Element in Different Languages
Discover 'Element' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Element
Afrikaans element | ||
Albanian element | ||
Amharic ንጥረ ነገር | ||
Arabic جزء | ||
Armenian տարր | ||
Assamese উপাদান | ||
Aymara ilimintu | ||
Azerbaijani element | ||
Bambara fɛn | ||
Basque elementua | ||
Belarusian элемент | ||
Bengali উপাদান | ||
Bhojpuri तत्त्व | ||
Bosnian element | ||
Bulgarian елемент | ||
Catalan element | ||
Cebuano elemento | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 元件 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 元件 | ||
Corsican elementu | ||
Croatian element | ||
Czech živel | ||
Danish element | ||
Dhivehi އެއްޗެއްގެ ބައެއް | ||
Dogri तत्व | ||
Dutch element | ||
English element | ||
Esperanto elemento | ||
Estonian element | ||
Ewe na | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) elemento | ||
Finnish elementti | ||
French élément | ||
Frisian elemint | ||
Galician elemento | ||
Georgian ელემენტი | ||
German element | ||
Greek στοιχείο | ||
Guarani mba'e rehegua | ||
Gujarati તત્વ | ||
Haitian Creole eleman | ||
Hausa kashi | ||
Hawaiian kumumea | ||
Hebrew אֵלֵמֶנט | ||
Hindi तत्त्व | ||
Hmong caij | ||
Hungarian elem | ||
Icelandic frumefni | ||
Igbo mmewere | ||
Ilocano elemento | ||
Indonesian elemen | ||
Irish eilimint | ||
Italian elemento | ||
Japanese 素子 | ||
Javanese unsur | ||
Kannada ಅಂಶ | ||
Kazakh элемент | ||
Khmer ធាតុ | ||
Kinyarwanda element | ||
Konkani घटक | ||
Korean 요소 | ||
Krio tin | ||
Kurdish pêve | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پێکهاتە | ||
Kyrgyz элемент | ||
Lao ອົງປະກອບ | ||
Latin elementum | ||
Latvian elements | ||
Lingala eloko | ||
Lithuanian elementas | ||
Luganda ekintu | ||
Luxembourgish element | ||
Macedonian елемент | ||
Maithili तत्त्व | ||
Malagasy singa | ||
Malay unsur | ||
Malayalam ഘടകം | ||
Maltese element | ||
Maori huānga | ||
Marathi घटक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯣꯠꯂꯝ | ||
Mizo thil bul | ||
Mongolian бүрэлдэхүүн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဒြပ်စင် | ||
Nepali तत्व | ||
Norwegian element | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chinthu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଉପାଦାନ | ||
Oromo qabiyyee | ||
Pashto عنصر | ||
Persian عنصر | ||
Polish element | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) elemento | ||
Punjabi ਤੱਤ | ||
Quechua imakuna | ||
Romanian element | ||
Russian элемент | ||
Samoan elemene | ||
Sanskrit तत्व | ||
Scots Gaelic eileamaid | ||
Sepedi ntlha | ||
Serbian елемент | ||
Sesotho elemente | ||
Shona element | ||
Sindhi عنصر | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මූලද්රව්යය | ||
Slovak prvok | ||
Slovenian element | ||
Somali cunsur | ||
Spanish elemento | ||
Sundanese unsur | ||
Swahili kipengele | ||
Swedish element | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) elemento | ||
Tajik унсур | ||
Tamil உறுப்பு | ||
Tatar элемент | ||
Telugu మూలకం | ||
Thai ธาตุ | ||
Tigrinya ባእታ | ||
Tsonga nchumu | ||
Turkish element | ||
Turkmen elementi | ||
Twi (Akan) adeɛ | ||
Ukrainian елемент | ||
Urdu عنصر | ||
Uyghur ئېلېمېنت | ||
Uzbek element | ||
Vietnamese thành phần | ||
Welsh elfen | ||
Xhosa element | ||
Yiddish עלעמענט | ||
Yoruba ano | ||
Zulu isici |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, the word "element" can also refer to a basic or fundamental part of something, such as the "elements" of a story or a mathematical problem. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word 'element' is derived from the Latin word 'elementum', meaning 'principle' or 'constituent part'. |
| Amharic | The word "ንጥረ ነገር" (element) is derived from the Ge'ez word "ንፅር" (form, nature), and can also refer to the basic principles or substances of something. |
| Arabic | Originally, جزء meant "part" and "whole". Later, during the Abbasid caliphate, it acquired the meaning of "element" under the influence of Greek philosophy and scholars. |
| Armenian | The word "տարր" also means "part" or "component" in Armenian |
| Azerbaijani | The word "element" also means "alphabet" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | Ancient Basque elementua originally had no relation to natural elements but rather referred to the fundamental components of a whole such as the members of a group. |
| Belarusian | The word элемент (element) originally meant "the first principle" in Old Greek, and also "letter of the alphabet". |
| Bengali | The term "উপাদান" in Bengali is derived from the Sanskrit root "pad" which means 'to go' or 'to obtain' and is related to the word "উপপাদ্য" ('hypothesis'). |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, the word "element" (element) can also refer to a chemical substance or a component of a compound. |
| Bulgarian | Bulgarian "елемент" (element) derives from the Latin "elementum," meaning both "element" and "letter of the alphabet." |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "element" also means "spell". The word is derived from Latin "elementum", meaning "first principle". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "elemento" is derived from the Spanish word "elemento" and can also mean "natural force" or "agent of change". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Chinese, "元件" can also mean "component" or "part" of a larger system or structure. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "元件" (pronounced "yuánjiàn") in Chinese (Traditional) has a different meaning in Traditional Chinese, where it means "component" in electronics. |
| Corsican | Corsican "elementu" derives either from Medieval Latin or Old Italian, both meaning "element" (fire, earth, water, air). |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'element' (element) originates from the Latin word 'elementum', which means 'first principle' or 'constituent part'. Its usage in Croatian is also aligned with its meaning in English, as it refers to a fundamental constituent of matter or a basic part of something. |
| Czech | "Živel" also means "force of nature" like fire, water, air or earth. |
| Danish | In chemistry, an element is a pure substance that can't be separated into chemically simpler components by any means; element in Danish can also refer to 'the weather'. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "element" can also refer to a member of a group or community. |
| Esperanto | "Elemento" also means "creature" or "being" in Esperanto and "spell" or "charm" in Italian. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "element" is also used figuratively to denote a person who is a part of a group. |
| Finnish | The word 'elementti' is related to the Latin word 'elementum', meaning 'fundamental substance' or 'principle.' |
| French | The French word "élément" comes from the Latin "elementum", meaning "first principle" or "constituent part". |
| Frisian | Frisian "elemint" comes from the Middle Dutch word "elment" (element, basic substance) and ultimately from the Ancient Greek "στοιχεῖον" (letter, primary element). |
| Galician | In Galician, "elemento" can also refer to a mischievous or troublesome person. |
| Georgian | In Georgian, ელემენტი "element" also denotes "a unit of a larger body, a member of an organization or a community." |
| German | In German, "Element" can also refer to a musical instrument or a building block in construction. |
| Greek | The Greek noun "στοιχείο" can also refer to a chemical compound ("element composition" in chemistry), a letter or character, or a basic concept, principle, or rudiment. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "તત્વ" originally referred to a philosophical principle rather than just an element in chemistry, but its usage has expanded over time. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "eleman" not only means "element" but also refers to a "spirit" or "deity". |
| Hausa | Hausa word "kashi" refers to the basic elements that make up the world, as well as the four cardinal directions. |
| Hawaiian | Kumumea also refers specifically to the earth element in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word for "element" is "אֵלֵמֶנט" and derives from the Latin word "elementum," meaning "base" or "foundation." |
| Hindi | The Sanskrit word "तत्त्व" (tattva) also means "principle", "essence", or "reality". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word for 'element', 'caij', also means 'ingredient' or 'component' in the context of cooking or making something. |
| Hungarian | Elem in Old Hungarian meant "world, universe", and nowadays also means "food"} |
| Icelandic | The word "frumefni" not only means "element" in Icelandic, but also "raw material" and "principal component, element." |
| Igbo | Mmerewe also means creation, birth, or origin in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "elemen" can also refer to a group of people or organizations united by a common purpose or belief. |
| Irish | The Irish word "eilimint" is a loanword from the Latin "elementum", which also has the meaning "alphabet". |
| Italian | In Italian, "elemento" can also refer to a grammatical constituent or a person with a strong personality. |
| Japanese | The character 「子」 in 素子 can also mean "part" or "component," suggesting its role as a fundamental building block. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "unsur" can also refer to a group of people with similar characteristics or traits. |
| Kannada | "ಅಂಶ" also means "part" or "share" in Kannada, and shares its etymology with words like "amsh" in Sanskrit. |
| Kazakh | Казахское слово «элемент» («элемент») происходит от латинского слова «elementum» («элемент»), которое восходит к древнегреческому «στοιχεῖον», означающему «изначальная часть». |
| Khmer | "ធាតុ" in Khmer shares an Indo-European root with words like "idea" and "theology." |
| Korean | "요소" means "fertilizer" in Chinese characters, while in Korean it means "element". |
| Kurdish | The Proto-Indo-European root for "pêve" is also found in the Armenian word for "sky" and the Albanian word for "fire." |
| Kyrgyz | Kyrgyz "элемент" is also used to describe an energetic, motivated worker |
| Latin | Elementum can mean both the material basis of all things and the elemental powers of nature or the universe. |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "elements" can also refer to the natural world or the environment. |
| Lithuanian | The word "elementas" also means "creature" and "world" in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | An "element" in Luxembourgish can also mean "pupil" or "child". |
| Macedonian | The word "елемент" (element) is cognate with the Latin "elementa", which in turn comes from the Greek "στοιχεῖα" (stoikheia), meaning "the simplest form of matter"} |
| Malagasy | Singa also means "part" and "a bit" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The word "unsur" in Malay also means "factor", "ingredient", or "principle". |
| Malayalam | "ഘടകം" may also refer to a component, a constituent, a factor or a cause in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "element" comes from the Latin word "elementum", which means "first principle" or "component part". It can also refer to the chemical elements, the basic building blocks of matter. |
| Maori | In Māori mythology, "huānga" can also refer to the physical or spiritual essence of a being, or the innate qualities of a thing. |
| Marathi | The word "घटक" in Marathi can also refer to a component, a part, or an ingredient. |
| Nepali | The word "तत्व" also means "principle" or "truth" in Sanskrit. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, the word "element" can also refer to a person's native environment or a field of expertise. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Chinthu" can also mean "issue", "matter", or "problem" in Nyanja |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "عنصر" "element" is derived from the Arabic word "عنصـر" meaning "origin", "principle", or "agent". |
| Persian | The word "عنصر" (unṣur) in Persian also means "principle" and comes from the Arabic word "عنصر" (unṣur), which means "root" or "essence". |
| Polish | The word "element" in Polish can also refer to a fundamental principle or component of something. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "elemento" in Portuguese can also refer to the members of the military in service, or to an athlete in competition. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਤੱਤ" can also mean essence, principle, nature, truth, or reality. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "element" ultimately stems from the Latin word "elementum," which denotes the smallest or fundamental unit of something. |
| Russian | The word "элемент" (element) in Russian also means "the chemical element" and "a unit of something". |
| Samoan | Elemene also means "the whole", "the general", "the totality" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "eileamaid" can also refer to a chemical component or an ingredient of a compound in chemistry. |
| Serbian | The word “element” in Serbian is derived from “elementum” in Latin, meaning both “the elements of nature” and “the letters of the alphabet”. |
| Sesotho | Elemente can also mean "part" or "piece" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word 'element' in Shona can also refer to 'a constituent part of a whole' or 'a person or thing regarded as essential or fundamental'. |
| Sindhi | عنصر also refers to a tribe, faction or party in Sindhi. |
| Slovak | "Prvok" in Slovak also means "source" or "primary principle" and originates from the verb "prať" ("to wash", "to rinse") which also gave rise to "pravda" ("truth"). |
| Slovenian | Slovene "element" also translates to "constituent" or "ingredient." |
| Somali | The word "cunsur" is used to denote not only the English concept of element, but also the chemical element used in traditional Somali medicine. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "elemento" can also refer to a member of a social group or class. |
| Sundanese | The word 'unsur' in Sundanese also means 'substance', 'component', or 'ingredient'. |
| Swahili | "Kipengele" (element) derives from the Kibena root "-penge" (to distinguish). |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "element" has an alternate meaning of "student in the highest class of a school". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "elemento" is related to the Spanish "elemento" and could also refer to a person's bad temper, arrogance, or vanity. |
| Tajik | The word "унсур" in Tajik has Persian and Arabic roots and also means "ingredient" and "foundation". |
| Tamil | "உறுப்பு" is a Tamil word that can also mean 'part' or 'organ' |
| Telugu | మూలకం derives from the Sanskrit word "mula" meaning "root" or "source" and also refers to the first principles or fundamental concepts of a system. |
| Thai | The word "ธาตุ" can also refer to the four classical elements (ดิน, น้ำ, ลม, ไฟ; i.e. earth, water, air, fire) in Buddhism. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "element" comes from the Latin word "elementum", which means both "first principle" and "letter of the alphabet". |
| Ukrainian | The word "елемент" is derived from the Latin word "elementum", which means "component" or "ingredient". |
| Urdu | The word ''عنصر'' means an element, but it could also mean race, species, or gender. |
| Uzbek | Uzbek "element" is similar to the Russian "элемэнт" (element), which comes from the French "élément" meaning "constituent, part, or component". |
| Vietnamese | The word "thành phần" can also mean "ingredient" or "component" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The word 'elfen' in Welsh can also refer to a mischievous spirit or a fairy. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "into" can also refer to people or animals as a group or class. |
| Yiddish | "עלעמענט" means "element" but also "elementary school" in Yiddish. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "ano" can also refer to a "part" or "ingredient" in a larger whole. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "isici" can also refer to a group of people or a class of things. |
| English | "Element" stems from the Latin word elementum, meaning "constituent part". |