Appear in Different Languages
Discover 'Appear' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Appear
Afrikaans verskyn | ||
Albanian shfaqen | ||
Amharic ብቅ | ||
Arabic يظهر | ||
Armenian հայտնվում | ||
Assamese প্ৰকট হোৱা | ||
Aymara uñstaña | ||
Azerbaijani görünür | ||
Bambara ka yira | ||
Basque agertu | ||
Belarusian з'яўляюцца | ||
Bengali হাজির | ||
Bhojpuri हाजिर | ||
Bosnian pojaviti se | ||
Bulgarian се появи | ||
Catalan apareixen | ||
Cebuano makita | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 出现 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 出現 | ||
Corsican cumparisce | ||
Croatian pojaviti se | ||
Czech objevit | ||
Danish komme til syne | ||
Dhivehi ފާޅުވުން | ||
Dogri पेश होना | ||
Dutch verschijnen | ||
English appear | ||
Esperanto aperi | ||
Estonian ilmuma | ||
Ewe dze | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) lumitaw | ||
Finnish ilmestyy | ||
French apparaître | ||
Frisian skine | ||
Galician aparecer | ||
Georgian გამოჩნდება | ||
German erscheinen | ||
Greek εμφανίζομαι | ||
Guarani apysẽ | ||
Gujarati દેખાય છે | ||
Haitian Creole parèt | ||
Hausa bayyana | ||
Hawaiian ʻikea | ||
Hebrew לְהוֹפִיעַ | ||
Hindi दिखाई | ||
Hmong tshwm sim | ||
Hungarian megjelenik | ||
Icelandic birtast | ||
Igbo gosi | ||
Ilocano nagpakita | ||
Indonesian muncul | ||
Irish nocht | ||
Italian apparire | ||
Japanese 現れる | ||
Javanese katon | ||
Kannada ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತದೆ | ||
Kazakh пайда болады | ||
Khmer លេចឡើង | ||
Kinyarwanda kugaragara | ||
Konkani प्रगट जावप | ||
Korean 나타나다 | ||
Krio sho | ||
Kurdish xûyabûn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دەرکەوتن | ||
Kyrgyz пайда болот | ||
Lao ປາກົດ | ||
Latin videtur | ||
Latvian parādās | ||
Lingala komonana | ||
Lithuanian pasirodys | ||
Luganda okulabika | ||
Luxembourgish erschéngen | ||
Macedonian се појавуваат | ||
Maithili निकलनाइ | ||
Malagasy hita | ||
Malay muncul | ||
Malayalam ദൃശ്യമാകുക | ||
Maltese jidhru | ||
Maori puta | ||
Marathi दिसू | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯣꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo langchhuak | ||
Mongolian гарч ирэх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပေါ်လာ | ||
Nepali देखा पर्दछ | ||
Norwegian vises | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuwonekera | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଦେଖାଯାଏ | | ||
Oromo mul'achuu | ||
Pashto څرګندیدل | ||
Persian به نظر می رسد | ||
Polish zjawić się | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) aparecer | ||
Punjabi ਪ੍ਰਗਟ | ||
Quechua rikuriy | ||
Romanian apărea | ||
Russian появиться | ||
Samoan sau | ||
Sanskrit उत्प्लवते | ||
Scots Gaelic nochdadh | ||
Sepedi hlaga | ||
Serbian појавити | ||
Sesotho hlaha | ||
Shona kuoneka | ||
Sindhi ظاهر ٿيو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දර්ශණය වේ | ||
Slovak objaviť sa | ||
Slovenian se pojavijo | ||
Somali muuqan | ||
Spanish aparecer | ||
Sundanese némbongan | ||
Swahili onekana | ||
Swedish dyka upp | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) lumitaw | ||
Tajik пайдо мешавад | ||
Tamil தோன்றும் | ||
Tatar пәйда була | ||
Telugu కనిపిస్తుంది | ||
Thai ปรากฏ | ||
Tigrinya ምርካብ | ||
Tsonga humelela | ||
Turkish görünmek | ||
Turkmen peýda bolýar | ||
Twi (Akan) pue | ||
Ukrainian з'являються | ||
Urdu ظاہر | ||
Uyghur كۆرۈندى | ||
Uzbek paydo bo'ladi | ||
Vietnamese xuất hiện | ||
Welsh ymddangos | ||
Xhosa ukuvela | ||
Yiddish זיך באווייזן | ||
Yoruba farahan | ||
Zulu ukuvela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "verskyn" is the Afrikaans equivalent of the English word "appear", but it can also mean "to emerge" or "to come into view". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "shfaqen" also refers to a theatrical appearance or the unveiling of a work of art. |
| Amharic | ብቅ also means to emerge, come out, rise or to become clear to the mind. |
| Arabic | "Appear" entered English from Latin in the 14th century and derives from the Indo-European root "pare-," meaning "to produce". |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "հայտնվում" (appear) is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁weǵʰ-, meaning "to see" or "to be seen." |
| Azerbaijani | Görünür is derived from the verb görünmek, which means "to become visible" or "to emerge". It is cognate with the Persian word "dideban", which means "watchman" or "observer". |
| Basque | The word "agertu" in Basque can also mean "to become visible" or "to emerge from hiding." |
| Belarusian | The word "з'яўляюцца" can also mean "arise" or "emerge" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | হাজির শব্দের একটি বিকল্প অর্থ হলো 'তৈরি থাকা'। |
| Bosnian | "Pojaviti se" means not only "to appear" in Bosnian, but it also has a meaning of a natural or supernatural being becoming visible to man, like a fairy or the Virgin Mary. |
| Bulgarian | “Се появи” comes from the Proto-Slavic “sъ-paviti” which meant “to become visible”. |
| Catalan | The verb "apareixen" comes from the Latin "apparere" which also means "to come to light" or "to become visible". |
| Cebuano | Makita can also mean 'become visible' or 'be evident'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 出现 originally referred to a person's arrival at a particular place, but later developed more abstract meanings, such as "emerge" or "become visible". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 出現 (chūxiàn) is often used in the sense of “become evident” or “come to light,” as opposed to its more common English translation of "appear." |
| Corsican | Corsican word "cumparisce" originates from Latin "compăreo" meaning to "become visible", "make an appearance" |
| Croatian | The verb 'pojaviti se' comes from the Proto-Slavic root *javъ, meaning 'open' or 'clear'. |
| Czech | The Czech verb "objevit" and the Russian verb "объявить" (announce) share a common Proto-Slavic root, which could mean either "make something known" or "make something appear." |
| Danish | The term "komme til syne" derives from the Dutch "komen ter zinne" meaning "occur to the mind". |
| Dutch | "Verschijnen" can also refer to a legal summons in a court of law. |
| Esperanto | "Aperi" is a common word in Esperanto, but it also has historical and alternate meanings, including "to open" and "to discover." |
| Estonian | The word "ilmuma" is derived from the Proto-Finnic word *ilm- which means "appearance" or "look". |
| Finnish | Derived from the Proto-Finno-Ugric root *ilme-, meaning 'face' or 'appearance'. |
| French | "Apparaître" can also mean "to seem", "to become evident", or "to emerge into view." |
| Frisian | The Frisian word 'skine' can also mean 'to seem, to look like' or 'to show' |
| Galician | "Aparecer" (meaning "to appear") comes from the Latin word "appārēre", which means "to become visible". |
| Georgian | Although commonly translated as "appear," the word "გამოჩნდება" is literally composed of "to come out" and "to be seen". |
| German | In addition to "appear," "erscheinen" can also mean "come out," "be published," or "surface." |
| Greek | The verb "εμφανίζομαι" comes from the Greek words "εν" (in) and "φαν" (show) and also means "to become visible" or "to emerge." |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "parèt" comes from the French word "paraître", which means "to appear, to seem". |
| Hausa | The word 'bayyana' (appear) in Hausa can also mean 'to manifest', 'to disclose', or 'to reveal'. |
| Hawaiian | ʻĪkea also signifies the opening of an oven so that the food inside will cook faster. |
| Hebrew | The verb **לְהוֹפִיעַ** was formed from the noun **הוֹפָעָה** („show“) under Western European influence and first appeared at the beginning of the 20th century. |
| Hindi | The word 'दिखाई' can also mean 'to see' or 'to be visible' in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "tshwm sim" can also mean "manifest" or "appear on a screen". |
| Hungarian | The word "megjelenik" originally meant "to make something visible or manifest". |
| Icelandic | Icelandic birtast comes from byrja ("begin") + -st ("it happens that") and can also mean "come to pass". |
| Igbo | "Gosi" can also mean "to be visible" or "to emerge".} |
| Indonesian | The word "muncul" can also mean "to emerge", "to show up", or "to come into view" |
| Irish | The Irish word "nocht" also means "to come out" or "to emerge". |
| Italian | In Italian, the word 'apparire' derives from the Latin verb 'apparere,' meaning 'to make visible,' and also holds the alternate meaning of 'to become known' or 'to be revealed.' |
| Japanese | The word 現れる ('appear') in Japanese shares the same kanji as 現金 ('cash'), suggesting a historical connection between physical appearance and monetary value. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "katon" can also mean "visible" or "present". |
| Kazakh | The word "пайда болады" can also mean "benefit" or "be useful" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | លេចឡើង can also mean to rise (as the sun) or emerge (from water). |
| Korean | "나타나다" is derived from a Chinese phrase that means "come to the surface". |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "xûyabûn" also means "to be revealed" or "to be disclosed." |
| Kyrgyz | The word "пайда болот" can also mean "to happen" or "to take place". |
| Lao | ປາກົດ is a compound word composed of the words ປາ (mouth) and ກົດ (press). It is often used to refer to the appearance of a person or object from behind something, or to the emergence of something from a hidden place. |
| Latin | In Latin, "videtur" can also refer to the act of seeing or looking at something. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "parādās" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pa-reǵ-, meaning "to come into view". |
| Lithuanian | In the Lithuanian dictionary, the word "pasirodys" has the additional meanings of "happen", "seem", and "occur". |
| Luxembourgish | "Erschéngen", aus dem althochdeutschen "arscînan" (erscheinen), bedeutet im Luxemburgischen auch "hervorrufen", "verursachen" oder "bewirken". |
| Macedonian | The verb "се појавуваат" is also used figuratively to mean "to emerge, to show up, or to arise." |
| Malagasy | Malagasy "hita" may also mean "to be visible" or "to be evident". |
| Malay | The word "muncul" originally meant "to emerge from water" in Old Malay, and is related to the word "mulut" (mouth). |
| Maltese | The word "jidhru" is cognate to the word "dhur" in Old Arabic, which means "face" or "countenance". |
| Maori | In Maori, "puta" can also mean "to be exposed" or "to be revealed". |
| Marathi | The word "दिसू" (disu) in Marathi is derived from the Sanskrit word "दृश्य" (drishya), meaning "visible". |
| Mongolian | The word "гарч ирэх" can also mean "to show up" or "to arrive". |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "देखा पर्दछ" also means "to be met with" or "to be found". |
| Norwegian | "Viser" also means "show," "display," "prove," "offer," or "teach, instruct" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | An alternate meaning of 'kuwonekera' is 'to be bright' |
| Pashto | The Pashto verb "څرګندیدل" also means "to become visible or known". |
| Persian | The Persian word "به نظر می رسد" can also mean "it looks like" or "it seems like". |
| Polish | The word "zjawić się" can also mean "to happen" or "to occur", and is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *javiti sę, meaning "to show oneself." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil), "aparecer" can also mean to materialize, to arise, or to manifest itself, often used in a spiritual or supernatural sense, such as in religious or folkloric contexts. |
| Punjabi | ਪ੍ਰਗਟ derives from Sanskrit 'prakaTa', meaning 'shining, brilliant' and has alternate meanings of exposure or revelation in various disciplines. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "apărea" also means "to defend" or "to protect". |
| Russian | In ancient Russian, the verb "явиться" meant to "arrive, become known", while the noun "явь" meant "reality". |
| Samoan | The word "sau" in Samoan can also mean "to emerge" or "to come into view". |
| Scots Gaelic | Scots Gaelic "nochdadh" also serves as the word for "exhibition" and "proof". |
| Serbian | The Serbian verb "појавити" derives from the Proto-Slavic root *javъ, meaning "to shine" or "to become visible." |
| Sesotho | "Hlaha" can also refer to a type of dance or to an appearance in court. |
| Shona | The word "kuoneka" in Shona can also mean "to be visible" or "to be seen". |
| Sindhi | The word "ظاهر ٿيو" can also mean "to be seen" or "to become visible". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "objaviť sa" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *javiti sę, which also means "to make oneself known" or "to show oneself". |
| Slovenian | The verb 'se pojavijo' is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *jav- 'to appear, to become visible'. |
| Somali | The word "muuqan" can also mean "to come into view" or "to become visible". |
| Spanish | The Spanish verb "aparecer" ultimately derives from the Latin preposition "apparere", meaning "to come into view". |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "némbongan" also means "to see" or "to notice". |
| Swahili | The verb "onekana" in Swahili is derived from the Proto-Bantu root "*tonEka" meaning "to show" or "to be evident." |
| Swedish | "Dyka upp" can also mean "dive" or "submerge". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "lumitaw" can also mean "emerge" or "come into view". |
| Tajik | The word "пайдо мешавад" can also mean "to be found" or "to come to light" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | தோன்றும் means not only "to appear" but also "to come into being" and "to rise". |
| Thai | ปรากฏ is also used in other contexts to denote "become evident", "be seen", "manifest itself", or "come to light" |
| Turkish | The word "görünmek" also means "to be visible" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, the word "з'являються" (z'yavlyayutsya) can also be used to refer to "being born" or "coming into existence". |
| Urdu | In Urdu, the word "ظاہر" not only means "to appear" but also "the surface" or "outward appearance". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "paydo bo'ladi" also means "to come to an end" or "to finish". |
| Vietnamese | Xuất hiện can also mean to arise, emerge, or manifest, and comes from Hán tự 出現. |
| Welsh | Ymddangos, from ymdan "out" and gos "step/go," also has the more literal meaning of "to emerge" or "step out." |
| Xhosa | 'Ukuvela' also means 'to come from' or 'to originate from' |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word 'זיך באווייזן' may also refer to 'behave', 'deport oneself', or 'conduct oneself'. |
| Yoruba | "Farahan" can also mean "to make a public announcement" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word 'ukuvela' ('to appear') in Zulu also has the alternate meaning of 'to be born,' indicating the association between appearing and coming into existence in the Zulu worldview. |
| English | From Late Latin apparēre, present active infinitive of apparēre 'become visible'. |