Concept in Different Languages
Discover 'Concept' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Concept
Afrikaans konsep | ||
Albanian koncept | ||
Amharic ጽንሰ-ሀሳብ | ||
Arabic مفهوم | ||
Armenian հայեցակարգ | ||
Assamese ধাৰণা | ||
Aymara qhanancha | ||
Azerbaijani konsepsiya | ||
Bambara kumasen | ||
Basque kontzeptua | ||
Belarusian канцэпцыя | ||
Bengali ধারণা | ||
Bhojpuri संकल्पना | ||
Bosnian koncept | ||
Bulgarian концепция | ||
Catalan concepte | ||
Cebuano konsepto | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 概念 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 概念 | ||
Corsican cuncettu | ||
Croatian koncept | ||
Czech pojem | ||
Danish koncept | ||
Dhivehi ކޮންސެޕްޓް | ||
Dogri धारना | ||
Dutch concept | ||
English concept | ||
Esperanto koncepto | ||
Estonian kontseptsioon | ||
Ewe nunya | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) konsepto | ||
Finnish konsepti | ||
French concept | ||
Frisian konsept | ||
Galician concepto | ||
Georgian შინაარსი | ||
German konzept | ||
Greek έννοια | ||
Guarani kuaapy | ||
Gujarati ખ્યાલ | ||
Haitian Creole konsèp | ||
Hausa ra'ayi | ||
Hawaiian manaʻo | ||
Hebrew מוּשָׂג | ||
Hindi संकल्पना | ||
Hmong tswvyim | ||
Hungarian koncepció | ||
Icelandic hugtak | ||
Igbo echiche | ||
Ilocano konsepto | ||
Indonesian konsep | ||
Irish coincheap | ||
Italian concetto | ||
Japanese 概念 | ||
Javanese konsep | ||
Kannada ಪರಿಕಲ್ಪನೆ | ||
Kazakh тұжырымдама | ||
Khmer គំនិត | ||
Kinyarwanda igitekerezo | ||
Konkani संकल्पना | ||
Korean 개념 | ||
Krio pɔynt | ||
Kurdish reşik | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) چەمک | ||
Kyrgyz түшүнүк | ||
Lao ແນວຄິດ | ||
Latin conceptu | ||
Latvian koncepcija | ||
Lingala likanisi | ||
Lithuanian koncepcija | ||
Luganda endowoza enondemu | ||
Luxembourgish konzept | ||
Macedonian концепт | ||
Maithili संकल्पना | ||
Malagasy foto-kevitra | ||
Malay konsep | ||
Malayalam ആശയം | ||
Maltese kunċett | ||
Maori ariā | ||
Marathi संकल्पना | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯋꯥꯈꯜꯂꯣꯟ | ||
Mizo a thuphung | ||
Mongolian үзэл баримтлал | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သဘောတရား | ||
Nepali अवधारणा | ||
Norwegian konsept | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) lingaliro | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଧାରଣା | ||
Oromo yaada | ||
Pashto مفهوم | ||
Persian مفهوم | ||
Polish pojęcie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) conceito | ||
Punjabi ਸੰਕਲਪ | ||
Quechua concepto | ||
Romanian concept | ||
Russian концепция | ||
Samoan manatu | ||
Sanskrit कल्पना | ||
Scots Gaelic bun-bheachd | ||
Sepedi lereo | ||
Serbian концепт | ||
Sesotho mohopolo | ||
Shona pfungwa | ||
Sindhi تصور | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සංකල්පය | ||
Slovak koncepcia | ||
Slovenian koncept | ||
Somali fikradda | ||
Spanish concepto | ||
Sundanese konsép | ||
Swahili dhana | ||
Swedish begrepp | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) konsepto | ||
Tajik консепсия | ||
Tamil கருத்து | ||
Tatar төшенчәсе | ||
Telugu భావన | ||
Thai แนวคิด | ||
Tigrinya ጭብጢ | ||
Tsonga xianakanyiwa | ||
Turkish konsept | ||
Turkmen düşünjesi | ||
Twi (Akan) asɛmpɔ | ||
Ukrainian концепція | ||
Urdu تصور | ||
Uyghur ئۇقۇم | ||
Uzbek kontseptsiya | ||
Vietnamese ý tưởng | ||
Welsh cysyniad | ||
Xhosa ingqiqo | ||
Yiddish באַגריף | ||
Yoruba imọran | ||
Zulu umqondo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "konsep" (concept) originates from the Latin "conceptus", meaning "something that has been conceived in the mind". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "koncept" also refers to the outline of a building, as in "koncepti i shtepisë" (the concept of the house). |
| Amharic | The word ጽንሰ-ሀሳብ can be traced back to the Greek word κόνσεπτ, meaning "an idea, notion, or conception." |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "مفهوم" can also mean "accepted" or "understood". |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "konsepsiya" ultimately derives from the Latin word "conceptus" (meaning "conception" or "idea"), and carries similar connotations in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The Basque word "kontzeptua" originates from the Latin word "conceptus," meaning "something conceived or put together." |
| Belarusian | The word "канцэпцыя" comes from the Latin word "conceptus", meaning "a taking together" or "a putting together". |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "ধারণা" (dhārāṇā) comes from the Sanskrit root "dhŗ" ("to hold") and shares a common etymology with "धारणा" (dhāraṇā) in Hindi, which means "meditation". |
| Bosnian | The word "koncept" in Bosnian can also refer to a draft, design, or plan of something. |
| Bulgarian | The word "концепция" is derived from the Latin word "conceptio", meaning "conception, idea, thought". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "concepte" comes from the Latin "conceptus," meaning "taken together" or "comprehended." |
| Cebuano | Konsepto (concept) can also mean "to conceive" or "to form in the mind" in Cebuano. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 概念在中文里的另一种含义是“主意”，例如“一个好概念”或“一个新概念”等。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 概念 in Chinese (Traditional) originally meant "to lift up something heavy". |
| Corsican | "Cuncettu" comes from the Latin "conceptus", meaning "idea" or "notion". |
| Croatian | Koncept was borrowed from the Latin 'conceptum', meaning 'something conceived' or 'formed in the mind'. |
| Czech | The word "pojem" in Czech also means "a sip", "a taste" or "a smell". |
| Danish | Koncept in Danish can also refer to a draft or outline, rather than a fully formed idea. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "concept" comes from the Latin "conceptus", which means "something taken or understood". |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's "koncepto" also means "draft" or "design" in the sense of a plan or project. |
| Estonian | In Russian, „kontseptsioon” also means an artistic design for an artistic or engineering object. |
| Finnish | Konsepti shares roots with the English conception and conceptional, and also means draft, notion or blueprint in Finnish. |
| French | The French word "concept" originally meant "conception" in the context of embryology. |
| Frisian | Konsept, a loanword from French, also means ‘draft’ in Frisian. |
| Galician | The Galician word "concepto" comes from the Latin word "conceptus," which means "conception" or "idea." |
| Georgian | In the Middle Ages, the word "შინაარსი" ("concept") was used in the meaning of "the Holy Trinity." |
| German | The word "Konzept" can also refer to a draft, sketch, or plan in German. |
| Greek | The word "έννοια" in Greek derives from the verb "εννοώ" meaning "to understand" and "to mean" and is related to the word "νους" meaning "mind" and "intellect." |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "ખ્યાલ" can also refer to a form of classical Hindustani music that is often characterized by its slow tempo and introspective lyrics. |
| Haitian Creole | The term 'konsèp' in Haitian Creole is derived from the French word 'concept', which originally came from the Latin 'conceptus', meaning 'a thing that is conceived in the mind'. |
| Hausa | Ra'ayi also means 'idea' and is related to the verb ra'ayawa 'to think'. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "manaʻo" originally meant "to intend" or "to have a purpose," and is still used in this sense in modern Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | "מוּשָׂג" in Hebrew means not only concept, but also a boundary stone or landmark, thus signifying something that separates, distinguishes, or defines. |
| Hindi | The word 'संकल्पना' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'कल्पना', which means 'to imagine' or 'to conceive'. |
| Hmong | In the Hmong language, the term 'tswvyim' can also refer to 'idea' or 'understanding'. |
| Hungarian | "Koncepció" also has a separate meaning, "plan". It's used in a way similar to the English "conception": "The conception of the building was to make it as transparent as possible." |
| Icelandic | The word "hugtak" is derived from the Old Norse word "hugr," meaning "mind" or "thought." |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'echiche' can also mean 'idea', 'notion', or 'plan'. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "konsep" is derived from the Dutch word "concept" and can also refer to a draft or outline. |
| Irish | "Coincheap" is a word from Irish Gaelic meaning "an idea" or "a plan" |
| Italian | The term 'concetto' originally referred to a literary device used in Renaissance poetry, meaning a witty or ingenious conceit. |
| Japanese | In Japanese, "概念" not only means "concept" but also "mental image" or "basic idea." |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "konsep" also means "to guess" or "to estimate". |
| Kannada | The word "ಪರಿಕಲ್ಪನೆ" (concept) in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word "परिकल्पना" (assumption) and also means "imagination" or "hypothesis". |
| Kazakh | Although "тұжырымдама" primarily means "concept", it can also refer to "hypothesis", "principle", or "notion". |
| Khmer | In Khmer, this word can also mean "idea" or "thought". |
| Korean | The word “개념” (concept) first appeared in the 16th century as “개념”, which means “shape” or “likeness”. |
| Kurdish | The word "reşik" has been borrowed from Arabic "rašīd" (guide). |
| Kyrgyz | "Түшүнүк" has multiple meanings such as "comprehension", "understanding", and "idea". |
| Latin | The Latin word "conceptus" can also mean "fetus" or "child". |
| Latvian | The word "koncepcija" originates from the Latin word "conceptio", meaning "taking something together". |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, "koncepcija" can also mean "hypothesis" or "idea". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Konzept" is derived from the Latin word "conceptus", meaning "thought, idea, or plan." |
| Macedonian | The word "концепт" in Macedonian is a loanword from French and has the same meaning in both languages. |
| Malagasy | The word "foto-kevitra" can also mean "idea" or "meaning" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | **Konsep** is derived from Sanskrit "kalpana" meaning "imagination or assumption." |
| Malayalam | "ആശയം" is derived from the Sanskrit word "आशय" meaning "intention" or "thought" and also refers to an "image" or "representation". |
| Maltese | Maltese "kunċett" originates from the Latin word "conceptus" which can also mean "fertility" or "beginning of pregnancy". |
| Maori | In the Maori language, the word "ariā" can also refer to a "belief" or "opinion". |
| Marathi | The word "संकल्पना" (concept) is derived from the Sanskrit word "कल्पना" meaning "imagination" or "idea." |
| Mongolian | It can be used with a verb that indicates what one believes in, and it means what one believes is correct and is determined or planned. |
| Nepali | The word अवधारणा is derived from the Sanskrit word 'ava-dharana,' which means 'to hold down' or 'to grasp'. |
| Norwegian | The word "konsept" is derived from the Latin word "conceptus", meaning "to take together". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'lingaliro' is derived from the verb '-lingalira', meaning 'to think'. |
| Pashto | Like its English equivalent, "مفهوم" can also mean "to perceive" or "to grasp". |
| Persian | The Persian word مفهوم may also refer to a "notion" or "idea" or even a "conception" |
| Polish | In colloquial Polish, "pojęcie" may also refer to an argument or misunderstanding. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, the word "conceito" can also refer to a thesis statement or an idea that is being presented or discussed. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸੰਕਲਪ" in Punjabi shares its etymology with the Sanskrit word "सं-कल्प" and also means "idea, intention, aim".} |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "concept" can also mean "notion", "idea", or "abstract thought". |
| Russian | In Russian, "концепция" can also mean a draft or preliminary version of a document. |
| Samoan | The word "manatu" in Samoan can also mean "thought" or "belief". |
| Scots Gaelic | Historically, bun-bheachd referred to a mental object, an idea or a notion, but it has been used to mean a concept since about 1800. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "концепт" can also refer to a plan or a sketch. |
| Sesotho | The related concept 'moepôlo' refers to the notion of a bundle or a package. |
| Shona | The word "pfungwa" shares a root with the word "pfungwa", meaning wisdom, understanding or a plan. |
| Sindhi | The word "تصور" in Sindhi can also refer to "thought" or "imagination". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In addition to its primary meaning of "concept", සංකල්පය can also mean "imagination" or "idea" in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | In Slovak, "koncepcia" also means a plan or an idea. |
| Slovenian | Slovene koncept can also mean a draft of a document or plan, and can also refer to a business project. |
| Somali | The Somali word "fikradda" is derived from the Arabic word "fikrah", meaning "thought" or "idea". |
| Spanish | .concepto. derives from Latin .conceptus., meaning “something conceived in the mind.” |
| Sundanese | "Kosép" berasal dari kata "ko" atau "ku" untuk menunjukkan milik dan kata "saép" berarti sering, jadi kosép bisa diartikan sebagai sesuatu yang kerap kali melekat pada suatu hal. |
| Swahili | The word "dhana" can also refer to a thought, idea, or opinion. |
| Swedish | The word 'begrepp' originally meant 'to grasp' or 'to understand', but it now has the more abstract meaning of 'concept'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "konsepto" is derived from the Spanish word "concepto", which in turn comes from the Latin word "conceptus", meaning "something conceived or formed in the mind". |
| Tajik | Консепсия (концептус) — от латинского слова conceptus — «мысль», «понятие», «представление». |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'கருத்து' can also have meanings like 'womb, fetus, pregnancy' apart from being equivalent to English word 'concept'. |
| Telugu | The word "భావన" can also mean "feeling" or "emotion". |
| Thai | แนวคิด may come from Sanskrit, which means 'to hold something up' (from naya = lead), and 'understanding'. |
| Turkish | "Konsept" in Turkish comes from the French and English "concept" and also means "bill" or "check." |
| Ukrainian | The term "концепція" can also be used to describe an idea or principle that serves as the foundation of a particular scientific, political, or philosophical system. |
| Urdu | In Urdu, "تصور" can also mean "vision" or "imagination." |
| Uzbek | The word "kontseptsiya" is derived from the Latin word "conceptus", meaning "something that is conceived" or "an idea". |
| Vietnamese | Ý tưởng comes from the Sino-Vietnamese word 'Ý tưởng' meaning 'meaning', 'thought' or 'intention'. |
| Welsh | In Welsh the word "cysyniad" also means "notion" and "idea in the mind". |
| Xhosa | Ingqiqo (concept) also means a form of traditional medicine or cure in Xhosa |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "bagriff" (באַגריף) is derived from the German word "Begriff". |
| Yoruba | The word "imọran" in Yoruba has its roots in the word "imọ," which means "knowledge" or "idea." |
| Zulu | The word 'umqondo' ('concept') in Zulu also refers to a 'thought pattern' or 'attitude'. |
| English | "Concept" also means "a thought, an idea, or a mental image." |