Afrikaans emosioneel | ||
Albanian emocionale | ||
Amharic ስሜታዊ | ||
Arabic عاطفي | ||
Armenian հուզական | ||
Assamese আবেগিক | ||
Aymara kusisiña | ||
Azerbaijani emosional | ||
Bambara nisɔndiya | ||
Basque emozionala | ||
Belarusian эмацыянальны | ||
Bengali সংবেদনশীল | ||
Bhojpuri भावुक | ||
Bosnian emocionalno | ||
Bulgarian емоционална | ||
Catalan emocional | ||
Cebuano emosyonal | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 情感的 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 情感的 | ||
Corsican emutivu | ||
Croatian emotivan | ||
Czech emocionální | ||
Danish følelsesmæssig | ||
Dhivehi އިމޯޝަނަލް | ||
Dogri जजबाती | ||
Dutch emotioneel | ||
English emotional | ||
Esperanto emocia | ||
Estonian emotsionaalne | ||
Ewe se seselelãme | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) emosyonal | ||
Finnish tunnepitoinen | ||
French émotif | ||
Frisian emosjoneel | ||
Galician emocional | ||
Georgian ემოციური | ||
German emotional | ||
Greek συναισθηματική | ||
Guarani py'andýireko | ||
Gujarati ભાવનાત્મક | ||
Haitian Creole emosyonèl | ||
Hausa na motsin rai | ||
Hawaiian manaʻo | ||
Hebrew רִגשִׁי | ||
Hindi भावुक | ||
Hmong kev xav | ||
Hungarian érzelmi | ||
Icelandic tilfinningaþrungin | ||
Igbo mmetụta uche | ||
Ilocano emosional | ||
Indonesian emosional | ||
Irish mhothúchánach | ||
Italian emotivo | ||
Japanese 感情の | ||
Javanese emosi | ||
Kannada ಭಾವನಾತ್ಮಕ | ||
Kazakh эмоционалды | ||
Khmer អារម្មណ៍ | ||
Kinyarwanda amarangamutima | ||
Konkani भावनीक | ||
Korean 감정적 인 | ||
Krio aw yu de fil | ||
Kurdish hisî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) سۆزداری | ||
Kyrgyz эмоционалдык | ||
Lao ອາລົມ | ||
Latin motus | ||
Latvian emocionāls | ||
Lingala ya mayoki | ||
Lithuanian emocinis | ||
Luganda obusungu | ||
Luxembourgish emotional | ||
Macedonian емотивно | ||
Maithili भावुक | ||
Malagasy pihetseham-po | ||
Malay beremosi | ||
Malayalam വികാരപരമായ | ||
Maltese emozzjonali | ||
Maori kare ā-roto | ||
Marathi भावनिक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯨꯛꯅꯤꯡ ꯅꯨꯡꯁꯤꯕ | ||
Mizo thil vei | ||
Mongolian сэтгэл хөдлөм | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စိတ်ခံစားမှု | ||
Nepali भावनात्मक | ||
Norwegian emosjonell | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zotengeka | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଭାବପ୍ରବଣ | ||
Oromo miiraan guutamuu | ||
Pashto احساساتي | ||
Persian عاطفی | ||
Polish emocjonalny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) emocional | ||
Punjabi ਭਾਵਾਤਮਕ | ||
Quechua kuyakuq | ||
Romanian emoţional | ||
Russian эмоциональный | ||
Samoan lagona | ||
Sanskrit भावुक | ||
Scots Gaelic tòcail | ||
Sepedi maikutlo | ||
Serbian емоционално | ||
Sesotho maikutlo | ||
Shona manzwiro | ||
Sindhi جذباتي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) චිත්තවේගීය | ||
Slovak emotívny | ||
Slovenian čustveno | ||
Somali qiiro leh | ||
Spanish emocional | ||
Sundanese émosional | ||
Swahili kihisia | ||
Swedish emotionell | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) emosyonal | ||
Tajik эҳсосӣ | ||
Tamil உணர்ச்சி | ||
Tatar эмоциональ | ||
Telugu భావోద్వేగ | ||
Thai อารมณ์ | ||
Tigrinya ስምዒታዊ | ||
Tsonga matitwelo | ||
Turkish duygusal | ||
Turkmen emosional | ||
Twi (Akan) atenka | ||
Ukrainian емоційний | ||
Urdu جذباتی | ||
Uyghur ھېسسىياتچان | ||
Uzbek hissiy | ||
Vietnamese đa cảm | ||
Welsh emosiynol | ||
Xhosa ngokweemvakalelo | ||
Yiddish עמאָציאָנעל | ||
Yoruba imolara | ||
Zulu ngokomzwelo |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Also means "sensitive" in Afrikaans. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "emocionale" is derived from Latin "emotionalis", which means "pertaining to emotions". |
| Amharic | "ስሜታዊ" can also refer to 'sympathetic' and 'moving'. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "ʿāṭifī" comes from the root "ʿ-ṭ-f", which means "to turn" or "to soften." |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "emosional" also means "sensitive, delicate". |
| Basque | The word "emozionala" in Basque, meaning "emotional", also refers to a concept of collective emotionality and shared feeling. |
| Belarusian | The word |
| Bengali | The word "সংবেদনশীল" ("emotional") is derived from the Sanskrit word "संवेदन" ("feeling") and can also mean "sensitive" or "susceptible". |
| Bosnian | The word 'emocionalno' (emotional) can also be used to mean 'affected' or 'touched' by emotion. |
| Bulgarian | The word "емоционална" also means "sentimental" in Bulgarian |
| Catalan | In Catalan, 'emocional' means both 'emotional' and 'passionate'. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "emosyonal" also means "sensitive" or "delicate." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 情感的 is also used to describe something as touching or moving |
| Chinese (Traditional) | “情感”在中文语境中也有“亲情”之意,与英文中的“emotion”一词意义上略有差异。 |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "emutivu" has the alternate meaning of "impressive". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "emotivan" is derived from the Latin word "emovere", meaning "to move" or "to arouse emotion". It is also related to the French word "émotif", which has a similar meaning. |
| Czech | The word "emocionální" in Czech is derived from the French word "émotionnel", which itself comes from the Latin word "emovere", meaning "to move" or "to stir up". |
| Danish | The Danish word 'følelsesmæssig' can also refer to the physical or psychological response to a situation. |
| Dutch | "Emotioneel" can also mean 'sensitive,' 'tender,' or 'excitable' in Dutch. |
| Esperanto | "Emocia" is derived from the Latin word "emovere," meaning "to move out": one's emotions move one to act. |
| Estonian | "Emotsionaalne" can also mean "sentimental". The word comes from the Latin word "emovere," which means "to move out". |
| Finnish | "Tunnepitoinen" on suomen kielessä monimerkityksinen sana, joka voi tarkoittaa muun muassa tunteikasta, sentimentaalista ja subjektiivista. |
| French | Émotif derives from the Greek word "éma" meaning "blood" and originally referred to physiological reactions. |
| Frisian | Emosioneel also means emotional in Dutch, an official language of Suriname, which has had historical ties with Friesland, the province of the Netherlands where West Frisian is spoken. |
| Galician | En gallego, "emocional" es un préstamo del francés "émotionnel", que a su vez deriva del latín "emovere" (mover). |
| Georgian | The Georgian word for |
| German | The word "emotional" (emotionell) in German can refer to the realm of feelings, or a particular style of painting. |
| Greek | Ancient Greeks also used συναισθηματική, which now means 'emotional', to refer to physical sensations or awareness. |
| Gujarati | In Gujarati, the word "ભાવનાત્મक" (bhaavanaatmak) is not only used to describe emotional states but also refers to feelings, thoughts, and attitudes. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "emosyonèl" is derived from the French word "émotionnel", meaning "emotional" in English. |
| Hausa | The word "na motsin rai" can also mean "impressionable" or "easily influenced" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "manaʻo" also refers to "mind" or "thought." |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "רגשי" (emotional) is derived from the root "רגש" (to shake, to tremble), which also appears in the word "רגע" (moment). |
| Hindi | The word "भावुक" also has the alternate meaning of "sentimental", which implies nostalgia and affection. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "kev xav" also means "mind" or "thought". |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "érzelmi" derives from the verb "érez" (to feel) and originally referred to the sense of touch. |
| Icelandic | It is similar to the Norwegian word "tilfinningstung", which means "difficult to feel." |
| Igbo | The Igbo word for 'emotional', mmetụta uche, literally means 'feeling of the heart' |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "emosional" can also mean impulsive. |
| Irish | The word "mhothúchánach" originally referred to physical sensations and emotions together |
| Italian | In Italian, 'emozionante' is an adjective that expresses strong feelings, like joy or sorrow. |
| Japanese | 感情の (kanjō no) is also used in the sense of "affection" or "sentiment" |
| Javanese | "Emos" is commonly used to describe someone who is very sensitive to the feelings of others and can be easily moved to tears or anger. |
| Kannada | The word ಭಾವನಾತ್ಮಕ also refers to a type of music that evokes emotions. |
| Khmer | The word "អារម្មណ៍" has several alternate meanings including "object", "goal", and "intention." |
| Korean | 감(感) is the character used to express the five senses, and 정(情) is the feeling or emotion created in the heart after experiencing the five senses. |
| Kurdish | The word "hisî" in Kurdish comes from the Arabic word "hiss" meaning "sense" or "feeling". |
| Latin | The Latin word "motus" also means "movement" or "change". |
| Latvian | The word "emocionāls" in Latvian derives from the French "émotionnel". |
| Lithuanian | The word "emocinis" is derived from the Latin word "emovere", meaning "to move" or "to stir up". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "emotional" comes from the French word "émotionnel" and can also mean "touchy" or "sensitive". |
| Macedonian | Емотивно, derived from the word 'емоција' (emotion), has the same meaning in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | "Pihetseham-po" also means "to be annoyed" or "to be irritated" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | "Beremosi" comes from the Arabic "ramasa" meaning "emotion" or "sentiment". |
| Malayalam | The word "വികാരപരമായ" ("emotional") in Malayalam is derived from the Sanskrit word "विकार" ("change") and refers to a change in mental or emotional state. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "emozzjonali" is derived from the French word "émotif," which itself comes from the Latin word "emovere," meaning "to stir up" or "to move out." |
| Maori | The word “kare ā-roto” means “emotional”, but the word “ā-roto” also means "heart" or "mind". |
| Marathi | The word 'भावनिक' in Marathi can also refer to a spiritual or devotional feeling. |
| Nepali | The word भावनात्मक (bhavanatmak) in Nepali derives from the Sanskrit words भाव (bhava) meaning 'emotion' and आत्मक (atmak) meaning 'pertaining to the self' or 'subjective' |
| Norwegian | The word "emosjonell" can also refer to "sensitive" or "touchy" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'zotengeka' is also used to describe something strange or unfamiliar. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "احساساتي" means "emotional" and can also refer to someone who is sensitive or sentimental. |
| Persian | In addition to its primary meaning of "emotional," "عاطفی" can also mean "affectionate" or "sentimental."} |
| Polish | The word "emocjonalny" can be considered a false spelling of the word "emocjonalny". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Emocional" can also mean "sensitive" or "touchy" in Portuguese. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਭਾਵਾਤਮਕ" (bhavaatmak) in Punjabi derives from the Sanskrit word "bhava" meaning "feeling, emotion" and "aatmak" meaning "pertaining to self". |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "emoţional" (emotional) derives from the French "émotionnel" and can also mean "excitable". |
| Russian | Слово «эмоциональный» произошло от латинского слова «emovere», что значит «вызывать, волновать». |
| Samoan | In Samoan, the word "lagona" can also refer to "a feeling" or "a desire". |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word 'tòcail' can also refer to a sudden movement, a twitch, a tremor, a shock or a jolt. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "емоционално" can also mean "sensitive" or "touchy". |
| Sesotho | The word maikutlo in Sesotho can also refer to the innermost feelings of a person. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "جذباتي" (jazbaati) comes from the Arabic word "جذب" (jazb), meaning "attraction" or "pull." |
| Slovak | In its earlier use, it also had an alternate meaning of "sensitive". |
| Slovenian | "Čustveno" in Slovenian can also mean "sensually". |
| Somali | "Qiiro leh" literally means "having a liver" and derives from the older meaning of "liver" as the seat of emotions. |
| Spanish | The word "emocional" in Spanish originally meant "relating to emotions or feelings" but now also means "sensitive" or "sentimental". |
| Sundanese | The word "émosional" in Sundanese can also mean "sensitive" or "easily moved to tears". |
| Swahili | Derived from the archaic word 'kisi' meaning 'heart', 'kihisia' also refers to 'feelings' and 'emotions' |
| Swedish | The word "emotionell" comes from the Latin word "emovere", meaning "to move out or remove." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Emosyonal" can be traced to the Spanish word "emocional" meaning "emotional" but it can also have connotations of sentimentality or being overly emotional. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "эҳсосӣ" (emotional) has multiple meanings such as "sentimental", "touchy", and "sensitive". |
| Tamil | உணர்ச்சி literally translates to "feeling" but is also used to refer to "taste". |
| Thai | The word "อารมณ์" ("emotional") is derived from the Sanskrit word "आराम" ("ārama"), meaning "delight" or "pleasure". |
| Turkish | "Duygusal" ayrıca "duygudan oluşan" anlamına da gelir. |
| Ukrainian | The word "емоційний" comes from the Greek word "εμωθιω" meaning "passionate" or "inspired". |
| Urdu | The Urdu word 'جذباتی' is rooted in the Arabic verb 'جَذب,' meaning 'to pull' or 'to attract,' capturing the idea of emotional responses being elicited by external stimuli. |
| Uzbek | The word "hissiy" in Uzbek has roots in the Persian language, where it also means "emotional", and has a figurative meaning of "sensitive or touchy". |
| Vietnamese | "Đa cảm" consists of "đa" (many) and "cảm" (feel). This word is derived from Chinese, where it means "to feel strongly", but Vietnamese usage has narrowed its meaning to "emotional". |
| Welsh | The word 'emosiynol' comes from the French word 'émotionnel', which means 'emotional', and has existed in Welsh since the mid-19th century. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "Ngókwéémvakálélo" (emotional) means more directly "that which comes from the heart". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "emotsional" shares its etymology with the English word "emotional" and means both "emotional" and "sentimental" |
| Yoruba | In addition to "emotional", "imolara" may also refer to "consciousness" or "intelligence". |
| Zulu | The word "ngokomzwelo" is also used to describe a deep, heartfelt feeling that is difficult to express in words. |
| English | The word "emotional" comes from the Latin word "emovere," which means "to move" or "to stir up." |