Dimension in different languages

Dimension in Different Languages

Discover 'Dimension' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.

Dimension


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Afrikaans
dimensie
Albanian
dimensioni
Amharic
ልኬት
Arabic
البعد
Armenian
հարթություն
Assamese
মাত্ৰা
Aymara
dimensión uka tuqita
Azerbaijani
ölçü
Bambara
dimension (dimension) ye
Basque
dimentsioa
Belarusian
вымярэнне
Bengali
মাত্রা
Bhojpuri
आयाम के बा
Bosnian
dimenzija
Bulgarian
измерение
Catalan
dimensió
Cebuano
sukod
Chinese (Simplified)
尺寸
Chinese (Traditional)
尺寸
Corsican
dimensione
Croatian
dimenzija
Czech
dimenze
Danish
dimension
Dhivehi
ޑިމޭންޝަން
Dogri
आयाम
Dutch
dimensie
English
dimension
Esperanto
dimensio
Estonian
mõõde
Ewe
didime
Filipino (Tagalog)
sukat
Finnish
ulottuvuus
French
dimension
Frisian
diminsje
Galician
dimensión
Georgian
განზომილება
German
abmessungen
Greek
διάσταση
Guarani
dimensión rehegua
Gujarati
પરિમાણ
Haitian Creole
dimansyon
Hausa
girma
Hawaiian
dimension
Hebrew
מֵמַד
Hindi
आयाम
Hmong
qhov dav
Hungarian
dimenzió
Icelandic
vídd
Igbo
akụkụ
Ilocano
dimension
Indonesian
dimensi
Irish
toise
Italian
dimensione
Japanese
寸法
Javanese
ukuran
Kannada
ಆಯಾಮ
Kazakh
өлшем
Khmer
វិមាត្រ
Kinyarwanda
ibipimo
Konkani
आयाम
Korean
치수
Krio
dimɛnshɔn
Kurdish
ebat
Kurdish (Sorani)
ڕەهەند
Kyrgyz
өлчөм
Lao
ມິຕິ
Latin
ratio
Latvian
dimensija
Lingala
dimension
Lithuanian
dimensija
Luganda
ekipimo
Luxembourgish
dimensioun
Macedonian
димензија
Maithili
आयाम
Malagasy
lafiny
Malay
dimensi
Malayalam
അളവ്
Maltese
dimensjoni
Maori
taha
Marathi
परिमाण
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯗꯥꯏꯃꯦꯟꯁꯟ ꯂꯩ꯫
Mizo
dimension a ni
Mongolian
хэмжээс
Myanmar (Burmese)
အတိုင်းအတာ
Nepali
आयाम
Norwegian
dimensjon
Nyanja (Chichewa)
gawo
Odia (Oriya)
ପରିମାପ
Oromo
dimension
Pashto
ابعاد
Persian
بعد، ابعاد، اندازه
Polish
wymiar
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
dimensão
Punjabi
ਮਾਪ
Quechua
dimensión nisqa
Romanian
dimensiune
Russian
измерение
Samoan
itu
Sanskrit
आयामः
Scots Gaelic
tomhas
Sepedi
tekanyo
Serbian
димензија
Sesotho
teba
Shona
divi
Sindhi
طول
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
මානය
Slovak
rozmer
Slovenian
dimenzija
Somali
cabbir
Spanish
dimensión
Sundanese
diménsi
Swahili
mwelekeo
Swedish
dimensionera
Tagalog (Filipino)
sukat
Tajik
андоза
Tamil
பரிமாணம்
Tatar
үлчәм
Telugu
పరిమాణం
Thai
มิติ
Tigrinya
መለክዒ ምዃኑ’ዩ።
Tsonga
dimension
Turkish
boyut
Turkmen
ölçegi
Twi (Akan)
dimension
Ukrainian
розмірність
Urdu
طول و عرض
Uyghur
dimension
Uzbek
o'lchov
Vietnamese
kích thước
Welsh
dimensiwn
Xhosa
lobukhulu
Yiddish
ויסמעסטונג
Yoruba
apa miran
Zulu
ubukhulu

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe Afrikaans word "dimensie" also refers to a facet of a person's character.
AlbanianIn Albanian, "dimensioni" also refers to the physical size or stature of a person or object.
AmharicThe Amharic word 'ልኬት' also means 'shape' or 'form'.
ArabicThe word "البعد" in Arabic means both "dimension" and "distance," which reflects the ancient Arabic astronomers' conception of space as a continuous manifold.
AzerbaijaniThe word "ölçü" in Azerbaijani can also refer to a unit of measurement or a standard.
BasqueThe Basque word "dimentsioa" also means "extent" and "magnitude".
Belarusian"Вымярэнне" could be translated as "dimension" (in mathematics or physics) or "measurement" (more general).
BengaliThe word "মাত্রা" is also used to indicate the quantity or amount of something, and can be translated as "measure" in that context.
BosnianThe word "dimenzija" can also refer to a musical scale or interval, depending on context.
Bulgarian"Измерение" also means "trial" and is derived from the verb "мерить" that can mean either "to measure" or "to try".
CatalanThe Catalan word "dimensió" also means "magnitude" or "size".
CebuanoThe word "sukod" is cognate with the Malay "sukatan", meaning "measurement".
Chinese (Simplified)尺寸 can literally mean 'inch' and 'foot' in Chinese, which relates to its original meaning of 'precise and detailed information'.
Chinese (Traditional)尺寸 also means "size" or "measurement" in Chinese.
CorsicanThe etymology of "dimensione" in Corsican is "dimènsio" in Italian, which also means "size" or "extent".
CroatianThe Croatian word "dimenzija" is also used to refer to the "size" (particularly height) of a person or object.
CzechThe Czech word "dimenze" can also mean "size".
DanishIn Danish, "dimension" can also refer to "volume" or "size".
Dutch"Dimensie" comes from Middle French, where "dimension" can refer to both a measurable extent or a spatial direction.
EsperantoThe Esperanto word "dimensio" derives from the Latin "dimensum" and also means "measure".
EstonianThe Estonian word "mõõde" can also mean "measure" or "size".
FinnishThe word "ulottuvuus" is a derivative of the verb "ulottua", which means "to extend". In astronomy, it is used specifically to describe the three main dimensions of space (length, width, and height).
FrenchIn French, dimension can also refer to a
FrisianThe word "diminsje" in Frisian is derived from Latin "dimensio" and also means "measurement" or "extent"
GalicianGalician "dimensión" ultimately comes from Latin "dimensio", but it has also developed meanings related to "judgment" and "respect".
GeorgianIn mathematics, განზომილება refers to the number of independent parameters needed to specify a point within a geometric space.
GermanThe German word "Abmessungen" can also refer to the size or measurements of something, e.g. "die Abmessungen eines Raumes" (the dimensions of a room).
GreekThe word "διάσταση" in Greek can also mean "distance" or "difference".
Gujaratiપરિમાણ may refer to the length or size of an object, the scope or extent of something, the degree of importance or significance, or the state of being.
Haitian CreoleDimansyon can also refer to space or length, and is frequently used in Haitian Creole to describe the physical dimensions of an object or area.
HausaThe word 'girma' in Hausa is derived from the Arabic word 'qadr', which means 'estimation' or 'measurement'. It also refers to a measurement of length, width, and height, as well as the size or extent of something.
HawaiianThe Hawaiian word "ana" means both "dimension" and "cave".
HebrewThe word מֵמַד, meaning "dimension", also shares a root with the word "to measure".
HindiThe word "आयाम" can also refer to "measurement" or "length" in Hindi.
HmongIn Hmong, "qhov dav" refers to the realm of the spirit world and can also mean 'a level of existence' in the broader sense.
HungarianIn some usage, "dimenzió" can mean "aspect" or "facet".
IcelandicThe word "vídd" in Icelandic is cognate with the German "Weite" and the English "width".
IgboThe term 'akụkụ' in Igbo is rooted in the word 'akụ,' meaning 'join' or 'attach,' indicating the notion of joining different elements to create a new, multidimensional entity.
IndonesianDimensi could also mean size, extent, or scope.
IrishThe Irish word "toise" can also mean "fathom" or "extent".
ItalianThe Italian word "dimensione" can also refer to the "aspect" or "side" of something.
Japanese寸法's alternate meaning as a 'hand' measurement (about 3cm) originated from the length of a thumb
JavaneseThe word 'ukuran' in Javanese can also mean 'measure', 'estimation', or 'amount'.
KannadaThe word "ಆಯಾಮ" (dimension) also means "measurement" or "size" in Kannada.
KazakhThe word "өлшем" is also used to refer to "measurement" and "size" in Kazakh.
KhmerIn physics, វិមាត្រ primarily refers to a spatial dimension while in mathematics, it refers to a vector space's independent directions.
KoreanThe term originated from the Chinese
KurdishThe word "ebat" is also used in Turkish and Persian, where it retains its meaning of "dimension", suggesting a common etymological origin.
KyrgyzIn some contexts, the word "өлчөм" can also refer to "quantity" or "measure".
LaoThe Lao word "ມິຕິ" (dimension) is derived from the Sanskrit word "มิติ" (measurement) and also means "realm" or "world".
LatinThe Latin "ratio" meaning "dimension" also translates to "reason" and "proportion".
Latvian"Dimensija" is derived from the Latin word "dimensio" and refers to the size, extent, and measurement of something.
LithuanianWhile "dimensija" means "dimension" in Lithuanian, it can also mean a "size", "measurement", or "scale"
MacedonianThe word "димензија" also means "aspect" or "feature" in Macedonian.
MalagasyThe word "lafiny" also means "horizon" or "the end of the world" in Malagasy.
Malay"Dimensi" comes from the Dutch word "dimensie" meaning "measurement," indicating its use in contexts beyond spatial dimensions.
MalayalamThe Malayalam word 'അളവ്' also refers to 'measure', 'extent', and 'quantity'.
MalteseDimmensjoni is derived from the Latin word 'dimensiones', meaning 'measured portions'.
MaoriThe Maori word 'taha' can also mean 'facet' or 'aspect' of something, like a person's health or the environment.
MarathiThe word "परिमाण" in Marathi has historical roots in Sanskrit, where it meant "measure, size, or amount" and was used in mathematics and geometry to describe the size of a figure or object.
MongolianThe Mongolian word 'хэмжээс' also means 'scale', 'degree', 'extent', or 'measure'.
NepaliIn Nepali, आयाम refers to the dimension of something, but it also means 'measure' or 'extent'.
NorwegianIn Norwegian, the word "dimensjon" is also used figuratively to describe the scope or magnitude of something.
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word "gawo" can also refer to a piece or part of something.
PashtoIn Pashto, "ابعاد" ("dimension") also means "extent" or "measure".
PersianThe word "بعد" (dimension) is derived from the Arabic word "بعد" (distance or separation), indicating its relationship to spatial measurement.
PolishIn mathematics, the Polish word "wymiar" also refers to a measurement or linear size.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)The word "dimensão" (dimension) in Portuguese can also refer to the sense of hearing or the "dimension" of a particular topic or subject.
PunjabiThe word "ਮਾਪ" in Punjabi is a cognate of "मप" in Sanskrit, meaning "measurement" and was used in both a physical and abstract sense.
Romanian''Dimensiune'' comes from the Latin ''dimensio'' (''-onis''), meaning ''measurement'', ''extent'', ''size'' and can also refer to size or volume, or to importance or value.
RussianThe literal translation of измерение is "measurement", while the original meaning of measure was "direction in space"
SamoanIn addition to its primary meaning of "dimension," the Samoan word "itu" can also refer to a "rank" or "level"
Scots GaelicThe Gaelic term 'tomhas' can also refer to a measure of land equal to an acre.
SerbianThe word "димензија" in Serbian can also mean "dimension" in mathematics, "size" or "measurement."
SesothoTebha is also used to denote a section in a book.
ShonaThe word "divi" can also mean "dimension", "area", "field", or "subject" in Shona.
SindhiSindhi "طول" (ṭūl) is derived from Arabic "طول" (ṭūl) meaning "length", and can also refer to "height", "extent", or "duration."
Sinhala (Sinhalese)The word "මානය" also refers to "measure", "dignity", or "honour" in Sinhala.
SlovakThe word "rozmer" in Slovak also refers to the size or measurement of something.
SlovenianThe word 'dimenzija' is derived from the Latin word 'dimensio,' which also means 'measurement.'
SomaliThe word "cabbir" is also used to refer to a "room" or "chamber" in Somali.
SpanishLa palabra española "dimensión" proviene del latín "dimensio", que significa "medida" o "extensión".
SundaneseThe Sundanese word "diménsi" also means "measurement" or "calculation".
SwahiliMwelekeo can also refer to orientation, direction, tendency, or inclination.
SwedishThe word "dimensionera" can also mean "to calibrate" or "to set dimensions" in Swedish.
Tagalog (Filipino)The word "sukat" in Tagalog is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word "*sukəd", meaning "to measure". It is also related to the Indonesian word "sukat", meaning "to weigh".
TajikThe word "андоза" can also refer to the length of a piece of fabric.
Tamilபரிமாணம் (parimāṇam) literally means "measure" in Tamil, and has also been used to denote "extent", "scope", and "limit" in various contexts.
TeluguThe word "పరిమాణం" in Telugu can also refer to size, quantity, or extent.
Thaiมิติ was borrowed from Sanskrit, where it means 'measure' or 'boundary'.
TurkishBoyut can also refer to an aspect, attribute, or characteristic, like a 'boyutsuz' figure (a figure lacking depth)
UkrainianThe word "розмірність" can also mean "scale" or "size".
UrduIn Urdu, "طول و عرض" can also refer to the physical or mental attributes of a person, such as height, weight, or character traits.
UzbekThe Uzbek word "o'lchov" is also used to measure time.
VietnameseThe word "kích thước" also means "size" or "measurement" in Vietnamese.
WelshThe Welsh word "dimensiwn" can also refer to a "direction" or an "aspect" of something.
XhosaThe word "lobukhulu" also means "the unknown" or "the unseen" in Xhosa.
YiddishYiddish "ויסמעסטונג" is not related to German "Dimension", but to Polish "wymiar" (measure).
YorubaIn Yoruba folklore, "apa miran" also refers to a realm of dreams or illusions where the boundaries between reality and imagination blur.
ZuluIn addition to meaning "dimension," "ubukhulu" can also refer to "age" or "status."
EnglishThe word 'dimension' comes from the Latin word 'dimensio', which means 'measurement' or 'extent'.

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