Expansion in Different Languages
Discover 'Expansion' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Expansion
Afrikaans uitbreiding | ||
Albanian zgjerimi | ||
Amharic መስፋፋት | ||
Arabic توسيع | ||
Armenian ընդլայնում | ||
Assamese সম্প্ৰসাৰণ | ||
Aymara jach’anchayaña | ||
Azerbaijani genişlənmə | ||
Bambara ka faranfasi | ||
Basque hedapena | ||
Belarusian пашырэнне | ||
Bengali প্রসারণ | ||
Bhojpuri विस्तार के काम हो रहल बा | ||
Bosnian širenje | ||
Bulgarian разширяване | ||
Catalan expansió | ||
Cebuano pagpalapad | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 扩张 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 擴張 | ||
Corsican espansione | ||
Croatian širenje | ||
Czech rozšíření | ||
Danish udvidelse | ||
Dhivehi ފުޅާކުރުން | ||
Dogri विस्तार करना | ||
Dutch uitbreiding | ||
English expansion | ||
Esperanto ekspansio | ||
Estonian laienemine | ||
Ewe kekeɖenudɔwɔwɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pagpapalawak | ||
Finnish laajentuminen | ||
French expansion | ||
Frisian útwreiding | ||
Galician expansión | ||
Georgian გაფართოება | ||
German erweiterung | ||
Greek επέκταση | ||
Guarani ampliación rehegua | ||
Gujarati વિસ્તરણ | ||
Haitian Creole ekspansyon | ||
Hausa fadada | ||
Hawaiian hoʻonui | ||
Hebrew הַרחָבָה | ||
Hindi विस्तार | ||
Hmong nthuav | ||
Hungarian terjeszkedés | ||
Icelandic stækkun | ||
Igbo mmeba | ||
Ilocano panagpalawa | ||
Indonesian ekspansi | ||
Irish leathnú | ||
Italian espansione | ||
Japanese 拡張 | ||
Javanese nggedhekake | ||
Kannada ವಿಸ್ತರಣೆ | ||
Kazakh кеңейту | ||
Khmer ការពង្រីក | ||
Kinyarwanda kwaguka | ||
Konkani विस्तार करप | ||
Korean 확장 | ||
Krio we dɛn de mek di ples big | ||
Kurdish firehbûnî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) فراوان بوون | ||
Kyrgyz кеңейтүү | ||
Lao ການຂະຫຍາຍຕົວ | ||
Latin expansion | ||
Latvian paplašināšanās | ||
Lingala kopanzana | ||
Lithuanian plėtimasis | ||
Luganda okugaziya | ||
Luxembourgish erweiderung | ||
Macedonian проширување | ||
Maithili विस्तार के लिये | ||
Malagasy fanitarana | ||
Malay pengembangan | ||
Malayalam വിപുലീകരണം | ||
Maltese espansjoni | ||
Maori roha | ||
Marathi विस्तार | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯥꯀꯊꯣꯛ ꯆꯥꯎꯊꯣꯀꯍꯅꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo tihzauh a ni | ||
Mongolian өргөтгөл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ချဲ့ထွင် | ||
Nepali विस्तार | ||
Norwegian ekspansjon | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kukulitsa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବିସ୍ତାର | ||
Oromo babal’ina | ||
Pashto پراختیا | ||
Persian گسترش | ||
Polish ekspansja | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) expansão | ||
Punjabi ਵਿਸਥਾਰ | ||
Quechua mastarikuy | ||
Romanian expansiune | ||
Russian расширение | ||
Samoan faʻalautelega | ||
Sanskrit विस्तारः | ||
Scots Gaelic leudachadh | ||
Sepedi katološo ya | ||
Serbian проширење | ||
Sesotho katoloso | ||
Shona kuwedzera | ||
Sindhi واڌ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පුළුල් කිරීම | ||
Slovak expanzia | ||
Slovenian širitev | ||
Somali ballaarinta | ||
Spanish expansión | ||
Sundanese ékspansi | ||
Swahili upanuzi | ||
Swedish expansion | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pagpapalawak | ||
Tajik тавсеа | ||
Tamil விரிவாக்கம் | ||
Tatar киңәйтү | ||
Telugu విస్తరణ | ||
Thai การขยาย | ||
Tigrinya ምስፍሕፋሕ ምዃኑ’ዩ። | ||
Tsonga ku ndlandlamuxiwa | ||
Turkish genişleme | ||
Turkmen giňeltmek | ||
Twi (Akan) ntrɛwmu | ||
Ukrainian розширення | ||
Urdu توسیع کے | ||
Uyghur كېڭىيىش | ||
Uzbek kengaytirish | ||
Vietnamese sự bành trướng | ||
Welsh ehangu | ||
Xhosa ukwanda | ||
Yiddish יקספּאַנשאַן | ||
Yoruba imugboroosi | ||
Zulu ukunwetshwa |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "uitbreiding" can also refer to a building addition or extension. |
| Albanian | Zgjerimi comes from the Proto-Albanian word "zjerg" meaning "wide" or "broad", which is the origin of the Gheg word "zgjer". Similarly, "gjerësinë" (width) and "zgjarth" (stretching) were derived from the same Proto-Albanian word. |
| Amharic | The Amharic word 'መስፋፋት' ('expansion') shares a root with the word for 'spread', and can also refer to the process of dissemination or extension. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "توسيع" can also refer to the dilation of blood vessels, or to the stretching or widening of a space or area. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "genişlənmə" in Azerbaijani is sometimes used to refer to the process of becoming pregnant or the state of being pregnant. |
| Basque | The word "hedapena" can also mean "propagation" or "extension" |
| Belarusian | "Пашырэнне" in Belarusian can also refer to the spread of a disease. |
| Bengali | "প্রসারণ" (expansion) comes from the Sanskrit word "प्रसारण" (prasāraṇa), which means "outstretching, expansion, extension, scattering, diffusion, or propagation." |
| Bosnian | "Širenje" can also refer to 'spreading', 'proliferation', or 'transmission'. |
| Bulgarian | The word "разширяване" can also refer to the process of expanding a business, organization, or territory. |
| Catalan | The primary meaning of the noun "expansió" in Catalan is "expansion", but it also refers to an expanse or open space. |
| Cebuano | The word "pagpalapad" can also refer to the process of widening or flattening something. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 扩张 (pinyin: kuòzhāng) can also mean "to increase" or "to enlarge" |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In Chinese, "擴張" (kuòzhāng) can also mean "enlarge" or "stretch". |
| Corsican | Corsican espansjò may also mean "space" , "extension", or "sprawl" in Corsican. |
| Croatian | The word "širenje" in Croatian means "expansion", derived from the verb "širiti" (to spread or extend). |
| Czech | The word "rozšíření" can also mean "distribution" or "dissemination". |
| Danish | In Danish, "udvidelse" can also refer to a widening or extension, such as of a road or concept. |
| Dutch | The word "uitbreiding" can also refer to the extension of a building or the act of extending something. |
| Esperanto | "Ekspansio" is also used in Esperanto to refer to a theatrical play written for children. |
| Estonian | The word 'laienemine' can refer to both the physical expansion of an object and the metaphorical expansion of a concept. |
| Finnish | Laajentuminen has a related verb 'laajeta' (to expand) and is a derived noun from a verb 'laajentaa' (literally 'to cause to expand'). |
| French | The word "expansion" comes from the Latin word "expansio", meaning "to spread out". |
| Frisian | In West Frisian, "útwreiding" can also mean "renovation" or "repair". |
| Galician | The Galician word "expansión" also means "inflation" or "rise" in price and "extension" in space or time. |
| German | "Erweiterung" can also mean "extension" or "enlargement". |
| Greek | The word "επέκταση" can also mean "extension" or "prolongation". |
| Gujarati | Gujarati "વિસ્તરણ" also means "explanation" or "elaboration," which is derived from the Sanskrit root "विस्तृ" (vistṛ), meaning "to spread out, extend, or expand." |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "ekspansyon" also refers to a type of traditional Haitian dance. |
| Hausa | The word 'fadada' derives from the root 'fada' meaning 'to spread out or expand'. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, the word "hoʻonui" can also refer to a type of hula chant that tells the story of a particular location. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word הַרחָבָה (expansion) can also mean 'square' or 'marketplace'. |
| Hindi | The noun 'vistar' can also imply the expansion of a text or discourse. |
| Hmong | In the case of the Thai word "nua" "to stretch out, expand," the Hmong form *nthauv/*ntau, with the loss of final *-a, might be a loan, but this is not certain. |
| Hungarian | The word "terjeszkedés" also means "spreading" or "dissemination" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | The word "stækkun" can also refer to a stretch or leap, or to a sudden increase in speed or volume. |
| Igbo | The word 'mmeba' has also been used to refer to land, as well as the act of making room for others. |
| Indonesian | The word 'ekspansi' has both the physical meaning of 'expansion' and the figurative meaning of 'expansionism', referring to political or economic expansion. |
| Irish | The word "leathnú" was originally derived from the Old Irish word "lethan," meaning "wide" or "broad." |
| Italian | "Espansione" comes from the Latin word "expansio", meaning "a spreading out" or "a stretching". |
| Japanese | In Japanese, "拡張" also means "extension," "enlargement," or "stretching out." |
| Javanese | The word "nggedhekake" in Javanese can also mean "to boast" or "to be proud of something". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "кеңейту" is also used in the context of "extending" or "enlarging" something. |
| Korean | The term 확장 (hwagjang) in Korean can also refer to the extension of a time period or the widening of a concept. |
| Kurdish | The word "firehbûnî" is derived from the Persian word "fireh" meaning "wide" and the Kurdish suffix "-ûnî" meaning "state of being". |
| Kyrgyz | The term кеңейтүү may also refer to the development or widening of something, such as knowledge or influence. |
| Latin | The Latin term "expansio" can also mean "extension" or "stretching out". |
| Latvian | Although originally meaning "expansion," "paplašināšanās" has come to mean "broadening" or "deepening" in modern Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | "Plėtimasis" also means "inflation" in the sense of an increase in the volume of currency or credit in circulation." |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Erweiderung" can also refer to the concept of reciprocity or giving something in return. |
| Macedonian | The word "проширување" can also mean "dissemination" or "spread" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The word "fanitarana" can also mean "translation" or "explanation" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The word 'pengembangan' also means 'development' or 'broadening' in Malay. |
| Maltese | In Maltese, "espansjoni" can also refer to the extension of a building or the stretching of a material. |
| Maori | "Roha" can also refer to the chest, heart, or courage. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, the word "विस्तार" is also used in its original, Sanskrit sense to mean “stretch” or “extension.” |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "өргөтгөл" also means "development" or "growth". |
| Nepali | In Sanskrit, the word "vistara" means "a spreading out" or "a widening". |
| Norwegian | Norwegian ekspansjon originated from the Latin word 'expansio' which means 'a spreading out' |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kukulitsa" may also refer to the act of growing or expanding. |
| Pashto | The word "پراختیا" originates from the Persian word "پراختن" (parAkhtan), which means "to expand, to spread out"} |
| Persian | In Persian, گسترش can also refer to "growth," "progress," or "propagation." |
| Polish | The word "ekspansja" can also be used to refer to the expansion of a physical object or the growth of a living organism. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "expansão" also refers to a broadening of knowledge or a musical cadence. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "expansiune" can also refer to the act of broadening or extending, as well as the result of such an action. |
| Russian | Расширение "расширения" пошло от значения расширения чего-то широкого. |
| Samoan | The term 'faʻalautelega' can also mean 'extension' or 'development' in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Leudachadh" derives from the word "leud," meaning "broad" or "wide," and describes the process of enlarging or increasing an area or scope. |
| Serbian | The word "проширење" can also refer to the act of widening or enlarging something. |
| Sesotho | The word 'katoloso' in Sesotho also has the alternate meaning of 'the state of being widespread' or 'the act of spreading widely'. |
| Shona | "Kuwedzera" in Shona not only means "expansion" but also "to be added on" or "to put on top of something." |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "واڌ" also means "increase," "progression," and "development." |
| Slovak | In the Slovak language, |
| Slovenian | The Slovene word "širitev" is etymologically related to the word "širina", which means "width". |
| Somali | Originally meaning "to break out", the word "ballaarinta" in Somali also refers to "the space created by breaking out". |
| Spanish | "Expansión" can also refer to a dilation, extension, or the act of spreading something out. |
| Sundanese | Ékspansi is the Sundanese term used to refer to both physical or non-physical enlargements. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, “upanuzi” is derived from the word “panua,” meaning to “spread out” or “expand.” |
| Swedish | In the field of geology, "expansion" can also refer to a phenomenon where the volume of a specific region of the Earth's crust increases. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "pagpapalawak" in Tagalog can also refer to the act of stretching or extending something, or the process of making something wider or broader. |
| Tajik | The word "тавсеа" can also mean "development" or "progress" in Tajik. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "విస్తరణ" can derive from the Sanskrit or English words for expanding, and also denotes a military maneuver. |
| Thai | The word "การขยาย" in Thai can also refer to the growth or enlargement of a group or institution. |
| Turkish | "Genişleme" kelimesi ayrıca "gelişme, büyüme, yayılma" anlamlarına da gelir. |
| Ukrainian | The term "розширення" has Slavic roots and is used in astronomy to denote the process of expanding |
| Uzbek | The word "kengaytirish" is derived from the Arabic word "kan'at" meaning "to widen". |
| Vietnamese | The word "sự bành trướng" can also refer to the act of stretching out or widening something, both literally and figuratively. |
| Welsh | 'Ehangu' also means 'to make room' in Welsh, coming from the Middle Welsh word 'eheng' meaning 'space'. |
| Xhosa | The verb ukwanda also means to 'unfold' or 'develop'. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, the word "יקספּאַנשאַן" can also refer to "the act of expanding" or "an extension." |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "imugboroosi" may also refer to the widening of a space due to a force like water or air. |
| Zulu | The word 'ukunwetshwa' in Zulu can also refer to the process of stretching or extending something. |
| English | The term expansion can also refer to the process of expanding something or the growth or increase of something in size or quantity. |