Afrikaans uitstalling | ||
Albanian ekspozitë | ||
Amharic ኤግዚቢሽን | ||
Arabic معرض | ||
Armenian ցուցահանդես | ||
Assamese প্ৰদৰ্শনী | ||
Aymara uñacht'ayawi | ||
Azerbaijani sərgi | ||
Bambara perezantasiyɔn | ||
Basque erakusketa | ||
Belarusian выстава | ||
Bengali প্রদর্শনী | ||
Bhojpuri प्रदर्शनी | ||
Bosnian izložba | ||
Bulgarian изложба | ||
Catalan exposició | ||
Cebuano pasundayag | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 展览 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 展覽 | ||
Corsican mostra | ||
Croatian izložba | ||
Czech výstava | ||
Danish udstilling | ||
Dhivehi އެގްޒިބިޝަން | ||
Dogri नमैश | ||
Dutch tentoonstelling | ||
English exhibition | ||
Esperanto ekspozicio | ||
Estonian näitus | ||
Ewe nu ɖeɖe ɖe go | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) eksibisyon | ||
Finnish näyttely | ||
French exposition | ||
Frisian útstalling | ||
Galician exposición | ||
Georgian გამოფენა | ||
German ausstellung | ||
Greek έκθεση | ||
Guarani jehechauka | ||
Gujarati પ્રદર્શન | ||
Haitian Creole egzibisyon | ||
Hausa nuni | ||
Hawaiian hōʻikeʻike | ||
Hebrew תערוכה | ||
Hindi प्रदर्शनी | ||
Hmong tso saib | ||
Hungarian kiállítás | ||
Icelandic sýning | ||
Igbo ihe ngosi | ||
Ilocano pabuya | ||
Indonesian pameran | ||
Irish taispeántas | ||
Italian esposizione | ||
Japanese エキシビション | ||
Javanese pameran | ||
Kannada ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನ | ||
Kazakh көрме | ||
Khmer ពិព័រណ៍ | ||
Kinyarwanda imurikagurisha | ||
Konkani प्रदर्शन | ||
Korean 전시회 | ||
Krio sho | ||
Kurdish pêşkêşî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) نمایش | ||
Kyrgyz көргөзмө | ||
Lao ງານວາງສະແດງ | ||
Latin pre se ferre | ||
Latvian izstāde | ||
Lingala kolakisa biloko | ||
Lithuanian paroda | ||
Luganda okwolesa | ||
Luxembourgish ausstellung | ||
Macedonian изложба | ||
Maithili प्रदर्शनी | ||
Malagasy fampirantiana | ||
Malay pameran | ||
Malayalam എക്സിബിഷൻ | ||
Maltese wirja | ||
Maori whakaaturanga | ||
Marathi प्रदर्शन | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯎꯠꯄ | ||
Mizo inphochhuahna | ||
Mongolian үзэсгэлэн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပြပွဲ | ||
Nepali प्रदर्शनी | ||
Norwegian utstilling | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chiwonetsero | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପ୍ରଦର୍ଶନୀ | ||
Oromo agarsiisa | ||
Pashto نندارتون | ||
Persian نمایشگاه | ||
Polish wystawa | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) exibição | ||
Punjabi ਪ੍ਰਦਰਸ਼ਨੀ | ||
Quechua qawachiy | ||
Romanian expoziţie | ||
Russian выставка | ||
Samoan faʻaaliga | ||
Sanskrit प्रदर्शन | ||
Scots Gaelic taisbeanadh | ||
Sepedi pontšho | ||
Serbian изложба | ||
Sesotho pontso | ||
Shona kuratidzira | ||
Sindhi نمائش | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ප්රදර්ශනය | ||
Slovak výstava | ||
Slovenian razstava | ||
Somali bandhig | ||
Spanish exposición | ||
Sundanese paméran | ||
Swahili maonyesho | ||
Swedish utställning | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) eksibisyon | ||
Tajik намоишгоҳ | ||
Tamil கண்காட்சி | ||
Tatar күргәзмә | ||
Telugu ప్రదర్శన | ||
Thai นิทรรศการ | ||
Tigrinya ምርኢት | ||
Tsonga nkombiso | ||
Turkish sergi | ||
Turkmen sergi | ||
Twi (Akan) adida | ||
Ukrainian виставка | ||
Urdu نمائش | ||
Uyghur كۆرگەزمە | ||
Uzbek ko'rgazma | ||
Vietnamese buổi triển lãm | ||
Welsh arddangosfa | ||
Xhosa umboniso | ||
Yiddish ויסשטעלונג | ||
Yoruba aranse | ||
Zulu umbukiso |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "uitstalling" is etymologically related to the German word "Ausstellung" and the French word "exposition." |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "ekspozitë" is derived from the Latin "expositio," meaning "public display" or "exposition." |
| Amharic | The word “exhibition” is derived from the Latin word “exhibere,” which means “to show” or “to display.” |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "معرض" can also refer to a place of display, a market, or an occasion. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "sərgi" in Azerbaijani comes from the Persian word "sargeh" meaning "spread out". |
| Basque | The Basque word "erakusketa" derives from the verb "erakutsi" (to show, to display). |
| Belarusian | In addition to its primary meaning, "exhibition," выстава also has the archaic meaning of "display," referring to the public display of goods, products, or other items. |
| Bengali | In ancient Bengali literature, the word 'প্রদর্শনী' also meant 'a display of military prowess' |
| Bosnian | The word 'izložba' is derived from the Slavic root 'izlagati', meaning 'to put out' or 'to display'. |
| Bulgarian | The word "изложба" in Bulgarian also has the alternate meaning of "exposure". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "exposició" comes from the Latin word "expositio", meaning "exposition, explanation, or display". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "pasundayag" also refers to a public display of a skill, a product or a piece of artwork. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 展览 in Chinese can also refer to exposing or revealing something. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "展覽" can also mean: to display something publicly; to present something for public consumption; to show something off. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "mostra" derives from the Latin "monstrare" ("to show") and also means "monster" and "pattern" |
| Croatian | 'Izložba' in Croatian can also refer to a display of goods or products. |
| Czech | The word “výstava” comes from the verb “vystavit” which means to display, place something on show or for sale. |
| Danish | The Danish word "udstilling" originally meant "placement out" and was used in the context of placing goods on display for sale. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "tentoonstelling" is a combination of "te" meaning "at" and "toonstelling" meaning "a showing". It can also refer to a display, pageant, or manifestation. |
| Esperanto | The word "ekspozicio" likely comes from the French word "exposition", which has the same meaning, and the Esperanto suffix "-ci-", which indicates a place where something is done. |
| Estonian | "Näitus" is derived from the verb "näitama" (to show) and can also refer to a display or performance. |
| Finnish | The word 'näyttely', besides 'exhibition' also means 'play', 'performance' or a 'spectacle' in Finnish. |
| French | Le mot "exposition" vient du latin "expositio". Il signifie "action d'exposer" ou "ce qui est exposé". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "útstalling" can refer not only to an exhibition, but also to an outward appearance, a display, or a spectacle. |
| Galician | "Exposición" is also used to mean "exposition" (e.g. of a thesis), "explanation", or "exposition (of the Blessed Sacrament)" in Galician. |
| German | The word "Ausstellung" also has the meanings "posture", "attitude", or "positioning". |
| Greek | The word "έκθεση" in Greek can also refer to a statement of financial assets and liabilities, a school report, or a thesis. |
| Gujarati | The English word "exhibition" originates from the Latin "exhibere" which means "to show forth", with its ultimate root in the Proto-Indo-European word "deik-", meaning "to point out or show". |
| Haitian Creole | The French word "exhibition" comes from the Latin word "exhibitio," meaning "display. "In Haitian Creole, "egzibisyon" carries the same meaning, but it can also refer to a large and elaborate celebration or event. |
| Hausa | "Nuni" also means "to show" or "to demonstrate" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | The word "hōʻikeʻike" also means "to show", "to display", and "to demonstrate." |
| Hebrew | The word "תערוכה" (ta'arukha) in Hebrew also means "presentation," "view," or "spectacle." |
| Hindi | The word "प्रदर्शनी" also means "a display of goods or works of art"} |
| Hmong | Tso saib literally translates to "look, see," and it can also mean "specimen" or "viewing." |
| Hungarian | The word "kiállítás" originally meant "putting something out" and also carries the meaning of "challenge". |
| Icelandic | Sýning in Icelandic can also mean "showing" or "presentation" as well as "exhibition". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "ihe ngosi" can also mean "evidence" or "proof." |
| Indonesian | *Pameran* in Indonesian also means 'show-off' due to its root in Javanese *amer* ('to boast'). |
| Irish | An older sense of taispeántas was “appearance”, and it is cognate with "spectacle". |
| Italian | In Italian, the word "esposizione" can also refer to "exposure" (to the elements or to a situation), as well as to the act of "setting out" or "displaying" something. |
| Japanese | "Exhibition" in Japanese (エキシビション) can also refer to a demonstration of skills or a special performance, and it's used in the context of sports and entertainment events. |
| Javanese | Exhibition ("pameran") can also mean a place to sell at traditional Javanese marketplaces. |
| Kannada | In Kannada, "ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನ" also refers to a showcase or spectacle, as well as a presentation or display. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "көрме" is also used to refer to a gathering of people, such as a fair or a festival. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "ពិព័រណ៍" (exhibition) originates from the Sanskrit word "vivarana," which means "explanation" or "description." |
| Korean | 전시회 is cognate with the Chinese word 展示會, both meaning "exhibition". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "көргөзмө" in Kyrgyz can also refer to a "demonstration" or "proof" of something. |
| Latin | "Prae se ferre" is a Latin idiom meaning "to make public display of something," a sense not indicated by its etymology, "to carry something in front of oneself." |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "izstāde" is a cognate with the Lithuanian "išstatyti" and the German "ausstellen", all meaning "to display" or "to exhibit". |
| Lithuanian | "Paroda" shares its root with "rodyti", meaning "to show" or "to exhibit". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Ausstellung" can also refer to a "display" or "presentation" in a shop window or other public space. |
| Macedonian | The word "изложба" can also mean "exposition" or "presentation" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The word 'fampirantiana' comes from the French word 'exhibition'. |
| Malay | The Malay word "pameran" can also mean "display" or "presentation" and is etymologically derived from the root word "amar" meaning "to order" or "to arrange". |
| Malayalam | The term 'exhibition' might be derived from the Latin words 'exhibere' or 'exhibitus', which respectively mean 'to offer or show' and 'to present or expose' something. |
| Maltese | The word "wirja" in Maltese also has the alternate meaning of "display" or "showcase". |
| Maori | In Maori, "whakaaturanga" derives from "whaka" meaning show and "aturanga" meaning order, arrangement, or plan, referring to a systematic display of objects. |
| Marathi | "प्रदर्शन" also means "demonstration" and comes the word "प्रदर्शनी" which means "exposition". |
| Mongolian | Үзэсгэлэн (Exhibition) comes from (үз) "see" and (эс) "not", suggesting something to be seen despite being unseen. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word comes from Pali, ‘Padak’ or ‘Pathak’, which means reading aloud to a gathering of listeners. |
| Nepali | In Marathi, the word "प्रदर्शनी" also means "advertisement". |
| Norwegian | "Utstilling" can also refer to a display of goods in a shop or a presentation of information. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In the Nyanja and Tumbuka languages, chiwonetsero has the additional meaning of 'show' or 'spectacle'. |
| Pashto | The word "نندارتون" (Exhibition) might bear a possible connection with "نن"} |
| Persian | In Persian, "نمایشگاه" can also refer to a "theater" or a "showcase". |
| Polish | Wystawa, meaning "exhibition" in Polish, comes from the word "wystawiać," meaning to "put on display" or "show off." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "exibição" also means "arrogance," "boast," or "pomp"} |
| Romanian | "Expoziție" is derived from Latin "expositio", meaning "display", "exposition", "explanation", or "laying out". |
| Russian | The word "выставка" in Russian also means "display" or "show". |
| Samoan | Faʻaaliga is also used to describe an event, spectacle, or display, with a similar sense of showcasing or making something visible. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Taisbeanadh" also means 'demonstration', 'display', 'show' and 'proof' in Scottish Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The word "Изложба" (izložba) also means "exhibition of corpses" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The word "pontso" also means "demonstration" or "display" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The Shona word "kuratidzira" is derived from the root word "kuratidza" meaning "to show" and the infix "-ir-" which indicates a causative or instrumental meaning. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "نمائش" can also mean "display" or "show". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | ප්රදර්ශනය is a loan word from the Sanskrit शब्द 'प्रदर्शन', meaning both an act of displaying or presenting something, as well as a show or performance. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "výstava" also has the meaning of "parade" or "show" in English. |
| Slovenian | The word 'razstava' comes from the Slovenian verb 'razstaviti', which translates to 'spread out', meaning 'to exhibit' something. |
| Somali | The word "bandhig" in Somali can also mean "display" or "presentation." |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "exposición" can also refer to a thesis, a viewpoint, or a document that presents evidence. |
| Sundanese | The term "paméran" has multiple meanings in Sundanese, including "show", "display", "demonstration", and "performance". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "maonyesho" originally referred to the action of spreading or scattering something (e.g. grain). |
| Swedish | The word "utställning" can also refer to a setting out, a display, or a deployment. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, "eksibisyon" can also mean "to showcase" or "to flaunt". |
| Tajik | The word "намоишгоҳ" derives from the Persian word "نمایشگاه" and also means "museum" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "கண்காட்சி" (kaṇkāṭci) literally means "to show to the eyes" or "to display before someone's eyes." |
| Telugu | The word "ప్రదర్శన" originates from Sanskrit, where it means 'manifestation' and 'expression'. |
| Thai | The word "นิทรรศการ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "nirdeshaka," which means "guide" or "instruction." |
| Turkish | Turkish word "sergi", also meaning "serge" in English, comes from French "serge" (a kind of fabric) via Italian "sergia" (a type of bedcover). |
| Ukrainian | The word 'виставка' is derived from the Slavic word 'вист', meaning 'to show'. It can also refer to a 'presentation' or 'review'. |
| Urdu | The word "نمائش" also means "show" or "demonstration" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word "ko'rgazma" in Uzbek can also mean "to appear" or "to be displayed". |
| Vietnamese | The word "buổi triển lãm" is derived from the Chinese characters "展示", meaning "display", and "会", meaning "meeting". The first character, "展", also has the meaning of "to reveal" or "to make known". This reflects the purpose of an exhibition, which is to display objects or information for public viewing in order to educate or entertain. |
| Welsh | "Arddangosfa" is a compound of two words in Welsh: "arddangos", meaning "to show", and "afa", meaning "arena". |
| Xhosa | "Umboniso" is also used to refer to a type of traditional Xhosa dance or performance. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "ויסשטעלונג" is borrowed from the German word "Ausstellung". |
| Yoruba | "Aranse" is also a Yoruba word for "show" or "performance." |
| Zulu | Zulu word ``umbukiso'' also refers to an act of ``showing off'' or ``parading''. |
| English | The word "exhibition" comes from the Latin word "exhibitio," which means "a showing forth"} |