Capacity in Different Languages
Discover 'Capacity' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Capacity
Afrikaans kapasiteit | ||
Albanian kapaciteti | ||
Amharic አቅም | ||
Arabic سعة | ||
Armenian կարողություն | ||
Assamese ক্ষমতা | ||
Aymara ch'amani | ||
Azerbaijani tutum | ||
Bambara fanga | ||
Basque edukiera | ||
Belarusian ёмістасць | ||
Bengali ক্ষমতা | ||
Bhojpuri क्षमता | ||
Bosnian kapacitet | ||
Bulgarian капацитет | ||
Catalan capacitat | ||
Cebuano kapasidad | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 容量 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 容量 | ||
Corsican capacità | ||
Croatian kapacitet | ||
Czech kapacita | ||
Danish kapacitet | ||
Dhivehi ޤާބިލުކަން | ||
Dogri थबीक | ||
Dutch capaciteit | ||
English capacity | ||
Esperanto kapablo | ||
Estonian mahutavus | ||
Ewe ŋutete | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kapasidad | ||
Finnish kapasiteetti | ||
French capacité | ||
Frisian kapasiteit | ||
Galician capacidade | ||
Georgian ტევადობა | ||
German kapazität | ||
Greek χωρητικότητα | ||
Guarani katupyry | ||
Gujarati ક્ષમતા | ||
Haitian Creole kapasite | ||
Hausa iya aiki | ||
Hawaiian hiki | ||
Hebrew קיבולת | ||
Hindi क्षमता | ||
Hmong muaj peev xwm | ||
Hungarian kapacitás | ||
Icelandic getu | ||
Igbo ikike | ||
Ilocano kabaelan | ||
Indonesian kapasitas | ||
Irish cumas | ||
Italian capacità | ||
Japanese 容量 | ||
Javanese kapasitas | ||
Kannada ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ | ||
Kazakh сыйымдылығы | ||
Khmer សមត្ថភាព | ||
Kinyarwanda ubushobozi | ||
Konkani क्षमता | ||
Korean 생산 능력 | ||
Krio ebul fɔ du | ||
Kurdish kanîn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) توانا | ||
Kyrgyz сыйымдуулук | ||
Lao ຄວາມສາມາດ | ||
Latin facultatem | ||
Latvian jaudu | ||
Lingala makoki | ||
Lithuanian talpa | ||
Luganda obusobozi | ||
Luxembourgish kapazitéit | ||
Macedonian капацитет | ||
Maithili क्षमता | ||
Malagasy fahafahana | ||
Malay kapasiti | ||
Malayalam ശേഷി | ||
Maltese kapaċità | ||
Maori āheinga | ||
Marathi क्षमता | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯇꯤꯛ | ||
Mizo leng tawk | ||
Mongolian хүчин чадал | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စွမ်းရည် | ||
Nepali क्षमता | ||
Norwegian kapasitet | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mphamvu | ||
Odia (Oriya) କ୍ଷମତା | ||
Oromo dandeettii | ||
Pashto وړتیا | ||
Persian ظرفیت | ||
Polish pojemność | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) capacidade | ||
Punjabi ਸਮਰੱਥਾ | ||
Quechua yachay | ||
Romanian capacitate | ||
Russian вместимость | ||
Samoan agavaʻa | ||
Sanskrit क्षमता | ||
Scots Gaelic comas | ||
Sepedi bokgoni | ||
Serbian капацитет | ||
Sesotho bokgoni | ||
Shona chinzvimbo | ||
Sindhi گنجائش | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ධාරිතාව | ||
Slovak kapacita | ||
Slovenian zmogljivosti | ||
Somali karti | ||
Spanish capacidad | ||
Sundanese kapasitas | ||
Swahili uwezo | ||
Swedish kapacitet | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kapasidad | ||
Tajik иқтидор | ||
Tamil திறன் | ||
Tatar сыйдырышлыгы | ||
Telugu సామర్థ్యం | ||
Thai ความจุ | ||
Tigrinya ትኽእሎ | ||
Tsonga vuswikoti | ||
Turkish kapasite | ||
Turkmen kuwwaty | ||
Twi (Akan) deɛ ahoɔden bɛtumi | ||
Ukrainian ємність | ||
Urdu صلاحیت | ||
Uyghur سىغىمى | ||
Uzbek imkoniyatlar | ||
Vietnamese sức chứa | ||
Welsh gallu | ||
Xhosa umthamo | ||
Yiddish קאַפּאַציטעט | ||
Yoruba agbara | ||
Zulu umthamo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "kapasiteit" is derived from the Dutch word "capaciteit", which means "ability" or "skill". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "kapaciteti" is derived from the Latin "capacitas", meaning "ability to contain". |
| Amharic | In addition to its primary meaning of "capacity," አቅም can also refer to "ability," "capability," or "potential." |
| Arabic | In the Quran, "سعة" can refer to the spaciousness of the earth or the abundance of God's mercy. |
| Azerbaijani | In Old Turkic, "tutum" meant "ability," but in Azerbaijani, it refers to "capacity, volume" and "amount of a container." |
| Basque | "Edukiera", meaning "capacity", comes from the Latin word "educatio", which also means "breeding" or "education". |
| Bengali | "ক্ষমতা" can also mean authority, force, control, competence, ability, strength. |
| Bosnian | The word "kapacitet" in Bosnian also means "intellect" and "competence." |
| Bulgarian | The word "капацитет" also refers to the lid covering the mouthpiece of a traditional Bulgarian musical instrument called kaval. |
| Catalan | "Capacitat" also means "ability" in Catalan. |
| Cebuano | The word "kapasidad" in Cebuano can also refer to the ability of a person to perform or do something. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 容量 is composed of the character 容 (meaning 'to contain') and 量 (meaning 'amount') and also refers to the quality or ability of receiving or holding. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 容量 (capacitance) is also the traditional measure of the amount of money held in a wallet or purse. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "capacità" can also mean "ability" or "skill". |
| Croatian | The word 'kapacitet' comes from the Italian word 'capacità' and can also mean 'capability'. |
| Czech | The Czech word "kapacita" derives from the Latin "capacitas" which also means "intelligence". |
| Danish | The word "kapacitet" originally referred to the size of a ship's cargo hold. |
| Dutch | "Capaciteit" in Dutch comes from the Latin word "capere", meaning "to take" or "to hold". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "kapablo" derives from the Polish word "kapa" meaning "capacity" or "ability". |
| Estonian | The word "mahutavus" also means "volume" in mathematics, as well as "ability" or "capability" in a more general sense. |
| Finnish | "Kapasiteetti" is derived from the Latin word "capacitas" meaning "spaciousness" or "roominess." |
| French | In French, the word "capacité" also means "qualification" or "ability". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "kapasiteit" is derived from the Latin word "capacitas", which means "ability to contain". |
| Galician | The Galician word "capacidade" also means "ability," "skill," or "competence." |
| Georgian | The word "tevadobe" is derived from the Proto-Kartvelian root "*tew-," meaning "to hold" or "to contain." |
| German | The word 'Kapazität' can also mean 'ability' or 'qualification'. |
| Greek | The word χωρητικότητα in Greek has its origins in the verb χωρέω, meaning 'to contain' or 'to hold', and is related to words like χώρα (country) and χώρος (space). |
| Haitian Creole | "Kapasite" in Haitian Creole is derived from the French word "capacité" and can also refer to "ability" or "competence." |
| Hausa | 'Iya aiki' also means 'ability' or 'qualification' in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "hiki" is also used in the sense of "ability" or "power" and is related to the word "hiki mai", which means "to attract" or "to draw to oneself". |
| Hebrew | The word קיבולת (capacity) also refers to the number of people or objects a vessel can hold. |
| Hindi | The word “क्षमता” also means “talent, potential” and derives from Proto-Indo-European “ker-” meaning both “make, create” and “grow.” |
| Hmong | "Muaj peev xwm" (capacity) in Hmong is also an idiom that means "to have the strength" or "to be capable". |
| Hungarian | In addition to its primary meaning of "capacity," "kapacitás" can also mean "ability" or "capability" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | The word 'getu' has many meanings, including 'capacity', 'ability', 'volume', 'content', 'vessel', 'case', 'stomach', 'belly', and 'womb'. |
| Igbo | Ikike also means 'ability', 'power', or 'strength' depending on context. |
| Indonesian | The word "kapasitas" in Indonesian also refers to the ability or skill to do something (e.g., "kapasitas intelektual"). |
| Irish | In Irish, "cumas" comes from Latin "cumulus" and can also mean a pile, a heap, or a gathering. |
| Italian | The term "capacità" in Italian, deriving from Latin word "capere", can refer not only to capacity but also to competence or ability. |
| Japanese | The word 容量 (capacity) can also mean volume, size, or even content. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, “kapasitas” can also refer to one’s ability to endure or withstand something |
| Kannada | The word "ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "समर्थ" (samartha), meaning "capable" or "competent."} |
| Khmer | "សមត្ថភាព" (capacity) derives from the Sanskrit words "sam" (well) and "artha" (meaning), and thus literally means "well-meaning". |
| Korean | 생산 능력 can also mean "output" or "production output". |
| Kurdish | The word 'kanîn' in Kurdish also refers to a specific quantity of oil or liquid in a container or reservoir. |
| Kyrgyz | 'Сыйымдуулук', derived from 'сый', meaning 'to fit' or 'accomodate', denotes 'capacity' not only in terms of volume or quantity, but also encompasses the ability to accommodate or fit another thing. |
| Lao | This Lao noun can also mean "ability," "capability," "facility," "potentiality," "room," "space," or "volume." |
| Latin | The Latin word "facultatem" also means "power" or "ability". |
| Latvian | The word "jauda" derives from the Old Latvian word "jauti", meaning "force" or "strength". |
| Lithuanian | The word "talpa" in Lithuanian also refers to a "volume" or a "container". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Kapazitéit" can also refer to the size or volume of something. |
| Macedonian | The word "капацитет" in Macedonian also means "ability" or "capability". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "fahafahana" is possibly derived from the Malay "faham" or the Austronesian "faham", meaning "understand" or "comprehend". |
| Malay | Malay "kapasiti" derives from Dutch "capaciteit," itself from Latin "capacitas," meaning "spaciousness" or "roominess." |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, the word 'ശേഷി' also means 'remainder' or 'balance' in addition to 'capacity'. |
| Maltese | The word "kapaċità" also means "ability" or "competence" in Maltese. |
| Maori | The word "āheinga" in Māori can also refer to "a container, vessel, or receptacle" and is derived from the verb "āhei," meaning "to hold or contain." |
| Marathi | "क्षमता" is also the capacity of a body to do some work. |
| Mongolian | "Capacity" in Mongolian can mean "ability", "capability" or "potential." |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "စွမ်းရည်" (capacity) derives from the Pali/Sanskrit root "sama-atha", meaning "level-attained" or "ability", and thus shares its etymology with the English word "competent". |
| Nepali | "क्षमता" can also mean power, ability, or potential in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "kapasitet" is also used to describe a person's ability or competence. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word "mphamvu" can also refer to a person's influence or power. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "وړتیا" can also mean "ability" or "potential". |
| Persian | ظرفیت derives from Arabic and also means 'vessel' |
| Polish | The word 'Pojemność' also relates to the terms 'pojemny' ('capacious, spacious') and 'niepojemny' ('incomprehensible') in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "capacidade" can mean ability, skill, or competence. |
| Punjabi | The word ਸਮਰੱਥਾ in Punjabi is derived from the Sanskrit word 'samarthya', which means 'power' or 'strength'. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "capacitate" also means "ability" or "skill". |
| Russian | "Вместимость", which comes from the Old Slavic "мѣстити" and "мѣсто", originally meant "room" or "space". |
| Samoan | The word "agavaʻa" in Samoan can also refer to the quantity of something, or to a large or bulky person or thing. |
| Scots Gaelic | Coma refers to 'gathering, accumulation' (com) also. |
| Serbian | In Serbian, the word 'капацитет' can also refer to "ability" or "potential." |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "bokgoni" also refers to a container or a hole used for storage or hiding something. |
| Shona | The word "chinzvimbo" in Shona can also refer to a container or a measure of volume. |
| Sindhi | The word "گنجائش" in Sindhi can also refer to the ability or potential of something. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word ධාරිතාව is derived from the Sanskrit word 'dhara,' which means 'to hold' or 'to bear'. |
| Slovak | Kapacita is derived from the Latin word "capere" (to take, hold, or seize), and in Slovak, it can also refer to the ability or skill to do something. |
| Slovenian | The word "zmogljivosti" in Slovenian can also refer to "abilities" or "capabilities". |
| Somali | "Kar" means "ability" in several Cushitic languages, and "-ti" is a nominalizing suffix, so "karti" is likely related to "ability". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "capacidad" refers not only to physical or mental capacity but also to the legal authority to act on behalf of another person. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "kapasitas" is derived from the Sanskrit word "kapāṭa" meaning "a door" or "a lid", and also means "to cover" or "to enclose". |
| Swahili | The term can also refer to spiritual power or capability. |
| Swedish | "Kapacitet" also means "ability" or "capability" in Swedish, and is derived from the Latin "capacitas" (room, capacity). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "kapasidad" is derived from the Spanish word "capacidad", which means "ability" or "capability". In Tagalog, the word "kapasidad" can also be used to refer to the "size" or "volume" of something. |
| Tajik | The noun "иқтидор" also means "ability" and comes from the Arabic root "قدر" which means "to be able" or "to have power or authority". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "திறன்" may also refer to ability, talent, or proficiency, while sometimes being used to denote competence or efficiency. |
| Telugu | The word "సామర్థ్యం" in Telugu also refers to the capacity or ability of an individual or entity. |
| Thai | The Thai word "ความจุ" comes from the Pali word "pāri" meaning "to contain" or "to hold". |
| Turkish | The word "kapasite" is derived from the Arabic word "kifaya", meaning "sufficiency". |
| Ukrainian | In electronics, the word also denotes a capacitor. |
| Urdu | The word "صلاحیت" in Urdu has an extended meaning of "qualification" or "competence". |
| Uzbek | The word "imkoniyatlar" is derived from the Arabic word "imkan", meaning "possibility". It can also refer to the potential or capability of something or someone. |
| Vietnamese | Sức chứa, in Vietnamese, can also refer to a person's ability to withstand hardships or their patience. |
| Welsh | The word "gallu" also has historical and literary meanings, such as "power" and "ability". |
| Xhosa | "Umthamo" may also refer to a person's ability to bear children. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, this noun can also refer to legal capacity or a person's intellectual abilities. |
| Yoruba | "Agbara" also means "power, force or strength" and shares a root with the verb "gba," meaning "to receive" or "to take." |
| Zulu | Umthamo can also refer to the capacity of a particular space, such as a stadium or a classroom. |
| English | The word "capacity" comes from the Latin word "capere," which means "to hold or take." |