Conduct in Different Languages
Discover 'Conduct' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Conduct
Afrikaans gedrag | ||
Albanian sjellje | ||
Amharic ምግባር | ||
Arabic سلوك | ||
Armenian վարվելակերպ | ||
Assamese ব্যৱহাৰ | ||
Aymara kuntunkta | ||
Azerbaijani aparmaq | ||
Bambara kɛwale | ||
Basque jokaera | ||
Belarusian праводзіць | ||
Bengali পরিচালনা | ||
Bhojpuri चाल चलन | ||
Bosnian ponašanje | ||
Bulgarian поведение, ръководене | ||
Catalan conducta | ||
Cebuano pamatasan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 进行 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 進行 | ||
Corsican cumpurtamentu | ||
Croatian ponašanje | ||
Czech chování | ||
Danish adfærd | ||
Dhivehi އަޚުލާޤު | ||
Dogri चाल-चलन | ||
Dutch gedrag | ||
English conduct | ||
Esperanto konduto | ||
Estonian käitumine | ||
Ewe agbenᴐnᴐ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pag-uugali | ||
Finnish käytös | ||
French conduite | ||
Frisian gedrach | ||
Galician conduta | ||
Georgian ქცევა | ||
German verhalten | ||
Greek συμπεριφορά | ||
Guarani teko | ||
Gujarati આચરણ | ||
Haitian Creole konduit | ||
Hausa hali | ||
Hawaiian hana | ||
Hebrew התנהגות | ||
Hindi आचरण | ||
Hmong kev coj ua | ||
Hungarian magatartás | ||
Icelandic háttsemi | ||
Igbo omume | ||
Ilocano aramiden | ||
Indonesian mengadakan | ||
Irish iompar | ||
Italian condotta | ||
Japanese 行動 | ||
Javanese tumindak | ||
Kannada ನಡವಳಿಕೆ | ||
Kazakh жүргізу | ||
Khmer ការប្រព្រឹត្ដ | ||
Kinyarwanda imyitwarire | ||
Konkani आचरण | ||
Korean 행위 | ||
Krio biev | ||
Kurdish perwerdetî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئەنجامدان | ||
Kyrgyz жүрүм-турум | ||
Lao ການປະພຶດ | ||
Latin moribus | ||
Latvian uzvedība | ||
Lingala kotambwisa | ||
Lithuanian elgesys | ||
Luganda okulabiriza | ||
Luxembourgish féieren | ||
Macedonian однесување | ||
Maithili आयोजन | ||
Malagasy fitondran-tena | ||
Malay kelakuan | ||
Malayalam പെരുമാറ്റം | ||
Maltese kondotta | ||
Maori whanonga | ||
Marathi आचरण | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯥꯡꯊꯣꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo kalphung | ||
Mongolian явуулах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အပြုအမူ | ||
Nepali आचरण | ||
Norwegian oppførsel | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) khalidwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଆଚରଣ | ||
Oromo dabarsuu | ||
Pashto چلول | ||
Persian هدایت | ||
Polish przeprowadzić | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) conduta | ||
Punjabi ਆਚਰਣ | ||
Quechua allin kay | ||
Romanian conduce | ||
Russian поведение | ||
Samoan amio | ||
Sanskrit निर्वहणम् | ||
Scots Gaelic giùlan | ||
Sepedi maitshwaro | ||
Serbian спровести | ||
Sesotho boitsoaro | ||
Shona mufambiro | ||
Sindhi رويو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) හැසිරීම | ||
Slovak správanie | ||
Slovenian ravnanje | ||
Somali anshax marin | ||
Spanish conducta | ||
Sundanese kalakuan | ||
Swahili mwenendo | ||
Swedish uppträdande | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pag-uugali | ||
Tajik рафтор | ||
Tamil நடத்தை | ||
Tatar тәртип | ||
Telugu ప్రవర్తన | ||
Thai ความประพฤติ | ||
Tigrinya ኣግባብ | ||
Tsonga matikhomelo | ||
Turkish yönetmek | ||
Turkmen alyp barmak | ||
Twi (Akan) suban | ||
Ukrainian проведення | ||
Urdu طرز عمل | ||
Uyghur conduct | ||
Uzbek xulq-atvor | ||
Vietnamese hạnh kiểm | ||
Welsh arwain | ||
Xhosa indlela yokuziphatha | ||
Yiddish פירונג | ||
Yoruba ihuwasi | ||
Zulu ukuziphatha |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans “gedrag” (“conduct”) also signifies “behavior” or “actions” and is cognate with Dutch “gedrag” and German “tragen” (“to carry”). |
| Albanian | The word "sjellje" in Albanian is also related to "sjellim" meaning hearing, listening, or perceiving. |
| Amharic | The term "ምግባር" also refers to the path along which a person or animal walks. |
| Arabic | In Classical Arabic, "سلوك" could also refer to "journeying on the road" and "traveling". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "aparmaq" (conduct) in Azerbaijani also has the meaning of "to lead" or "to guide." |
| Basque | The term "jokaera," which translates to "conduct" in English, has additional meanings such as "performance," "behavior," and "procedure." |
| Belarusian | "Праводзіць" can also mean to "see someone off", "accompany", or "guide". |
| Bengali | The word 'পরিচালনা' can also refer to management or administration. |
| Bosnian | Ponašanje can also mean pride in one's behavior or way of thinking in Bosnian, but not arrogance. |
| Bulgarian | The word "conduct" has several different meanings, including how someone behaves or acts, the management of a business, or the process of guiding or directing something. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "conducta" can refer to both behavior and a conduit for fluids |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "进行" in Chinese can also mean "to make progress" or "to carry out a task or operation." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word 進行 ('conduct') is derived from Latin 'peragere', meaning 'to lead all the way through'. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "cumpurtamentu" also has the meaning of "attitude." |
| Croatian | The word 'ponašanje' is a derivative of the verb 'ponositi se' (to be proud) and can also mean 'behavior'. |
| Czech | The word "chování" in Czech is derived from the Old Czech word "chovati", which means "to bring up" or "to raise" and has also been used to mean "to behave" since the 14th century. |
| Danish | The word "adfærd" can also mean "deportment" or "bearing". |
| Dutch | The word "gedrag" is derived from the old verb "dragen" (to carry), which is also the root of the word "drag" in English. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "konduto" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *weǵʰ-, meaning "to go, to carry". |
| Estonian | "Käitumine" also has the meaning of "way of life" and is related to the word "käia" meaning "to go" or "to keep going". |
| Finnish | The word "käytös" is derived from the verb "käydä," meaning "to walk" or "to behave." |
| French | In French, "conduite" can also refer to a pipe or duct. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "gedrach" can also refer to behavior or way of living. |
| Galician | In Galician, "conduta" also refers to a pipe or duct for carrying fluids. |
| Georgian | "ქცევა" additionally means "to behave, act, or proceed". |
| German | The word "Verhalten" in German can also refer to a person's demeanor, behavior, or attitude. |
| Greek | "Συμπεριφορά" comes from the Greek word "συμφέρω," meaning "to bring together" or "to contribute." |
| Gujarati | "આચરણ" can also mean 'behavior', 'demeanor', or 'practice'. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "konduit" can also refer to a water pipe or a channel for liquid flow. |
| Hausa | In addition to meaning "conduct," "hali" can also mean "condition, state," or "circumstance" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | The word "hana" in Hawaiian also means "work" or "occupation". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word התנהגות (hitnahagut) also carries the connotation of movement or action. |
| Hindi | The word "आचरण" (conduct) is also used in Hindi to refer to the act of practicing or performing a particular action. |
| Hmong | "Kev coj ua" literally means "the way of doing" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | Magatartás: ’viselkedésmódot tart’, ’magán tart’, azaz ’nem mutatja ki’ |
| Icelandic | The word "háttsemi" can also mean "behaviour" or "demeanour". |
| Igbo | Omume can also mean behavior, manners, or attitude. |
| Indonesian | The word "mengadakan" can also mean "to hold" or "to organize" (an event). |
| Irish | The word "iompar" in Irish can also refer to transportation or movement. |
| Italian | The Italian word 'condotta' can also refer to a water conduit or a type of cheese made from sheep's milk. |
| Japanese | The kanji "行" (こう) in "行動" (こうどう) also means "to move," indicating the dynamic nature of conduct. |
| Javanese | "Tumindak" (Javanese) also means "to behave" and is related to the word "tindak" (Indonesian) meaning "action". |
| Kannada | The word "ನಡವಳಿಕೆ" can also mean "behavior" or "attitude" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | In the Kazakh language, "жүргізу" can also mean "to carry out" or "to implement a plan." |
| Khmer | In Khmer, the term "ការប្រព្រឹត្ដ" also refers to the overall manner in which someone behaves or carries themselves, encompassing their actions, words, and demeanor. |
| Korean | "행위" also means 'act', 'behavior', or 'deed'" |
| Kurdish | The word "perwerdetî" in Kurdish also refers to "education" and "training". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "жүрүм-турум" can also refer to customs, traditions, and behaviour in Kyrgyz society. |
| Latin | "Moribus" in Latin can also mean "character" or "customs". |
| Latvian | The word "uzvedība" derives from the Latvian verb "uzvesties" which means "to behave", "to conduct oneself", and "to behave well". |
| Lithuanian | In some contexts, "elgesys" translates to "behavior" or "deed". |
| Luxembourgish | The term "féieren" may also refer to the act of transporting or carrying. |
| Macedonian | According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it originated as a term denoting a safe conduct and came to mean conduct in the 14th century. |
| Malagasy | FITONDRAN-TENA has alternate meanings like "deportment" and "bearing". |
| Malay | The word "kelakuan" derives from the Arabic word "khulq" meaning "character" or "disposition". |
| Malayalam | The word "പെരുമാറ്റം" literally means "great behavior" in Malayalam, referring to the conduct expected of royalty. |
| Maltese | The word "kondotta" is derived from the Italian word "condotta", and it originally meant "escort" or "convoy". |
| Maori | The word whanonga also connotes the meanings of 'to cause' and 'to direct'. |
| Marathi | The word "आचरण" in Marathi has the same root as the English word "character". |
| Mongolian | Явуулах derives from a Middle Mongolian root and originally meant "to move forward on a horse." |
| Nepali | The word "आचरण" in Nepali also means "behavior" or "activity". |
| Norwegian | The word "oppførsel" comes from the Old Norse word "uppfæra", meaning "to bring up" or "to educate." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "khalidwe" in Nyanja also implies behavior or demeanour. |
| Pashto | "چلول/ Chalol" is also a verb that means to move around as water in a stream or waves in the sea. |
| Persian | هدایت means "guidance" in Arabic, and is also related to the Persian word راهنما (guide). |
| Polish | The Polish word "przeprowadzić" originally meant "to lead through" or "to guide through" and later acquired the meaning of "to conduct". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil), "conduta" can also mean duct, conduit or channel, which derives from Latin "conductus," meaning a leading or bringing together. |
| Punjabi | "ਆਚਰਣ" also refers to a person's character and behavior in Sikhism. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "conduce" can also mean "to drive" or "to lead" in the sense of a leader leading their followers. |
| Russian | The word "поведение" (conduct) has the same root as "вид" (view) and "видеть" (to see). |
| Samoan | A related word is "amio" which means to "follow" or "go towards". |
| Scots Gaelic | Scots Gaelic 'giùlan' can also refer to behaviour, morality, carriage, bearing and deportment |
| Serbian | The word "спровести" (conduct) in Serbian also has the alternate meaning of "to escort". |
| Sesotho | Boitsoaro can also refer to the process or act of conducting oneself in a particular manner. |
| Shona | The noun, "mufambiro," also means "the state of behaving well." |
| Sindhi | The word "رويو" in Sindhi also means "guidance" and "direction." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In addition to its primary meaning of "conduct," "හැසිරීම" can also refer to "behavior" or "demeanor." |
| Slovak | The word "správanie" is a verbal noun deriving from the verb "spraviť" (meaning "to make" or "to do") and the suffix "-anie" denoting the course of action of the verb stem. |
| Slovenian | The verb 'ravnati' (to conduct) is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word 'raviti', meaning 'to do, to act'. |
| Somali | The term 'anshax marin' can also refer to a moral or ethical standard in Somali society. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "conducta" also refers to plumbing, sewage, and behavior while driving. |
| Sundanese | In the old Sundanese language, "kalakuan" also means "behavior". |
| Swahili | The word "mwenendo" is derived from the verb "enda" (to go) and the prefix "mwe" (manner), implying a person's way of going about things. |
| Swedish | The word "uppträdande" can also mean "performance" or "demeanor" |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In the 20th century, "pag-uugali" also came to refer to "behavior" not necessarily stemming from moral standards. |
| Tajik | The word "рафтор" comes from the Persian word "رفتار" (raftār), which means "behaviour" or "action". |
| Tamil | The word "நடத்தை" can be broken down into "நட" (to walk) and "தத்தை" (to hold or support), implying "the manner in which one carries oneself" |
| Telugu | "प्रवर्ర్తన" is the Telugu form of the word "Pravartan." This Sanskrit word also forms the root for the Hindi word "pravartan" and means "act" or "movement." |
| Thai | As the verb ประพฤติ is rooted from สันดาน meaning 'innate qualities' the noun form thus also implies habitual behavior |
| Turkish | In Old Anatolian Turkish, 'yönetmek' meant 'to guide', 'to lead' and 'to rule' as well. |
| Ukrainian | The word “проведення” can also mean 'escort', 'accompaniment', or 'convoy' and derives from the Old Church Slavonic verb 'водити' (to lead). |
| Urdu | The word طرز عمل "conduct" in Urdu literally means "way of working" or "method of doing something". |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "xulq-atvor" also refers to etiquette, character, or behavior. |
| Vietnamese | The word "hạnh kiểm" in Vietnamese is a homonym with two distinct meanings: "morality" and "performance record." |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "arwain" also means "to lead" or "to guide". |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, the word "indlela yokuziphatha" can also mean "the way of life" or "customs". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פירונג" may derive from the Hebrew "פרנסה" meaning livelihood, or from the German "Führung" meaning guidance. |
| Yoruba | "Ìhùwásì" (conduct) in Yoruba also means "demeanor" or "the way one carries oneself". |
| Zulu | The word "ukuziphatha" in Zulu is also used to refer to the concept of "self-governance" or "self-control."} |
| English | The word "conduct" derives from the Latin "conduco," meaning "to lead, guide, or accompany." |