Afrikaans vat | ||
Albanian fuçi | ||
Amharic በርሜል | ||
Arabic برميل | ||
Armenian տակառ | ||
Assamese বেৰেল | ||
Aymara barril satawa | ||
Azerbaijani barel | ||
Bambara barili | ||
Basque kupela | ||
Belarusian бочка | ||
Bengali পিপা | ||
Bhojpuri बैरल के बा | ||
Bosnian bure | ||
Bulgarian барел | ||
Catalan barril | ||
Cebuano baril | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 桶 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 桶 | ||
Corsican canna | ||
Croatian barel | ||
Czech hlaveň | ||
Danish tønde | ||
Dhivehi ފީފާ އެވެ | ||
Dogri बैरल दा | ||
Dutch vat | ||
English barrel | ||
Esperanto barelo | ||
Estonian tünn | ||
Ewe barrel | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) bariles | ||
Finnish tynnyri | ||
French baril | ||
Frisian barrel | ||
Galician barril | ||
Georgian ბარელი | ||
German fass | ||
Greek βαρέλι | ||
Guarani barril rehegua | ||
Gujarati બેરલ | ||
Haitian Creole barik | ||
Hausa ganga | ||
Hawaiian barela | ||
Hebrew חָבִית | ||
Hindi बैरल | ||
Hmong thoob | ||
Hungarian hordó | ||
Icelandic tunnu | ||
Igbo gbọmgbọm | ||
Ilocano bariles | ||
Indonesian barel | ||
Irish bairille | ||
Italian barile | ||
Japanese たる | ||
Javanese laras | ||
Kannada ಬ್ಯಾರೆಲ್ | ||
Kazakh баррель | ||
Khmer ធុង | ||
Kinyarwanda ingunguru | ||
Konkani बॅरल हें नांव | ||
Korean 통 | ||
Krio barɛl we dɛn kin kɔl | ||
Kurdish kûp | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەرمیل | ||
Kyrgyz баррель | ||
Lao ຖັງ | ||
Latin dolio | ||
Latvian muca | ||
Lingala baril ya baril | ||
Lithuanian statinė | ||
Luganda ekipipa | ||
Luxembourgish barrel | ||
Macedonian буре | ||
Maithili बैरल | ||
Malagasy barika | ||
Malay tong | ||
Malayalam ബാരൽ | ||
Maltese barmil | ||
Maori oko | ||
Marathi बंदुकीची नळी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯕꯦꯔꯦꯜ ꯑꯣꯏꯅꯥ ꯄꯤꯔꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo barrel a ni | ||
Mongolian баррель | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စည် | ||
Nepali ब्यारेल | ||
Norwegian tønne | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mbiya | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବ୍ୟାରେଲ୍ | ||
Oromo barmeela | ||
Pashto بیرل | ||
Persian بشکه | ||
Polish beczka | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) barril | ||
Punjabi ਬੈਰਲ | ||
Quechua barril | ||
Romanian butoi | ||
Russian бочка | ||
Samoan paelo | ||
Sanskrit पिपासा | ||
Scots Gaelic baraille | ||
Sepedi barele ya go swara | ||
Serbian буре | ||
Sesotho moqomo | ||
Shona dhiramu | ||
Sindhi بيرل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) බැරලය | ||
Slovak sud | ||
Slovenian sod | ||
Somali foosto | ||
Spanish barril | ||
Sundanese tong | ||
Swahili pipa | ||
Swedish tunna | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) bariles | ||
Tajik баррел | ||
Tamil பீப்பாய் | ||
Tatar баррель | ||
Telugu బారెల్ | ||
Thai บาร์เรล | ||
Tigrinya በርሚል ምዃኑ’ዩ። | ||
Tsonga barrel | ||
Turkish varil | ||
Turkmen barrel | ||
Twi (Akan) toa a wɔde toa mu | ||
Ukrainian бочка | ||
Urdu بیرل | ||
Uyghur تۇڭ | ||
Uzbek bochka | ||
Vietnamese thùng | ||
Welsh casgen | ||
Xhosa umphanda | ||
Yiddish פאַס | ||
Yoruba agba | ||
Zulu umgqomo |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "vat" in Afrikaans can also refer to a large container used for storing liquids, such as a tank or cistern. |
| Albanian | "Fuçi" is a word derived from the Latin "foculus" meaning "small hearth" and is related to the Albanian word "furrë" (oven). |
| Amharic | The word "በርሜል" (barrel) in Amharic is derived from the Portuguese word "barril," which itself comes from the Latin word "barillus." |
| Arabic | The word "برميل" can also refer to a large drum used for storing liquids or powders. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word 'տակառ' ('barrel') is also used to mean 'tub', 'vat' or 'container', indicating its versatility and various uses. |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, the word "barel" can also mean "a large pot or cauldron" or "a type of waterwheel." |
| Basque | "Kupela" can also mean "womb" or "hull" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The word "бочка" can also refer to a type of traditional Belarusian musical instrument, similar to a drum. |
| Bengali | The word 'pipa' originates from the Sanskrit word 'pipa' meaning 'vessel' or 'container'. In Bengali, it can also refer to a type of musical instrument with a bulbous body. |
| Bosnian | The word "bure" can also refer to a cylindrical container used for storing liquids, such as a bottle or a can. |
| Bulgarian | The Old Bulgarian word "барел" originates from the Latin "barrelus" which was probably derived from Vulgar Greek word for "small barrel". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "barril" is derived from the Latin "barrīle", meaning "small barrel" or "keg". |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "baril" can also mean "prison" or "jail", similar to the English word "stir". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character "桶" (barrel) was originally a pictogram of a large earthenware vessel in oracle bone script. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In addition to “barrel”, “桶” can also refer to “a unit of volume” or simply a “container”. |
| Corsican | The word "canna" can also refer to a specific type of barrel used for storing wine or oil. |
| Croatian | The word “barel” in Croatian can refer to a measurement of wine or an object of value such as a pearl. |
| Czech | The word "hlaveň" also denotes "a cylinder containing hair or feathers", or "a barrel used as an artillery piece" in Czech. |
| Danish | The Danish word "tønde" is derived from the Old Norse word "tunna", meaning a large cask or barrel, and can also refer to a specific unit of measurement for volume. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "vat" also means "baptism", a cognate of the English word "font". |
| Estonian | The etymology of the Estonian word "tünn" is likely from Proto-Germanic, and it has cognate terms in most other Indo-European languages. |
| Finnish | Tynnyri is derived from Old Swedish and is related to the English word "tun". In Finland, "tynnyri" also refers to a type of fishing net. |
| French | The word "baril" comes from the Gaulish "barros", which means "basket" or "box". |
| Frisian | Frisian "fet" has the same root as English "vat" and means not only "barrel" but also "vessel" and "container" and is related to "vessel" and "vase" |
| Galician | Galician "barril" comes from Latin "barillus" and means "clay vase", while "barril" in Spanish means "barrel". |
| Georgian | The word "ბარელი" can also refer to a type of Georgian dance or a unit of measurement for liquids. |
| German | In archaic German, 'fass' also meant 'vessel' or 'container'. |
| Greek | The word "βαρέλι" also denotes a unit of volume in Greece, equal to approximately 40 gallons. |
| Gujarati | The word 'બેરલ' is also used to refer to the cylindrical shape of a container, such as a drum or a pipe. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "barik" in Haitian Creole also refers to a type of makeshift water or gasoline container made from an old oil drum or another large metal container. |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "ganga" also refers to the quantity of water that a barrel can hold. |
| Hawaiian | "Barela" also refers to the small cylindrical Hawaiian nose flute played in ancient hula. |
| Hebrew | The word "חָבִית" (barrel) is derived from the Akkadian word "ḫubuttu", meaning "container" |
| Hindi | The word "बैरल" also refers to a unit of volume for liquids, typically equal to 31 or 36 gallons. |
| Hmong | Hmong "thoob" can also refer to a type of wooden container, typically used for holding liquids. |
| Hungarian | The word “hordó” likely comes from the Slavic word “gъrdъ” or “chъrdъ,” meaning “pot,” “jug,” or “vessel.” |
| Icelandic | The word also means "melody" in Icelandic and "tune" in English, which may be a reference to a barrel's shape resembling a musical instrument. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "gbọmgbọm" refers to a large storage container, typically made of wood or metal, used for holding liquids or other substances. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "barel" also means "gunpowder flask" and is possibly derived from the Portuguese word "barril" |
| Irish | The Irish word "bairille" can also refer to a tub, cask, or keg |
| Italian | The word "barile" in Italian can also refer to a specific type of pasta. |
| Japanese | In addition to referring to a "barrel", "たる" can mean "slack, loose", or "dull, boring". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "laras" also refers to a unit of measurement for volume, specifically for measuring liquids and grains. |
| Kannada | The word "ಬ್ಯಾರೆಲ್" can also refer to a unit of volume for liquids, equivalent to 180 litres. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "баррель" has two alternative meanings, both referring to a unit of liquid measurement: 158.98 liters and 416.4 kilograms. |
| Khmer | 'ធុង' can also be used figuratively to describe someone who is very fat and has a round belly |
| Korean | In Korean, "통" can also refer to a tube, hole, or hollow structure. |
| Kurdish | "Kûp" means "beehive" in some dialects. |
| Kyrgyz | В кыргызском языке слово "баррель" также означает "бочку" или "узел". |
| Lao | The word "ຖັງ" can also refer to a container or vessel made of various materials. |
| Latin | Dolio also referred to a particular type of Greek earthenware amphora shaped like a barrel and used for storing wine and oil. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "muca" can also refer to a large tub used for laundry or a wooden box used for transporting grain. |
| Lithuanian | The word "statinė" likely comes from the verb "statyti" (to build), suggesting its construction and use as a vessel for storage or fermentation. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "barrel" can also refer to a "wooden frame for transporting hay", "a drinking horn", or a "drum used to signal fire brigades" |
| Macedonian | The word "буре" in Macedonian can also refer to a small wooden box used to store cheese, or a large wooden container similar to a vat used in winemaking. |
| Malagasy | Malagasy barika ultimately derives from the Arabic barrika, which means "large jar." |
| Malay | The Malay word "tong", meaning barrel, is also used in the Chinese language, and is thought to be derived from the Sanskrit word "drona". |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, "ബാരൽ" can also refer to a type of wooden plank used for constructing boats. |
| Maltese | The word "barmil" in Maltese may also refer to a kind of wine or drink made from fruit. |
| Maori | In some regions of New Zealand, |
| Marathi | The word "बंदुकीची नळी" ("barrel") in Marathi derives from the Sanskrit word "बन्दूक" ("a pipe or tube"), which was originally borrowed from Persian. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "баррель" is also used to refer to a unit of measurement for liquids, approximately equivalent to a barrel in English. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "စည်" not only means "barrel", but also can mean "to be round" or "to be circular". |
| Nepali | The word “ब्यारेल” can also refer to a barrel-shaped container to hold a large volume of liquids, especially one made of metal or plastic. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, the word "Tønne" also refers to a unit of herring or mackerel measuring around 126 liters. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | MbIya, a word for 'Barrel', can also mean a 'Drum', 'Cask' or a container for transporting liquids or granular substances. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "بیرل" can also mean a cask, vat, or hogshead. |
| Persian | The word "بشکه" (barrel) in Persian was borrowed from the French "barrique" during the reign of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar and originally referred to a cylindrical-shaped, barrel-sized container. |
| Polish | In Polish, «beczka» also means «a measure of liquid» (1 hectolitre), or «an amount», as well as a colloquial synonym for a person who gets drunk quickly or often. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, the word "barril" also refers to a type of barrel-shaped musical instrument similar to a drum. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਬੈਰਲ" (barrel) is derived from the Old French word "baril," which itself comes from the Latin word "barrus," meaning "a large cask or vat." |
| Romanian | The word "butoi" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*bъtvъ", meaning "cask, barrel", and is related to the Bulgarian word "буте" (bute), meaning "barrel, cask". |
| Russian | The word "бочка" can also refer to a cylindrical musical instrument or a large wooden container used in shipbuilding. |
| Samoan | In Samoan, the word 'paelo' can also refer to a type of small canoe carved from a single log. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Baraille" also means "wrangling" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | In 16th and 17th century Serbia, a unit of volume equal to 72 litres was known as a "barrel" |
| Sesotho | The word “moqomo” can also refer to a group of people, usually of the same age or status, who are closely associated with each other. |
| Shona | The word 'dhiramu' is a borrowed term in Shona, deriving from the Portuguese word for barrel, 'barril'. |
| Sindhi | The word "بيرل" can also refer to a large earthen pot used for storing grain or liquids, or a unit of measurement for grain. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "බැරලය" can also refer to a type of drum used in traditional Sinhalese music. |
| Slovak | The word "sud" also means "court" in Slovak, and originated from the German word "Sud" meaning "vessel". |
| Slovenian | "Sod" can also refer to a type of turf or a simpleton. |
| Somali | The word "foosto" can also mean "big stomach" or "bloated belly" in Somali. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "barril" is also used to refer to a cask for holding gunpowder or a type of drum similar to a snare drum. |
| Sundanese | In Old Sundanese 'tong' also meant 'container for honey'. |
| Swahili | The word "pipa" also refers to a type of smoking pipe made of clay or wood. |
| Swedish | The word "tunna" in Swedish derives from the Medieval Latin word "tunna" and originally referred to a wine barrel of 252 liters. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Bariles" can also refer to a unit of measurement for rice in the Philippines, typically 1 sack weighing around 50 kilograms. |
| Tajik | In Tajik, the word "баррел" also means "a large drum". |
| Tamil | The word "பீப்பாய்" (barrel) is derived from the Portuguese word "pipa", which ultimately originates from the Latin word "pipa" (pipe). |
| Telugu | The word "barrel" can also mean a unit of measurement for liquids, or a cylindrical container for holding liquids. |
| Thai | The word "บาร์เรล" can also refer to a unit of volume equal to 159 liters. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "varil" comes from the Italian word "barile" and can also refer to a drum or a cask. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "бочка" (barrel) also derives from the German word "bottich" (cask). |
| Urdu | The word "بیرل" also refers to a type of traditional drum played in Punjab, Pakistan. |
| Uzbek | The word "bochka" has a second meaning - an Uzbek traditional headdress decorated with coins, coral, and sometimes feathers. |
| Vietnamese | "Thùng" also means "a large box". |
| Welsh | The word 'casgen' is probably derived from the Latin word 'cascus', meaning 'hollow'. |
| Xhosa | "Umphanda" also means "abundance" or "plenty" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פאַס" ("barrel") may derive from the German word "fass" and the Polish word "pasa" (both having the same meaning), or from the Hebrew word "פּס" (transliterated pas) meaning a "vessel" or "container." |
| Yoruba | The word "agba" in Yoruba can also refer to a large tree with a distinctive trunk. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'umgqomo' can also refer to a cylindrical container or a cylindrical part of a machine. |
| English | The word 'barrel' is derived from the Old French 'baril,' meaning 'small cask' and the Late Latin 'barritus,' meaning 'elephant's trumpet.' |