Board in Different Languages
Discover 'Board' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Board
Afrikaans bord | ||
Albanian bordi | ||
Amharic ሰሌዳ | ||
Arabic مجلس | ||
Armenian տախտակ | ||
Assamese ব’ৰ্ড | ||
Aymara junta | ||
Azerbaijani lövhə | ||
Bambara tabulo | ||
Basque taula | ||
Belarusian дошка | ||
Bengali বোর্ড | ||
Bhojpuri बोड | ||
Bosnian daska | ||
Bulgarian дъска | ||
Catalan pissarra | ||
Cebuano board | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 板 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 板 | ||
Corsican bordu | ||
Croatian odbor | ||
Czech prkno | ||
Danish bestyrelse | ||
Dhivehi ބޯޑު | ||
Dogri बोर्ड | ||
Dutch bord | ||
English board | ||
Esperanto estraro | ||
Estonian juhatus | ||
Ewe ati gbadza | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) board | ||
Finnish aluksella | ||
French planche | ||
Frisian board | ||
Galician taboleiro | ||
Georgian დაფა | ||
German tafel | ||
Greek σανίδα | ||
Guarani techaukaha | ||
Gujarati પાટીયું | ||
Haitian Creole planch | ||
Hausa jirgi | ||
Hawaiian papa | ||
Hebrew גלשן | ||
Hindi मंडल | ||
Hmong txiag | ||
Hungarian tábla | ||
Icelandic stjórn | ||
Igbo mbadamba | ||
Ilocano tabla | ||
Indonesian naik | ||
Irish bord | ||
Italian tavola | ||
Japanese ボード | ||
Javanese papan | ||
Kannada ಬೋರ್ಡ್ | ||
Kazakh тақта | ||
Khmer ក្តារ | ||
Kinyarwanda ikibaho | ||
Konkani मंडळ | ||
Korean 판 | ||
Krio bod | ||
Kurdish pêşewarî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بۆرد | ||
Kyrgyz такта | ||
Lao ກະດານ | ||
Latin tabula | ||
Latvian dēlis | ||
Lingala lisanga | ||
Lithuanian lenta | ||
Luganda okulinnya | ||
Luxembourgish board | ||
Macedonian табла | ||
Maithili पटल | ||
Malagasy birao, birao | ||
Malay papan | ||
Malayalam ബോർഡ് | ||
Maltese bord | ||
Maori poari | ||
Marathi बोर्ड | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯐꯝꯄꯥꯛ | ||
Mizo chuang | ||
Mongolian самбар | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဘုတ်အဖွဲ့ | ||
Nepali बोर्ड | ||
Norwegian borde | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) bolodi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବୋର୍ଡ | ||
Oromo muka diriiraa | ||
Pashto تخته | ||
Persian تخته | ||
Polish deska | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) borda | ||
Punjabi ਫੱਟੀ | ||
Quechua hanpara | ||
Romanian bord | ||
Russian доска | ||
Samoan laupapa | ||
Sanskrit मण्डलम् | ||
Scots Gaelic bòrd | ||
Sepedi boto | ||
Serbian одбор, табла | ||
Sesotho boto | ||
Shona bhodhi | ||
Sindhi بورڊ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මණ්ඩලය | ||
Slovak doska | ||
Slovenian deska | ||
Somali guddiga | ||
Spanish tablero | ||
Sundanese dewan | ||
Swahili bodi | ||
Swedish styrelse | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) sumakay | ||
Tajik тахта | ||
Tamil பலகை | ||
Tatar такта | ||
Telugu బోర్డు | ||
Thai คณะกรรมการ | ||
Tigrinya ፀፊሕ ጣውላ | ||
Tsonga huvo | ||
Turkish yazı tahtası | ||
Turkmen tagta | ||
Twi (Akan) agyinatukuo | ||
Ukrainian дошка | ||
Urdu بورڈ | ||
Uyghur board | ||
Uzbek taxta | ||
Vietnamese bảng | ||
Welsh bwrdd | ||
Xhosa ibhodi | ||
Yiddish ברעט | ||
Yoruba ọkọ | ||
Zulu ibhodi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "bord" can also refer to a farm or estate. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "bordi" can also refer to a "fence", derived from the Latin word "bordus" meaning "outer edge". |
| Amharic | "ሰሌዳ" also means "a slate for writing". |
| Arabic | The word "مجلس" also refers to a meeting, an assembly, or a council, suggesting a gathering of individuals for discussion or decision-making. |
| Armenian | The Armenian term "տախտակ" can trace its origins to the Persian word "takhta" (literally "throne"), ultimately coming from the ancient Indo-European root *tek- meaning "to build" or "to construct". |
| Azerbaijani | "Lövhə" also refers to a blackboard in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The word taula also refers in Basque and Catalan to traditional round stone tables or to tables used to play cards. |
| Belarusian | In Ukrainian, дошка also means a chessboard. |
| Bengali | In Bengali, "বোর্ড" (board) can also refer to a school or college managing committee or a game table. |
| Bosnian | The word 'daska' also refers to a type of wooden fence or barrier. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, дъска can also refer to a blackboard, a wooden table, or a sheet of paper. |
| Catalan | The word "pissarra" may also refer to a chalkboard in Catalan, or to a type of schistose rock used in construction. |
| Cebuano | In the Cebuano language, "board" can also refer to a flat, wide piece of wood used as a surface for drawing or writing, or a flat sheet of material used as a covering or lining. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "板" can also mean "a type of musical instrument", a "block", a "slab", or "a list". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "板" also refers to a type of Chinese opera that originated in the Hubei province, as well as a Chinese folk musical instrument made of wood. |
| Corsican | Corsican "bordu" likely traces back to Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "edge" but can also refer to a "table". |
| Croatian | This word is a false friend with other Slavic languages, as it means "council" or "committee" in those languages, but "board" in Croatian. |
| Czech | In Czech, "prkno" can also refer to a plank, a board used in construction or carpentry. |
| Danish | The word "bestyrelse" is derived from the Old Norse word "bestill" meaning "to manage". |
| Dutch | "Bord" in Dutch can also relate to food and meals. |
| Esperanto | "Estraro" can also mean "executive board" or "directors". |
| Estonian | "Juhatus" also refers to a group of people who lead an organization or a meeting, like a board of directors or a presidium. |
| Finnish | In the Middle Ages, “aluksella” was also used to mean “ship”. |
| French | From Old French *planche*, diminutive of *plane* "flat surface" from Latin *planus*, "flat". |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "board" can also refer to a flat piece of wood that is used for writing, or to the food eaten by animals. |
| Galician | Taboleiro is likely derived from Late Latin tabula ("table"), and also denotes a "chessboard" and "writing slate" in Galician. |
| Georgian | დაფა can also refer to a |
| German | "Tafel" is a cognate to the English word "table" and is also used colloquially in German to refer to a blackboard, whiteboard or slate. |
| Greek | In Byzantine Greek, "σανίδα" could also refer to a type of ship's sail or a long, narrow piece of wood used as a weapon |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "પાટીયું" (board) also refers to a piece of wood used as a writing surface in traditional schools. |
| Haitian Creole | Planch shares a semantic origin with "plank", a long piece of flat timber or a platform. |
| Hausa | The word "jirgi" also means "a meeting of traditional leaders" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | The word 'papa' can also refer to a flat surface, such as a table or a floor. |
| Hebrew | In Hebrew, "גלשן" (board) derives from the verb "גולש" (surge), which also relates to surfing as a water sport. |
| Hindi | In Sanskrit, "मंडल" can also refer to a geometric diagram used in Hindu rituals or a group of persons gathered around a central figure. |
| Hmong | Derived from a Proto-Mon-Khmer root referring to a long or wide wooden object. |
| Hungarian | The word "tábla" in Hungarian is also used to refer to a "table" or a "sign" |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "stjórn" derives from the Old Norse word "stjórn", meaning "governance" or "control". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "mbadamba" also refers to a large, flat stone traditionally used as a grinding surface. |
| Indonesian | The word "naik" also means "to ascend" in Indonesian. |
| Irish | The word "bord" has a homograph meaning "table" and is cognate with the word "board" in English. |
| Italian | In Italian, la tavola can also mean 'dining table' or 'meal'. |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "ボード" can also refer to a group of directors or a committee. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "papan" can also refer to a "flat surface" or a "wooden plank used for flooring or roofing." |
| Kannada | The Kannada word 'ಬೋರ್ಡ್' (board) comes from the Persian word 'barūd' |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "тақта" derives from the Persian "تخته" (takhta) and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root "*teǵʰ-," meaning "to cover"} |
| Khmer | The word ក្តារ (board) in Khmer is cognate with the Sanskrit word "kaṣṭha", meaning "wood", and also refers to a variety of wooden objects, such as a plank, a table, or a writing tablet. |
| Korean | The word "판" (board) in Korean can also refer to a set, such as a set of cards or a set of Go stones. |
| Kurdish | The word "pêşewarî" in Kurdish can also mean "a wooden board used to cover a well" or "a wooden plank used to cross a stream". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "такта" in Kyrgyz also means "a sheet of paper" or "a wooden plank". |
| Lao | "ກະດານ" has a homophone (a word pronounced the same but different in meaning) as "ກະດ່ານ" (a bamboo fish trap), as well as another meaning as "a type of Thai musical instrument played with strings that are plucked." |
| Latin | "Tabula" also refers to the wax-coated writing tablets used in ancient Rome. |
| Latvian | The name “dēlis” is also related to “daļa” (part) which may indicate the ancient meaning of division into equal parts of an object or a surface. |
| Lithuanian | In Old Prussian, lenta had the meaning of a bench or a place where a person would do the work. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Brett" can also mean "a game of cards" or "a game board". |
| Macedonian | The word "табла" in Macedonian can also refer to a type of musical instrument. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "BIRAO, BIRAO" can also refer to a "plank" or "shelf". |
| Malay | The word "papan" also means "sign" or "list" in Indonesian and Malay, and "plank" or "shelf" in Javanese. |
| Malayalam | The word "ബോർഡ്" (board) in Malayalam can also refer to a "group of people in charge of managing an organization or institution". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "bord" is derived from the French word "bord", meaning "edge" or "side". |
| Maori | Poari also refers to a canoe, a surfboard, and a wooden club used in combat or weaponry |
| Marathi | The word "बोर्ड" in Marathi can also mean a group of people who manage an organization or a meeting. |
| Mongolian | In Tibetan and Bhutanese, the word "самбар" also means "a wooden container for dairy products." |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "बोर्ड" can also refer to a council or committee, as in "विद्यालय शिक्षा बोर्ड" (Board of School Education). |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "borde" also means "table" and is cognate with the English word "board" in the sense of a council or court. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'bolodi' in Nyanja can also refer to a type of traditional African musical instrument made from a hollowed-out log covered with animal skin. |
| Pashto | "تخته" (takhta) may also refer to a flat surface, such as paper or land, a plank, a shelf, and even a slab of stone. |
| Persian | "تخته" in Persian can also refer to a musical instrument or a type of traditional Persian footwear. |
| Polish | The word "deska" in Polish can also refer to a type of woodworking technique called "deskowanie". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "borda" in Portuguese can also refer to the edge of something or the outline of a drawing. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਫੱਟੀ" (board) in Punjabi is derived from the Sanskrit word "पट्ट" (strip or plank), which also has the meanings "bandage" and "stripe". |
| Romanian | The Romanian "bord" comes from the Slavic "bort", also meaning "fighting". |
| Russian | The word "доска" is a derivative of the word "доска" in Polish, which derives from the Proto-Slavic word "doska" |
| Samoan | The word "laupapa" in Samoan has its origins in the Polynesian word "papa" meaning "stone foundation" and "flat surface." |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word bòrd is cognate with the Welsh word bwrdd, both meaning "table". |
| Serbian | The word "одбор, табла" in Serbian can also refer to a committee or a board game. |
| Sesotho | Boto is a Sesotho word which can also refer to the wooden panels used in the construction of ceilings. |
| Shona | The word 'bhodhi' can also mean 'platform' or 'stage' in Shona. |
| Sindhi | بورڊ "board" means "board" but can also refer to "a written note" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | මණ්ඩලය refers to a round shape in Sanskrit, a group of heavenly bodies, a gathering, or a collection of people for a special purpose. |
| Slovak | "Doska" is derived from Proto-Slavic *doska, which in turn comes from a Proto-Indo-European root that also gives rise to English "disk". |
| Slovenian | Deska in Slovenian can refer to a surfboard, a diving board, and a skate deck, in addition to a flat piece of wood. |
| Somali | The Somali word 'guddiga' can also refer to a group of people with a shared responsibility. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "tablero" can also refer to a car's dashboard or a chessboard. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, another meaning of "dewan" is "a place to make decisions". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "bodi" also means "plank" or "board used for building". |
| Swedish | Swedish "styrelse" derives from German "steuern" (to guide, to lead), cognate with English "steersman" and "steward". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "sumakay" comes from the Malay word "sakai" which means "to go up or ascend". |
| Tajik | In Persian, the word "тахта" (board) also refers to a type of wooden platform used for sleeping or resting. |
| Tamil | "பலகAI" has an alternate meaning of "the art of speaking" or "drama" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "బోర్డు" can also refer to a council, a committee, or a department. |
| Thai | The Thai word "คณะกรรมการ" derives from the Sanskrit word "karaka", meaning "agent". |
| Turkish | "Yazı tahtası" also means "text" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The word "дошка" can also refer to a school board or a drawing board in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | The word 'بورڈ' (board) in Urdu is derived from the French word 'bord', meaning 'edge' or 'rim', and also refers to a plank or timber used in carpentry. |
| Uzbek | The word "taxta" can also mean "plank" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Bảng" in Vietnamese can also mean "list", "table", or "schedule". |
| Welsh | The word 'bwrdd' can also refer to a table or a council |
| Xhosa | The word 'Ibhodi' originates from the click sound made to call cattle or dogs, suggesting the use of boards for herding or controlling animals. |
| Yiddish | The word "ברעט" (board) can also refer to a wooden plank or a shelf. |
| Yoruba | The word "ọkọ" in Yoruba can also refer to a canoe or a vehicle, highlighting its connection to transportation and the conveyance of people or goods. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'ibhodi' also means 'planks', 'beams' and 'timber'. |
| English | "Board" can also mean a group of people meeting to make decisions, such as a board of directors. |