Carbon in Different Languages
Discover 'Carbon' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Carbon
Afrikaans koolstof | ||
Albanian karboni | ||
Amharic ካርቦን | ||
Arabic كربون | ||
Armenian ածխածին | ||
Assamese কাৰ্বন | ||
Aymara carbono ukaxa | ||
Azerbaijani karbon | ||
Bambara karɔbɔli | ||
Basque karbonoa | ||
Belarusian вуглярод | ||
Bengali কার্বন | ||
Bhojpuri कार्बन के बा | ||
Bosnian ugljenik | ||
Bulgarian въглерод | ||
Catalan carboni | ||
Cebuano carbon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 碳 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 碳 | ||
Corsican carbone | ||
Croatian ugljik | ||
Czech uhlík | ||
Danish kulstof | ||
Dhivehi ކާބަން | ||
Dogri कार्बन दा | ||
Dutch koolstof | ||
English carbon | ||
Esperanto karbono | ||
Estonian süsinik | ||
Ewe carbon | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) carbon | ||
Finnish hiiltä | ||
French carbone | ||
Frisian koalstof | ||
Galician carbono | ||
Georgian ნახშირბადის | ||
German kohlenstoff | ||
Greek άνθρακας | ||
Guarani carbono rehegua | ||
Gujarati કાર્બન | ||
Haitian Creole kabòn | ||
Hausa carbon | ||
Hawaiian kalapona | ||
Hebrew פַּחמָן | ||
Hindi कार्बन | ||
Hmong carbon | ||
Hungarian szén | ||
Icelandic kolefni | ||
Igbo carbon | ||
Ilocano karbon | ||
Indonesian karbon | ||
Irish carbóin | ||
Italian carbonio | ||
Japanese 炭素 | ||
Javanese karbon | ||
Kannada ಇಂಗಾಲ | ||
Kazakh көміртегі | ||
Khmer កាបូន | ||
Kinyarwanda karubone | ||
Konkani कार्बन | ||
Korean 탄소 | ||
Krio kabɔn | ||
Kurdish karbonat | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کاربۆن | ||
Kyrgyz көмүртек | ||
Lao ກາກບອນ | ||
Latin ipsum | ||
Latvian ogleklis | ||
Lingala carbone | ||
Lithuanian anglies | ||
Luganda kaboni | ||
Luxembourgish kuelestoff | ||
Macedonian јаглерод | ||
Maithili कार्बन | ||
Malagasy karbaona | ||
Malay karbon | ||
Malayalam കാർബൺ | ||
Maltese karbonju | ||
Maori waro | ||
Marathi कार्बन | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯥꯔꯕꯣꯟ ꯊꯥꯗꯣꯀꯏ꯫ | ||
Mizo carbon hmanga siam a ni | ||
Mongolian нүүрстөрөгч | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကာဗွန် | ||
Nepali कार्बन | ||
Norwegian karbon | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kaboni | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଅଙ୍ଗାରକାମ୍ଳ | | ||
Oromo kaarboonii | ||
Pashto کاربن | ||
Persian کربن | ||
Polish węgiel | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) carbono | ||
Punjabi ਕਾਰਬਨ | ||
Quechua carbono nisqa | ||
Romanian carbon | ||
Russian углерод | ||
Samoan kaponi | ||
Sanskrit कार्बन | ||
Scots Gaelic carbon | ||
Sepedi khapone | ||
Serbian угљеник | ||
Sesotho k'habone | ||
Shona kabhoni | ||
Sindhi ڪاربان | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කාබන් | ||
Slovak uhlík | ||
Slovenian ogljik | ||
Somali kaarboon | ||
Spanish carbón | ||
Sundanese karbon | ||
Swahili kaboni | ||
Swedish kol | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) carbon | ||
Tajik карбон | ||
Tamil கார்பன் | ||
Tatar углерод | ||
Telugu కార్బన్ | ||
Thai คาร์บอน | ||
Tigrinya ካርቦን ዝበሃሉ ምዃኖም ይፍለጥ | ||
Tsonga khaboni | ||
Turkish karbon | ||
Turkmen uglerod | ||
Twi (Akan) carbon a wɔfrɛ no carbon | ||
Ukrainian вуглець | ||
Urdu کاربن | ||
Uyghur كاربون | ||
Uzbek uglerod | ||
Vietnamese carbon | ||
Welsh carbon | ||
Xhosa ikhabhoni | ||
Yiddish טשאַד | ||
Yoruba erogba | ||
Zulu ikhabhoni |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "koolstof" in Afrikaans comes from the Dutch word "koolstof" which in turn comes from the Latin word "carbo" meaning "charcoal". |
| Albanian | "Karboni" is related to the word "karbur" which means "coal" in Albanian. |
| Amharic | The word “ካርቦን” ultimately derives from the Latin word “carbo,” which means “coal.” |
| Arabic | "كربون" is a loanword from French "carbone" which comes from Latin "carbo" (coal). |
| Azerbaijani | In the Azerbaijani language, 'karbon' can also refer to a 'black pencil', originating from the Persian word 'karbun' meaning 'coal'. |
| Basque | The Basque word 'karbonoa' likely derives from its Latin counterpart 'carbo' (charcoal) or the Celtic root 'kar' (charcoal, glowing coal) |
| Belarusian | The word “вуглярод” has Proto-Indo-European origins, with cognates in Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and other languages. |
| Bengali | The word 'কার্বন' is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root '*ker-' meaning 'to burn', hence its association with charcoal and other burnt materials. |
| Bosnian | The Bosnian word 'ugljenik' also means 'charcoal'. |
| Bulgarian | The Old Church Slavonic word въглеродъ, from which the Bulgarian въглерод originated, is derived from въглъ 'coal', with suffix -родъ 'material' |
| Catalan | The word "carboni" in Catalan is the plural form of carbó, which shares its etymology with "charcoal" and ultimately comes from Proto-Indo-European "ker-", meaning "to burn" |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 碳字在古漢語中意為“柴草”或“燃料”，後轉義為“炭”。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 碳 (tàn) is a character shared by Chinese and Korean, and its earliest meaning was 'charcoal' or 'soot'. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "carbone" can also refer to a type of graphite found in the Monte Cinto region. |
| Croatian | In Old Slavic, `ugljik` meant `fire`, and in Croatian, it was used to refer to fossil fuels (coal, charcoal, and coke). |
| Czech | "Uhlík" (carbon) is a diminutive form of "uhel" (coal), indicating its small size and its relationship to coal. |
| Danish | In Danish, "carbon" also refers to a small, square piece of confectionery |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "koolstof" literally means "coal substance". |
| Esperanto | Karbono is related to the word karbo, which means coal. |
| Estonian | 'Süsinik' is related to 'söe' ('coal'), and was coined by Eduard Ahrens in his 1844 book 'Praktische Grammatik der Esthnischen Sprache' from the root 'süs-' (meaning 'coal', 'charcoal'). |
| Finnish | "Hiili" is also used to refer to coal in Finnish. |
| French | Carbon comes from the Latin "carbo," meaning "coal." |
| Frisian | In Old Frisian texts it also sometimes appears as "kôle" which is derived from the Proto-Germanic *kula- that also appears in e.g. English coal. |
| Galician | In Galician, "carbono" can specifically refer to the carbon atom or to coal, and its related words include "carboneiro" (charcoal maker) and "carbonífera" (coal mining). |
| Georgian | The Georgian word for carbon, "ნახშირბადის", is derived from the Persian word "nakshir", meaning "picture" or "drawing", and "bād", meaning "gas". The compound word thus means "gas with pictures", likely referring to the black soot that is produced when carbon burns. |
| German | The word "Kohlenstoff" is derived from the German words "Kohle" (coal) and "Stoff" (substance). |
| Greek | Its alternative plural form, "άνθρακες", means "embers" or "coals". |
| Gujarati | The word 'કાર્બન' ('carbon') is derived from the Latin word 'carbo', meaning 'charcoal'. It can also refer to 'a compound of carbon with other elements', 'a solid allotrope of carbon', or 'a substance containing carbon'. |
| Haitian Creole | Kabòn, the Haitian Creole word for carbon, is a loanword from French but is also derived from the Taíno word "cabón," meaning "charcoal." |
| Hausa | Hausa has multiple words for "carbon" depending on context and usage, including "jan karfe", "kwal", and "tutin zare". |
| Hawaiian | "Kalapona" in Hawaiian also refers to a type of volcanic rock and a particular type of land unit. |
| Hebrew | The word 'פַּחֲמָן' originates from the root 'פָּחַם', meaning 'to burn'. |
| Hindi | The word "carbon" originates from the Latin word "carbo," which means "coal." |
| Hmong | Carbon is also a slang term meaning "money". |
| Hungarian | 'Szén' is not only the Hungarian word for 'carbon', but also means 'coal'. |
| Icelandic | The word kolefni is also used in Icelandic to refer to "carbon paper" or "charcoal." |
| Igbo | In the Igbo language, the word 'carbon' also means 'a black substance'. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "karbon" also means "graphite", which is a crystalline form of carbon |
| Irish | The Irish word "carbóin" shares an etymological root with the Latin "carbo" (charcoal), and also colloquially refers to the fossil fuel coal. |
| Italian | In Italian, "carbonio" also refers to the carbon atom or the chemical element with atomic number 6. |
| Japanese | 炭素 can also refer to the carbon electrode, a pencil core, or a carbon brush. |
| Javanese | As an alternative meaning, "karbon" also means 'drawing' in Javanese, possibly derived from "karbon" which means 'charcoal' used as drawing materials. |
| Kannada | ಇಂಗಾಲ is derived from the Proto-Dravidian word *kaŋŋa-l, meaning 'heat, glowing embers'. |
| Kazakh | қөміртегі (kömirtegi) is also used to refer to the fossil fuel known as "coal" |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "កាបូន" can also mean "the dark part of the fire". |
| Korean | In Korean, 탄소 (tanso) can also refer to the carbon black pigment used in ink. |
| Kurdish | Kürtçede 'karbonat' kelimesi 'kara taş' anlamına da gelir ve 'kalk' ile eş anlamlıdır. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "көмүртек" can also refer to charcoal or coal. |
| Latin | The Latin word "ipsum" also means "self" or "oneself". |
| Latvian | The word "ogleklis" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *wegʰ-, meaning "to burn" or "to shine". |
| Lithuanian | The word "angl(i)es" in Lithuanian language, besides "carbon", also means "coals" or "charcoal" |
| Luxembourgish | In scientific and technical contexts, Kuelestoff also refers to any substance containing carbon. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "јаглерод" (carbon) is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*jęgьlъ", which meant 'embers'. The root word also gives rise to the word "јаглен" (charcoal), further reinforcing its connection to carbon. |
| Malagasy | Karbaona" is also used in Malagasy to refer to various types of charcoal and burnt wood. |
| Malay | "Karbon" in Malay comes from the Sanskrit word "karbura" meaning "charcoal". |
| Malayalam | The word "carbon" comes from the Latin word "carbo", meaning "coal". In Malayalam, "കാർബൺ" also means "coal", and is sometimes used to refer to charcoal as well. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word karbonju has been borrowed from Italian and ultimately derives from Latin "carbo" (charcoal). |
| Maori | In the Maori language, "waro" is also a type of tree with pale yellow wood. |
| Mongolian | In Mongolia, "нүүрстөрөгч" can also mean "pencil lead" or "charcoal". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word ကာဗွန်, while most often meaning carbon, can also be used as a synonym for coal or coke. |
| Nepali | The word "कार्बन" (carbon) comes from the Latin word "carbo", meaning "coal". It is used in chemistry to refer to the element with the atomic number 6. |
| Norwegian | Karbon kommer fra det latinske ordet 'carbo' som betyr kull. |
| Pashto | The word "کاربن" is a loanword from Dari Persian which derives from Late Latin "carbone," ultimately of Gaulish origin from Proto-Celtic "*karbo-" (charcoal), cognate with German "Kohle" (coal) and Albanian "qershi" (coal, charcoal). |
| Persian | The word "کربن" can also refer to coal or coke in Persian. |
| Polish | The Polish word "węgiel" not only means "carbon", but also refers to coal. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "carbono" also means "a person who's very stingy". |
| Punjabi | The word "carbon" comes from the Latin word "carbone" meaning "charcoal" and "coal." |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "carbon" also refers to the copy paper used in typewriters or carbon pencils. |
| Russian | The word "углерод" comes from the Old Slavic word "угль" ("coal"). |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "kaponi" originally meant "charcoal" before coming to mean "carbon". |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word carbon (carban) can also mean "charcoal" or "ember". |
| Serbian | The term "угљеник" (ugljenik) is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *ǫglь, meaning "charcoal" or "burnt wood", and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *wegʰ-, meaning "to burn". The term can also refer to the chemical element carbon in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The word "k'habone" or "carbon" in Sesotho is said to have similar meanings and a related pronunciation or spelling to the words "coal" or "charcoal" in English. |
| Shona | Kabhoni's origins are unclear, although it's commonly derived from Shona's 'kupfhonora' (to burn something until it produces charcoal). |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "කාබන්" can also refer to a graphite writing instrument or a black substance found in certain plants. |
| Slovak | In addition to "carbon," "uhlík" can also refer to charcoal, coal, or a cinder in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The word "ogljik" also shares a root with the word "oglje" (charcoal) and "žar" (fire). |
| Somali | In Somali, "kaarboon" can also refer to "charcoal" or "blackening substance." |
| Spanish | "Carbón" también puede referirse al lápiz negro o al carbón vegetal para hacer barbacoas. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "karbon" can also refer to the charcoal used to make grilled dishes. |
| Swahili | The word "kaboni" in Swahili can also refer to a type of charcoal used in traditional cooking. |
| Swedish | The word "kol" comes from the Old Norse word "kol", which also means "charcoal". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "carbon" also refers to a type of paper used for making copies, similar to carbon paper in English. |
| Tajik | In Tajik, "карбон" can also refer to the "carbon fiber" used in composites. |
| Tamil | The word "கார்பன்" derives from the Latin word "carbo", meaning "coal", and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root "*ker-/*kor-", meaning "to burn". |
| Telugu | The word 'కార్బన్' ('carbon') is derived from the Latin word 'carbo', meaning 'coal', and can also refer to a type of paper used for making copies. |
| Thai | In Thai, "คาร์บอน" is interchangeable with "ถ่าน" (charcoal or carbon). |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "karbon" also refers to the act of scribbling or doodling on paper. |
| Ukrainian | The word «вуглець» in Ukrainian is a cognate of the Russian word «уголь», meaning «coal». |
| Urdu | In Urdu, the word "کاربن" can also refer to "carbon paper" or "carbon copy". |
| Uzbek | The word “uglerod” comes from the Persian word “angār” which means “burning coal”. |
| Vietnamese | Carbon có thể liên quan đến một trong ba từ gốc của Latinh, hoặc "carbo" ("than"), "carbō" ("than gỗ") hoặc "carō" ("thịt"). |
| Welsh | In Welsh, "carbon" can also mean "charcoal" or "coal." |
| Xhosa | The word 'ikhabhoni' shares the same root with 'ukukhaba,' which means 'to chop wood or coal,' and 'inkhabha,' which refers to firewood or coal. |
| Yiddish | טשאַד, Yiddish for "carbon," is derived from the Latin "carbo," meaning "coal". |
| Yoruba | Yoruba word "erogba" is also used to refer to "charcoal", "graphite", and "blackboard chalk", all of which are characterized by their dark color and carbonaceous composition. |
| Zulu | In Zulu, "ikhabhoni" also means "charcoal" or "gas used for cooking." |
| English | "Carbon" comes from the Latin "carbo," meaning "coal" |