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Completely in Different Languages

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Completely


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Afrikaans
heeltemal
Albanian
plotësisht
Amharic
ሙሉ በሙሉ
Arabic
تماما
Armenian
ամբողջությամբ
Assamese
সম্পূৰ্ণ
Aymara
phuqhachata
Azerbaijani
tamamilə
Bambara
pewu
Basque
erabat
Belarusian
цалкам
Bengali
সম্পূর্ণরূপে
Bhojpuri
पूरा तरह से
Bosnian
potpuno
Bulgarian
напълно
Catalan
completament
Cebuano
hingpit
Chinese (Simplified)
完全地
Chinese (Traditional)
完全地
Corsican
cumpletamente
Croatian
potpuno
Czech
zcela
Danish
fuldstændig
Dhivehi
އެއްކޮށް
Dogri
पूरी चाल्ली
Dutch
helemaal
English
completely
Esperanto
tute
Estonian
täielikult
Ewe
blibo
Filipino (Tagalog)
ganap
Finnish
täysin
French
complètement
Frisian
hielendal
Galician
completamente
Georgian
მთლიანად
German
vollständig
Greek
εντελώς
Guarani
opaite
Gujarati
સંપૂર્ણપણે
Haitian Creole
konplètman
Hausa
gaba daya
Hawaiian
loa
Hebrew
לַחֲלוּטִין
Hindi
पूरी तरह
Hmong
kiag li
Hungarian
teljesen
Icelandic
alveg
Igbo
kpam kpam
Ilocano
kompleto
Indonesian
sama sekali
Irish
go hiomlán
Italian
completamente
Japanese
完全に
Javanese
rampung
Kannada
ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ
Kazakh
толығымен
Khmer
ទាំងស្រុង
Kinyarwanda
byuzuye
Konkani
पुरायेन
Korean
완전히
Krio
kpatakpata
Kurdish
hemû
Kurdish (Sorani)
بەتەواوی
Kyrgyz
толугу менен
Lao
ສົມບູນ
Latin
omnino
Latvian
pilnībā
Lingala
mobimba
Lithuanian
visiškai
Luganda
bulikimu
Luxembourgish
komplett
Macedonian
целосно
Maithili
सम्पूर्ण रूप सँ
Malagasy
tanteraka
Malay
sepenuhnya
Malayalam
പൂർണ്ണമായും
Maltese
kompletament
Maori
tino
Marathi
पूर्णपणे
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯃꯄꯨꯡ ꯐꯥꯕ
Mizo
zavaiin
Mongolian
бүрэн
Myanmar (Burmese)
လုံးဝ
Nepali
पूर्ण रूपमा
Norwegian
helt
Nyanja (Chichewa)
kwathunthu
Odia (Oriya)
ସଂପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ
Oromo
guutummaan guutuutti
Pashto
په بشپړ ډول
Persian
به صورت کامل
Polish
całkowicie
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
completamente
Punjabi
ਪੂਰੀ
Quechua
llapallan
Romanian
complet
Russian
полностью
Samoan
atoa
Sanskrit
पूर्णतया
Scots Gaelic
gu tur
Sepedi
ka botlalo
Serbian
у потпуности
Sesotho
ka botlalo
Shona
zvachose
Sindhi
مڪمل طور تي
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම
Slovak
úplne
Slovenian
popolnoma
Somali
gebi ahaanba
Spanish
completamente
Sundanese
lengkep
Swahili
kabisa
Swedish
helt och hållet
Tagalog (Filipino)
ganap na
Tajik
пурра
Tamil
முற்றிலும்
Tatar
тулысынча
Telugu
పూర్తిగా
Thai
สมบูรณ์
Tigrinya
ሙሉእ ብሙሉእ
Tsonga
hetiseka
Turkish
tamamen
Turkmen
dolulygyna
Twi (Akan)
ne nyinaa
Ukrainian
повністю
Urdu
مکمل طور پر
Uyghur
پۈتۈنلەي
Uzbek
to'liq
Vietnamese
hoàn toàn
Welsh
yn llwyr
Xhosa
ngokupheleleyo
Yiddish
גאָר
Yoruba
patapata
Zulu
ngokuphelele

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansHeeltemal is a Dutch word meaning 'wholly' or 'entirely', derived from the Old Dutch words 'heel' (whole) and 'temal' (measure).
AlbanianThe word plotësisht comes from the Proto-Albanian word *plot-, meaning 'full'.
AmharicThe term "ሙሉ በሙሉ" emerged from the concept of a piece of clothing that fully covers something up from top to bottom.
ArabicThe word "تماما" comes from "التمام" meaning "perfection," hence "تماما" means "completely."
AzerbaijaniThe word "tamamilə" can also mean "in full" or "to the fullest extent" in Azerbaijani.
BasqueThe word “erabat” in Basque may derive from *orobat* 'all, complete', although the suffix *-obat* is not attested for Basque or Proto-Basque.
BelarusianThe word "цалкам" comes from the Slavic root "*celъ", meaning "whole" or "complete".
BengaliThe word "সম্পূর্ণরূপে" comes from the Sanskrit word "सम्पूर्णं", meaning "entirely, completely, whole". Alternatively, it can also mean "thoroughly, fully, adequately".
BosnianThe word "potpuno" in Bosnian is derived from the Proto-Slavic *pьlnъ, meaning "full" or "whole."
BulgarianIn Bulgarian, the word "напълно" can also mean "fully" or "thoroughly."
CatalanThe Catalan word "completament" comes from the Latin "complementum", meaning "fulfillment" or "addition".
Cebuano"Hingpit" also means "finished," "done," or "concluded" in Cebuano, which may have influenced its current meaning of "completely".
Chinese (Simplified)The Chinese character “完” in “完全地” means “to finish” or “to complete”.
Chinese (Traditional)完全地, in the sense of “very much” or “totally,” is an older form of 完全 used in classical Chinese.
Corsican"Cumpletamente" means "completely" in Corsican, and may also be an archaic form of "completament".
CroatianCroatian "potpuno" comes from Old Church Slavonic "podъpьnъ", meaning "complete". The word also means "firm" in Croatian.
CzechZcela comes from the Slavic "celъ", which also appears in words such as "целый" and "целостный" in Russian.
DanishThe word "fuldstændig" comes from the Proto-Germanic word "fullistainaz," meaning "fullest".
DutchThe expression "helemaal" is a corruption of the phrase "heel en al" ("totally and completely") used in the 16th century.
EsperantoThe Esperanto word "tute" derives from Polish "tę" (all, completely) via Russian "туть" (here, there, everywhere).
EstonianThe Estonian word "täielikult" originates from the Middle Low German word "tegelîk", meaning 'thoroughly'.
FinnishThe word "täysin" in Finnish can also be used to describe something that is perfect, or to express the highest degree of something.
FrenchComplètement can also mean "totally" or "utterly" and comes from "completus," a Latin term for "filled up.
FrisianIn West Frisian, 'hielendal' can be used to mean 'entirely' or 'totally', whereas in East Frisian, it specifically refers to 'completely' or 'in its entirety'.
GalicianThe noun "completo" (meaning "suit") is related to "completamente" in Spanish, which derives from "complementum" (Latin, "what fills up").
GermanVollständig, meaning "full" or "complete," is etymologically linked to the verb "füllen" ("to fill").
GreekThe word "εντελώς" derives from the ancient Greek word "έντελοϛ" meaning "perfect" or "complete".
Haitian CreoleThe Haitian Creole word "konplètman" is derived from the French word "complètement", meaning "completely".
HausaGaba daya has two other meanings in Hausa: 'entirely' and 'totally'.
HawaiianThe word loa can also mean "very" or "to a great extent".
HebrewThe word "לחלוטין" in Hebrew, which means "completely," finds its roots in the verb "לַחֲלוֹט" (lachlot), meaning "to blanch" or "to parboil"
Hindi"पूरी तरह" literally means "in a full manner" or "in its entirety".
Hmong"Kiag li" also means "the whole of".
Hungarian"Teljesen" comes from the Hungarian word "teljes", which means "full" or "whole".
IcelandicThe Icelandic word "alveg" is derived from the Old Norse word "alvígr", which means "fully armed".
IgboThe Igbo word "kpam kpam" is also an intensifier meaning "very" or "extremely".
Indonesian"Sama sekali" is an Indonesian phrase with no exact English equivalent, and can be used with a variety of meanings including "completely", "utterly", "entirely", "totally", "definitely", and "absolutely."
IrishThe word "go hiomlán" in Irish is derived from the Old Irish "i mlán", meaning "full" or "in full measure".
ItalianThe word 'completamente' stems from the Latin word 'completus', meaning 'filled up' or 'entire'.
Japanese完全 literally means "complete circle," indicating the sense of wholeness and perfection.
JavaneseThe root word "rampung" in Javanese carries the meaning of "empty", "finished", or "completed"
Kannada"ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ" (pronounced "sam-poor-NAH") can also mean "sufficient" or "in full," depending on the context.
KazakhThe word толығымен is also used figuratively to mean "fully",
KoreanThe word "완전히" is also used for "to make whole" or "to fulfill".
KurdishKurdish 'hemû' ('completely') also has the meaning of 'all of it', e.g., in 'hemû kes' ('everybody')
LatinThe Roman writer Cicero used "omnino" to mean "generally" or "on the whole," while Seneca used "omnino" to mean "by all means" or "without fail."
LatvianThe word "pilnībā" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *plein-, meaning "to be full".
LithuanianThe word "visiškai" in Lithuanian comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "*wei-s-o" meaning "all, entirety, tribe"
LuxembourgishLuxembourgish "komplett" derives from French "complet," sharing its meaning of "entire" or "full."
MacedonianThe word "целосно" in Macedonian can also mean "in full".
MalagasyThe word 'tanteraka' in Malagasy means 'completely', but it also has an alternate meaning of 'to the end'. This meaning can be seen in the phrase 'tanteraka ny ainy', which means 'until the end of one's life'.
MalayIn Malay, "sepenuhnya" means complete or total, derived from the root word "penuh" meaning full, and the prefix "se-" to intensify its meaning.
MalteseMaltese "kompletament," from Italian "completamente," may also mean exclusively (without the negative connotation of Maltese "esklużsivament")
Maori"Tino" also means "real", "essence", or "genuine" in Māori.
MarathiThe word "पूर्णपणे" is derived from the Sanskrit word "पूर्ण" meaning "full" or "complete", and is commonly used in Marathi to express completeness or totalidad.
MongolianThe word "бүрэн" can also mean "whole" or "intact", and is related to the word "бүрий" ("every").
Myanmar (Burmese)In Burmese, "လုံးဝ" not only means "completely" but also describes something "round" in shape.
NepaliThe word "पूर्ण रूपमा" also means "in full form" or "in its entirety".
NorwegianThe Old Norse origin of "helt" connects it to "health", "hale", and even "holy".
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word "kwathunthu" has the connotation of something being finished and complete, without anything left out or unfinished.
PersianThe term "به صورت کامل" has a secondary meaning referring to a comprehensive or exhaustive manner.
PolishThe word "całkowicie" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *cělkъ, which also means "whole" or "entire."
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)"Completamente" in Portuguese originates from the Latin word "complētus," meaning "filled up" or "complete."
Punjabi"ਪੂਰੀ" can also refer to a type of fried bread popular in North India and Pakistan.
RomanianIn Romanian, "complet" not only means "completely" but also "judicial panel".
RussianПолностью originates from “полн” (fullness), and originally meant “to the brim” or even “drunken”.
SamoanWhile in Polynesian languages like Māori and Tahitian, "atoa" means "all together," in Samoan it means "completely."
Scots Gaelic"Gu tur" can also mean "up to" or "as far as".
SerbianThe word "у потпуности" can also mean "to the full extent" or "fully" depending on the context.
Sesotho'Ka botlalo' can also mean 'for good' or 'forever'.
ShonaThe term "zvachose" in Shona can also be used metaphorically to imply thoroughness or excellence.
SindhiThe Sindhi word "مڪمل طور تي" means "completely" and also "thoroughly".
SlovakThe Slovak word "úplne" comes from the Proto-Slavic "*oplьnъ", meaning "full, entire, whole".
SlovenianThe word 'popolnoma' originally meant 'fulfilled to the brim', alluding to a full goblet of wine.
Somali"Gebi" means "of" or "on" and "ahaanba" means "the whole", so together it means "on the whole" or "completely".
Spanish"Completamente" comes from the Latin "complementum" meaning something that fills up or makes something whole.
SundaneseThe Sundanese word "lengkep" can also mean "complete set" or "assortment".
SwahiliThe word "kabisa" can also mean "absolutely" or "entirely" depending on the context.
SwedishThe word "helt och hållet" (completely) literally translates to "whole and hole", and it also refers to the idea of being intact or unbroken.
Tagalog (Filipino)The word "ganap" (complete) originates from the Sanskrit word "gam" (to go) and originally meant "perfect" or "whole".
TajikThe word "пурра" in Tajik can also mean "very" or "thoroughly".
TeluguTelugu word 'పూర్తిగా' stems from the root 'పూర్' meaning 'full' or 'whole', emphasizing the idea of wholeness or totality.
ThaiThe word "สมบูรณ์" comes from the Pali word "sampunna" meaning "complete, perfect, or accomplished".
TurkishThe word 'tamamen' is derived from the Arabic word 'tam', meaning 'whole' or 'entire', and the Turkish suffix '-men', which indicates completeness.
UkrainianThe word "повністю" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *polnъ, meaning "full" or "complete".
Urduمکمل طور پر is derived from the Arabic word كمل (kamala), which means 'to complete, to perfect, or to make whole'.
UzbekThe word "to'liq" also means "full, whole" in Uzbek, and is cognate with the Persian word "توَلى" (tawalla) and the Arabic word "تَوْلى" (tawlī) meaning "to take charge (of something)".
VietnameseThe word "hoàn toàn" is derived from the Chinese word "完全", which means "complete, perfect, or whole".
WelshThe word "yn llwyr" is also used to mean "thoroughly" or "fully".
XhosaThe word "ngokupheleleyo" can also mean "perfectly" or "thoroughly" in Xhosa.
Yiddish"גאָר" is used colloquially to mean "very much," "a great deal," or "at all."
YorubaThe word "patapata" in Yoruba can also mean "totally" or "utterly".
ZuluThe word "ngokuphelele" in Zulu is derived from the root -phelele, meaning "to be sufficient" or "to be adequate".
EnglishThe word "completely" derives from the Old French word "complet”, meaning "fulfilled" or "finished", and ultimately from the Latin word "complere", meaning "to fill up".

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