Consumption in Different Languages
Discover 'Consumption' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Consumption
Afrikaans verbruik | ||
Albanian konsumi | ||
Amharic ፍጆታ | ||
Arabic استهلاك | ||
Armenian սպառումը | ||
Assamese সেৱন | ||
Aymara tukhawi | ||
Azerbaijani istehlak | ||
Bambara dunmuli | ||
Basque kontsumoa | ||
Belarusian спажыванне | ||
Bengali খরচ | ||
Bhojpuri खपत | ||
Bosnian potrošnja | ||
Bulgarian консумация | ||
Catalan consum | ||
Cebuano konsumo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 消费 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 消費 | ||
Corsican cunsumazione | ||
Croatian potrošnja | ||
Czech spotřeba | ||
Danish forbrug | ||
Dhivehi ބޭނުންކުރެވޭ މިންވަރު | ||
Dogri खपत | ||
Dutch consumptie | ||
English consumption | ||
Esperanto konsumado | ||
Estonian tarbimine | ||
Ewe nu ɖuɖu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pagkonsumo | ||
Finnish kulutus | ||
French consommation | ||
Frisian konsumpsje | ||
Galician consumo | ||
Georgian მოხმარება | ||
German verbrauch | ||
Greek κατανάλωση | ||
Guarani hi'upyje'u | ||
Gujarati વપરાશ | ||
Haitian Creole konsomasyon | ||
Hausa amfani | ||
Hawaiian ʻai ʻana | ||
Hebrew צְרִיכָה | ||
Hindi सेवन | ||
Hmong kev noj | ||
Hungarian fogyasztás | ||
Icelandic neysla | ||
Igbo oriri | ||
Ilocano panangbusbus | ||
Indonesian konsumsi | ||
Irish caitheamh | ||
Italian consumo | ||
Japanese 消費 | ||
Javanese konsumsi | ||
Kannada ಬಳಕೆ | ||
Kazakh тұтыну | ||
Khmer ការប្រើប្រាស់ | ||
Kinyarwanda gukoresha | ||
Konkani खर्च | ||
Korean 소비 | ||
Krio ɔmɔs yu yuz | ||
Kurdish xerc | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەکارهێنان | ||
Kyrgyz керектөө | ||
Lao ການບໍລິໂພກ | ||
Latin consummatio | ||
Latvian patēriņš | ||
Lingala komela | ||
Lithuanian vartojimas | ||
Luganda okumalawo | ||
Luxembourgish konsum | ||
Macedonian потрошувачката | ||
Maithili उपभोग | ||
Malagasy fihinanana | ||
Malay penggunaan | ||
Malayalam ഉപഭോഗം | ||
Maltese konsum | ||
Maori kohi | ||
Marathi वापर | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯤꯖꯤꯟꯅꯕꯒꯤ ꯆꯥꯡ | ||
Mizo hmanralna | ||
Mongolian хэрэглээ | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စားသုံးမှု | ||
Nepali उपभोग | ||
Norwegian forbruk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kumwa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବ୍ୟବହାର | ||
Oromo fayyadama | ||
Pashto مصرف | ||
Persian مصرف | ||
Polish konsumpcja | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) consumo | ||
Punjabi ਖਪਤ | ||
Quechua consumo | ||
Romanian consum | ||
Russian потребление | ||
Samoan faʻaaogaina | ||
Sanskrit उपभोग | ||
Scots Gaelic caitheamh | ||
Sepedi tšhomišo | ||
Serbian потрошња | ||
Sesotho tshebediso | ||
Shona kunwa | ||
Sindhi واپرائڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පරිභෝජනය | ||
Slovak spotreba | ||
Slovenian poraba | ||
Somali cunid | ||
Spanish consumo | ||
Sundanese konsumsi | ||
Swahili matumizi | ||
Swedish konsumtion | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pagkonsumo | ||
Tajik истеъмол | ||
Tamil நுகர்வு | ||
Tatar куллану | ||
Telugu వినియోగం | ||
Thai การบริโภค | ||
Tigrinya ምህላኽ | ||
Tsonga ku dya | ||
Turkish tüketim | ||
Turkmen sarp etmek | ||
Twi (Akan) ne di | ||
Ukrainian споживання | ||
Urdu کھپت | ||
Uyghur ئىستېمال | ||
Uzbek iste'mol | ||
Vietnamese tiêu dùng | ||
Welsh defnydd | ||
Xhosa ukusetyenziswa | ||
Yiddish קאַנסאַמשאַן | ||
Yoruba agbara | ||
Zulu ukusetshenziswa |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Verbruik" in Afrikaans is also used in the sense of "usage" or "utilization" in English. |
| Albanian | The word "konsumi" (consumption) in Albanian can also refer to a meal or a treat. |
| Amharic | The word ፍጆታ can also be used to refer to the act of eating or drinking something. |
| Arabic | The word "استهلاك" also means "using up" or "running out" in Arabic. |
| Armenian | The word "սպառումը" (consumption) in Armenian can also refer to the act of spending or using up resources. |
| Azerbaijani | Istehlak in Azerbaijani also refers to the economic concept of "depreciation" or the decline in the value of an asset over time. |
| Basque | The word "kontsumoa" means "action of using something up" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The word "спажыванне" can also refer to the act of using or utilizing something, especially in a way that depletes or exhausts it. |
| Bengali | In Sanskrit, "kṣhār" means "alkali" or "caustic substance", and in Bengali, "khār" refers to a type of alkaline earth, such as potash or soda. |
| Bosnian | The word 'potrošnja' in Bosnian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word 'potrъbъ', meaning 'need' or 'demand'. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "консумация" also means "celebration of a marriage". |
| Catalan | "Consum" in Catalan originates from the Latin "consumptum," meaning "completion" or "destruction," implying the act of using something up or exhausting it. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "konsumo" can also refer to the act of buying or using up, or the state of being used up. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 消费 is also used to refer to "spending" or "the act of buying goods and services" in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | Originally referred to the destruction of goods, 消費 is often used to refer to personal spending, but can also mean "dissipation". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "cunsumazione" can also mean "drink" or "the act of drinking." |
| Croatian | "Potrošnja" derives from the verb "potresti" meaning "to shake; to use up" but the root "pros" points to the process of "asking, requiring, consuming" that is also found in "prositi" (to beg), "prorok" (prophet) and "prosjak" (beggar). |
| Czech | The word "spotřeba" also means "need" in Czech. |
| Danish | The word "forbrug" originally meant "use of firewood". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "consumptie" besides meaning "consumption" can also denote the drinks or snacks actually consumed, or the charge for them, or even the act of consuming |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "konsumado" also means "perfected" or "completed." |
| Estonian | Tarbimine is a loanword from Russian and is related to the verb 'tarvitama,' meaning 'to use.' |
| Finnish | The word "kulutus" in Finnish originates from the verb "kuluttaa", meaning "to consume" or "to spend". |
| French | Consommation can also mean the drink one enjoys at the end of a meal in French, a connotation lost in English. |
| Frisian | The term "konsumpsje" in Frisian can also refer to a social gathering where food and drinks are shared. |
| Galician | In Galician, "consumo" also means "spending" or "use." |
| Georgian | The word refers to spending or using up money or resources |
| German | The word "Verbrauch" stems from Middle High German's "verbrūchen", meaning "spend" or "use up". |
| Greek | The word "κατανάλωση" can also refer to the depreciation of assets. |
| Gujarati | The word "વપરાશ" in Gujarati can also mean "usage" or "practice", depending on the context. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "konsomasyon" in Haitian Creole derives from the French "consommation" and initially meant "the act of consuming" before it took on the meaning of "product bought by a consumer." |
| Hausa | While not a direct cognate, the word 'amfani' shares the same root with the word 'fa'ani', which means 'to use' |
| Hawaiian | ʻAi ʻana can also refer to the consumption of kapu foods or the giving and receiving of food within a Hawaiian ceremony, ritual, or event. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "צְרִיכָה" (consumption) also means "need" or "requirement." |
| Hindi | The word "सेवन" (consumption) in Hindi can also mean "use" or "intake", and is derived from the Sanskrit word "सेवन" (to consume, to use). |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "kev noj" can also refer to tuberculosis or other lung diseases. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "fogyasztás" also means "purchase" or "consumption" in an economic sense. |
| Icelandic | This word is probably a loanword from an Old Scandinavian word cognate with the Swedish word "näsla", meaning "nettle". |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the word 'oriri' also has the alternate meaning of 'the act of borrowing or lending money or goods'. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "konsumsi" can also mean "usage" or "utilization" in some contexts. |
| Irish | The Irish word "caitheamh" means "consumption" in English but can also refer to "spending" or "eating." |
| Italian | The word "consumo" derives from the Latin "consumere", meaning "to use up", suggesting a wide range of meanings beyond "consumption" in English. |
| Japanese | The Chinese character "費" in "消費" also appears in "浪費" (extravagance) |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "konsumsi" also refers to the practice of buying goods or services for immediate use rather than for long-term storage. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಬಳಕೆ" can also mean "usage" or "utilization". |
| Kazakh | 'Тұтыну' also refers to the physiological need of an organism for food and water |
| Khmer | The Khmer word for "consumption" is derived from the Sanskrit word "karya", which means "action" or "work". |
| Korean | In Korean, the word "소비" (consumption) also means "enjoyment" or "expenditure". |
| Kurdish | Xerc is also a term used in literature to describe a wasting away or atrophy. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "керектөө" can also refer to the process of using or employing something. |
| Latin | The Latin word "consummatio" signifies not only the act of consuming but also the state of being complete or perfect. |
| Latvian | Latvian word "patērinš'' originates in Old-Prussian word ''patturis'', meaning "a container." |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "vartojimas" can also refer to "usage" or "expenditure". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Konsum" also refers to a supermarket chain, established in 1925. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "потрошувачката" is derived from the verb "трошам" (to consume) and means the act or process of consuming goods and services. |
| Malagasy | The word "fihinanana" is derived from the root word "fihinana," which means "to eat" or "to consume." |
| Malay | Penggunaan can also refer to the act of using something for a particular purpose. |
| Malayalam | The word 'ഉപഭോഗം' is cognate with Sanskrit 'उपभोग' ('enjoyment') but in Malayalam, it has come to mean 'consumption' or 'expenditure'. |
| Maltese | Maltese 'konsum' shares the root word 'consume' in English, meaning to use up. |
| Maori | Kohi can also mean 'to long for', 'to desire' or 'to covet' in Maori. |
| Marathi | The word 'वापर' (vāpar) in Marathi, besides meaning 'consumption', also means 'use'. |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, 'хэрэглээ' also means 'use, usage, application, utilization, employment, operation, running, functioning, or activity.' |
| Nepali | The word "उपभोग" can also refer to "utilization" or "enjoyment" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | The word "forbruk" derives from the Old Norse "forbrúka," meaning "to destroy" or "to use up." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kumwa" also means "to drink" in Nyanja (Chichewa). |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "مصرف" also translates to "expenditure", emphasizing not just the act of consuming but also its associated monetary expenses. |
| Persian | In Arabic, مصرف also means 'to send', 'to spend' and in Ottoman Turkish it referred to a 'public office'. |
| Polish | The word "konsumpcja" derived from the Latin "consumptio" and also means "wasting" or "destruction". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Consumo" is also used in Portuguese to refer the act of consuming something, as in "consumo de alimentos" (consumption of food). |
| Punjabi | In addition to its medical meaning, the Punjabi word 'ਖਪਤ' (consumption) has several other meanings, including 'spending' and 'destruction'. |
| Romanian | Besides the medical sense, in Romanian "consum" can also refer to a product or object's use, expenditure, or the act of completing something. |
| Russian | In Russian, "потребление" can have the additional meanings of "consumption" and "demand". |
| Samoan | The word fa'aaogaina is also used to describe the physical process by which someone or something is consumed. |
| Scots Gaelic | The verb form can also mean 'to spend' (of time or money). |
| Serbian | In Serbian, the word "потрошња" can also mean "waste" or "spending". |
| Sesotho | The word "tshebediso" can also refer to the act of using or consuming something, or to the state of being consumed or used up. |
| Shona | Shona "kunwa" can also mean "drinking" or "smoking," reflecting the association between consumption and substance use. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, the word "පරිභෝජනය" also carries connotations of use or utilization, akin to its English counterpart "consumption." |
| Slovak | The word "spotreba" is derived from "spotrebovať" meaning "to use up" and also refers to "demand" or "usage". |
| Slovenian | The word "poraba" can also mean "usage" or "utilization" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word "cunid" also means "disposal" or "disappearance" in Somali. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "consumo" ultimately derives from the Latin "consumere," meaning "to use up" or "to destroy. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "konsumsi" (consumption) is also used to refer to a party, similar to the English word "reception". |
| Swahili | In Swahili, the word "matumizi" can also mean "usage," "employ," or "apply." |
| Swedish | "Konsumtion" can mean either "consumption" or "consumerism" in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, "pagkonsumo" also refers to the process of using a product or service. |
| Tajik | ИСТЪМОЛ means to drink something or to use some electricity (or other resources) |
| Tamil | The Tamil word **நுகர்வு** (consumption) also means "enjoyment" and "experience." |
| Telugu | In Telugu, "వినియోగం" (consumption) can also refer to the concept of "expenditure" or "utilization". |
| Thai | In addition to consumption, 'การบริโภค' also refers to consumption of resources, ideas, etc. |
| Turkish | The word "tüketim" in Turkish also refers to the act of using or spending something, such as energy or resources. |
| Ukrainian | The word "споживання" in Ukrainian can also refer to the process of using or depleting a resource. |
| Urdu | Urdu 'کھپت' means consumption, while the alternate Sanskrit origin 'क्षपण' means destruction. |
| Uzbek | "Iste'mol" also means "to use" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Tiêu dùng" (consumption) also refers to the act of "spending money" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | Defnydd can also mean 'use', 'consumption', 'expenditure', 'usage', or 'application'. |
| Xhosa | The word "ukusetyenziswa" in Xhosa has additional meanings such as "employment" and "consumption." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "קאָנסאַמשאַן" (consumption) can also refer to "tuberculosis" |
| Yoruba | Agbara's homonym means strength or power |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "ukusetshenziswa" literally means "to be made to work" and can also refer to the act of using something up, such as consuming resources or time. |
| English | The word 'consumption' originally referred to the act of consuming, but now also refers to the disease tuberculosis. |