Experience in different languages

Experience in Different Languages

Discover 'Experience' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.

Experience


Go to etymology & notes ↓
Afrikaans
ervaring
Albanian
përvojën
Amharic
ተሞክሮ
Arabic
تجربة
Armenian
փորձառություն
Assamese
অভিজ্ঞতা
Aymara
yatxata
Azerbaijani
təcrübə
Bambara
ko dɔn
Basque
esperientzia
Belarusian
вопыт
Bengali
অভিজ্ঞতা
Bhojpuri
अनुभव
Bosnian
iskustvo
Bulgarian
опит
Catalan
experiència
Cebuano
kasinatian
Chinese (Simplified)
经验
Chinese (Traditional)
經驗
Corsican
sperienza
Croatian
iskustvo
Czech
zkušenosti
Danish
erfaring
Dhivehi
ތަޖުރިބާ
Dogri
तजरबा
Dutch
ervaring
English
experience
Esperanto
sperto
Estonian
kogemus
Ewe
nuteƒekpɔkpɔ
Filipino (Tagalog)
karanasan
Finnish
kokea
French
expérience
Frisian
ûnderfining
Galician
experiencia
Georgian
გამოცდილება
German
erfahrung
Greek
εμπειρία
Guarani
tembiasa
Gujarati
અનુભવ
Haitian Creole
eksperyans
Hausa
kwarewa
Hawaiian
ʻike
Hebrew
ניסיון
Hindi
अनुभव
Hmong
kev paub
Hungarian
tapasztalat
Icelandic
reynsla
Igbo
ahụmahụ
Ilocano
kapadasan
Indonesian
pengalaman
Irish
taithí
Italian
esperienza
Japanese
経験
Javanese
pengalaman
Kannada
ಅನುಭವ
Kazakh
тәжірибе
Khmer
បទពិសោធន៍
Kinyarwanda
uburambe
Konkani
अणभव
Korean
경험
Krio
ɛkspiriɛns
Kurdish
tecribe
Kurdish (Sorani)
ئەزموون
Kyrgyz
тажрыйба
Lao
ປະສົບການ
Latin
experientia
Latvian
pieredze
Lingala
ekperianse
Lithuanian
patirtis
Luganda
obumanyirivu
Luxembourgish
erfahrung
Macedonian
искуство
Maithili
अनुभव
Malagasy
experience
Malay
pengalaman
Malayalam
അനുഭവം
Maltese
esperjenza
Maori
wheako
Marathi
अनुभव
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯊꯦꯡꯅꯔꯛꯈꯤꯕ
Mizo
tawnhriat
Mongolian
туршлага
Myanmar (Burmese)
အတွေ့အကြုံ
Nepali
अनुभव
Norwegian
erfaring
Nyanja (Chichewa)
zochitika
Odia (Oriya)
ଅଭିଜ୍ଞତା
Oromo
muuxannoo
Pashto
تجربه
Persian
تجربه
Polish
doświadczenie
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
experiência
Punjabi
ਤਜਰਬਾ
Quechua
yachaykuna
Romanian
experienţă
Russian
опыт
Samoan
poto masani
Sanskrit
अनुभवः
Scots Gaelic
eòlas
Sepedi
maitemogelo
Serbian
искуство
Sesotho
boiphihlelo
Shona
ruzivo
Sindhi
تجربو
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
අත්දැකීමක්
Slovak
skúsenosti
Slovenian
izkušnje
Somali
waayo-aragnimo
Spanish
experiencia
Sundanese
pangalaman
Swahili
uzoefu
Swedish
erfarenhet
Tagalog (Filipino)
karanasan
Tajik
таҷриба
Tamil
அனுபவம்
Tatar
тәҗрибә
Telugu
అనుభవం
Thai
ประสบการณ์
Tigrinya
ተሞክሮ
Tsonga
hlangana
Turkish
deneyim
Turkmen
tejribe
Twi (Akan)
suahunu
Ukrainian
досвід
Urdu
تجربہ
Uyghur
تەجرىبە
Uzbek
tajriba
Vietnamese
kinh nghiệm
Welsh
profiad
Xhosa
amava
Yiddish
דערפאַרונג
Yoruba
iriri
Zulu
isipiliyoni

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe Afrikaans word "ervaring" derives from the Dutch word "ervaring" and originally meant "knowledge gained through experiment".
Albanian"Përvojën" also means "journey" or "travel" in Albanian, emphasizing the experiential aspect of travel.
AmharicThe word "ተሞክሮ" can also mean "trial" or "ordeal" in Amharic.
ArabicThe word "تجربة" also means "test" or "trial" in Arabic.
AzerbaijaniThe word "təcrübə" in Azerbaijani originates from the Persian word "tajrīb" and also means "knowledge" or "observation".
BasqueEsperientzia in Basque also means 'proof' and 'lesson'
BelarusianThe word "вопыт" derives from the Proto-Slavic word "opytъ", which originally meant "a test" or "an attempt".
BengaliDerived from Sanskrit abhi ('towards') + jna ('knowledge'), the word 'abhijnata' originally meant 'recognition'.
BosnianThe word "iskustvo" in Bosnian derives from the Proto-Slavic word *iskusъ, meaning "trial" or "attempt".
Bulgarian"Опит" also means "experiment" and comes from the Old Church Slavonic word meaning "attempt".
CatalanIn Catalan, the word 'experiència' also refers to a traditional religious play performed in churches and convents.
CebuanoKasinatian is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *kasīnan, which also means knowledge, skill, or accomplishment.
Chinese (Simplified)"经验" originally meant "to meet" and has connotations of "knowledge from practice" and "trial and error.
Chinese (Traditional)In ancient Chinese, 經驗 referred specifically to the empirical knowledge gained from personal observations and interactions.
CorsicanIn Corsican, "sperienza" can also refer to a "premonition" or a "spell".
CroatianThe word 'iskustvo' originates from the Old Slavic language, where it meant 'temptation' or 'test'.
CzechThe word "Zkušenosti" derives from the Proto-Slavic word "skusiti", meaning "to test".
DanishThe Danish word "erfaring" derives from the Old Norse word "reynsla", meaning "trial", "test" or "experiment".
DutchIn Dutch, “ervaring” originates from the Latin word “experientia,” which denotes the process of trying or testing.
EsperantoIn Italian "sperto" means "skillful", "clever".
EstonianThe word "kogemus" in Estonian is cognate with the English word "cognitive".
Finnish"Kokea" can also denote "suffering" from the Proto-Finnic word meaning "hard to bear."
FrenchThe French word "expérience" comes from the Latin word "experimentum," which means "test" or "trial."
FrisianThe word 'ûnderfining' is also used to refer to a person's background or knowledge about a particular subject.
GalicianIn Galician, "experiencia" shares an etymology with "expert", indicating its connection to knowledge and proficiency.
GermanThe word "Erfahrung" is a derivative of the verb "erfahren" (to experience), which itself derives from the Old High German "erfarên" (to journey, to travel).
GreekThe Greek word "εμπειρία" comes from the root word "πειράω", meaning "to try out" or "to test".
GujaratiThe word "અનુભવ" also means "to feel" or "to undergo" in Gujarati.
Haitian Creole"Eksperyans" is borrowed from the French word "expérience" which originates from the Latin "experientia" meaning "trial" or "experiment".
HausaThe Hausa word "kwarewa" can also refer to a journey or path to somewhere.
Hawaiian'Ike' is also a Hawaiian word for 'knowledge', derived from the Proto-Polynesian word *siki, which means 'to see', 'to know', or 'to understand'.
HebrewThe Hebrew word ניסיון (nisayon) not only means "experience" but also "test" suggesting that experiences are seen as tests sent by God.
HindiThe Hindi word "अनुभव" is derived from the Sanskrit root "भू", meaning "to become".
HmongThe term "kev paub" can also refer to knowledge acquired through education, training, or study
HungarianIn Hungarian, the word "tapasztalat" is related to the word "tapaszt", meaning "to feel" or "to sense".
IcelandicThe word 'reynsla' in Icelandic comes from the verb 'reynda' meaning 'to try' or 'to test'.
IgboThe word "ahụmahụ" derives from the Igbo word "ahụ" (body) and the suffix "-mahụ" (to feel), thus conveying the idea that experience is something that is physically felt and internalized.
Indonesian"Pengalaman" comes from the root word "peng-alam", meaning "to enter a space or environment", implying an immersive encounter.
IrishThe word "taithí" comes from the Old Irish word "taidch", meaning "a way" or "a journey".
ItalianEsperienza also means 'experiment' in Italian and comes from the Latin 'experientia', meaning 'trial'.
Japanese"経験" derives from Chinese and refers to "undergoing a specific activity" or "a state of undergoing."
JavaneseIn Old Javanese, " pengalaman " originally meant "to travel" or "to adventure."
KannadaThe word also means "feeling" or "emotion" and can be used as a verb, meaning "to feel" or "to experience" something.
KoreanThe Korean word "경험" can also mean "test" or "trial".
KurdishThe word 'tecribe' comes from the Arabic word 'tacrib' and the Persian word 'tajribe', both with a similar meaning of 'experiment' or 'trial'.
KyrgyzThe word "тажрыйба" (experience) in Kyrgyz also means "a lesson learned from past mistakes".
LaoThe Lao word ປະສົບການ also refers to the personal qualities and knowledge that come from one's lived experience.
LatinAs an archaic term, it refers to a risk, assay, or experiment.
Latvian"Pieres" is the root that means "end" and "dze" is an old way of expressing "to do" or "to make."
LithuanianThe Indo-European origin of "patirtis" implies suffering, while its modern meaning is a lived or felt event.
LuxembourgishThe word "Erfahrung" can also refer to a "trial" in a legal context.
MacedonianThe Macedonian word "Искуство" originally derived from the Church-Slavonic language and has been used throughout history to refer both to artistic endeavors as well as the skill in practicing a craft and can carry shades of meaning related to "art".
MalagasyThe word "experience" in Malagasy has the same origin as the word "experiment" in English, coming from the Latin "experiri" meaning "to test".
MalayIn some parts of Malaysia, the term pengalaman is also applied to a type of fermented glutinous rice cake
MalayalamThe word "അനുഭവം" also means "realization" or "understanding" in Malayalam.
MalteseThe Maltese word "esperjenza" is derived from the Italian "esperienza", which in turn comes from the Latin "experientia" meaning "trial, proof, test".
MaoriThe word "wheako" can also refer to a journey or a period of time.
MarathiThe Marathi word "अनुभव" derives from the Sanskrit term "अनुभूति", meaning "feeling or perception".
Mongolian"Туршлага" is cognate with "түрс" (sight, gaze), and is also used in Khalkha Mongolian to mean "to take a glance".
Nepaliअनुभव translates to 'sensation' in Nepali.
NorwegianThe word "erfaring" is derived from the Old Norse word "far" meaning "travel" or "journey" and "ing" meaning "action". Thus the word originally meant "the action of traveling".
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word "zochitika" is also used to refer to "knowledge gained through experience".
PashtoThe Pashto word "تجربه" is derived from the Arabic word "تَجربة" meaning "test, trial, or examination."
PersianThe Persian word "تجربه" is derived from the Arabic word "تجربة" (tajriba), which means "trial" or "proof".
PolishThe Polish word "doświadczenie" originally meant "a tasting" and is related to the verb "świadczyć", meaning "to witness".
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)The word "experiência" in Portuguese shares its origin with "expériment" in French and "experiment" in English, all of which derive from the Latin "experientia," meaning "trial, proof, or knowledge gained through experience."
PunjabiThe word "ਤਜਰਬਾ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "अनुभव" (anubhava), meaning "cognition through direct experience".
RomanianIn Romanian, the word "experienţă" also means "expertise" or "skill".
RussianThe word "опыт" in Russian can also mean "an experiment" or simply the "outcome of something."
Samoan"Poto masani" literally means "dark road" and alludes to the difficulties one faces in life.
Scots GaelicEòlas comes from the Gaelic word ' fios' which means 'knowledge', and can be used in a more general sense to mean 'knowledge and understanding' rather than just 'experience'.
SerbianThe Serbian word "искуство" also means "art", similar to the English word "experience".
SesothoThe word "boiphihlelo" is derived from the verb "ho phuhi", meaning "to blow", and refers to something that has been blown or expanded by the wind, hence its association with experience and knowledge.
ShonaRuzivi also means "knowledge" in the Shona language, highlighting the interconnectedness between experience and knowledge acquisition.
SindhiThe Sindhi word "تجربو" also means "trying something new and learning from it".
Sinhala (Sinhalese)The word 'අත්දැකීමක්' can also mean 'a lesson learned from past mistakes' or 'a feeling of being cheated or deceived'.
SlovakThe Slovak word "skúsenosti" derives from the Proto-Slavic word *skusь, which also meant "test" and can be traced back as far as the Proto-Indo-European word *keus-, "try, attempt".
SlovenianThe Slovenian word "izkušnje" comes from Old Slavic word meaning either "trial, experiment, experience" or "temptation"
SomaliIn Somali, "waayo-aragnimo" not only means "experience," but also "having a history." The two meanings are connected because experiences shape history, both personal and societal.
SpanishIn Spanish, "experiencia" also means "knowledge" or "skill".
SundaneseThe word "pangalaman" in Sundanese is derived from the Sanskrit word "anu-bhavana", meaning "perceiving" or "experiencing".
SwahiliThe word "uzoefu" comes from the verb "kuzoea" which means "to get used to". It can also refer to knowledge gained through practice or observation.
SwedishErfarenhet is also a technical term in mathematics and refers to a sequence of events that are executed in order.
Tagalog (Filipino)Derived from the Sanskrit word 'karana' meaning 'instrument' or 'means'
TajikThe Tajik word "таҷриба" is derived from the Persian word "تجربه" meaning "assay" or "test"
TamilIn Tamil, "அனுபவம்" can also refer to the result or consequence of an action, as well as a state of deep understanding or wisdom.
Teluguఅనుభవం also means 'knowledge', derived from anu (with, by) and bhavana (production, arising).
ThaiDerived from Sanskrit, the word "ประสบการณ์" also means "evidence supporting the truth of an event".
TurkishThe word "deneyim" in Turkish derives from the Persian word "dānish" meaning "knowledge" or "science".
UkrainianThe word "досвід" can also mean "experiment", "attempt", or "proof" in Ukrainian.
UrduThe word "تجربہ" (experience) in Urdu derives from the Arabic root "جرب" (to test or try) and carries the additional meanings of "trial", "proof", or "experiment".
UzbekThe word "tajriba" can also mean "test" or "experiment" in Uzbek.
Vietnamese"Kinh nghiệm" literally means "through seeing" in Vietnamese, but it can also refer to skills or knowledge acquired through experience.
WelshProfiad can also mean enjoying, understanding, or perceiving something.
Xhosa"Amava" refers to the sum of one's lived experiences and knowledge.
YiddishYiddish 'דערפאַרונג' ('experience') comes from the German 'Erfahrung,' meaning 'knowledge derived from experience' or 'proof'
YorubaIn Yorùbá, the word ìrírí can also refer to the process of learning or undergoing something.
ZuluThe word "isipiliyoni" in Zulu is derived from the verb "isilila", meaning "to listen" or "to obey."
EnglishThe word "experience" derives from the Latin "experientia" and originally meant "a trial" or "test".

Click on a letter to browse words starting with that letter