Essential in Different Languages
Discover 'Essential' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Essential
Afrikaans noodsaaklik | ||
Albanian thelbësore | ||
Amharic አስፈላጊ | ||
Arabic أساسى | ||
Armenian էական | ||
Assamese আৱশ্যকীয় | ||
Aymara wasiku | ||
Azerbaijani vacibdir | ||
Bambara fanba | ||
Basque ezinbestekoa | ||
Belarusian істотнае | ||
Bengali অপরিহার্য | ||
Bhojpuri जरूरी | ||
Bosnian bitno | ||
Bulgarian от съществено значение | ||
Catalan essencial | ||
Cebuano hinungdanon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 必要 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 必要 | ||
Corsican essenziale | ||
Croatian bitno | ||
Czech nezbytný | ||
Danish vigtig | ||
Dhivehi މުހިންމު | ||
Dogri जरूरी | ||
Dutch essentieel | ||
English essential | ||
Esperanto esenca | ||
Estonian hädavajalik | ||
Ewe si hiã | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mahalaga | ||
Finnish välttämätöntä | ||
French essentiel | ||
Frisian wêzentlik | ||
Galician esencial | ||
Georgian არსებითი | ||
German wesentlich | ||
Greek ουσιώδης | ||
Guarani oñeikotevẽva | ||
Gujarati આવશ્યક | ||
Haitian Creole esansyèl | ||
Hausa mahimmanci | ||
Hawaiian pono | ||
Hebrew חִיוּנִי | ||
Hindi आवश्यक | ||
Hmong qhov tseem ceeb | ||
Hungarian alapvető | ||
Icelandic ómissandi | ||
Igbo dị mkpa | ||
Ilocano napateg | ||
Indonesian penting | ||
Irish riachtanach | ||
Italian essenziale | ||
Japanese エッセンシャル | ||
Javanese penting | ||
Kannada ಅಗತ್ಯ | ||
Kazakh маңызды | ||
Khmer ចាំបាច់ | ||
Kinyarwanda ngombwa | ||
Konkani गरजेचें | ||
Korean 본질적인 | ||
Krio impɔtant | ||
Kurdish pêwist | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) گرنگ | ||
Kyrgyz маанилүү | ||
Lao ຈຳ ເປັນ | ||
Latin essential | ||
Latvian būtiska | ||
Lingala ya ntina | ||
Lithuanian esminis | ||
Luganda akatalekeka | ||
Luxembourgish essentiel | ||
Macedonian суштински | ||
Maithili जरूरी | ||
Malagasy tena ilaina | ||
Malay penting | ||
Malayalam അത്യാവശ്യമാണ് | ||
Maltese essenzjali | ||
Maori tino | ||
Marathi आवश्यक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯉꯥꯏ ꯐꯗꯕ | ||
Mizo tul | ||
Mongolian чухал | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မရှိမဖြစ်လိုအပ်သည် | ||
Nepali आवश्यक | ||
Norwegian viktig | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zofunika | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଜରୁରୀ | | ||
Oromo murteessaa | ||
Pashto اړین | ||
Persian ضروری | ||
Polish kluczowy | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) essencial | ||
Punjabi ਜ਼ਰੂਰੀ | ||
Quechua kaqpuni | ||
Romanian esenţial | ||
Russian существенный | ||
Samoan taua | ||
Sanskrit अनिवार्यम् | ||
Scots Gaelic riatanach | ||
Sepedi bohlokwa | ||
Serbian суштински | ||
Sesotho bohlokwa | ||
Shona zvakakosha | ||
Sindhi ضروري | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අත්යවශ්යයි | ||
Slovak nevyhnutné | ||
Slovenian bistvenega pomena | ||
Somali muhiim ah | ||
Spanish esencial | ||
Sundanese penting pisan | ||
Swahili muhimu | ||
Swedish grundläggande | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mahalaga | ||
Tajik муҳим | ||
Tamil அவசியம் | ||
Tatar мөһим | ||
Telugu అవసరం | ||
Thai จำเป็น | ||
Tigrinya ኣገዳሲ | ||
Tsonga nkoka | ||
Turkish önemli | ||
Turkmen zerurdyr | ||
Twi (Akan) hia | ||
Ukrainian суттєвий | ||
Urdu ضروری | ||
Uyghur زۆرۈر | ||
Uzbek muhim | ||
Vietnamese thiết yếu | ||
Welsh hanfodol | ||
Xhosa ibalulekile | ||
Yiddish יקערדיק | ||
Yoruba awọn ibaraẹnisọrọ | ||
Zulu kubalulekile |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "noodsaaklik" is derived from the Dutch word "noodzakelijk", which also means "necessary" or "essential" |
| Albanian | Thelbësore is derived from the Albanian word thelb, meaning 'desire' or 'need'. |
| Amharic | አስፈላጊ derives from the verb ፍለጋ (to examine, inspect) and thus implies not only necessity but also a degree of scrutiny. |
| Arabic | "أساسى" is also derived from "أَسسَ," meaning "to found/establish" and hence carries the notion of importance and foundational qualities. |
| Armenian | "էական" in Armenian derives from the Greek word "ουσιώδης", meaning "substantial" or "essential". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "vacibdir" in Azerbaijani is derived from the Arabic word "wajib", meaning "obligatory" or "necessary." |
| Basque | The word “ezinbestekoa” is composed of the negative particle “ezin” (not) and “bestekoa” (different), meaning literally “not other” and thus “unique” or “essential”. |
| Belarusian | The word "істотнае" in Belarusian is derived from the Indo-European root *wes- "to dwell" and originally meant "having life". It also has the meaning of "main" in this language. |
| Bengali | "অপরিহার্য" originates from Sanskrit "apariharya", which also means "unavoidable, inevitable". |
| Bosnian | In the idiom 'bitno kao no kat' ('essential like the nose on your face'), the word 'no' (nose) comes from the same root as 'znati' (to know), suggesting that knowledge and understanding are considered essential parts of our being. |
| Bulgarian | "От съществено значение" can also mean "essential in terms of existence" or "basic." |
| Catalan | Catalan "essencial" (essential) derives from the Latin word "esse", meaning "to be" and connoting the fundamental or necessary nature of something. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character "必" originally meant "must," "inevitable," or "certainly". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In addition to "essential", the word "必要" can also mean "necessity" or "requirement". |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "essenziale" can also mean "main," "fundamental," or "necessary." |
| Croatian | The etymology of the Croatian word 'bitno' may be connected to the Proto-Indo-European root *bheid-, meaning to divide or separate. |
| Czech | The word "nezbytný" in Czech is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *net- denoting "without", and thus originally meant "that cannot be without", i.e. "necessary". |
| Danish | In Swedish and Norwegian, 'viktig' means 'important', while in Danish it means 'essential'. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "essentieel" can also refer to a type of flower known as "marigold". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "esenca" ultimately derives from the Latin "esse," meaning "to be," and shares a root with the English word "essence." |
| Estonian | The word "hädavajalik" is derived from the Finnic word "hätä" meaning "need" or "distress". |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "välttämätöntä" originates from the word "välttää", which means "to avoid" or "to escape." |
| French | In French, the word "essentiel" also means "being" or "substance". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "wêzentlik" not only means "essential" but also "the presence of something that is not physically present"} |
| Galician | In Galician, "esencial" can also mean "elementary" or "basic" |
| German | The German word "wesentlich" has the additional meaning of "substantial" or "material" which is lost in translation to "essential". |
| Greek | "Ουσιώδης" in Greek also means "of substance, material". |
| Gujarati | The word 'આવશ્યક' (essential) comes from the Sanskrit word 'आवश्यक', which means 'necessary', 'indispensable', or 'requisite'. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "esansyèl" in Haitian Creole can also refer to a type of traditional Haitian soup. |
| Hausa | **mahi** ('life, wellspring, being')+**man**('one, only, alone, single, unique'). |
| Hawaiian | Pono is also the Hawaiian word for justice, righteousness, morality, and duty. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "חִיוּנִי" can also mean "living", with the two meanings possibly stemming from a common root meaning "life or liveliness." |
| Hindi | आवश्यक (essential) also means "needful" or "requisite", and is related to the word "आवश्य" (certainly). |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "alapvető" is derived from the word "alap", meaning "base" or "foundation". |
| Icelandic | "Ómissandi" can also refer to something "that is omitted" or "that has been omitted". |
| Igbo | In Igbo, 'dị mkpa' means 'essential,' but a literal translation would be 'to be in need'. |
| Indonesian | "Penting" originally meant "important" or "necessary" in Old Javanese. Indonesian adopted the word and expanded its meaning to include "essential". |
| Irish | "Riachtanach" comes from the Proto-Celtic word "*rikto-s" meaning "right," and is cognate with the Latin word "rectus" meaning "straight." |
| Italian | The Italian word 'essenziale' also has a meaning related to the perfume industry. |
| Japanese | In Japanese, エッセンシャル (essensharu) can also refer to an aromatic oil used in traditional Japanese incense. |
| Javanese | The word "penting" in Javanese derives from the Proto-Austronesian term for "breath of life". |
| Kannada | In modern Kannada "ಅಗತ್ಯ" also means a necessity, a need, and a requirement. |
| Kazakh | The word "маңызды" (essential) in Kazakh originates from the Persian word "مانید" (meaning) or "معنوی" (spiritual). |
| Khmer | The term "ចាំបាច់" is also used in some contexts to describe something as "necessary" or "urgent". |
| Korean | 본질적인 is the native Korean word for 'essential', but it can also mean 'original', 'basic', or 'fundamental'. |
| Kurdish | The word 'pêwist' is commonly used to describe something essential while it also refers specifically a foundation, basis or core of a structure or entity in the Kurdish language. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "маанилүү" is derived from the Old Turkic word "maŋuŋ" meaning "constant". |
| Latin | The Latin word "essentia" comes from the verb "esse," meaning "to be," and refers to the core nature or substance of something. |
| Latvian | Latvian "būtiska" (essential) is derived from Slavic "быти" (to be), and also means "existing" or "real" in modern usage. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "esminis" comes from the Latin word "esse", meaning "to be". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "essentiell" means "essential" but also "essence" or "crux" of something. |
| Macedonian | ''Суштински'' derives from the word ''суштина'' (''sushina''), i.e. ''essence''. |
| Malagasy | "Tena ilaina" is also used to refer to something that is very important or necessary. |
| Malay | Penting can also mean 'to matter' or 'to be important'. |
| Maltese | The word "essenzjali" is derived from the Latin word "essentia", meaning "essence" or "being". |
| Maori | "Tino" can also mean "fat" or "greasy" in Maori. |
| Marathi | The word "आवश्यक" originates from "अवश्य" (necessity) and its root "वश्" (power) indicating something that has the inherent power to be necessary. |
| Mongolian | The verb "чухал" can also mean "to rub" or "to scratch". |
| Nepali | The word 'आवश्यक' is most likely derived from 'आवष्यक' which means 'sufficient or necessary'. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "viktig", meaning "essential" or "important," is derived from the Old Norse word "vikja," meaning "to turn" or "to change." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Zofunika derives from the word "funika" meaning "to tie" and originally meant "what is tied together" |
| Pashto | The word "اړین" can also mean "necessary", "requisite", or "indispensable" depending on the context. |
| Polish | The word "kluczowy" in Polish originates from the word "klucz" (key), likely due to its metaphorical meaning of "being indispensable". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "essencial" is derived from the Latin "essentia" (essence), and in Portuguese, it can also mean "fundamental" or "indispensable." |
| Punjabi | The word comes from the Persian loanword 'zarur', meaning 'urgent or essential' in its original language. |
| Romanian | The word "esenţial" originates from the Latin "essentia" and also means "essence" or "substance" in Romanian. |
| Russian | In Russian, "существенный" can also mean "significant" or "material". |
| Samoan | In Samoan, 'taua' can also mean 'war' or 'battle', or refer to a person who is a warrior or fighter. |
| Scots Gaelic | Riatanach derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *rei-, meaning 'to flow, run, rush', and cognate forms can be seen in Greek ῥέω (rheō) and Latin rivus. |
| Serbian | In Serbian, "суштински" also has a metaphysical definition of "belonging to the essence of a thing". |
| Sesotho | The word "bohlokwa" can also refer to a person who is knowledgeable and wise. |
| Shona | Zvakakosha can also mean 'difficult' or 'complex'. |
| Slovak | 'Nevyhnutné' ('essential' in Slovak) is a negated form of 'vyhnúť sa' ('to avoid'), thus originally meaning 'that cannot be avoided'. |
| Slovenian | The word 'bistvenega pomena' literally translates as 'core of meaning' in the Slovene language. |
| Somali | The Somali word "muhiim ah" also means "that which cannot be avoided". |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "esencial" also means "basic" or "indispensable". |
| Sundanese | The word "penting pisan" in Sundanese literally means "heavy very", emphasizing the importance of something. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "muhimu" is derived from the Arabic word "muhīm", meaning "important" or "urgent". |
| Swedish | The word grundläggande, meaning foundational, derives from the Proto-Germanic word grundu, meaning "ground" |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Mahalaga" originates from the root word "mahal" meaning "expensive" or "precious," emphasizing the value or importance of something essential. |
| Tajik | In Tajiki, "муҳим" can also refer to "essential oil" or "importance". |
| Telugu | The word "అవసరం" is derived from the Sanskrit word "अवश्य" meaning "necessary, indispensable". In Telugu, it also has meanings such as "use, need, want, requirement". |
| Thai | จำเป็น (chām pen) is derived from the Pali word "chapen" meaning "urgent" or "immediate". Therefore, it can also mean "urgently". |
| Turkish | The word "önemli" also means "important" in Turkish, and comes from the Arabic word "wajib", meaning "obligatory". |
| Ukrainian | The word "суттєвий" in Ukrainian also means "important" or "significant". |
| Urdu | The word "ضروری" can also mean "inevitable" or "unavoidable". |
| Uzbek | The word "muhim" is derived from the Arabic word "muheem", meaning "important" or "urgent." |
| Vietnamese | The word "Thiết yếu" can also mean "vital" or "indispensable" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The word "hanfodol" in Welsh can also mean "pertinent" or "important" |
| Xhosa | The word "ibalulekile" can also mean "complete" or "whole" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | Yiddish "יקערדיק" (yikerdick) derives from “core, pith” and ultimately from Middle Dutch "kern". |
| Yoruba | The word 'awọn ibaraẹnisọrọ' is derived from the verb 'bara' meaning 'to cling' or 'to adhere to'. |
| Zulu | "Kubalulekile" derives from the word "ubalo lulekile," meaning "a perfect life". It's also related to "ububululu," or "importance". |
| English | The word "essential" derives from the Latin verb "esse," meaning "to be" or "to exist." |