Environment in Different Languages
Discover 'Environment' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Environment
Afrikaans omgewing | ||
Albanian mjedisi | ||
Amharic አካባቢ | ||
Arabic بيئة | ||
Armenian միջավայր | ||
Assamese পৰিৱেশ | ||
Aymara pachasamana | ||
Azerbaijani mühit | ||
Bambara sigida | ||
Basque ingurunea | ||
Belarusian навакольнае асяроддзе | ||
Bengali পরিবেশ | ||
Bhojpuri वातावरण | ||
Bosnian okoliš | ||
Bulgarian околен свят | ||
Catalan entorn | ||
Cebuano palibot | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 环境 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 環境 | ||
Corsican ambiente | ||
Croatian okoliš | ||
Czech životní prostředí | ||
Danish miljø | ||
Dhivehi މާޙައުލު | ||
Dogri चपासम | ||
Dutch milieu | ||
English environment | ||
Esperanto medio | ||
Estonian keskkond | ||
Ewe xexeãme | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kapaligiran | ||
Finnish ympäristössä | ||
French environnement | ||
Frisian miljeu | ||
Galician ambiente | ||
Georgian გარემო | ||
German umgebung | ||
Greek περιβάλλον | ||
Guarani ñandejere | ||
Gujarati પર્યાવરણ | ||
Haitian Creole anviwònman | ||
Hausa muhalli | ||
Hawaiian kaiapuni | ||
Hebrew סביבה | ||
Hindi वातावरण | ||
Hmong ib puag ncig | ||
Hungarian környezet | ||
Icelandic umhverfi | ||
Igbo gburugburu ebe obibi | ||
Ilocano lawlaw | ||
Indonesian lingkungan hidup | ||
Irish timpeallacht | ||
Italian ambiente | ||
Japanese 環境 | ||
Javanese lingkungan | ||
Kannada ಪರಿಸರ | ||
Kazakh қоршаған орта | ||
Khmer បរិស្ថាន | ||
Kinyarwanda ibidukikije | ||
Konkani वातावरण | ||
Korean 환경 | ||
Krio ples | ||
Kurdish dor | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ژینگە | ||
Kyrgyz айлана-чөйрө | ||
Lao ສະພາບແວດລ້ອມ | ||
Latin amet | ||
Latvian vide | ||
Lingala esika | ||
Lithuanian aplinka | ||
Luganda obuwangaaliro | ||
Luxembourgish ëmfeld | ||
Macedonian животната средина | ||
Maithili पर्यावरण | ||
Malagasy tontolo iainana | ||
Malay persekitaran | ||
Malayalam പരിസ്ഥിതി | ||
Maltese ambjent | ||
Maori taiao | ||
Marathi वातावरण | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯀꯣꯏꯕꯒꯤ ꯐꯤꯚꯝ | ||
Mizo chenna khawvel | ||
Mongolian хүрээлэн буй орчин | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပတ်ဝန်းကျင် | ||
Nepali वातावरण | ||
Norwegian miljø | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chilengedwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପରିବେଶ | ||
Oromo naannoo | ||
Pashto چاپیریال | ||
Persian محیط | ||
Polish środowisko | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) meio ambiente | ||
Punjabi ਵਾਤਾਵਰਣ | ||
Quechua medio ambiente | ||
Romanian mediu inconjurator | ||
Russian окружающая среда | ||
Samoan siosiomaga | ||
Sanskrit पर्यावरणम् | ||
Scots Gaelic àrainneachd | ||
Sepedi tikologo | ||
Serbian животна средина | ||
Sesotho tikoloho | ||
Shona nharaunda | ||
Sindhi ماحول | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පරිසරය | ||
Slovak prostredie | ||
Slovenian okolje | ||
Somali deegaanka | ||
Spanish medio ambiente | ||
Sundanese lingkungan | ||
Swahili mazingira | ||
Swedish miljö | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kapaligiran | ||
Tajik муҳити зист | ||
Tamil சூழல் | ||
Tatar әйләнә-тирә мохит | ||
Telugu పర్యావరణం | ||
Thai สิ่งแวดล้อม | ||
Tigrinya ከባቢ | ||
Tsonga mbango | ||
Turkish çevre | ||
Turkmen daşky gurşaw | ||
Twi (Akan) atenaeɛ | ||
Ukrainian навколишнє середовище | ||
Urdu ماحول | ||
Uyghur مۇھىت | ||
Uzbek atrof-muhit | ||
Vietnamese môi trường | ||
Welsh amgylchedd | ||
Xhosa okusingqongileyo | ||
Yiddish סביבה | ||
Yoruba ayika | ||
Zulu imvelo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "omgewing" also means "surroundings" or "context". |
| Albanian | Mjedisi derives from a Slavic word that meant “place” or “region”. |
| Arabic | The word "بيئة" (environment) in Arabic originally meant 'mode of living' or 'habits' |
| Azerbaijani | Mühit (environment) comes from the Arabic word "muhit" (surrounding) and can also mean "milieu" and "ambient" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The word "ingurunea" is derived from the Basque words "inguru", meaning "around", and "nea", meaning "thing", and ultimately derives from Proto-Basque "*inguru-n-e-a". |
| Bengali | পরিবেশ (poribesh) originates from the Sanskrit word parivesha, meaning “that which surrounds” or “circumference”. |
| Bosnian | "Okolis" is also Croatian, Slovenian and Serbian for "vicinity, surroundings" |
| Bulgarian | "Околен свят" in Bulgarian literally means "surrounding world". |
| Catalan | "Entorn" in Catalan is derived from the Old Catalan word "entornar", meaning "to surround" or "to enclose". |
| Cebuano | The word "palibot" in Cebuano is etymologically related to the words "palibog" (to surround) and "palibhasa" (in all its contexts). |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word 环境 (environment) also means "surroundings" or "context" in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 環境, kankyō, also refers to circumstance, situation, ambience, atmosphere, surrounding, and more |
| Corsican | The Corsican word 'ambiente' can also refer to a person's character or personality. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "okoliš" comes from the Slavic root "kol", meaning "circle" or "surrounding." |
| Czech | The Czech word "životní prostředí" literally means "life surrounding" or "life conditions". |
| Danish | "Miljø" is derived from the French word "milieu", meaning "surroundings" or "setting." |
| Dutch | Dutch "milieu" can also mean a "social environment" |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, "medio" can also mean "average" or "midpoint", reflecting its Latin origin "medius". |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "keskkond" is derived from the root "kesk", meaning "middle" or "center", implying the central importance of the environment to human life. |
| Finnish | Literally 'in surroundings', ympäristössä is composed from the words ympäri (around) and stö (place). |
| French | "Environnement" is derived from Old French "environ", meaning "around" or "surrounding." |
| Frisian | The Frisian word 'miljeu' can also refer to the surroundings of a house or a group of buildings. |
| Galician | The word "ambiente" in Galician also refers to the mood or atmosphere of a place. |
| German | The German word "Umgebung" also means "surroundings" and is related to the verb "umgeben" (to surround). |
| Greek | The word "περιβάλλον" (environment) comes from the Greek word "βάλλω" (to throw), and originally meant "that which is thrown around" or "surrounding". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "anviwònman" also means "surroundings" or "context". |
| Hausa | Hausa "muhalli" derives from Arabic for “place, environment, atmosphere.” |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word 'kaiapuni' is a combination of the words 'kai' (ocean/water) and 'puni' (gorge/pit), suggesting a notion of an ecosystem where everything is connected. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word סביבה ("environment") is derived from the verb סבב ("to surround"), implying the totality of surrounding conditions. |
| Hindi | The word "वातावरण" comes from the Sanskrit words "वात" (air) and "आवरण" (covering), suggesting a layer of air surrounding the earth. |
| Hmong | 'Ib puag ncig' also means 'surrounding place' and 'nature'. |
| Hungarian | Környezet comes from the Turkish "çevre" (meaning "environment") and the Hungarian verbal suffix "-zet" |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, the term "umhverfi" can also refer to surroundings, circumstances, or neighborhood. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word for 'environment' can also mean 'the area where one lives' or 'the world' |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word lingkungan hidup literally translates to "surrounding life" and is used to refer to both the environment and living organisms. |
| Irish | The word 'timpeallacht' literally means 'around everything', highlighting the interconnectedness of the natural world in Irish culture. |
| Italian | The Italian word "ambiente" derives from the Latin "ambiens," meaning "surrounding," and can also refer to the atmosphere or ambiance of a place. |
| Japanese | The word 環境, pronounced as “kankyō” is a Sino-Japanese term which can also be interpreted as “surroundings”. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "lingkungan" can also mean "surrounding area" or "community." |
| Kannada | ಪರಿಸರ means 'surrounding' or 'environment' in Kannada and is derived from the Sanskrit word 'परिसर' (parisara) meaning 'surroundings'. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "қоршаған орта" is derived from the verb "қоршау" meaning "to surround" and the noun "орта" meaning "middle" or "centre". It can also mean "habitat" or "surroundings". |
| Khmer | The term បរិស្ថាន has two potential etymologies: it may originate from the Sanskrit word "paristhana", meaning "standing around", or from Pali "paritatha", meaning "surround". |
| Korean | 환경 is a Sino-Korean word originally meaning 'surrounding conditions', and retains this meaning in the context of the body and health. |
| Kurdish | The word "dor" can also mean "village" or "home" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | This word combines two Turkic roots, "aila" meaning "family" and "chöirö" meaning "world, universe, or all around." |
| Latin | 'Amet' can also refer to 'beloved', such as in the phrase 'mea pulchra amit', or 'my beautiful beloved'. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "vide" is derived from the Old Prussian word "wid", meaning "forest." |
| Lithuanian | The word aplinka has roots in the verb "linkti," meaning "to curve" or "to bend," suggesting the interconnectedness and fluidity of the environment. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Ëmfeld" is derived from the Old High German word "umbifelt", meaning "surrounding area". |
| Macedonian | Животната средина (environment) consists of two morphemes: живот (animal or life) and среда (environment), implying a close relationship between the two. |
| Malagasy | As TONTOLO IAINANA derives from the root IAINANA, it also refers to the "spirit of nature." |
| Malay | The Malay word "persekitaran" is also used to refer to an individual's social and cultural surroundings or circumstances. |
| Malayalam | Malayalam word 'പരിസ്ഥിതി' is the combination of two Sanskrit words: 'परि' (around) and 'स्थिति' (state). It not only refers to the physical surroundings but also includes cultural, social, and economic aspects. |
| Maltese | The word "ambjent" in Maltese also means "ambiance". |
| Maori | Taiao can also refer to the universe or ecosystem, emphasising the interconnectedness of all living things. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'वातावरण' comes from the Sanskrit word 'वातवरणम्' meaning 'atmosphere'. In astronomy, it refers to the atmospheric conditions surrounding a planet or other celestial body. |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "वातावरण" derives from Sanskrit and literally translates to "the sphere around" or "the enveloping sphere", denoting a surrounding or encompassing context. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "miljø" can also refer to social or cultural surroundings or ambiance. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, the word "chilengedwe" is also used to refer to the natural world, especially in the context of conservation. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "چاپیریال" (environment) also means "the place where one lives". |
| Persian | Persian word "محیط" means environment, but it originally referred to the external world, including both the natural and built environment. |
| Polish | The word "środowisko" can also refer to social setting, situation, or milieu (e.g., "pracownicze środowisko" "work environment") or to surroundings and living conditions (e.g., "wiejskie środowisko" "rural environment"). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, the word "meio ambiente" literally means "middle that surrounds". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਵਾਤਾਵਰਣ" is derived from Sanskrit and also means "surroundings, circumstances, or atmosphere" in Punjabi. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "mediu inconjurator" comes from the Latin phrase "medium inconveniens," meaning "surrounding or intervening medium. |
| Russian | "Окружающая среда" can also mean the "environment of a person's life and work" and the "social environment" |
| Samoan | The word "siosiomaga" is derived from the Samoan words "sio" (to protect) and "maga" (a place), and also refers to the area around a village set aside for planting and protection of food crops. |
| Scots Gaelic | Àrainneachd is a broad-spectrum word in Gaelic, encompassing concepts of natural or man-made settings, as well as the weather and surroundings |
| Serbian | The term "Животна средина" in Serbian literally means "life in between", capturing both the animate and inanimate elements of the environment. |
| Sesotho | The word "tikoloho" also means "the place where one lives" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word 'nharaunda' originates from the Shona word 'haraunda', meaning 'to surround', as 'nharaunda' is that which surrounds and influences us. |
| Sindhi | 'ماحول' comes from the Arabic word 'muhit,' meaning 'surrounding' or 'surroundings'. |
| Slovak | The word "prostredie" also has the alternate meaning of "milieu" or "setting". |
| Slovenian | The word "okolje" in Slovenian also refers to a frame or framing, which highlights the role of our surroundings in shaping our perspectives and experiences. |
| Somali | Degaanka can also mean 'native land' or 'hometown', similar to the word 'degaan' in Arabic and 'dekhan' in Persian. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "medio ambiente" can also refer to the surroundings or ambiance of a place. |
| Sundanese | "Lingkungan" also means "circle of people, neighborhood" or "area, place" in Sundanese |
| Swahili | The Swahili word 'mazingira' derives from 'mazinga' ('circle'), denoting the cycle of life and the interconnectedness of all things in nature. |
| Swedish | The word "miljö" originally meant "the milieu in which something happens" or "the surroundings of a person or thing". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "kapaligiran" derives from the Tagalog root "paligid," meaning "surroundings" or "vicinity," hence its ecological connotation. |
| Tajik | The word “муҳити зист” comes from the Persian phrase “muhit-i zist” which means “the surroundings”. |
| Tamil | The word 'சூழல்' in Tamil is derived from the root word 'சூழ,' meaning 'to surround' or 'to encompass' |
| Telugu | The word "పర్యావరణం" originates from the Sanskrit word "पर्यावरण" (paryāvaraṇa), which means "surroundings" or "circle". |
| Thai | The Thai word "สิ่งแวดล้อม" (environment) is derived from Pali and Sanskrit roots, and can also mean "surroundings", "context", or "external factors that influence something" |
| Turkish | "Çevre" derives from Persian "chehr" (face), hence meaning "the surface of something". |
| Ukrainian | The word 'навколишнє середовище' in Ukrainian can also refer to 'surroundings' or 'circumstances'. |
| Urdu | The word "ماحول" also means "surroundings" and "atmosphere" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "atrof-muhit" is derived from Persian "āṭrāf" (edge) and Arabic "muḥīṭ" (surrounding), and also has the meaning of "circumstance or situation". |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "Môi trường" has various meanings, including "external surroundings," "living space," and "habitat." |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "Amgylchedd" has multiple archaic meanings including "the whole world" or "universe". |
| Xhosa | The word 'okusingqongileyo' (environment) comes from the root 'gqongqongile' (to surround, to enclose) |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "סביבה" (svive) originally meant "vicinity" or "neighborhood" before taking on its modern meaning of "environment." |
| Yoruba | "Àyíkà" denotes one's homestead, where one dwells with one's immediate family. |
| Zulu | "Imvelo" is also used to refer to "nature" in Zulu. |
| English | The word 'environment' derives from the French 'environner', meaning to 'surround' or 'besiege', reflecting its original sense of 'surrounding conditions' or 'influences' |