Clearly in Different Languages
Discover 'Clearly' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Clearly
Afrikaans duidelik | ||
Albanian qartazi | ||
Amharic በግልፅ | ||
Arabic بوضوح | ||
Armenian հստակ | ||
Assamese স্পষ্টভাৱে | ||
Aymara qhana | ||
Azerbaijani aydın şəkildə | ||
Bambara ka jɛya | ||
Basque argi eta garbi | ||
Belarusian зразумела | ||
Bengali পরিষ্কারভাবে | ||
Bhojpuri साफ-साफ बा | ||
Bosnian jasno | ||
Bulgarian ясно | ||
Catalan clarament | ||
Cebuano tin-aw nga | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 清楚地 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 清楚地 | ||
Corsican chjaramente | ||
Croatian jasno | ||
Czech jasně | ||
Danish klart | ||
Dhivehi ސާފުކޮށް | ||
Dogri साफ तौर पर | ||
Dutch duidelijk | ||
English clearly | ||
Esperanto klare | ||
Estonian selgelt | ||
Ewe eme kɔ ƒã | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) malinaw | ||
Finnish selvästi | ||
French clairement | ||
Frisian dúdlik | ||
Galician claramente | ||
Georgian აშკარად | ||
German deutlich | ||
Greek σαφώς | ||
Guarani hesakã porã | ||
Gujarati સ્પષ્ટ રીતે | ||
Haitian Creole klèman | ||
Hausa a fili | ||
Hawaiian mōakāka | ||
Hebrew בְּבִירוּר | ||
Hindi स्पष्ट रूप से | ||
Hmong kom meej meej | ||
Hungarian tisztán | ||
Icelandic augljóslega | ||
Igbo n'ụzọ doro anya | ||
Ilocano nalawag | ||
Indonesian jelas | ||
Irish go soiléir | ||
Italian chiaramente | ||
Japanese 明らかに | ||
Javanese cetha | ||
Kannada ಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾಗಿ | ||
Kazakh анық | ||
Khmer យ៉ាងច្បាស់ | ||
Kinyarwanda biragaragara | ||
Konkani स्पश्टपणान सांगलां | ||
Korean 분명히 | ||
Krio klia wan | ||
Kurdish eşkere | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بە ڕوونی | ||
Kyrgyz так | ||
Lao ຢ່າງຈະແຈ້ງ | ||
Latin evidenter | ||
Latvian skaidri | ||
Lingala polele | ||
Lithuanian aiškiai | ||
Luganda mu ngeri etegeerekeka obulungi | ||
Luxembourgish kloer | ||
Macedonian јасно | ||
Maithili स्पष्टतः | ||
Malagasy mazava tsara | ||
Malay dengan jelas | ||
Malayalam വ്യക്തമായി | ||
Maltese ċar | ||
Maori mārama | ||
Marathi स्पष्टपणे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯌꯦꯛ ꯁꯦꯡꯅꯥ ꯎꯕꯥ ꯐꯪꯏ꯫ | ||
Mizo chiang takin | ||
Mongolian тодорхой | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ရှင်းရှင်းလင်းလင်း | ||
Nepali स्पष्ट रूपमा | ||
Norwegian helt klart | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) momveka bwino | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସ୍ପଷ୍ଟ ଭାବରେ | ||
Oromo ifatti mul’ata | ||
Pashto په څرګنده | ||
Persian به وضوح | ||
Polish wyraźnie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) claramente | ||
Punjabi ਸਾਫ ਤੌਰ ਤੇ | ||
Quechua sut’ita | ||
Romanian clar | ||
Russian ясно | ||
Samoan manino | ||
Sanskrit स्पष्टतया | ||
Scots Gaelic gu soilleir | ||
Sepedi ka mo go kwagalago | ||
Serbian јасно | ||
Sesotho ka ho hlaka | ||
Shona zvakajeka | ||
Sindhi واضح طور تي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පැහැදිලිව | ||
Slovak jasne | ||
Slovenian jasno | ||
Somali si cad | ||
Spanish claramente | ||
Sundanese jelas | ||
Swahili wazi | ||
Swedish klart | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) malinaw | ||
Tajik ба таври равшан | ||
Tamil தெளிவாக | ||
Tatar ачык | ||
Telugu స్పష్టంగా | ||
Thai ชัดเจน | ||
Tigrinya ብንጹር ይርአ | ||
Tsonga swi le rivaleni | ||
Turkish açıkça | ||
Turkmen düşnükli | ||
Twi (Akan) pefee | ||
Ukrainian чітко | ||
Urdu واضح طور پر | ||
Uyghur ئېنىق | ||
Uzbek aniq | ||
Vietnamese thông suốt | ||
Welsh yn amlwg | ||
Xhosa ngokucacileyo | ||
Yiddish קלאר | ||
Yoruba kedere | ||
Zulu ngokucacile |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Duidelik" is derived from the Dutch word "duidelijk", which also means "clear". Interestingly, in Afrikaans, "duidelik" can also mean "obvious" or "self-evident." |
| Albanian | "Qartazi" in Albanian relates back to a time of the Ottoman occupation and is thought to come from a mix of the Turkish words "karar" and "tasi. |
| Amharic | "በግልፅ" can also mean "evidently" or "openly" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | بوضوح" is a derivative of the verb "وضَحَ", which means "to become clear or evident." |
| Armenian | "Հստակ" is a loanword from Russian "чёткий" (meaning "precise, exact, clear") and was first recorded in Armenian in the 1850s. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "aydın şəkildə" can also mean "enlightened way" or "brightly" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The Basque word "argi eta garbi" can also mean "bright and clear" in reference to light |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "зразумела" is derived from the Old Church Slavonic "сърозуміти" meaning "to understand". |
| Bengali | "পরিষ্কারভাবে" is composed of three words: "পরি" (completely), "ষ্কার" (bright), and "ভাবে" (manner). |
| Bosnian | The word "jasno" in Bosnian can also mean "publicly" or "openly". |
| Bulgarian | "Ясно" in Bulgarian also means "lake" and comes from the Proto-Slavic word "*jezero". |
| Catalan | The word "clarament" in Catalan derives from the Latin "clarus," meaning "bright" or "evident." |
| Cebuano | The word "tin-aw nga" is derived from the root word "tin-aw," which means "to clear" or "to clarify." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "清楚地" can also mean "in a neat and tidy manner; orderly." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "清楚地" can also be used to describe someone's appearance, meaning "clean and tidy" or "well-groomed". |
| Corsican | The word "chjaramente" can be used to describe something that is "evident" or "manifest" as well as "clearly". |
| Croatian | The word "jasno" in Croatian can also mean "bright" or "shining" |
| Czech | "Jasně" in Czech can also mean "of course" or "obviously". |
| Danish | The word 'klart' can also mean 'ready' or 'finished', and comes from the Old Norse word 'klára', meaning 'to make ready' or 'to finish'. |
| Dutch | "Duidelijk" (clearly) is derived from "duiden" (to indicate, to clarify), and also means "obvious" or "significant". |
| Esperanto | The word "klare" also has the meanings "brightly", "loudly" or "clearly and distinctly" in Esperanto. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "selgelt" comes from the Proto-Finnic word "selkä", meaning "back", and originally meant "clearly visible". |
| Finnish | Selvästi is derived from the Proto-Finnic word *selve (clear, clean). |
| French | The word "clairement" derives from the Latin root "clarus", meaning "bright, loud". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "dúdlik" is likely related to the Dutch "duidelijk" ("clearly") or German "deutlich" (likewise). |
| Galician | The Galician word "claramente" can also mean "brightly" or "obviously". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word “აშკარად” (“clearly”) is also used to denote the “open” status of something. |
| German | "Deutlich" derives from Middle High German "diutelîch," in turn from Old High German "diutilih" (both meaning "pertaining to the people or their language") and thus originally "in the vernacular" or "comprehensible". |
| Greek | The Greek word "σαφώς" not only means "clearly" but also "obviously" and "unambiguously", and its root, "σαφ", is related to the Sanskrit term "sabda","sound". |
| Haitian Creole | "Klèman" comes from the French word "clair" and can also mean "clean," "pure," or "bright." |
| Hausa | An alternate meaning of "a fili" in Hausa is "to be obvious, manifest, or evident" |
| Hawaiian | In Polynesian languages including Hawaiian, the term "mōa" refers to domestic fowl like the rooster or hen, hence its secondary connotation with visibility and clarity. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "בְּבִירוּר" (b'virur) is also used to mean "to make clear" or "to explain". |
| Hindi | "स्पष्ट रूप से" is derived from the Sanskrit word "प्रसाद," which also means "grace" or "favor." |
| Hmong | In Hmong "kom meej meej" is an emphatic way of saying an event will occur without fail. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "tisztán" can also mean "cleanly," "precisely," or "purely," depending on the context. |
| Icelandic | The word "augljóslega" comes from the Old Norse word "augljóss," which means "evident" or "manifest." |
| Igbo | "N'ụzọ doro anya" literally means "on a clear path," suggesting not only clarity but also the absence of obstacles. |
| Indonesian | The word "jelas" in Indonesian is derived from the Arabic word "jalasah", which means "sitting in a group" or "making a public statement". |
| Irish | In Irish, "go soiléir" literally translates to "with brightness" or "brightly", highlighting its connection to clarity and illumination. |
| Italian | The Italian word "chiaramente" is derived from the Latin word "clarus", which means "bright" or "clear". It is the adverbial form of the adjective "chiaro" (clear) |
| Japanese | "明らかに" can mean "evidently" or "obviously". |
| Javanese | The word 'cetha' has cognates in other Austronesian languages, such as the Malay word 'чета' (jelas) or 'celik' (jernih). |
| Kazakh | The word "анық" (clearly) in Kazakh also means "apparent," "obvious," or "certain," and is related to the word "аңғарту" (to notice). |
| Korean | The word "분명히" also means "exactly" or "definitely" in Korean, and is often used to emphasize a point. |
| Kurdish | The word "eşkere" in Kurdish shares its etymology with the Persian word "ashkar" and the Arabic word "aškār", all meaning "clear" or "manifest". |
| Kyrgyz | "Так" can also mean "this" or "that" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | Evidenter is a Latin adverb meaning 'plainly', 'manifestly', or 'evidently'. It is derived from the verb 'evidere', meaning 'to prove' or 'to make clear'. |
| Latvian | Latvian "skaidri" (clearly) derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "*skei-," from which also come "shine," "shadow," and "sky." |
| Lithuanian | The word "aiškiai" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "*h₂eks-", which also means "to see" or "to know". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "kloer" in Luxembourgish is thought to derive from the Middle Low German word "klar", meaning "bright" or "pure". |
| Macedonian | The word "јасно" in Macedonian also has the meanings "bright" or "shining" and derives from the Proto-Slavic word *jasьnъ, which also meant "clear". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy term "mazava tsara" is also a euphemism for "drunk." |
| Malay | The word "dengan jelas" is also used to mean "explicitly" or "definitely" in certain contexts. |
| Malayalam | There is some ambiguity around 'വ്യക്തമായി', as it may mean 'openly' or 'explicitly' depending on its usage. |
| Maltese | Maltese "ċar" can also mean "a key". |
| Maori | Mārama translates to "moonlight"—an appropriate name for one who brings clarity. |
| Marathi | The word "स्पष्टपणे" also means "in detail", "openly", or "obviously". |
| Mongolian | The word "тодорхой" originally meant "to define". Its current meaning evolved from this sense. |
| Nepali | स्पष्ट रूपमा originates in the Sanskrit word “spashṭam” meaning "plainly" or "definitely." |
| Norwegian | Although "helt klart" is a fixed expression meaning "clearly", it literally means "whole clear". The word "helt" also means "wholly, complete, entire, total". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "momveka bwino" is a compound word, consisting of the words "momveka" (to show) and "bwino" (well). |
| Pashto | "په څرګنده" may also be used to indicate certainty or confidence in Pashto, conveying a meaning similar to "of course" or "definitely." |
| Persian | The word "به وضوح" can also mean "plainly", "distinctly", or "obviously". |
| Polish | Wyraźnie is related to the word wyraźny (clear) and can also mean 'distinctly', 'emphatically', or 'specifically'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Claramente" comes from the Latin word "clarus" (bright, illustrious) and can also mean "in a bright or clear manner" in Portuguese. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "clar" derives from Latin "clarus" and means not only "clearly" but also "bright" and "famous". |
| Russian | The Russian word "ясно" can also mean "certainly" or "of course" and is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *jasnъ, meaning "bright" or "clear". |
| Samoan | "Manino" is a Samoan word that can also mean "manifest" or "visible". |
| Scots Gaelic | "Gu soilleir," meaning "clearly" in Scots Gaelic, is composed of the prefix "gu" (or "go"), meaning "to" or "towards," and the noun "soilleir" (or "solas"), meaning "light" or "brightness." |
| Serbian | "Јасно" can be an adverb, an expletive, a conjunction and a noun that can mean "day" in old Slavic languages. |
| Sesotho | The word "ka ho hlaka" can also mean "with certainty" or "without doubt". |
| Shona | The word 'zvakajeka' in Shona has alternative meanings such as 'precisely', 'exactly' and 'definitely'. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word 'واضح طور تي' is derived from the Arabic word 'واضح' meaning 'clear', but it can also be used to mean 'obviously' or 'unambiguously'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word පැහැදිලිව also has alternate meanings of 'evidently', 'obviously' and 'apparently'. |
| Slovak | The word "jasne" can also be used as an interjection to express agreement or confirmation. |
| Slovenian | "Jasno" also means "maple" in Slovenian, derived from the Old High German word "jesin" (ash tree). |
| Somali | The word 'si cad' literally means 'with the eyes' and is used to indicate that something is easily observable or understood. |
| Spanish | Claramente is cognate with the Portuguese word claramente with the same meaning, but in Spanish it can also mean "brightly" or "evidently" |
| Sundanese | The word "jelas" in Sundanese means clearly, bright, obvious, and apparent. |
| Swahili | The word "wazi" also means "open" or "transparent" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | In addition to "clearly," "klart" can also mean "finished" or "ready," such as in "klart med jobbet" ("finished with work"). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Malinaw" can also mean "pure" or "clean" |
| Tamil | தெளிவாக ('clearly') can also mean to be obvious or apparent, without any ambiguity or doubt. |
| Telugu | "స్పష్టంగా" (spashTanga) means "clearly" in Telugu and has other meanings including "frankly" and "loudly". |
| Thai | ชัดเจน comes from the Pali word chadda, which means 'distinct' or 'bright'. |
| Turkish | The word "Açıkça" also means "openly" or "frankly" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | "чітко" means "definitely" in addition to "clearly" in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "واضح طور پر" can also be used figuratively to mean "obviously, without saying a word". In this sense, it is similar to the English phrase "it goes without saying". |
| Uzbek | The word "aniq" can also mean "certain" or "definite". |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "thông suốt" is a compound of the Sino-Vietnamese elements thông (通) meaning "to connect, to flow through" and suốt ( suốt) meaning "to go through, to be unobstructed." |
| Welsh | The word "yn amlwg" can also mean "explicitly" or "specifically". |
| Xhosa | ''Ngokuca'' in Xhosa is used to describe a situation that is understood or obvious, similar to the concept of ''clairvoyance'' or ''clear-sightedness''. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "קלאר" ("klar") is a loanword from the German word "klar", meaning "clear", "bright", or "obvious". |
| Yoruba | The word 'kedere' can also mean 'to be bright, to be brilliant; to be clear, to be transparent.' |
| Zulu | "Ngokuca" means "to shine" in Zulu, so something that is "ngokucacile" is shining or clear. |
| English | The word "clearly" originally meant "brightly" or "loudly". |