Critical in Different Languages
Discover 'Critical' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Critical
Afrikaans krities | ||
Albanian kritike | ||
Amharic ወሳኝ | ||
Arabic حرج | ||
Armenian քննադատական | ||
Assamese জটিল অৱস্থা | ||
Aymara k'umi | ||
Azerbaijani kritik | ||
Bambara kìsɛ | ||
Basque kritikoa | ||
Belarusian крытычны | ||
Bengali সমালোচক | ||
Bhojpuri समालोचनात्मक | ||
Bosnian kritično | ||
Bulgarian критичен | ||
Catalan crític | ||
Cebuano kritikal | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 危急 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 危急 | ||
Corsican criticu | ||
Croatian kritično | ||
Czech kritický | ||
Danish kritisk | ||
Dhivehi ކްރިޓިކަލް | ||
Dogri संगीन | ||
Dutch kritiek | ||
English critical | ||
Esperanto kritikaj | ||
Estonian kriitiline | ||
Ewe nye nu sesẽ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mapanganib | ||
Finnish kriittinen | ||
French critique | ||
Frisian kritysk | ||
Galician crítico | ||
Georgian კრიტიკული | ||
German kritisch | ||
Greek κρίσιμος | ||
Guarani hemianduteĩva | ||
Gujarati જટિલ | ||
Haitian Creole kritik | ||
Hausa m | ||
Hawaiian kūpilikiʻi | ||
Hebrew קריטי | ||
Hindi नाजुक | ||
Hmong tseem ceeb | ||
Hungarian kritikai | ||
Icelandic gagnrýninn | ||
Igbo nkatọ | ||
Ilocano kritikal | ||
Indonesian kritis | ||
Irish criticiúil | ||
Italian critico | ||
Japanese クリティカル | ||
Javanese kritis | ||
Kannada ನಿರ್ಣಾಯಕ | ||
Kazakh сыни | ||
Khmer សំខាន់ | ||
Kinyarwanda kunegura | ||
Konkani गंभीर | ||
Korean 위독한 | ||
Krio tranga | ||
Kurdish rexneyan | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) گرنگ | ||
Kyrgyz критикалык | ||
Lao ທີ່ ສຳ ຄັນ | ||
Latin critica | ||
Latvian kritisks | ||
Lingala ntina | ||
Lithuanian kritinis | ||
Luganda okwetegereza | ||
Luxembourgish kritesch | ||
Macedonian критично | ||
Maithili आलोचनात्मक | ||
Malagasy manakiana | ||
Malay kritikal | ||
Malayalam ഗുരുതരമാണ് | ||
Maltese kritiku | ||
Maori arohaehae | ||
Marathi गंभीर | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯔꯤ ꯑꯣꯏꯕ | ||
Mizo khirhkhan | ||
Mongolian чухал | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဝေဖန် | ||
Nepali आलोचनात्मक | ||
Norwegian kritisk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) yovuta | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଗୁରୁତର | ||
Oromo xiyyeeffannoo kan barbaadu | ||
Pashto جدي | ||
Persian بحرانی | ||
Polish krytyczny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) crítico | ||
Punjabi ਨਾਜ਼ੁਕ | ||
Quechua critico | ||
Romanian critic | ||
Russian критический | ||
Samoan faitio | ||
Sanskrit गंभीरः | ||
Scots Gaelic èiginneach | ||
Sepedi bohlokwa | ||
Serbian критичан | ||
Sesotho tse mahlonoko | ||
Shona kutsoropodza | ||
Sindhi تنقيدي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) විවේචනාත්මක | ||
Slovak kritický | ||
Slovenian kritično | ||
Somali muhiim ah | ||
Spanish crítico | ||
Sundanese kritis | ||
Swahili muhimu | ||
Swedish kritisk | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mapanganib | ||
Tajik интиқодӣ | ||
Tamil முக்கியமான | ||
Tatar критик | ||
Telugu క్లిష్టమైనది | ||
Thai วิกฤต | ||
Tigrinya ወሳኒ | ||
Tsonga nkoka | ||
Turkish kritik | ||
Turkmen tankydy | ||
Twi (Akan) emu yɛ den | ||
Ukrainian критичний | ||
Urdu تنقیدی | ||
Uyghur ھالقىلىق | ||
Uzbek tanqidiy | ||
Vietnamese bạo kích | ||
Welsh beirniadol | ||
Xhosa ebalulekileyo | ||
Yiddish קריטיש | ||
Yoruba lominu ni | ||
Zulu okubucayi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "krities" in Afrikaans can also refer to a type of small, sweet biscuit. |
| Albanian | The word 'kritike' derives from the Greek 'kritikos', which means 'able to judge' or 'discriminate'. |
| Amharic | The word "ወሳኝ" also means "important" and "essential" and derives from a root meaning "to cut" or "to discern". |
| Arabic | The word 'حرج' is also used in Arabic to describe a situation in which a person is faced with a difficult choice or decision. |
| Azerbaijani | "Kritik" can refer to both "critical" and "review" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The Basque word 'kritikoa' derives from the Greek word 'kritikos', meaning 'able to judge' or 'discerning'. |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "সমালোচক" derives from the Sanskrit word "समालोचक" (samĀlochaka), meaning "one who examines or criticizes". |
| Bosnian | The word "kritično" derives from the Greek word "kritikos", meaning "able to discern or judge" |
| Bulgarian | Its original meaning was only in connection with judgment and decision making. |
| Catalan | "Crìtic" in Catalan can also mean "servant" or "domestic". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Chinese the word 危急 can be used as adjective or noun, and is derived from the character 危 (wei) meaning "dangerous" and the character 急 (ji) meaning "urgent". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In classical Chinese, the word 危急 could refer to any situation of imminent danger, while in modern Chinese, it commonly refers to imminent danger to life or health. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "criticu" also has the meaning or shade "excessive". |
| Croatian | The word "kritično" also means "fatally" or "extremely" in Croatian. |
| Czech | The Czech word "kritický" comes from the Greek "kritikos", meaning "able to judge." |
| Danish | Danish "kritisk" derives from Greek "kritikos", meaning both "judge" or "distinguish", while critical in English has the connotation "fault finding". |
| Dutch | "Kritiek" comes from the Greek "krites," meaning "judge," and is related to "crisis," "critic," and "criteria." |
| Esperanto | "Kritik" originated in Greek, passed into Latin and thence, in a somewhat weakened sense, entered the French, English and other tongues. |
| Estonian | In Estonian, “kriitiline” may refer to a crucial moment in a process, an urgent situation, or even something essential and crucial. |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "kriittinen" also means "essential" or "vital". |
| French | The French word 'critique' can also refer to literary or artistic criticism, or to a detailed analysis of something. |
| Frisian | The word "kritysk" in Frisian also means "sensitive" or "touchy". |
| Georgian | კრიტიკული (critical) comes from the Greek |
| German | The word "kritisch" derives from the Ancient Greek word "kritikos" meaning "capable of discerning". |
| Greek | The word "κρίσιμος" in Greek originally referred to a time when a person was judged or made a decision |
| Gujarati | The word 'જટિલ' also means 'complex' or 'difficult' in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, the word "kritik" also means "commentary" or "review". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "m" also means "to be in a state of extreme hunger". |
| Hawaiian | The word "kūpilikiʻi" in Hawaiian is related to the verb "pili" meaning "to stick" or "to adhere." |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "קריטי" also means "decisive" or "fateful". |
| Hindi | The word "नाजुक" can also mean delicate or sensitive in Hindi. |
| Hmong | "Tseem ceeb" is a Hmong word that literally means "to sharpen" or "to whet", and it is used figuratively to describe something that is critical or sharp-tongued. |
| Hungarian | The word "kritikai" can also mean "judge" or "judgement" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | "Gagnrýninn" also means an old-man in Icelandic. |
| Igbo | The word 'nkatọ' (critical) has a secondary form, 'nkotọ', which is a plural noun for 'knot' |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "kritis" derives from the Greek word "κριτικός," meaning both "relating to judgment" and "capable of judging." |
| Irish | In Irish, the word 'criticiúil' can also mean 'perilous' or 'dangerous' |
| Italian | "Critico" in Italian can also mean "pertaining to a crisis" or "pertaining to judgment, opinion, or decision-making." |
| Japanese | クリティカル (critical) is often used in Japanese to describe something that is at a crucial or important stage or point. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "kritis" can also mean "to scold" or "to criticize". |
| Kannada | "ನಿರ್ಣಾಯಕ" can also be literally translated to "determining" or "deciding" |
| Kazakh | "Сыни" is also related to the word "сын" (son) in Kazakh, suggesting a critical evaluation of something as if it were one's own child. |
| Khmer | The word សំខាន់ (critical) is also used to describe something that is of great significance or importance in Khmer. |
| Korean | "위독한" in Korean not only means "critical" but also "extremely thin". |
| Kurdish | It also refers to a state of being in a tight, difficult situation. |
| Kyrgyz | Слово "критикалык" происходит от греческого слова "κριτικός", что означает "способный судить" или "склонный к критике". |
| Latin | The Latin word "critica" derives from the Greek word "kritikē", meaning "the art of judging", and was initially used in Latin to refer to literary or artistic analysis. |
| Latvian | "Kritisks" can also mean "crucial" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "kritinis" comes from the Greek word "κρίνειν" (krinein = to judge), and it also has the connotations of "selective" or "distinctive" in Lithuanian. |
| Macedonian | The word "критично" can also mean "important" or "essential" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "manakiana" is likely derived from the Proto-Austronesian word '*kana', meaning "to eat" or "to taste". |
| Malay | The Malay word "kritikal" comes from the Dutch "kritiek", also meaning "criticism". |
| Malayalam | ഗുരുതരമാണ് (gurutaramāṇ) literally means 'heaviness' in Sanskrit, but in Malayalam, it is used to describe a situation that is serious or dangerous. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "kritiku" is derived from the Greek word "kritikos," meaning "able to judge." |
| Maori | "Arohaehae" is related to "aroha" (love) and also means "fault-finding" or "reproachful". |
| Marathi | "गंभीर" can also mean 'grave' or 'serious' in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "чухал" can also mean "important" or "significant". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ဝေဖန်" (critical) in Myanmar (Burmese) originally meant "to distinguish" or "to separate". |
| Nepali | "आलोचनात्मक" can also mean 'discerning' or 'analytical' in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | "Kritisk" is derived from Greek "krinein," meaning to judge or decide. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "yovuta" also means "to sharpen" in Nyanja, referring to the act of making something more precise or effective. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "جدي" also has historical meanings like "great, noble, or respectable". |
| Persian | The Persian word "بحرانی" comes from the Arabic word "بحر" which means "sea" and it can also mean "difficult, dangerous". |
| Polish | In Polish, "krytyczny" means both "critical" and "decisive". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, crítico can also mean "critic" or "reviewer", while in English it mainly means "containing or expressing criticism". |
| Punjabi | "ਨਾਜ਼ੁਕ" comes from the Persian word "nazuk" meaning "delicate, fragile" or "sensitive". It can also refer to "difficult" or "serious" situations. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "critic" (or "critică") also has the meanings of "assessment" or "review". |
| Russian | The Russian word критический derives from the Ancient Greek κριτικός, meaning “able to discern” or “judge”. |
| Samoan | The word "faitio" in Samoan can also mean "serious" or "important" depending on the context. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Èiginneach" can also mean "stingy", "picky", or "demanding". |
| Serbian | In Serbian, the word "критичан" (kritican) also has a second meaning: demanding and rigorous. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "tse mahlonoko" has an alternate connotation of being "sensitive" and can also refer to a "tender spot" or an "area of concern". |
| Shona | The word "kutsoropodza" shares the same root with the word "tsitsipodzo" which means "to be sharp". This suggests a semantic connection between "critical" and "sharpness" |
| Sindhi | The word "تنقيدي" in Sindhi, meaning "critical", also refers to "fault-finding" or "discriminating". |
| Slovak | The word "kritický" also means "decisive" or "important". |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian, "kritično" can also refer to a critical illness or a situation requiring urgent attention. |
| Somali | The word "muhiim ah" has alternate meanings such as "important" and "necessary" in Somali |
| Spanish | The word 'crítico' derives from the Greek 'kritikos,' meaning 'able to discern,' and relates to the medical sense of 'crisis' as a decisive point in a disease's progress. |
| Sundanese | "Kriti" can also refer to "difficult" or "serious" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The term 'muhimu' also refers to 'substance,' indicating why something matters. |
| Swedish | In modern Swedish, "kritisk" has two main meanings: "critical" in the sense of "fault-finding", and "critical" in the sense of "decisive" or "important". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "mapanganib" originally meant "dangerous" or "risky". |
| Tajik | The word "интиқодӣ" comes from the Persian word "انتقادی" meaning "critical, analytical, or judgmental." |
| Tamil | In addition to the common meaning, "முக்கியமான" also means "important" or "essential" in some contexts. |
| Telugu | The word "క్లిష్టమైనది" ("critical") in Telugu also means "difficult" or "serious" depending on the context. |
| Thai | The word "วิกฤต" comes from the Pali word "วิกฤติ", which means "to be in a state of change". |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "kritik" comes from the Greek "kritikos," meaning "able to judge" or "to discern; and also derives an alternate meaning from its Persian root, "kärädän," meaning "to criticize". |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, “критичний” can also refer to “important” or “decisive”. |
| Urdu | The word "تنقیدی" ("critical") in Urdu can also mean "discriminating" or "evaluative." |
| Uzbek | The word "tanqidiy" in Uzbek can also refer to a person who is inclined to find fault or criticize. |
| Vietnamese | The word "bạo kích" in Vietnamese can also mean "critical hit" in gaming contexts, especially in MMORPGs. |
| Welsh | The word "beirniadol" in Welsh shares the same root as "briw," meaning "judgment" or "opinion." |
| Xhosa | 'Ebalulekileyo,' meaning 'critical,' shares a common origin with the word 'balance'. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "קריטיש" can also mean "picky" or "fault-finding." |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word `lominu ni` has its roots in the word `lona` which means `error`, implying that a critique aims to point out mistakes. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "okubucayi" can also mean "to judge" or "to condemn". |
| English | The word "critical" derives from the Greek word "krinein", which means "to separate" or "to judge". |