Class in Different Languages
Discover 'Class' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Class
Afrikaans klas | ||
Albanian klasa | ||
Amharic ክፍል | ||
Arabic صف دراسي | ||
Armenian դասարան | ||
Assamese শ্ৰেণী | ||
Aymara klasi | ||
Azerbaijani sinif | ||
Bambara kilasi | ||
Basque klasea | ||
Belarusian клас | ||
Bengali ক্লাস | ||
Bhojpuri कक्षा | ||
Bosnian razred | ||
Bulgarian клас | ||
Catalan classe | ||
Cebuano klase | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 类 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 類 | ||
Corsican classa | ||
Croatian razred | ||
Czech třída | ||
Danish klasse | ||
Dhivehi ކްލާސް | ||
Dogri जमात | ||
Dutch klasse | ||
English class | ||
Esperanto klaso | ||
Estonian klassi | ||
Ewe nusrɔ̃ƒe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) klase | ||
Finnish luokassa | ||
French classe | ||
Frisian klasse | ||
Galician clase | ||
Georgian კლასი | ||
German klasse | ||
Greek τάξη | ||
Guarani mbo'ehakoty | ||
Gujarati વર્ગ | ||
Haitian Creole klas | ||
Hausa aji | ||
Hawaiian papa | ||
Hebrew מעמד | ||
Hindi कक्षा | ||
Hmong chav kawm | ||
Hungarian osztály | ||
Icelandic bekk | ||
Igbo klas | ||
Ilocano klase | ||
Indonesian kelas | ||
Irish rang | ||
Italian classe | ||
Japanese クラス | ||
Javanese kelas | ||
Kannada ವರ್ಗ | ||
Kazakh сынып | ||
Khmer ថ្នាក់ | ||
Kinyarwanda icyiciro | ||
Konkani वर्ग | ||
Korean 수업 | ||
Krio klas | ||
Kurdish sinif | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پۆل | ||
Kyrgyz класс | ||
Lao ຊັ້ນ | ||
Latin genus | ||
Latvian klasē | ||
Lingala kelasi | ||
Lithuanian klasė | ||
Luganda essomo | ||
Luxembourgish klass | ||
Macedonian класа | ||
Maithili वर्ग | ||
Malagasy kilasy | ||
Malay kelas | ||
Malayalam ക്ലാസ് | ||
Maltese klassi | ||
Maori akomanga | ||
Marathi वर्ग | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀ꯭ꯂꯥꯁ | ||
Mizo pawl | ||
Mongolian анги | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အတန်းအစား | ||
Nepali कक्षा | ||
Norwegian klasse | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kalasi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଶ୍ରେଣୀ | ||
Oromo kutaa | ||
Pashto ټولګی | ||
Persian کلاس | ||
Polish klasa | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) classe | ||
Punjabi ਕਲਾਸ | ||
Quechua yachakuna | ||
Romanian clasă | ||
Russian класс | ||
Samoan vasega | ||
Sanskrit श्रेणी | ||
Scots Gaelic clas | ||
Sepedi phapoši | ||
Serbian класа | ||
Sesotho sehlopha | ||
Shona kirasi | ||
Sindhi ڪلاس | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පන්තිය | ||
Slovak trieda | ||
Slovenian razred | ||
Somali fasalka | ||
Spanish clase | ||
Sundanese kelas | ||
Swahili darasa | ||
Swedish klass | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) klase | ||
Tajik синф | ||
Tamil வர்க்கம் | ||
Tatar класс | ||
Telugu తరగతి | ||
Thai ชั้นเรียน | ||
Tigrinya ክፍሊ | ||
Tsonga tlilasi | ||
Turkish sınıf | ||
Turkmen synp | ||
Twi (Akan) klaase | ||
Ukrainian клас | ||
Urdu کلاس | ||
Uyghur class | ||
Uzbek sinf | ||
Vietnamese lớp học | ||
Welsh dosbarth | ||
Xhosa iklasi | ||
Yiddish קלאַס | ||
Yoruba kilasi | ||
Zulu isigaba |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "klas" can refer to a school lesson, a classroom, or a specific group of students. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "klasë" comes from the Latin "classis", meaning "a group of people sharing a common characteristic". |
| Amharic | The word "ክፍል" also means "room" or "compartment" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The word "صف دراسي" in Arabic can also refer to a queue or a row. |
| Armenian | "Դասարան" in Armenian can also refer to a lecture hall, auditorium, or classroom on its own. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "sinif" in Azerbaijani shares its origin with the Arabic word "sinif" meaning "group, category", and in Turkish it refers to "quality, rank". |
| Basque | The word "klasea" in Basque also means "rank" or "order". |
| Belarusian | In Belarusian, "клас" can also refer to a group of students who study together or a type of rank or status. |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "ক্লাস" also refers to a group of students taught together in a school, college, or university as a unit, or the period in which they are taught. |
| Bosnian | The word "razred" in Bosnian can also mean "level" or "rank". |
| Bulgarian | "Клас" also means "class" in Serbian, Croatian, and Macedonian. |
| Catalan | Classe, in Catalan, can mean a group, a room, a rank, or a tax. |
| Cebuano | Klase can also mean type of plant. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "类" means 'type', 'kind', 'sort' or 'category' in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The Chinese character 類 (class) can also mean 'category', 'kind', or 'type' |
| Corsican | "Classa" also means "heap" or "pile" in Corsican. |
| Croatian | The Croatian noun "razred" comes from the verb "razrediti" meaning "to separate" and originally only referred to the separation of students into ability groups. |
| Czech | The word "třída" is cognate with the Russian "тропа" (tropa), meaning "path". |
| Danish | In Danish, the word "klasse" has a secondary meaning, namely "division" in the sense of a category or grade |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "klasse" can also refer to a social or economic group, or to the quality or rank of something. |
| Esperanto | The word "klaso" derives from the Latin word "classis" (a division of people), which also gives us the English word "class". |
| Estonian | The word "klassi" derives from the Latin "classis", meaning "division" or "rank". |
| Finnish | The word "luokassa" originally referred to a specific room, but gradually obtained also its current meaning. |
| French | The French word "classe" derives from the Latin "classis", meaning "rank" or "distinction", and is also used to refer to a military unit or a school group. |
| Frisian | Frisian 'klasse' derives from the Old Frisian 'klase' which could mean either 'group of people' or 'tax group'. |
| Galician | In Galician, "clase" can also refer to a group of students studying together or a subject taught at a school. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word for school, კლასი "klasi," also implies a "class" in the social sense. |
| German | The word "Klasse" in German is also used to refer to a group of people with similar characteristics or interests, such as a social class or a school class. |
| Greek | "Τάξη" in Greek can also mean "order", "rank", or "grade". |
| Gujarati | The word "વર્ગ" in Gujarati also derives from the Sanskrit word "वर्ग" which means group or category. |
| Haitian Creole | "Klas" (class) is sometimes used for a meeting or party, especially in informal contexts. |
| Hausa | Hausa word "aji" shares the same root as "ajiya" which means "time" and "aiki" which means "work." |
| Hawaiian | Papa can also refer to the ground, foundation, or platform. |
| Hebrew | In Hebrew, "מעמד" can also refer to a status, rank, or a social group. |
| Hindi | The word ''कक्षा'' also means the orbit of a celestial body. |
| Hmong | The word "chav kawm" has an alternate meaning of "group" or "team". |
| Hungarian | The word "osztály" in Hungarian is also used to refer to a department or division within an organization. |
| Icelandic | An alternate meaning of "bekk" is "class" in the sense of a group of people with similar characteristics. |
| Igbo | "Klas" is also a traditional Igbo musical instrument made from hollowed gourds, producing a resonant sound when struck. |
| Indonesian | The word "kelas" can also refer to a grade, rank, or type, as in "kelas berat" (heavyweight class) or "kelas satu" (first class). |
| Irish | It is a homophone of "rang" ("ring") and is related to "rung" ("division") in Scottish Gaelic. |
| Italian | In Italian, 'classe' means social standing, but can also be 'tax group', 'school year', or an 'elegant party'. |
| Japanese | The word クラス (kurasu) comes from the Portuguese word "classe" which was introduced to Japan through the Dutch in the 16th century. |
| Javanese | "Kelas" can also refer to a type of Javanese performing art. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ವರ್ಗ" can also refer to a group of similar items, a category, or a division. |
| Kazakh | "Сынып" (class) comes from the Russian "класс". Its original meaning is "a group of students". |
| Khmer | The word "ថ្នាក់" (class) in Khmer comes from the Sanskrit word "stanaka", which means "standing" or "station". |
| Korean | 수업 (sueop) derives from the Chinese word "授業" which means "to teach". It can also be interpreted as "to receive knowledge". |
| Kurdish | The word "sinif" also means "category" or "sort" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "класс" also means "grade" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | The word 'ຊັ້ນ' ('class') in Lao is a homonym of the word 'ຊັບ' ('property'), and can also be used in the sense of a 'level' or 'layer'. |
| Latin | The Latin word "genus" originally referred to birth, kind, or race but also meant a collection of similar things (hence the English term "genus"). |
| Latvian | The word "klasē" also means "grade" or "year group" in Latvian |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "klasė" also means "room" or "group of similar things, e.g. a tax, a social or economic stratum" |
| Luxembourgish | 'Klass' also means 'toad' in Luxembourgish, stemming from the Latin 'classis,' referring to a gathering or group. |
| Macedonian | The word "класа" can also mean a group or rank of society. |
| Malagasy | The word "kilasy" is of Arabic origin and also has the meaning of "lesson" in Malagasy |
| Malay | The word kelas is also used to refer to a group of people with similar interests or abilities. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "ക്ലാസ്" is derived from the English "class", but is also used as a synonym for "type" or "category". |
| Maltese | Maltese "klassi" derives from Italian "classe" or Latin "classis" which could also mean "group" or "category". |
| Maori | The Maori word "akomanga" originally meant "to learn" or "to be taught." |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'वर्ग' (varg) also means 'a group of singers' or 'a group of animals'. |
| Mongolian | Анг originates from the Persian "آهنگ (āhang, 'tone, tune')" and also may mean "rank, order, row, turn, time" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | The word "कक्षा" in Nepali can also refer to an orbit or a circle. |
| Norwegian | "Klasse" in Norwegian can also mean "embrace" or "hug", and is used in a similar way to "klem" but can be seen as more loving and affectionate. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kalasi" in Chichewa can also mean "course" or "lesson". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word ټولګی (also spelled ټوګه) derives from the Persian word 'toliyeh', which originally meant a pack of animals sent together, hence a company, troop, or division. |
| Persian | کلاس comes from the French "classe", which was first borrowed from Latin "classis", meaning "division, rank" or "army, fleet" |
| Polish | "Klasa" (class) originally meant "group" or "tribe" and was derived from the Latin word "classis", which referred to a division of citizens based on wealth or social status. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "classe" can also refer to a group of people or things with similar characteristics. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਕਲਾਸ" can also refer to a type of musical instrument. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "clasă" can also refer to a "grade" in school or to a "group of people with a common characteristic" |
| Russian | The Russian word "класс" is derived from the Latin word "classis", and can also refer to a group of pupils who study together |
| Samoan | The word "vasega" in Samoan also refers to a group of people who share a common goal or purpose, such as a team or a club. |
| Scots Gaelic | Clas in Scots Gaelic can also mean 'trench', possibly deriving from 'clais' which means 'ditch' or 'channel'. |
| Serbian | In addition to its common meaning, "класа" can also refer to a military rank or a type of boat. |
| Sesotho | "Sehlopha" also refers to a small gathering of friends or acquaintances. |
| Shona | In Shona, the word "kirasi" can also mean "rank" or "group". |
| Sindhi | ڪلاس (class) is also used to refer to a group of students studying the same subject, such as a science class. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "පන්තිය" (class) is a loanword from Sanskrit and originally meant "series, order, or row." |
| Slovak | The word "trieda" can also refer to a "group" or "category". |
| Slovenian | The word 'razred' has roots in Old Slavic and refers to division or distinction, but in modern Slovenian, it specifically pertains to educational divisions. |
| Somali | Derived from Arabic fasl, a division, fasalka also means 'section' or 'lesson' in Somali. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "clase" can also refer to a group of people sharing a social or economic status. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "kelas" can also refer to a group of people who are considered to be similar in age, social status, or occupation. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "darasa" not only means "class," but also refers to a series of sessions where specific subjects are taught. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "klass" can also mean "gender" or "type". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Klase" also means "variety, sort, type, kind, category." |
| Tajik | The word «синф» has the additional meaning of “lesson” (as opposed to “homework”). |
| Tamil | While the word "வர்க்கம்" primarily means "class" in Tamil, it also has alternate meanings such as "lineage", "family", and "profession". |
| Telugu | In Sanskrit, 'targa' means to cross, or overcome, which could be a root of 'taragati' or 'class', as a group coming together with the goal of learning and surpassing obstacles |
| Thai | The word "ชั้นเรียน" can also refer to a social stratum or level. |
| Turkish | In some contexts |
| Ukrainian | The word "клас" in Ukrainian, meaning "class," comes from the Latin word "classis," which referred to a group of citizens of the same social rank or property class. |
| Urdu | "کلاس" is an Arabic word that is cognate with the Latin word "classis" (hence "class" in English), and is ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kele- ("to call out"). |
| Uzbek | The word "sinf" in Uzbek also means "zero". |
| Vietnamese | "Lớp học" (class) stems from Cantonese "lop" (class), originally meaning a group of people in the same category or level. |
| Welsh | The word 'dosbarth' is derived from the Welsh word 'dosparth', meaning 'two parts', and originally referred to a group of students divided into two sections for teaching. |
| Xhosa | The word 'iklasi' comes from the verb 'uklasi' meaning to divide or sort. |
| Yiddish | "קלאַס" in Yiddish, like the English word "class," can also refer to a type or group of things, such as a social class or a class of objects. |
| Yoruba | "Kilasi" means "group" or "category" and can also be employed in a broader sense to express "kind, sort, or type of category." |
| Zulu | The word "isigaba" in Zulu can also mean "a group of people with a common interest or purpose". |
| English | The word "class" derives from the Latin "classis", originally referring to a division of Roman citizens based on wealth and military service. |