Experiment in Different Languages
Discover 'Experiment' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Experiment
Afrikaans eksperimenteer | ||
Albanian eksperimentojnë | ||
Amharic ሙከራ | ||
Arabic تجربة | ||
Armenian փորձարկում | ||
Assamese পৰীক্ষণ | ||
Aymara yant'aña | ||
Azerbaijani təcrübə | ||
Bambara ka kɛ ka lajɛ | ||
Basque esperimentatu | ||
Belarusian эксперымент | ||
Bengali পরীক্ষা | ||
Bhojpuri प्रयोग | ||
Bosnian eksperiment | ||
Bulgarian експеримент | ||
Catalan experimentar | ||
Cebuano eksperimento | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 实验 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 實驗 | ||
Corsican sperimentu | ||
Croatian eksperiment | ||
Czech experiment | ||
Danish eksperiment | ||
Dhivehi ތަޖުރިބާ | ||
Dogri तजरबा | ||
Dutch experiment | ||
English experiment | ||
Esperanto eksperimento | ||
Estonian katse | ||
Ewe kasakasa | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) eksperimento | ||
Finnish koe | ||
French expérience | ||
Frisian eksperimint | ||
Galician experimento | ||
Georgian ექსპერიმენტი | ||
German experiment | ||
Greek πείραμα | ||
Guarani apora'ãteĩ | ||
Gujarati પ્રયોગ | ||
Haitian Creole eksperyans | ||
Hausa gwaji | ||
Hawaiian hoʻokolohua | ||
Hebrew לְנַסוֹת | ||
Hindi प्रयोग | ||
Hmong sim | ||
Hungarian kísérlet | ||
Icelandic tilraun | ||
Igbo nnwale | ||
Ilocano eksperimento | ||
Indonesian percobaan | ||
Irish turgnamh | ||
Italian sperimentare | ||
Japanese 実験 | ||
Javanese pacoban | ||
Kannada ಪ್ರಯೋಗ | ||
Kazakh эксперимент | ||
Khmer ពិសោធន៍ | ||
Kinyarwanda igerageza | ||
Konkani प्रयोग | ||
Korean 실험 | ||
Krio tɛst | ||
Kurdish ceribandinî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) تاقیکردنەوە | ||
Kyrgyz эксперимент | ||
Lao ທົດລອງ | ||
Latin experimentum | ||
Latvian eksperiments | ||
Lingala komeka | ||
Lithuanian eksperimentas | ||
Luganda okugezesa | ||
Luxembourgish experimentéieren | ||
Macedonian експеримент | ||
Maithili प्रयोग | ||
Malagasy andrana | ||
Malay eksperimen | ||
Malayalam പരീക്ഷണം | ||
Maltese esperiment | ||
Maori whakamātau | ||
Marathi प्रयोग | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯥꯡꯌꯦꯡ ꯇꯧꯗꯨꯅꯥ ꯀꯔꯤꯒꯨꯝꯕ ꯑꯃ ꯄꯥꯡꯊꯣꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo enchhinna | ||
Mongolian туршилт | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စမ်းသပ်မှု | ||
Nepali प्रयोग | ||
Norwegian eksperiment | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuyesa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପରୀକ୍ଷଣ | | ||
Oromo yaalii | ||
Pashto تجربه | ||
Persian آزمایش کردن | ||
Polish eksperyment | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) experimentar | ||
Punjabi ਪ੍ਰਯੋਗ | ||
Quechua experimento | ||
Romanian experiment | ||
Russian эксперимент | ||
Samoan faʻataʻitaʻiga | ||
Sanskrit प्रयोगं | ||
Scots Gaelic deuchainn | ||
Sepedi maitekelo | ||
Serbian експеримент | ||
Sesotho teko | ||
Shona kuyedza | ||
Sindhi تجربو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අත්හදා බැලීම | ||
Slovak experiment | ||
Slovenian poskus | ||
Somali tijaabo | ||
Spanish experimentar | ||
Sundanese ékspérimén | ||
Swahili jaribio | ||
Swedish experimentera | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) eksperimento | ||
Tajik озмоиш | ||
Tamil சோதனை | ||
Tatar эксперимент | ||
Telugu ప్రయోగం | ||
Thai การทดลอง | ||
Tigrinya ቤተ-ፈተነ | ||
Tsonga ringeta | ||
Turkish deney | ||
Turkmen synag | ||
Twi (Akan) nhwehwɛmu | ||
Ukrainian експеримент | ||
Urdu تجربہ | ||
Uyghur تەجرىبە | ||
Uzbek tajriba | ||
Vietnamese thí nghiệm | ||
Welsh arbrofi | ||
Xhosa ulingo | ||
Yiddish עקספּערימענט | ||
Yoruba adanwo | ||
Zulu ukuhlolwa |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "eksperimenteer" in Afrikaans derives from the Dutch word "experimenteren", which in turn comes from the Latin word "experimentum", meaning "test" or "trial". |
| Albanian | The word 'eksperimentojnë' is derived from the Latin word 'experimentum', which means 'a trial or test'. |
| Amharic | The noun "ሙከራ" can also mean "test" or "trial", and the verb "ሙከረ" can mean "to test" or "to try". |
| Arabic | The word تجربة has the root جرب, which also means "to feel pain or suffering". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "təcrübə" comes from the Arabic word تجربة (tajriba), which means "test, trial, experience, or practice." |
| Basque | The word "esperimentatu" in Basque can also mean "tested" or "experienced". |
| Belarusian | Belarusian "эксперымент" comes from Latin "experi-mentum" meaning "to try; test; verify" and is cognate with English "experiment". |
| Bengali | The word "পরীক্ষা" also means "test". |
| Bosnian | Eksperiment in Bosnian means ''experience'' and ''trial''. |
| Bulgarian | "Експеримент" has the alternate meaning - "a special kind of test carried out under controlled conditions." |
| Catalan | The Catalan verb "experimentar" means "to experience" or "to feel" as well as "to experiment". |
| Cebuano | "Eksperimento" can also mean "to try out" or "to test" in Cebuano. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 实验一词在古代指用动物进行祭祀，后引申为考验、试验的意思。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 實驗 in Traditional Chinese can also mean "proof" or "verification". |
| Corsican | Corsican "sperimentu" derives from Latin "experiri" (to test), and also means "experience". |
| Croatian | The word 'eksperiment' may also refer to a person or animal subject to an experiment. |
| Czech | The Czech word "experiment" comes from the Latin word "experimentum", which means "trial" or "test". |
| Danish | Eksperiment is derived from the Latin word "experimentum," meaning "a test or trial." |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "experiment" can also refer to a temptation or trial. |
| Esperanto | "Eksperimento" derives from the Latin word "experimentum", meaning "trial" or "test". |
| Estonian | "Katse" also means "look" or "trial" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | The word 'koe' has Proto-Finnic origin, meaning both 'trial' and 'proof'. |
| French | "Expérience" in French derives from the Latin "experientia" (trial, test, proof) and also means "skill, knowledge gained through experience". |
| Frisian | The word "eksperimint" is based on the Latin "experimentum" and also has the meaning of "experience" in Frisian. |
| Galician | An unrelated term with the same spelling exists and means a "goblin". |
| German | The German word "Experiment" can also mean "undertaking" or "attempt." |
| Greek | "Πείραμα" derives from the verb "πείρω" (pierco), meaning "to try" or "to attempt". |
| Gujarati | In Gujurati, "pr प्रयोग" (experiment) also refers to a method for solving a complex equation using an auxiliary equation. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "eksperyans" can also mean "a period of time". |
| Hausa | Gwaji is also used in Hausa as a term for "evidence" or "trial" related to legal proceedings. |
| Hawaiian | Hoʻokolohua, a Hawaiian word commonly translated as "experiment," holds a deeper meaning, tracing its roots to kolohua, signifying "trial" and "ordeal." |
| Hebrew | The word "לְנַסוֹת" in Hebrew is related to the word "מַסָה" which can also mean "temptation". |
| Hindi | प्रयोग (prayog) can also refer to the use of medicines or drugs. |
| Hmong | The word "sim" in Hmong is derived from the Chinese word "shì", which also means "experiment" or "to verify". |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "kísérlet" has Germanic roots and originally had a more general meaning of "trial" or "attempt." |
| Icelandic | Tilraun is derived from the Proto-Norse word *tilrāuną, meaning “trial, attempt”. |
| Igbo | "Nnwale" derives from "nwale," a type of annual festival involving a special type of yam, and implies trying something new. |
| Indonesian | "Percobaan" is also an archaic Indonesian word for "crime" or "sin" |
| Irish | "Turgnamh" derives from the Old Irish verb "torgnam", meaning "to attack, assail, or make a trial or test." |
| Italian | The Italian word "sperimentare" derives from the Latin word "experiri," meaning "to try" or "to test." |
| Japanese | The word "実験" (experiment) in Japanese is a compound of two kanji: "試" (try) and "験" (proof). |
| Javanese | The word 'pacoban' is ultimately derived from the Sanskrit word 'pāca' meaning 'to cook' or 'to test'. |
| Kannada | In Sanskrit, the word "प्रयोग" can also mean "application". |
| Kazakh | "Эксперимент" в казахском буквально означает "испытывание на себе". |
| Khmer | The word "ពិសោធន៍" (experiment) comes from the Sanskrit word "परिक्षण" (parīkṣaṇa), meaning "testing" or "examination." |
| Korean | "실험" in Korean, derived from the Chinese characters "試驗", initially meant "putting something to the test" but later took on the meaning of "conducting experiments". |
| Kurdish | The word "ceribandinî" is derived from the Kurdish word "cerib", meaning "trying out" or "attempting". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "эксперимент" is borrowed from the Russian word of the same spelling and meaning. |
| Latin | "Experimentum" in Latin is derived from "experiri," meaning "to try" or "to test," and was used in ancient Rome to describe a wide range of tests, trials, and demonstrations. |
| Latvian | In Latvian, “eksperiments” (experiments) can also mean “tests”, “trials”, or “explorations”. |
| Lithuanian | The word “eksperimentas” in Lithuanian derives from the Latin word “experimentum”, meaning “proof” or “test”. |
| Luxembourgish | This word is derived from Middle French "experimenter", itself from Latin "experiri" meaning "to test, try out, or experience". |
| Macedonian | The word "експеримент" is derived from the Latin word "experimentum", meaning "proof, test". It can also refer to an act, operation, or procedure undertaken with a view to discovering something unknown or to test a hypothesis. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "andrana" can refer to the interior of a house, as well as a type of ritual sacrifice. |
| Malay | "Eksperimen" is borrowed from the English word "experiment" which is derived from the Latin word "experiri", meaning "to try" or "to test". |
| Malayalam | "പരീക്ഷണം" comes from the root word "പരീക്ഷ" which means an examination, test, trial or the action of scrutinising or observing. |
| Maltese | The word 'esperiment' in Maltese derives from the Italian 'esperimento' and the French 'expérience', both ultimately from the Latin 'experiri', meaning 'to try' or 'to test'. |
| Maori | In addition to its literal meaning of "experiment", the word "whakamātau" also carries the connotations of "exploration", "trial", and "investigation." |
| Marathi | The term "प्रयोग" in Marathi has the dual meaning of "experiment" and "attempt". |
| Mongolian | "Туршилт" is a Mongolian word derived from the Sanskrit word "tūlasthala", meaning "the place of weighing or testing". |
| Nepali | The term "प्रयोग" can also refer to a "practice" or "usage". |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "eksperiment" has two distinct etymologies: the Latin "experimentum" and the Norwegian "eks" + "sperre" meaning "to attempt to block". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kuyesa" in Nyanja (Chichewa) also means "to search" or "to investigate". |
| Pashto | The word "تجربه" (experiment) in Pashto also means "experience" or "trial." |
| Persian | In Persian, "آزمایش کردن" not only means "experimenting" but also "testing" or "putting to the test". |
| Polish | The Polish word "eksperyment" can also refer to an experience or a test. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "experimentar" can derive from Late Latin "expirimentāre" with an initial vowel "e-," in turn from Latin "experīrī" or "experīmentum," "test." This has led to some scholars believing the original meaning of "experimentar" may have been "to experience" and not just "to experiment." |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "experiment" also means "proof" or "test." |
| Russian | The Russian word "эксперимент" is derived from the Latin word "experimentum", meaning "test" or "trial". |
| Samoan | The word "faʻataʻitaʻiga" in Samoan also refers to "example" and "illustration". |
| Scots Gaelic | From the Gaelic word 'deoch', meaning 'drink' and 'chainn' meaning 'to forbid', possibly referring to the medieval practice of testing potions or poison on criminals. |
| Serbian | In Serbian, the word "експеримент" can also refer to an 'act or instance of making a scientific observation' or 'scientific investigation'. |
| Sesotho | The word "teko" can also mean "test" or "trial" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | "Kuyedza" also means "to make light," "to ignite," "to illuminate." |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "تجربو" is also used to refer to "experience" or "trial". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word for experiment, 'අත්හදා බැලීම,' literally translates to 'trying with your hand,' reflecting its practical, hands-on nature in scientific exploration. |
| Slovak | The word "experiment" derives from the Latin "experimentum", which originally meant "a test" or "trial." |
| Slovenian | The Slovene form poskus is derived via Italian and French from the Latin word postulare, meaning "to postulate, ask, require, demand". |
| Somali | The word "tijaabo" derives from the Arabic word "tajriba" meaning "test" or "verification". |
| Spanish | The verb "experimentar" also means "to experience". |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "ékspérimén" is derived from the French word "expérience", meaning "experience" or "test". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "jaribio" is derived from the Arabic word "jaraba", which primarily means "to try", "to test", or "to examine" in a non-scientific sense. |
| Swedish | Although it sounds like it means experiment, "experimentera" actually means "to experiment." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | 'Eksperimento' likely comes from the Spanish word 'experimento', which in turn comes from the Latin word 'experimentum' meaning 'trial' or 'test'. |
| Tajik | The word "озмоиш" in Tajik originally meant "test" or "trial" and is derived from the Persian word "ازمایش" (āzmāyeš). |
| Tamil | சோதனை also means 'test' in Tamil as the outcome of the experiment is examined. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "ప్రయోగం" can also refer to a religious ceremony or a demonstration. |
| Thai | The word "การทดลอง" can also mean "test" or "trial". |
| Turkish | The word "deney" in Turkish derives from the Persian word "denemek," which originally meant "to try" or "to taste." |
| Ukrainian | Експеримент (Ukrainian) is derived from the Latin word "experimentum" which originally meant "proof" but later came to mean "trial" or "attempt" in the 17th century. |
| Urdu | "تجربہ" in Urdu also means "experience" or "trial". |
| Uzbek | The word "tajriba" in Uzbek, meaning "experiment," is often used in the context of a personal trial in order to find the best decision. |
| Vietnamese | Thí nghiệm is also a term used in martial arts and is equivalent to a form of training. |
| Welsh | This word can also mean "experience" or "trial". |
| Xhosa | The word "ulingo" has a deeper meaning in Xhosa, referring to a trial or test that brings about a change or transformation. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "עקספּערימענט" can also mean "test" or "trial". |
| Yoruba | The word "adanwo" can also mean a test or trial in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word 'ukuhlolwa' is derived from the Zulu root '-hlola', which means to examine or scrutinize. |
| English | The word 'experiment' originates from the Latin word 'experiri' meaning 'to try', 'to test', and 'to prove'. |