Contact in Different Languages
Discover 'Contact' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Contact
Afrikaans kontak | ||
Albanian kontaktoni | ||
Amharic ዕውቂያ | ||
Arabic اتصل | ||
Armenian կապ | ||
Assamese যোগাযোগ কৰক | ||
Aymara kuntaktu | ||
Azerbaijani əlaqə | ||
Bambara ka wele | ||
Basque harremanetarako | ||
Belarusian кантакт | ||
Bengali যোগাযোগ | ||
Bhojpuri संपर्क | ||
Bosnian kontakt | ||
Bulgarian контакт | ||
Catalan contacte | ||
Cebuano kontak | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 联系 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 聯繫 | ||
Corsican cuntattu | ||
Croatian kontakt | ||
Czech kontakt | ||
Danish kontakt | ||
Dhivehi ކޮންޓެކްޓް | ||
Dogri राबता | ||
Dutch contact | ||
English contact | ||
Esperanto kontakto | ||
Estonian kontakt | ||
Ewe kadodo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) contact | ||
Finnish ottaa yhteyttä | ||
French contact | ||
Frisian kontakt | ||
Galician contacto | ||
Georgian კონტაქტი | ||
German kontakt | ||
Greek επικοινωνία | ||
Guarani jekuaaverã | ||
Gujarati સંપર્ક | ||
Haitian Creole kontakte | ||
Hausa lamba | ||
Hawaiian kāhea | ||
Hebrew איש קשר | ||
Hindi संपर्क करें | ||
Hmong sib cuag | ||
Hungarian kapcsolatba lépni | ||
Icelandic samband | ||
Igbo kọntaktị | ||
Ilocano kontaken | ||
Indonesian kontak | ||
Irish déan teagmháil | ||
Italian contatto | ||
Japanese 連絡先 | ||
Javanese kontak | ||
Kannada ಸಂಪರ್ಕ | ||
Kazakh байланыс | ||
Khmer ទំនាក់ទំនង | ||
Kinyarwanda kuvugana | ||
Konkani संपर्क | ||
Korean 접촉 | ||
Krio kɔl | ||
Kurdish têkelî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پەیوەندی | ||
Kyrgyz байланыш | ||
Lao ຕິດຕໍ່ | ||
Latin contactu | ||
Latvian kontakts | ||
Lingala kokutana | ||
Lithuanian kontaktas | ||
Luganda okutuukirira | ||
Luxembourgish kontaktéieren | ||
Macedonian контакт | ||
Maithili संपर्क करनाइ | ||
Malagasy fifandraisana | ||
Malay kenalan | ||
Malayalam കോൺടാക്റ്റ് | ||
Maltese kuntatt | ||
Maori whakapā | ||
Marathi संपर्क | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯥꯎ ꯐꯥꯎꯕ | ||
Mizo inbepawp | ||
Mongolian холбоо барих | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဆက်သွယ်ရန် | ||
Nepali सम्पर्क | ||
Norwegian ta kontakt med | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kukhudzana | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଯୋଗାଯୋଗ କରନ୍ତୁ | | ||
Oromo quunnamuu | ||
Pashto اړیکه | ||
Persian مخاطب | ||
Polish kontakt | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) contato | ||
Punjabi ਸੰਪਰਕ | ||
Quechua tupaqmasi | ||
Romanian a lua legatura | ||
Russian контакт | ||
Samoan faʻafesoʻotaʻi | ||
Sanskrit संपर्कः | ||
Scots Gaelic cuir fios gu | ||
Sepedi kgokaganyo | ||
Serbian контакт | ||
Sesotho ikopanye | ||
Shona kuonana | ||
Sindhi رابطو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අමතන්න | ||
Slovak kontakt | ||
Slovenian stik | ||
Somali xiriir | ||
Spanish contacto | ||
Sundanese kontak | ||
Swahili wasiliana | ||
Swedish kontakt | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) makipag-ugnay | ||
Tajik тамос | ||
Tamil தொடர்பு | ||
Tatar контакт | ||
Telugu పరిచయం | ||
Thai ติดต่อ | ||
Tigrinya መርከቢ | ||
Tsonga hlanganisa | ||
Turkish i̇letişim | ||
Turkmen habarlaşyň | ||
Twi (Akan) di nkutaho | ||
Ukrainian контакт | ||
Urdu رابطہ | ||
Uyghur ئالاقىلىشىڭ | ||
Uzbek aloqa | ||
Vietnamese tiếp xúc | ||
Welsh cyswllt | ||
Xhosa uqhakamshelwano | ||
Yiddish קאָנטאַקט | ||
Yoruba olubasọrọ | ||
Zulu oxhumana naye |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "Kontak" is derived from the Dutch word "Contact", which in turn is derived from the French word "Contact" and the Latin word "Contactus" (meaning touch). It can refer to physical contact or communication. |
| Albanian | The Albanian words "kontakt" (noun, meaning contact, connection, junction, relation) and "kontaktoj" ( verb meaning 'to come in proximity' ,'to come in to contact', to establish a bond with,to meet) originate form Latin word connectere (to tie) and French contacter |
| Amharic | "ዕውቂያ" comes from the root "ዕውቅ" (to know), meaning someone you are acquainted with. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "اتصل" can also mean "to communicate" or "to get in touch with someone". |
| Armenian | The Armenian word 'Կապ' is also used in chemistry and engineering to describe a joint, knot, or connection. |
| Azerbaijani | In Turkish and Azeri, the verb |
| Basque | The word for 'contact' in Basque, 'harremanetarako', is literally translated to 'for having a relationship with' |
| Belarusian | The word "кантакт" comes from the Latin word "contactus" which means "touch, connection". It can also be used to refer to a person or organization with whom one has regular communication. |
| Bosnian | From Middle High German 'kontakt,' meaning 'meeting,' 'connection,' from Late Latin 'contactus' ('touch,' 'connection') and from Latin 'contangere' ('to touch') |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "контакт" can also refer to an acquaintance or connection between people. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word ''contacte'' ('contact') is a borrowing from French with the same meaning and an alternate sense 'short circuit' in electricity. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word 'kontak' is used both as a noun to refer to a person or thing, and as a verb to mean 'to touch' or 'to come into contact with'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese character "联系" (liánxì) is composed of "糸" (sì), meaning "thread; connection," and "连" (lián), meaning "to join; to connect," indicating its original sense of "to link or connect together." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 聯繫 is also used in the sense of "to contact" or "to connect". |
| Corsican | The word "cuntattu" in Corsican can also refer to a person's associates or connections. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, the word "kontakt" can also mean "connection", "plug", or "touching point". |
| Czech | In Czech, "kontakt" can also be a noun that specifically refers to eyeglasses. |
| Danish | From Middle Low German and ultimately from Latin: contingere to happen, befall or touch upon; the term can also be used figuratively to mean someone who is sociable. |
| Dutch | De uitdrukking “het contact opnemen” is in het Nederlands een germanisme, afgeleid van het Duitse “Kontakt aufnehmen”. |
| Esperanto | Esperanto 'kontakto' can alternatively mean 'socket', 'plug', or 'switch'. |
| Estonian | The word "kontakt" in Estonian also refers to a "connection" (social, electrical, or logical) or a "connector" (electrical or mechanical). |
| Finnish | The word "ottaa yhteyttä" literally means "to take contact" in Finnish, emphasizing the active role of the speaker in initiating communication. |
| French | The word "contact" comes from the Latin "contactus," meaning "touch" or "connection." |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "Kontakt" also refers to a type of fishing net used in shallow waters. |
| Galician | In Galician, "contacto" also means "switch". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word კონტაქტი ('contact') comes from the Latin verb 'contractare' ('to contract') and is related to the English words 'contract' and 'contractor'. |
| German | German word of French origin 'Kontakt' can also mean the action of connecting with a high-voltage electrical outlet. |
| Greek | Επικοινωνία has a secondary meaning of a person who has made contact with supernatural, spiritual, or alien powers. |
| Gujarati | The word "સંપર્ક" also means "relationship" or "connection" in Gujarati |
| Haitian Creole | The word "kontakte" in Haitian Creole also means "to communicate" or "to have a conversation". |
| Hausa | The word "lamba" in Hausa also means "to touch" or "to feel". |
| Hawaiian | "Kāhea" can also mean "to call out, to invite, to summon, or to hail." |
| Hebrew | Hebrew "איש קשר" initially meant "a person that connects" and later gained the extended meaning of "contact" as a communication method. |
| Hindi | The word 'संपर्क करें' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'संपर्क' (samparka), which means 'connection' or 'communication'. In Sanskrit, the prefix 'सम्' (sam) means 'together' or 'with', and the root 'प्रक्' (prak) means 'to extend' or 'to reach out'. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "sib cuag" has the alternate meaning of "to come together or be united". |
| Hungarian | "Kapcsolatba lépni" comes from the Hungarian word for relationship ("kapcsolat") and the verb "lépni" (to step). |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "samband" can refer to a connection, relationship, or bond between people or things. |
| Igbo | Kọntaktị also means "an acquaintance" or "person one knows" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "kontak" can also mean "an electrical point of connection" |
| Italian | In Italian, "contatto" can also mean "connection" or "relationship". |
| Japanese | "連絡先" (contact) comes from the verb "連絡する" (to contact), which in turn comes from the nouns "連" (connection) and "絡" (entanglement). |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "kontak" also shares the same etymology as the English word "contact", both coming from the Latin "contingere" meaning "to touch". |
| Kannada | "ಸಂಪರ್ಕ" can also refer to a "connection" in a metaphorical sense, such as a connection between people or ideas. |
| Kazakh | "Байланыс" also means "connection", "relationship", "communication", and "correspondence" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | This word can also be used in a business context, where it means a connection or relationship between two companies. |
| Korean | "접촉" is borrowed from French "contact" (16c) and originally meant "mutual touch or impact". |
| Kurdish | The word "têkelî" can also refer to a "connection" or "bond" between people or things. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "байланыш" also means "connection" or "communication" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | The Lao word "ຕິດຕໍ່" is likely derived from the Thai word "ติดต่อ" which means "to be in contact with" or "to communicate with". |
| Latin | Contactu, in Latin, is a noun meaning both "contact" and "seizure of a person or property". |
| Latvian | The word "kontakts" in Latvian derives from the German word "Kontakt" which means "connection" or "touch". |
| Lithuanian | The word “kontaktas” in Lithuanian comes from German “Kontakt” and is also related to the French “contact”. |
| Luxembourgish | The verb "kontaktéieren" is also used in Luxembourgish to refer to the process of making a social connection or establishing a relationship with someone. |
| Macedonian | "Контакт" derives from the French word "contacter" (to touch), meaning not only physical contact but also communication or interaction. |
| Malagasy | The word "fifandraisana" in Malagasy can also mean "communication" or "relationship". |
| Malay | The word "kenalan" in Malay can also mean "an acquaintance" or "a connection". |
| Malayalam | The word 'കോൺടാക്റ്റ്' in Malayalam is derived from the English word 'contact', meaning connection or interaction. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word 'kuntatt' shares a root with words like 'contaminate' and 'contagion'. |
| Maori | The term can refer to both physical contact and the act of communicating. |
| Marathi | The word 'संपर्क' ('contact') is derived from the Sanskrit word 'संस्पर्श' ('touch') and also refers to a connection or association. |
| Mongolian | The word "холбоо барих" can also mean "to connect" or "to establish a connection". |
| Nepali | The word "सम्पर्क" derives from Sanskrit and literally means "union" or "proximity". |
| Norwegian | “Ta kontakt med” comes from two Old Norse words meaning “take a grasp of”, hence the meaning “to get into contact with someone”. There is an alternate phrase for the same meaning which uses only a single word: “kontakte”. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'kukhudzana' can also mean 'to exchange greetings'. |
| Pashto | The word "اړیکه" also means "connection" and "relation" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The Persian word "مخاطب" also means "audience" or "addressee" in Arabic and refers to the person whom a message or communication is intended for. |
| Polish | The word "kontakt" in Polish can also mean "connector" or "plug". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "contato" has the alternate meaning of "electrical contact" in Brazilian Portuguese. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸੰਪਰਕ" (samprak) in Punjabi has roots in Sanskrit and means "to come together, join, or connect". |
| Romanian | The word "a lua legatura" in Romanian also means "to make contact" or "to get in touch". |
| Russian | In Russian, like in English, "контакт" can also mean a connection made between individuals, groups, or organizations. |
| Samoan | The word "faʻafesoʻotaʻi" can also mean "to join together" or "to connect" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "cuir fios gu" can also mean "inform" or "let someone know" |
| Serbian | "Контакт" also means 'short circuit', or a sudden interruption in an electric circuit. |
| Sesotho | The word 'ikopanye' in Sesotho also means 'to touch,' 'to collide,' or 'to bump into.' |
| Shona | In Shona, the word "kuonana" not only means "contact" but also "greeting" or "introduction." |
| Sindhi | The word "رابطو" derives from the Arabic word "ربط" which means to tie or connect. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, "අමතන්න" can also mean "to summon" or "to appoint" and is derived from the Sanskrit word "आमंत्रण" (āmantrana) meaning "invitation". |
| Slovak | In Slovak, "kontakt" can also refer to a person who connects people or serves as a mediator. |
| Slovenian | The word "stik" also refers to the point of connection between two objects. |
| Somali | Contact is borrowed from French contacter meaning to "get in touch by sending a message or communication" |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "contacto" derives from the Latin "contactus," meaning "touching" or "connection." |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "kontak" can also refer to a person's network or social circle. |
| Swahili | The word "wasiliana" also has an alternate meaning of "interaction" |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "kontakt" derives from the French word "contact", meaning "touch" or "connection". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | It is a derivative of the Spanish word "comunicar", so it can also mean "communicate" or "share information". |
| Tajik | In Tajik, "taмос" comes from the Russian "тамос", which means "there" or "over there." |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'தொடர்பு' ('totarpu') derives from the root 'தொடு' ('totu'), meaning 'to touch', conveying a sense of physical or non-physical connection. |
| Telugu | The word "పరిచయం" can also mean "introduction" or "acquaintance". |
| Thai | The word ติดต่อ has alternate meanings including "communicate". |
| Turkish | "İletişim" in Turkish can also refer to telecommunication or the science or art of transmitting information. |
| Ukrainian | In the Ukrainian language, the word "контакт" has multiple meanings, including connection, encounter, and touch. |
| Urdu | The word رابطہ "contact" in Urdu can also mean a "connection" or "relationship" in a broader sense. |
| Uzbek | The word "aloqa" has Arabic roots and can also refer to "communication" or "connection." |
| Vietnamese | The word "tiếp xúc" derives from the Chinese "接觸", and also carries meanings of "connect" or "touch". |
| Welsh | Welsh 'cyswllt' also refers to a link or connection and can be used in the context of genealogy. |
| Xhosa | The word "uqhakamshelwano" in Xhosa can also mean "conversation" or "discussion" |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "קאָנטאַקט" can also mean "acquaintance" or "relationship". |
| Yoruba | Contact is referred to as "olubasọrọ" in Yoruba, meaning "one who has the ability to speak for others". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word “oxhumana naye” can mean “to have a relationship with” or “to communicate with”. |
| English | The word 'contact' stems from the Latin 'contingere', meaning 'to touch or meet'. |