Buck in Different Languages
Discover 'Buck' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Buck
Afrikaans bok | ||
Albanian dollar | ||
Amharic ባክ | ||
Arabic دولار | ||
Armenian այծ | ||
Assamese বাক | ||
Aymara buck | ||
Azerbaijani dollar | ||
Bambara buck | ||
Basque txapela | ||
Belarusian даляр | ||
Bengali বক | ||
Bhojpuri बक के बा | ||
Bosnian buck | ||
Bulgarian долар | ||
Catalan dòlar | ||
Cebuano buck | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 降压 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 降壓 | ||
Corsican buck | ||
Croatian mužjak | ||
Czech dolar | ||
Danish sorteper | ||
Dhivehi ބަކަރިއެވެ | ||
Dogri बक | ||
Dutch bok | ||
English buck | ||
Esperanto virbesto | ||
Estonian buck | ||
Ewe buck | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) buck | ||
Finnish buck | ||
French mâle | ||
Frisian bok | ||
Galician buck | ||
Georgian მამალი | ||
German bock | ||
Greek αίξ | ||
Guarani buck | ||
Gujarati હરણ | ||
Haitian Creole buck | ||
Hausa gara | ||
Hawaiian ʻolokaʻa | ||
Hebrew דוֹלָר | ||
Hindi बक | ||
Hmong phaws muaslwj | ||
Hungarian bak | ||
Icelandic peningur | ||
Igbo ego | ||
Ilocano buck | ||
Indonesian uang | ||
Irish boc | ||
Italian secchio | ||
Japanese 降圧 | ||
Javanese dhuwit | ||
Kannada ಬಕ್ | ||
Kazakh бак | ||
Khmer buck | ||
Kinyarwanda buck | ||
Konkani बक हें नांव | ||
Korean 책임 | ||
Krio bɔk | ||
Kurdish qeşmer | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) باک | ||
Kyrgyz бак | ||
Lao ຄຸ | ||
Latin hircum | ||
Latvian buks | ||
Lingala buck ya mbongo | ||
Lithuanian spardytis | ||
Luganda buck | ||
Luxembourgish buck | ||
Macedonian долар | ||
Maithili बक | ||
Malagasy buck | ||
Malay wang kertas | ||
Malayalam ബക്ക് | ||
Maltese buck | ||
Maori buck | ||
Marathi बोकड | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯕꯛ | ||
Mizo buck a ni | ||
Mongolian бак | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ခေါ | ||
Nepali पैसा | ||
Norwegian bukk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) tonde | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବାଲ | ||
Oromo buqqee | ||
Pashto وړه | ||
Persian جفتک انداختن | ||
Polish bryknięcie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) bode | ||
Punjabi ਹਿਸਾਬ | ||
Quechua buck | ||
Romanian dolar | ||
Russian доллар | ||
Samoan buck | ||
Sanskrit बक | ||
Scots Gaelic boc | ||
Sepedi buck | ||
Serbian долар | ||
Sesotho buck | ||
Shona buck | ||
Sindhi بڪ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) බාල්දිය | ||
Slovak dolár | ||
Slovenian dolar | ||
Somali lacag | ||
Spanish dólar | ||
Sundanese buck | ||
Swahili mume | ||
Swedish bock | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) balahibo | ||
Tajik бак | ||
Tamil பக் | ||
Tatar бак | ||
Telugu బక్ | ||
Thai เจ้าชู้ | ||
Tigrinya buck | ||
Tsonga buck | ||
Turkish kova | ||
Turkmen bag | ||
Twi (Akan) buck | ||
Ukrainian долар | ||
Urdu ہرن | ||
Uyghur buck | ||
Uzbek buk | ||
Vietnamese cái xô | ||
Welsh bwch | ||
Xhosa inyamakazi | ||
Yiddish באַק | ||
Yoruba ẹtu | ||
Zulu impunzi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Bok" in Afrikaans can also refer to a police officer. |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "dollar" is colloquially called "dolar" or "bak", which also means "money" or "currency" in general. |
| Amharic | In Amharic, ባክ (buck) can also refer to a small amount of money or a specific type of traditional coffee maker. |
| Arabic | The word "دولار" (dollar) in Arabic can also refer to a type of silver coin minted in the Middle Ages. |
| Armenian | The word "այծ" (aits) in Armenian also refers to a malevolent spirit or demon in Armenian mythology. |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, the word |
| Basque | The word 'txapela', originally 'txapel', comes from the Latin 'cappellus' (hat). |
| Belarusian | The word "даляр" (buck) derives from the German "Taler". |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "বক" (bok) also refers to a kind of heron. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, “buck” is also a verb meaning “to curse, swear” or “to fool”. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "долар" can also refer to a type of silver coin minted in Maria Theresa's era and used throughout the Ottoman Empire. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, 'dòlar' shares the same root as 'talar' ('to cut'), referring to the silver coins that were cut from a larger piece. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "buck" can also refer to a young horse or a male antelope. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | It is also used as a translation of 'buck' in the sense of 'to throw off a rider' or 'to defy authority'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "降壓" means "to reduce pressure" in Chinese, and is also used to describe a type of electrical converter that reduces voltage. |
| Corsican | {"text": "The Corsican word "buck" derives from Proto-Germanic "*bukkoz*, meaning "he-goat" and is cognate with English "buck.""} |
| Croatian | The word 'mužjak' can also be used to describe someone who exhibits masculine characteristics or a malevolent spirit in Croatian folklore. |
| Czech | In Czech, "dolar" can also refer to a "dollar" as a unit of currency. |
| Danish | Sorteper's origins are traced to the early Danish word "sorthapre," meaning "dark brown or black horse," and was first used to describe the colour of a deer. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "bok" can also refer to a male sheep or goat. |
| Esperanto | In addition to its primary meaning, "virbesto" can also refer to a male deer or a ram. |
| Estonian | In Estonian, the word "buck" can also refer to a horse or a sheep, and it is related to the German word "Bock". |
| Finnish | In Finnish, "buck" also means "male deer" or "male rabbit." |
| French | The word “mâle” originates from the Latin word “masculus”, meaning “male” and can sometimes be an alternate way of referring to a human man. |
| Frisian | "Bock" also refers to a kind of beer that first emerged in Einbeck around 1378 and later gained popularity in Germany and the Czech Republic. |
| Galician | In Galician, "buck" also means "male deer" and is related to the word "bouquet". |
| Georgian | მამალი shares the same root with ამალი meaning |
| German | The word "Bock" can also refer to a type of beer, a billy goat, or a mistake. |
| Greek | The word “αίξ” can also refer to “a storm” and “the goat constellation”. |
| Gujarati | "Harana" (हरण), meaning "deer" in Gujarati, also denotes the act of kidnapping in Hindi/Sanskrit because deer were seen as symbols of beauty. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "buck" also means "young man" or "male deer". |
| Hausa | "Gara" also means "horse" or "donkey" in different Hausa dialects. |
| Hawaiian | ʻOlokaʻa can also mean to "cut off" or "behead" in Hawaiian, reflecting the destructive nature of bucks. |
| Hebrew | The word "דוֹלָר" (dollar) in Hebrew comes from the German word "Thaler", which was a large silver coin used in Europe from the 16th to the 19th centuries. |
| Hindi | "बक" (buck) is the name of a demon in Hindu mythology. |
| Hmong | The word "phaws muaslwj" can also refer to a male deer. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "bak" also means "look" or "watch". |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, the word "peningur" can also refer to a large coin or a small amount of money. |
| Igbo | In the Igbo language, the word “ego” has the primary meaning of “male deer” but can also refer to “money.” |
| Indonesian | The word "uang" in Indonesian is derived from the Chinese word "wang" and also means "money" or "currency". |
| Irish | In Irish, "boc" literally translates to "he-goat" but also means "male deer" and "male hare". |
| Italian | "Secchio" comes from the Latin word "situs" (dry), but can also mean a "bucket" or a "basin". |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "降圧" can also refer to a decrease in blood pressure. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, 'dhuwit' primarily refers to money, but it can also mean 'deer' or 'fortune', reflecting its historical association with the value placed on deer during the Majapahit era. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಬಕ್" (buck) also holds meanings of "male deer", "money", "rupee" and "a rupee coin". |
| Kazakh | "Бак" in Kazakh also means "frog" or "toad." |
| Khmer | The word "buck" in Khmer can also mean "male deer" or "money". |
| Korean | 책임 can also mean "responsibility" in Korean, but it's not to be confused with the similar-looking term 책임감 ("sense of responsibility") |
| Kurdish | The word "qeşmer" also means "a male goat" or "a male sheep" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, the word "бак" can also mean "hero" or "warrior." |
| Lao | "ຄຸ" is sometimes used as a term of endearment for a child. |
| Latin | The Latin word 'hircum' originally referred to a young goat, possibly from the Indo-European root 'ker' meaning 'horn'. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "buks" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*bheug-", meaning "to bend". It can also mean "corner" or "hip". |
| Lithuanian | The word "spardytis" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*sper-", meaning "to kick" or "to jump", and is cognate with the Latin word "spargere", meaning "to scatter" or "to sow". |
| Luxembourgish | Luxembourgish: “Bock” has three meanings: male deer, goat, or a low sturdy horse. |
| Macedonian | The word "долар" can also refer to the US dollar, or to a large sum of money in general. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "buck" shares its root with the English "buck", meaning male deer, but in Malagasy specifically refers to a male goat |
| Malay | "Wang kertas" can also refer to banknotes in Malay |
| Malayalam | The word "buck" in Malayalam can also refer to a type of antelope or a young male deer. |
| Maltese | The word "buck" in Maltese is derived from the Italian word "bocca" which means "mouth" and can also refer to "a kiss" or a "mouthful of food". |
| Maori | In Maori, "buck" can also refer to a male sheep. |
| Marathi | The term "बोकड" in Marathi can also refer to a type of small, round wooden container used for storing spices or other small items. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "бак" (buck) also means "male", "man", "boyfriend", "husband" and "father". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | In Burmese, "ခေါ" can also refer to the male of certain animals, such as a boar or buffalo. |
| Nepali | Nepali पैसा 'coin' derives from an Indic dialect word for copper, and also relates to English 'peso' and French 'pecune'. |
| Norwegian | In the Norwegian language, "bukk" not only means "buck" but also refers to a polite bow or a small farm or homestead in Telemark |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Some Nyanja dialects have a phrase 'tonde la mtima' which may be translated as 'to be heartbroken' or 'to have a heavy heart'. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "وړه" can also refer to a "male deer" or a "buck with large antlers". |
| Persian | The word "جفتک انداختن" (buck) in Persian can also mean "to kick out" or "to lash out". |
| Polish | "Bryknięcie" (buck) in Polish also means "a stumble" or "a fall". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Bode" in Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil) comes from the Latin word "bovidus", meaning "ox" or "cattle". Despite its literal meaning, it is also used as a slang term for an old car. |
| Punjabi | "Hisab" is also a term used in Punjabi wrestling, referring to a specific hold in which one wrestler wraps their arms around their opponent and attempts to lift them off their feet. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "dolar" means "buck", but can also refer to the Canadian dollar or Australian dollar |
| Russian | The Russian word "доллар" (dollar) is also used to refer to the American dollar specifically. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "buck" is cognate with the English word "buck", both ultimately deriving from the Proto-Germanic word *bukkaz. |
| Scots Gaelic | Boc also means "ram, he-goat, stag, bull"} |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "долар" derives from the German "Taler" and originally referred to a silver coin. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "buck" can also mean "young man" or an act of "jumping". |
| Shona | 'Buck' in Shona may also refer to a male person or an adult male animal, similar to 'bull' in English. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "بڪ" (buck) also refers to a small, wild goat found in the mountains and deserts of Sindh, Pakistan. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "බාල්දිය" also means "young girl" in Sinhala, which is its original meaning. |
| Slovak | The word “dolár” is also used in Slovak to describe deer antlers. |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian, "dolar" can also refer to a silver coin or a unit of silver. |
| Somali | The word 'lacag' also translates to cash and money, which might have been derived from its use in the traditional Somali barter system where livestock served as a form of currency. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "dólar" comes from the German "thaler". The word "thaler" originally referred to a type of coin minted in the 16th century in the Holy Roman Empire. |
| Sundanese | In Indonesian, "buck" is a slang term for money.} |
| Swahili | "Mume" also means "husband" in Swahili, and is related to the Proto-Bantu word "*mwɑːmiː" meaning "owner" or "master." |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "bock" can also refer to a specific type of beer and to the animal goat. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In the 17th century, 'balahibo' referred more broadly to 'animal fur' |
| Tajik | The word "бак" ("buck") in Tajik can also mean "goat" or "ram". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'பக்' ('buck') is a loanword from English, but is also homophonous with the native Tamil root word 'பக்' (pag) meaning 'to divide' or 'to separate'. |
| Telugu | The word "buck" can also mean a male deer or a dollar (currency) in English. |
| Turkish | "Kovalama" fiilinden türemiştir ve bir şeyi peşinden koşmak anlamına da gelebilir. |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian slang, it can also refer to counterfeit US dollars. |
| Urdu | The word 'ہرں' is also used to refer to the doe of red deer in some dialects. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "buk" also means "stag" or "male deer." |
| Vietnamese | The word `Cái xô` can also refer to a bucket or pail, highlighting its dual role in both animal care and everyday household use. |
| Welsh | The etymology of 'bwch' is obscure, perhaps from an Indo-European root, also 'boch' ('swollen') |
| Xhosa | As the word 'inyamakazi' means both 'buck' and 'man', a Xhosa hunter would only call the animal inyamakazi ('meat of a buck animal') as opposed to inyama yendoda ('meat of a human man'). |
| Yiddish | "Yiddish bucks" can be deer, males or dollars |
| Yoruba | The word ẹtu in Yoruba also means a type of masquerade or an animal trap made with a gourd. |
| Zulu | In Zulu, 'impunzi' has the secondary meanings of 'man' or 'male' and is used in the idiom 'impuzi yendoda' to describe a 'manly man', emphasising strength and courage. |
| English | In slang, "buck" can refer to a dollar bill. |