Editor in Different Languages
Discover 'Editor' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Editor
Afrikaans redakteur | ||
Albanian redaktor | ||
Amharic አርታኢ | ||
Arabic محرر | ||
Armenian խմբագիր | ||
Assamese সম্পাদক | ||
Aymara editor ukham uñt’atawa | ||
Azerbaijani redaktor | ||
Bambara sɛbɛnnikɛla | ||
Basque editorea | ||
Belarusian рэдактар | ||
Bengali সম্পাদক | ||
Bhojpuri संपादक के रूप में काम कइले बानी | ||
Bosnian urednik | ||
Bulgarian редактор | ||
Catalan editor | ||
Cebuano editor | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 编辑 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 編輯 | ||
Corsican editore | ||
Croatian urednik | ||
Czech editor | ||
Danish redaktør | ||
Dhivehi އެޑިޓަރެވެ | ||
Dogri संपादक जी | ||
Dutch editor | ||
English editor | ||
Esperanto redaktoro | ||
Estonian toimetaja | ||
Ewe nuŋlɔla | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) editor | ||
Finnish toimittaja | ||
French éditeur | ||
Frisian redakteur | ||
Galician editor | ||
Georgian რედაქტორი | ||
German editor | ||
Greek συντάκτης | ||
Guarani editor rehegua | ||
Gujarati સંપાદક | ||
Haitian Creole editè | ||
Hausa edita | ||
Hawaiian luna hoʻoponopono | ||
Hebrew עוֹרֵך | ||
Hindi संपादक | ||
Hmong editor | ||
Hungarian szerkesztő | ||
Icelandic ritstjóri | ||
Igbo nchịkọta akụkọ | ||
Ilocano editor ti | ||
Indonesian editor | ||
Irish eagarthóir | ||
Italian editore | ||
Japanese 編集者 | ||
Javanese editor | ||
Kannada ಸಂಪಾದಕ | ||
Kazakh редактор | ||
Khmer កម្មវិធីនិពន្ធ | ||
Kinyarwanda muhinduzi | ||
Konkani संपादक | ||
Korean 편집자 | ||
Krio ɛditɔ | ||
Kurdish weşanvan | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دەستکاریکەر | ||
Kyrgyz редактор | ||
Lao ບັນນາທິການ | ||
Latin editor | ||
Latvian redaktors | ||
Lingala mobongisi-nzela | ||
Lithuanian redaktorius | ||
Luganda omuwandiisi w’ebitabo | ||
Luxembourgish editeur | ||
Macedonian уредник | ||
Maithili संपादक | ||
Malagasy mpamoaka lahatsoratra | ||
Malay penyunting | ||
Malayalam എഡിറ്റർ | ||
Maltese editur | ||
Maori etita | ||
Marathi संपादक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯦꯗꯤꯇꯔ ꯑꯣꯏꯅꯥ ꯊꯕꯛ ꯇꯧꯈꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo editor a ni | ||
Mongolian редактор | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အယ်ဒီတာ | ||
Nepali सम्पादक | ||
Norwegian redaktør | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mkonzi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସମ୍ପାଦକ | ||
Oromo gulaalaa | ||
Pashto سمونګر | ||
Persian ویراستار | ||
Polish redaktor | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) editor | ||
Punjabi ਸੰਪਾਦਕ | ||
Quechua editor | ||
Romanian editor | ||
Russian редактор | ||
Samoan faatonu | ||
Sanskrit सम्पादक | ||
Scots Gaelic neach-deasachaidh | ||
Sepedi morulaganyi | ||
Serbian уредник | ||
Sesotho mohlophisi | ||
Shona mupepeti | ||
Sindhi ايڊيٽر | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සංස්කරණය හෝ | ||
Slovak editor | ||
Slovenian urednik | ||
Somali tifaftiraha | ||
Spanish editor | ||
Sundanese éditor | ||
Swahili mhariri | ||
Swedish redaktör | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) editor | ||
Tajik муҳаррир | ||
Tamil ஆசிரியர் | ||
Tatar редактор | ||
Telugu ఎడిటర్ | ||
Thai บรรณาธิการ | ||
Tigrinya ኣሰናዳኢ | ||
Tsonga muhleri | ||
Turkish editör | ||
Turkmen redaktor | ||
Twi (Akan) samufo | ||
Ukrainian редактор | ||
Urdu ایڈیٹر | ||
Uyghur تەھرىر | ||
Uzbek muharriri | ||
Vietnamese biên tập viên | ||
Welsh golygydd | ||
Xhosa umhleli | ||
Yiddish רעדאַקטאָר | ||
Yoruba olootu | ||
Zulu umhleli |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "redakteur" is derived from the Dutch word "redacteur" and can also refer to a journalist who compiles, edits, and arranges written material. |
| Albanian | "Redaktor" in Albanian also means "person who sets bones" |
| Amharic | The word "አርታኢ" can also mean "reviewer" or "critic". |
| Arabic | The word "محرر" in Arabic can also mean "emancipator" |
| Armenian | The Armenian word |
| Azerbaijani | Redaktor also means "conductor" or "leader" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The word "editorea" may derive from the Latin word "editor," meaning "one who publishes," or from the Basque word "editore," meaning "one who writes." |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "рэдактар" is derived from the Russian word "редактор" and also means "leader of a guerrilla unit". |
| Bosnian | The word “urednik” is also used for a person who gives direction or advice, as in a mentor or a coach. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, the word "редактор" can also refer to a "redactor", someone who alters or adapts written text. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "editor" can also mean "publisher". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "editor" can also refer to a "compiler" or "composer". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 编辑 (biānjí) also means "to compile" and "to compile and publish." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word **編輯** (biānjí) first appeared in the Western Han Dynasty as a term for scribes who assisted government officials. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "editore" can also refer to a publisher or a printing house. |
| Croatian | "Urednik" also means "administrator", "manager" or "clerk". |
| Czech | The Czech word “editor” comes from Latin and means “one who gives out”. |
| Danish | In Danish, "redaktør" may also refer to a person who edits or revises a text without necessarily being an editor in the traditional sense. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "editor" comes from the Latin word "editor" and has the alternate meaning of "publisher." |
| Esperanto | Redaktoro, from Latin's "redactum," is also used to imply the role of "corrector." |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "toimetaja" also means "commissioner" or "agent". |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "toimittaja" can also refer to a "journalist". |
| French | In French, "éditeur" can also refer to a publishing house or a publisher's imprint. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "redakteur" is derived from Latin "redigere" meaning "to put back into order". |
| German | The word "editor" in German can also refer to a software program used to create and edit digital content. |
| Greek | The word "συντάκτης" (editor) in Greek also means "author" or "writer". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word 'સંપાદક' also means compiler, composer, and arranger. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "editè" can also refer to a person who corrects texts, proofs documents, or prepares manuscripts for publication. |
| Hausa | The root word is "edi" and it refers to the act, or instance in which one reads something |
| Hawaiian | "Luna hoʻoponopono" is a Hawaiian term that originally meant "the leader of a religious temple" and later took on the meaning of "editor". |
| Hebrew | עוֹרֵך in Hebrew can also refer to "a person who fixes, prepares or arranges something"} |
| Hindi | संपादक ('editor') refers to one who edits (edit: to prepare for publication) but also refers to a person who composes (compose: to create or write) or is an author (author: a writer). |
| Hmong | The word "editor" in Hmong ("tus tshaj") can also refer to the person who makes the final decision on the content of a publication. |
| Hungarian | The word "szerkesztő" is derived from the verb "szerkeszt", meaning "to edit, to arrange, to organize". |
| Icelandic | The word "ritstjóri" is derived from Old Norse "ritari", meaning "scribe" or "writer." |
| Indonesian | The word "editor" in Indonesian can also mean "publisher" or "owner of a publication". |
| Italian | The Italian word "editore" also means "publisher". |
| Japanese | In Japanese, "編集者" also refers to a person who selects and compiles content, such as music or video, for a publication or broadcast. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, the word "editor" also means "father" or "older brother". |
| Kannada | ಸಂಪಾದಕ ('editor') is derived from the Sanskrit word 'sampadaka', meaning 'compiler' or 'arranger'. |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, the word "редактор" can also refer to a "chief editor" or "editor-in-chief." |
| Korean | 편집자 can also mean 'compiler' or 'assembler' in Korean. |
| Kurdish | "Weşanvan" is a Kurdish word that can also mean "publisher," "press," or "media outlet." |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "редактор" is derived from the Russian word "редактор", which in turn is derived from the Latin word "redigo," meaning "to put in order" or "to edit." |
| Latin | Latin "editor" originally meant "publisher" or "issuer". |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "redaktors" derives from the Latin word "redactus" (meaning "to bring back" or "to put in order"). |
| Lithuanian | The word "redaktorius" is derived from the Latin word "redactor", meaning "one who restores" or "one who puts together." |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Editeur" is a loan from French "Éditeur", and can also refer to someone who publishes or distributes printed matter. |
| Macedonian | In Old Church Slavonic, "уредник" also meant "ruler", "governor" or "prince". |
| Malagasy | "Mpamoaka lahatsoratra" is a compound word meaning "one who publishes writing" in Malagasy |
| Malay | "Penyunting" is derived from the Indonesian word "unting", meaning "to arrange". |
| Malayalam | "എഡിറ്റർ" comes from the Latin word "editor," meaning "publisher" or "arranger." |
| Maltese | In Maltese, 'editur' can also refer to a publisher, as in the context of a newspaper or magazine. |
| Maori | In Māori, the noun "etita" translates to "editor" in English, while a "heta" is a "chief" or "leader". |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "संपादक" can also refer to a compiler or an arranger. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "редактор" also means "proofreader". |
| Nepali | Nepali सम्पादक (sampadak) is borrowed from the Sanskrit word सम्पादन (sampādana) meaning "accomplishing, producing" and is related to सम्पत्ति (sampatti) or "wealth". |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "redaktør" could refer to an editor, the chief editor, or a newspaper editor-in-chief |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word “mkonzi” can also mean “writer” or “author” in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "سمونګر" can also refer to a tailor or a carpenter. |
| Persian | The word "ویراستار" is also used in Persian to describe a proofreader or copyeditor. |
| Polish | The Polish word 'redaktor' derives from the Latin word 'redactor', meaning 'one who puts things in order' or 'compiler'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Editor" can also mean "publisher" in the context of publishing or "magazine" in the context of journalism in Portuguese. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸੰਪਾਦਕ" can also refer to a compiler or a person who prepares a book for publication. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "editor" can also refer to a type of bird known as the whinchat. |
| Russian | The word "редактор" (editor) can also mean "compiler", "editor-in-chief", and "proofreader" in Russian. |
| Samoan | In Samoan mythology, Faatonu is also the deity of earthquakes. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "neach-deasachaidh" derives from "deasach", "to make proper or in order" and can also mean a supervisor or referee |
| Serbian | "Уредник" is derived from the Slavic word "ред", meaning "order" or "arrangement", and its root is related to the word "редити," meaning "to edit" or "to arrange." |
| Sesotho | "Mohlophisi" is derived from "hlopha" (to edit) and "motho" (person), indicating someone who makes changes to a text. |
| Shona | The word 'mupepeti' is also used in Shona to refer to the person who is responsible for editing and preparing a text for publication. |
| Sindhi | The word "ايڊيٽر" (editor) in Sindhi can also refer to a person who manages a newspaper or magazine. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The term සංස්කරණය හෝ can also refer to the process of editing or the result of editing, such as a revised or improved version of a text. |
| Slovak | The word "editor" also has a meaning of "proof-reader" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The word urednik (editor) is derived from the verb urejati (to edit, to arrange, to tidy up) and ultimately from the Proto-Slavic word *oredъ (order). |
| Somali | The term "tifaftiraha" in Somali can also refer to the action of editing or the process of reviewing and making changes to a written work. |
| Spanish | The word "editor" comes from the Latin word "edere," meaning "to give out" or "to publish." |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, 'éditor' can also refer to a type of traditional Sundanese cake. |
| Swahili | The word 'mhariri' is derived from the Arabic word 'muharrir' which means 'writer' or 'scribe'. |
| Swedish | "Redaktör" has its origins in Latin and can also mean "redactor" or "arranger". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "editor" in Tagalog (Filipino) also means "master" or "leader". |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "муҳаррир" can also mean "compiler" or "writer". |
| Tamil | In Tamil, 'ஆசிரியர்' means a teacher as well as an editor. Both meanings come from the core sense of 'one who guides'. |
| Telugu | ఎడిటర్ was derived from the Latin word “editio” meaning “the act of publishing”. |
| Thai | บรรณาธิการ (banna thi kan) originated from the Sanskrit word "vr̥nta," meaning a group or association, and "adhikāra," denoting authority or control. |
| Turkish | Editör is ultimately derived from the Latin word 'edere', meaning 'to publish'. It can also refer to a compiler or a text editor in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The cognate Polish word "redaktor" was borrowed from Latin, where it meant "publisher". |
| Urdu | The word "ایڈیٹر" originates from the Latin word "editor" meaning "arranger" or "publisher". |
| Uzbek | "Muharriri" is also the Uzbek word for "compiler". |
| Vietnamese | **Biên tập viên** is also known as **chủ bút** (chief editor) or **phụ trách biên tập** (editing manager). |
| Welsh | Golygydd comes from the verb golygu, meaning to shape or edit, and ultimately the Latin coagulare, to curdle. |
| Xhosa | The word "umhleli" in Xhosa shares a root with the word for "order" or "arrangement". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "רעדאַקטאָר" can also refer to an editor of a newspaper or magazine, or a compiler of a book. |
| Yoruba | In the Yoruba language, the word "olootu" can mean "editor," "sculptor," "writer," or "creator." |
| Zulu | The word "umhleli" in Zulu originates from the verb "hlela," meaning "to arrange" or "to put in order." |
| English | The word 'editor' originates from the Latin verb 'edere', meaning 'to give out' or 'to publish', reflecting its role in the publishing industry. |