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Collection in Different Languages

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Collection


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Afrikaans
versameling
Albanian
mbledhje
Amharic
ስብስብ
Arabic
مجموعة
Armenian
հավաքածու
Assamese
সংগ্ৰহ
Aymara
apthapiwi
Azerbaijani
kolleksiya
Bambara
farankan
Basque
bilduma
Belarusian
калекцыя
Bengali
সংগ্রহ
Bhojpuri
संग्रह
Bosnian
kolekcija
Bulgarian
колекция
Catalan
col · lecció
Cebuano
koleksyon
Chinese (Simplified)
采集
Chinese (Traditional)
採集
Corsican
cullezzione
Croatian
kolekcija
Czech
sbírka
Danish
kollektion
Dhivehi
ނެގުން
Dogri
संग्रैह्
Dutch
verzameling
English
collection
Esperanto
kolekto
Estonian
kollektsioon
Ewe
nuƒoƒu
Filipino (Tagalog)
koleksyon
Finnish
kokoelma
French
collection
Frisian
samling
Galician
colección
Georgian
კოლექცია
German
sammlung
Greek
συλλογή
Guarani
ñembyatyteĩre
Gujarati
સંગ્રહ
Haitian Creole
koleksyon
Hausa
tarin
Hawaiian
ʻohiʻohi
Hebrew
אוסף
Hindi
संग्रह
Hmong
sau
Hungarian
gyűjtemény
Icelandic
söfnun
Igbo
mkpokọta
Ilocano
koleksion
Indonesian
koleksi
Irish
bailiúchán
Italian
collezione
Japanese
コレクション
Javanese
koleksi
Kannada
ಸಂಗ್ರಹ
Kazakh
коллекция
Khmer
ការប្រមូល
Kinyarwanda
icyegeranyo
Konkani
संग्रह
Korean
수집
Krio
wetin yu gɛda
Kurdish
berhevkirî
Kurdish (Sorani)
کۆکردنەوە
Kyrgyz
коллекция
Lao
ການເກັບກໍາ
Latin
collectio
Latvian
kolekcija
Lingala
liboke
Lithuanian
kolekcija
Luganda
okukungaana
Luxembourgish
kollektioun
Macedonian
колекција
Maithili
संग्रह
Malagasy
famoriam-bola
Malay
koleksi
Malayalam
സമാഹാരം
Maltese
ġbir
Maori
kohinga
Marathi
संग्रह
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯈꯣꯝꯖꯤꯟꯕ
Mizo
dahkhawm
Mongolian
цуглуулга
Myanmar (Burmese)
စုဆောင်းမှု
Nepali
संग्रह
Norwegian
samling
Nyanja (Chichewa)
kusonkhanitsa
Odia (Oriya)
ସଂଗ୍ରହ
Oromo
walitti qabama
Pashto
ټولګه
Persian
مجموعه
Polish
kolekcja
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
coleção
Punjabi
ਸੰਗ੍ਰਹਿ
Quechua
huñusqa
Romanian
colectie
Russian
коллекция
Samoan
aoina
Sanskrit
सङ्ग्रह
Scots Gaelic
cruinneachadh
Sepedi
kgoboketšo
Serbian
колекција
Sesotho
pokello
Shona
muunganidzwa
Sindhi
جمع ڪرڻ
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
එකතු
Slovak
zbierka
Slovenian
zbiranje
Somali
ururinta
Spanish
colección
Sundanese
kumpulan
Swahili
ukusanyaji
Swedish
samling
Tagalog (Filipino)
koleksyon
Tajik
коллексия
Tamil
சேகரிப்பு
Tatar
коллекция
Telugu
సేకరణ
Thai
คอลเลกชัน
Tigrinya
ጥርኑፍ
Tsonga
hlengeleta
Turkish
toplamak
Turkmen
ýygyndy
Twi (Akan)
nneɛma
Ukrainian
колекція
Urdu
جمع
Uyghur
collection
Uzbek
to'plam
Vietnamese
bộ sưu tập
Welsh
casgliad
Xhosa
ingqokelela
Yiddish
זאַמלונג
Yoruba
gbigba
Zulu
iqoqo

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe etymology of "versameling" is "ver" (together) and "sameling" (gathering), and it can also mean "set" or "assembly".
AlbanianMbledhje also means "gathering" or "assembly" in Albanian.
Amharic"ስብስብ" can also mean "assembly" or "crowd".
ArabicThe Arabic word "مجموعة" is derived from the same root as "gather" and "assemble".
Azerbaijani"Kolleksiya" is derived from the French word "collection" and the Russian word "коллекция". It can also mean "a set of things that are similar or related".
BasqueThe word "bilduma" in Basque can also be used to mean a collection of people, or a gathering.
BelarusianThe word “калекцыя” derives from the Old Church Slavonic “калька”, meaning “a fragment, a collection of small things.”
BengaliThe word 'সংগ্রহ' in Bengali also means 'acquisition', 'accumulation', or 'gathering'
BosnianThe word 'kolekcija' is derived from the Latin word 'collectio', meaning 'gathering'.
BulgarianThe word "колекция" is derived from the Old Church Slavonic "събирати" (sъbirati), meaning "to gather" or "to assemble".
CatalanCol·lecció is derived from the Latin word "colligere," which means "to collect" or "to gather."
CebuanoThe Cebuano word "koleksyon" is derived from the Spanish word "colección", which means "collection of similar things arranged together".
Chinese (Simplified)采集 also translates to 'gathering' in English and is a common term found in the field of natural resource collection.
Chinese (Traditional)In Chinese, 採集 (cǎijí) also means 'to extract', and was originally used to refer to the gathering of medicinal herbs and plants.
CorsicanThe word "cullezzione" in Corsican is ultimately derived from the Latin word "collectio", meaning "a gathering together".
CroatianThe Croatian word 'kolekcija' likely derives from the Latin word 'collectio', meaning 'gathering' or 'assemblage'.
Czech"Sbírka" can also mean "collection" in the sense of a group of people, like a team or a band.
DanishThe word "kollektion" in Danish is derived from the Latin word "collectio", meaning "collection" or "gathering".
DutchThe word "verzameling" is derived from the verb "verzamelen" meaning "to gather" or "to collect".}
Esperanto"Kolekto" can also mean a "gathering of people with similar interests" in Esperanto.
EstonianThe Estonian word "kollektsioon" is derived from either the German loanword "Kollektion" or the French loanword "collectus" and has the same meaning in all three languages.
FinnishThe word "kokoelma" is etymologically related to the word "kokoa," which means "to gather" or "to collect," and it can also be used to refer to a group of people or things that have been brought together for a specific purpose.
FrenchThe French word “collection” means “gathering” and is also used to refer to a group of people or things.
FrisianSamling derives from the Dutch word "zaamling" meaning "assembly" or "gathering" and is related to the Frisian words "sammeljen" and "sammele" meaning "to gather" or "to collect".
GalicianThe Galician word "colección" can also mean "harvest" or "reaping".
GeorgianThe word "კოლექცია" is derived from the Latin word "collectio", meaning "a gathering together".
German"Sammlung" also means the act of collecting, a meeting of people with similar passions, and a compilation of documents.
GreekΣυλλογή (collection) comes from the Greek word "συλλέγω" (to gather), which also means "to consider" or "to infer".
GujaratiThe word "સંગ્રહ" can also mean "society" or "company" in Gujarati.
Haitian CreoleThe word 'koleksyon' also means 'gathering' or 'assembly' in Haitian Creole.
HausaThe word `tarin` may have originated from `tartana`, the Arabic word for collection bag
HawaiianʻOhiʻohi can also refer to a gathering or assembly of people or things.
Hebrewאוסף can also mean “a set of written or printed material” in Hebrew.
Hindiसंग्रह also means gathering, assemblage, or compilation.
HmongThe word "sau" also refers to a group of fish, similar to a school in English.
Hungarian"Gyűjtemény" derives from the verb "gyűjt" (to gather), which is cognate with the German "kiesen" (to choose) and the English "to choose".
IcelandicThe word "söfnun" can also refer to an assembly or gathering of people, particularly in a religious or spiritual context.
IgboThe Igbo word "mkpokọta" is derived from the verb "kọpụta", meaning "to gather" or "to collect".
Indonesian"Koleksi" comes from the Tamil word "koleksu", meaning "to gather" or "to collect". In Indonesian, it can also refer to a set of clothing.
IrishThe word "bailiúchán" in Irish can also refer to a type of basket used for gathering potatoes or other root vegetables.
ItalianThe word "collezione" in Italian derives from the Latin "colligere," meaning "to gather" as well as "to worship."
Japaneseコレクション (korekushon) is a Japanese word borrowed from the English word "collection" and is used in a variety of contexts, including art, fashion, and music.
JavaneseThe word 'koleksi' (collection) in Javanese also means 'a group of people or objects with a similar purpose or function' and is derived from the Old Javanese word 'kula' (family or group).
KannadaIn Sanskrit, the word "संग्रह" also means "an assembly" or "a multitude".
KazakhIn Kazakh, "коллекция" is borrowed from Russian and is often used to refer to a "set of items" or a "collection of objects" that are related.
KhmerThe Khmer word for 'collection' can also mean 'gathering', 'accumulation' or 'harvest'.
Korean수집 (collect) was derived from the word "잡다" meaning to catch, grab or pick up during the Goryeo dynasty
KurdishKurdish word “berhevkirî” is derived from Persian word "بارآوردن", meaning to pick, gather, or harvest.
KyrgyzThe Kyrgyz word "коллекция" also means a "set" or "assortment".
LatinCollectio in Latin can refer not only to a collection or gathering, but also to a reading of scripture, or to the act of gathering for a funeral.
LatvianThe word 'kolekcija' in Latvian also means 'assortment'.
LithuanianThe word "kolekcija" in Lithuanian comes from the Latin word "collectio", meaning "gathering" or "collection", and shares a root with the English word "collection".
LuxembourgishThe Luxembourgish word "Kollektioun" derives from the French word "collection" and can also refer to a group of people with shared interests or goals.
MacedonianAlthough kolekcija means "collection" in Macedonian, it can also refer to a body of water.
MalagasyThe word "famoriam-bola" in Malagasy also has the alternate meaning of "to be gathered together".
MalayKoleksi derives from the Portuguese word "coleção" and the word "kolek" in Turkish and Arabic, both meaning "gathering".
MalteseThough the word "ġbir" means "collection" in Maltese, it can also refer to the act of collecting or even the collected items themselves.
MaoriIn addition to its primary meaning, "kohinga" can also refer to a group of people or a collection of knowledge or ideas.
MarathiThe word "संग्रह" (sangraha) in Marathi derives from the Sanskrit word "संग्रहण" (sangrahaṇa), meaning "gathering" or "acquisition". It also connotes the notion of "preservation" or "conservation".
MongolianThe word "цуглуулга" can also refer to a "compilation" or "grouping" of items.
Nepaliसंग्रह is derived from the Sanskrit word 'sangraha', meaning 'acquisition' or 'accumulation', and can also refer to a 'body of knowledge' or an 'inventory'.
NorwegianThe word "samling" can also refer to an assembly, gathering, or congregation of people or things.
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word 'kusonkhanitsa' means 'collection' in Nyanja, and is derived from the verb 'kusonkhan' meaning 'to gather' or 'to collect'.
PashtoThe word "ټولګه" in Pashto can also refer to a group of people or animals that are gathered together.
PersianThe Persian word "مجموعه" shares its root with the Arabic "جمّع" meaning to gather or assemble, and also has the alternate meaning of a "set" or "group".
PolishThe word "kolekcja" originally referred to a group of people or animals gathered for a particular purpose.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)The word "coleção" in Portuguese is derived from the Latin verb "colligere", meaning "to gather" or "to collect".
PunjabiThe Punjabi word "ਸੰਗ੍ਰਹਿ" (saṃgraha) is also used in Sanskrit with the same meaning, and derives from the verbal root 'grah', which means 'to take' or 'to seize'.
RomanianIn Romanian, "Colectie" is also used to refer to a group of students who take classes together or a group of people who share a common interest or goal.
RussianThe Russian word "коллекция" is derived from the Latin word "collectio," which means "gathering".
SamoanThe word 'aoina' can also refer to a group of people or a gathering.
Scots GaelicIn Scots Gaelic, the word "cruinneachadh" ("collection") can also refer to a "gathering" or "assembly".
SerbianThe word "колекција" (collection) in Serbian derives from the Latin word "collectio", meaning "gathering" or "assembling".
SesothoThe Sesotho word "pokello" is derived from the verb "pokella," meaning "to gather" or "to collect."
ShonaThe word 'muunganidzwa' can also refer to a group of people or things gathered for a specific purpose.
SindhiThe word "جمع ڪرڻ" can also mean "gathering" or "assembly" in Sindhi.
Sinhala (Sinhalese)In Sinhala, "එකතු" (ekathu) also refers to an assembly or gathering.
SlovakThe term "zbierka" can refer to both a physical grouping of objects as well as a written body of work, often composed as a fundraising project.
SlovenianThe noun 'zbiranje' in Slovenian denotes a broad spectrum of activities, from assembling a collection to gathering knowledge or even engaging in espionage.
SomaliThe word "ururinta" can also mean "to gather" or "to assemble" in Somali.
SpanishThe word 'colección' also means 'training' or 'set of students' in Spanish.
SundaneseIn Sundanese, "kumpulan" can also refer to a group of people, a gathering, or a team.
SwahiliThe word 'ukusanyaji' can also refer to the act or process of collecting something, especially in a systematic or organized manner.
SwedishThe word "samling" also means "gathering" or "assembly" in Swedish.
Tagalog (Filipino)The Tagalog word "koleksyon" is derived from the Spanish word "colección", which itself comes from the Latin word "collectio", meaning "a gathering together".
TajikTajik "коллексия" derives from Russian "коллекция", ultimately from Latin "colligere", meaning "to gather".
Tamilசேகரிப்பு (collection) is derived from the root word 'சேர்' (to gather) which also means 'to join' or 'to unite'.
TeluguThe word "సేకరణ" can also mean to gather or collect as an occupation or hobby.
ThaiIn Thai, "คอลเลกชัน" can also refer to a group of people, particularly those with a shared interest or purpose.
TurkishThe Turkish word "Toplamak" also means "to add up" or "to earn" money.
UkrainianIn Ukrainian, the word "колекція" can also refer to a group of people or things that are similar or related in some way.
UrduIn Arabic, "جمع" also means "to gather" or "to add".
UzbekThe word "to'plam" is derived from the Persian word "toplamak," meaning "to gather" or "to collect."
VietnameseThe Vietnamese word "bộ sưu tập" can also mean "group", "set", or "assortment".
WelshCasgliad also means "herd" in the same way that a "collection" is a group of things or people.
XhosaIn Xhosa, the word "ingqokelela" can also refer to the act of gathering or collecting something, or to a pile or heap of things that have been gathered together.
Yiddish"זאַמלונג" (zamlung) is derived from the German word "Sammlung," which originally meant "gathering" or "assembly," and has been used in Yiddish to refer to a wide range of collections, from literary works to folk songs.
YorubaThe word "gbigba" in Yoruba can also refer to a gathering or assembly of people.
ZuluThe word "iqoqo" can also mean "bundle" or "group" in Zulu.
EnglishThe word 'collection' is also used to describe a group of people or things that have something in common, such as a stamp collection or a collection of friends.

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