt', meaning 'to appear'. |
| Hausa | "bayyana" likely derives from Arabic "bayaan" |
| Hawaiian | ʻIkea (to appear, make known, recognize, distinguish, acknowledge, notice) is cognate with Marquesan ʻiho (to shine, be visible, come to light), Mangareva iki (to rise, come up), and other East Polynesian languages meaning 'to ascend' or 'to appear'. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word נִרְאֶה can alternatively mean "to be seen" or "to show". |
| Hindi | The Sanskrit word स्पष्ट comes from the root स्पृश् meaning 'to touch', suggesting its original meaning may have been 'within reach'. |
| Hmong | "Pom meej" also means "to be obvious" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | The word "látszólagos" derives from the verb "látszik" which means "to appear". |
| Icelandic | The word "augljós" (apparent) in Icelandic is derived from the Old Norse word "augljós, |
| Igbo | "Pụtara" is also used to mean "signify" in the context of language, symbols, or gestures. |
| Indonesian | The word "semu" can also mean "false" or "pretend". |
| Irish | The Irish word "dealraitheach" also has the meaning of "seemly" and "handsome". |
| Italian | "Apparente" also means "deceptive" in Italian, reflecting the false or illusory nature of appearances. |
| Japanese | 見かけ上 is sometimes confused with 見せかけ (pretense) because the two words sound similar. |
| Javanese | "Nyoto" in Javanese also means "clear". |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟ" (apparent) is derived from the Sanskrit word "स्पष्ट" (clear or distinct), meaning "that which can be seen". |
| Kazakh | The word "айқын" (apparent) in Kazakh also has the meaning of "clear" or "distinct". |
| Khmer | The word "ច្បាស់" (apparent) in Khmer originally meant "to be clear, visible, or distinct" and was used in a religious context to refer to the clarity of the Buddha's teachings. |
| Korean | The word "명백한" can also mean "evident" or "obvious". |
| Kurdish | The word "dîyare" in Kurdish can also mean "clear", "evident", or "obvious". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "ачык-айкын" in Kyrgyz has Turkic roots and can also mean "open and clear" or "obvious and visible". |
| Latin | In Latin, "apparent" means "to appear" and can also refer to a ghost or apparition. |
| Latvian | In its original form "acīmredzams" meant something that could be perceived by sight, a visible quality of an object. |
| Lithuanian | "Akivaizdus" in Lithuanian literally translates as "eye-visible". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "scheinbar" can also mean "beautiful" in some contexts. |
| Macedonian | The word "очигледен" also means "evident" or "obvious" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The word "toa" in Malagasy also means "clear" or "evident". |
| Malay | "Jelas" derives from the Sanskrit word "jalas" meaning "water" or "clear," reflecting its association with clarity and transparency. |
| Malayalam | The alternate meaning of വ്യക്തമാണ് is "distinct, separate". "Distinct, separate" in this case refers to being distinguished by differences in character or attributes. |
| Maltese | In Maltese, 'apparenti' originates from the Italian word 'apparente' and also bears the archaic meaning of 'evident, clear, manifest' |
| Maori | In Māori mythology, Mārama is also the goddess of light, revealing secrets in the dark. |
| Marathi | The word "उघड" is derived from the Sanskrit word "उद्घाट" meaning "to open" or "to reveal. |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, the word "тодорхой байна" not only means "apparent" but also "clear" or "evident." |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The term "သိသာ" also refers to "knowing clearly" in the context of knowledge or understanding |
| Nepali | The word "स्पष्ट" in Nepali is derived from the Sanskrit word "स्पष्ट" meaning "clear, distinct, or evident." |
| Norwegian | Tilsynelatende is also used in Norwegian to mean 'apparently' or 'seemingly'. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "zoonekera" in Nyanja (Chichewa) is derived from the root word "zoonekera" which means "to appear" or "to be visible". |
| Pashto | The word "څرګند" in Pashto has its roots in the Persian word "zahir" which means "manifest" or "evident". |
| Persian | آشکار can also mean explicit, obvious, or clear. |
| Polish | In Polish, "pozorny" can also mean "fictitious" or "pretend." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "aparente" is derived from the Latin "apparentem," meaning "appearing" or "seeming," and can also mean "obvious" or "evident." |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "aparent" also means "parent". |
| Russian | The word "очевидный" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *очи-, meaning "eye", and originally meant "seen by the eyes". |
| Samoan | The word "manino" can also refer to the "surface" of an object. |
| Scots Gaelic | The term "a rèir coltais" in Scots Gaelic not only means "apparent", but also "according to what is seen" or "likely". |
| Serbian | The word 'привидан' also means 'spectral' and is derived from the Proto-Slavic word 'prividъ', meaning 'phantom'. |
| Sesotho | "Bonahala" derives from the root "bon" meaning "see" or "show", and "ahala" meaning "clear" or "evident." |
| Shona | Shona 'pachena' is also a name given to an old woman, often one who lives on her own, which could be a metaphorical extension of 'being obvious'. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ظاهر آهي" is derived from the Arabic word " ظاهر " which means "to make visible, clear, or manifest". |
| Slovak | "Zjavný" in Slovak is likely derived from the Proto-Slavic word "javiti," which means "to reveal," and also shares a root with the word "javy" (meaning "reality") |
| Slovenian | The word "očitno" in Slovenian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "očitъ", which means "clear" or "evident". |
| Somali | The Somali word "muuqda" can also refer to something that is visible or obvious. |
| Spanish | "Aparente" derives from Latin and also means "seemingly", "ostensible" or "unreal". |
| Sundanese | "Semu" in Sundanese can also refer to a ghost or an illusion |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "dhahiri" can also mean "outward", "external", or "visible". |
| Swedish | Skenbar ultimately stems from the Old Norse word "sken", meaning "appearance" or "semblance". |
| Tajik | The word "маълум аст" in Tajik also means "known" or "evident" and comes from the Persian "ma'lum ast". |
| Thai | The word "ชัดเจน" can also mean "clear" or "distinct". |
| Turkish | The word "bariz" in Turkish has an alternate meaning: "obvious". |
| Ukrainian | "Очевидний" comes from the word "оче", meaning "eyelids". Therefore, "очевидний" once meant "seen clearly with one's own eyes." |
| Urdu | "ظاہر" means exterior or outer part in Arabic, also used in Urdu as "to show" or "to become clear".} |
| Uzbek | The word "aniq" in Uzbek may also mean "clear", "evident", or "plain." |
| Vietnamese | "Rõ ràng" derives from the Chinese word " rõ ràng" (了亮), meaning "clear" or "bright." |
| Welsh | The word "yn ymddangos" in Welsh can also mean "in appearance" or "seemingly." |
| Xhosa | The word "kubonakala" can also mean "to seem". |
| Yiddish | Etymology: from German "kenntlich", meaning "recognizable". |
| Yoruba | The word "han" also means "to breathe" or "to live" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | Kuyabonakala' in Zulu is rooted in the verb 'ukubonakala,' meaning 'to become visible' or 'to appear,' capturing the sense of something becoming apparent. |
| English | The word 'apparent' originates from the Latin word 'apparere,' meaning 'to appear' or 'to become visible'. |