Double in Different Languages
Discover 'Double' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Double
Afrikaans dubbel | ||
Albanian dyfish | ||
Amharic ድርብ | ||
Arabic مزدوج | ||
Armenian կրկնակի | ||
Assamese দুগুণ | ||
Aymara paya | ||
Azerbaijani ikiqat | ||
Bambara siɲɛfila | ||
Basque bikoitza | ||
Belarusian двайны | ||
Bengali দ্বিগুণ | ||
Bhojpuri दुगुना | ||
Bosnian dvostruko | ||
Bulgarian двойно | ||
Catalan doble | ||
Cebuano doble | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 双 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 雙 | ||
Corsican doppia | ||
Croatian dvostruko | ||
Czech dvojnásobek | ||
Danish dobbelt | ||
Dhivehi ދެފަަހަރު | ||
Dogri दुगना | ||
Dutch dubbele | ||
English double | ||
Esperanto duobla | ||
Estonian topelt | ||
Ewe le eve | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) doble | ||
Finnish kaksinkertainen | ||
French double | ||
Frisian dûbel | ||
Galician dobre | ||
Georgian ორმაგი | ||
German doppelt | ||
Greek διπλό | ||
Guarani kõi | ||
Gujarati ડબલ | ||
Haitian Creole doub | ||
Hausa biyu | ||
Hawaiian pālua | ||
Hebrew לְהַכפִּיל | ||
Hindi दोहरा | ||
Hmong ob npaug | ||
Hungarian kettős | ||
Icelandic tvöfalt | ||
Igbo abuo | ||
Ilocano doble | ||
Indonesian dua kali lipat | ||
Irish dúbailte | ||
Italian doppio | ||
Japanese ダブル | ||
Javanese dobel | ||
Kannada ಡಬಲ್ | ||
Kazakh екі есе | ||
Khmer ទ្វេ | ||
Kinyarwanda kabiri | ||
Konkani दोट्टी | ||
Korean 더블 | ||
Krio tu | ||
Kurdish dûcar | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دوو هێندە | ||
Kyrgyz эки эсе | ||
Lao ສອງເທົ່າ | ||
Latin geminus | ||
Latvian dubultā | ||
Lingala mibale | ||
Lithuanian dvigubai | ||
Luganda bbiri | ||
Luxembourgish duebel | ||
Macedonian двојно | ||
Maithili दू बेर | ||
Malagasy avo roa heny | ||
Malay berganda | ||
Malayalam ഇരട്ട | ||
Maltese doppja | ||
Maori takirua | ||
Marathi दुप्पट | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯅꯤ | ||
Mizo thiang | ||
Mongolian давхар | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) နှစ်ဆ | ||
Nepali डबल | ||
Norwegian dobbelt | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kawiri | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଦୁଇଥର | | ||
Oromo dachaa | ||
Pashto دوه چنده | ||
Persian دو برابر | ||
Polish podwójnie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) em dobro | ||
Punjabi ਡਬਲ | ||
Quechua iskaychasqa | ||
Romanian dubla | ||
Russian двойной | ||
Samoan faʻalua | ||
Sanskrit द्विद्वार | ||
Scots Gaelic dùbailte | ||
Sepedi gabedi | ||
Serbian двоструко | ||
Sesotho habeli | ||
Shona zvakapetwa | ||
Sindhi ٻٽي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දෙගුණයක් | ||
Slovak dvojitý | ||
Slovenian dvojno | ||
Somali labanlaab | ||
Spanish doble | ||
Sundanese dobel | ||
Swahili maradufu | ||
Swedish dubbel | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) doble | ||
Tajik дучанд | ||
Tamil இரட்டை | ||
Tatar икеләтә | ||
Telugu రెట్టింపు | ||
Thai สองเท่า | ||
Tigrinya ዕፅፊ | ||
Tsonga kambirhi | ||
Turkish çift | ||
Turkmen goşa | ||
Twi (Akan) mmienu | ||
Ukrainian подвійний | ||
Urdu دگنا | ||
Uyghur double | ||
Uzbek ikki baravar | ||
Vietnamese gấp đôi | ||
Welsh dwbl | ||
Xhosa kabini | ||
Yiddish טאָפּל | ||
Yoruba ilọpo meji | ||
Zulu kabili |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Dubbel also means "thick, heavy," as in the phrase "dubbel koffie" (strong coffee). |
| Albanian | "Dyfish" also means "the other one" or "the second one". |
| Amharic | The word "ድርብ" can also refer to a type of traditional Amharic poetry. |
| Arabic | In addition to meaning "double," "مزدوج" can also mean "rhymed" in Arabic. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "կրկնակի" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dwei-, meaning "two". It is related to the Greek word "δίκη" (diké), meaning "justice", and the Latin word "duco", meaning "to lead". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "ikiqat" in Azerbaijani, derived from Arabic, also carries the meanings of "multiplication," "repetition," and "reinforcement." |
| Basque | Bikoitza, in its archaic usage from the sixteenth, seventeenth or eighteenth centuries, may have denoted a person who is a twin; this is not possible to know, but in modern Basque this would be biki. |
| Belarusian | The word "двайны" (double) in Belarusian also refers to a measure of land area equal to two desyatinas. |
| Bengali | দ্বিগুণ comes from Sanskrit meaning two multiplied, but can also mean twice as much |
| Bosnian | Dvostruko is also an informal name for a 200 dinars bill, because its value is double the previous 100 dinars bill. |
| Bulgarian | The word "двойно" can also mean "twice" or "twofold" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The word "doble" in Catalan may also refer to a type of ghost or spirit. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "doble" also means "to repeat". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "双" in Chinese can be used as a counting classifier for items used in pairs, such as gloves, earrings, or sandals. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 雙 in Chinese can also mean a pair, a couple, or a set. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "doppia" can also refer to a "pair" or to a "doublet". |
| Croatian | "Dvostruko" also means "two times over" in Croatian. |
| Czech | The Czech word "dvojnásobek" can also be used to refer to an amount that is one-half of something. |
| Danish | Dobbelt is derived from Old Norse 'dubb', meaning 'strong', or 'hard' or 'thick' |
| Dutch | The word "dubbele" derives from Old Dutch "dubbil", meaning "to fold" and is related to English "duplication" and French "double". |
| Esperanto | The root "du" in "duobla" comes from the PIE root *duwo-, meaning "two". |
| Estonian | The word topelt derives from the Old Norse word "tuppelti," also meaning "double." |
| Finnish | The word "kaksinkertainen" is derived from the words "kaksi" (two) and "kerta" (time), meaning "twice as much". It can also refer to something that is duplicated or repeated. |
| French | “Double” in French can also refer to a person who is not sincere or who has a duplicitous nature. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "dûbel" is related to the English "double" and also means "to fold" or "to bend". |
| Galician | "Dobre" also refers in Galician to a piece of furniture consisting of two shelves. |
| German | The Old High German root word for "doppelt" is "dubbelt," but also meant "folded" or "turned twice". |
| Greek | The word "διπλό" (díplo) in Greek, meaning "double," derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰew- ("two") and is related to the Latin word "duplex" ("double") and the English word "double" |
| Gujarati | "Double" in Gujarati also refers to a unit of weight equivalent to two annas. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, 'doub' also means 'copy'. |
| Hausa | Hausa "biyu" shares its root with "bi" meaning "two" and also appears in a variety of other words concerning twos or pairs. |
| Hawaiian | Pālua also denotes 'twins' or 'pairs'. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "לְהַכּפִּיל" can also mean "to cause to increase", "to multiply", or "to repeat". |
| Hindi | The term "दोहरा" (double) derives from the Sanskrit word "dwih," meaning "two" and has alternate implications in music, dance, and literature. |
| Hmong | The word "ob npaug" in Hmong, meaning "double," is also used to refer to twins or pairs. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, a "kettős" can also refer to a musical duet or a type of folk dance. |
| Icelandic | Icelandic tvöfalt also means 'in half,' from Old Norse tvifalt ('in two folds.') |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "abuo" can also mean "twin" or "duplicate". |
| Indonesian | "Dua kali lipat" can also refer to "twice as much" or being "in two places at once". |
| Irish | Dúbailte also means "a doubling, repetition or copy; substitute, assistant, deputy or representative, a twin." |
| Italian | The Italian word 'Doppio' can also refer to a strong coffee made with two shots of espresso. |
| Japanese | ダブル can also mean a stuntman or double agent in Japanese. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "dobel" not only means "double", but also can refer to the sound made by a gong. |
| Kannada | The word 'ಡಬಲ್' (double) in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word 'dviguna' which means 'twice' and can also refer to a pair or set of two. |
| Kazakh | Екі есе can also refer to twins, or a pair of twins. |
| Khmer | The word "ទ្វេ" can also mean "both" or "two of a kind" in Khmer. |
| Korean | The Korean word "더블" can refer to both the quantity "double" and the music genre "dub". |
| Kurdish | Dûcar is also spelled dukar or dúkar and has the alternate meaning "two". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "эки эсе" in Kyrgyz is derived from the word "эки", meaning "two", and "эсе", meaning "time". It can also refer to something that is done twice or is double the amount. |
| Latin | Geminus in Latin can refer to the zodiacal sign Gemini or a twin, in addition to denoting "double". |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "dubultā" originates from the Proto-Baltic word "*dubaltā" (two pieces). |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "dvigubai" is derived from the Slavic word "dvojb", which means "two fold" or "twice". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "duebel" derives from Latin "duplex" and refers to a duality or a pair of identical items. |
| Macedonian | The word "двојно" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *dъvojьnъ, which also means "twofold" or "doubled". |
| Malagasy | The word "avo roa heny" in Malagasy also means "two by two". |
| Malay | The root of "berganda" is the Sanskrit word "dviguna," meaning "two-fold." |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word 'ഇരട്ട' can also refer to a 'pair of' or 'set of two' objects, not necessarily implying duplication. |
| Maltese | The word "doppja" is also used in Maltese to refer to a type of traditional Maltese boat. |
| Maori | The word "takirua" in Maori can also refer to a pair of things, such as a pair of shoes or a pair of earrings. |
| Marathi | Marathi 'दुप्पट' comes from Sanskrit 'द्वि-गुणित', meaning 'two-fold', 'twice over' or 'repetition'. |
| Mongolian | The word "давхар" can also refer to a layer, level, or floor of a building. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | "နှစ်ဆ" means "double" in Burmese, and is also used to refer to the second day of a two-day Buddhist holiday. |
| Nepali | डबल, meaning 'double,' shares its root, 'du,' with Nepali 'dui,' Hindi 'do,' and English 'duo' and 'two.' |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "dobbelt" can also refer to a fold or a loop. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, the word "kawiri" can also refer to a pair of something, or to two of something. |
| Pashto | "دوه چنده" can also mean "one after the other." |
| Persian | In addition to its literal meaning, "دو برابر" (double) can also figuratively mean "very much" or "extremely" in Persian. |
| Polish | Podwójnie can also mean "in duplicate" or "in addition". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Em dobro" also means "twice as much", "in abundance" or "copiously" in Portuguese. |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਡਬਲ' (double) in Punjabi can also refer to a type of drum used in traditional Punjabi music. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "dubla" also refers to a type of traditional Romanian folk dance consisting of two people dancing in a circle with their arms crossed. |
| Russian | The word "двойной" in Russian can also refer to a "pair" or a "duplicate". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "faʻalua" also means "at once" or "suddenly" and is related to the word "lua", meaning "two". |
| Scots Gaelic | "Dùbailte" can also refer to a person or item that is paired. |
| Serbian | The root "дву" in "двоструко" means "two," but also appears in words related to division into parts. |
| Sesotho | The word "habeli" also means "pair" or "two of a kind" in Sesotho. |
| Sindhi | "ٻٽي" (double) is derived from Sanskrit "द्वितीय" (second) and also means "a pair of clothes". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | දෙගුණයක් (degunayak) means “twice” or “double” and is derived from the Sanskrit word “dviguṇa” meaning “twice as much”. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "dvojitý" not only means "double", but also "twin" and "ambiguous". |
| Slovenian | Dvojno originates from the Old Slavic word 'dъva', meaning 'two', and originally referred to a pair of oxen used in plowing. |
| Somali | The word "labanlaab" can also refer to something that is balanced or evenly distributed. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, 'doble' can refer to a person's stunt double or a duplicate of an object. |
| Sundanese | Sundanese "dobel" is likely borrowed from Sanskrit "dvi" which means two but also has the sense of being strong or firm. |
| Swahili | Maradufu is also used in Swahili as a noun which refers to a 'twin'. "Ndugu maradufu" are siblings with different parents (half-siblings) whereas twins in the English sense of the word are "mapacha." |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "dubbel" can also mean "a coffee drink with extra espresso". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "doble" also refers to a type of bread that is made with two layers of dough. |
| Tajik | The word "дучанд" comes from the Persian word "دوچند" (pronounced "dochand"), which also means "double". |
| Tamil | The word 'இரட்டை' derives from the Proto-Dravidian root *iraṭṭ- meaning 'two' or 'twin'. |
| Thai | The word "สองเท่า" can also be used to mean "twice as much" or "a pair". |
| Turkish | "Çift" is also used to refer to a pair or set of two, or to a specific number of two. |
| Ukrainian | The word "подвійний" ("double") also has the secondary meaning of "doubtful" in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | دگنا can also mean 'worthless' as it originally referred to a coin that was no longer valid. |
| Uzbek | "Ikki baravar" in Uzbek may refer to both "double" and "twice as much". |
| Vietnamese | The word "gấp đôi" in Vietnamese is composed of two words: "gấp" (to fold) and "đôi" (two). |
| Welsh | In Welsh, "dwbl" can also mean "sufficient" or "enough". |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, kabini can also refer to a pair of twins, or to a double-storied house. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "טאָפּל" is also used as a synonym for "twin" or "duplicate". |
| Yoruba | Ilọpo meji is also a term for the number two and can refer to a pair or couple. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "kabili" also refers to a type of twin or a person who is part of a double act. |
| English | The word 'double' derives from the Old French 'doble' meaning 'twofold', but can also refer to a counterpart, a lookalike, or an imposter. |