Expression in Different Languages
Discover 'Expression' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Expression
Afrikaans uitdrukking | ||
Albanian shprehje | ||
Amharic አገላለጽ | ||
Arabic التعبير | ||
Armenian արտահայտություն | ||
Assamese অভিব্যক্তি | ||
Aymara arsuwi | ||
Azerbaijani ifadə | ||
Bambara kumasen | ||
Basque adierazpena | ||
Belarusian выраз | ||
Bengali অভিব্যক্তি | ||
Bhojpuri अभिव्यक्ति | ||
Bosnian izraz | ||
Bulgarian израз | ||
Catalan expressió | ||
Cebuano ekspresyon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 表达 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 表達 | ||
Corsican spressione | ||
Croatian izraz | ||
Czech výraz | ||
Danish udtryk | ||
Dhivehi އެކްސްޕްރެޝަން | ||
Dogri तरजमानी | ||
Dutch uitdrukking | ||
English expression | ||
Esperanto esprimo | ||
Estonian väljendus | ||
Ewe nyagbɔgblɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pagpapahayag | ||
Finnish ilmaisu | ||
French expression | ||
Frisian útdrukking | ||
Galician expresión | ||
Georgian გამოხატვა | ||
German ausdruck | ||
Greek έκφραση | ||
Guarani je'e | ||
Gujarati અભિવ્યક્તિ | ||
Haitian Creole ekspresyon | ||
Hausa magana | ||
Hawaiian hōʻike manaʻo | ||
Hebrew ביטוי | ||
Hindi अभिव्यक्ति | ||
Hmong qhia | ||
Hungarian kifejezés | ||
Icelandic tjáning | ||
Igbo ngosipụta | ||
Ilocano panangibaga | ||
Indonesian ekspresi | ||
Irish léiriú | ||
Italian espressione | ||
Japanese 式 | ||
Javanese ekspresi | ||
Kannada ಅಭಿವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ | ||
Kazakh өрнек | ||
Khmer ការបញ្ចេញមតិ | ||
Kinyarwanda imvugo | ||
Konkani हावभाव | ||
Korean 표현 | ||
Krio tɔk | ||
Kurdish îfade | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دەربڕین | ||
Kyrgyz экспрессия | ||
Lao ການສະແດງອອກ | ||
Latin expressio | ||
Latvian izteiksme | ||
Lingala maloba | ||
Lithuanian išraiška | ||
Luganda endabika | ||
Luxembourgish ausdrock | ||
Macedonian изразување | ||
Maithili अभिव्यक्ति | ||
Malagasy teny | ||
Malay ungkapan | ||
Malayalam പദപ്രയോഗം | ||
Maltese espressjoni | ||
Maori kīanga | ||
Marathi अभिव्यक्ती | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯐꯣꯡꯗꯣꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo tilangchhuak | ||
Mongolian илэрхийлэл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စကားရပ် | ||
Nepali अभिव्यक्ति | ||
Norwegian uttrykk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kufotokoza | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଅଭିବ୍ୟକ୍ତି | ||
Oromo ibsa | ||
Pashto څرګندنه | ||
Persian اصطلاح | ||
Polish wyrażenie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) expressão | ||
Punjabi ਸਮੀਕਰਨ | ||
Quechua rimay | ||
Romanian expresie | ||
Russian выражение | ||
Samoan faʻaaliga | ||
Sanskrit अभिव्यक्ति | ||
Scots Gaelic faireachdainn | ||
Sepedi tlhagišo | ||
Serbian израз | ||
Sesotho polelo | ||
Shona kutaura | ||
Sindhi اظهار | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ප්රකාශනය | ||
Slovak výraz | ||
Slovenian izraz | ||
Somali muujinta | ||
Spanish expresión | ||
Sundanese éksprési | ||
Swahili kujieleza | ||
Swedish uttryck | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ekspresyon | ||
Tajik ифода | ||
Tamil வெளிப்பாடு | ||
Tatar белдерү | ||
Telugu వ్యక్తీకరణ | ||
Thai นิพจน์ | ||
Tigrinya ኣገላልፃ | ||
Tsonga tihlamusela | ||
Turkish ifade | ||
Turkmen aňlatma | ||
Twi (Akan) asɛnka | ||
Ukrainian вираз | ||
Urdu اظہار | ||
Uyghur ئىپادىلەش | ||
Uzbek ifoda | ||
Vietnamese biểu hiện | ||
Welsh mynegiant | ||
Xhosa intetho | ||
Yiddish אויסדרוק | ||
Yoruba ikosile | ||
Zulu isisho |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Uitdrukking" is a loanword from Dutch and means anything from "facial expression" to "algebraic formula". |
| Albanian | The word 'shprehje' in Albanian can also refer to a 'speech', 'saying' or a 'proverb'. |
| Amharic | The word 'agelelats' (expression) comes from the verb 'agelel' meaning to explain or describe something. |
| Arabic | The word "التعبير" (expression) also means "to give birth" in Arabic, implying the act of bringing something into existence. |
| Azerbaijani | İfadə can also refer to a statement or declaration. |
| Basque | "Adi" expresses something outside, that is "out of" its source. |
| Belarusian | "Выраз" is also used to mean "face" or "look" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | "অভিব্যক্তি" comes from the Sanskrit word "abhivyakti," meaning "manifestation," "display," or "appearance." |
| Bosnian | "Izraz" can mean "face" or "mien" in addition to "expression" or "phrase" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | В българския език думата „израз” се използва и за обозначение на декоративна керамична плочка, което идва от старославянската дума „изор”, означаваща „образ”. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "expressió" can also mean formula, or way of representing something in mathematics or algebra. |
| Cebuano | In English, 'ekspresyon' also means 'look' or 'facial expression'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 表达 (biǎodá) literally means "declare and express," and can also mean "state" or "manifest." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 表達 is also used to describe the act of expressing oneself through art, such as painting or music. |
| Corsican | Corsican "spressione" is a loanword from French "expression", but it can also refer to a monetary payment or a written statement. |
| Croatian | The word 'izraz' is cognate with the German word 'Ausdruck', which has a similar meaning. |
| Czech | The Czech word "výraz" can also mean "accent" or "emphasis". |
| Danish | The word 'udtryk' has similar roots to 'druck' in German, which means 'push' or 'press,' implying the act of 'pressing out' an idea, emotion, or thought. |
| Dutch | "Uitdrukking" also has meanings such as "formula", "impression" or "print". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "esprimo" is derived from the Latin word "expressio" and the proto-Indo-European root "*eks-pre-mo-", meaning "to press out". |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "väljendus" also means a mathematical formula. |
| Finnish | The word "ilmaisu" in Finnish can also mean "statement" or "declaration". |
| French | The word "expression" derives from the Latin "expressio", meaning "to press out" or "to squeeze out". |
| Frisian | "Útdrukking" is also used to mean "opinion". |
| Galician | The Galician word "expresión" also means "squeezing". |
| German | Besides "expression", "Ausdruck" can also denote "term" or "output" in mathematics and computing. |
| Greek | The Greek word "έκφραση" (expression) is derived from the verb "εκφράζω" (to express), which in turn comes from the root "φράζω" (to speak, to tell). |
| Haitian Creole | The word "ekspresyon" can also mean "look" or "facial expression" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | The word 'magana' in Hausa can also refer to a 'speech' or a 'statement'. |
| Hawaiian | The word "hoike mana'o" can also mean idea, thought, or opinion. |
| Hebrew | "ביטוי" is an equivalent of English "phrase" or "utterance" and shares a common origin with the verb בוה - "to speak". |
| Hindi | The word 'abhivyakti' (अभिव्यक्ति) is derived from the Sanskrit root 'vibh' (विभ्) meaning to divide, and 'abhi' (अभि) meaning towards; hence 'abhivyakti' can also mean 'manifestation' or 'projection'. |
| Hmong | "Qhia" can also be used to mean "proclaim," "tell," or "to give a talk." |
| Hungarian | In botany, "kifejezés" can also refer to the appearance of plant organs. |
| Icelandic | The word "tjáning" in Icelandic originally meant "service" or "attendance". |
| Igbo | Ngosipụta is also used as a prefix meaning 'to give or distribute to everyone' or 'to circulate'. |
| Indonesian | Ekspresi also means 'expression of emotion or feeling', 'an abstract idea put into a concrete form', and 'the act of expressing something'. In music, ekspresi is 'expression marks used to indicate a particular way of playing a piece of music'. |
| Italian | "Espressione" derives from Latin "expressio" meaning "to press out," hence its use in Italian to also mean "squeeze" or "juice." |
| Japanese | "式" (shiki) in Japanese originally meant "ritual" or "ceremony". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "ekspresi" is also used to describe a person's facial expressions or emotions. |
| Kannada | Its root word 'vyakta' in Sanskrit means 'manifested' or 'expressed'. |
| Kazakh | "Өрнек" can also refer to a pattern or sample in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | In English, ការបញ្ចេញមតិ has two other definitions besides “expression”: 1. The act of expressing or representing; 2. A formal statement, especially in writing, of opinion or intention. |
| Korean | "표현" originally meant "to show" or "to display". |
| Kurdish | The word "îfade" can also mean testimony, disclosure, or performance in both Kurdish Sorani and Kurmanji languages, and utterance in Kurdish Sorani. |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, the word “экспрессия” can also refer to a form of folk art involving improvisational singing and dancing. |
| Latin | The word "expressio" also means "pressure" in Latin. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "izteiksme" (expression) comes from the verb "izteikt" (to express), which in turn comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *tek- (to run, to flow). |
| Lithuanian | The word "išraiška" also means "formula" in mathematics. |
| Luxembourgish | The term "Ausdrock" is also used in Luxembourgish to refer to the act of expressing oneself in a clear and understandable manner. |
| Macedonian | The word "изразување" comes from the root "раз" which means "to express", and can also refer to a statement or opinion, or a facial expression. |
| Malagasy | The word "teny" comes from the root word "tenta," which means "to speak," and can also refer to a saying or a proverb. |
| Malay | The word "ungkapan" in Malay can also mean "utterance", "phrase", or "pronouncement". |
| Malayalam | The word "പദപ്രയോഗം" is derived from Sanskrit and means "usage of words". It also has a secondary meaning of "style of speaking or writing". |
| Maltese | Maltese "espressjoni" is derived from Italian "espressione" (expression), from Latin "expressio" (squeezing out) |
| Maori | In addition to "expression," "kīanga" also means "speech," "language," or "voice" in Māori. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "अभिव्यक्ती" (expression) originated from the Sanskrit word "अभिव्यक्ति" (manifestation, appearance). |
| Mongolian | Илэрхийлэл is derived from the verb илэрхийх, which means 'to express', 'to state', 'to make known'. |
| Nepali | The word "अभिव्यक्ति" can also mean "manifestation" or "display" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | "Uttrykk" has a secondary meaning in Norwegian: "appearance". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'kufotokoza' is also used to mean 'to remove something by pulling it' or 'to pluck something' in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | The word "څرګندنه" in Pashto also means "clarification" or "explanation". |
| Persian | The word "اصطلاح" (expression) derives from the Arabic word "اصطلح" meaning "to agree or make a covenant". |
| Polish | In Polish, 'wyrażenie' can colloquially mean 'curse word' or 'vulgarity' |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Expressão in Portuguese can also mean |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸਮੀਕਰਨ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "समीकरण" (samikaraṇa), which means "making equal" or "leveling." |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "expresie" also means "phrase" or "slogan" |
| Russian | The word "выражение" also means "phrase" and "formula". |
| Samoan | Faʻaaliga is an action or function in which meaning is expressed through something like language or art. |
| Serbian | The word "израз" can also mean "face" or "facial expression" in Serbian. |
| Shona | Kutaura, as 'conversation' in English, implies an exchange of talk, rather than a one-sided verbalisation, in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The word "اظهار" ("expression") comes from Persian and has a similar meaning in Hindi and Marathi. |
| Slovak | Výraz can also mean 'accent' or 'mark' in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "izraz" also means "term" or "phrase". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "expresión" can also refer to facial or bodily movements that communicate emotions or thoughts. |
| Sundanese | "Ékspresi" in Sundanese also means "art that emphasizes the expression of emotion without regard to representation." |
| Swahili | Kujieleza (expression) literally means 'to explain oneself' and can also refer to the act of expressing oneself through one's thoughts, feelings, or actions. |
| Swedish | The noun 'uttryck' is a cognate of 'uttryckning', which in Swedish refers to an emergency dispatch. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "ekspresyon" also means "facial expression" and can refer to both emotions and physical features. |
| Tajik | In Dari and Tajik, the word "ифода" can also mean "statement" or "utterance". |
| Tamil | வெளிப்பாடு refers to "the act of expressing something" and also to a "way of thinking, acting, or speaking that makes someone or something recognisable". |
| Thai | The word "นิพจน์" can also refer to a mathematical equation or a grammatical phrase. |
| Turkish | In Ottoman Turkish, 'ifade' also meant 'statement' or 'declaration'. |
| Ukrainian | The word "вираз" is also used in Ukrainian to refer to an algebraic expression. |
| Urdu | The word "اظہار" can also mean "assertion" or "disclosure" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word "ifoda" can also refer to the process of revealing or disclosing something. |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "biểu hiện" can also mean "symptom" or "appearance."} |
| Welsh | The term "mynegiant" in Welsh can also refer to a type of riddle or enigmatic saying. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word 'intetho' also means 'speech or language'. |
| Yiddish | Ausdruk derives from the German Ausdrück "impression" |
| Yoruba | Ikosi also means 120, likely from its association with the market day system. |
| Zulu | Isizho also means 'shape' or 'figure' in Zulu, referring to the visual representation of something. |
| English | The word 'expression' derives from the Latin 'expressio', meaning 'to press or drive out' and refers to both the act of communicating emotions and ideas and mathematical and scientific formulas. |