Concentration in Different Languages
Discover 'Concentration' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Concentration
Afrikaans konsentrasie | ||
Albanian përqendrimi | ||
Amharic ትኩረት | ||
Arabic تركيز | ||
Armenian կենտրոնացում | ||
Assamese একাগ্ৰতা | ||
Aymara concentración ukaxa wali sumawa | ||
Azerbaijani konsentrasiya | ||
Bambara hakilijagabɔ | ||
Basque kontzentrazioa | ||
Belarusian канцэнтрацыя | ||
Bengali একাগ্রতা | ||
Bhojpuri एकाग्रता के बा | ||
Bosnian koncentracija | ||
Bulgarian концентрация | ||
Catalan concentració | ||
Cebuano konsentrasyon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 浓度 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 濃度 | ||
Corsican cuncentrazione | ||
Croatian koncentracija | ||
Czech koncentrace | ||
Danish koncentration | ||
Dhivehi ކޮންސެންޓްރޭޝަން | ||
Dogri एकाग्रता | ||
Dutch concentratie | ||
English concentration | ||
Esperanto koncentriĝo | ||
Estonian kontsentratsioon | ||
Ewe susu tsɔtsɔ ɖo nu ŋu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) konsentrasyon | ||
Finnish pitoisuus | ||
French concentration | ||
Frisian konsintraasje | ||
Galician concentración | ||
Georgian კონცენტრაცია | ||
German konzentration | ||
Greek συγκέντρωση | ||
Guarani concentración rehegua | ||
Gujarati એકાગ્રતા | ||
Haitian Creole konsantrasyon | ||
Hausa maida hankali | ||
Hawaiian noʻonoʻo | ||
Hebrew ריכוז | ||
Hindi एकाग्रता | ||
Hmong mloog zoo | ||
Hungarian koncentráció | ||
Icelandic einbeiting | ||
Igbo itinye uche | ||
Ilocano konsentrasion ti bagi | ||
Indonesian konsentrasi | ||
Irish tiúchan | ||
Italian concentrazione | ||
Japanese 濃度 | ||
Javanese konsentrasi | ||
Kannada ಏಕಾಗ್ರತೆ | ||
Kazakh концентрация | ||
Khmer ការផ្តោតអារម្មណ៍ | ||
Kinyarwanda kwibanda | ||
Konkani एकाग्रताय आसता | ||
Korean 집중 | ||
Krio kɔnsɛntreshɔn | ||
Kurdish lisersekinî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) تەرکیزکردن | ||
Kyrgyz концентрация | ||
Lao ຄວາມເຂັ້ມຂົ້ນ | ||
Latin coniunctis | ||
Latvian koncentrēšanās | ||
Lingala concentration ya makanisi | ||
Lithuanian susikaupimas | ||
Luganda okussa ebirowoozo ku kintu ekimu | ||
Luxembourgish konzentratioun | ||
Macedonian концентрација | ||
Maithili एकाग्रता | ||
Malagasy fitanana | ||
Malay penumpuan | ||
Malayalam ഏകാഗ്രത | ||
Maltese konċentrazzjoni | ||
Maori kukū | ||
Marathi एकाग्रता | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯟꯁꯦꯟꯠꯔꯦꯁꯟ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo concentration (concentration) a ni | ||
Mongolian төвлөрөл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အာရုံစူးစိုက်မှု | ||
Nepali एकाग्रता | ||
Norwegian konsentrasjon | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ndende | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଏକାଗ୍ରତା | ||
Oromo xiyyeeffannaa qabaachuu | ||
Pashto غلظت | ||
Persian تمرکز | ||
Polish stężenie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) concentração | ||
Punjabi ਧਿਆਨ ਟਿਕਾਉਣਾ | ||
Quechua concentración nisqa | ||
Romanian concentraţie | ||
Russian концентрация | ||
Samoan taulaʻi | ||
Sanskrit एकाग्रता | ||
Scots Gaelic dùmhlachd | ||
Sepedi go tsepamiša kgopolo | ||
Serbian концентрација | ||
Sesotho ho tsepamisa maikutlo | ||
Shona kuisa pfungwa | ||
Sindhi ڌيان ڏيڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සාන්ද්රණය | ||
Slovak koncentrácia | ||
Slovenian koncentracija | ||
Somali fiirsashada | ||
Spanish concentración | ||
Sundanese konsentrasi | ||
Swahili mkusanyiko | ||
Swedish koncentration | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) konsentrasyon | ||
Tajik консентратсия | ||
Tamil செறிவு | ||
Tatar концентрация | ||
Telugu ఏకాగ్రత | ||
Thai ความเข้มข้น | ||
Tigrinya ምትኳር | ||
Tsonga ku dzikisa mianakanyo | ||
Turkish konsantrasyon | ||
Turkmen konsentrasiýasy | ||
Twi (Akan) adwene a wɔde si biribi so | ||
Ukrainian концентрація | ||
Urdu توجہ مرکوز کرنا | ||
Uyghur مەركەزلىشىش | ||
Uzbek diqqat | ||
Vietnamese sự tập trung | ||
Welsh crynodiad | ||
Xhosa uxinzelelo | ||
Yiddish קאָנצענטראַציע | ||
Yoruba fojusi | ||
Zulu ukuhlushwa |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "konsentrasie" in Afrikaans may also refer to "attention" or "focus". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "përqendrimi" originally referred to the process of collecting taxes or other payments. |
| Amharic | The word ትኩረት in Amharic also refers to meditation and contemplation. |
| Arabic | In Arabic, the word 'تركيز' ("concentration") is also used in mathematical contexts meaning "exponent." |
| Armenian | The Armenian word “կենտրոնացում” can be roughly translated as “concentration”, although it is often used to describe processes of distillation, evaporation, or condensation in the context of chemistry, which is not common in English. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "konsentrasiya" is derived from the Latin "concentratio" and also means "density" in physics. |
| Basque | The word "kontzentrazioa" originates from the Latin word "concentratio", which means "to bring together" or "to gather." In Basque, the word has taken on a broader meaning, encompassing not only the act of concentrating but also the state of being concentrated or attentive. |
| Belarusian | The word "канцэнтрацыя" can also refer to the act of gathering or assembling something, or to the state of being focused and attentive. |
| Bengali | "একাগ্রতা" is derived from the Sanskrit word "ekāgra" meaning "single-pointed"} |
| Bosnian | The word "koncentracija" can also refer to the process of concentrating, or the state of being concentrated. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "концентрация" derives from the Latin word "concentratio", meaning "to bring together" or "to gather". |
| Catalan | The word "concentració" in Catalan also has the meanings "concentration camp" and "demonstration or public gathering". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word 浓度 (nóngdù) in Chinese also refers to the density or thickness of a liquid or gas. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 濃度 (nóngdù) "thick level, concentrated degree" is a compound of 濃 nòng "thick, concentrated, rich, strong, thick, heavy, deep" and 度 dù "level, rank, amount, measure". |
| Corsican | Corsican "cuncentrazione" is a borrowing from Italian, a relative of the French "concentration" and has a similar meaning. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "koncentracija" is derived from the Latin word "concentratio", which means "to bring together" or "to gather together". |
| Czech | The Czech word "koncentrace" can also refer to a type of mental focus or state of mindfulness. |
| Danish | In Danish, "koncentration" also refers to a small shot of hard liquor. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "concentratie" also denotes a solution containing a concentrated substance. |
| Esperanto | "Koncentriĝo" also means "focus" or "concentration of thought". |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "kontsentratsioon" also has the alternate meaning of "focus" or "attention". |
| Finnish | "Pitoisuus" is also slang for "alcohol party" or a gathering of drunk people. |
| French | In French, "concentration" can also refer to the process of purifying a substance or to a financial instrument that represents a stake in a company. |
| Frisian | "Konsintraasje" can also mean "consistency" or "thickness" (e.g. of a liquid) in Frisian. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "კონცენტრაცია" ("concentration") is a loanword from the Russian word "концентрация". In addition to its primary meaning, it can also refer to the act of gathering something in one place. |
| German | In German, "Konzentration" also refers to a military unit stationed in a specific location. |
| Greek | The Greek noun "συγκέντρωση" can also refer to the act of gathering people or resources. |
| Gujarati | The word "એકાગ્રતા" can also mean "undivided attention" or "singleness of purpose". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "konsantrasyon" can also refer to a religious gathering or a political rally. |
| Hausa | The word 'maida hankali' in Hausa is also used to describe someone who is focused and attentive. |
| Hawaiian | The word "noʻonoʻo" in Hawaiian also means "to think" or "to meditate." |
| Hebrew | ריכוז is a noun that can also mean 'focus' or 'attention'. |
| Hindi | The word एकाग्रता also refers to 'pointedness', 'one-pointedness', or 'sharpness'. |
| Hmong | "Mloog zoo" can also mean "gathering together" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "koncentráció" also means "camp". This meaning originates from the concentration camps of World War II, which were called "koncentrációs tábor" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | The word "einbeiting" can also mean "solitude" or "seclusion" in Icelandic. |
| Igbo | The Igbo phrase |
| Indonesian | Konsentrasi also means 'focus' in Indonesian. |
| Irish | "Tiúchan" is also the name of a village in Galway, Ireland. |
| Italian | In Italian, the word "concentrazione" derives from Latin "concentrare," meaning "to bring together," hence its meaning of "focus" not only implies mental focus but any form of gathering or accumulation. |
| Japanese | "濃度" can also mean "thick", such as the "濃度" of a soup broth. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "konsentrasi" also refers to a spiritual state of deep focus and inner connection. |
| Kannada | The word "ಏಕಾಗ್ರತೆ" can also mean "unanimity" or "consent" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, "концентрация" can also refer to the gathering or coming together of people or things. |
| Korean | The word 집중, meaning concentration in Korean, can also refer to the process of focusing one's mind or energy on a particular task or object. |
| Kurdish | The word "lisersekinî" can also mean "seriousness" or "gravity" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | Концентрация is etymologically related to the word 'кон centrus,' which means 'concentric' but also 'with the same center.' |
| Lao | ຄວາມເຂັ້ມຂົ້ນ comes from Pali words meaning 'to bind', 'to press' or 'to put together' and its use to mean 'concentration' likely comes from the concentration of the mind during meditation. |
| Latin | Coniunctis derives from "com" (together, with) and "iungo" (join, connect), hence its connotation of union or connection. |
| Latvian | Koncentrēties translates from Latvian to English as “to concentrate”, “to focus”, or “to pay attention”. |
| Lithuanian | The second meaning of "susikaupimas" is accumulation |
| Macedonian | The word "концентрација" has a separate meaning of "concentration camp" that is unique to the Macedonian language. |
| Malagasy | The word "fitanana" also has a meaning of "essence", derived from the root word "fitina" which means "to squeeze" or "to press out". |
| Malay | "Penumpuan" can also mean "accumulation" or "collection" in Malay. |
| Malayalam | "ഏകാഗ്രത" (concentration) is derived from the Sanskrit word "ekāgra" meaning "single-minded", also the name of a type of yoga. |
| Maltese | The term "konċentrazzjoni" originates from the Latin "concentrare," meaning "to bring together," and can also refer to the act of concentrating, or focusing one's attention. |
| Maori | The Māori word "kukū" can also refer to a dove or pigeon. |
| Marathi | The word "एकाग्रता" is derived from the Sanskrit word "एक" (one) and "अग्र" (tip or point), hence meaning "singleness of purpose or attention". |
| Mongolian | "Төвлөрөл" ('concentration') also means 'gathering' and is related to the word 'төв' ('center'). |
| Nepali | The word "एकाग्रता" also means "devotion" or "attention" in Sanskrit. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "konsentrasjon" also signifies "attention" or "focus". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja (Chichewa), the word "ndende" also means "closely packed" or "crowded." |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "غلظت" can also mean "thickness" or "density" |
| Persian | " تمرکز " is derived from the Arabic root "ركز " meaning " to pierce" or "to fix". |
| Polish | "Stężenie" in Polish also means "stiffness" when referring to the consistency of liquids. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "concentração" can also mean "performance" or "agreement". |
| Romanian | The word "concentraţie" in Romanian can also mean "density" or "thickness". |
| Russian | "Концентрация" also means "strong tea" in Russian. |
| Samoan | In addition to its meaning of "concentration" in Samoan, "taulaʻi" has a secondary meaning of "to gaze at; to eye". |
| Scots Gaelic | The term "dùmhlachd" carries other connotations of "thickness" and "density" beyond its literal translation as "concentration". |
| Serbian | The word "koncentracija" in Serbian can also refer to the action of concentrating something, such as a solution or a beam of light. |
| Sesotho | The word "ho tsepamisa maikutlo" means "concentration" but also means "paying attention", "being mindful of", and "putting effort into a task." |
| Shona | The word "kuisa pfungwa" can also mean to "focus" or "to pay attention". |
| Sindhi | The word "ڌيان ڏيڻ" can also mean "to pay attention" or "to focus" in Sindhi. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "koncentrácia" also means "density" or "thickness". |
| Slovenian | The word "koncentracija" derives from the Latin word "concentrare", meaning "to bring together"} |
| Somali | The word "fiirsashada" in Somali is derived from the Arabic word "iftirashad," which means "to speculate." |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "concentración" can also mean "appointment" or "date". |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "konsentrasi" can also refer to a type of traditional Sundanese dance. |
| Swahili | The term 'mkusanyiko' (concentration) in Swahili also carries the meaning of 'gathering', 'assembly', or 'multitude', referring to a group of people or objects in close proximity. |
| Swedish | Koncentration is also a word in Swedish meaning "concert". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | 'Konsentrasyon' in Tagalog also means 'to think deeply' or 'to ponder'. |
| Tajik | Консентратсия (тадж.) также может означать «сконцентрированный», «собранный», «вместе». |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'செறிவு' also means 'richness, density, or thickness' and is derived from the root 'செறி' ('to be dense or thick'). |
| Telugu | The word "ఏకాగ్రత" in Telugu can also refer to the state of being focused or attentive. |
| Thai | In Thai, "ความเข้มข้น" may also refer to the strength or potency of a substance, such as in "ความเข้มข้นของยา" (the potency of medicine). |
| Turkish | In Turkish, the word "konsantrasyon" is also used in the sense of "thickness". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "концентрація" can also mean "focus" or "density". |
| Uzbek | The word "diqqat" also means "care" or "attention" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Sự tập trung" (concentration) also means "focus" or "the state of being absorbed in something." |
| Welsh | The word "crynodiad" also means "consolidation" and "accumulation" in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | From the verb stem -zinz- meaning "to squeeze" or "to tighten"} |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "קאָנצענטראַציע" can also refer to a mental focus or effort. |
| Yoruba | The word "fojusi" in Yoruba also means "focus" or "attention". |
| Zulu | Ukuhlushwa derives from 'kulushwa', which can also mean 'gathering (people) together', 'congregating', 'holding a meeting' or 'assembling'. |
| English | "Concentration" derives from the same Latin root as "concentric," sharing the notion of "with the center." |