Cut in Different Languages
Discover 'Cut' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Cut
Afrikaans sny | ||
Albanian prerje | ||
Amharic መቁረጥ | ||
Arabic يقطع | ||
Armenian կտրել | ||
Assamese কটা | ||
Aymara khuchhuña | ||
Azerbaijani kəsmək | ||
Bambara ka tigɛ | ||
Basque ebaki | ||
Belarusian выразаць | ||
Bengali কাটা | ||
Bhojpuri काट दियाइल | ||
Bosnian izrezati | ||
Bulgarian разрез | ||
Catalan tallar | ||
Cebuano putlon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 切 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 切 | ||
Corsican tagliatu | ||
Croatian izrezati | ||
Czech střih | ||
Danish skære | ||
Dhivehi ކެފުން | ||
Dogri चीर | ||
Dutch besnoeiing | ||
English cut | ||
Esperanto tranĉi | ||
Estonian lõigatud | ||
Ewe lã | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) gupitin | ||
Finnish leikata | ||
French couper | ||
Frisian snije | ||
Galician cortar | ||
Georgian დაჭრილი | ||
German schnitt | ||
Greek τομή | ||
Guarani kytĩ | ||
Gujarati કાપવું | ||
Haitian Creole koupe | ||
Hausa yanke | ||
Hawaiian ʻoki | ||
Hebrew גזירה | ||
Hindi कट गया | ||
Hmong txiav | ||
Hungarian vágott | ||
Icelandic skera | ||
Igbo ebipụ | ||
Ilocano puteden | ||
Indonesian memotong | ||
Irish gearrtha | ||
Italian taglio | ||
Japanese 切る | ||
Javanese ngethok | ||
Kannada ಕತ್ತರಿಸಿ | ||
Kazakh кесу | ||
Khmer កាត់ | ||
Kinyarwanda gukata | ||
Konkani कातरप | ||
Korean 절단 | ||
Krio kɔt | ||
Kurdish birrîn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بڕین | ||
Kyrgyz кесүү | ||
Lao ຕັດ | ||
Latin secare | ||
Latvian griezt | ||
Lingala kokata | ||
Lithuanian supjaustyti | ||
Luganda okusala | ||
Luxembourgish geschnidden | ||
Macedonian сече | ||
Maithili काटनाइ | ||
Malagasy hetezo | ||
Malay potong | ||
Malayalam മുറിക്കുക | ||
Maltese maqtugħa | ||
Maori tapahi | ||
Marathi कट | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo zai | ||
Mongolian тайрах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဖြတ် | ||
Nepali काट्नु | ||
Norwegian skjære | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kudula | ||
Odia (Oriya) କାଟ | ||
Oromo kutuu | ||
Pashto کټ | ||
Persian قطع کردن | ||
Polish skaleczenie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) cortar | ||
Punjabi ਕੱਟੋ | ||
Quechua kuchuy | ||
Romanian a tăia | ||
Russian порез | ||
Samoan tipi | ||
Sanskrit छिन्न | ||
Scots Gaelic gearradh | ||
Sepedi ripa | ||
Serbian исећи | ||
Sesotho seha | ||
Shona cut | ||
Sindhi ڪٽيو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කපන්න | ||
Slovak strihať | ||
Slovenian rez | ||
Somali jarid | ||
Spanish cortar | ||
Sundanese diteukteuk | ||
Swahili kata | ||
Swedish skära | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) putol | ||
Tajik буридан | ||
Tamil வெட்டு | ||
Tatar кисү | ||
Telugu కట్ | ||
Thai ตัด | ||
Tigrinya ቁረፅ | ||
Tsonga tsema | ||
Turkish kesmek | ||
Turkmen kes | ||
Twi (Akan) twa | ||
Ukrainian вирізати | ||
Urdu کٹ | ||
Uyghur cut | ||
Uzbek kesilgan | ||
Vietnamese cắt | ||
Welsh torri | ||
Xhosa sika | ||
Yiddish שנייַדן | ||
Yoruba ge | ||
Zulu ukusika |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "sny" originates from the Dutch word "snijden", which means "to cut" or "to sever". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "prerje" can also refer to a cross-section or a section of a text. |
| Amharic | Its root word ቆረጠ means both to cut or to be cut, to be destroyed. |
| Arabic | The word "يقطع" (cut) in Arabic can also mean "to intersect", "to break", or "to interrupt". |
| Armenian | The word "կտրել" is also used figuratively in Armenian to mean "to interrupt" or "to break off". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "kəsmək" in Azerbaijani also means "to decide" or "to solve". |
| Basque | The verb ebaki comes from the Proto-Basque root "eba" which is related to other Indo-European roots that mean 'to cut' and "ki" which is a verbal suffix. |
| Belarusian | In Belarusian, the verb "выразаць" can also mean "to express, to speak". |
| Bengali | The word "কাটা" (pronounced "kata") can also refer to a wooden bowl used for eating or storing food. |
| Bosnian | The word "izrezati" in Bosnian can also mean "to carve" or "to engrave". |
| Bulgarian | The word "разрез" also means "section" in anatomy, geology, and mathematics. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "tallar" also means "to carve" or "to engrave". |
| Cebuano | The word "putlon" can also refer to a piece or section of something. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "切" can also mean "to cheat" or "to tease". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In some Chinese dialects, "切" can also mean "to be familiar with" or "to know well". |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "tagliatu" can also refer to the cut of a piece of clothing or the shape of a person's face. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, the word "izrezati" can also mean "to choose" or "to select". |
| Czech | The word "střih" can also mean "haircut" or "film editing" in Czech. |
| Danish | It also means 'to cut the cake' or 'to cut the cards' |
| Dutch | The word "besnoeiing" can also refer to pruning or trimming, such as of trees or hair. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "tranĉi" derives from the Slavic word "tranka", meaning "to cleave". It can also refer to cutting or severing in a metaphorical sense. |
| Estonian | The word "lõigatud" also means "section" or "passage" in Estonian, derived from the verb "lõigata" meaning "to cut". |
| Finnish | "Leikata" is connected to many words in Finnish, such as "leikkaus" (surgical operation) and "leikkuri" (cutter) |
| French | The French word "couper" is derived from the Latin word "colpus" meaning "blow" and can also refer to "interrupting" or "separating" something. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word 'snije' can also mean 'to harvest' or 'to reap'. |
| Galician | Galician "cortar" also means "to shorten a garment by taking in the sides, especially a skirt".} |
| German | "Schnitt" also refers to a type of sandwich. |
| Greek | The word "Τομή" can also mean a "section" in a book or a "dissection" in medicine. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "કાપવું" also means "to shorten" or "to reduce". |
| Haitian Creole | Koupe, derived from the French word 'couper,' also means to divide, interrupt, or separate something. |
| Hausa | In Hausa, 'yanke' can also refer to a type of traditional knife carried by men. |
| Hawaiian | 'Ōki' can also mean to prune, pick, or select. |
| Hebrew | In Hebrew, "גזירה" also means "decree" or "fate", possibly stemming from its use in ancient legal documents. |
| Hindi | "कट गया" can also mean "switched off" or "stopped working" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The word txiav in the Hmong language can also mean to break or separate something into pieces. |
| Hungarian | The word "vágott" can also mean "to answer" or "to reply" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "skera" also means "to sharpen" and is related to the Old Norse word "skerja" meaning "to cut" or "to shear". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'ebipụ,' meaning 'to cut,' also implies separation or division. |
| Indonesian | The word 'memotong' also means 'interrupt' or 'abbreviate'. |
| Irish | In Old Irish, "gearrtha" meant "to hew" or "to cut down". |
| Italian | Taglio (cut) derives from Latin *(re)taliare* ("to cut in return") and is also used to indicate a type of pasta. |
| Japanese | "切る" literally means "to separate" and can also mean "to decide" or "to disconnect". |
| Javanese | The word "ngethok" comes from the Proto-Austronesian word "*tuq-an" meaning "to slice" and is related to the Malay word "tetak". It refers to the act of cutting something into small pieces. |
| Kannada | There is another verb form meaning 'to be bitten', as used during snake and animal bites. |
| Kazakh | The word "кесу" can also mean "to divide" or "to cut off" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The word "កាត់" can also mean "to subtract" or "to reduce" in Khmer. |
| Korean | 절단 originally meant "to cut off an enemy's head in battle" and was later extended to mean "to cut off" in general. |
| Kurdish | The word 'birrîn' in Kurdish also means 'severe', 'cruel', or 'ruthless'. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "кесүү" in Kyrgyz can also mean "to harvest" or "to reap". |
| Lao | The word “ຕັດ” (“cut”) in Lao can also mean to deduct, subtract, or interrupt. |
| Latin | The Latin word "secare" has other meanings, such as "to divide" or "to distinguish." |
| Latvian | The word "griezt" also has the meaning "to cut off". |
| Lithuanian | The word "supjaustyti" in Lithuanian means "to cut" or "to make a cut", and is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*keu-," which means "to cut" or "to split". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "geschnidden" is derived from the Middle High German word "sniden" and originally meant "to split wood" or "to shape wood with an axe or knife." |
| Macedonian | The word "сече" (cut) in Macedonian also has the meaning of "to harvest" when referring to crops or timber. |
| Malagasy | The verb "Hetezo" also means to "make a path or road" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | "Potong" also refers to dividing something such as money into different parts or cutting off a relationship. |
| Maltese | "Maqtugħa" is also an idiom in Maltese, meaning "to be disappointed, dismayed". |
| Maori | Tapahi can refer to cutting and severing, or to carving, slicing, or hewing |
| Marathi | The word "कट" in Marathi may also refer to a measurement unit equal to 160 kilograms. |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, the word "тайрах" not only means "to cut", but also "to decide" and "to cross". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | In Burmese, ဖြတ် (pronounced "Pyat") can also mean to separate, divide, or sever something. |
| Nepali | The word "काट्नु" can also mean "to determine" or "to decide". |
| Norwegian | In some contexts, the word "skjære" can mean a specific type of sea bird or a chess piece. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Kudzula" can also mean "to deduct" or "to remove" in Chichewa. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "کټ" also means "to deduct" or "to reduce" something. |
| Persian | In Persian, "قطع کردن" also means "to interrupt" or "to disconnect". |
| Polish | "Skaleczony" means not only someone or something with cuts but also someone or something imperfect or defective. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In European Portuguese, "cortar" can also mean to interrupt or break a connection. |
| Punjabi | In Punjabi, "ਕੱਟੋ" can also refer to a sharp or biting tone of voice or a forceful manner of speech. |
| Romanian | The verb "a tăia" also means "to interrupt" in Romanian. |
| Russian | The Russian word "порез" can also refer to a tax or a toll. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "tipi" can also mean "divide".} |
| Scots Gaelic | An alternative spelling of "gearradh" is "gear," and it can also mean "a notch" or "a nick." |
| Serbian | “исећи” can also mean “to choose” or “to select.” |
| Sesotho | The word 'seha' in Sesotho can also mean 'to shave' or 'to trim'. |
| Shona | In Shona, "kucheka" also has alternate meanings such as "to divide" or "to interrupt." |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, "ڪٽيو" also means "a small piece of meat" |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word “කපන්න” (“cut”) in Sinhala is derived from the Sanskrit word “कृपण” (“cut, mince, chop”) and can also mean “to carve” or “to trim”. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "strihať" is derived from the Proto-Slavic "*strihati" and cognate with Polish "strzyc" and Russian "стричь". |
| Slovenian | "Rez" also means "slice" or "piece" in a loaf of bread |
| Somali | The word "jarid" can also refer to a type of Somali traditional dance. |
| Spanish | The word "cortar" can also mean "to interrupt" or "to break off" in Spanish. |
| Sundanese | The alternate meaning of "diteukteuk" can refer to a small kitchen knife. |
| Swahili | In the Swahili language, "kata" can also mean "to beat" or "to strike". |
| Swedish | The word "skära" is also used in Swedish to describe the act of sharpening a knife. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Putol" is derived from Old Tagalog "pulot," meaning "to break" or "to divide." |
| Tajik | Буридан also means to cut something into small pieces, such as cutting an onion or a carrot. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'வெட்டு' can also refer to a section or division, a type of cloth, a cut made in wood or a musical note. |
| Telugu | The word "కట్" in Telugu can also mean to divide, distribute, or break down something. |
| Thai | The word ตัด (cut) comes from the Sanskrit root कृत् (krt), which also gives rise to the English word 'create', highlighting the duality of cutting as both a destructive and generative act. |
| Turkish | "Kesmek" is also used metaphorically in Turkish to mean "to stop" or "to prevent". |
| Ukrainian | In addition to its primary meaning, “вирізати” (“cut”) can also refer to “to excise” or “to carve” (e.g., a sculpture) in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | In Urdu, "کٹ" also means a deduction or discount. |
| Uzbek | The word "kesilgan" in Uzbek can also mean "interrupted" or "determined". |
| Vietnamese | Although "cắt" means "cut" in Vietnamese, it can also refer to the act of crossing a road or river. |
| Welsh | Welsh "torri" derives from the Proto-Celtic root "*ter-/*tṛ-", meaning "to cut, divide, break, or pierce". |
| Xhosa | In the Eastern Cape, "sika" can also mean "to shave" or "to pluck out feathers". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "שנייַדן" ("shneydn") likely originates from the Old High German word "snīdan" and is related to the modern German word "schneiden," both meaning "to cut." |
| Yoruba | "Ge" means 'cut,' but it also denotes 'circumcise,' as in 'ge ile' ('circumcision'). |
| Zulu | In isiZulu, 'ukusika' can also mean 'to separate' or 'to detach'. |
| English | The word 'cut' originates from the Middle English 'cutten', which has various meanings including 'to divide', 'to wound', and 'to carve'. |