Better in Different Languages
Discover 'Better' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Better
Afrikaans beter | ||
Albanian më mirë | ||
Amharic የተሻለ | ||
Arabic أفضل | ||
Armenian ավելի լավ | ||
Assamese উত্তম | ||
Aymara aski | ||
Azerbaijani daha yaxşı | ||
Bambara fisa | ||
Basque hobeto | ||
Belarusian лепш | ||
Bengali উত্তম | ||
Bhojpuri बढ़िया | ||
Bosnian bolje | ||
Bulgarian по-добре | ||
Catalan millor | ||
Cebuano mas maayo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 更好 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 更好 | ||
Corsican megliu | ||
Croatian bolje | ||
Czech lepší | ||
Danish bedre | ||
Dhivehi ރަނގަޅު | ||
Dogri बधिया | ||
Dutch beter | ||
English better | ||
Esperanto pli bone | ||
Estonian parem | ||
Ewe nyo wu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mas mabuti | ||
Finnish paremmin | ||
French mieux | ||
Frisian better | ||
Galician mellor | ||
Georgian უკეთესი | ||
German besser | ||
Greek καλύτερα | ||
Guarani porãve | ||
Gujarati વધુ સારું | ||
Haitian Creole pi bon | ||
Hausa mafi kyau | ||
Hawaiian ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi | ||
Hebrew טוב יותר | ||
Hindi बेहतर | ||
Hmong zoo dua | ||
Hungarian jobb | ||
Icelandic betra | ||
Igbo mma | ||
Ilocano maymayat | ||
Indonesian lebih baik | ||
Irish níos fearr | ||
Italian meglio | ||
Japanese より良い | ||
Javanese luwih apik | ||
Kannada ಉತ್ತಮ | ||
Kazakh жақсы | ||
Khmer កាន់តែប្រសើរ | ||
Kinyarwanda byiza | ||
Konkani उत्तम | ||
Korean ...보다 나은 | ||
Krio bɛtɛ | ||
Kurdish baştir | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) باشتر | ||
Kyrgyz жакшы | ||
Lao ດີກວ່າ | ||
Latin melior | ||
Latvian labāk | ||
Lingala malamu koleka | ||
Lithuanian geriau | ||
Luganda okusinga | ||
Luxembourgish besser | ||
Macedonian подобро | ||
Maithili बेहतर | ||
Malagasy tsara kokoa | ||
Malay lebih baik | ||
Malayalam മികച്ചത് | ||
Maltese aħjar | ||
Maori pai ake | ||
Marathi चांगले | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯍꯦꯟꯅ ꯐꯕ | ||
Mizo tha zawk | ||
Mongolian илүү сайн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပိုကောင်း | ||
Nepali राम्रो | ||
Norwegian bedre | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) bwino | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଭଲ | ||
Oromo fooyya'aa | ||
Pashto ښه | ||
Persian بهتر | ||
Polish lepszy | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) melhor | ||
Punjabi ਬਿਹਤਰ | ||
Quechua aswan allin | ||
Romanian mai bine | ||
Russian лучше | ||
Samoan sili atu | ||
Sanskrit समीचीनतर | ||
Scots Gaelic nas fheàrr | ||
Sepedi kaone | ||
Serbian боље | ||
Sesotho betere | ||
Shona zvirinani | ||
Sindhi بهتر | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වඩා හොඳ | ||
Slovak lepšie | ||
Slovenian bolje | ||
Somali fiican | ||
Spanish mejor | ||
Sundanese langkung saé | ||
Swahili bora | ||
Swedish bättre | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mas mabuti | ||
Tajik беҳтар аст | ||
Tamil சிறந்தது | ||
Tatar яхшырак | ||
Telugu మంచి | ||
Thai ดีกว่า | ||
Tigrinya ዝሓሸ | ||
Tsonga antswa | ||
Turkish daha iyi | ||
Turkmen has gowy | ||
Twi (Akan) ɛyɛ | ||
Ukrainian краще | ||
Urdu بہتر | ||
Uyghur تېخىمۇ ياخشى | ||
Uzbek yaxshiroq | ||
Vietnamese tốt hơn | ||
Welsh gwell | ||
Xhosa bhetele | ||
Yiddish בעסער | ||
Yoruba dara julọ | ||
Zulu kangcono |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "beter" is derived from the Middle Dutch word "beter" and the Old English word "betera". |
| Albanian | In Tosk dialect, the word "më mirë" primarily means "healthier" but can also mean "better" overall, while in the Gheg dialect, "më mirë" exclusively means "better". |
| Amharic | The word "የተሻለ" can also mean "improved" or "advanced". |
| Arabic | In Arabic, "أفضل" can also refer to "higher" or "more superior" in the context of rank or status. |
| Armenian | In Armenian, "ավելի լավ" not only means "better" but also "more good" as in "this is more good than that". |
| Azerbaijani | The word “daha yaxşı” can also be used to mean “improved” or “more efficient”. |
| Basque | "Hobetu" also means "to improve" or "to get better" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The word "лепш" comes from the Proto-Slavic root *lěpъ, which also means "beautiful". |
| Bengali | In the past, "উত্তম" meant "upwards" or "higher", and also "good" or "appropriate." |
| Bosnian | The word "bolje" can also mean "more" or "rather" in Bosnian, especially when used in comparative constructions. |
| Bulgarian | "По-добре" is derived from the root "добър" (good) and means "in a better way" or "to a better degree, |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "millor" comes from the Latin word "melior", meaning "better" or "more favorable". |
| Cebuano | "Mas maayo" is also an expression of choice, meaning "rather" or "would prefer." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 更好 (更好) also sometimes mean 'even more' to emphasize a degree in Chinese (like 'much higher' vs 'even more higher'). |
| Chinese (Traditional) | “更好”的字面意思是“更加好”，也常用于表示“改进”。 |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "megliu" is cognate with the Italian "meglio" and the Latin "melius". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "bolje" has cognates in other Slavic languages, such as "belyj" (Russian for "white"), suggesting a possible connection to the concepts of "lightness" and "goodness". |
| Czech | "Lepší" comes from the Proto-Slavic "*lěpъšī" and is also the root of the words "lepidlo" (glue) and "lepivý" (sticky). |
| Danish | The Danish word "bedre" is thought to have roots in the Proto-Germanic *batizaz, meaning "to improve" or "to make good". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, 'beter' can also mean 'improvement' or 'recovery' from illness or injury. |
| Esperanto | The word "pli bone" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleh₂- meaning "to fill". |
| Estonian | "Parem" is not only used to compare two things, but it can also mean "healthy" or "right" in some contexts. |
| Finnish | The word "paremmin" is derived from the Proto-Finnic word *parempi*, which also meant "more". |
| French | The word 'mieux' in French has evolved from the Latin word 'melius', meaning both 'better' and 'more' |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "better" is derived from the Old English word "beter" and is a cognate with the Dutch word "beter" and the German word "besser." |
| Galician | Mellor is a variant of the comparative of "bo" ("good") "mellor" in Galician. |
| German | "Besser" can also be used as an adverb to mean "more". For instance, "ich kann es besser" means "I can do it more (or better)". |
| Greek | The term "καλύτερα" also serves as a noun in Modern Greek, referring to betterment or improvement, particularly in health or well-being. |
| Gujarati | The word "વધુ સારું" is derived from the Sanskrit word "वधु" (vadhu), meaning "bride" or "good wife", and it is often used in the context of praising someone or something. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "pi bon" also means "the best" in French. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "mafi kyau" is also used to refer to something that is "very good" |
| Hawaiian | The ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi phrase translates directly to “that which is more excellent,” and emphasizes that something is very good. |
| Hebrew | The verb טוֹב can also mean to grow or increase, like in the phrase טוֹב לֵבָב (increase of the heart). |
| Hindi | The Hindi word 'बेहतर' can also be used to mean 'more' or 'greater', and it is derived from the Sanskrit word 'bhotara', which means 'excellent' or 'superior'. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "zoo dua" also has the alternate meanings "more" or "too". |
| Hungarian | The word "jobb" also means "right" in Hungarian, with potential etymological ties to the concept of correctness or superiority. |
| Icelandic | "Betra" is the comparative form of "gott" (good) and can also mean "more" or "rather". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "mma" not only means "better," but also refers to the "right side" of the body or a "senior sibling". |
| Indonesian | Kata 'lebih baik' juga berarti 'lebih banyak' dalam konteks tertentu. |
| Italian | The Italian word "meglio" derives from the Latin "meliorem", comparative of "bonus" and means both "better" and "best". |
| Japanese | The word "より良い" (literally "more good") can also mean "improved" or "better quality". |
| Javanese | "Luwih apik" can also mean "prettier" or "more beautiful". |
| Kannada | The word "ಉತ್ತಮ" also means "high" or "elevated" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "жақсы" is cognate with the Turkic word "yaḳşı" and ultimately derives from the Proto-Mongolic word *saɢa, meaning "good, right". |
| Korean | "보다 나은" is a compound word composed of "보다" ("than") and "나은" ("good"), and can also mean "rather" in certain contexts. |
| Kurdish | Baştir can also mean 'the act of tying' or 'the place where something is tied' in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, the word "жакшы" not only means "better", but also "good" or even "fine". |
| Latin | The Latin word "melior" originally referred to honey and was later associated with sweetness, excellence, and improvement. |
| Latvian | The word "labāk" in Latvian can also mean "rather" or "more". |
| Lithuanian | Derived from PIE root *ǵʰer- ("to desire, to love") and cognate with Greek χείρων ("worse") and Latin cura ("care, concern"). |
| Luxembourgish | Besser is the comparative of 'good' or 'well' and is derived from the Middle High German 'bezzer' ('better') and the Old High German 'bezziro' ('better'). |
| Macedonian | "Подобро" in Macedonian derives from the Proto-Slavic "*po-dobrъ", meaning "very good" or "rather good". |
| Malagasy | "Tsara kokoa" in Malagasy can also mean "very good" or "the best". |
| Malay | The word "lebih baik" is a combination of the words "lebih" (more) and "baik" (good), suggesting a comparative degree of superiority. |
| Malayalam | "മികച്ചത്" is derived from the Sanskrit word "medhya," meaning "intelligence" or "intellect". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "aħjar" derives from the Arabic "aḥjar" meaning "more noble, more worthy". |
| Maori | In Maori, "pai ake" also means "more good" or "very good" and is the comparative form of "pai" ("good"). |
| Marathi | चांगले comes from the Sanskrit word "caṅguṇa" meaning "good" and can also mean "beautiful," "pleasant," "excellent," "well," or "perfect." |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "илүү сайн" can also refer to "more suitable" or "more appropriate". |
| Nepali | राम्रो also means "beautiful" and in certain contexts "correct" |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word 'bedre' is cognate with the English word 'better', both derived from the Proto-Germanic word *batizo ('good'). |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "bwino" in Nyanja also means "good" and "nice". |
| Pashto | The word "ښه" in Pashto ultimately traces its roots to the Proto-Indo-European word "*wesu-", meaning "good" or "desirable." |
| Persian | The Persian word "بهتر" ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰetero-, meaning 'to carry, bear'. |
| Polish | It is related to Polish "lepki" ("sticky") and Old Prussian "lappen" ("to stick"), likely denoting "more adhesive". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "Melhor" derives from the Latin "melior", and its alternate meanings include "more desirable", "more advantageous", and "more suitable". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word 'बिहਤ' ('bihit'), which 'बिहतर' ('bihter') is derived from, means 'a lot' and 'abundance' |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "mai bine" originated from the Latin phrase "magis bene". |
| Russian | The word “лучше” comes from the Old Slavonic word “лучiи”, which means “better”. The original meaning of the word was “more pleasing” or “more suitable”. Over time, it came to mean “better” in a more general sense. |
| Samoan | The word "sili atu" can be literally translated as "more sharp". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "nas fheàrr" in Scots Gaelic originally meant "best, foremost", but is now commonly used to mean "better". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word 'боље' ('bolje') originates from the Proto-Slavic word 'bolьjь', which also meant 'more' and 'rather' in some Slavic languages. |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, the word "betere" not only means "better" but also "healthier". |
| Shona | The word "zvirinani" in Shona, which means "better," is derived from the verb root "rina" (to surpass or excel). |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "بهتر" can also mean "good" or "well". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "lepšie" (better) shares the same etymological root ("lep-") as the English word "lip" (to touch, to adhere). |
| Slovenian | The word 'bolje' is derived from the Proto-Slavic 'boljь' and also means 'rather' or 'sooner'. |
| Somali | In Southern Somali, fiican can mean 'to the right' in addition to "better". |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "mejor" derives from the Latin "melior", meaning better, and can also refer to a child's older sibling or a child's favorite thing. |
| Sundanese | The term "langkung saé" can also refer to "more" or "excess" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | "Bora" also means "good," "excellent," or "fine." |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "bättre" can also mean "more" or "rather", and is cognate with the English word "better" and the German word "besser"} |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word 'mas mabuti' ('better') is also used to mean 'preferable' or 'more desirable'. |
| Tajik | In Persian (from which Tajik is derived), "beh" means "good" or "better" and "tar" means "comparative". So "behtar" means "better" literally |
| Tamil | சிறந்தது can also mean 'very', 'much', 'a lot', or 'great' in Tamil. |
| Telugu | "మంచి" can also mean "good", "right", or "well" in Telugu. |
| Thai | "ดีกว่า" means "better" than but can also mean "more" as in "more expensive". |
| Turkish | The word "daha iyi" can also mean "very good" or "excellent." |
| Ukrainian | In Polish, the word "lepiej" ("better") comes from "bole" ("pain" or "agony", cf. "boleo" in Latin) and means "less painful". |
| Urdu | The word "behtar" in Urdu originated from the Persian word "beh" meaning "good" or "well, whereas in English, "better" is a comparative adjective indicating a higher degree of quality or status. |
| Uzbek | The word "yaxshiroq" is also used to refer to something that is "more desirable" or "more beneficial". |
| Vietnamese | "Tốt hơn" literally translates to "being good at," a reference to someone with a skill, such as a painter or sculptor |
| Welsh | In Welsh, 'gwell' can also mean 'health' or 'wellness', reflecting the holistic connection between physical and mental well-being in the language. |
| Xhosa | The word "bhetele" can also mean "good" or "nice" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The word "בעסער" can also mean "more" or "additional." |
| Yoruba | The word "dara julọ" in Yoruba also means "very good" and "beautiful." |
| Zulu | The word "kangcono" can also refer to superiority or excellence. |
| English | "Better" is a comparative adjective of "good" and can also mean "more than" or "rather". |