Afrikaans omgewing | ||
Albanian mjedisore | ||
Amharic አካባቢያዊ | ||
Arabic بيئي | ||
Armenian բնապահպանական | ||
Assamese পৰিৱেশগত | ||
Aymara pachamamaru yäqaña | ||
Azerbaijani ətraf mühit | ||
Bambara sigida laminiko | ||
Basque ingurumenekoak | ||
Belarusian экалагічны | ||
Bengali পরিবেশগত | ||
Bhojpuri पर्यावरण के बारे में बतावल गइल बा | ||
Bosnian okoliša | ||
Bulgarian околната среда | ||
Catalan mediambiental | ||
Cebuano palibot | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 环境的 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 環境的 | ||
Corsican ambientale | ||
Croatian okoliša | ||
Czech životní prostředí | ||
Danish miljømæssigt | ||
Dhivehi ތިމާވެށީގެ ކަންކަމެވެ | ||
Dogri पर्यावरण दा | ||
Dutch milieu | ||
English environmental | ||
Esperanto media | ||
Estonian keskkonna | ||
Ewe nutome ƒe nɔnɔme | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kapaligiran | ||
Finnish ympäristöön | ||
French environnemental | ||
Frisian miljeu | ||
Galician ambiental | ||
Georgian გარემოსდაცვითი | ||
German umwelt | ||
Greek περιβαλλοντικό | ||
Guarani tekoha rehegua | ||
Gujarati પર્યાવરણીય | ||
Haitian Creole anviwònman an | ||
Hausa muhalli | ||
Hawaiian kaiapuni | ||
Hebrew סְבִיבָתִי | ||
Hindi पर्यावरण | ||
Hmong ib puag ncig | ||
Hungarian környezeti | ||
Icelandic umhverfislegt | ||
Igbo gburugburu ebe obibi | ||
Ilocano aglawlaw | ||
Indonesian lingkungan | ||
Irish comhshaoil | ||
Italian ambientale | ||
Japanese 環境 | ||
Javanese lingkungan | ||
Kannada ಪರಿಸರ | ||
Kazakh экологиялық | ||
Khmer បរិស្ថាន | ||
Kinyarwanda ibidukikije | ||
Konkani पर्यावरणीय | ||
Korean 환경 | ||
Krio di envayrɔmɛnt | ||
Kurdish jîngehparêzî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ژینگەیی | ||
Kyrgyz экологиялык | ||
Lao ສິ່ງແວດລ້ອມ | ||
Latin environmental | ||
Latvian vides | ||
Lingala ya ezingelo | ||
Lithuanian aplinkosaugos | ||
Luganda eby’obutonde bw’ensi | ||
Luxembourgish ëmwelt | ||
Macedonian еколошки | ||
Maithili पर्यावरणीय | ||
Malagasy tontolo iainana | ||
Malay persekitaran | ||
Malayalam പാരിസ്ഥിതിക | ||
Maltese ambjentali | ||
Maori taiao | ||
Marathi पर्यावरणविषयक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯀꯣꯌꯕꯒꯤ ꯐꯤꯕꯃꯒꯤ ꯃꯇꯥꯡꯗꯥ ꯋꯥꯐꯝ ꯊꯃꯈꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo environmental lam thil a ni | ||
Mongolian байгаль орчин | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သဘာဝပတ်ဝန်းကျင် | ||
Nepali वातावरणीय | ||
Norwegian miljø | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zachilengedwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପରିବେଶ | ||
Oromo naannoo | ||
Pashto چاپیریال | ||
Persian محیطی | ||
Polish środowiskowy | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) de meio ambiente | ||
Punjabi ਵਾਤਾਵਰਣ | ||
Quechua pachamamamanta | ||
Romanian de mediu | ||
Russian экологический | ||
Samoan siosiomaga | ||
Sanskrit पर्यावरणीय | ||
Scots Gaelic àrainneachd | ||
Sepedi tikologo ya tikologo | ||
Serbian животне средине | ||
Sesotho tikoloho | ||
Shona zvakatipoteredza | ||
Sindhi ماحولياتي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පරිසර | ||
Slovak environmentálne | ||
Slovenian okolje | ||
Somali deegaanka | ||
Spanish ambiental | ||
Sundanese lingkungan | ||
Swahili mazingira | ||
Swedish miljö- | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kapaligiran | ||
Tajik экологӣ | ||
Tamil சுற்றுச்சூழல் | ||
Tatar экологик | ||
Telugu పర్యావరణ | ||
Thai สิ่งแวดล้อม | ||
Tigrinya ከባብያዊ ምዃኑ’ዩ። | ||
Tsonga swa mbango | ||
Turkish çevre | ||
Turkmen daşky gurşaw | ||
Twi (Akan) nneɛma a atwa yɛn ho ahyia | ||
Ukrainian екологічний | ||
Urdu ماحولیاتی | ||
Uyghur مۇھىت | ||
Uzbek atrof-muhit | ||
Vietnamese thuộc về môi trường | ||
Welsh amgylcheddol | ||
Xhosa okusingqongileyo | ||
Yiddish ינווייראַנמענאַל | ||
Yoruba ayika | ||
Zulu ezemvelo |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Omgewing" is derived from the Dutch word "omgeving" meaning "surrounding" and is cognate with the English word "environment". |
| Albanian | A rare alternative meaning of the Albanian word "mjedisore" is "natural surroundings" |
| Arabic | The term is used in some Arabic countries alongside "حيوي" ("vital" or "organic") to mean "green" or "eco-friendly". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "ətraf mühit" in Azerbaijani is a compound word that literally means "around the world". It is equivalent to the English word "environment" in its most general sense. |
| Basque | "Ingurumenekoak" is a Basque abstract word derived from the word "ingurune", which is the Basque word for "environment". |
| Belarusian | Экалагічны is used to describe both environmental issues and environmental sustainability in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | "পরিবেষ্টিত" ('surrounded') অর্থ বহন করে পরিবেশগত (environmental) শব্দটি। |
| Bosnian | The word "okoliša" originally meant "surrounding" or "environment" in Old Slavic languages. |
| Bulgarian | The word "околната среда" literally means "surrounding environment" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "mediambiental" has a more ecological connotation than its Spanish equivalent, as it emphasizes the relationship between the physical environment and living organisms. |
| Cebuano | "Palibot" is an old Cebuano word that originally meant "to encompass". It is related to the word "palibot-libot" meaning "to go around". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 环境的'也可以指'影响一个人或事物的外部条件'。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 環境的:在自然界中生存、發展的 |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "ambientale" also means "surrounding" or "circumference". |
| Croatian | "Okoliš" means "surroundings" and "environment" in Croatian, which is similar to the meaning of the English "environment". |
| Czech | Životní prostředí literally translates to "life environment". |
| Danish | In Danish, the word 'miljømæssigt' also pertains to human social environments, such as workplace culture and social circles. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "milieu" is derived from the French word "milieu", which in turn comes from the Latin word "medius", meaning "middle". |
| Esperanto | The word "media" also means "means" in Esperanto. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "keskkonna" derives from the word "kesk", meaning "center" or "middle". |
| Finnish | The word ympäristöön is derived from the Finnish word "ympäri," meaning "around," and "stöön," meaning "to go," thus conveying the idea of "going around." |
| French | The word "environnemental" in French can also mean "surrounding" or "contextual". |
| Frisian | It is derived from the French word milieu, which means "environment" or "surroundings". |
| Galician | Coincides with the Galician word “ambiente'', meaning 'atmosphere' or 'environment' |
| German | While "Umwelt" today is a term for all surrounding nature and environment, it originally was a German word referring strictly to what is around a human being or animal. |
| Greek | The word "περιβαλλοντικό" comes from the Greek word "περιβάλλον" meaning "surroundings" or "environment". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "anviwònman an" is derived from the French word "environnement" and also means "surroundings" or "milieu". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, 'muhalli' can also mean 'surrounding' or 'environment' in a broader sense. |
| Hawaiian | The word "kaiapuni" has several layers of meaning, encompassing both ecology and traditional Hawaiian values. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word סְבִיבָתִי (environmental) derives from the root "סבב," meaning "to surround" or "to encompass." |
| Hindi | The word 'पर्यावरण' is derived from the Sanskrit roots 'परि' (around), 'आ' (towards), and 'वरण' (to choose). It can also mean 'circumference', 'environment', 'surroundings', or 'context'. |
| Hmong | Ib puag ncig is literally 'water and grass' or 'nature' and is also used to mean 'environment' |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word 'környezeti' also refers to the 'surroundings' or the 'environment' as a whole. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "umhverfislegt" ultimately derives from the Old Norse "hverfa," meaning "to turn" or "to change." |
| Igbo | This Igbo environmental concept literally denotes surrounding nature as well as surrounding culture. |
| Indonesian | "Lingkungan" can also mean neighborhood in Indonesian. |
| Irish | The word "comhshaoil" also means "common" or "shared" in Irish. |
| Italian | The word 'ambientale' in Italian is derived from the Latin word 'ambire,' which means 'to go around,' and refers to the surrounding environment. |
| Japanese | The word 環境 (kankyō) literally means "surroundings" and can refer to physical, social, or economic conditions. |
| Javanese | Environmentally-conscious behavior in Javanese is known as _lingkungan_. |
| Kannada | ಪರಿಸರ can also mean "that which has been thrown around" in Kannada, likely referring to waste |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "экологиялық" is derived from the Greek word "οἶκος", meaning "house" or "habitat", and the suffix "-λογία", meaning "study of". |
| Khmer | បរិស្ថាន also means "surroundings" in Khmer, highlighting the interconnectedness of the environment. |
| Korean | "환경" can also mean "surrounding circumstances" or "situation". |
| Kurdish | The word also means 'guardian of life' in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "экологиялык" in Kyrgyz is derived from the Greek word "oikos", meaning "house" or "habitat", and "logos", meaning "study". |
| Latin | **Environmental** derives from the Latin word *ambiēns*, which also means "surrounding" or "encircling." |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "vides" can also refer to the "surroundings" or "environment". |
| Lithuanian | The word "aplinkosaugos" can also mean "environmentalism" in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | "Ëmwelt" comes from the German word "Umwelt" (environment). It can also refer to one's surroundings or circumstances. |
| Macedonian | The word 'еколошки' in Macedonian can also refer to ecological products or processes, emphasizing their environmental friendliness. |
| Malagasy | The word TONTOLO IAINANA can also mean "the living world" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | "Persekitaran" also means "surrounding" or "vicinity" in Malay. |
| Maltese | In Maltese, "ambjentali" can also mean "surroundings" or "environment". |
| Maori | The word "taiao" in Maori has its origins in the concept of "cosmic order" and also refers to the "natural world". |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "पर्यावरणविषयक" is derived from the Sanskrit words "पर्यावरण" (environment) and "विषयक" (related to) and literally means "related to the environment". |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, "байгаль орчин" literally translates to "nature-environment" and also refers to the unique physical, biological, and cultural features of a specific geographic area. |
| Nepali | In Nepali, the word "वातावरणीय" can also refer to "meteorological". |
| Norwegian | Miljø, derived from milieu, refers not just to the physical environment, but also the cultural and social environment of humans. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The root word 'zachilengedwe' is also found in terms such as "chilengedwe", meaning "nurture" and "lendera"," meaning "nourish or sustain." |
| Pashto | The word "چاپیریال" also means "pertaining to the environment or nature" in Pashto. |
| Persian | محیطی originates from the Arabic word “muhīt”, meaning “surrounding”. In Persian, the word has both literal and metaphorical meanings, referring to both the physical environment and the social or cultural context that surrounds someone. |
| Polish | The Polish word "środowiskowy" also means "pertaining to a social or professional group". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "de Meio Ambiente" can also mean "of the Environment" or "of the Surrounding Environment." |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "de mediu" can also refer to something that has a comfortable and pleasant atmosphere. |
| Russian | The word "экологический" in Russian derives from the Greek "οἶκος", meaning "house" or "dwelling", and "λόγος", meaning "study". |
| Samoan | The word "siosiomaga" is derived from the Samoan words "sio" (enclosed, wrapped, or surrounded) and "maga" (forest). |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots word "àrainneachd" is cognate with the Welsh word "eirain" meaning "water spring". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "животне средине" has its roots in the Slavic word "живот" meaning "life", indicating a connection between environmentalism and the preservation of life. |
| Sesotho | The word 'tikoloho' in Sesotho shares its root with the word 'ho loka', meaning 'to protect' or 'to guard'. |
| Shona | Derived from 'zvakatipoteredza' meaning 'around the place', but is also understood as 'surrounding' or 'the environment'. |
| Sindhi | The word "environmental", when translated to Sindhi as “ماحولياتي”, carries the additional connotation of "relational to one's surrounding or circumstances". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "පරිසර" (environmental) in Sinhala comes from the Sanskrit word "परिसर" (parsara), meaning "surroundings" or "environment". |
| Slovak | Environmentálne (environmental) may mean 'in an environmentally friendly manner' or 'in a way that affects or is affected by the environment'. |
| Slovenian | The word "okolje" in Slovenian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "okolo", meaning "around" or "about". |
| Somali | The word "deegaanka" in Somali is derived from the Arabic word "diyānah", which means "religion" or "belief". In the context of environment, it refers to the shared values and beliefs that we have about our natural surroundings and how we should interact with them. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "ambiental" originates from "ambiente," meaning "setting" or "milieu," and thus connotes both physical surroundings as well as the social and cultural context that shapes them. |
| Sundanese | The word "lingkungan" also means "surroundings" or "neighborhood" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The word 'mazingira' derives from the Swahili 'mazingo', meaning 'circuit', 'surroundings', or 'circumference'. |
| Swedish | The word 'miljö-' originates from the French 'milieu', meaning 'environment' or 'surroundings'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "kapaligiran" is derived from the root word "paligid" meaning "surroundings" or "environment." |
| Tajik | The Tajik word 'экологӣ' ('environmental') originated from the Greek words 'oikos' ('house') and 'logos' ('knowledge'). This indicates a deep understanding of the interconnectedness between the natural environment and human habitation. |
| Tamil | The word 'சுற்றுச்சூழல்' literally means 'surrounding' or 'environment', and can also refer to the natural or built surroundings of a place, or the conditions in which something exists or occurs. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "పర్యావరణ" is derived from Sanskrit and can also mean "surrounding", "atmosphere", or "situation". |
| Thai | The word "สิ่งแวดล้อม" can also mean "context" or "surroundings". |
| Turkish | "Çevre" in Turkish also means "surrounding" or "fence". |
| Ukrainian | The word “екологічний” (“environmental”) comes from the Greek oikos (“house”) and logos (“science”). |
| Uzbek | The word "atrof-muhit" is derived from the Arabic word "atrefa", meaning "to perceive", and the Persian word "muhit", meaning "environment". |
| Vietnamese | Thuộc về môi trường (environmental) là từ ghép giữa chữ 'environment' (môi trường) và chữ 'al' (thuộc về). |
| Welsh | The Welsh term 'amgylcheddol' derives from 'amgylch' (surroundings) and 'edd' (nature), signifying the interconnectedness of the environment. |
| Xhosa | The word “okusingqongileyo” is derived from the Xhosa words “qonga” meaning “to build” or “create” and “ileyo” meaning “nature” or “environment.” |
| Yiddish | The word "ינווייראַנמענאַל" likely originated from the German word "Umweltbewegung" which means "environmental movement". |
| Yoruba | The term ayika in Yoruba is believed to have originated from the word "aye," meaning the world or universe. |
| Zulu | Ezemvelo, a Zulu word meaning 'environmental', derives from 'izimvelo', which encompasses 'nature', 'customs', and 'values'. |
| English | Environmental refers not only to the natural world but also to human-made environments and their impact on our health and well-being. |