Bottle in Different Languages
Discover 'Bottle' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Bottle
Afrikaans bottel | ||
Albanian shishe | ||
Amharic ጠርሙስ | ||
Arabic زجاجة | ||
Armenian շիշ | ||
Assamese বটল | ||
Aymara wutilla | ||
Azerbaijani şüşə | ||
Bambara buteli | ||
Basque botila | ||
Belarusian бутэлька | ||
Bengali বোতল | ||
Bhojpuri बोतल | ||
Bosnian boca | ||
Bulgarian бутилка | ||
Catalan ampolla | ||
Cebuano botelya | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 瓶子 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 瓶子 | ||
Corsican buttiglia | ||
Croatian boca | ||
Czech láhev | ||
Danish flaske | ||
Dhivehi ފުޅި | ||
Dogri बोतल | ||
Dutch fles | ||
English bottle | ||
Esperanto botelo | ||
Estonian pudel | ||
Ewe atukpa | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) bote | ||
Finnish pullo | ||
French bouteille | ||
Frisian flesse | ||
Galician botella | ||
Georgian ბოთლი | ||
German flasche | ||
Greek μπουκάλι | ||
Guarani liméta | ||
Gujarati બોટલ | ||
Haitian Creole boutèy | ||
Hausa kwalba | ||
Hawaiian ʻōmole | ||
Hebrew בקבוק | ||
Hindi बोतल | ||
Hmong lub raj mis | ||
Hungarian üveg | ||
Icelandic flösku | ||
Igbo kalama | ||
Ilocano botelya | ||
Indonesian botol | ||
Irish buidéal | ||
Italian bottiglia | ||
Japanese ボトル | ||
Javanese gendul | ||
Kannada ಬಾಟಲ್ | ||
Kazakh бөтелке | ||
Khmer ដប | ||
Kinyarwanda icupa | ||
Konkani बाटली | ||
Korean 병 | ||
Krio bɔtul | ||
Kurdish şûşe | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بوتڵ | ||
Kyrgyz бөтөлкө | ||
Lao ຂວດ | ||
Latin lagenam | ||
Latvian pudele | ||
Lingala molangi | ||
Lithuanian buteliukas | ||
Luganda kyupa | ||
Luxembourgish fläsch | ||
Macedonian шише | ||
Maithili बोतल | ||
Malagasy tavoahangy | ||
Malay sebotol | ||
Malayalam കുപ്പി | ||
Maltese flixkun | ||
Maori pounamu | ||
Marathi बाटली | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯤꯛꯂꯤ | ||
Mizo tuium | ||
Mongolian лонх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပုလင်း | ||
Nepali बोतल | ||
Norwegian flaske | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) botolo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବୋତଲ | ||
Oromo qaruuraa | ||
Pashto بوتل | ||
Persian بطری | ||
Polish butelka | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) garrafa | ||
Punjabi ਬੋਤਲ | ||
Quechua botella | ||
Romanian sticla | ||
Russian бутылка | ||
Samoan fagu | ||
Sanskrit कूपी | ||
Scots Gaelic botal | ||
Sepedi lebotlelo | ||
Serbian боца | ||
Sesotho botlolo | ||
Shona bhodhoro | ||
Sindhi بوتل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) බෝතලය | ||
Slovak fľaša | ||
Slovenian steklenico | ||
Somali dhalo | ||
Spanish botella | ||
Sundanese botol | ||
Swahili chupa | ||
Swedish flaska | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) bote | ||
Tajik шиша | ||
Tamil பாட்டில் | ||
Tatar шешә | ||
Telugu సీసా | ||
Thai ขวด | ||
Tigrinya ጥርሙዝ | ||
Tsonga bodlhela | ||
Turkish şişe | ||
Turkmen çüýşe | ||
Twi (Akan) toa | ||
Ukrainian пляшку | ||
Urdu بوتل | ||
Uyghur بوتۇلكا | ||
Uzbek shisha | ||
Vietnamese chai | ||
Welsh potel | ||
Xhosa ibhotile | ||
Yiddish פלאַש | ||
Yoruba igo | ||
Zulu ibhodlela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "bottel" can also refer to a "small bottle" or a "tube". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "shishe" is derived from the Turkish word "şişe", which also means "bottle" and is ultimately of Persian origin. |
| Amharic | The word "ጠርሙስ" comes from the Greek word "θερμός" (thermos), meaning "hot". |
| Arabic | In Arabic, "زجاجة" (bottle) ultimately derives from the Syriac "ܙܓܪܳܓܬܳܐ" (zaˊgrāgtā) which also gives us glass, and derives ultimately from an Akkadian word. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word for "bottle," "շիշ," also refers to containers made from leather and wood. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "şüşə" can also refer to a "glass" or "pane of glass". |
| Basque | The Basque word "botila" comes from the Latin word "butticula", meaning "small cask or jar". |
| Belarusian | The word “بوتэлька” in Belarusian can also refer to a small bottle or a flask used to store liquids. |
| Bengali | The word "বোতল" can also refer to a type of small boat used in Bangladesh. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "boca" not only means "bottle" but can also refer to a "flask" or a "jar" (or "carafe"). |
| Bulgarian | "Бутилка" also means "hip flask" in colloquial Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The word "ampolla" also means "blister" in Catalan, derived from the Latin "ampulla," meaning "flask" or "bubble." |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "botelya" has its roots in the Spanish word "botella" and also refers to a bowling pin. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 瓶子 is a homophone of "平子", which means a flat or level object, suggesting the shape of a bottle. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 瓶子 (píngzi) can also refer to the pupil of an eye. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "buttiglia" can also mean "wine jug" or "canteen" |
| Croatian | The word "boca" ("bottle") also has the alternate meaning of "mouth" and is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "bъkъ" |
| Czech | The word "láhev" also means "flask" and is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*olьštava" meaning "made of alder wood". |
| Danish | The word "flaske" is cognate with the German word "Flasche" and the English word "flask" |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "fles" comes from the Old French "flesche", which originally referred to a vessel made from a gourd. |
| Esperanto | "Botelo" is cognate with the Spanish word "botillo" (a type of sausage) and the Portuguese word "botelo" (a type of cornmeal mush). |
| Estonian | The word "pudel" also refers to a measure of volume equal to one-fifth of a liter or about 17 ounces. |
| Finnish | The word "pullo" can also refer to a glass or container used for drinking alcohol, especially in a festive setting. |
| French | "Bouteille" originally meant "small vault" or "small tower" in Old French, and is related to the Latin "buttis" meaning "cask" or "vessel". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word 'flesse' is a diminutive of the Middle Dutch word 'flisse', meaning 'wicker flask', and is also related to the Old English word 'flasce', meaning 'flask or bottle'. |
| Galician | In Galician, "botella" also means "bubble" or "blister", derived from the Latin "bulla". |
| Georgian | The word "ბოთლი" (bottle) is derived from the Greek word "bouteille" and in the Middle Ages could refer to not only a bottle but also a leather bag, container, or basket. |
| German | The word "Flasche" is derived from the Latin word "flasco", meaning "flask". |
| Greek | The Greek word "μπουκάλι" (bottle) derives from the Italian "boccale" (jug) and the Latin "buccula" (little cheek). |
| Gujarati | The word 'બોટલ' ('bottle') is likely derived from the Portuguese word 'botão' meaning 'bud' or 'knob'. |
| Haitian Creole | The word 'boutèy' in Haitian Creole is derived from the French word 'bouteille', meaning bottle, but it can also refer to a gourd or calabash that is used to hold liquids, especially water. |
| Hausa | The word "kwalba" can also refer to a calabash gourd, a traditional container used for storing liquids. |
| Hawaiian | 'Ōmole' also pertains to a gourd used as a container |
| Hebrew | "בקבוק" is related to the Arabic word "qubbah", meaning "dome" or "vault", and may have originally referred to the shape of the bottle. |
| Hindi | Hindi 'बोतल' (bottle) derives from 'बुदबुद' (bubble), suggesting a container with many bubbles within. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word 'lub raj mis' can also mean 'jar' or 'jug' depending on the context. |
| Hungarian | The word "üveg" can also refer to the material of a bottle, namely glass, or to a drinking vessel in general. |
| Icelandic | The word "flösku" is derived from the Old Norse word "flǫskur", meaning a flask or bottle, and is cognate with the English word "flask". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "kalama" was originally used to describe a gourd or calabash, not a glass bottle. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "botol" comes from the Portuguese word "garrafa" and it can refer to a bottle as well as a tube or a tube-shaped container. |
| Irish | The Irish word “buidéal” has the secondary meaning of an “insult” originating from the notion of using an empty bottle as a missile in the absence of anything better. |
| Italian | The word "bottiglia" comes from the Latin "butticula," meaning "small cask" or "jar." |
| Japanese | The word "ボトル" (bottle) can also refer to a person who drinks too much alcohol. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word 'gendul' also refers to a person with a large belly. |
| Kannada | The Kannada term "ಬಾಟಲಿ," besides denoting "bottle," can also refer to a "vial" or "flask" in Ayurvedic medicine. |
| Kazakh | The word "бөтелке" in Kazakh is derived from the Russian word "бутылка", which itself is ultimately derived from the Latin word "butticula" meaning "small flask". |
| Khmer | Another meaning of "ដប" is a cylindrical container that holds something, often made of wood. |
| Korean | "병" can also refer to a sickness, disease, or illness. |
| Kurdish | The word "şûşe" derives from the Persian word "shîshe" meaning "glass" and can also refer to a type of small, traditional bottle used for holding liquids in Kurdish culture. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "бөтөлкө" (bottle) in Kyrgyz may also refer to a container or vessel in general. |
| Lao | The word "ຂວດ" also refers to a type of Laotian bamboo flute |
| Latin | The Latin word "lagenam" (bottle) also referred to a type of Roman wine bottle with a narrow neck, wide base, and two handles. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "pudele" is a borrowing from Estonian „pudel", which is also the word for "bottle" and is of Germanic origin. |
| Lithuanian | The word "buteliukas" in Lithuanian likely originates from an early form of the German word "bouteille." |
| Luxembourgish | In rural areas in Luxembourg, a "Fläsch" also means a jug used for serving milk. |
| Macedonian | The word "шише" is cognate with the Albanian word "shishe" and the Turkish word "şişe", all originally derived from the Persian word "shīshe" (glass). |
| Malagasy | The word "tavoahangy" also refers to a type of Malagasy dance and a traditional musical instrument made from a bottle. |
| Malay | The word 'sebotol', meaning 'bottle' in Malay, is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *bukul, meaning 'tube' |
| Malayalam | Malayalam word "കുപ്പി" (bottle) is derived from the Sanskrit word "kumbha", meaning "pot". It has alternate meanings in contexts like "flower bud" or "womb". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "flixkun" is derived from the Italian word "fiasco" and was originally used to refer to a straw-covered flask. |
| Maori | The Maori word "pounamu" can also refer to "greenstone," a type of jade or nephrite stone highly valued by the Maori people. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "बाटली" is possibly derived from the Arabic word "qabalah," meaning "flask" or "bottle." |
| Mongolian | The word "лонх" in Mongolian is cognate with the Turkish word "longur" meaning "throat" and is also the root of the word "лонхор" meaning "to gulp down". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ပုလင်း" (bottle) is also used to refer to a bottle-shaped gourd used for storage or decoration. |
| Nepali | बोतल is also a synonym for भैंस or भैंसी which refers to an adult female water buffalo |
| Norwegian | The word "flaske" can also refer to a "decanter", particularly one with a long neck |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "botolo" can also refer to a container for liquids made of clay or wood. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "بوتل" is derived from the English word "bottle" and also means "bubble" or "blister". |
| Persian | The Persian word "بطری" (bottle) is derived from the Arabic word "بِطْرِقَة" (pilgrimage flask) and was originally used to refer to a type of flask used by pilgrims. |
| Polish | "Butelka" comes from the German "Bouteille" which ultimately originated from the Latin "butticula," meaning "small flask". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "garrafa" in Portuguese originates from the Arabic word "qirbah", meaning "leather flask". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਬੋਤਲ" is derived from Latin "butticula", meaning "small jar", and can also refer to a type of earthen or metal jar used in traditional Indian cooking. |
| Romanian | The word "sticla" in Romanian ultimately derives from the Latin "sticla", meaning "drop", and has a secondary meaning of "glass". |
| Russian | The word "бутылка" originally referred to a small barrel or flask, and is related to the word "бута" meaning "small barrel" or "keg" |
| Samoan | The word 'fagu' is also used as an abbreviation for 'fanau gaugau,' which means 'family of God.' |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "botal" can also refer to a bottle-shaped container or flask. |
| Serbian | In some dialects, 'боца' (bottle) means 'flask' containing a liter of alcoholic beverage; in others, it means a small jug for water or oil. |
| Sesotho | The word "botlolo" can also refer to a beer brewery or a place where traditional beer is brewed. |
| Shona | The word "bhodhoro" in Shona has a disputed etymology, possibly originating from the Portuguese word "garrafa" (bottle) or the Hindustani word "botal" (bottle). |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "بوتل" is derived from the Persian word "بوتله" (būtaleh), meaning "a small bottle". "بوتل" can also refer to a "vial" or "flask" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word “බෝතලය” also refers to a hollowed out coconut shell used as a drinking vessel or container. |
| Slovak | The word "fľaša" is derived from the German word "Flasche" and also refers to a kind of archaic musical instrument. |
| Slovenian | The word "steklenico" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *sъklo, meaning "glass". |
| Somali | The word 'dhalo' in Somali is derived from the Arabic word 'dala' and also refers to a 'vessel' or 'container'. |
| Spanish | The word 'botella' originates from the Latin 'butticula', meaning small flask or jar. |
| Sundanese | Botol', a Sundanese word for 'bottle', comes from the Portuguese word 'garrafa', meaning 'flask' or 'carafe' |
| Swahili | The term 'chupa' can refer to a drinking gourd made of a hollowed-out piece of fruit and typically used to serve alcohol. |
| Swedish | Cognate with English "flask"; also means "flattery" in old Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "bote" can also refer to a vote or a ballot. |
| Tajik | The word "шиша" (bottle) in Tajik also refers to a type of traditional musical instrument. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "பாட்டில்" is derived from the Portuguese word "garrafa" and can also refer to a flask or container. |
| Telugu | "సీసా" means "bottle", but it is also a slang word for "gun". |
| Thai | ขวด (khot) can also mean "a jar" or "a container" in Thai. |
| Turkish | The word "şişe" derives from French "bouchon" and also means "cork", the stopper of a bottle. |
| Ukrainian | The word "пляшку" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *ploskъ, which originally meant a flat object. |
| Urdu | The word 'بوتل' is derived from the French word 'bouteille,' which means 'little bottle,' and also refers to a small leather container for holding ink. |
| Uzbek | The word "shisha" also refers to the glass vessel used for smoking flavoured tobacco, originally from Persia. |
| Vietnamese | The word "chai" in Vietnamese can also refer to a type of traditional Vietnamese teapot. |
| Welsh | The word "potel" in Welsh can also refer to a vial, a flask, or a decanter. |
| Xhosa | The word 'ibhotile' in Xhosa is ultimately derived from the English word 'bottle', but it can also refer to a container made from calabash or other materials. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פלאַש" ("flash") also means "a sudden or brilliant idea" in English. |
| Yoruba | The word "igo" in Yoruba can also refer to the stomach or a person with a big stomach, and is related to the verb "gba" (to take in, to hold), and "iga" (a large container). |
| Zulu | Ibotolo (bottle) is an isiNguni word derived from the Dutch word bottel, meaning 'a small vessel for holding liquids'. |
| English | "Bottle" originally meant a small bundle or bunch, and is related to the word "bundle" |