Afrikaans vestiging | ||
Albanian themelimi | ||
Amharic ማቋቋም | ||
Arabic مؤسسة | ||
Armenian հաստատություն | ||
Assamese প্ৰতিষ্ঠান | ||
Aymara utt’ayaña | ||
Azerbaijani müəssisə | ||
Bambara sigili sen kan | ||
Basque establezimendua | ||
Belarusian стварэнне | ||
Bengali প্রতিষ্ঠা | ||
Bhojpuri स्थापना के बारे में बतावल गइल बा | ||
Bosnian osnivanje | ||
Bulgarian установяване | ||
Catalan establiment | ||
Cebuano pagtukod | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 建立 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 建立 | ||
Corsican stabilimentu | ||
Croatian osnivanje | ||
Czech zřízení | ||
Danish etablering | ||
Dhivehi ޤާއިމުކުރުން | ||
Dogri स्थापना दी | ||
Dutch vestiging | ||
English establishment | ||
Esperanto starigo | ||
Estonian asutamine | ||
Ewe ɖoɖo anyi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pagtatatag | ||
Finnish perustaminen | ||
French établissement | ||
Frisian oprjochting | ||
Galician establecemento | ||
Georgian დაარსება | ||
German einrichtung | ||
Greek εγκατάσταση | ||
Guarani establecimiento rehegua | ||
Gujarati સ્થાપના | ||
Haitian Creole etablisman | ||
Hausa kafa | ||
Hawaiian hoʻokumu | ||
Hebrew מוֹסָד | ||
Hindi स्थापना | ||
Hmong tsev lag luam | ||
Hungarian létesítmény | ||
Icelandic stofnun | ||
Igbo oruru | ||
Ilocano pannakaipasdek | ||
Indonesian pembentukan | ||
Irish bunaíocht | ||
Italian istituzione | ||
Japanese 確立 | ||
Javanese panyiapan | ||
Kannada ಸ್ಥಾಪನೆ | ||
Kazakh құру | ||
Khmer ការបង្កើត | ||
Kinyarwanda gushingwa | ||
Konkani स्थापन करप | ||
Korean 설립 | ||
Krio establishmɛnt | ||
Kurdish bingeh | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دامەزراندنی | ||
Kyrgyz түзүү | ||
Lao ການສ້າງຕັ້ງ | ||
Latin establishment | ||
Latvian izveidošana | ||
Lingala établissement ya établissement | ||
Lithuanian įsteigimas | ||
Luganda okutandikawo emirimu | ||
Luxembourgish etablissement | ||
Macedonian основање | ||
Maithili स्थापना | ||
Malagasy fametrahana | ||
Malay pertubuhan | ||
Malayalam സ്ഥാപനം | ||
Maltese stabbiliment | ||
Maori whakatūnga | ||
Marathi स्थापना | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯏꯁ꯭ꯇꯥꯕ꯭ꯂꯤꯁꯃꯦꯟꯇ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo din a ni | ||
Mongolian байгуулах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဖွဲ့စည်းပုံ | ||
Nepali स्थापना | ||
Norwegian etablering | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kukhazikitsidwa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସ୍ଥାପନା | ||
Oromo hundeeffama | ||
Pashto تاسیس | ||
Persian استقرار | ||
Polish ustanowienie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) estabelecimento | ||
Punjabi ਸਥਾਪਨਾ | ||
Quechua sayarichiy | ||
Romanian stabilire | ||
Russian учреждение | ||
Samoan faʻavaeina | ||
Sanskrit प्रतिष्ठापनम् | ||
Scots Gaelic stèidheachadh | ||
Sepedi go hlongwa | ||
Serbian оснивање | ||
Sesotho ho thehwa | ||
Shona kugadzwa | ||
Sindhi قيام | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ස්ථාපිත කිරීම | ||
Slovak zriadenie | ||
Slovenian ustanovitev | ||
Somali aasaasid | ||
Spanish establecimiento | ||
Sundanese dedeganana | ||
Swahili uanzishwaji | ||
Swedish etablering | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pagtatatag | ||
Tajik таъсис | ||
Tamil ஸ்தாபனம் | ||
Tatar булдыру | ||
Telugu స్థాపన | ||
Thai สถานประกอบการ | ||
Tigrinya ምምስራት ምዃኑ’ዩ። | ||
Tsonga ku simekiwa ka swilo | ||
Turkish kuruluş | ||
Turkmen döretmek | ||
Twi (Akan) a wɔde besi hɔ | ||
Ukrainian заклад | ||
Urdu اسٹیبلشمنٹ | ||
Uyghur قۇرۇش | ||
Uzbek muassasa | ||
Vietnamese thành lập | ||
Welsh sefydliad | ||
Xhosa ukusekwa | ||
Yiddish פאַרלייגן | ||
Yoruba idasile | ||
Zulu ukusungulwa |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Vestiging" is the Afrikaans word for "establishment," and it is derived from the Dutch word "vestiging," which has the same meaning. The word can also be used to refer to a "place of residence" or a "settlement." |
| Albanian | The word "themelimi" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *theh₂- "to place, put, set" and shares a cognates with the Greek word "thema" meaning "foundation" or "basis". |
| Amharic | "ማቋቋም" comes from the root "ቆመ" (to stand), referring to something being set up or made to stand in a particular position. |
| Arabic | The word "مؤسسة" derives from the Arabic word "أسس" which means "to establish, found, or institute." |
| Azerbaijani | Müəssisə is a word in Azerbaijani that can also refer to a "base" or "foundation." |
| Basque | In Basque, "establezimendua" is not used colloquially as a translation of "establishment"; instead, it is mostly used to refer to a public institution or office. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "стварэнне" also means "creation" or "creature". |
| Bosnian | In Bosnia, "osnjivanje" is the process through which an association, organization, group, or other collective entity comes into legal existence in the country, and is not to be understood as "establishment" in a building. |
| Bulgarian | "Установяване" (Bulgarian for "establishment") is related to the Latin “sta!", meaning a building or a place, especially if inhabited." |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "establiment" also means "institution" or "organization." |
| Cebuano | The root 'tugkad' refers to the bottom or end of something, reflecting the idea of firmly setting something in place. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "建立" has another meaning: "to set up" and "to found". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 建立 can trace its roots back to the concept of 'setting up upright', in addition to having a specific meaning in Confucianism referring to a ruler performing a righteous ceremony. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "stabilimentu" comes from the Italian word "stabilimento", which in turn derives from the Latin word "stabulum", meaning "stable" or "abode". This word is used in the sense of "establishment" in Corsican as well. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "osnivanje" originates from the Old Slavic word "osnovati", meaning "to place a foundation". |
| Czech | The word "zřízení" has its roots in the Old Slavic word "*storiti", meaning "to create" or "to establish". |
| Danish | The word "etablering" came from the French word "établissement," which also means "establishment" or "settlement." |
| Dutch | "Vestiging" (establishment) is derived from Old French "vestir" (to dress; to put on), Latin "vestire" (to clothe), and ultimately comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "*wes-" (to put on clothes). |
| Esperanto | The word "starigo" can also refer to a social or economic system. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "asutamine" has a similar etymology to the English word "institution", meaning "establishment, foundation" or "an organization established for a particular purpose". |
| Finnish | Perustaminen also means 'founding', 'setting up', or 'organizing' in Finnish. |
| French | Établissement's alternate meaning, "a group of people with distinct values and beliefs" comes from the Latin "stabilire" meaning "to set up" or "to form". |
| Frisian | The word "oprjochting" in Frisian also means "foundation" or "institution". |
| Galician | In Galician, "establecemento" can also refer to a place of business, such as a store, office or factory. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "დაარსება" is derived from the Persian verb "dashtan", meaning "to make" or "to build." |
| German | Einrichtung" literally means "setting-into" in German and can also refer to furniture or fittings in an establishment. |
| Greek | The Greek word "εγκατάσταση" derives from the verb "εγκαθίσταμαι" ("to establish"), which in turn derives from the ancient Greek "εγκαθέζομαι" ("to sit down, settle"). |
| Haitian Creole | The word "etablisman" in Haitian Creole can also mean "government" or "institution". |
| Hausa | Hausa word "kafa" (establishment) is also used as a measure of quantity, specifically for grains and other dry goods. |
| Hawaiian | The word "hoʻokumu" has other meanings beyond "establishment," including "cause," "origin," and "source." |
| Hebrew | In addition to its primary meaning of "establishment", "מוֹסָד" can also refer to an institution, a foundation, or a principle. |
| Hindi | The word 'स्थापना' ('establishment') in Hindi can also refer to the building or location where an institution is housed. |
| Hmong | The term "tsev lag luam" in Hmong also encompasses businesses, companies, and organizations, providing a comprehensive notion of "establishment". |
| Hungarian | The word "létesítmény" can also refer to a facility or institution. |
| Icelandic | In some contexts, "stofnun" also signifies "institution." |
| Igbo | "Oruru" can sometimes refer to a business or store in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The word "pembentukan" originates from the Old Javanese word "bentuk" which means "to form". |
| Irish | 'Bunaíocht' is a loanword from the French word 'bonification' meaning 'improvement'. It was used in Irish to describe the improvement of land, particularly through drainage and reclamation. |
| Italian | The Italian word "istituzione" derives from the Latin word "institutio," which means "education" or "training. |
| Japanese | 確立 is often defined as establishment or foundation, but it can also refer to authentication. |
| Javanese | Panyiapan in Javanese can also mean a place where something is sold or exchanged, such as a market or a shop. |
| Kannada | It is derived from the Sanskrit word 'स्थापन' (sthāpan), meaning 'to set up'. |
| Kazakh | The word "құру" in Kazakh also means "to build", "to create", and "to found". |
| Khmer | The word ការបង្កើត also refers to the act of bringing something into existence or into being. |
| Korean | "설립" (establishment) is also commonly used to describe a building or institution set up for a specific purpose, such as a school, hospital, or business. |
| Kurdish | Etymology: bingeh < Persian benge 'foundation' |
| Kyrgyz | The word "түзүү" is also used in the sense of "to set up" or "to establish". |
| Latin | The Latin word 'establishmentum' originally referred to the act of establishing or founding something, rather than the institution or organization itself. |
| Latvian | "Izveidošana" also refers to the establishment of a trust, as in "uzticības izveidošana" |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "įsteigimas" is derived from the verb "steigti" which means "to establish, to found, to create". It can also refer to the act of establishing something, such as a company or an institution. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Etablissement" can also refer to a public institution or a body of water. |
| Macedonian | The word "основање" can also mean "foundation" or "creation" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "fametrahana" derives from the verb "mametraka," meaning "to place" or "to establish." |
| Malay | The word "pertubuhan" in Malay can also refer to an organization or society. |
| Malayalam | The word "സ്ഥാപനം" in Malayalam can also refer to an institution or organization. |
| Maltese | Maltese "stabbiliment" has the alternative meaning of "accomplishment." |
| Maori | The word "Whakatūnga" can also mean "foundation" or "origin". |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "स्थापना" can also mean "foundation", "institution", or "organization". |
| Mongolian | The word "байгуулах" also means "to found" or "to create" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | The word "स्थापना" (establishment) can also refer to a religious institution or a foundation. |
| Norwegian | Etymologically, "etablering" is related to the French "étendre" (to spread), and is cognate with English "establish" from Latin "stabilis" (firm). |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In the past, 'kukhazikitsidwa' referred to the process of settling or making a home in a new place. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "تاسیس" originally meant a "foundation" of a building or structure |
| Persian | استقرار can also mean "settlement" or "stability" in Persian. |
| Polish | "Ustanowienie" in Polish can also mean "institution" or "foundation". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "estabelecimento" can also refer to commercial or industrial companies, or to a place of entertainment. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸਥਾਪਨਾ" can also refer to the act of founding or creating something, or to a place where something is produced or manufactured. |
| Romanian | The word "stabilire" in Romanian comes from the Latin "stabilire", meaning "to make firm or stable". |
| Russian | The word "учреждение" comes from the verb "учреждать" (to establish) and may also refer to the act of establishing or creating something. |
| Samoan | The word "faʻavaeina" in Samoan also means "to found" or "to establish". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "stèidheachadh" in Scots Gaelic can also refer to the act of founding or setting up an organization or institution. |
| Serbian | The word 'оснивање' comes from the verb 'основати' ('to found' or 'to establish'), which is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word 'основъ' ('basis' or 'foundation'). |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, the word "ho thehwa" derives from the verb "theha", meaning "to set up" or "to establish". |
| Shona | The Shona word "kugadzwa" also means "to found" or "to create" when used in a non-establishment context. |
| Sindhi | The word " قیام " in Sindhi can also refer to the act of standing or rising. |
| Slovak | The word "zriadenie" can also mean "facility", "institution", or "organization" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | "Ustanovitev" can also mean foundation, institution, organization, setting up or creation. |
| Somali | The verb aasaasid also means "to build", "to create or organize" |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "establecimiento" can also mean "agreement" or "convention". |
| Sundanese | Dedeganana also refers to a group or community of people, similar to the konco in Indonesian. |
| Swahili | "Uanzishwaji" is derived from "anzisha" (to establish) and can also refer to the inception or foundation of something. |
| Swedish | The word 'etablering' in Swedish comes from the French word 'établir', which means 'to establish' or 'to create'. In Swedish, the word 'etablering' can also refer to the process of establishing a business or an institution. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Pagtatatag can also imply the founding of an organization or institution. |
| Tajik | The word "таъсис" can also refer to the act of founding or creating something. |
| Tamil | The word ஸ்தாபனம் also means an organization or an institution in Tamil and is derived from the Sanskrit word 'sthaapana' which in turn is derived from the root word 'sthaa' meaning 'to stand' or 'found'. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "స్థాపన" can also refer to the act of setting up or founding something. |
| Thai | "สถานประกอบการ" (establishment) also refers to a place where a specific activity is carried out, such as a school or a shop. |
| Turkish | "Kuruluş" can also have the meaning of "founder" |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "заклад" also has the alternate meaning of "pawn shop". |
| Urdu | The word "establishment" in English has its origins in the Latin word "stabilire," meaning "to make firm or stable."} |
| Uzbek | The word "muassasa" in Uzbek has Arabic origins and can also refer to a foundation or an organization. |
| Vietnamese | The word "thành lập" can also mean "to create" or "to found". |
| Welsh | The word 'sefydliad' is derived from the Welsh word 'sefydlu' which means to establish, found or set up. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "ukusekwa" originally meant "to be established" or "to be firm" and is related to the word "isiko" which means "custom" or "tradition." |
| Yiddish | Yiddish 'פאַרלייגן' from German 'Verlag', which came to Polish and then the Yiddish-speakers of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. |
| Yoruba | "Idasile" has a secondary meaning, which is "the state of being established, settled, or well-grounded." |
| Zulu | It is also used to refer to the founding of a home, a settlement or a kingdom. |
| English | The term "establishment" can also refer to a group of people who have a significant amount of power and influence in a particular area or society. |