Count in Different Languages
Discover 'Count' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Count
Afrikaans tel | ||
Albanian numëroj | ||
Amharic ቆጠራ | ||
Arabic العد | ||
Armenian հաշվել | ||
Assamese হিচাপ কৰা | ||
Aymara jakhuña | ||
Azerbaijani saymaq | ||
Bambara ka jate | ||
Basque zenbatu | ||
Belarusian лічыць | ||
Bengali গণনা | ||
Bhojpuri गिनती | ||
Bosnian count | ||
Bulgarian броя | ||
Catalan comptar | ||
Cebuano ihap | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 计数 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 計數 | ||
Corsican cuntà | ||
Croatian računati | ||
Czech počet | ||
Danish tælle | ||
Dhivehi ގުނުން | ||
Dogri गिनना | ||
Dutch tellen | ||
English count | ||
Esperanto kalkuli | ||
Estonian loendama | ||
Ewe xlẽ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) bilangin | ||
Finnish kreivi | ||
French compter | ||
Frisian telle | ||
Galician contar | ||
Georgian ითვლიან | ||
German anzahl | ||
Greek μετρώ | ||
Guarani jepapa | ||
Gujarati ગણતરી | ||
Haitian Creole konte | ||
Hausa ƙidaya | ||
Hawaiian helu | ||
Hebrew לספור | ||
Hindi गिनती | ||
Hmong suav | ||
Hungarian számol | ||
Icelandic telja | ||
Igbo gụọ | ||
Ilocano bilangen | ||
Indonesian menghitung | ||
Irish comhaireamh | ||
Italian contare | ||
Japanese カウント | ||
Javanese ngetung | ||
Kannada ಎಣಿಕೆ | ||
Kazakh санау | ||
Khmer រាប់ | ||
Kinyarwanda kubara | ||
Konkani मेजणी | ||
Korean 카운트 | ||
Krio kɔnt | ||
Kurdish jimartin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) گێرانەوە | ||
Kyrgyz эсептөө | ||
Lao ນັບ | ||
Latin numerare | ||
Latvian skaitīt | ||
Lingala kotanga | ||
Lithuanian suskaičiuoti | ||
Luganda okubala | ||
Luxembourgish zielen | ||
Macedonian брои | ||
Maithili गिनती | ||
Malagasy manisa | ||
Malay mengira | ||
Malayalam എണ്ണം | ||
Maltese għadd | ||
Maori tatau | ||
Marathi मोजा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯁꯤꯡ ꯊꯤꯕ | ||
Mizo chhiar | ||
Mongolian тоолох | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ရေတွက် | ||
Nepali गणना | ||
Norwegian telle | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuwerenga | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଗଣନା | ||
Oromo lakkaa'uu | ||
Pashto شمېرنه | ||
Persian شمردن | ||
Polish liczyć | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) contagem | ||
Punjabi ਗਿਣਤੀ | ||
Quechua yupay | ||
Romanian numara | ||
Russian считать | ||
Samoan faitau | ||
Sanskrit गणनां कारोतु | ||
Scots Gaelic cunnt | ||
Sepedi bala | ||
Serbian рачунати | ||
Sesotho bala | ||
Shona kuverenga | ||
Sindhi ڳڻپ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ගණන් කරන්න | ||
Slovak počítať | ||
Slovenian štetje | ||
Somali tirinta | ||
Spanish contar | ||
Sundanese ngitung | ||
Swahili hesabu | ||
Swedish räkna | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) bilangin | ||
Tajik ҳисоб кардан | ||
Tamil எண்ணிக்கை | ||
Tatar санагыз | ||
Telugu లెక్కింపు | ||
Thai นับ | ||
Tigrinya ቁፀር | ||
Tsonga hlayela | ||
Turkish miktar | ||
Turkmen hasapla | ||
Twi (Akan) kan | ||
Ukrainian рахувати | ||
Urdu شمار | ||
Uyghur count | ||
Uzbek hisoblash | ||
Vietnamese đếm | ||
Welsh cyfrif | ||
Xhosa ukubala | ||
Yiddish רעכענען | ||
Yoruba ka | ||
Zulu bala |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "tel" derives from the Dutch word "tellen", meaning "count", although it also retains its original meaning of "tell" or "speak" in certain contexts. |
| Albanian | "Numëroj" in Albanian is ultimately derived from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to measure, take". |
| Amharic | ቆጠራ in Amharic, may also refer to the act of "estimation" or a particular "set" or "measurement." |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "العد" (count) also refers to a type of traditional Arab singing style. |
| Armenian | The word "հաշվել" can also mean "to consider" or "to think about" in Armenian. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "saymaq" in Azerbaijani also means "speak" or "mention" in Turkish and Turkic languages. |
| Basque | The Basque word "zenbatu" also means "to tell" or "to narrate a story". |
| Belarusian | In Belarusian, the word |
| Bengali | গণনা (count) can also refer to calculation or computation, and the act of telling a story. |
| Bosnian | The word "count" (grof) in Bosnian can also refer to a type of bread or a unit of gunpowder. |
| Bulgarian | The word "броя" in Bulgarian originated from the Old Slavic word "brati", which means "take" or "gather". In some contexts, it can also refer to the process of counting or measuring. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "comptar" can also mean "to pay" or "to collect." |
| Cebuano | The Tagalog word 'ihap' and the Spanish words 'cuenta' and 'contar' have common Sanskrit origin, 'gan' which means to calculate. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 计数 (jiùshù) can also refer to the number of things that are being talked about in a sentence. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 計數 can also mean 'calculate' or 'plan' in Chinese (Traditional). |
| Croatian | In addition to mean "count," "računati" also means "plan" or "calculate" in modern Croatian. |
| Czech | The word "počet" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root "*po" (meaning "after") and the noun "čęsti" (meaning "part"), thus literally meaning "a number of parts". |
| Danish | The Danish word "tælle" derives from the Proto-Germanic "telljan", meaning "to tell" or "to count." |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "tellen" (to count) also means "to tell" and is derived from the Proto-Germanic *taljaną, meaning "to relate". |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, "kalkuli" not only means "count," but also "calculate" and "make a decision." |
| Estonian | In addition to its primary meaning, "loendama" can also mean to list or enumerate items, or to read out loud. |
| Finnish | "Kreivi" derives from the Scandinavian word "greve", ultimately originating from the Frankish "graaf" meaning "scribe". |
| French | The French verb "compter" comes from the Latin word "computare", which means "to calculate". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "telle" also means "to narrate" or "to count votes". |
| Galician | In Galician, "contar" can also mean "to tell" or "to narrate", and is related to the Spanish word "contar" meaning "to account for". |
| German | The word "Anzahl" can mean either "count" or "number" in German. |
| Greek | "Μετρώ": From PIE root *me-, meaning "measure". Used to refer to measuring, assessing, and calculating. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "ગણતરી" ("count") shares its etymology with the Sanskrit root of "गण" ("gana"), and also has a second meaning of "calculation." |
| Haitian Creole | The word "konte" in Haitian Creole also means "story" or "tale" |
| Hausa | ƙidaya can also refer to the mathematical operation of counting, the result of counting, or a group of things that have been counted. |
| Hawaiian | The word "helu" also means "to read" in Hawaiian, derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *qacǝl. |
| Hebrew | In Biblical Hebrew, the word לספור ('count') can also mean 'to recount' or 'to tell a story'. |
| Hindi | In Hindi, the word "गिनती" can also refer to a type of traditional Indian folk music. |
| Hmong | The word "suav" (count) in Hmong also means "to count something" |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "számol" also means "compute" or "calculate". |
| Icelandic | The word "telja" in Icelandic can also mean "to speak" or "to tell a story". |
| Igbo | While gụọ means to count, it is also a name used for women and children in Igbo culture. |
| Indonesian | The verb "menghitung" in Indonesian can also mean to estimate, calculate, or evaluate. |
| Irish | Originally, “comhaireamh” meant “to count” in Irish, but it also came to mean “to tell” or “to share”. |
| Italian | The Italian verb 'contare' can also mean 'to rely on', 'to expect' or 'to matter'. |
| Japanese | カウント can also mean "face" or 「顔 (kao)」 |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "ngetung" also means "to calculate" and "to estimate". |
| Kannada | ಎಣಿಕೆ also refers to the act of calculating, estimating or determining the value or amount of something. |
| Kazakh | The word "санау" can also mean "to consider" or "to believe" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | បាក (rap) derives from Old Javanese បាក (hrap) "to touch, to count". |
| Korean | The word 카운트 comes from the French word "comte", meaning "nobleman" or "count." |
| Kurdish | The word "jimartin" is derived from the Persian word "jam" (cup) and the suffix "-in" (holder), and can also mean "container" or "vessel" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | "Эсептөө" is derived from the Old Turkic word "esap" meaning "account" and is cognate with the Mongolian word "eseg" meaning "to count". |
| Lao | The Lao word "ນັບ" (count) also has the alternate meaning "to consider" or "to think of". |
| Latin | The Latin verb "numerare" derives from the Proto-Italic root *nom- or *nem-, meaning "to distribute" or "to take." |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "skaitīt" can also mean "to say" or "to read". |
| Lithuanian | In ancient Lithuanian, "suskaičiuoti" also meant to estimate or guess. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "zielen" can also mean "to count" in Luxembourgish. |
| Macedonian | The word "брои" comes from the same Proto-Slavic root as the word "броити" meaning "to count" or "to enumerate". |
| Malagasy | The word "manisa" in Malagasy can also refer to a lord, a sovereign, or a superior. |
| Malay | The word "mengira" in Malay is also used to mean "estimate" or "predict". |
| Malayalam | The word "എണ്ണം" can, besides "count", in some contexts also mean "measure" and more specifically "weight". |
| Maltese | The word "għadd" in Maltese can also mean "number" or "quantity". |
| Maori | Despite being pronounced with a long vowel, 'tatau' comes from the 'tau' family, meaning 'one at a time' |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "मोजा" (count) is derived from the Sanskrit word "मृज", meaning "to wipe" or "to rub", and its root was originally used in the sense of "to count by wiping or rubbing off one's fingers". |
| Mongolian | The word "тоолох" is also used to refer to the action of "counting" or "calculating". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ရေတွက် can also mean "to count on" or "to rely on" in the sense of depending on someone or something. |
| Nepali | The word 'गणना' comes from the Sanskrit word 'गण' meaning 'group' or 'assembly'. |
| Norwegian | Telle is also used with the meaning of "to think" in the expression "jeg teller med deg" |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | As an alternative, kuwerenga can mean to read or spell. |
| Pashto | The word "شمېرنه" in Pashto can also mean "enumeration" or "reckoning". |
| Persian | شمردن (Persian: Counting) is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sem-, meaning 'to divide' or 'to distribute'. It is related to the Sanskrit word 'samkhya' (enumeration) and the Greek word 'arithmos' (number). |
| Polish | In addition to its mathematical meaning, "liczyć" can also mean "to anticipate" or "to trust" in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Portuguese word “contagem,” meaning “tally” or “census,” derives from Latin “computare,” meaning “to think together” or “calculate”. |
| Punjabi | ਗਿਣਤੀ is also used as a respectful form of address towards an elderly person. |
| Romanian | "Numara" (number) shares its etymology with the Turkish word "numara" (order, rank). |
| Russian | The verb считать also means 'consider' or 'believe', as in the expression 'считать кого-либо своим другом' ('to consider someone a friend'). |
| Samoan | The term 'faitau' also translates to 'read' in English and is derived from the Polynesian concept of 'counting the number of letters on the page instead of sounding them out.' |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, "cunnt" can also refer to a "tale" or "legend". |
| Serbian | The verb "рачунати" also means "to rely on" or "to take into consideration" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho the word "bala" means "count" and is similar to the word "ibala" which means "to count" and "to tell". |
| Shona | The Shona word "kuverenga" can also refer to the act of gathering or collecting something. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ڳڻپ" is derived from Sanskrit and is equivalent to Hindi "गणना" meaning "accounting" or "calculation". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | ගණන් කරන්න is also used when referring to giving or receiving a sum of money, and is similar to the English usage of a 'handful' or 'fistful' of money. |
| Slovak | Slovak "počítať" also means to "calculate" and is derived from the Old Slavic word for "to count". |
| Slovenian | Štetje is derived from the root verb šteti, meaning to count or number, and is related to the word število, meaning number. |
| Somali | The word "tirinta" can also be used to describe a group of people or animals. |
| Spanish | In addition to meaning "to count," "contar" can also mean "to tell," "to recount," or "to relate." |
| Sundanese | "Ngitung" also means "puncture" or "pierce" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | Hesabu is also used in other East African languages derived from the Proto-Eastern-Bantu word *hesab- which means 'payment' or 'debt'. |
| Swedish | "Räkna" can also refer to accounting or computation |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word 'bilangin' has the alternate meaning of 'to consider' in Tagalog. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "ҳисоб кардан" is derived from the Proto-Iranian root *hisab-, meaning "to reckon" or "to compute". |
| Tamil | "எண்ணிக்கை" (eṇṇikkai) is used in Tamil as a noun meaning "number" or "amount", or as a verb meaning "to count" or "to enumerate." |
| Thai | The word 'นับ' can also mean to 'calculate' or 'estimate' in Thai. |
| Turkish | "Miktar" means "amount" or "quantity" in Turkish and has cognates in Semitic languages such as Hebrew and Arabic. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "рахувати" originally meant "to say" or "to speak". |
| Urdu | The word "شمار" also refers to a specific number or quantity in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word "hisoblash" is derived from the Persian word "hissāb" (meaning "arithmetic" or "science of numbers"), and is also used in other Turkic languages such as Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Turkmen. |
| Vietnamese | "Đếm" is also derived from the word "địa mạo" (topography), as in "đếm núi" (to count mountains). Additionally, it can mean "to predict" or "to calculate". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "cyfrif" can also refer to a figure of speech or a mathematical expression, reflecting its root meaning "to arrange". |
| Xhosa | The word "ukubala" can also mean "to estimate" or "to guess" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The word "רעכענען" derives from the Hebrew word "רָכַן" which means "to bend" or "to bow" and was likely used to describe the movement of counting objects with the fingers. |
| Yoruba | "Ka" also means "divide" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | Zulu 'bala' can mean "to multiply", "to add" or "to increase". |
| English | The word 'count' can also mean to rely on, as in 'I can count on you to help me'. |