Detect in Different Languages
Discover 'Detect' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Detect
Afrikaans op te spoor | ||
Albanian zbuloj | ||
Amharic መለየት | ||
Arabic الكشف | ||
Armenian հայտնաբերել | ||
Assamese চিনাক্ত কৰা | ||
Aymara katjaña | ||
Azerbaijani aşkarlamaq | ||
Bambara ka lásàa | ||
Basque detektatu | ||
Belarusian выявіць | ||
Bengali সনাক্ত | ||
Bhojpuri पता लगावल | ||
Bosnian otkriti | ||
Bulgarian откривам | ||
Catalan detectar | ||
Cebuano nakamatikod | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 检测 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 檢測 | ||
Corsican detect | ||
Croatian otkriti | ||
Czech detekovat | ||
Danish opdage | ||
Dhivehi ފާހަގަވުން | ||
Dogri पता लाना | ||
Dutch detecteren | ||
English detect | ||
Esperanto detekti | ||
Estonian avastama | ||
Ewe de dzesi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tuklasin | ||
Finnish havaita | ||
French détecter | ||
Frisian opspoare | ||
Galician detectar | ||
Georgian გამოავლინონ | ||
German erkennen | ||
Greek ανιχνεύουν | ||
Guarani kuaa | ||
Gujarati શોધો | ||
Haitian Creole detekte | ||
Hausa gano | ||
Hawaiian ʻike | ||
Hebrew לזהות | ||
Hindi पता लगाना | ||
Hmong kuaj saib | ||
Hungarian érzékeli | ||
Icelandic greina | ||
Igbo chọpụta | ||
Ilocano maamiris | ||
Indonesian mendeteksi | ||
Irish aimsiú | ||
Italian rilevare | ||
Japanese 検出する | ||
Javanese ndeteksi | ||
Kannada ಪತ್ತೆ | ||
Kazakh анықтау | ||
Khmer រកឃើញ | ||
Kinyarwanda gutahura | ||
Konkani मेळप | ||
Korean 감지하다 | ||
Krio notis | ||
Kurdish kişfkirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) تێبینی کردن | ||
Kyrgyz аныктоо | ||
Lao ກວດພົບ | ||
Latin deprehendere | ||
Latvian atklāt | ||
Lingala komona | ||
Lithuanian aptikti | ||
Luganda okulaba | ||
Luxembourgish detektéieren | ||
Macedonian открие | ||
Maithili पता लगाब | ||
Malagasy mahita | ||
Malay mengesan | ||
Malayalam കണ്ടെത്തുക | ||
Maltese tiskopri | ||
Maori kitea | ||
Marathi शोधा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯈꯪꯗꯣꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo manchhuak | ||
Mongolian илрүүлэх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ရှာဖွေတွေ့ရှိ | ||
Nepali पत्ता लगाउनुहोस् | ||
Norwegian oppdage | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) pezani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଚିହ୍ନଟ କର | | ||
Oromo bira ga'uu | ||
Pashto کشف | ||
Persian تشخیص | ||
Polish wykryć | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) detectar | ||
Punjabi ਖੋਜੋ | ||
Quechua tariy | ||
Romanian detecta | ||
Russian обнаруживать | ||
Samoan iloa | ||
Sanskrit चिह्न् | ||
Scots Gaelic lorg | ||
Sepedi lemoga | ||
Serbian открити | ||
Sesotho lemoha | ||
Shona detective | ||
Sindhi ڳولي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) හඳුනාගන්න | ||
Slovak zistiť | ||
Slovenian zaznati | ||
Somali ogaansho | ||
Spanish detectar | ||
Sundanese ngadeteksi | ||
Swahili gundua | ||
Swedish upptäcka, detektera | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) matukoy | ||
Tajik ошкор кардан | ||
Tamil கண்டறிதல் | ||
Tatar ачыклау | ||
Telugu గుర్తించడం | ||
Thai ตรวจจับ | ||
Tigrinya ምምርማር | ||
Tsonga kumisisa | ||
Turkish tespit etmek | ||
Turkmen anyklaň | ||
Twi (Akan) hunu | ||
Ukrainian виявити | ||
Urdu پتہ لگائیں | ||
Uyghur بايقاش | ||
Uzbek aniqlash | ||
Vietnamese phát hiện | ||
Welsh canfod | ||
Xhosa fumanisa | ||
Yiddish דעטעקטירן | ||
Yoruba ri | ||
Zulu thola |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Op te spoor" is Afrikaans for "to detect," but in Dutch, the word "spoor" literally means "track" or "trail." |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "zbuloj" derives from the Proto-Albanian word "*zbolí" and cognates with other Illyrian languages such as Messapic "zpóa" (reveal) and Delmatian "zbulí" (reveal) |
| Amharic | The word "መለየት" can also mean "to reveal" or "to disclose". |
| Arabic | الكشف also means to uncover or expose something hidden. |
| Azerbaijani | "Aşkarlamaq" in Azerbaijani means "to reveal, to bring to light". It derives from the Persian word "âşkâr" which means "open, conspicuous, manifest". |
| Basque | The word "detektatu" in Basque is derived from the Latin word "detegere", meaning "to uncover" or "to reveal". |
| Belarusian | The word "выявіць" can also mean "to discover" or "to make known" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | সনাক্ত is derived from the Sanskrit word 'san-jña', which means 'to know or recognize'. |
| Bosnian | The word 'otkriti' in Bosnian comes from the same root as 'cover' and can also mean to 'uncover', 'reveal', or 'disclose'. |
| Bulgarian | "Откривам" in Bulgarian translates to "detect" in English but is the etymon to words that carry meanings of "reveal", "find", "start", and "answer". |
| Catalan | "Detectar" shares the same etymological origin with "detector", deriving from the Latin word "detegere" meaning to uncover, reveal, or expose. |
| Cebuano | Nakamatikod, coming from the word "matkod," also means "to smell something' or "to have an inkling of something." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 检测, 意指‘用仪表检查’或称之为‘检验’, 也指‘测验’, 例: ‘教师对学生上课知识进行检测’ |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 檢測來自於『檢校』，所以除了有檢查、查驗的意思外，也有校正之意。 |
| Corsican | In Corsican, the word "detect" also means "to perceive by touch or smell". |
| Croatian | "Otkriti" also means "open" in Croatian. |
| Czech | Czech "detekovat" comes from Latin "detectus" (uncovered) and also means to discover or reveal in addition to its normal meaning to detect. |
| Danish | The word "opdage" is derived from the Old Norse word "uppdagi," meaning "to discover". |
| Dutch | The Dutch verb "detecteren" comes from the Latin word "detegere", which means "to uncover" or "to reveal". In Dutch, "detecteren" can also mean "to locate" or "to find". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "detekti" derives from the English "detect", indicating its connection to the act of discovering something hidden. |
| Estonian | The word "avastama" can also mean "to discover" or "to find out". |
| Finnish | The word "havaita" is related to the word "havaita", which means "to perceive" or "to notice". |
| French | The French word "détecter" originates from the Latin word "detegere" meaning "to uncover" or "to make visible." |
| Frisian | "Opspoare" is derived from the Old Frisian word "opspeuren," meaning "to track down" or "to investigate." |
| Galician | "Detectar" in Galician can also mean "to discover", "to find out", or "to notice for the first time" |
| German | "Erkennen" originally meant to mark something with a characteristic sign; the modern meaning "to detect" has only been common since the 17th century. |
| Greek | The word "ανιχνεύουν" is derived from the Greek word "ανιχνεύω" (anichneúō), which means "to track, to trace, to pursue, to follow after", and is related to the word "ίχνος" (íchnos), which means "track, footprint, trace, mark". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "શોધો" is derived from the Sanskrit word "sūdha" meaning "to purify or refine". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "detekte" originates from the French word "détecter", meaning "to detect"} |
| Hausa | The word "gano" also means "understand" or "know" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | ʻIke, meaning “to detect,” is cognate with the Māori word “kite” meaning "to observe or see." |
| Hebrew | The word "לזהות" is derived from the Hebrew root "זה" (zeh), meaning "this" or "it". |
| Hindi | The word "पता लगाना" is derived from the Sanskrit "पति" (lord, master) and "लक्ष्ण" (mark, sign), implying "to identify something by its distinctive marks." |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "kuaj saib" (detect) originally meant "to see through" or "to look into". |
| Hungarian | The word "érzékeli" is derived from the Hungarian word "érzék" (meaning "sense"), and can also mean "to perceive" or "to feel". |
| Icelandic | The word "greina" also means "branch". |
| Igbo | Igbo word "chọpụta" also means "to uncover" or "to reveal". |
| Indonesian | "Mendeteksi" is derived from the Dutch word "detecteren" which comes from French "detecter" (from Latin "detegere": uncover, reveal). |
| Irish | The word "aimsiú" is derived from the Old Irish word "ad-feis", meaning "to observe" or "to perceive." |
| Italian | "Rilevare" also means "to survey" or "to map" and comes from the Latin "relevare", to lift up, meaning to lighten a load or burden. |
| Japanese | The word 検出する also means "to check" or "to inspect". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "ndeteksi" also means "to perceive" or "to notice". |
| Kannada | The word 'ಪತ್ತೆ' can also refer to a playing card or a deck of playing cards in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "анықтау" originated from the Persian word "ānikhtan", which means "to find out" or "to determine". |
| Khmer | "រកឃើញ" can also mean "to find" or "to discover" something. |
| Korean | "감지하다" is derived from the Chinese characters 感 (to feel, to sense) and 知 (to know), suggesting the process of perceiving or registering something. |
| Kurdish | "Kişfkirin" means "detect" and is formed from two words: "kişf", meaning "discovery", and "kirin", meaning "make" or "do". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "аныктоо" also means "to determine" or "to define". |
| Latin | The Latin word "deprehendere" originally meant to "catch hold of" or "seize" and was later extended to mean "detect". |
| Latvian | Atklāt is also used in Latvian to mean "to discover" or "to uncover". |
| Lithuanian | The word "aptikti" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*h₂ep-", meaning "to find, perceive" or "to notice". |
| Luxembourgish | Etymology: from French détecter - Latin: detectus meaning discovered |
| Macedonian | The verb "открие" can also mean "to discover" or "to invent" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | "Mahita' shares its root with 'mahy' meaning 'know' or 'understand', highlighting the cognitive aspect of discovery and recognition. |
| Malay | The word "mengesan" can also mean "to examine" or "to investigate". |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word 'കണ്ടെത്തുക' also means to 'find out' or 'discover', similar to its usage in English as 'detect'. |
| Maltese | The word 'tiskopri' (detect) might come from the French 'de tec', 'tec de' (roof), or the Latin 'tectum' (house roof). |
| Maori | The Maori word "kitea" also means "to see" or "to notice". |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "शोधा" (detect) is derived from the Sanskrit word "शोधन" (investigation, search, inquiry). |
| Mongolian | The word "илрүүлэх" can also mean "to discern", "to perceive", or "to realize". |
| Nepali | पत्ता लगाउनुहोस् is also used to describe the act of "finding out" or "uncovering" something that was previously hidden or unknown. |
| Norwegian | Oppdage (detect) shares an etymological origin with 'open', as it literally means 'to open that which is hidden' |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Pezani" can also mean "to test" or "to examine" in Nyanja (Chichewa). |
| Pashto | کشف (Kašf): Pashto word meaning 'detection' is originally borrowed from the Arabic word meaning 'disclosure' or 'exposure'. |
| Persian | تشخیص is originally derived from the Arabic word “تشخيص” which means “to see something clearly,” and “to make a judgment.” |
| Polish | The Polish word "wykryć" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *vykъryti, which also meant "to open" or "to uncover". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "detectar" in Portuguese is derived from the Latin verb "detegere," meaning "to uncover or reveal." |
| Punjabi | "ਖੋਜੋ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "kṣuj", meaning "to grind" or "to crush". |
| Romanian | "Detecta" is a Romanian noun and adjective that means "fault", "defect", or "deficit", derived from the Latin "detegere" meaning "to uncover" or "to discover." |
| Russian | The word обнаруживать also means 'to identify' in Russian. |
| Samoan | Ilo can also mean to reveal or disclose something |
| Scots Gaelic | The verb "lorg" in Scots Gaelic can also mean "to search", "to examine", or "to look for". |
| Serbian | The word "открити" ('detect') in Serbian has roots in the Proto-Slavic word "otkriti", meaning "to uncover" or "to reveal". |
| Sesotho | The word "lemoha" is derived from the root "lema," meaning "to see" or "to notice." |
| Shona | In Shona, the word 'Detective' is also used as a name for a bird. |
| Sindhi | The term "ڳولي" in Sindhi, meaning "detect," may originate from the Arabic word "جال" (jāla), signifying "net" or "trap". |
| Slovak | **Etymology:** *zistiť* is derived from the Proto-Slavic form *iz-tisnǫti*, meaning "to press out, to extract". |
| Slovenian | The verb "zaznati" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *zaznati, which also meant "to know" or "to understand." |
| Somali | The term "ogaansho" originates from the Somali verb "og" meaning "to see" or "to observe." |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "detectar" also means to discover or find something hidden. |
| Sundanese | The word "ngadeteksi" in Sundanese has the same root as the word "detect" in English, both ultimately deriving from the Latin word "detegere" meaning "to uncover". |
| Swahili | The word "gundua" in Swahili can also mean "to perceive" or "to understand." |
| Swedish | The word comes from Latin "detegere," which means "to unveil or uncover." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Matukoy" can also mean "to recognize" or "to perceive". |
| Tajik | The word "ошкор кардан" can also mean "to find out", "to discover", or "to identify" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | In Tamil, "கண்டறிதல்" can also mean "to find out" or "to discover". |
| Thai | The word 'ตรวจจับ' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'tarkṣ', meaning 'to guess' or 'to examine'. |
| Turkish | Tespit etmek, Latince 'testis' (tanık) kelimesinden türemiştir ve anlamı 'tanık olmak', 'gözlemlemek'tir. |
| Ukrainian | In the medical field, 'виявити' also means 'to reveal' or 'to make known' in Ukrainian. |
| Uzbek | "Aniqlash" originates from the Persian word "aniq" meaning "certain" or "precise". It also has the alternate meaning of "to ascertain" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Phát hiện" is derived from Chinese 發現 (fā xiàn), which also means "discovery". |
| Welsh | The word "canfod" can also mean "appearance" or "view" in Welsh and shares a root with the word "cafn", meaning "to get", "to obtain", or "to receive." |
| Xhosa | "Fumanisa" is a Xhosa verb derived from the noun "fumo" (smoke), referring to the act of detecting something based on its subtle signs or indications. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "דעטעקטירן" is derived from the English word "detect". Its alternate meanings include "to discover" or "to uncover" something. |
| Yoruba | Ri is a polyseme that also connotes "beware" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word "thola" is also used to mean "find".} |
| English | "To detect" comes from the Latin "de-" and "tegere", meaning "covering", hence un-cover |