Consumer in Different Languages
Discover 'Consumer' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Consumer
Afrikaans verbruiker | ||
Albanian konsumatori | ||
Amharic ሸማች | ||
Arabic مستهلك | ||
Armenian սպառող | ||
Assamese গ্ৰাহক | ||
Aymara consumidor ukaxa | ||
Azerbaijani istehlakçı | ||
Bambara kunmabɔnafolo | ||
Basque kontsumitzailea | ||
Belarusian спажывец | ||
Bengali গ্রাহক | ||
Bhojpuri उपभोक्ता के बा | ||
Bosnian potrošač | ||
Bulgarian консуматор | ||
Catalan consumidor | ||
Cebuano konsyumer | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 消费者 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 消費者 | ||
Corsican cunsumadore | ||
Croatian potrošač | ||
Czech spotřebitel | ||
Danish forbruger | ||
Dhivehi ކޮންސިއުމަރ އެވެ | ||
Dogri उपभोक्ता | ||
Dutch klant | ||
English consumer | ||
Esperanto konsumanto | ||
Estonian tarbija | ||
Ewe nuƒlela | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mamimili | ||
Finnish kuluttajalle | ||
French consommateur | ||
Frisian konsumint | ||
Galician consumidor | ||
Georgian მომხმარებელი | ||
German verbraucher | ||
Greek καταναλωτής | ||
Guarani consumidor rehegua | ||
Gujarati ઉપભોક્તા | ||
Haitian Creole konsomatè | ||
Hausa mabukaci | ||
Hawaiian mea kūʻai aku | ||
Hebrew צרכן | ||
Hindi उपभोक्ता | ||
Hmong cov neeg siv khoom | ||
Hungarian fogyasztó | ||
Icelandic neytandi | ||
Igbo n'ji | ||
Ilocano konsumidor | ||
Indonesian konsumen | ||
Irish tomhaltóir | ||
Italian consumatore | ||
Japanese 消費者 | ||
Javanese konsumen | ||
Kannada ಗ್ರಾಹಕ | ||
Kazakh тұтынушы | ||
Khmer អតិថិជន | ||
Kinyarwanda umuguzi | ||
Konkani गिरायक | ||
Korean 소비자 | ||
Krio kɔshɔma | ||
Kurdish xerîdar | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەکاربەر | ||
Kyrgyz керектөөчү | ||
Lao ຜູ້ບໍລິໂພກ | ||
Latin dolor | ||
Latvian patērētājs | ||
Lingala consommateur | ||
Lithuanian vartotojas | ||
Luganda omukozesa | ||
Luxembourgish konsument | ||
Macedonian потрошувач | ||
Maithili उपभोक्ता | ||
Malagasy mpanjifa | ||
Malay pengguna | ||
Malayalam ഉപഭോക്താവ് | ||
Maltese konsumatur | ||
Maori kaihoko | ||
Marathi ग्राहक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯟꯖꯨꯃꯔꯒꯤ ꯃꯇꯥꯡꯗꯥ ꯋꯥꯐꯝ ꯊꯃꯈꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo consumer tih a ni | ||
Mongolian хэрэглэгч | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စားသုံးသူ | ||
Nepali उपभोक्ता | ||
Norwegian forbruker | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wogula | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଗ୍ରାହକ | ||
Oromo fayyadamaa | ||
Pashto مصرف کونکی | ||
Persian مصرف كننده | ||
Polish konsument | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) consumidor | ||
Punjabi ਖਪਤਕਾਰ | ||
Quechua consumidor nisqa | ||
Romanian consumator | ||
Russian потребитель | ||
Samoan tagata faʻatau | ||
Sanskrit उपभोक्ता | ||
Scots Gaelic neach-cleachdaidh | ||
Sepedi moreki | ||
Serbian потрошач | ||
Sesotho moreki | ||
Shona mutengi | ||
Sindhi صارف | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පාරිභෝගික | ||
Slovak spotrebiteľ | ||
Slovenian potrošnik | ||
Somali macmiil | ||
Spanish consumidor | ||
Sundanese nu meuli | ||
Swahili mtumiaji | ||
Swedish konsument | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mamimili | ||
Tajik истеъмолкунанда | ||
Tamil நுகர்வோர் | ||
Tatar кулланучы | ||
Telugu వినియోగదారు | ||
Thai ผู้บริโภค | ||
Tigrinya ተጠቃሚ | ||
Tsonga muxavi | ||
Turkish tüketici | ||
Turkmen sarp ediji | ||
Twi (Akan) adetɔfo | ||
Ukrainian споживач | ||
Urdu صارف | ||
Uyghur ئىستېمالچى | ||
Uzbek iste'molchi | ||
Vietnamese khách hàng | ||
Welsh defnyddiwr | ||
Xhosa umsebenzisi | ||
Yiddish קאָנסומער | ||
Yoruba onibara | ||
Zulu umthengi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "verbruiker" in Afrikaans is derived from the Dutch word "verbruik," meaning "usage" or "consumption." |
| Albanian | The word "konsumatori" derives from the Latin word "consumere", which means "to use up". |
| Amharic | The word ሸማች has other meanings like 'client', 'customer' and even 'guest' or 'visitor'. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "مستهلك" can also mean "depleted" or "worn out". |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "սպառող" can also refer to a "devourer" or "user" of something, not just a consumer of goods or services. |
| Azerbaijani | "İstehlakçı" (consumer) derives from the Arabic word "istıhlāk" meaning "spending" and "consuming". |
| Basque | In addition to "consumer," the Basque word "kontsumitzailea" can also refer to an "object of consumption"} |
| Belarusian | The word "спажывец" (consumer) is derived from the Proto-Slavic verb *sъpǫždati, meaning "to swallow whole". |
| Bengali | গ্রাহক derives from the Sanskrit word 'grahan' meaning 'to take, to accept' and primarily refers to customers or individuals who make purchases. |
| Bosnian | The word "potrošač" is derived from the verb "potrošiti", meaning "to spend" or "to consume". |
| Bulgarian | The word "консуматор" in Bulgarian also refers to a device that consumes energy, food, or other resources. |
| Catalan | The word "consumidor" in Catalan also means "waster" or "spendthrift". |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, the word "konsyumer" can also refer to a "customer" or a "buyer of goods or services." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In ancient Chinese, the character 費 (fèi) in 消費者 (xiāofèi zhě) was used to refer to 'expenditure' or 'cost'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 消費者 (xiāofèizhe) derives from the verb 消費 (xiāofèi) meaning to consume. |
| Corsican | Corsican "cunsumadore" derives from Sardinian "cuns مادore", which in turn comes from the Latin "consumere" (to consume). |
| Croatian | The word 'potrošač' in Croatian derives from the verb 'potrošiti', which means 'to consume' or 'to spend' and is derived from the prefix 'pot-' (meaning 'under', 'away') and the root verb 'trošiti' (meaning 'to spend'). |
| Czech | The Czech word "spotřebitel" comes from the verb "spotřebovat," meaning "to consume," and is derived from the Slavic root "*potreba," meaning "need." |
| Danish | "Forbruge" is derived from the Old Norse "bruka" meaning "to use", and "for" meaning "in front of", thus "to use up, consume". |
| Dutch | The noun 'klant' is a shortened form of the word 'chalant', which means someone who is nonchalant or indifferent. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word 'konsumanto,' meaning 'consumer,' can be traced back to the Latin term for 'user' or 'spendthrift.' |
| Estonian | Tarbija (consumer) is also used to mean a substance in chemistry (reagent). |
| Finnish | The word "kuluttaja" also means "destroy" or "waste" in Finnish. |
| French | The word "consommateur" in French also means "accomplished" or "complete". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "konsumint" can also mean "purchaser" or "customer". |
| Galician | The word "consumidor" in Galician also means "squanderer" or "one who wastes resources." |
| German | The German word 'Verbraucher' can also mean 'user' or 'customer' in the context of using services or goods, respectively. |
| Greek | The word "καταναλωτής" derives from the Ancient Greek verb "καταναλώ", meaning "to spend, consume, destroy". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "ઉપભોક્તા" (consumer) is derived from the Sanskrit word "उपभोक्ता" (upakhoktā), which means "one who enjoys". In modern usage, the word can also refer to a person who purchases goods or services. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "konsomatè" also means "client" or "buyer". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "mabukaci" can also refer to a "glutton" or "greedy person". |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "mea kūʻai aku" can also refer to a "purchaser" or "buyer". |
| Hebrew | In Hebrew, the word "צרכן" (consumer) can also be written with a "צ" instead of a "ז" (צרך), which means "need" or "requirement". |
| Hindi | The Sanskrit root of उपभोक्ता (upakta) has a more expansive meaning than modern English: "enjoying, making good use of," or even "marrying." |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "cov neeg siv khoom" shares the same root as "siv khoom," which is a term used to describe someone who enjoys food, and the verb "siv" which can mean to "enjoy" or "savor." |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "fogyasztó" (consumer) also refers to "electricity user" and "energy user". |
| Icelandic | The word "neytandi" is derived from the Old Norse word "neyta," meaning "to use" or "to consume." |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'n'ji' can also refer to a 'customer', 'shopper', or 'purchaser'. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, the word "konsumen" also translates to "victim", a term used to refer to those who suffer the negative consequences of consumerism or exploitation. |
| Italian | The term "consumatore" in Italian can also refer to someone who spends their time aimlessly, like a "time waster". |
| Japanese | 消費者 translates to consumer in English, but originally meant a god receiving offerings of food. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "konsumen" also refers to a type of spirit or demon. |
| Kannada | In Kannada, "ಗ್ರಾಹಕ" (grahaka) refers to a "taker" or "acceptor" of an object or service and can also mean "customer," "buyer," or "receiver." |
| Kazakh | The word "тұтынушы" literally translates to "user" in Kazakh, highlighting the active role consumers play in the marketplace. |
| Khmer | អតិថិជន is also used in a wider sense to refer to any person who receives something, such as a guest or a recipient. |
| Korean | "소비자" (consumer) in Korean is a compound of "소비" (consumption) and "자" (person), implying "a person who consumes." |
| Kurdish | The word "xerîdar" can also mean "customer" or "buyer" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | 'Керектөөчү' ('consumer') in Kyrgyz derives from the verb 'керек' ('need'), signifying the one who has a need. |
| Latin | In Latin, “dolor” can refer to physical, mental, or emotional pain, as well as grief or sorrow. |
| Latvian | The word "patērētājs" comes from the Latin word "consumere," which means "to destroy" or "to use up." |
| Lithuanian | The word "vartotojas" derives from the verb "vartoti" (to use), and its literal meaning is "one who uses". In the context of economics, it refers specifically to a person who uses goods or services. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Konsument" is derived from the Latin "consūmĕre". |
| Macedonian | The word потрошувач originally meant "user" or "beneficiary" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The word "mpanjifa" is derived from the verb "mihinjifa", meaning "to eat up" or "to finish off". |
| Malay | In Malaysian, pengguna can also refer to a person using a product or service. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam term "ഉപഭോക്താവ്" originally referred to "enjoyer", but now denotes "consumer". |
| Maltese | The word "konsumatur" could also be an archaic term for a "consummate" player of a game, like cards. |
| Maori | While kaihoko literally translates to "food eater," it is also the Maori word for "consumer" in a modern sense. |
| Marathi | The word "ग्राहक" also means "customer" or "client". |
| Nepali | The word 'उपभोक्ता' (consumer) is derived from the Sanskrit roots 'उप' (near) and 'भोक्ता' (enjoyer), indicating someone who uses or enjoys a product or service. |
| Norwegian | The word 'forbruker' is derived from the Old Norse word 'forbrúka', meaning 'to use up completely'. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word 'wogula', which refers to consumers of goods or services, is derived from the word 'kugula', meaning 'to buy'. |
| Pashto | Originally "مصرف کونکی" meant someone who used an intoxicant but has come to mean "consumer" more broadly |
| Persian | The word مصرف كننده (consumer) also has the alternate meaning of "expenditure" in Persian. |
| Polish | The word "konsument" in Polish also refers to an "informant" or "spy". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "consumidor" can refer to a person who consumes products or services, or it can refer to a device that consumes electricity or gas. |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਖਪਤਕਾਰ' (consumer) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'kṣipta kāra' (lit. scattered or thrown), referring to one who buys goods not for use but for sale. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "consumator" shares its etymology with words like "consummate" and "consume" and can also mean "perfector" or "accomplisher". |
| Russian | The Russian word "потребитель" can also have the connotation of "user". |
| Samoan | In Samoan, "tagata fa'atau" also refers to a customer, shopper, or buyer. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, the word "neach-cleachdaidh" is a compound word meaning "user" or "consumer" and can also be used to refer to a "customer" or "client" in a business context. |
| Serbian | Потрошач, a Serbian word for "consumer," originates from the verb "трошити" (to spend), which in turn comes from the Proto-Slavic root *tьr-, meaning "to grind, crush, or break into pieces." |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "moreki" can also refer to a customer or a client. |
| Shona | Mutengi is also used to refer to a customer or a buyer. |
| Sindhi | Sindhi word "صارف" has the alternate meaning of "spending". |
| Slovak | The word "spotrebiteľ" (consumer) in Slovak is derived from "spotrebovať" (to consume), which in turn comes from the Latin "sporicare" (to destroy). |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "potrošnik" originates from the German word "Potroschnik" which means "one who uses up". |
| Somali | The word "macmiil" also translates to "customer" or "client". |
| Spanish | The term "consumidor" in Spanish can also refer to a "taxpayer" or "end user". |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "nu meuli" literally means "the one who buys". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word 'Mtumiaji' has an alternative meaning of 'user', indicating the person who engages with or uses a product or service. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "konsument" is a borrowing from Latin, where it refers to the act of consumption. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Mamimili" is a Tagalog word whose archaic meaning was "to beg for". Its modern meaning might be an allusion to the old meaning or a play on the word "bilihin" which means "to buy". |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "истеъмолкунанда" can also be used to refer to a "user" of a product or service. |
| Tamil | The word "நுகர்வோர்" ("consumer") in Tamil originally referred to someone who used or enjoyed something, not necessarily in a monetary sense. |
| Telugu | The word "వినియోగదారు" (consumer) can also refer to a person who uses up or exhausts something. |
| Thai | In addition to its usual meaning of "consumer," ผู้บริโภค can also mean "one who takes advantage of something." |
| Turkish | The word "tüketici" can also mean "wasteful" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The word "споживач" (consumer) in Ukrainian can also refer to a "user" or "recipient" of a good or service. |
| Urdu | صارف (sāraf) is derived from the Arabic root ṣ-r-f meaning 'exchange', 'trade', and 'transfer'. In Urdu, it also has the additional meaning of 'user' or 'client'. |
| Uzbek | The word "iste'molchi" is derived from the Persian word "istehlak", which means "consumption" or "use", and the suffix "-chi", which indicates a person who performs an action. |
| Vietnamese | The word "khách hàng" originates from the Chinese word "kèháng" which means "guest". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'defnyddiwr' is derived from the verb 'defnyddio' ('to use'), which itself is thought to derive from the Proto-Celtic *denno- ('to use, to take') |
| Xhosa | The word "umsebenzisi" in Xhosa can also refer to a customer or a person who uses a service. |
| Yiddish | קאָנסומער derives from Middle High German "koeme(n)" or "kumen" meaning someone who buys goods. |
| Yoruba | The word "onibara" can also refer to a person who is extravagant or wasteful. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'umthengi' derives from the verb 'thenga' (buy), indicating the active nature of consumption. |
| English | "Consumer" stems from the Latin infinitive "consumere," meaning "to use up" or "to destroy." |