Course in Different Languages
Discover 'Course' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Course
Afrikaans kursus | ||
Albanian kurs | ||
Amharic ኮርስ | ||
Arabic دورة | ||
Armenian դասընթաց | ||
Assamese ধাৰা | ||
Aymara kusu | ||
Azerbaijani əlbəttə | ||
Bambara kalan | ||
Basque ikastaroa | ||
Belarusian вядома | ||
Bengali অবশ্যই | ||
Bhojpuri कोर्स | ||
Bosnian kurs | ||
Bulgarian разбира се | ||
Catalan per descomptat | ||
Cebuano kurso | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 课程 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 課程 | ||
Corsican corsu | ||
Croatian tečaj | ||
Czech chod | ||
Danish rute | ||
Dhivehi ކޯހެކެވެ | ||
Dogri कोर्स | ||
Dutch cursus | ||
English course | ||
Esperanto kompreneble | ||
Estonian muidugi | ||
Ewe mᴐ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kurso | ||
Finnish kurssi | ||
French cours | ||
Frisian ferrin | ||
Galician curso | ||
Georgian კურსი | ||
German kurs | ||
Greek σειρά μαθημάτων | ||
Guarani guerojera | ||
Gujarati કોર્સ | ||
Haitian Creole kou | ||
Hausa hanya | ||
Hawaiian papa | ||
Hebrew קוּרס | ||
Hindi कोर्स | ||
Hmong hom kawm | ||
Hungarian tanfolyam | ||
Icelandic námskeið | ||
Igbo n'ezie | ||
Ilocano kurso | ||
Indonesian tentu saja | ||
Irish chúrsa | ||
Italian corso | ||
Japanese コース | ||
Javanese mesthi | ||
Kannada ಕೋರ್ಸ್ | ||
Kazakh курс | ||
Khmer វគ្គសិក្សា | ||
Kinyarwanda amasomo | ||
Konkani अभ्यासक्रम | ||
Korean 강좌 | ||
Krio kɔz | ||
Kurdish kûrs | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کۆرس | ||
Kyrgyz албетте | ||
Lao ແນ່ນອນ | ||
Latin scilicet | ||
Latvian protams | ||
Lingala nzela | ||
Lithuanian žinoma | ||
Luganda essomo | ||
Luxembourgish natierlech | ||
Macedonian курс | ||
Maithili पाठ्यक्रम | ||
Malagasy mazava ho azy | ||
Malay kursus | ||
Malayalam കോഴ്സ് | ||
Maltese kors | ||
Maori akoranga | ||
Marathi अर्थात | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯝꯕꯤ | ||
Mizo kawng | ||
Mongolian мэдээжийн хэрэг | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သင်တန်း | ||
Nepali पाठ्यक्रम | ||
Norwegian kurs | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kumene | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପାଠ୍ୟକ୍ରମ | ||
Oromo karaa | ||
Pashto کورس | ||
Persian دوره | ||
Polish kierunek | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) curso | ||
Punjabi ਕੋਰਸ | ||
Quechua yachakuy | ||
Romanian curs | ||
Russian курс | ||
Samoan vasega | ||
Sanskrit वर्गः | ||
Scots Gaelic chùrsa | ||
Sepedi tsela | ||
Serbian наравно | ||
Sesotho ehlile | ||
Shona chokwadi | ||
Sindhi ڪورس | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පාඨමාලාව | ||
Slovak samozrejme | ||
Slovenian seveda | ||
Somali dabcan | ||
Spanish curso | ||
Sundanese tangtu | ||
Swahili kozi | ||
Swedish kurs | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kurso | ||
Tajik албатта | ||
Tamil நிச்சயமாக | ||
Tatar курс | ||
Telugu కోర్సు | ||
Thai แน่นอน | ||
Tigrinya ዓይነት ትምህርቲ | ||
Tsonga xivangelo | ||
Turkish kurs | ||
Turkmen elbetde | ||
Twi (Akan) adesuadeɛ | ||
Ukrainian звичайно | ||
Urdu کورس | ||
Uyghur ئەلۋەتتە | ||
Uzbek albatta | ||
Vietnamese khóa học | ||
Welsh cwrs | ||
Xhosa kunjalo | ||
Yiddish קורס | ||
Yoruba dajudaju | ||
Zulu yebo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "kursus" is derived from the Dutch word "cursus", meaning "running" or "race", and can also refer to a prescribed line of study or training. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "kurs" can also mean "currency". |
| Amharic | The word "ኮርስ" can also refer to a group of people or animals moving together, such as a herd or caravan. |
| Arabic | The word "دورة" (course) in Arabic can also refer to a "cycle" or a "period". |
| Armenian | "Դասընթաց" can also mean 'program of study', 'series of lectures', or 'set of exercises' in Armenian. |
| Azerbaijani | "Əlbəttə" is a conjunction with the meanings "certainly," "of course," "naturally," "as a matter of course," and "in fact." |
| Basque | The word "ikastaroa" in Basque can also refer to a "workshop" or a "seminar". |
| Belarusian | The word "вядома" in Belarusian also means "to know" or "to be aware". |
| Bengali | The word "অবশ্যই" (course) in Bengali is derived from the Sanskrit word "अवश्य" (certainly), which means "necessarily" or "without fail". |
| Bosnian | The word 'kurs' in Bosnian also refers to a currency rate. |
| Bulgarian | "Разбира се" has also the meanings "obviously", "naturally", "certainly" and "of course". |
| Catalan | The Catalan phrase "per descomptat" translates literally to "by taking away" or "discounting" in English |
| Cebuano | Kurso can also refer to menstruation. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 课程 in Chinese can also mean syllabus, lesson, or schedule. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 課程 in the past also referred to the time of meals or classes. |
| Corsican | The word "corsu" in Corsican has multiple meanings, including "course", "race", and "current". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "tečaj" also has other meanings, including "stream" and "currency exchange rate". |
| Czech | The Czech word "chod" can also refer to a path, way, or direction, and derives from the Proto-Slavic root "*xodъ". |
| Danish | The Danish word "rute" also means "diamond suit" in cards. |
| Dutch | Cursus derives from the Latin "cursus" meaning "running, race" and the Dutch "cursus" meaning "series of lectures, training"} |
| Esperanto | The word "kompreneble" also means "understandable" in Esperanto. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "muidugi" also conveys "of course, certainly". |
| Finnish | The word "kurssi" also derives from the Swedish word for "course", but is also a loanword from German meaning "exchange rate". |
| French | The French word "cours" can also mean a stream or river, as in the Seine or the Loire. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "ferrin" can also mean "a series of events" or "a task that is repeated regularly." |
| Galician | The word "curso" in Galician can also refer to the academic year or to the menstrual cycle. |
| Georgian | The word "კურსი" in Georgian can also refer to a "round" in a game or a "line" in a book or document. |
| German | The German word "Kurs" can also refer to a currency exchange rate or a direction of travel. |
| Greek | The word "σειρά μαθημάτων" also means "series of lessons" in Greek. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word 'કોર્સ' ('course') derives from the Sanskrit word 'క్రోస్' ('cross') and refers to a path or direction, and can also mean 'a set of lectures or classes on a particular subject'. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "kou" (course), derived from the French word "cours", can also refer to lessons given by a tutor or a path taken. |
| Hausa | The word "hanya" can also refer to a path or a way of life. |
| Hawaiian | "Papa" in Hawaiian can also mean "foundation" or "base". |
| Hebrew | The word 'קוּרס' originally meant 'lesson' in Hebrew, but in modern times it has come to also mean 'course' or 'curriculum'. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word 'कोर्स' ('course') derives from the English word 'course', and also means 'direction'. |
| Hmong | Hom kawm has similar meanings to "school" or "education" but is not typically translated as either. |
| Hungarian | The word "tanfolyam" is derived from the Hungarian words "tanul" (learn) and "folyam" (process), meaning the process of learning. |
| Icelandic | The word "námskeið" originally meant "ship's course" and "the direction of a ship's voyage." |
| Igbo | In some contexts, "N'ezie" can also mean "route" or "direction". |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word “tentu saja” derives from Arabic, and it can also mean “certainly” or “of course”. |
| Irish | The word "chúrsa" in Irish can also mean "course" or "path" in the sense of a physical route or direction. |
| Italian | The word 'corso' in Italian can also refer to a street or a procession, derived from the Latin word 'cursus' meaning 'running'. |
| Japanese | "コース" can also mean "meal" or "lesson." |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "mesthi" also means "must" or "certain". |
| Kannada | The word "course" in Kannada can also mean "group" or "direction", and is derived from the Sanskrit word "krama", meaning "order" or "series". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "курс" can refer to a currency exchange rate or a university study plan. |
| Korean | ‘강좌’의 ‘좌’는 강의의 뜻이며, 한자로는 ‘座’로 고사성어 ‘좌중’(座中)에서도 볼 수 있습니다. |
| Kurdish | The word "kûrs" in Kurdish has additional meanings such as "order", "row", "line", "queue", and "direction". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "албетте" can also refer to "order" or "arrangement" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | The word "ແນ່ນອນ" comes from Sanskrit and can also mean a period of time, a lifetime or one's life. |
| Latin | The Latin word "scilicet," meaning "course," originates from "scire" (to know) and "licet" (it is lawful). |
| Latvian | Protams (course) shares a root with protam (to go), and it can also mean 'to go, to go for, to move' in more abstract senses. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "žinoma" not only denotes a "course of study", but also means "of course", "naturally". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "natierlech" in Luxembourgish can also mean "naturally," "of course," or "it goes without saying." |
| Macedonian | The word "курс" in Macedonian can also mean "currency". |
| Malagasy | Mazava ho azy is the Malagasy word for 'course', but it can also mean 'pathway' or 'way'. |
| Malay | The Malay word "kursus" is derived from the Dutch word "cursus", meaning "series of lessons". |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "കോഴ്സ്" ("course") also refers to a bribe in Malayalam slang. |
| Maltese | In Maltese, "kors" can also refer to a "line", "layer", "row", "rank", "file", or "series". |
| Maori | The word "akoranga" also refers to a set of knowledge or skills learned as part of a course of study, and can be used to refer to a particular branch of knowledge. |
| Marathi | The word "अर्थात" can also mean "hence" or "therefore" in Marathi. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The term "သင်တန်း" in Burmese can also refer to a class or a program of study, in addition to its primary meaning of "course". |
| Nepali | "पाठ्यक्रम" is also a Nepalese word translating to "curriculum". This is an example of cognates, where words in two different languages have a common origin. |
| Norwegian | The word "kurs" in Norwegian can also refer to a monetary exchange rate or a direction of travel. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kumene" can also mean "to give birth" or "to cause to be born". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "کورس" (course) is derived from the Arabic word "درس" (lesson) and also means "journey" or "route". |
| Persian | The Persian word "دوره" can also mean "period", "cycle", or "era". |
| Polish | The word "kierunek" in Polish can also mean "direction" |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "curso" also refers to a river's flow or the trajectory of a celestial body. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਕੋਰਸ" (course) in Punjabi can also refer to a "direction" or a "pathway" in life. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "curs" can also refer to a currency exchange rate or a curse. |
| Russian | The word "курс" in Russian can also refer to a currency exchange rate or a medical treatment regimen. |
| Samoan | "Vasega" also means "canoe shed" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, "chùrsa" can also mean "a period of instruction" or "a journey or route" |
| Serbian | "Наравно" also means "level", "standard" in Serbian |
| Sesotho | The word "ehlile" can also mean "a river or stream." |
| Shona | Chokwadi shares the same root with Chokwadi (truth), implying a 'true' or 'set path'. |
| Sindhi | The word ڪورس (course) in Sindhi also means 'the act of flowing' and 'a race'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | 'පාඨමාලාව' may originate from the Sanskrit word 'पाठ', which means 'lesson, reading, or teaching', and 'पाठ' means 'reading, study, lesson', and 'माला' means 'a string or garland' or 'a series' |
| Slovak | The word "samozrejme" comes from the Old Czech word "samodřejmý", meaning "self-evident" or "obvious." |
| Slovenian | In old Russian and South Slavic a derivative of the Slavic root *sěk- 'to cut, to chop, to hew' came to mean 'to fell (trees) for the purpose of harvesting', thus 'to harvest', and finally 'to sow', with the meaning 'course' developing later. |
| Somali | "Dabcan" also refers to the path along which water flows during flooding. |
| Spanish | Curiously, the word 'curso' is also used in Spanish to refer to a diarrheal condition |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word 'tangtu' also means 'obviously', suggesting a sense of natural progression or certainty. |
| Swahili | The word "kozi" in Swahili can also refer to a "path" or a "direction". |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "kurs" also means "exchange rate" or "currency rate", which derives from the Dutch word "koers" meaning "direction". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | “Kurso” originally comes from the Spanish word “curso,” which means “run” or “flow.” |
| Tajik | The Tajik word “албатта” (course) has a Persian origin, meaning both “course” and “series”. |
| Tamil | The word "நிச்சயமாக" can also mean "certainly" or "definitely" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "కోర్సు" can also mean "a group of people who study together" or "a way of doing something". |
| Thai | The Thai word "แน่นอน" can also be used to express certainty or agreement, similar to "definitely" or "certainly" in English. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word “kurs” can refer to either a monetary exchange rate or a class intended to teach a particular subject, reflecting its origins in the Italian and French words “corso” and “cours”, respectively. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "звичайно" has an alternate meaning of "usually" or "normally". |
| Urdu | The word "کورس" in Urdu also means "journey" or "distance covered during a journey." |
| Uzbek | The word "albatta" in Uzbek also refers to a type of fabric used in traditional clothing and handicrafts. |
| Vietnamese | "Khóa học" in Vietnamese can also refer to a key or a lock due to the word "khóa" (key). |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'cwrs' can also refer to a 'career' or 'path' in life. |
| Xhosa | The word "kunjalo" in Xhosa also means "in that way" or "in the same way". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "קורס" also derives from the Old French "cors" and can refer to running, especially of messengers. |
| Yoruba | It also means 'track' and 'row'. |
| Zulu | In some contexts, 'Yebo' also means 'yes'. |
| English | The word 'course' is derived from the Latin word 'cursus,' meaning 'running or race,' and has evolved over time to encompass a wide range of meanings. |