Afrikaans uitbeeld | ||
Albanian përshkruaj | ||
Amharic የሚያሳይ | ||
Arabic تصف | ||
Armenian պատկերել | ||
Assamese চিত্ৰিত কৰা | ||
Aymara uñacht’ayaña | ||
Azerbaijani təsvir etmək | ||
Bambara ja jira | ||
Basque irudikatu | ||
Belarusian адлюстроўваць | ||
Bengali চিত্রিত | ||
Bhojpuri चित्रण कइल गइल बा | ||
Bosnian portretirati | ||
Bulgarian изобразяват | ||
Catalan representar | ||
Cebuano ihulagway | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 描绘 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 描繪 | ||
Corsican raffigurà | ||
Croatian prikazati | ||
Czech líčit | ||
Danish skildre | ||
Dhivehi ތަސްވީރުކުރުން | ||
Dogri चित्रण करना | ||
Dutch verbeelden | ||
English depict | ||
Esperanto bildigi | ||
Estonian kujutama | ||
Ewe ƒe nɔnɔmetata | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ilarawan | ||
Finnish kuvata | ||
French représenter | ||
Frisian ôfbyldzje | ||
Galician representar | ||
Georgian ასახავს | ||
German darstellen | ||
Greek περιγράφω | ||
Guarani ohechauka | ||
Gujarati ચિત્રિત | ||
Haitian Creole dekri | ||
Hausa nuna | ||
Hawaiian hōʻikeʻike | ||
Hebrew לתאר | ||
Hindi चित्रित | ||
Hmong xwm txheej | ||
Hungarian ábrázol | ||
Icelandic lýsa | ||
Igbo gosi | ||
Ilocano iladawan | ||
Indonesian menggambarkan | ||
Irish léiriú | ||
Italian raffigurare | ||
Japanese 描写する | ||
Javanese nggambarake | ||
Kannada ಚಿತ್ರಿಸಿ | ||
Kazakh бейнелеу | ||
Khmer ពិពណ៌នា | ||
Kinyarwanda shushanya | ||
Konkani चित्रीत करप | ||
Korean 묘사하다 | ||
Krio pikchɔ | ||
Kurdish nîgar kirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) وێنا بکە | ||
Kyrgyz сүрөттөө | ||
Lao ອະທິບາຍ | ||
Latin commeditor | ||
Latvian attēlot | ||
Lingala ezali komonisa bililingi | ||
Lithuanian pavaizduoti | ||
Luganda okukuba ekifaananyi | ||
Luxembourgish duergestallt | ||
Macedonian отсликуваат | ||
Maithili चित्रित करब | ||
Malagasy sarina | ||
Malay gambarkan | ||
Malayalam ചിത്രീകരിക്കുക | ||
Maltese juru | ||
Maori whakaahua | ||
Marathi चित्रण | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯎꯠꯄꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo lemchan a ni | ||
Mongolian дүрслэх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပုံဖော် | ||
Nepali चित्रण | ||
Norwegian skildre | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) onetsani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଚିତ୍ରଣ | ||
Oromo agarsiisu | ||
Pashto انځورول | ||
Persian تصور کن | ||
Polish przedstawiać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) retratar | ||
Punjabi ਦਰਸਾਉ | ||
Quechua siq’iy | ||
Romanian descrie | ||
Russian изображать | ||
Samoan ata | ||
Sanskrit चित्रयतु | ||
Scots Gaelic dealbh | ||
Sepedi bontšha | ||
Serbian сликати | ||
Sesotho bontša | ||
Shona kuratidza | ||
Sindhi ظاهر ڪريو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) නිරූපණය කරන්න | ||
Slovak líčiť | ||
Slovenian upodabljajo | ||
Somali sawirid | ||
Spanish representar | ||
Sundanese ngagambarkeun | ||
Swahili onyesha | ||
Swedish skildra | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ilarawan | ||
Tajik тасвир кардан | ||
Tamil சித்தரிக்க | ||
Tatar сурәтләү | ||
Telugu వర్ణించండి | ||
Thai พรรณนา | ||
Tigrinya ስእሊ | ||
Tsonga ku kombisa | ||
Turkish göstermek | ||
Turkmen şekillendirýär | ||
Twi (Akan) ho mfonini | ||
Ukrainian зобразити | ||
Urdu عکاسی کرنا | ||
Uyghur تەسۋىر | ||
Uzbek tasvirlash | ||
Vietnamese miêu tả | ||
Welsh darlunio | ||
Xhosa bonisa | ||
Yiddish ויסמאָלן | ||
Yoruba ṣe apejuwe | ||
Zulu bonisa |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "uitbeeld" can also refer to the act of portraying or representing something. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "përshkruaj" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *prek-, meaning "to draw, shape, or form." |
| Amharic | The word "የሚያሳይ" can also mean "to show, to demonstrate, to exhibit, to display, to make visible," or "to represent." |
| Arabic | The Arabic word تصف (depict) also means 'to describe' or 'to represent,' akin to the English 'depict,' ultimately deriving from the Proto-Indo-European root *deik- ('to show') |
| Azerbaijani | The word "təsvir etmək" can also mean "to paint a picture" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The term "irudikatu" also means "represent" or "imagine" in Basque. |
| Bengali | চিত্রিত can mean 'to capture an image' or 'to delineate a picture'. |
| Bosnian | Bosnian word 'portretirati' originates from the French word 'pourtraire', which means 'to portray'. |
| Bulgarian | Изобразяват also means "to present in art". |
| Catalan | The verb "representar" in Catalan has an additional meaning of "to perform a play". |
| Cebuano | The word "ihulagway" can also be used to mean "to represent" or "to symbolize" in Cebuano. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 描绘 also means 'to trace' or 'to portray'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "描繪" can also mean "to delineate", "to outline", or "to sketch" in Chinese. |
| Corsican | The word "raffigurà" is derived from "raffigurà" (depict). It is also used in the sense of "to represent". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "prikazati" likely evolved from "prikazanje," which originally meant "appearance" or "vision." |
| Czech | Líčit (Czech: literally "to tell a story") has been used to describe various forms of depiction, from painting to photography to writing. |
| Danish | The word "skildre" in Danish, a cognate of "schilderen" in Dutch, is derived from the Germanic root words "schild" (shield) and "eren" (to honor). |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "verbeelden" can additionally mean "to think", "to imagine", or "to pretend." |
| Esperanto | "Bildigi" is related to the word "bildo" which means "image" or "painting." |
| Estonian | In Finnish, the word "kujutama" means "to imitate". |
| Finnish | In Finnish, "kuvata" also means to photograph, film, or portray through art. |
| French | The French word "représenter" can also mean "to represent" or "to stand for". |
| Frisian | Frisian verb ôfbyldzje originally meant: "to copy, to write" and derives from of < Latin "off", i.e. "away, from", and bildzje, from Middle Dutch "beelden", i.e. "image". |
| Galician | Galician "representar" can also mean "to represent", in the sense of being an actor or performer on stage. |
| German | Darstellen also means to represent, portray, or perform. |
| Greek | The verb "περιγράφω" initially meant "to draw around" something, and later obtained the meaning of "to describe". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word 'ચિત્રિત' ('depict') is cognate with the English words 'picture' and 'portrait', and comes from the Sanskrit word 'citrā' ('representation'). |
| Haitian Creole | "Dekri" comes from the French "décrire," also meaning to "describe" |
| Hausa | "Nuna" also means "to show" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | The word "hōʻikeʻike" is a compound word that literally means "to cause to see and see". |
| Hebrew | The word לתאר ('depict') in Hebrew originally meant 'to delineate' or 'sketch,' and it is related to the word תאר ('outline'). |
| Hindi | The word चित्रित (chitrit) is derived from the Sanskrit root चित् (chit), meaning 'to think' or 'to understand'. |
| Hmong | The word "xwm txheej" in Hmong can also mean "to draw" or "to paint". |
| Hungarian | Ábrázol in Hungarian comes from the word "ábrázat" meaning "face" and refers to the act of "showing" or "displaying" something. |
| Icelandic | The word "lýsa" is derived from the Proto-Germanic root "leusaną", meaning "to shine, light up". |
| Igbo | The verb 'gosi' also means to be present or to appear in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | In addition to "depict", "menggambarkan" also means "to describe", "to portray", or "to illustrate". |
| Irish | Léiriú can also mean: show, exhibition, display, performance, demonstration, representation, description. |
| Italian | "Raffigurare" is a compound word derived from the Latin "refigurare" and "figurare", meaning "to make again" and "to form". |
| Japanese | 描写する can also mean "copy" or "trace" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | The word "nggambarake" can also mean "to draw" or "to write" in Javanese. |
| Kannada | The term "ಚಿತ್ರಿಸಿ" originated from the word "चित्री" in the Sanskrit language, meaning a female painter, and ultimately comes from the root "चित्र", meaning a picture, a painting, or a work of art. |
| Kazakh | The word "бейнелеу" comes from the Arabic word "بَيْنَة" which means "evidence", "proof", or "argument". |
| Korean | The etymology of 묘사하다 derives from the Chinese characters 描寫, where 描 refers to "delineating" and 寫 refers to "writing". |
| Kurdish | The word "nîgar kirin" has Arabic origin and means "to paint, draw, or illustrate". |
| Kyrgyz | Сүрөттөө - is used in Kyrgyz both in the meaning of “depiction” and in the sense of “portrayal”/“painting”. |
| Latin | The term COMMEDITOR is not found in Latin. |
| Latvian | The word "attēlot" also means "to reflect" or "to mirror" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The word "pavaizduoti" comes from the Proto-Balto-Slavic root *vaizd- "to see" |
| Macedonian | "Отсликуваат" (depict) derives from the verb "сликам" (paint), and can also mean to represent or portray. |
| Malagasy | The word "sarina" can also mean a "form of drawing or painting." |
| Malay | "Menggambarkan" is also Malay for "to draw; to paint; to portray". |
| Malayalam | The word 'ചിത്രീകരിക്കുക' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'चित्र' ('picture') and refers to the representation of a scene or subject through art, writing, or other forms of expression. |
| Maltese | The word 'juru' is also used in Maltese to describe the act of taking a person's picture. |
| Maori | The Maori word "whakaahua" can also refer to "to make an image of"} |
| Marathi | The word "चित्रण" also means "a portrait" or "a description". |
| Mongolian | The word "дүрслэх" can also mean "to visualize" or "to portray." |
| Nepali | The word "चित्रण" in Nepali can also mean "picture" or "image". |
| Norwegian | The word "skildre" in Norwegian has roots in the Old Norse word "skilja", meaning "to separate" or "to part". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'onetsani' can also mean 'to show' or 'to indicate'. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "انځورول" also means "to portray" or "to describe". |
| Persian | The word "تصور کن" comes from the Arabic word "صورة" which means "image" or "picture". It can also mean "to imagine" or "to think about". |
| Polish | The word "przedstawiać" also means "to present" or "to introduce" in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Retratar" can also mean to withdraw or to retract. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਦਰਸਾਉ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "दर्शन" (darshan), which means "sight" or "perception". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "descrie" can also mean "to perceive" or "to discover". |
| Russian | The root of the word "изображать" is "образ," which means "image" or "form." |
| Samoan | Ata has alternate uses such as "mark" or "paint" and was formerly used to mean "to write". |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "dealbh" is derived from the Proto-Celtic word "delbos", meaning "image". It can also mean "idol", "statue", or "form". |
| Serbian | The word "сликати" (''slikati'') in Serbian also means "to paint" and shares the same root as "слика" (''slika'') meaning "picture". |
| Sesotho | In Old Sesotho, "bontša" also meant "to appoint, to choose, to pick". |
| Shona | The word "kuratidza" can also mean "to illustrate" or "to draw a picture of" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The word "ظاهر ڪريو" can also mean "to show" or "to demonstrate". |
| Slovak | The Slovak verb "líčiť" can also mean "to paint" or "to draw". |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "upodabljajo" comes from the Proto-Slavic verb *podobbiti, meaning "to make similar." |
| Somali | Sawirid can also mean 'imagine', 'think', or 'guess' in Somali. |
| Spanish | "Representar" can also mean "to act in a play, film, or television program, or "to stand for or embody something." |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "ngagambarkeun" comes from the word "gambar" (picture) and the suffix "-keun" (to make), meaning "to make a picture" or "to depict". |
| Swahili | "Onyesha" also means "to show" or "to demonstrate" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | "Skildra" originally stems from the Old Norse "skjöldr" meaning "shield." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Ilarawan" in Tagalog can also mean "to describe" or "to portray". |
| Tajik | The word "тасвир кардан" ultimately comes from the Arabic word "صور", meaning "image" or "figure". |
| Telugu | The word 'వర్ణించండి' ('depict') is derived from the Sanskrit word 'वर्ण' ('color') and can also mean 'describe' or 'narrate'. |
| Thai | In Sanskrit, "varṇ" means "describe, narrate, paint," and "nā" means "a noun suffix". |
| Turkish | Göstermek also means "to indicate something" or "to point something out" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | У слові “зобразити” виділяється корінь -браз- (образ). Також існують омоніми: зображати і зображувати, які відрізняються наголосом і формою майбутнього часу. |
| Urdu | عکاسی کرنا is an Urdu word meaning to depict or portray, and it is derived from the Persian word عکس (aks), meaning 'reflection'. |
| Uzbek | Uzbek "tasvirlash" translates to "portray" in English, and can also mean "to describe" or "to express." |
| Vietnamese | It can also carry the secondary meaning of "description" when used with the word "lời" (words). |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "darlunio" can also mean to describe, portray or represent something. |
| Xhosa | The word 'bonisa' in Xhosa holds an archaic meaning of 'to carve', revealing its connections to the visual arts and craftsmanship. |
| Yiddish | The word "ויסמאָלן" in Yiddish comes from the German "ausmalen", which means "to color in" or "to illustrate". |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "ṣe apejuwe" can also mean "to demonstrate" or "to show off". |
| Zulu | In some contexts, 'bonisa' can also refer to the act of making an image or picture. |
| English | The word “depict” derives from the Latin word “depingere,” which means “to paint”. |