Channel in Different Languages
Discover 'Channel' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Channel
Afrikaans kanaal | ||
Albanian kanali | ||
Amharic ሰርጥ | ||
Arabic قناة | ||
Armenian ալիք | ||
Assamese চেনেল | ||
Aymara canal | ||
Azerbaijani kanal | ||
Bambara kanal | ||
Basque kanala | ||
Belarusian канал | ||
Bengali চ্যানেল | ||
Bhojpuri चैनल के बा | ||
Bosnian kanal | ||
Bulgarian канал | ||
Catalan canal | ||
Cebuano agianan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 渠道 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 渠道 | ||
Corsican canali | ||
Croatian kanal | ||
Czech kanál | ||
Danish kanal | ||
Dhivehi ޗެނަލް | ||
Dogri चैनल | ||
Dutch kanaal | ||
English channel | ||
Esperanto kanalo | ||
Estonian kanal | ||
Ewe channel | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) channel | ||
Finnish kanava | ||
French canal | ||
Frisian kanaal | ||
Galician canle | ||
Georgian არხი | ||
German kanal | ||
Greek κανάλι | ||
Guarani canal rehegua | ||
Gujarati ચેનલ | ||
Haitian Creole chanèl | ||
Hausa tashar | ||
Hawaiian kanal | ||
Hebrew עָרוּץ | ||
Hindi चैनल | ||
Hmong channel | ||
Hungarian csatorna | ||
Icelandic rás | ||
Igbo ọwa | ||
Ilocano kanal | ||
Indonesian saluran | ||
Irish cainéal | ||
Italian canale | ||
Japanese チャネル | ||
Javanese saluran | ||
Kannada ಚಾನಲ್ | ||
Kazakh арна | ||
Khmer ឆានែល | ||
Kinyarwanda umuyoboro | ||
Konkani चॅनल | ||
Korean 채널 | ||
Krio chanɛl | ||
Kurdish qenal | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کەناڵ | ||
Kyrgyz канал | ||
Lao ຊ່ອງທາງ | ||
Latin channel | ||
Latvian kanāls | ||
Lingala canal | ||
Lithuanian kanalą | ||
Luganda omukutu gwa yintaneeti | ||
Luxembourgish kanal | ||
Macedonian канал | ||
Maithili चैनल | ||
Malagasy fantsona | ||
Malay saluran | ||
Malayalam ചാനൽ | ||
Maltese kanal | ||
Maori hongere | ||
Marathi चॅनल | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯦꯅꯦꯜ ꯑꯁꯤꯅꯥ ꯑꯦꯟ.ꯗꯤ.ꯑꯦ | ||
Mizo channel a ni | ||
Mongolian суваг | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ချန်နယ် | ||
Nepali च्यानल | ||
Norwegian kanal | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) njira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଚ୍ୟାନେଲ୍ | | ||
Oromo channel | ||
Pashto چینل | ||
Persian کانال | ||
Polish kanał | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) canal | ||
Punjabi ਚੈਨਲ | ||
Quechua canal | ||
Romanian canal | ||
Russian канал | ||
Samoan auala | ||
Sanskrit चैनल | ||
Scots Gaelic sianal | ||
Sepedi kanale ya | ||
Serbian канал | ||
Sesotho kanale | ||
Shona mugero | ||
Sindhi چئنل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) නාලිකාව | ||
Slovak kanál | ||
Slovenian kanal | ||
Somali kanaalka | ||
Spanish canal | ||
Sundanese saluran | ||
Swahili kituo | ||
Swedish kanal | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) channel | ||
Tajik канал | ||
Tamil சேனல் | ||
Tatar канал | ||
Telugu ఛానెల్ | ||
Thai ช่อง | ||
Tigrinya channel | ||
Tsonga xitichi xa xiteji | ||
Turkish kanal | ||
Turkmen kanal | ||
Twi (Akan) channel | ||
Ukrainian каналу | ||
Urdu چینل | ||
Uyghur channel | ||
Uzbek kanal | ||
Vietnamese kênh | ||
Welsh sianel | ||
Xhosa itshaneli | ||
Yiddish קאַנאַל | ||
Yoruba ikanni | ||
Zulu isiteshi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "kanaal" originally meant "gully" or "drainage ditch" and is related to the Dutch word "kanaal", which means "canal" or "channel". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "kanali" is derived from the Italian word "canale", meaning "waterway or ditch" |
| Amharic | In Tigrinya, ሰርጥ also means "to split". |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "قناة" (qanāt) can also refer to an artificial watercourse distributing water for irrigation or drinking. |
| Armenian | The word "ալիք" (channel) has Proto-Indo-European roots, deriving from *wel-, meaning "to turn, curl," as in the word "wheel" |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "kanal" originates from the Arabic word "qanāl", meaning "ditch" or "conduit for water". |
| Basque | "Kanala" also refers to the main vein or artery in the human body in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "канал" can also refer to a ditch or a strait. |
| Bengali | The word "চ্যানেল" (channel) comes from the Portuguese word "canal", meaning an artificial waterway, and ultimately from the Latin word "canalis", meaning pipe or watercourse. |
| Bosnian | "Kanal" is cognate to Latin "canalis" meaning both "ditch" and "pipe". |
| Bulgarian | The word "канал" in Bulgarian could also mean "ditch" or "sewer". |
| Catalan | The Catalan noun "canal" translates to "channel" in English and it can also refer to a pipe used to convey liquids or the inner part of a bone. |
| Cebuano | "Agianan" also refers to a narrow, shallow stretch of water connecting larger bodies of water, similar to a strait. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "渠道" (qūdào) originally referred to a ditch that guides water, but now also refers to a means of distributing something. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 渠道 in Chinese can also mean "route" or "avenue". |
| Corsican | The word “canali” also means “canal” but in the sense of an irrigation ditch and can derive from Latin “canalis” (“pipe”) or from the Arabic word "qânât" which originally referred to underground water sources. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'kanal' can also refer to a moat, gutter, or conduit, akin to its German cognate 'Kanal'. |
| Czech | In Czech, "kanál" also means "sewer" or "gutter". |
| Danish | The word "kanal" in Danish can also refer to a narrow waterway or a watercourse. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "kanaal" can also refer to a television or radio channel or a ditch or waterway. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "kanalo" is derived from the Latin "canalis", meaning "ditch, conduit, or pipe". |
| Estonian | The Estonian word kanal derives from Middle Low German "kanael", meaning a ditch, canal, or sewer |
| Finnish | The word "kanava" in Finnish comes from the Swedish word "kanal", which in turn comes from the Latin word "canalis", meaning "pipe" or "conduit". |
| French | In French, "canal" refers not only to an artificial waterway but also to a duct or tube in the body. |
| Frisian | In West Frisian, the word "kanaal" means "ditch". |
| Galician | The Galician word "canle" can also mean "pipe" or "conduit". |
| Georgian | "არხი" also means "trench", "ditch" and "gutter" in Georgian. |
| German | The German word 'Kanal' derives from the Latin word 'canalis', which means 'water pipe' or 'ditch'. |
| Greek | In Cypriot dialect, the word "κανάλι" can also mean a "ravine" or a "ditch." |
| Gujarati | The word "ચેનલ" also means a "strait", a stretch of open water connecting two large bodies of water. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "chanèl" can also refer to an irrigation canal or a narrow strip of land between two rivers. |
| Hausa | In some dialects, tashar may refer to a large pond or lake. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian 'kanal' means 'channel' but also means 'sound' produced by the vibration of a hollow object. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word עָרוּץ (channel) originally meant "riverbed" or "watercourse". |
| Hindi | The word "channel" originates from the Latin word "canalis," meaning "canal" or "watercourse." |
| Hmong | The word "channel" in Hmong can also refer to a river or a stream. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "csatorna" also means "sewer" and is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "čьstorna", meaning "a place for sewage to flow." |
| Icelandic | The word "rás" in Icelandic can also refer to a promontory that juts out into the sea, cognate with the Old Norse "rás" meaning a "headland". |
| Igbo | Ọwa also denotes a place of convergence, and is the root word for ọwa (marriage) and ọwara (family). |
| Indonesian | The word "saluran" in Indonesian can also refer to a groove or conduit for fluids or other substances. |
| Irish | The word "cainéal" is also used to refer to a narrow strait or a small river. |
| Italian | "Canale" in Italian can mean either a small channel or a main channel of a river or canal. |
| Japanese | In Japanese, "channel" can also refer to a program or service broadcast on television or radio. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "saluran" also has the meaning "canal" and comes from the Sanskrit word "śāla" which means "hall" or "house". |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಚಾನಲ್" ("channel") can also refer to a narrow passage, groove, or furrow. |
| Kazakh | In Old Turkic, "арна" meant "direction, place where the water or something flows," from Proto-Turkic *arna "stream, channel." |
| Khmer | The word "ឆានែល" can also refer to a path, a way or a means. |
| Korean | 채널 (Channel) is the Korean reading/pronunciation of the English loanword 'channel', but in addition also means 'tunnel'. |
| Kurdish | The word "qenal" in Kurdish can also refer to a waterway or a conduit |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, the word "канал" can also refer to a type of irrigation canal, a waterway used for transporting water for agricultural purposes. |
| Latin | The Latin word 'canalis' meant 'water conduit' and was also used figuratively to refer to a 'pathway' or 'route'. |
| Latvian | The word "kanāls" can also refer to a "pipeline" or "trench" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | "Kanalą" in Lithuanian also refers to a narrow waterway or a gutter. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Kanal" can also refer to a narrow waterway or a gutter. |
| Macedonian | The word "канал" in Macedonian also means "ditch", "groove", or "furrow". |
| Malagasy | The word "fantsona" can also refer to a path or a way. |
| Malay | "Saluran" comes from the Sanskrit "srotas", meaning "stream, flow, or current", and can also refer to a ditch or drain. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "ചാനൽ" is derived from the Tamil word "சேனல்" meaning "path" or "route." |
| Maltese | The word 'kanal' is derived from the Italian word 'canale' and also means 'a large drain' in Maltese. |
| Maori | The word "hongere" can also refer to a stream, river, or gully in Maori. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "चॅनल" can also refer to a "furrow" or a "groove". |
| Mongolian | "Суваг" also means "road" or "way" in Mongolian. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ချန်နယ်" in Myanmar (Burmese) is derived from the English word "channel" and can also refer to a riverbed or a strait. |
| Nepali | Channel is derived from the Latin word "canalis", meaning "a watercourse". |
| Norwegian | The word "kanal" can also refer to a strait between landmasses or an anatomy within the body. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "njira" in Nyanja can also mean "road", "path" or "direction." |
| Pashto | The word "چینل" (channel) in Pashto can also refer to a "passageway" or a "ditch". |
| Persian | In Persian, "کانال" (kānāl) not only means "channel" but also "mine" or "underground passage". |
| Polish | Polish 'kanał' comes from German 'Kanal' or Italian 'canale', both derived from Latin 'canalis', which meant 'a conduit for water'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Porto and Northern Portugal, "canal" refers to a narrow street between buildings. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "canal" directly translates to "channel" but also refers to a narrow waterway connecting two larger bodies of water. |
| Russian | In Russian, the word "канал" can also refer to a canal, a trench, or a ditch |
| Samoan | The word "auala" also means an inlet, a channel in a reef or a river's mouth. |
| Scots Gaelic | In the Isle of Man, sianal can also mean a narrow path or waterway. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "канал" also means "gully" or "canal" in the context of civil engineering |
| Shona | "Mugero" can also mean "a passageway" or "a gap in a fence" |
| Sindhi | Sindhi "چئنل" also means "a young camel." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The term 'නාලිකාව' shares roots with the Sanskrit word 'नली', both of which refer to a tube or passageway. |
| Slovak | The word "kanál" in Slovak can also mean "canal" or "gutter". |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word 'kanal' is etymologically related to the English word 'canal' but also refers to a type of mountain valley. |
| Somali | The Somali word "kanaalka" is derived from the Arabic word "qanāh", meaning "canal" or "ditch". |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "canal" can also refer to a narrow strait or passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "saluran" has two common interpretations: a narrow waterway or aqueduct, and a means of delivering or conveying information or goods. |
| Swahili | Kituo originates from the Arabic word 'qatw' via Persian and can also mean 'department' or 'section'. |
| Swedish | "Kanal" originally meant a narrow body of water to transport goods from lakes to the sea |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, the word "channel" refers to a trench, while in English it can also mean a means of communication. |
| Tajik | The word "канал" also means "ditch" or "drain" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word சேனல் also refers to a canal, ditch, or waterway. |
| Telugu | The word ఛానెల్ (channel) comes from the Portuguese word canal, itself derived from the Latin word canalis. |
| Thai | The Thai word "ช่อง" (channel) originally meant "hole" or "opening" and is still used in this sense in some contexts. |
| Turkish | Kanal in Turkish means a channel, but it is also used to refer to canals or waterways, making it a versatile term. |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, "каналу" can also refer to a water canal, a drainage ditch, or a narrow passage. |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "چینل" (channel) can also refer to a waterway or a passage. |
| Uzbek | The word "kanal" in Uzbek is borrowed from Russian and means "canal", "groove", or "duct". |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "kênh" can trace its etymological roots to the Chinese character "渠" (qú) and also carries the secondary meaning of "canal". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "sianel" can also refer to a furrow or groove, tracing its roots to the Latin "canalis" meaning "pipe" or "ditch." |
| Xhosa | The word "itshaneli" in Xhosa can also refer to a watercourse or stream. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "קאַנאַל" can also refer to a gutter, a ditch, or a drain. |
| Yoruba | Although the word "ikanni" in Yoruba means channel, it can also be used to refer to a pathway or a course of action. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "isiteshi" can also refer to a valley or a stream, and is derived from the verb "sesha" meaning "to flow". |
| English | The word "channel" derives from the Greek "kanalis," meaning "ditch" or "stream," and in French, "canal" refers to a pipe or tube. |