Concrete in Different Languages
Discover 'Concrete' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Concrete
Afrikaans beton | ||
Albanian betoni | ||
Amharic ኮንክሪት | ||
Arabic الخرسانة | ||
Armenian բետոն | ||
Assamese কংক্ৰিট | ||
Aymara qhana | ||
Azerbaijani beton | ||
Bambara bɛtɔn | ||
Basque hormigoia | ||
Belarusian бетон | ||
Bengali কংক্রিট | ||
Bhojpuri ठोस | ||
Bosnian beton | ||
Bulgarian бетон | ||
Catalan formigó | ||
Cebuano kongkreto | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 具体 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 具體 | ||
Corsican béton | ||
Croatian beton | ||
Czech beton | ||
Danish beton | ||
Dhivehi ކޮންކްރީޓް | ||
Dogri मजबूत | ||
Dutch beton | ||
English concrete | ||
Esperanto betono | ||
Estonian betoonist | ||
Ewe kɔkreti | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kongkreto | ||
Finnish betoni | ||
French béton | ||
Frisian beton | ||
Galician formigón | ||
Georgian ბეტონის | ||
German beton | ||
Greek σκυρόδεμα | ||
Guarani ytaguasu itaguigua | ||
Gujarati કોંક્રિટ | ||
Haitian Creole konkrè | ||
Hausa kankare | ||
Hawaiian pōhaku paʻa | ||
Hebrew בֵּטוֹן | ||
Hindi ठोस | ||
Hmong pob zeb ua | ||
Hungarian konkrét | ||
Icelandic steypa | ||
Igbo ihe | ||
Ilocano konkreto | ||
Indonesian beton | ||
Irish coincréite | ||
Italian calcestruzzo | ||
Japanese コンクリート | ||
Javanese beton | ||
Kannada ಕಾಂಕ್ರೀಟ್ | ||
Kazakh бетон | ||
Khmer បេតុង | ||
Kinyarwanda beto | ||
Konkani ठोस | ||
Korean 콘크리트 | ||
Krio simɛnt | ||
Kurdish beton | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەرجەستە | ||
Kyrgyz бетон | ||
Lao ຊີມັງ | ||
Latin rebus | ||
Latvian betons | ||
Lingala ya solosolo | ||
Lithuanian betono | ||
Luganda enkokoto | ||
Luxembourgish konkret | ||
Macedonian бетон | ||
Maithili मजबूत | ||
Malagasy simenitra | ||
Malay konkrit | ||
Malayalam കോൺക്രീറ്റ് | ||
Maltese konkrit | ||
Maori raima | ||
Marathi ठोस | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯀꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo sakhat | ||
Mongolian бетон | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကွန်ကရစ် | ||
Nepali कंक्रीट | ||
Norwegian betong | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) konkire | ||
Odia (Oriya) କଂକ୍ରିଟ୍ | | ||
Oromo jabaataa | ||
Pashto کانکریټ | ||
Persian بتن | ||
Polish beton | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) concreto | ||
Punjabi ਠੋਸ | ||
Quechua concreto | ||
Romanian beton | ||
Russian бетон | ||
Samoan sima | ||
Sanskrit ठोस | ||
Scots Gaelic cruadhtan | ||
Sepedi khonkriti | ||
Serbian бетон | ||
Sesotho konkreite | ||
Shona kongiri | ||
Sindhi ڪنڪريٽ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කොන්ක්රීට් | ||
Slovak betón | ||
Slovenian beton | ||
Somali la taaban karo | ||
Spanish hormigón | ||
Sundanese beton | ||
Swahili saruji | ||
Swedish betong- | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kongkreto | ||
Tajik бетон | ||
Tamil கான்கிரீட் | ||
Tatar бетон | ||
Telugu కాంక్రీటు | ||
Thai คอนกรีต | ||
Tigrinya ጽኑዕ | ||
Tsonga xotiya | ||
Turkish somut | ||
Turkmen beton | ||
Twi (Akan) anituadeɛ | ||
Ukrainian бетон | ||
Urdu کنکریٹ | ||
Uyghur كونكرېت | ||
Uzbek beton | ||
Vietnamese bê tông | ||
Welsh concrit | ||
Xhosa ikhonkrithi | ||
Yiddish קאָנקרעט | ||
Yoruba nja | ||
Zulu ukhonkolo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "beton" can also refer to a type of building block used in construction. |
| Albanian | An alternate meaning of the Albanian word "betoni" is "strong". |
| Amharic | The word "ኮንክሪት" in Amharic also means "foundation" or "base". |
| Arabic | The word "الخرسانة" (concrete) derives from the Arabic word "خَرسَ" (to be dumb or mute), likely referring to the material's sound-absorbing properties. |
| Armenian | "Բետոն" (concrete) is derived from Old French "beton" (bedding mortar), which ultimately derives from Latin "bitumen" (bitumen). |
| Azerbaijani | "Beton" in Azerbaijani comes from French "béton", which in turn comes from Latin "bitumen", meaning "natural asphalt". |
| Basque | The Basque word "hormigoia" originates from the Latin word "formica", meaning "ant", due to the resemblance of the material to the nests built by these insects. |
| Belarusian | Бетон is cognate with the French word “béton,” meaning “mixed rubble,” which shares an etymology with the Old French word “beton,” meaning "cement". |
| Bengali | কংক্রিট শব্দটির উৎপত্তি ল্যাটিন শব্দ "কংক্রিটাস" থেকে, যার অর্থ "একসাথে বেঁধে"। |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "beton" can also refer to "mortar". |
| Bulgarian | The word "бетон" comes from the French word "béton", which in turn comes from the Latin word "bitumen", meaning "tar" or "asphalt". |
| Catalan | "Formigó" derives from the Latin "formicare," meaning "to swarm," due to its resemblance to a swarm of ants. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, 'kongkreto' can also be an adjective that describes something as 'definite or certain', derived from Spanish 'concreto'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Chinese, "concrete" can also mean "specific" or "tangible." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 具體(jùtǐ) can also mean 'specific' or 'particular' in Chinese. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "béton" can also refer to "mortar" or "cement". |
| Croatian | The word "beton" is derived from the French word "béton", which in turn comes from the Latin word "bitumen". In Croatian, "beton" can also refer to the act of covering something with a layer of asphalt. |
| Danish | Danish "beton" can also mean "to emphasize". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, beton also means 'to emphasize', as in 'beton de belangrijkste punten' (emphasize the most important points). |
| Estonian | The word "betoonist" comes from the French word "beton", derived from the Latin verb "bitumen," meaning 'to lay a foundation.' |
| Finnish | Betoni originated from the Swedish word betong, which itself is derived from the French word béton and the Latin word bitūmen. |
| French | "Béton" also refers to a type of hard candy and can be used figuratively to mean something solid or immutable |
| Frisian | Beton is derived from the French word "béton", ultimately from the Latin "bitumen" meaning "natural asphalt." |
| Galician | In Galician, "formigón" not only refers to concrete but also to large ants, ants' nests, or the bottom of wine barrels. |
| Georgian | The word „ბეტონის“ is a loanword borrowed from French and refers to a solid building material like cement or reinforced concrete. |
| German | In der Bauindustrie ist Beton ein Verbundmaterial aus Zement, Wasser und Gesteinszuschlag, das mit der Zeit aushärtet. |
| Greek | The word σκυρόδεμα is ultimately derived from the Latin word |
| Gujarati | કોંક્રિટ is the Gujarati word for concrete, but it also means "hard facts" or "evidence". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "konkrè" has origins in the French "concret," and can also mean "specific" or "factual." |
| Hausa | The word 'kankare' in Hausa likely originates from the word 'kangare', meaning 'to harden' or 'to become solid'. |
| Hawaiian | It literally means "firm stone" in Hawaiian and is often used as "concrete" does in English. |
| Hebrew | The word "בֵּטוֹן" comes from the Latin word "bitumen," meaning "asphalt." It was originally used to refer to a mixture of asphalt and gravel used for paving roads. |
| Hindi | The word "ठोस" (ṭhōsa) is derived from the Sanskrit word "तस्थ" (tastha), meaning "to stand" or "to be firm". |
| Hmong | In the Hmong language, "pob zeb ua" can also refer to "hard ground" or "solid earth". |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "konkrét" comes from the Latin word "concretus" which means "solidified" or "hardened". |
| Icelandic | The word 'steypa' has cognates in other Germanic languages, such as 'stoppa' (German), 'stop' (English), and 'stoppen' (Dutch), all of which imply 'to stuff' or 'to obstruct'. |
| Igbo | 'Ihe' can also mean 'thing' or 'something' in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "beton" can also refer to a type of traditional percussion instrument made from bamboo or wood. |
| Irish | In Irish, 'coincréite' can also refer to a 'coincidence' or 'meeting of people'. |
| Italian | The word "calcestruzzo" derives from the Latin "calx" (lime) and "struere" (to build), and originally referred to a mixture of lime and crushed stones used as a building material. |
| Japanese | "コンクリート" (concrete) comes from the Dutch word "concret". In Japanese, it can also refer to the idea of "solidity" or "firmness". |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "beton" can also refer to a type of fruit tree or its fruit, known as the "sawo" or star apple. |
| Kannada | The word itself comes from the Latin word "concretus", which means "come together". |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, "бетон" can also refer to the mineral calcite. |
| Khmer | The word "បេតុង" (concrete) in Khmer is derived from the French word "béton" which means "concrete". |
| Korean | In Korean, "콘크리트" (concrete) also means a type of small, hard fruit. |
| Kurdish | In the Sorani dialect, the verb "beton kirin" refers to the act of making concrete or plastering a wall. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "бетон" comes from the French word "béton", which in turn comes from the Latin word "bitumen", meaning "a black, sticky substance". |
| Latin | "The Latin plural, rebus ("by things"), is often used loosely to refer even to puzzles without actual pictures." |
| Latvian | The word "betons" is derived from the French word "béton," and it can also refer to a type of fabric with a rough texture. |
| Lithuanian | The word "betonas" is derived from the French word "béton" and the Italian word "bettone," both meaning "concrete." |
| Luxembourgish | The word "konkret" in Luxembourgish also means "fact" or "reality". |
| Macedonian | The word "бетон" also means "cement" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "simenitra" is derived from the French word "ciment", which means "cement". |
| Malay | In Malay, 'konkrit' also means 'certain' or 'definite' |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "കോൺക്രീറ്റ്" is derived from the English word "concrete" and the Latin word "concretus," meaning "made solid" or "hardened." |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "konkrit" is derived from the English word "concrete" and also refers to a type of sea snail. |
| Maori | The word 'raima' in Maori derives from the word 'rai', meaning 'stone' or 'gravel'. |
| Marathi | "ठोस" also means solid, hard, dense, stable, and strong in Marathi. |
| Nepali | The word "कंक्रीट" derives from the Latin word "concretus", meaning "thickened" or "hardened", and also shares its root with the English word "concrete". |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "betong" can also refer to the ground floor of a building, where concrete is often used in construction. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, "konkire" can also refer to a strong foundation or stable position. |
| Pashto | The word "کانکریټ" also means "solid" or "firm" in Pashto. |
| Persian | بتن originally meant "inner part of rock" and "foundation" in Persian and meant a wide range of solid substances. |
| Polish | In Polish language, the word "beton” has an additional meaning - "boring and dull person" |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "concreto" can also mean "certain", "precise" or "positive". |
| Punjabi | In Punjabi, ਠੋਸ (thoss) can also mean solid, firm, or strong. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "beton" is derived from French, where it originally meant "firm" or "solid". It has also been used figuratively to describe something that is reliable or dependable. |
| Russian | "Бетон" is also a slang term for "boring" or "dull". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "sima" can trace its origins to the Proto-Polynesian word "cima", meaning "foundation". |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "cruadhtan" may also refer to "gruel" or "curds". |
| Serbian | The Cyrillic word "бетон" (pronounced "beton") ultimately derives from the Latin "bitumen", which in Slavic languages came to mean "mortar", "concrete", and other cement-like building materials. |
| Sesotho | "Konkrete" is a Sesotho word meaning either "concrete" or "something real or tangible." |
| Shona | The word "kongiri" is also used to refer to a type of grass that grows in marshy areas. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, the word ڪنڪريٽ not only means 'concrete', but also refers to the coarse aggregates used in making it, i.e., gravel and grits. |
| Slovak | The word "betón" derives from the French "béton," which means "mortar" or "concrete mixture." |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word 'beton' derives from the French word 'béton', which means 'to set', ultimately coming from the Latin 'bitumen'. |
| Somali | La taaban karo in Somali has an alternate meaning of "very strong, sturdy, or tough" |
| Spanish | The Spanish word 'hormigón' also refers to a reinforced concrete made with iron or steel. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "beton" can also refer to a traditional type of housing constructed using woven bamboo or palm leaves. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "saruji" is thought to have originated from the Arabic word "suruji" which means "mortar" |
| Swedish | "Betong" also means "confession" in slang. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "kongkreto" likely originated from the Spanish word "concreto" and has the alternate meaning of "true" or "solid". |
| Tajik | The Russian word "бетон" is often used in Tajik as a synonym for the word "симент" ( |
| Telugu | కాంక్రీటు (concrete) refers to a material, a slab, or an idea or scheme which is solid and fixed in place. |
| Thai | คอนกรีต in Thai, derives from the Latin word "concretus" meaning "coagulated", which refers to the material's hardening process. |
| Turkish | In Turkish, 'somut' can also mean 'tangible' or 'palpable'. |
| Ukrainian | The word "бетон" comes from the French word "béton" and has the same meaning in both languages. |
| Urdu | The word 'کنکریٹ' (concrete) originates from the Latin word 'concretus', meaning 'to grow together' or 'to harden'. In ancient Roman architecture, 'concretus' was used to refer to a mixture of lime, sand, and gravel that hardened into a durable building material. |
| Uzbek | "Beton" kelimesi Türkçe kökenlidir ve ilk anlamı "taş"tır. |
| Vietnamese | The word "bê tông" is derived from the French word "béton", meaning "hardened mortar". |
| Welsh | In Welsh, 'concrit' is a borrowing from English, possibly influenced by the Welsh word 'concr' (lump). |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word for "concrete," ikhonkrithi, comes from the English word "concrete" and the Xhosa word for "stone," ilitye. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "קאָנקרעט" can also refer to a specific type of hard candy, similar to toffee. |
| Yoruba | The word "nja" in Yoruba can also refer to the process of hardening or becoming solid. |
| Zulu | 'Ukhonkolo' is also a name for the black mamba snake in Zulu. |
| English | The word "concrete" originates from the Latin word "concresco," meaning "to grow together" or "to thicken," and can also refer to something that is solid, definite, or tangible. |