Afrikaans effektief | ||
Albanian në mënyrë efektive | ||
Amharic ውጤታማ | ||
Arabic على نحو فعال | ||
Armenian արդյունավետորեն | ||
Assamese ফলপ্ৰসূভাৱে | ||
Aymara wali askiwa | ||
Azerbaijani effektiv | ||
Bambara ka ɲɛ | ||
Basque eraginkortasunez | ||
Belarusian эфектыўна | ||
Bengali কার্যকরভাবে | ||
Bhojpuri प्रभावी ढंग से बा | ||
Bosnian efikasno | ||
Bulgarian ефективно | ||
Catalan eficaçment | ||
Cebuano epektibo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 有效 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 有效 | ||
Corsican efficace | ||
Croatian učinkovito | ||
Czech účinně | ||
Danish effektivt | ||
Dhivehi ފައިދާހުރި ގޮތެއްގައި | ||
Dogri असरदार ढंगै कन्नै | ||
Dutch effectief | ||
English effectively | ||
Esperanto efike | ||
Estonian tõhusalt | ||
Ewe le mɔ nyuitɔ nu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mabisa | ||
Finnish tehokkaasti | ||
French effectivement | ||
Frisian effektyf | ||
Galician efectivamente | ||
Georgian ეფექტურად | ||
German effektiv | ||
Greek αποτελεσματικά | ||
Guarani efectivamente | ||
Gujarati અસરકારક રીતે | ||
Haitian Creole efektivman | ||
Hausa yadda yakamata | ||
Hawaiian maikaʻi | ||
Hebrew ביעילות | ||
Hindi प्रभावी रूप से | ||
Hmong zoo | ||
Hungarian hatékonyan | ||
Icelandic á áhrifaríkan hátt | ||
Igbo n'ụzọ dị irè | ||
Ilocano epektibo nga | ||
Indonesian efektif | ||
Irish go héifeachtach | ||
Italian effettivamente | ||
Japanese 効果的に | ||
Javanese kanthi efektif | ||
Kannada ಪರಿಣಾಮಕಾರಿಯಾಗಿ | ||
Kazakh тиімді | ||
Khmer មានប្រសិទ្ធិភាព | ||
Kinyarwanda neza | ||
Konkani प्रभावीपणान | ||
Korean 효과적으로 | ||
Krio fayn fayn wan | ||
Kurdish bi bandor | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بە شێوەیەکی کاریگەر | ||
Kyrgyz натыйжалуу | ||
Lao ປະສິດທິຜົນ | ||
Latin efficacius | ||
Latvian efektīvi | ||
Lingala na ndenge ya malamu | ||
Lithuanian efektyviai | ||
Luganda mu ngeri ennungi | ||
Luxembourgish effektiv | ||
Macedonian ефективно | ||
Maithili प्रभावी ढंग से | ||
Malagasy amim-pahombiazana | ||
Malay dengan berkesan | ||
Malayalam ഫലപ്രദമായി | ||
Maltese b'mod effettiv | ||
Maori whai hua | ||
Marathi प्रभावीपणे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯏꯐꯦꯛꯇꯤꯕ ꯑꯣꯏꯅꯥ ꯑꯦꯟ.ꯗꯤ.ꯑꯦ | ||
Mizo a hlawhtling hle | ||
Mongolian үр дүнтэй | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ထိရောက်စွာ | ||
Nepali प्रभावकारी रूपमा | ||
Norwegian effektivt | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mogwira mtima | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଫଳପ୍ରଦ ଭାବରେ | | ||
Oromo bu’a qabeessa ta’een | ||
Pashto مؤثره | ||
Persian به طور موثر | ||
Polish efektywnie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) efetivamente | ||
Punjabi ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵਸ਼ਾਲੀ .ੰਗ ਨਾਲ | ||
Quechua allinta | ||
Romanian în mod eficient | ||
Russian эффективно | ||
Samoan lelei | ||
Sanskrit प्रभावीरूपेण | ||
Scots Gaelic gu h-èifeachdach | ||
Sepedi ka mo go atlegilego | ||
Serbian ефикасно | ||
Sesotho ka katleho | ||
Shona zvinobudirira | ||
Sindhi اثرائتي نموني | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) .ලදායී ලෙස | ||
Slovak efektívne | ||
Slovenian učinkovito | ||
Somali si wax ku ool ah | ||
Spanish efectivamente | ||
Sundanese sacara épéktip | ||
Swahili kwa ufanisi | ||
Swedish effektivt | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mabisa | ||
Tajik самаранок | ||
Tamil திறம்பட | ||
Tatar эффектив | ||
Telugu సమర్థవంతంగా | ||
Thai อย่างมีประสิทธิภาพ | ||
Tigrinya ብኣድማዒ መንገዲ | ||
Tsonga hi ndlela leyi humelelaka | ||
Turkish etkili bir şekilde | ||
Turkmen täsirli | ||
Twi (Akan) wɔ ɔkwan a etu mpɔn so | ||
Ukrainian ефективно | ||
Urdu مؤثر طریقے سے | ||
Uyghur ئۈنۈملۈك | ||
Uzbek samarali | ||
Vietnamese hiệu quả | ||
Welsh yn effeithiol | ||
Xhosa ngokufanelekileyo | ||
Yiddish יפעקטיוולי | ||
Yoruba fe ni | ||
Zulu ngempumelelo |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "effektief" comes from the Dutch "effectief", derived from the Latin "effectu" which means "to complete". |
| Albanian | The word "në mënyrë efektive" can also be used to mean "in an effective manner" or "to the best of one's ability." |
| Amharic | The word "ውጤታማ" comes from the root "ውጥ" (work) and the suffix "-ማ" (capable or effective), hence "capable of working effectively." |
| Arabic | The Arabic word 'على نحو فعال' not only denotes 'effectiveness' but also 'on an ongoing basis', a sense it has developed from its literal sense, 'in the form of a doing'. |
| Azerbaijani | "Effektiv" is often used in Azerbaijani to refer to high quality or excellence, rather than efficiency or effectiveness. |
| Basque | The word "eraginkortasunez" is derived from the root word "eragin", meaning "to act" or "to cause", and the suffix "-tasun", meaning "state of being" or "quality of being". |
| Belarusian | The word "эфектыўна" derives from the Latin word "effectus", which means "result" or "outcome." |
| Bengali | "কার্যকরভাবে" can also mean "forcefully" or "in effect." |
| Bosnian | The word "efikasno" is the adverbial form of the adjective "efikasan" which comes from the Turkish "etkili", meaning "effective, potent, or influential". |
| Bulgarian | The word "ефективно" also means "fruitfully" or "usefully" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "eficaçment" derives from the Latin word "efficaciter," meaning "capably or competently." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "有效"在中医理论中亦有不同解释,指药物的功效显著。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 有效, originally meaning "to cause to happen," now refers to something that has an actual effect. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "efficace" derives from the Latin word "efficax", which means "effective, producing a desired effect." |
| Croatian | "Učinkovito" derives from the verb "učiniti" (to do, to make) and the suffix "-ito" (indicating manner), originally meaning "in a manner of doing". |
| Czech | The Czech word "účinně" can also mean "powerfully" or "efficiently". |
| Danish | The word "effektivt" also means "efficiently" and is related to the word "effekt" which means "effect". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "effectief" also means "active", "in effect", "real" or "genuine". |
| Esperanto | "efike" in Esperanto means "effectively" but derives from "efiki", meaning "effective." |
| Estonian | "Tõhusalt" is of Finnish origin and the noun "tõhus" ("efficient") is ultimately derived from the Latin word "efficacia" ("efficacy"). |
| Finnish | The word 'tehokkaasti' shares an etymological origin with the word 'tehdä', meaning 'to do', thus emphasizing the efficient and productive accomplishment of a task. |
| French | "Effectivement" is derived from the Latin "effectivus" and also means "indeed" or "in reality". |
| Frisian | Frisian "effektyf" is borrowed from Dutch and comes from Latin "effiective" - via French "effectif". |
| Galician | In Galician, "efectivamente" also means "in fact" or "indeed". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word ეფექტურად (effectively) comes from the Russian word эффективно (effectively), which itself comes from the Latin word effectus (effect). |
| German | In German, "effektiv" can also mean "genuine" or "real". |
| Greek | The word 'αποτελεσματικά' derives from the Greek words 'αποτελεσματικ' (effective) and 'αποτέλεσμα' (result). |
| Haitian Creole | The word 'efektivman' is derived from the French word 'effectivement' and ultimately from the Latin word 'efficere', meaning 'to bring about', 'to accomplish'. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word 'yadda yakamata' also means 'as it should be'. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word for 'maikaʻi', meaning 'good', can also be used to express concepts of health, beauty, and morality. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "ביעילות" (effectively) also means "to do something in an efficient way" or "to do something well." |
| Hindi | The word 'प्रभावी रूप से' ('effectively') in Hindi is derived from the Sanskrit word 'प्रभाव' ('prabhāv'), meaning 'influence' or 'effect'. |
| Hmong | Zoo can also mean 'this one', 'this', 'these', 'that one', 'that', 'those', 'the one(s) that' in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | "Hatékonyan" is derived from the Hungarian word "hatékonyság", which means "efficiency" or "effectiveness". |
| Icelandic | The word "á áhrifaríkan hátt" is a set phrase in Icelandic and cannot be broken up into separate words without changing its meaning. |
| Igbo | "N'ụzọ dị irè" can also mean "in a useful way" or "in a beneficial way". |
| Indonesian | "Efektif" also means "real" or "genuine" in Indonesian. |
| Irish | The word "go héifeachtach" can also mean "in a timely manner" or "without delay". |
| Italian | The Italian word "effettivamente" can also mean "in fact" or "actually" depending on the context. |
| Japanese | "効果的に" (kōkateki ni) is not a native Japanese expression; it is a Sino-Japanese translation of "effectively." |
| Javanese | "Kanthi efektif" in Javanese can also mean "with a good manner" or "with a good attitude." |
| Kazakh | The term "тиімді" is an adverb and originates from the Kazakh noun "тиім" which has multiple meanings including "benefit," "impact" and "efficiency" |
| Korean | "효과적으로" was originally a term used in Buddhism to refer to the result of a cause, and has since taken on a more general meaning of "effectively" or "efficiently." |
| Kurdish | The word "bi bandor" in Kurdish can also mean "in order" or "for the purpose of". |
| Latin | The word efficacius is the comparative form of the Latin adjective efficax, meaning "effective," and is often used in legal and medical contexts. |
| Latvian | The word "efektīvi" is derived from the Latin word "efficere", meaning "to bring about, to produce, or to accomplish." |
| Lithuanian | The word "efektyviai" in Lithuanian is derived from the Latin word "efficere", meaning "to accomplish" or "to bring about". |
| Luxembourgish | While it often means "effective" in Luxembourgish, "effektiv" can also be used to mean "in truth", "in reality" or "in actual fact". |
| Macedonian | This word can also mean 'actually' or 'virtually' in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The word "amim-pahombiazana" comes from the root word "amby" meaning "effective" and the suffix "-ana" indicating a state of being. |
| Malay | "Dengan berkesan" also means "impressively" in Malay. |
| Malayalam | The word "ഫലപ്രദമായി" (effectively) in Malayalam originates from two words: "ഫല" (fruit) and "പ്രദമായി" (in a fruitful manner), indicating its original meaning as "bearing fruit" or "yielding a result." |
| Maltese | In the Maltese legal system, "b'mod effettiv" is also used to describe a legal action that has been "instituted", or has been "brought to court" |
| Maori | "Whai hua," meaning "effectively," shares its root with the verb "wha" (to speak) and noun "hua" (effect, result). |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "प्रभावीपणे" means "effectively" and also "in a way that produces the desired result." |
| Mongolian | The word “үр дүнтэй” was first recorded in 1833 with the meaning of “resultant” or “effective”. |
| Nepali | The word "प्रभावकारी रूपमा" is derived from the Sanskrit words "प्रभावः" (power) and "कारः" (making), and can also mean "efficaciously" or "powerfully"} |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "effektivt" is derived from the Latin word "efficere," meaning to bring about or accomplish. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "mogwira mtima" is derived from the root word "moyo" (heart) and "wira" (to turn), meaning "to turn the heart". It can also mean "to persuade" or "to convince". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "مؤثره" can also mean 'instrument' or 'agent'. |
| Persian | به طور موثر (betor-e-mosa'er) can also mean: really, seriously, practically |
| Polish | The word "efektywnie" comes from the Latin "efficere", meaning "to bring about" or "to accomplish". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "efetivamente" derives from the Latin word "effectus", meaning "brought to pass, accomplished" |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "în mod eficient" is also used to describe something efficient or effective in action. |
| Russian | Russian "эффективно" ("effectively") derives from the Latin word "efficere" meaning "to make, to bring about". |
| Samoan | The word "lelei" in Samoan can also mean "easy" or "simple". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "gu h-èifeachdach" also means "in a way that results in something useful." |
| Serbian | The word "ефикасно" comes from the Greek word "εὔ", meaning "good" or "well," and the Latin word "facere," meaning "to do" |
| Sesotho | The word "ka katleho" is derived from the verb "katleha" (to kill) and the locative prefix "ka," indicating the manner or means of an action. |
| Shona | The word 'zvinobudirira' in Shona comes from the root word '-budirira' meaning 'to prosper' and the prefix 'zvino' which indicates the present progressive tense or manner, suggesting the continuous and ongoing nature of being effective. |
| Sindhi | The word "اثرائتي نموني" in Sindhi comes from the Arabic root word "أثرى" (athara), which means "to enrich" or "to make prosperous", and is also used in other Sindhi words such as "اثري" (athiri) meaning "rich" or "wealthy". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word .ලදායී ලෙස is derived from the Sanskrit word 'लाभ' meaning 'gain' or 'profit'. It can also mean 'advantageous' or 'beneficial'. |
| Slovak | In Slovak, the word "efektívne" also means "in an effective manner", "with efficiency", or "to the point". |
| Slovenian | "Učinkovito" comes from the word "učinek", meaning "effect", originating from the Latin word "effectus", with an added "-iv" suffix indicating "effective" |
| Somali | "Si wax ku ool ah" is the Somali translation of the English phrase "to good effect," which in turn translates to "effectively." |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "efectivamente" is derived from the Latin adverb "effective", meaning "in fact" or "actually", and it can also mean "indeed" or "in reality" in Spanish. |
| Sundanese | The etymology of the Sundanese word "sacara épéktip" ("effectively") appears to be related to the Old Javanese word "cakra épak", which means "great achievement" or "success". |
| Swahili | "Kwa ufanisi" can also mean "with success" or "for success". |
| Swedish | The word "effektivt" comes from the Latin word "efficere", meaning "to accomplish". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Possibly derived from Spanish "mabisa" meaning "efficient". |
| Tajik | The word самаранок is also an informal term for a small plane. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "திறம்பட" also means "able", "capable", or "efficient." |
| Telugu | None provided |
| Thai | “อย่างมีประสิทธิภาพ” literally means “in the manner of effectiveness” and is a phrase that is composed of the words (อย่าง) manner, (มี) have or exist, (ประสิทธิภาพ) effectiveness. |
| Turkish | Etmek in Turkish, the origin of the word "etkili", means "to do, to make, to act" and also "to be effective, to work, to have an effect". |
| Ukrainian | The word "ефективно" in Ukrainian can also mean "efficiently" or "in an effective manner". |
| Uzbek | The word "samarali" also means "successful" or "efficient" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | In Vietnamese, the word "hiệu quả" comes from the Chinese characters "效驗", meaning "effect, efficacy" and "驗證", meaning "to verify, to prove". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "yn effeithiol" can also mean "in effect" or "in actuality". |
| Xhosa | The word "ngokufanelekileyo" is also used to refer to something that is appropriate or fitting. |
| Yiddish | In the Ashkenazi pronunciation, יפעקטיוולי can be a euphemism for 'very' or 'too'. |
| Yoruba | "Fe ni" in Yoruba translates to "to have" and is also used as a verb meaning "to make" or "to do". |
| Zulu | The word 'ngempumelelo' in Zulu derives from the root 'pumelela', meaning to succeed, thrive, or prosper. |
| English | The word "effectively" comes from the Late Latin word "effectivus," meaning "productive" or "efficacious." |