Design in Different Languages
Discover 'Design' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Design
Afrikaans ontwerp | ||
Albanian dizajni | ||
Amharic ዲዛይን | ||
Arabic التصميم | ||
Armenian դիզայն | ||
Assamese ডিজাইন | ||
Aymara lurata | ||
Azerbaijani dizayn | ||
Bambara desɛn | ||
Basque diseinua | ||
Belarusian дызайн | ||
Bengali নকশা | ||
Bhojpuri डिजाइन | ||
Bosnian dizajn | ||
Bulgarian дизайн | ||
Catalan disseny | ||
Cebuano laraw | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 设计 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 設計 | ||
Corsican cuncezzione | ||
Croatian oblikovati | ||
Czech design | ||
Danish design | ||
Dhivehi ޑިޒައިން | ||
Dogri डजैन | ||
Dutch ontwerp | ||
English design | ||
Esperanto projektado | ||
Estonian kujundus | ||
Ewe aɖaŋudɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) disenyo | ||
Finnish design | ||
French conception | ||
Frisian ûntwerpe | ||
Galician deseño | ||
Georgian დიზაინი | ||
German design | ||
Greek σχέδιο | ||
Guarani apora'ãngarã | ||
Gujarati ડિઝાઇન | ||
Haitian Creole konsepsyon | ||
Hausa zane | ||
Hawaiian hoʻolālā | ||
Hebrew לְעַצֵב | ||
Hindi डिज़ाइन | ||
Hmong tsim | ||
Hungarian tervezés | ||
Icelandic hönnun | ||
Igbo imewe | ||
Ilocano disenio | ||
Indonesian rancangan | ||
Irish dearadh | ||
Italian design | ||
Japanese 設計 | ||
Javanese desain | ||
Kannada ವಿನ್ಯಾಸ | ||
Kazakh жобалау | ||
Khmer រចនា | ||
Kinyarwanda igishushanyo | ||
Konkani रचना | ||
Korean 디자인 | ||
Krio dizayn | ||
Kurdish mînakkirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ديزاين | ||
Kyrgyz дизайн | ||
Lao ອອກແບບ | ||
Latin consilio | ||
Latvian dizains | ||
Lingala likanisi ya kosala eloko | ||
Lithuanian dizainas | ||
Luganda okukuba | ||
Luxembourgish design | ||
Macedonian дизајн | ||
Maithili डिजाइन | ||
Malagasy famolavolana | ||
Malay reka bentuk | ||
Malayalam രൂപകൽപ്പന | ||
Maltese disinn | ||
Maori hoahoa | ||
Marathi डिझाइन | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯑꯣꯡ ꯃꯇꯧ | ||
Mizo ruangam siam | ||
Mongolian дизайн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဒီဇိုင်း | ||
Nepali डिजाईन | ||
Norwegian design | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kapangidwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଡିଜାଇନ୍ | ||
Oromo tolfama | ||
Pashto ډیزاین | ||
Persian طرح | ||
Polish projekt | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) projeto | ||
Punjabi ਡਿਜ਼ਾਇਨ | ||
Quechua pallay | ||
Romanian proiecta | ||
Russian дизайн | ||
Samoan mamanu | ||
Sanskrit प्ररचन | ||
Scots Gaelic dealbhadh | ||
Sepedi moakanyetšo | ||
Serbian дизајн | ||
Sesotho moralo | ||
Shona dhizaini | ||
Sindhi خاڪو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) නිර්මාණ | ||
Slovak dizajn | ||
Slovenian oblikovanje | ||
Somali naqshad | ||
Spanish diseño | ||
Sundanese rarancang | ||
Swahili kubuni | ||
Swedish design | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) disenyo | ||
Tajik тарроҳӣ | ||
Tamil வடிவமைப்பு | ||
Tatar дизайн | ||
Telugu రూపకల్పన | ||
Thai ออกแบบ | ||
Tigrinya ንድፊ | ||
Tsonga vukhavisi | ||
Turkish tasarım | ||
Turkmen dizaýn | ||
Twi (Akan) hyehyɛ | ||
Ukrainian дизайн | ||
Urdu ڈیزائن | ||
Uyghur لايىھىلەش | ||
Uzbek dizayn | ||
Vietnamese thiết kế | ||
Welsh dyluniad | ||
Xhosa uyilo | ||
Yiddish פּלאַן | ||
Yoruba apẹrẹ | ||
Zulu ukwakheka |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Ontwerp shares an etymological root with the English "warp" referring to threads twisted together. |
| Albanian | The Albanian "dizajni" comes from Italian "disegnare," meaning "to arrange," and from Old French "designet," meaning "plot." |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ዲዛይን" (design) is derived from the English word "design" and has the same meaning. |
| Arabic | "التصميم" also means "the decision" or "the judgment". |
| Armenian | The word "դիզայն" (design) in Armenian ultimately derives from the Latin word "designare", meaning "to mark out" or "to sketch". |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, "dizayn" also alludes to "an intention to achieve a target". |
| Basque | Diseinua is a loanword from the French word "dessin" meaning "drawing". |
| Belarusian | Originally, the word "дызайн" comes from the Latin word "designare", meaning "to mark out" or "to sketch". |
| Bengali | The word "নকশা" (design) derives from the Sanskrit term "nakṣatra" (constellation), and also refers to a pattern or plan. |
| Bosnian | The word "dizajn" is likely derived from the Italian word "disegno", which means "drawing" or "plan". |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "дизайн" also means a "plan" or "scheme". |
| Catalan | The word "disseny" in Catalan comes from the Latin word "designare", meaning "to mark out" or "to draw". |
| Cebuano | "Laraw" can also refer to a plan, scheme, or intention. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In early Chinese texts, "设计" could also mean conspiracy to overthrow a government. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 設計 is also the traditional Chinese version of the Western name "Design." |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "cuncezzione" is derived from the Latin word "conceptio", which also means "design" or "conception". |
| Croatian | The word "oblikovati" can also mean "to form" or "to shape" in Croatian. |
| Czech | The Czech word "design" also means "intent" or "purpose". |
| Danish | The Danish word "design" (design) has an alternate meaning of "rain". |
| Dutch | "Ontwerp" also means plan, concept, or draft. |
| Esperanto | The word "projektado" originally meant "outline, plan" and is also used in Esperanto to mean "projection" (e.g., a film or slide show). |
| Estonian | Estonian word “kujundus” derives from a verb “kujutama”, which means to imagine or to picture. |
| Finnish | In Finnish, `design` can also refer to a pattern, a plan, or a concept, derived from the Latin `designare` meaning "to designate or mark out". |
| French | The French word "conception" originates from the Latin word "conceptus", meaning "something conceived or formed in the mind". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "ûntwerpe" is cognate with the English word "answer." |
| Galician | In Galician, the word "deseño" derives from the Latin "designāre", meaning "to mark out", but also refers to artistic concepts like "pattern" or "layout". |
| Georgian | The word "დიზაინი" comes from the Latin word "designare", meaning "to draw" or "to mark out." |
| German | German "Design" means both "design" and "pattern", highlighting the connection between the two concepts. |
| Greek | The word "σχέδιο" also means "plan", "scheme", or "intention" in Greek. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "ડિઝાઇન" also refers to a plan or a blueprint. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "konsepsyon" in Haitian Creole also means "concept" and is derived from the French word "conception". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "zane" can also refer to a plan, a scheme, or a plot. |
| Hawaiian | Hoʻolālā also means "to cause to appear" or "to manifest" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word לְעַצֵב (la'atzev) can also mean to "form" or "shape," as in the process of creating something. |
| Hindi | The word 'डिज़ाइन' comes from the Latin word 'signum', which means 'a sign' or 'a mark'. |
| Hmong | Tsim can also refer to a pattern made by an animal's fur or skin in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "tervezés" not only means "design" but also "planning" and "engineering". |
| Icelandic | Hönnun, meaning “design” or “craftmanship” in Icelandic, may have derived from an Anglo-Saxon cognate word, “hunnon”, which also refers to artistry. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "imewe" also means "pattern" or "model". |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, the word "rancangan" originally meant "plan" or "scheme" and is now used almost exclusively to refer to design. |
| Irish | The Irish word 'dearadh' also means 'purpose' or 'intention'. |
| Italian | "Disegno" (design) also means drawing, sketch, cartoon, plan, outline, intention, and purpose. |
| Japanese | The characters for "設計" also form the phrase "the will of the heavens," implying a divine plan. |
| Javanese | 'Desain' is also a Javanese word for 'a pattern' or 'an ornament'. |
| Kannada | The word "ವಿನ್ಯಾಸ" also carries the connotation of "plan" or "scheme" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The word "жобалау" may also refer to a type of embroidery in traditional Kazakh culture. |
| Khmer | The word "រចនា" in Khmer also means "creation" or "composition". |
| Korean | The word "디자인" (design) in Korean has been derived from the French word "dessin", meaning "drawing" or "sketch". It primarily refers to the process of creating and shaping something, but it can also denote a pattern or a plan. |
| Kurdish | Kurdish word "mînakkirin" means "design", "pattern", "plan" and "scheme" in English. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "дизайн" in Kyrgyz also means "project" or "layout". |
| Latin | The word "consilio" can also refer to a plan or purpose, as well as the act of deliberating or considering something. |
| Latvian | Dizaini (plural: dizaini) is derived from the French word 'dezeing,' and is commonly used to refer to a design or pattern, in the context of art and aesthetics. |
| Lithuanian | Dizainas is derived from the Old Italian word |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, the word "Design" can also mean "pattern" or "model". |
| Macedonian | The word "дизајн" (design) comes from the Latin word "designare", meaning "to mark out". In some contexts, it can also refer to an underlying purpose or plan. |
| Malagasy | The word "famolavolana" also means "the art of shaping words" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The word "reka bentuk" in Malay is derived from the Sanskrit word "rekha", meaning "line" or "drawing". |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "rupalkalpana" comes from the Sanskrit word "rupakalpa", which means "creation of form". |
| Maltese | The word 'disinn' is related to the Italian word 'disegno', which can also refer to 'a drawing' or 'a plan' in addition to its primary meaning of 'design' |
| Maori | The word "hoahoa" in Maori can also refer to the "plan" or "intent" of something, or the "idea" or "concept" behind a design. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, 'डिझाइन' has a secondary meaning of 'a clever plan or scheme'. |
| Mongolian | The word 'дизайн' ('design') in Mongolian originally meant 'intent', 'purpose', or 'plan'. |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "डिजाईन" is a loanword from English and has the same meaning and etymology. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "design" can also refer to "pattern" or "drawing". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Kapangidwe" also means "purpose" and is derived from the verb "kupanga" (to make a form or shape). |
| Pashto | The Pashto word “ډیزاین” (“design”) originates from the French word “dessin,” meaning “drawing” or “plan.” |
| Persian | The word "طرح" (design) in Persian comes from the Arabic root "طرح" meaning "to throw" or "to cast", as in the act of designing something before creating it. |
| Polish | In Polish, "projekt" also refers to a draft or blueprint, capturing the initial stages of design. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "projeto" comes from the Latin word "proiectus", meaning "something thrown forward" or "a plan." |
| Punjabi | The word "ਡਿਜ਼ਾਇਨ" in Punjabi can also refer to a plan or scheme, or to the process of creating something. |
| Romanian | The word "proiecta" comes from the Latin word "proiectum", which means "to throw forward" or "to design". |
| Russian | "Дизайн" is borrowed from French, where it means "drawing, drawing, intention, scheme, plan, project, composition of parts". In Russian, the word "design" often refers to the artistic aspect of the design. |
| Samoan | "Mamanu" is a variant of "manomano", meaning "to paint" or "to draw". |
| Scots Gaelic | The verb "dealbh" also means "to shape, form, or figure," which is why "dealbhadh" also means either "the act of shaping or forming" or "the form or shape of something." |
| Serbian | Serbian 'дизајн' ('design') ultimately derives from French 'dessin' with the same meaning, stemming from the Latin verb 'designare' meaning 'to mark out', 'to denote'. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "moralo" translates primarily as "design" as opposed to "plan" or "purpose" as "sebopeho" would. |
| Shona | This Shona word for "design" is borrowed from English. |
| Sindhi | The word "خاڪو" in Sindhi can also refer to a blueprint or a plan. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "නිර්මාණ" can also refer to the process of creation or composition. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "dizajn" comes from the French word "dessin", meaning "drawing", and can refer to both artistic and technical drawings. |
| Slovenian | In mathematics, "oblikovanje" refers to a process of "forming" mathematical entities, such as shapes or functions. |
| Somali | Naqshad also means 'the design used in decorating a camel's saddle bag'. |
| Spanish | The word "diseño" comes from the Italian word "disegno", meaning "drawing", and has a broader meaning in Spanish that encompasses artistic and industrial design. |
| Sundanese | The term "rarancang" can also refer to a plan or proposal in the context of Sundanese language. |
| Swahili | "Kubuni" also means "to carve," "to draw," or "to engrave" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "design" also means "pattern". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Disenyo" is also a Spanish loanword that means "drawing, sketch, or plan." |
| Tajik | A secondary meaning of “тарроҳӣ” is “a draft or plan” in Persian and Tajik, whereas in Arabic this word is associated with “the act of creating”. |
| Telugu | The word "రూపకల్పన" is derived from the Sanskrit word "रूपकल्पना", meaning "imagination" or "visualisation". |
| Thai | ออกแบบ derives from the Thai word "ออก" (out) and "แบบ" (model), implying the creation of something new and distinct. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "tasarım" also means "conception, formation, drawing"} |
| Ukrainian | Ukrainian word "дизайн" ("design") derives from the French "dessin" ("drawing") and is also used to refer to the act of designing. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "dizayn" (дизайн) is derived from the Russian word "диза́йн" and ultimately from the French word "dessin", meaning "drawing" or "plan". |
| Vietnamese | The word "thiết kế" is derived from the Chinese word "設計", which means "to plan or draw a design". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "dyluniad" is derived from the same root as the English word "delineate" and the Old Irish word "dliged," which means "law". |
| Xhosa | The word "uyilo" in Xhosa can also refer to a blueprint or a plan. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פּלאַן" (plan) is derived from the Greek word "πλάνος" (planos), meaning "wandering" or "roaming." |
| Yoruba | The word "apẹrẹ" can also refer to a pattern or a model. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "ukwakheka" can also mean "to weave" or "to plait". |
| English | The word 'design' derives from the Latin word 'designare', meaning 'to mark out'. |