Cook in Different Languages
Discover 'Cook' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Cook
Afrikaans kok | ||
Albanian gatuaj | ||
Amharic ምግብ ማብሰል | ||
Arabic يطبخ | ||
Armenian խոհարար | ||
Assamese ৰন্ধা | ||
Aymara phayaña | ||
Azerbaijani aşpaz | ||
Bambara ka tobili kɛ | ||
Basque sukaldari | ||
Belarusian варыць | ||
Bengali রান্না করুন | ||
Bhojpuri खाना बनावल | ||
Bosnian kuhati | ||
Bulgarian готвач | ||
Catalan cuinar | ||
Cebuano magluto | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 厨师 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 廚師 | ||
Corsican coce | ||
Croatian kuhati | ||
Czech kuchař | ||
Danish laver mad | ||
Dhivehi ކެއްކުން | ||
Dogri रसोइया | ||
Dutch koken | ||
English cook | ||
Esperanto kuiri | ||
Estonian kokk | ||
Ewe ɖa ŋu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) magluto | ||
Finnish kokki | ||
French cuisinier | ||
Frisian kok | ||
Galician cociñar | ||
Georgian მზარეული | ||
German koch | ||
Greek μάγειρας | ||
Guarani tembi'u'apo | ||
Gujarati રસોઇ | ||
Haitian Creole kwit manje | ||
Hausa dafa | ||
Hawaiian kuke | ||
Hebrew לְבַשֵׁל | ||
Hindi रसोइया | ||
Hmong ua noj | ||
Hungarian szakács | ||
Icelandic elda | ||
Igbo esi nri | ||
Ilocano agluto | ||
Indonesian memasak | ||
Irish cócaráil | ||
Italian cucinare | ||
Japanese クック | ||
Javanese masak | ||
Kannada ಅಡುಗೆ | ||
Kazakh аспаз | ||
Khmer ចំអិន | ||
Kinyarwanda guteka | ||
Konkani रांदपी | ||
Korean 쿡 | ||
Krio kuk | ||
Kurdish aşbaz | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) چێشت لێنان | ||
Kyrgyz ашпозчу | ||
Lao ແຕ່ງກິນ | ||
Latin coquus | ||
Latvian pavārs | ||
Lingala kolamba | ||
Lithuanian virėjas | ||
Luganda okufumba | ||
Luxembourgish kachen | ||
Macedonian готви | ||
Maithili खाना बनाउ | ||
Malagasy mahandro | ||
Malay tukang masak | ||
Malayalam വേവിക്കുക | ||
Maltese kok | ||
Maori tunu | ||
Marathi कूक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯣꯡꯕ | ||
Mizo chhum | ||
Mongolian хоол хийх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ချက်ပြုတ် | ||
Nepali पकाउनु | ||
Norwegian kokk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuphika | ||
Odia (Oriya) ରାନ୍ଧ | | ||
Oromo bilcheessuu | ||
Pashto پخلی | ||
Persian پختن | ||
Polish gotować | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) cozinhar | ||
Punjabi ਪਕਾਉ | ||
Quechua yanuy | ||
Romanian bucătar | ||
Russian готовить | ||
Samoan kuka | ||
Sanskrit पचति | ||
Scots Gaelic bruich | ||
Sepedi apea | ||
Serbian куварица | ||
Sesotho pheha | ||
Shona kubika | ||
Sindhi پچائڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) උයන්න | ||
Slovak uvariť | ||
Slovenian kuhati | ||
Somali kariyo | ||
Spanish cocinar | ||
Sundanese masak | ||
Swahili kupika | ||
Swedish kock | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) magluto | ||
Tajik пухтан | ||
Tamil சமைக்கவும் | ||
Tatar пешерегез | ||
Telugu ఉడికించాలి | ||
Thai ปรุงอาหาร | ||
Tigrinya ሰራሒ ፀብሒ | ||
Tsonga sweka | ||
Turkish pişirmek | ||
Turkmen bişiriň | ||
Twi (Akan) noa | ||
Ukrainian кухар | ||
Urdu کھانا پکانا | ||
Uyghur پىشۇر | ||
Uzbek pishirish | ||
Vietnamese nấu ăn | ||
Welsh coginio | ||
Xhosa umpheki | ||
Yiddish קאָכן | ||
Yoruba sise | ||
Zulu pheka |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "kok" can also refer to a type of plant found in the Karoo region of South Africa. |
| Albanian | "Gatuaj" can also mean "cooking pan" or "stove" in Albanian. |
| Arabic | "يطبخ" is thought to be related to the word "طبخ " but it can also mean to do or perform something, such as an experiment. |
| Armenian | "Խոհարար" can also refer to a person who invents or concocts something, particularly something complex or intricate. |
| Azerbaijani | The word “aşpaz” may also refer to "chef", "cook-room" or "kitchen assistant". |
| Basque | The Basque word "sukaldari" is derived from the verb "sukaldu" ("to cook"), adding the suffix "-ari" (meaning "the one who") to indicate the performer of the action. |
| Belarusian | "Варыць" has alternate meanings in Belarusian, such as "to brew". |
| Bengali | The word "রান্না করুন" is derived from the Sanskrit root "pāk," which means "to heat" or "to ripen." |
| Bosnian | The word "kuhati" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*kuchati", meaning "to blow" or "to puff up". |
| Bulgarian | The word "готвач" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*goťva" meaning "food preparation". |
| Catalan | "Cuinar" is derived from the Latin word "coquere," which also means "to cook" or "to burn." |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "magluto" also means "to prepare" or "to assemble". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "厨师 is also called 大厨 (dàchú)." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 廚師 originates from the Chu state during the Spring and Autumn period of China, and now refers to a person who cooks for a living. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "coce" can also refer to a "pot" or "cauldron" in addition to its primary meaning of "cook." |
| Croatian | The word "kuhati" also means "to brew" in Croatian. |
| Czech | The word "kuchař" is derived from the Old Czech word "kuchati," which means "to prepare food." |
| Danish | Laver mad literally translates to "make worms" because before the 19th century, worms were added to most dishes to enhance the taste. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word for "cook" (koken) is related to the English word "kitchen". |
| Esperanto | Kŭiri (to cook) comes from the French word "cuire". |
| Estonian | The word "kokk" is derived from the Proto-Germanic word "kokaz", meaning "a cauldron". |
| Finnish | The word 'kokki' likely comes from Swedish 'kock' or Estonian 'kokk', or from Proto-Germanic word '*kokaz' meaning 'cook' or 'oven'. |
| French | The term 'cuisinier' in French also refers to a specialized cook who prepares fine dishes, akin to a 'chef de cuisine' or 'master chef'. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "kok" not only means "cook" but also "male duck". |
| Galician | The word "cociñar" in Galician also means "to prepare food". |
| Georgian | მზარეული derives from the Persian "māzar", meaning a caretaker, thus a person responsible for preparing food. |
| German | The word "Koch" in German can also refer to a male cook or a species of cabbage. |
| Greek | "Μάγειρας", ultimately meaning "cook", also meant "magician" in ancient Greek, owing to the complex and mysterious process of early Greek cuisine |
| Gujarati | The word "રસોઇ" in Gujarati also means "cooking", "cuisine", "culinary art", and "kitchen". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "kwit manje" can also refer to the process of preparing a meal. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "dafa" also has the alternate meaning of "to prepare food for someone". |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, the word "kuke" can also refer to medicine or to an oven, as the preparation and application of medicine and the process of cooking shared many similarities. |
| Hebrew | לבשל derives from the Aramaic verb ܒܸܫܹܠ (besel) denoting a process rather than cooking in particular like בישול |
| Hindi | 'रसोइया' derives from 'रस' meaning 'juice', implying a culinary expert in extracting flavors. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "ua noj" is related to the word for "smoke" and originally meant to "smoke meat over a fire" |
| Hungarian | The word "szakács" originates from the Turkish word "aşçı" and also means "chef". |
| Icelandic | The word "elda" can also refer to "hearth" in Old Norse. |
| Igbo | While the word "esi nri" literally means "cook", it also signifies the person who serves food. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "memasak" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word "*maSaq", which means "to roast". |
| Irish | The word "cócaráil" can also refer to the act of preparing food or to a person who cooks. |
| Italian | In Venetian, "cucinare" also means "to prepare food with water" |
| Japanese | The word "クック" can also be used to describe the process of cooking or preparing food. |
| Javanese | "Masak" in Javanese shares cognates with "mash" in English, likely due to the Proto-Austronesian word "*ma-saq" which means "to rub" or "to mix." |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಅಡುಗೆ" (cook) is derived from the Proto-Dravidian root *aṭu-, meaning "to grind" or "to pound". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "аспаз" is derived from the Persian word "āshpaz" and can also mean "chef" or "kitchen employee". |
| Khmer | "ចំអិន" (cook) is derived from the Sanskrit word "cam" (to eat), which is also the origin of the English word "consume" |
| Korean | Originally meant "to boil," the word "쿡" also refers to the act of steaming or stewing on top of a pot. |
| Kurdish | The word "aşbaz" in Kurdish may also refer to a "chief cook" or a "physician". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "ашпозчу" in Kyrgyz is borrowed from the Persian word "آشپز" (āšpaz), which itself is derived from the Proto-Indo-Iranian word *h₂eḱs-potis (**h₂eḱs** - "to cook" + **-potis** - "lord, master"), meaning "lord of cooking." |
| Latin | In Roman culture, "coquus" referred to a lower-class slave responsible for kitchen duties, distinct from the higher-status "cisiarius" who served prepared dishes. |
| Latvian | The word "pavārs" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*peḱ-," meaning "to cook" or "to ripen". |
| Lithuanian | "Virėjas" is derived from the Lithuanian word "virti", meaning "to boil". |
| Luxembourgish | The verb "kachen" is derived from the Middle High German word "kochen", meaning "to cook", and is related to the Old English word "cocian", meaning "to cook". |
| Macedonian | The word "готви" can also mean "to prepare" or "to make ready" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word 'mahandro' derives from the Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian root *paŋað 'eat'. |
| Malay | "Tukang masak" also means "masseur" in Indonesian due to the shared word root "urut" meaning "to massage or rub". |
| Malayalam | The word 'വേവിക്കുക' in Malayalam is also used to refer to the act of softening or mellowing something, such as feelings or attitudes. |
| Maltese | The word "kok" also has the alternate meaning of "fool" in Maltese. |
| Maori | The word "tunu" in Maori can also mean "to burn" or "to light". |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'कूक' ('cook') shares the same Indo-Aryan root as 'कुक्कुट' ('rooster') and 'कुक्कुटाव' ('crow'), suggesting an etymological connection to the sounds made by birds. |
| Mongolian | "Хоол хийх" also means "to manage", and this sense is derived from the fact that those who cook tend to be the ones who manage the household in Mongolian culture. |
| Nepali | In Nepali, the word "पकाउनु" also means "to digest" or "to ripen". |
| Norwegian | The word "kokk" in Norwegian can also refer to a male chef, while a female chef is typically referred to as a "kokkinne". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kuphika" in Nyanja (Chichewa) is derived from the Proto-Bantu word "-pʰika" and also means "to bake". |
| Pashto | The word "پخلی" in Pashto, meaning "cook," is derived from the verb "پخلول," which means "to cook" or "to make mature". |
| Persian | "پختن" originally meant "to ripen, to mature" and is still used in this sense, especially in reference to fruit, in addition to its primary meaning of "to cook." |
| Polish | The Polish word for "to boil" is "gotować", and this same word may also refer to cooking in general |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The verb "cozinhar" comes from the Latin word "coquere" and also means "to ripen" or "to digest" in Portuguese. |
| Punjabi | It derives from the Sanskrit word पक्व (pakva) meaning "to ripen" and shares a root with "pucca", meaning "mature" or "ready." |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "bucătar" is derived from the Slavic word "bukatari", which means "to bake". |
| Russian | "Готовить" in Russian also means "to prepare" and "to make ready". |
| Samoan | In Samoan, “kuka” also refers to a traditional style of cooking in an earth oven. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'bruich' shares its origin with the Old Irish word 'bruig', meaning 'a dwelling place or house' |
| Serbian | The word 'куварица' is derived from the Old Serbian word 'кувор', meaning 'to boil' |
| Sesotho | The word 'pheha' also means 'to heat up' or 'to roast' in Sesotho. |
| Shona | "Kubika" is derived from the Proto-Bantu verb "-pika" meaning "to roast" or "to cook over an open fire". |
| Sindhi | The word "پچائڻ" also means "to digest" or "to be digested" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "උයන්න" (cook) is derived from the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *pāk- "to cook, bake, roast". |
| Slovak | The word "uvariť" also means "to brew" or "to boil". |
| Slovenian | The word "kuhati" in Slovenian also means "to forge" or "to weld" |
| Somali | The verb "kariyo" in Somali is derived from the Proto-Somali root "*kar-", meaning "to burn" or "to roast". |
| Spanish | "Cocinar" in Spanish derives from the Latin "coquinare", meaning "to cook" or "to do things in the kitchen". |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "masak" also means "to heat up" or "to boil". |
| Swahili | The word "kupika" can also be used to mean "to ripen", "to be cooked", or "to be ripe". |
| Swedish | The word "kock" originally referred to a kitchen assistant or errand boy, and has been used in the sense of "cook" since the 18th century. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word 'magluto' can also refer to the act of preparing food, as well as the process of cooking food. |
| Tajik | The word "пухтан" can also refer to a cooking pot or a kitchen in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The word "சமைக்கவும்" can also mean to prepare or make something, such as a plan or a speech. |
| Thai | In some contexts, `ปรุงอาหาร` can also carry the meaning of `season` or `make more palatable, savory, sweet, etc.` |
| Turkish | The word 'pişirmek' in Turkish, meaning 'to cook', can also refer to the process of 'baking', 'frying', or 'grilling'. |
| Ukrainian | The word "кухар" in Ukrainian also means "chef" and originates from the ancient root "kukh", meaning "to cook". |
| Urdu | کھانا پکانا is derived from the Sanskrit word 'pak(v)', which means 'to prepare food'. It can also mean 'to mature or ripen'. |
| Uzbek | The word "pishirish" in Uzbek is derived from the Persian word "pazīdan" meaning "to keep", "to care for", and "to cook". |
| Vietnamese | "Nấu ăn" comes from the Vietnamese words "nấu" (to boil) and "ăn" (to eat). |
| Welsh | The word "coginio" has been used to refer to a "male cook" as opposed to the more common "cogydd" which is gender-neutral. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word 'umpheki' also refers to a person who gathers and prepares medicinal herbs. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "קאָכן" also means "to boil" or "to simmer" and originates from the German word "kochen." |
| Yoruba | In the Ijebu dialect of Yoruba, "sise" also means "to farm." |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "pheka" also means "to cause to happen" or "to make something come into existence." |
| English | The word 'cook' can also mean a person who prepares food or a dish prepared by a cook. |