Bullet in Different Languages
Discover 'Bullet' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Bullet
Afrikaans koeël | ||
Albanian plumb | ||
Amharic ጥይት | ||
Arabic رصاصة | ||
Armenian փամփուշտ | ||
Assamese বুলেট | ||
Aymara bala | ||
Azerbaijani güllə | ||
Bambara marifa | ||
Basque bala | ||
Belarusian куля | ||
Bengali বুলেট | ||
Bhojpuri गोली लागल बा | ||
Bosnian metak | ||
Bulgarian куршум | ||
Catalan bala | ||
Cebuano bala | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 子弹 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 子彈 | ||
Corsican bullet | ||
Croatian metak | ||
Czech kulka | ||
Danish kugle | ||
Dhivehi ވަޒަނެވެ | ||
Dogri गोली मार दी | ||
Dutch kogel | ||
English bullet | ||
Esperanto kuglo | ||
Estonian kuul | ||
Ewe tu si wotsɔna ƒoa tu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) bala | ||
Finnish luoti | ||
French balle | ||
Frisian kûgel | ||
Galician bala | ||
Georgian ტყვია | ||
German kugel | ||
Greek σφαίρα | ||
Guarani bala rehegua | ||
Gujarati ગોળી | ||
Haitian Creole bal | ||
Hausa harsashi | ||
Hawaiian poka | ||
Hebrew כַּדוּר | ||
Hindi गोली | ||
Hmong lub mos txwv | ||
Hungarian golyó | ||
Icelandic kúla | ||
Igbo mgbo | ||
Ilocano bala | ||
Indonesian peluru | ||
Irish piléar | ||
Italian proiettile | ||
Japanese 弾丸 | ||
Javanese peluru | ||
Kannada ಬುಲೆಟ್ | ||
Kazakh оқ | ||
Khmer គ្រាប់កាំភ្លើង | ||
Kinyarwanda amasasu | ||
Konkani गुळी मारली | ||
Korean 총알 | ||
Krio bulɛt we dɛn kɔl | ||
Kurdish gûlle | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) فیشەک | ||
Kyrgyz ок | ||
Lao ລູກປືນ | ||
Latin bullet | ||
Latvian lode | ||
Lingala lisasi ya kobɛta | ||
Lithuanian kulka | ||
Luganda essasi | ||
Luxembourgish kugel | ||
Macedonian куршум | ||
Maithili गोली | ||
Malagasy bala | ||
Malay peluru | ||
Malayalam ബുള്ളറ്റ് | ||
Maltese bulit | ||
Maori matā | ||
Marathi बंदूकीची गोळी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯕꯨꯂꯦꯠ꯫ | ||
Mizo bullet a ni | ||
Mongolian сум | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကျည်ဆံ | ||
Nepali गोली | ||
Norwegian kule | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chipolopolo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବୁଲେଟ୍ | ||
Oromo rasaasa | ||
Pashto ګولی | ||
Persian گلوله | ||
Polish pocisk | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) bala | ||
Punjabi ਗੋਲੀ | ||
Quechua bala | ||
Romanian glonţ | ||
Russian пуля | ||
Samoan pulu | ||
Sanskrit गोली | ||
Scots Gaelic peileir | ||
Sepedi kulo ya | ||
Serbian метак | ||
Sesotho kulo | ||
Shona bara | ||
Sindhi گولي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) උණ්ඩය | ||
Slovak guľka | ||
Slovenian krogla | ||
Somali xabad | ||
Spanish bala | ||
Sundanese pelor | ||
Swahili risasi | ||
Swedish kula | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) bala | ||
Tajik тир | ||
Tamil புல்லட் | ||
Tatar пуля | ||
Telugu బుల్లెట్ | ||
Thai bullet | ||
Tigrinya ጥይት ምዃኑ’ዩ። | ||
Tsonga xibamu xa xibamu | ||
Turkish madde işareti | ||
Turkmen ok | ||
Twi (Akan) tuo a wɔde tuo | ||
Ukrainian куля | ||
Urdu گولی | ||
Uyghur ئوق | ||
Uzbek o'q | ||
Vietnamese đạn | ||
Welsh bwled | ||
Xhosa imbumbulu | ||
Yiddish קויל | ||
Yoruba ọta ibọn | ||
Zulu inhlamvu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "koeël" shares its origin with the Dutch word "kogel," meaning "sphere" or "ball," and it can also refer to a bowling ball or a ball bearing. |
| Albanian | The word "plumb" in Albanian can also refer to a ball of yarn or thread. |
| Amharic | The word ጥይት, meaning "bullet," can also refer to a "small bird" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The word "رصاصة" is derived from the Persian word "sar" meaning "head" and was originally used to refer to a lead weight used in slingshots. |
| Armenian | "Փամփուշտ" (bullet) comes from the Middle Persian word "*pampōšt*" (arrow, bolt) and is related to the Greek word "bombylion" (buzzing) and the Latin and Italian "bomba" (bomb)." |
| Azerbaijani | "Güllə" also means "cannonball" in Azerbaijani, derived from Persian "gulleh" which means "ball". |
| Basque | In Basque, "bala" also means "bale" or "pack". |
| Belarusian | The word “куля” can also be used in Belarusian slang to mean “a head” or “a big ball of something”. |
| Bengali | The word "বুলেট" can also mean "bullet-shaped" or "small and compact" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word "metak" can also refer to a "metal object" or a "coin" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | "Куршум" is not only the Bulgarian word for "bullet", but also for "lead," due to bullets once primarily being cast from lead. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "bala" also means "whale" and derives from the Greek "phálena" (large sea mammal), which also spawned the English "balena" (whale) and "whalebone". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "bala" can also mean "sand" or "gravel". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 子弹 (bullet) derives from 弹 (dan) an ancient Chinese weapon, which launched ceramic or iron projectiles known as 发机 (fa ji). |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The character "子" in "子弹" also means "child" or "seed". |
| Corsican | Corsican uses "balla" (meaning "ball") where standard Italian and other Romance languages would use "palla". |
| Croatian | "Metak" (bullet) originates from German "metall" (metal), and is a cognate of words like "metal" and "meteor". |
| Czech | The word "kulka" originally referred to a small ball made of stone or metal and used as a weapon, not just a projectile. |
| Danish | The word "kugle" in Danish comes from the Proto-Norse "*kula", meaning "ball" or "sphere", which also gave rise to the words "ball" and "bowl" in English. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "kogel" can also refer to a marble, a cannonball, or a ball in a pinball machine. |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's "kuglo" derives from the Polish "kula", meaning "ball", and also refers to a baked cake. |
| Estonian | In addition to its primary meaning of "bullet," "kuul" can also refer to a ball or sphere in Estonian. |
| Finnish | The word "luoti" is probably derived from the Russian word "пуля" (pulya). |
| French | The word "balle" in French can also refer to a ball, a vote, or a lie. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "kûgel" originates from the Old Frisian word "kugel" and is related to the Dutch "kogel" and German "Kugel", all derived from the Latin "globulus" (meaning "small sphere"). |
| Galician | In Galician, "bala" can also mean "lie" or "nonsense." |
| Georgian | In Georgian, "ტყვია" primarily refers to a type of metallic ore, specifically lead ore, rather than exclusively signifying a "bullet." |
| German | The German word "Kugel" can also mean "ball", "sphere", or "marble". |
| Greek | "Σφαίρα" originally meant "a round object" in Greek and can still mean "ball" or "globe" in addition to "bullet." |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "ગોળી" can also refer to a pill, tablet, or dose of medicine. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "bal" is also used in Haitian Creole to refer to a dance or a party. |
| Hausa | The word "harsashi" originates from the Hausa word "harshe" which means "to penetrate" or "to pierce" |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "poka" also refers to a type of Hawaiian drum and a small bag or pouch. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "כַּדוּר" (kudur) initially meant "sphere" or "ball" and only later acquired the meaning of "bullet". |
| Hindi | The word 'गोली' (goli) in Hindi also refers to a marble or a small ball used in games. |
| Hungarian | The word "golyó" can also mean "marble" or "pellet" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | Icelandic 'kúla' derives from the same root as English 'ball' and originally meant 'globular mass' or 'round object' |
| Igbo | The word "mgbo" can also refer to a "grain", such as a grain of rice or a piece of corn. |
| Indonesian | "Peluru" also refers to the traditional Indonesian cannon used at ceremonies or to signal a religious holiday. |
| Irish | In Irish, |
| Italian | The word "proiettile" comes from the Latin word "proicere," meaning "to throw forward." |
| Japanese | The word "弾丸" can also refer to a bouncing ball or a pill. |
| Javanese | Peluru can also mean 'cannonball' or other objects flung with great force |
| Kannada | The word "ಬುಲೆಟ್" in Kannada can also refer to a small, round object, such as a pill or marble. |
| Kazakh | The word "оқ" in Kazakh has additional meanings such as an "arrow" or a "spoke". |
| Korean | 총알 literally translates to 'lead ball' where the Chinese characters 총 (鉛) and 알 (丸) mean lead and ball, respectively. |
| Kurdish | "Gûlle" also refers to a type of flower known as the red poppy in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | In Turkic languages, the word "ок" originally meant "arrow" or "spear". |
| Lao | The word "ລູກປືນ" ("bullet") in Lao is derived from the Thai word "ลูกปืน" ("bullet"), which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word "कुल्य" ("arrow, bullet"). |
| Latin | The Latin word "bulla" refers to a round and embossed metal seal attached to a document, a small ball or knob, or a liquid-filled bubble or blister. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word “lode” is also a slang term for the head (“galva”) |
| Lithuanian | "Kulka" in Lithuanian comes from "kalti," meaning "to forge" |
| Luxembourgish | (From German "Kugel" = sphere; see Kugel in German) |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "куршум" is derived from the Turkish word "kurşun", which itself originates from the Persian word "gūshūn". It originally referred to lead and later to bullets made of lead. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy "bala" also refers to a "bean" or even to the "leg" of a table. |
| Malay | The word 'peluru' is also used to refer to a type of traditional Malay cannonball. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "బల్లెట" derives from English, but has a distinct meaning of "gun" in Telugu, from which it likely borrowed the term. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "bulit" also means "to boil" or "to cook in boiling water". |
| Maori | Maori word "matā" has different meanings depending on the context, such as "face" or "view" when referring to a person's face, and "point" or "place" when referring to a location. |
| Mongolian | It's borrowed from the Russian сум, which was itself borrowed from the Persian sum, meaning “narrow” |
| Nepali | The word "गोली" in Nepali can also refer to a pill or medicine in tablet form. |
| Norwegian | The word "kule" also means "cool" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'chipolopolo' in Nyanja is a diminutive form of 'chipolo', meaning 'bullet' or 'pellet'. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, the word "ګولی" can also refer to a cannonball, a marble, or a small ball used in games. |
| Persian | "گلوله" has an alternate meaning of "playing ball" in Persian due to the use of spherical musket balls as early playthings for children. |
| Polish | In Polish, "pocisk" not only means "bullet" but also "projectile" or "missile". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "bala" can also mean "candy" or "marble" in Portuguese. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਗੋਲੀ" (goli) can also refer to a type of round, seedless pumpkin or a sugar pearl in Punjabi. |
| Romanian | "Glont" in Romanian comes from the Turkish "gūlle" meaning "ball", but it also means "bullet" or "cannonball". |
| Russian | Пуля is a diminutive form of the word |
| Samoan | The word 'pulu' is also used figuratively to describe the head of an important person, akin to the English term 'big shot'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "peileir" also means "ball" or "pellet". |
| Serbian | The word 'метак' also means 'target' in Serbian, highlighting its dual nature as both a means of attack and an object to be aimed at. |
| Sesotho | In Zulu, the word 'kulo' means 'to shoot', while in Setswana it means 'to aim' or 'to target'. |
| Shona | In some dialects, 'bara' may also refer to a small stone, a pebble, or a bead. |
| Sindhi | Sindhi "گولي" is also used for "goli", a game played with marbles, which are spherical in shape like bullets. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word උණ්ඩය (bullet) is also used to refer to a cannonball, a round or spherical object, and a bead. |
| Slovak | The word "guľka" in Slovak can also mean a marble or a ball used in various games. |
| Slovenian | The word "krogla" originally meant "ball" or "sphere" in Slovenian, and can still be used in this sense today. |
| Somali | The word "xabad" can also mean "free" or "empty", reflecting the fact that a bullet leaves a gun empty. |
| Spanish | In Spain, "bala" can also refer to a large marble used in children's games. |
| Sundanese | The word "pelor" in Sundanese can also mean "a small round object" or "a ball". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word ''risasi'' comes from the Arabic 'rasasa', meaning 'drop of liquid', referring to the bullet's small, droplet-like shape. |
| Swedish | The word "kula" also means "ball" or "sphere" in Swedish, and is derived from the Old Norse word "kūla" with the same meaning. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "bala" has the alternate meanings of "fruit" and "seed". |
| Tajik | The word "тир" also means "firing range" in Tajik, reflecting its association with marksmanship and shooting practice. |
| Tamil | புல்லட் (bullet) is derived from the French word 'boulette', meaning 'a small ball'. |
| Telugu | The word "బుల్లెట్" in Telugu is a loanword from the English word "bullet" and has no alternate meanings. |
| Thai | The Thai equivalent of English "bullet" is "lod", which also refers to a kind of fruit. |
| Turkish | "Madde işareti" is derived from the French word "balle" meaning "small ball" which refers to the round shape of bullets. |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, "куля" also refers to a spherical object, such as a ball, or a round-shaped candy. |
| Urdu | Urdu "گولی" could refer to small pills or playing marbles besides "bullet". |
| Uzbek | The word "o'q" in Uzbek also means "arrow" or "firearm". |
| Vietnamese | "Đạn" also means "ball" in Vietnamese, which may come from the rounded shape of bullets. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "bwled" can also refer to the head, a knot in wood, or a bump or swelling. |
| Yiddish | Yiddish has two words for the concept of “bullet”, קוגל (kugel) and קויל (koyl). Both stem from Middle High German kugeln, the diminutive of “sphere”, as bullets were once round balls fired from cannons. |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, "ọta ibọn" is a compound word that literally translates to "stone of a gun". |
| Zulu | The word "inhlamvu" can also refer to a shooting star or a meteor. |
| English | The word "bullet" derives from the French "boulette," small ball, which itself comes from the Latin "bulla," a liquid-filled sac or bubble. |