Afrikaans konsentreer | ||
Albanian përqendrohem | ||
Amharic ትኩረት ይስጡ | ||
Arabic تركيز | ||
Armenian կենտրոնանալ | ||
Assamese মনোনিবেশ কৰা | ||
Aymara jikisiña | ||
Azerbaijani konsentrat | ||
Bambara cɛsiri | ||
Basque kontzentratu | ||
Belarusian канцэнтрат | ||
Bengali ঘন করা | ||
Bhojpuri ध्यान कैंद्रित कईल | ||
Bosnian koncentrirati | ||
Bulgarian концентрат | ||
Catalan concentrar-se | ||
Cebuano magkonsentrar | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 集中 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 集中 | ||
Corsican cuncentrazione | ||
Croatian koncentrat | ||
Czech soustřeď se | ||
Danish koncentrere | ||
Dhivehi ވިސްނުން | ||
Dogri ध्यान देना | ||
Dutch concentreren | ||
English concentrate | ||
Esperanto koncentriĝi | ||
Estonian kontsentreeruma | ||
Ewe susu nɔ nu ɖeka ŋuti | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tumutok | ||
Finnish keskity | ||
French concentrer | ||
Frisian konsintrearje | ||
Galician concentrar | ||
Georgian კონცენტრირება | ||
German konzentrieren | ||
Greek συγκεντρώνομαι | ||
Guarani jesarekoite | ||
Gujarati ધ્યાન કેન્દ્રિત | ||
Haitian Creole konsantre | ||
Hausa tattara hankali | ||
Hawaiian noʻonoʻo | ||
Hebrew לְהִתְרַכֵּז | ||
Hindi ध्यान केंद्रित | ||
Hmong mloog zoo | ||
Hungarian sűrítmény | ||
Icelandic einbeita | ||
Igbo itinye uche | ||
Ilocano agperreng | ||
Indonesian konsentrat | ||
Irish díriú | ||
Italian concentrarsi | ||
Japanese 集中 | ||
Javanese musataken | ||
Kannada ಕೇಂದ್ರೀಕರಿಸಿ | ||
Kazakh концентрат | ||
Khmer ផ្តោតអារម្មណ៍ | ||
Kinyarwanda kwibanda | ||
Konkani लक्ष दिवप | ||
Korean 집중 | ||
Krio put atɛnshɔn pan | ||
Kurdish lisersekinîn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) جەختکردن | ||
Kyrgyz концентрат | ||
Lao ສຸມໃສ່ | ||
Latin intendi | ||
Latvian koncentrēties | ||
Lingala kotya makanisi esika moko | ||
Lithuanian susikaupti | ||
Luganda okuteekako amaaso | ||
Luxembourgish konzentréieren | ||
Macedonian концентрат | ||
Maithili ध्यान | ||
Malagasy mifantoka | ||
Malay menumpukan perhatian | ||
Malayalam ഏകോപിപ്പിക്കുക | ||
Maltese konċentrat | ||
Maori aro | ||
Marathi लक्ष केंद्रित | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯍꯤꯔꯝ ꯑꯃꯗ ꯃꯄꯨꯡ ꯑꯣꯏꯅ ꯅꯩꯅꯕ | ||
Mizo insawrbing | ||
Mongolian баяжмал | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အာရုံစူးစိုက် | ||
Nepali ध्यान दिनुहोस् | ||
Norwegian konsentrere | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) samalira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଏକାଗ୍ରତା | | ||
Oromo yaada sassaabbachuu | ||
Pashto توجه | ||
Persian تمرکز | ||
Polish koncentrować się | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) concentrado | ||
Punjabi ਧਿਆਨ | ||
Quechua chawpichasqa | ||
Romanian concentrat | ||
Russian концентрировать | ||
Samoan uaʻi | ||
Sanskrit यथार्थ | ||
Scots Gaelic dlùth-aire | ||
Sepedi hlokomedišiša | ||
Serbian концентрирати | ||
Sesotho tsepamisa maikutlo | ||
Shona concentrate | ||
Sindhi مرتب ڪرڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සාන්ද්රණය | ||
Slovak sústrediť sa | ||
Slovenian osredotočiti | ||
Somali xoogga saar | ||
Spanish concentrado | ||
Sundanese konséntrasi | ||
Swahili makini | ||
Swedish koncentrera | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pag-isipan | ||
Tajik консентрат | ||
Tamil கவனம் செலுத்துங்கள் | ||
Tatar туплау | ||
Telugu ఏకాగ్రత | ||
Thai สมาธิ | ||
Tigrinya ምትኳር | ||
Tsonga landzelerisa | ||
Turkish yoğunlaşmak | ||
Turkmen jemlemek | ||
Twi (Akan) de ani sii | ||
Ukrainian концентрат | ||
Urdu توجہ دینا | ||
Uyghur دىققىتىڭىزنى مەركەزلەشتۈرۈڭ | ||
Uzbek konsentrat | ||
Vietnamese tập trung | ||
Welsh canolbwyntio | ||
Xhosa ukugxila | ||
Yiddish קאַנסאַנטרייט | ||
Yoruba koju | ||
Zulu gxila |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "konsentreer" is derived from the Latin word "concentrare", meaning "to bring together" or "to focus on." |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "përqendrohem" is derived from the Latin word "concentrare", meaning "to bring together". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ትኩረት ይስጡ" can also mean "to give attention to" or "to focus on". |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "تركيز" (tarkeez) also means "focus, attention, or concentration". |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, “konsentrat” can also refer to a highly concentrated liquid or substance used in various industrial processes. |
| Basque | "Kontzentratu" in Basque can also mean "to force" or "to oblige". |
| Belarusian | The word "канцэнтрат" can also mean "broth" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | In Bengali the word "ঘন করা" can also mean 'to thicken' and 'to become concentrated'. |
| Bosnian | As a noun, 'koncentrirati' can refer to a person or a thing that has been concentrated. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "концентрат" can also refer to a food product with a high concentration of nutrients and a reduced water content. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, the word "concentrar-se" can also mean to gather or assemble together. |
| Cebuano | The word "magkonsentrar" likely derives from the Spanish term "concentrar" meaning "to focus, or gather". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 集中 (j集中) can also mean 'to gather' or 'to accumulate'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 集中 is also a Buddhist term referring to a state of deep mental focus achieved through meditation. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "cuncentrazione" can also refer to the act of gathering or assembling people or things. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, "koncentrat" can also refer to a concentrated beverage or syrup, like fruit juice or vegetable extract |
| Czech | The word "soustřeď se" originates from the Old Church Slavonic word "sъstreti" (to meet) and implies a meeting or gathering of attention. |
| Danish | The Danish word "koncentrere" derives from the Latin "concentrare", meaning "to gather together" or "to assemble". |
| Dutch | Dutch "concentreren" is derived from Latin "concentrare" meaning to draw together or focus. |
| Esperanto | "Koncentriĝi" is a compound word consisting of "kon" ("together") and "centri" ("center"), therefore meaning "to gather towards a common center". |
| Estonian | The word "kontsentreeruma" also means "to focus one's attention". |
| Finnish | The word "Keskity" is derived from the Proto-Finnic word "*keskitV" meaning "middle; core". |
| French | "Concentrer" means "to focus" and "to make something thicker" in French. |
| Frisian | The word "konsintrearje" in Frisian can also mean "to focus" or "to pay attention". |
| German | The German word "konzentrieren" comes from the Latin word "concentrare", which means "to bring together". |
| Greek | The Ancient Greek word συγκεντρώνομαι also means 'to gather together' or 'to meet' in a group. |
| Gujarati | The word 'concentrate' comes from the Latin word 'concentrare', which means 'to bring together'. |
| Haitian Creole | "Konsantre" derives from the French word "concentré", meaning "concentrated" or "focused". |
| Hausa | "Tattara hankali" is derived from the Hausa words "tattara" (to gather) and "hankali" (attention), meaning literally "to gather one's attention." |
| Hawaiian | "No'ono'o' means literally "to think" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | Used figuratively since the Middle Ages in Hebrew, also used to describe the process in photography. |
| Hindi | The Sanskrit word 'dhyana kendra' is the origin of the Hindi word 'ध्यान केंद्रित' and means 'focus of meditation'. |
| Hmong | The Hmong slang term for "concentrate" is mloog zoo, which also refers to "focusing" with the eyes, "watching carefully," and "paying attention." |
| Hungarian | The word "sűrítmény" can also mean "thickness" or "density" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | The word 'einbeita' comes from the verb 'einbeita' meaning 'to intensify' or 'to make stronger'. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "itinye uche" literally translates to "put in mind", implying a deliberate effort to focus and engage one's intellect. |
| Indonesian | "Konsentrat" also means "constipated" in Indonesian slang. |
| Irish | The Irish word "díriú" is cognate with the Welsh word "dirio" ("serious, sincere") and the Breton word "diria" ("sincere, true"). |
| Italian | "Concentrarsi" derives from the Latin word "concentus" which can mean both "to sing together" and "to focus the mind". |
| Japanese | 集中 (shūchū) also means 'to hit the mark' and 'to collect at one point' |
| Javanese | The word "musataken" in Javanese can also mean "to pay attention" or "to focus". |
| Kannada | The word "ಕೇಂದ್ರೀಕರಿಸಿ" can also mean "to focus" or "to concentrate on" something. |
| Kazakh | The word "концентрат" in Kazakh can also mean "a person who is focused and attentive". |
| Korean | 집중 is also a Chinese character used in Korean and Japanese meaning 'house' or 'home'. |
| Kurdish | The word 'lisersekinîn' also means 'extract' in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, "концентрат" can also refer to a type of soup made from a concentrated broth |
| Latin | Intendi meant "to stretch" in medieval Latin and "to direct" in classical Latin. |
| Latvian | 'Koncentrēties' is derived from Latin 'concentrare', meaning 'to bring together' or 'to focus'. It also relates to 'centrs' ('centre') and 'koncentrāts' ('concentrate') in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | "Susikaupti" also means to accumulate or collect in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | "Konschtrëieren" comes from the Latin word "concentrare", which meant "to bring to the center". |
| Macedonian | The word "концентрат" comes from the Latin word "concentrare", meaning "to bring together". |
| Malagasy | The word "mifantoka" also means "to think deeply" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The word "menumpukan perhatian" literally means "to gather attention" in Malay. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "konċentrat" is derived from the Italian word "concentrato", meaning "collected together into a single mass". In Maltese, "konċentrat" is often used to describe a liquid that has been thickened or reduced in volume by evaporation. |
| Maori | The Māori word "aro" can also refer to the face, front or presence of something. |
| Marathi | The term "लक्ष केंद्रित" (laks kendrit) in Marathi can also refer to a place or area where something is focused or concentrated. |
| Mongolian | The word "баяжмал" is derived from the verb "баяжмалах" and in addition to meaning "concentrate" can also mean "to thicken" or "to condense". |
| Nepali | The word "ध्यान दिनुहोस्" is derived from the Sanskrit word "ध्यानम्" (dhyanam), meaning "meditation" or "contemplation." |
| Norwegian | The word "konsentrere" is a Norwegian verb derived from the Latin root "concentrare", meaning "to draw together" or "to focus." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "samalira" is derived from the verb "mala" (to smear, to spread), and also means "to pay attention" or "to focus". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word 'توجه' ('concentrate') can also mean 'attention' or 'notice' in some contexts. |
| Persian | In Farsi, تمرکز is also used to describe a situation where someone is in danger or is about to die |
| Polish | The word "koncentrować się" comes from the Latin word "concentrus," which means "to sound together" |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "concentrado" also refers to a coffee beverage similar to espresso. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਧਿਆਨ" can also refer to the practice of meditation in Sikhism, where it is seen as a way to connect with God. |
| Romanian | Derived from the Latin term "concentrare," it shares its meaning with the English word, but can also refer to a type of fruit juice. |
| Russian | The verb “концентрировать” has a Latin root, “concentrare”, which also means “to concentrate”. The Latin root consists of the prefix “con-” meaning “with”, “together”, and the root “centre” meaning “centre”. |
| Samoan | 'Ua'i is also the Samoan name for the Chinese medicinal herb "ginseng" and the Samoan word for "to be drunk." |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word for "concentrate" "dlùth-aire" shares a similar etymology with "air", meaning "knowledge", indicating the concentrated nature of knowledge. |
| Serbian | "Koncentrisati" is derived from the Latin word "concentrare", meaning "to bring together". |
| Sesotho | "Tsepamisa maikutlo" is derived from the verb "tsepamisa" which can also mean "to strain" or "to tighten". |
| Shona | In Shona, "concentrate" can also mean "to assemble" or "to gather together". |
| Sindhi | The word "مرتب ڪرڻ" also means "to improve", "to adjust", or "to regulate" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | සාන්ද්රණය is also used to refer to the state of being immersed or absorbed in something, like a task or a feeling. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "sústrediť sa" derives from the Proto-Slavic root "sъtrъdъ", meaning "center" or "focus". |
| Slovenian | The word "osredotočiti" in Slovenian derives from the Slavic word root "sred", meaning "middle" or "center", thus emphasizing the act of bringing something to the focus point or central position. |
| Somali | "Xoogga saar" can also mean "to put in effort" or "to make an effort". |
| Spanish | The word "concentrado" in Spanish comes from the word "concertar", which also refers to "arranging" or "organizing" something. |
| Sundanese | "Konséntrasi' in Sundanese is derived from the verb 'konséntrasikeun' meaning 'to focus on'. It can also refer to 'a group of people gathered for a purpose' or 'the act of paying attention." |
| Swahili | "Makini" also means "attention" or "caution" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The verb "koncentrera" is derived from the Latin word "concentrare", meaning "to bring together into one place." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "pag-isipan" can also mean "to think about" or "to consider" in Tagalog. |
| Tajik | The word "концентрат" can also be used to refer to a person or thing that is highly concentrated, or focused on a particular subject. |
| Telugu | Telugu word "ఏకాగ్రత" also means "attention paid to something; close observation" |
| Thai | "สมาธิ" (concentrate) is derived from the Sanskrit "samādhi" and also means "attainment" or "insight". |
| Turkish | The word "yoğunlaşmak" in Turkish can also mean "to thicken" or "to condense". |
| Ukrainian | The word "концентрат" can also refer to a "concentrated solution" in chemistry or a "concentration camp" in history. |
| Urdu | توجہ دینا also means paying attention or listening carefully to something. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "konsentrat" also means "concentrated solution". |
| Vietnamese | Tập trung translates to "concentrate" but also means "to gather together" or "to focus". |
| Welsh | The word 'canolbwyntio' originates from 'canol' meaning 'center' and 'pwynto' meaning 'point', hence 'aiming at a point' or 'focusing'. In another form of meaning, the word 'cannolly' is derived from 'can' (with) + 'llyn' (lake) + 'y' (the) which could be referred as 'the center of the lake'. |
| Xhosa | The word "ukugxila" in Xhosa shares its root with the word "ixhego", meaning "a point" or "a focus". This suggests that the concept of concentration in Xhosa is closely tied to the idea of directing one's attention or focus to a specific point. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, קאַנסאַנטרייט is also used to describe something that is pure or undiluted. |
| Yoruba | "Koju" can also mean "to collect" or "to gather" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | Gxila also refers to something that is thick or dense, and can be used to describe a liquid or a physical object. |
| English | The word "concentrate" originally meant "to bring to a head," from the Latin "con-" (together) and "centrum" (center). |