Current in Different Languages
Discover 'Current' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Current
Afrikaans huidige | ||
Albanian aktual | ||
Amharic የአሁኑ | ||
Arabic تيار | ||
Armenian ընթացիկ | ||
Assamese সোঁত | ||
Aymara jichha | ||
Azerbaijani cari | ||
Bambara sisan | ||
Basque oraingoa | ||
Belarusian бягучы | ||
Bengali কারেন্ট | ||
Bhojpuri अबही | ||
Bosnian trenutni | ||
Bulgarian текущ | ||
Catalan actual | ||
Cebuano karon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 当前 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 當前 | ||
Corsican attuale | ||
Croatian trenutno | ||
Czech proud | ||
Danish nuværende | ||
Dhivehi އޮއި | ||
Dogri मजूदा | ||
Dutch actueel | ||
English current | ||
Esperanto aktuala | ||
Estonian praegune | ||
Ewe fifia | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kasalukuyang | ||
Finnish nykyinen | ||
French courant | ||
Frisian aktueel | ||
Galician actual | ||
Georgian მიმდინარე | ||
German aktuell | ||
Greek ρεύμα | ||
Guarani ko'ag̃agua | ||
Gujarati વર્તમાન | ||
Haitian Creole kouran | ||
Hausa na yanzu | ||
Hawaiian ʻānō | ||
Hebrew נוֹכְחִי | ||
Hindi वर्तमान | ||
Hmong tam sim no | ||
Hungarian jelenlegi | ||
Icelandic núverandi | ||
Igbo ugbu a | ||
Ilocano agdama | ||
Indonesian arus | ||
Irish reatha | ||
Italian attuale | ||
Japanese 電流 | ||
Javanese saiki | ||
Kannada ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ | ||
Kazakh ағымдағы | ||
Khmer នាពេលបច្ចុប្បន្ន | ||
Kinyarwanda ikigezweho | ||
Konkani चालंत | ||
Korean 흐름 | ||
Krio naw | ||
Kurdish vêga | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) هەنووکە | ||
Kyrgyz учурдагы | ||
Lao ກະແສ | ||
Latin current | ||
Latvian pašreizējais | ||
Lingala ya sika | ||
Lithuanian srovė | ||
Luganda mu buliwo | ||
Luxembourgish aktuell | ||
Macedonian струја | ||
Maithili प्रवाह | ||
Malagasy amin'izao fotoana izao | ||
Malay semasa | ||
Malayalam നിലവിലുള്ളത് | ||
Maltese kurrenti | ||
Maori o nāianei | ||
Marathi चालू | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯍꯧꯖꯤꯛꯀꯤ | ||
Mizo tun | ||
Mongolian одоогийн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လက်ရှိ | ||
Nepali वर्तमान | ||
Norwegian strøm | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zamakono | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସାମ୍ପ୍ରତିକ | ||
Oromo yeroo ammaa | ||
Pashto اوسنی | ||
Persian جاری | ||
Polish obecny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) atual | ||
Punjabi ਮੌਜੂਦਾ | ||
Quechua kunan | ||
Romanian actual | ||
Russian текущий | ||
Samoan taimi nei | ||
Sanskrit वर्त्तमानः | ||
Scots Gaelic gnàthach | ||
Sepedi bjale | ||
Serbian тренутни | ||
Sesotho hona joale | ||
Shona zvazvino | ||
Sindhi هاڻوڪو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දැනට | ||
Slovak prúd | ||
Slovenian trenutno | ||
Somali hadda | ||
Spanish actual | ||
Sundanese ayeuna | ||
Swahili sasa | ||
Swedish nuvarande | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kasalukuyang | ||
Tajik ҷорӣ | ||
Tamil தற்போதைய | ||
Tatar ток | ||
Telugu ప్రస్తుత | ||
Thai ปัจจุบัน | ||
Tigrinya እዋናዊ | ||
Tsonga sweswi | ||
Turkish akım | ||
Turkmen tok | ||
Twi (Akan) foforɔ | ||
Ukrainian струм | ||
Urdu موجودہ | ||
Uyghur نۆۋەتتىكى | ||
Uzbek joriy | ||
Vietnamese hiện hành | ||
Welsh cyfredol | ||
Xhosa yangoku | ||
Yiddish קראַנט | ||
Yoruba lọwọlọwọ | ||
Zulu zamanje |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In the Dutch language, the word "huidig" means "present" or "current" while in Afrikaans, it solely means "current" |
| Albanian | Aktual, meaning 'current', derives from Latin 'actualis', and can also mean 'present' or 'real'. |
| Amharic | The word "የአሁኑ" can also mean "the present" or "the moment". |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "تيار" can also refer to a political movement or trend. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "cari" also means "sweet" in Persian, and in the past, sugar was referred to as "cari şəkər" (sweet sugar). |
| Basque | The etymology of **oraingoa** ('current') is related to the noun **aroa** ('time'), and it literally means 'of this time'. |
| Belarusian | The word "бягучы" in Belarusian also means "running" or "present". |
| Bengali | "কারেন্ট" শব্দের উৎস হল ইংরেজি "current" শব্দ, যার অর্থ "বর্তমান", "বৈদ্যুতিক প্রবাহ", "প্রচলিত", "বর্তমানে ঘটছে"। |
| Bosnian | The word "trenutni" can also mean "present" or "current" in a non-temporal sense, referring to something that exists or is relevant at the present time. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "текущ" can also mean "liquid", "flowing", or "ongoing". |
| Catalan | A synonym for the word "actual" in Catalan is "real," which comes from the Latin "res" meaning "thing." |
| Cebuano | The word "karon" in Cebuano has an alternate meaning of "now" or "at the present time". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "当前"除了表示河流的水流、电能流动等，也用来表示时间上“现在”或“当前”的状态，意为“此时此刻”或“现阶段” |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 當前 also means "front," "present," and "face-to-face." |
| Corsican | "attuale" may also mean "genuine" or "true". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'trenutno' is derived from the Proto-Slavic word 'trьnuti', meaning 'to last' or 'to continue'. |
| Czech | "Proud" shares its etymology with "proud" in English, meaning "current" in Czech. |
| Danish | The word "nuværende" in Danish traces etymologically to the Old Norse word "nåverandi," which also means "present" or "existing." |
| Dutch | The word `actueel` originates from the Latin word `actu` (`action)` and was originally synonymous with the word `daadwerkelijk` (`actual`). |
| Esperanto | The word "aktuala" can also refer to something that is relevant to today's affairs. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "praegune" also means "the present" and originates from the Proto-Finnic word "pärgi" meaning "today". |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "nykyinen" is related to the Proto-Finnic word "nyki", which means "now", "today", or "this year". |
| French | "Courant" in French can derive from the Latin "currere" "to run" but also refers to a period that may not end or begin soon. |
| Frisian | The word "aktueel" also means "topical" or "relevant" in Frisian. |
| Galician | In Galician, `actual` also means `existing` or `correct`, depending on the context. |
| German | The German word "aktuell" can also mean "present" or "topical" in the sense of being relevant to current events. |
| Greek | The Greek word "ρεύμα" also means "stream" or "current of water," deriving from the verb "ρέω" ("to flow"). |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "kouran" can also mean "currency," reflecting the importance of money as a medium of exchange. |
| Hausa | "Yanzu" is also used in Hausa to mean "just now," "present time," or "recent past." |
| Hawaiian | 'Ānō' is an antonym of 'ʻana' ('to flow') and, depending on the context, can also mean 'to dry out', 'to wilt', or 'to heal' |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word נוֹכְחִי also means "in front of," likely stemming from its root, which refers to confronting or facing something. |
| Hindi | वर्तमान ('current') in Hindi also means 'present' and originates from the Sanskrit word 'vartamana' denoting 'the present moment'. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "tam sim no" (current) also means "this time" or "at present". |
| Hungarian | The word "jelenlegi" comes from the word "jelen" (present), and originally meant "that which is present". |
| Icelandic | The word “núverandi” shares a root with the word “nú” (now), referring to the present time as it is “now” current. |
| Igbo | Ugbu a' also means the 'present time' |
| Indonesian | The word "arus" in Indonesian can also refer to a stream or flow of liquid, such as water or blood. |
| Irish | "Reatha" is also a name for the moon in Irish folklore. |
| Italian | "Attuale" derives from the Latin "actus", meaning "action" or "deed", suggesting an ongoing process or present reality. |
| Japanese | 電流 derives from the kanji 電 (electricity) and 流 (flow), implying the movement of electric charge. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "saiki" can also refer to "this current time" or "the present" in a more general sense. |
| Kannada | The word "ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ" can also mean "present" or "current" in the sense of "at this time". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "ағымдағы" has the alternate meaning of "ongoing" and is related to the word "ағу" ("to flow"). |
| Korean | The term "흐름" derives from the verb "흐르다" meaning "to flow" or "to move like water," suggesting the continuous and dynamic nature of currents. |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, "vêga" can also refer to a small river or stream that flows during the rainy season. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "учурдагы" can also mean "present time" or "present situation". |
| Lao | The word "ກະແສ" can also refer to the tide or to a trend or fashion. |
| Latin | The Latin word "currens" means "running" or "flowing", and is the root of the English word "current". |
| Latvian | "Pašreizējais" can also mean "present" or "at the moment" in Latvian, showing its relation to the notion of time. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "srovė" is related to the Latvian "straume", the Old Prussian "strawe", and the Russian "struya", all meaning "stream". |
| Luxembourgish | It stems from Middle French "actuel" (15th century), Latin "actualis" (active), "agere" (to work, drive) |
| Macedonian | The word `struja` also has the alternate meaning of `electricity` or `flow`. |
| Malay | The word "semasa" originally meant "at the present time" or "now" in Malay but has been extended to also mean "current" in the sense of electricity. |
| Malayalam | The word 'നിലവിലുള്ളത്' in Malayalam can refer to both 'current' as in electricity and 'present' as in time. |
| Maltese | "Kurrenti" in Maltese also refers to a strong coastal current in Gozo |
| Maori | O nāianei can also mean 'now, at the present time' as a noun and 'now' as an adverb. |
| Marathi | 'चालू' also means 'to operate' or 'to flow' in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, "Одоогийн" means both "current" and "modern," with the latter being its original sense. |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "वर्तमान" can also mean "present" or "current time". |
| Norwegian | The word "strøm" can also refer to a small stream or river |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "zamakono" can also mean "a group of people walking together". |
| Pashto | The word "اوسنی" (osani) derives from the verb "اوسنی" (osidal) meaning "to flow" or "to surge". It also has the alternate meaning of "a stream of water". |
| Persian | جاری (current) in Persian can mean either a flowing river or the movement of electricity. |
| Polish | The Polish word "obecny" has the additional meaning of "present" in English. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word 'atual' in Portuguese dates back to the Latin word 'actualis' meaning 'real' or 'present', giving rise to its modern-day meaning. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "actual" (meaning "current") also means "real" in Latin and Spanish, and "present" in French. |
| Russian | The Russian word "текущий" also carries the meaning of "ongoing" in English. |
| Samoan | The term taimi nei in Samoan can also refer to "now" and the "present". |
| Scots Gaelic | "Gnàthach" also means "habitual" or "ordinary" in Scots Gaelic, and ultimately derives from the Proto-Celtic root *snātos, meaning "thread" or "cord." |
| Serbian | The word Тренутни can also mean "at the moment" or "present" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | Hona joale derives from hona, to be, and the locative joale, at present. |
| Shona | Zvazvino derives from kuzva ("to come") and zvino ("now"), referring to the flow of time or events. |
| Sindhi | هاڻوڪو 'current' is derived from haaṇū, referring to a river flowing by or present-day. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'දැනට' (current) in Sinhala can also mean 'now' or 'at present'. |
| Slovak | The word "prúd" in Slovak has Indo-European roots and is related to words for "flow" and "stream" in other languages. |
| Slovenian | The word "trenutno" also means "in a moment" or "right now" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | "Hadda" in Somali shares roots with the Arabic word "al-hadath", meaning "new" or "present". |
| Spanish | The word "actual" in Spanish is derived from the Latin word "actu" meaning "done" or "in reality". |
| Sundanese | Ayeuna was originally used to refer to the current rice harvest but is now the standard word for 'current' in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The word "sasa" in Swahili can also mean "now" or "at the present time". |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "nuvarande" is derived from the Old Norse word "núverandi", meaning "now being" or "present". |
| Tajik | In addition to its primary meaning of "current," "ҷорӣ" (jorī) in Tajik can also mean "common," "usual," or "existing." |
| Tamil | தற்போதைய can also mean 'present', 'now', 'contemporary', and 'recent'. |
| Telugu | In Telugu, 'prastuta' has the alternate meaning of 'the present' or 'the current time'. |
| Thai | The Thai word "ปัจจุบัน" also means "present time" and "now". |
| Turkish | In mathematics, physics and electronics, the word "akım" is also used to describe a flow of any quantity. |
| Ukrainian | The word 'струм' also means 'poison' and derives from the Proto-Slavic word '*struja', meaning 'poison'. |
| Uzbek | The word "joriy" can also refer to "present day", "modern", or "effective." |
| Vietnamese | The word "hiện hành" literally means "present walking" in Vietnamese, implying its meaning of "current". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'cyfredol' (current) shares its root with 'cyfrif' (number), highlighting its numerical origins. |
| Xhosa | 'Yangoku' also means 'in the future' or 'later on' in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The word "קראַנט" can also refer to a "store", "shop", "shopkeeper" or a "current of water". |
| Yoruba | Lọwọlọwọ is also used to describe something that is going on or happening right now. |
| Zulu | In isiZulu, "zamanje" can also mean "now" or "the present time". |
| English | Current comes from the Latin word currere, meaning "to run." |