Afrikaans uit te druk | ||
Albanian shprehin | ||
Amharic መግለፅ | ||
Arabic التعبير | ||
Armenian արտահայտել | ||
Assamese প্ৰকাশ কৰা | ||
Aymara arsuña | ||
Azerbaijani ifadə etmək | ||
Bambara ka kuma | ||
Basque adierazi | ||
Belarusian экспрэс | ||
Bengali প্রকাশ করা | ||
Bhojpuri आपन बात राखल | ||
Bosnian express | ||
Bulgarian експресна | ||
Catalan expressar | ||
Cebuano ipahayag | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 表现 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 表現 | ||
Corsican sprime | ||
Croatian izraziti | ||
Czech vyjádřit | ||
Danish udtrykke | ||
Dhivehi ފާޅުކުރުން | ||
Dogri तेज | ||
Dutch uitdrukken | ||
English express | ||
Esperanto esprimi | ||
Estonian väljendada | ||
Ewe ɖe eme | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ipahayag | ||
Finnish ilmaista | ||
French express | ||
Frisian útdrukke | ||
Galician expresar | ||
Georgian გამოხატავს | ||
German ausdrücken | ||
Greek εξπρές | ||
Guarani je'ẽpyre | ||
Gujarati વ્યક્ત કરો | ||
Haitian Creole eksprime | ||
Hausa bayyana | ||
Hawaiian hōʻike | ||
Hebrew אֶקְסְפּרֶס | ||
Hindi एक्सप्रेस | ||
Hmong qhia | ||
Hungarian expressz | ||
Icelandic tjá | ||
Igbo kwupụta | ||
Ilocano ibaga | ||
Indonesian mengekspresikan | ||
Irish sainráite | ||
Italian esprimere | ||
Japanese エクスプレス | ||
Javanese nyebutake | ||
Kannada ಎಕ್ಸ್ಪ್ರೆಸ್ | ||
Kazakh экспресс | ||
Khmer បង្ហាញ | ||
Kinyarwanda express | ||
Konkani एक्सप्रेस | ||
Korean 표현하다 | ||
Krio tɔk | ||
Kurdish îfadekirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دەربڕین | ||
Kyrgyz экспресс | ||
Lao ສະແດງອອກ | ||
Latin express | ||
Latvian izteikt | ||
Lingala koloba | ||
Lithuanian išreikšti | ||
Luganda okutegeeza | ||
Luxembourgish ausdrécken | ||
Macedonian експрес | ||
Maithili अभिव्यक्त करनाइ | ||
Malagasy express | ||
Malay menyatakan | ||
Malayalam എക്സ്പ്രസ് | ||
Maltese jesprimu | ||
Maori whakaputa | ||
Marathi व्यक्त | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯐꯣꯛꯗꯣꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo tilang | ||
Mongolian илэрхийлэх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အမြန် | ||
Nepali व्यक्त गर्नुहोस् | ||
Norwegian uttrykke | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kufotokoza | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଏକ୍ସପ୍ରେସ | ||
Oromo ibsuu | ||
Pashto څرګندول | ||
Persian بیان | ||
Polish wyrazić | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) expressar | ||
Punjabi ਪ੍ਰਗਟ | ||
Quechua utqay | ||
Romanian expres | ||
Russian экспресс | ||
Samoan faamatala | ||
Sanskrit व्यक्त | ||
Scots Gaelic cuir an cèill | ||
Sepedi gatelela | ||
Serbian изразити | ||
Sesotho hlahisa | ||
Shona kuratidza | ||
Sindhi ايڪسپريس | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සී express ්රගාමී | ||
Slovak expresné | ||
Slovenian izraziti | ||
Somali muuji | ||
Spanish rápido | ||
Sundanese nganyatakeun | ||
Swahili kueleza | ||
Swedish uttrycka | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ipahayag | ||
Tajik ифода кунед | ||
Tamil எக்ஸ்பிரஸ் | ||
Tatar экспресс | ||
Telugu ఎక్స్ప్రెస్ | ||
Thai ด่วน | ||
Tigrinya ግለፅ | ||
Tsonga tihlamusela | ||
Turkish ekspres | ||
Turkmen aňlatmak | ||
Twi (Akan) da no adi | ||
Ukrainian експрес | ||
Urdu اظہار | ||
Uyghur express | ||
Uzbek ifoda eting | ||
Vietnamese bày tỏ | ||
Welsh mynegi | ||
Xhosa ukuvakalisa | ||
Yiddish אויסדריקן | ||
Yoruba kiakia | ||
Zulu ukuveza |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "uit te druk" (Afrikaans for "express") can also mean "to squeeze out" or "to exert pressure on". |
| Albanian | The word "shprehin" is borrowed from Italian and can also mean "speak". |
| Amharic | The word "መግለፅ" in Amharic can also mean "to declare" or "to reveal". |
| Arabic | In Arabic, "التعبير" can also refer to the act of giving birth, drawing a line or boundary, and expressing an idea or emotion through art or writing. |
| Armenian | "Արտահայտել" can also mean to convey or represent a concept, or to embody a specific quality, characteristic, or state. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "ifadə etmək" ultimately derives from the Arabic "ʿafāda" (عَفَدَ), meaning "to free or release." |
| Basque | The noun "adierazpena", derivative of “adierazi", means "manifestation" or "evidence". |
| Belarusian | The word “экспрэс” in Belarusian has a second meaning of “a local train” that is only mentioned in dictionaries or railway timetables. |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "প্রকাশ করা" can also mean to reveal, disclose, or publish. |
| Bosnian | Bosnian word "ekspres" or "ekspresan" can mean "express" or "urgent" but also a type of coffee made in a moka pot. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, the word "експресна" (express) also means "urgent" or "fast". |
| Catalan | The word "expressar" in Catalan can also mean "to extract" or "to squeeze out". |
| Cebuano | "Ipahayag" derives from the root word "pahayag," meaning "declaration," "statement," or "expression of opinion." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 表现's first meaning is 'to manifest', which is close to its original meaning: 'to present clearly'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In Chinese (Traditional), the word "表現" can also mean "performance" or "manifestation". |
| Corsican | "Sprime" can also mean "to promise" or "to bet" in Corsican. |
| Croatian | It can also mean 'to say' or 'to tell' and is cognate with the Serbian word "izraziti." |
| Czech | The word "vyjádřit" in Czech can also mean "to give an opinion" or "to make a statement". |
| Danish | In Danish, "udtrykke" can also mean "to depict" or "to represent". |
| Dutch | "Uitdrukken" can have other meanings, such as "to extrude" or "to squeeze out". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto "esprimi" is derived from Italian "esprimersi" (to express oneself). |
| Estonian | In Estonian, "väljendada" initially meant to reveal, manifest, or make manifest |
| Finnish | "Ilmaista" also means "free of charge" in Finnish. |
| French | The French word "express" derives from the Latin word "expresus," meaning "pressed out," and can also refer to the act of squeezing out or extracting juice or a liquid. |
| Frisian | The word "útdrukke" can also mean "to speak out" or "to utter" in Frisian. |
| Galician | The Galician verb "expresar" comes from the Latin word "expresare," meaning "to press out" or "to squeeze out". |
| German | The verb "ausdrücken" also means to “squeeze out” in German. |
| Greek | In Greek, "εξπρές" can also mean a strong kind of coffee or a special bus service that runs directly to its destination without stopping. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "eksprime" is derived from the French word "exprimer", meaning "to express" or "to convey". |
| Hausa | The word 'bayyana' also means 'demonstrate'. |
| Hawaiian | Hōʻike can also mean to expose, reveal, or show, and is related to the word ʻike, meaning to know or see. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "אֶקְסְפּרֶס" also means "espresso coffee" in colloquial usage. |
| Hindi | The word "एक्सप्रेस" in Hindi can also mean "to send" or "to convey". |
| Hmong | `Qhia' is a homonym that can also mean to 'speak' but is used in this context of 'to express, to tell' or to 'make known' rather than to 'speak' which is the meaning of its homonym `qhia`. |
| Hungarian | Expressz is a Hungarian word that can also refer to espresso coffee |
| Icelandic | Cognate with Norwegian 'tja' and Swedish 'tja', meaning 'hello' or 'well now', which in turn are derived from Proto-Germanic *þē, meaning 'indeed' or 'there' |
| Igbo | The word "kwupụta" also means "to break out" or "to emerge" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "mengekspresikan" originates from the Dutch word "uitdrukken" which means "to print". |
| Italian | In addition to its primary meaning of "express," the Italian word "esprimere" can also mean "to squeeze," "to press," or "to utter." |
| Japanese | エクスプレス is also used in Japanese to denote an express train or bus. |
| Javanese | The word “nyebutake” in Javanese is derived from the word “sebu” which means “to quickly say something” and “take” which means “to take” or “bring”. |
| Kannada | The term "ಎಕ್ಸ್ಪ್ರೆಸ್" (express) comes from the Latin word "premere," meaning "to send or press." |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, "экспресс" can also refer to a "bullet train" or a "fast-moving train". |
| Khmer | បង្ហាញ is also used to mean 'to appear' or 'to emerge'. |
| Korean | Korean verb "표현하다" also implies to perform or create something. |
| Kurdish | The word "îfadekirin" can also refer to the act of explaining or clarifying something. |
| Kyrgyz | Слово "экспресс" заимствовано из французского языка, где оно означает "быстрый", "срочный". |
| Latin | The Latin word "expressus" not only means "express" but also "pressed out" or "extracted". |
| Latvian | The word "izteikt" in Latvian comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "*ek-," meaning "out of" or "forth," and is related to the English word "exceed." |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, "išreikšti" means both "to express" and "to express milk from a breast or a cow". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish verb "ausdrécken" can also mean "to extend", "to stretch", or "to reach out" in English. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "експрес" shares the Latin roots with the English word "express", which can also have the meanings of "expressly" and "expressedly". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "express" can also mean "quickly" or "immediately". |
| Malay | The word 'menyatakan' also means 'to issue' or 'to deliver' in Malay. |
| Malayalam | Malayalam 'എക്സ്പ്രസ്' originates from 'express' in English and can also mean 'clear' or 'explicit'. |
| Maltese | The word "jesprimu" is derived from the Latin "exprimere", meaning "to press out" or "to draw out". |
| Maori | Whakaputa can also mean "to put out", "to produce", or "to cause to happen." |
| Marathi | The word "व्यक्त" also means "person" and "individual" in Marathi, originating from the Sanskrit root "vi-krt" meaning "to make manifest" or "to separate". |
| Mongolian | The word "илэрхийлэх" can also mean "to manifest" or "to appear". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | အမြန် (amyañ) is derived from the Pali word "amitta" meaning "not a friend" or "enemy". |
| Nepali | "व्यक्त गर्नुहोस्" is derived from Sanskrit and shares a similar root with words like "expression" in English and "expressionismus" in German. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "uttrykke" is the infinitive form of the verb "å uttrykke", which means "to express" in English and is derived from the Old Norse word "útrykkja". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kufotokoza" can also mean "to squeeze" or "to wring out" in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | The word "څرګندول" can also mean "to show" or "to make clear". |
| Persian | The Persian word "بیان" (express) originates from the Arabic word "بیّن" meaning "clear, distinct, manifest, plain, apparent," and also means "to demonstrate, expound, utter, tell, explain, interpret, explicate, relate, state." |
| Polish | The verb "wyrazić" can also mean to reveal or state, as in "wyrazić zdanie" (to state an opinion). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "expressar" can also mean "to squeeze out" or "to milk". |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "expres" can also mean "fast" or "quick". |
| Russian | The word "экспресс" in Russian can also refer to a special type of coffee or a train service. |
| Samoan | Faamatala can also mean to explain or to declare something. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "cuir an cèill" in Scots Gaelic comes from the Gaelic word "cuir," meaning "to put" or "to place," and the noun "cèill," meaning "understanding" or "knowledge." |
| Serbian | In Serbian, "изразити" can also mean "to create" or "to form". |
| Sesotho | The word "hlahisa" in Sesotho also means "to show" or "to reveal." |
| Shona | In Zimbabwe, the word 'kuratidza' is often used to mean 'to manifest' or 'to bring into being'. |
| Sindhi | It can also mean 'quick' or 'fast' in Urdu and Hindi |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "Express" has an alternate meaning in Sinhala as a type of train that stops at few stations. |
| Slovak | The word "expresné" in Slovak, comes from the Latin word "expressio", and can also mean "juice" or "extract". |
| Slovenian | The word izraziti also means "to express" or "to articulate" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word "muuji" also means "to make manifest" or "to reveal". |
| Spanish | "Rápido" (Spanish for "express") can also mean "quickly" (English). |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, nganyatakeun can also mean to speak candidly or to confess. |
| Swahili | The word 'kueleza' can also mean 'to explain' or 'to interpret'. |
| Swedish | "Uttrycka" is derived from the Old Norse word "ytra" meaning "to speak out". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "ipahayag" in Tagalog is derived from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian root "*pahay", meaning speech or to proclaim. |
| Tajik | The word "ифода кунед" in Tajik can be used as a noun meaning "expression" or as a verb meaning "to express". |
| Telugu | The word "ఎక్స్ప్రెస్" is derived from the Latin word "expressus", meaning "to press out" or "to squeeze out". |
| Thai | The Thai word "ด่วน" can also be used as an adverb meaning "immediately" or "promptly". |
| Turkish | "Ekspres" kelimesi Latin kökenli olup "dışa vurma" anlamına gelir ve |
| Ukrainian | The word “експрес” can also refer to a type of coffee or a train that runs on a specific route, making fewer stops than a regular train. |
| Urdu | The word "اظہار" in Urdu can also mean "a display" or "a manifestation". |
| Uzbek | "Ifoda eting" translates to both "express" and "manifest" in English. |
| Vietnamese | Bày tỏ has alternate meanings of “display” and “reveal”. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "mynegi" also means "to reveal" or "to declare". |
| Xhosa | The etymology of the word "ukuvakalisa" suggests its original meaning was "to cause to understand". |
| Yiddish | The word "אויסדריקן" (oystdriken) in Yiddish also means "to squeeze out". |
| Yoruba | "Kiakia" also means "to hurry" or "in a hurry." |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'ukuveza' can also refer to the process of expressing milk from a cow or goat. |
| English | The word "express" derives from Latin "exprimere," meaning "to squeeze out, to press out, to utter." |