Extension in Different Languages
Discover 'Extension' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Extension
Afrikaans uitbreiding | ||
Albanian zgjerim | ||
Amharic ማራዘሚያ | ||
Arabic تمديد | ||
Armenian երկարացում | ||
Assamese বিস্তাৰ | ||
Aymara ikstinsyuna | ||
Azerbaijani genişləndirmə | ||
Bambara samali | ||
Basque luzapena | ||
Belarusian прыбудова | ||
Bengali এক্সটেনশন | ||
Bhojpuri बढ़ावल | ||
Bosnian produženje | ||
Bulgarian удължаване | ||
Catalan extensió | ||
Cebuano pagpalawig | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 延期 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 延期 | ||
Corsican estensione | ||
Croatian produženje | ||
Czech rozšíření | ||
Danish udvidelse | ||
Dhivehi މުއްދަތު އިތުރުކުރުން | ||
Dogri बस्तार | ||
Dutch uitbreiding | ||
English extension | ||
Esperanto etendo | ||
Estonian pikendamine | ||
Ewe nu hehe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) extension | ||
Finnish laajennus | ||
French extension | ||
Frisian útbou | ||
Galician extensión | ||
Georgian გაფართოება | ||
German erweiterung | ||
Greek επέκταση | ||
Guarani mbotuicha | ||
Gujarati એક્સ્ટેંશન | ||
Haitian Creole ekstansyon | ||
Hausa tsawo | ||
Hawaiian hoʻolōʻihi | ||
Hebrew סיומת | ||
Hindi विस्तार | ||
Hmong txuas ntxiv | ||
Hungarian kiterjesztés | ||
Icelandic framlenging | ||
Igbo ndọtị | ||
Ilocano panangpaatiddog | ||
Indonesian perpanjangan | ||
Irish síneadh | ||
Italian estensione | ||
Japanese 拡張 | ||
Javanese ekstensi | ||
Kannada ವಿಸ್ತರಣೆ | ||
Kazakh кеңейту | ||
Khmer ផ្នែកបន្ថែម | ||
Kinyarwanda kwaguka | ||
Konkani विस्तार | ||
Korean 신장 | ||
Krio lɔng | ||
Kurdish pêşvebrinî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) درێژکردنەوە | ||
Kyrgyz кеңейтүү | ||
Lao ການຂະຫຍາຍ | ||
Latin extensio | ||
Latvian pagarinājums | ||
Lingala kolandana | ||
Lithuanian pratęsimas | ||
Luganda okwongezaayo | ||
Luxembourgish extensioun | ||
Macedonian продолжување | ||
Maithili फैलाब | ||
Malagasy fanitarana | ||
Malay sambungan | ||
Malayalam വിപുലീകരണം | ||
Maltese estensjoni | ||
Maori toronga | ||
Marathi विस्तार | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯥꯡꯗꯣꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo tisei | ||
Mongolian өргөтгөл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) extension ကို | ||
Nepali विस्तार | ||
Norwegian utvidelse | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuwonjezera | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବିସ୍ତାର | ||
Oromo dheerachuu | ||
Pashto غځول | ||
Persian افزونه | ||
Polish rozbudowa | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) extensão | ||
Punjabi ਵਿਸਥਾਰ | ||
Quechua mastariy | ||
Romanian extensie | ||
Russian расширение | ||
Samoan faʻaopoopoga | ||
Sanskrit विस्तार | ||
Scots Gaelic leudachadh | ||
Sepedi katološo | ||
Serbian продужење | ||
Sesotho katoloso | ||
Shona kuwedzera | ||
Sindhi واڌ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දිගුව | ||
Slovak predĺženie | ||
Slovenian podaljšanje | ||
Somali kordhinta | ||
Spanish extensión | ||
Sundanese papanjangan | ||
Swahili ugani | ||
Swedish förlängning | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) karugtong | ||
Tajik тамдиди | ||
Tamil நீட்டிப்பு | ||
Tatar киңәйтү | ||
Telugu పొడిగింపు | ||
Thai ส่วนขยาย | ||
Tigrinya ብርሕቐት | ||
Tsonga engetela | ||
Turkish uzantı | ||
Turkmen giňeltmek | ||
Twi (Akan) ntrɛmu | ||
Ukrainian розширення | ||
Urdu توسیع | ||
Uyghur كېڭەيتىش | ||
Uzbek kengaytma | ||
Vietnamese sự mở rộng | ||
Welsh estyniad | ||
Xhosa ulwandiso | ||
Yiddish פאַרלענגערונג | ||
Yoruba itẹsiwaju | ||
Zulu isandiso |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Uitbreiding is also known as an uitstal or verlengstuk in Afrikaans, both of which can mean "annex" or "addition." |
| Albanian | "Zgjerim" also refers to the act of extending or expanding something and the result of that action. |
| Amharic | The word "ማራዘሚያ" can also refer to a "continuation" or "addition" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word 'تمديد' also has the connotation of 'making long' and can refer to extending something in length. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "genişləndirmə" in Azerbaijani can also mean "expansion" or "enlargement". |
| Basque | Luzapena can also mean 'expansion', 'continuation' or 'stretching'. |
| Belarusian | Belarusian “прыбудова” originates from the Old Russian “прибыть” meaning “to arrive, to join” (cognate with “прибыль” “profit, gains”). Hence, “прыбудова” is something joined to the house, while Russian counterpart “пристройка” literally means “a built-on structure”. |
| Bengali | এক্সটেনশন শব্দটি 'এক্সটেনড' (বর্ধিত করা) এবং 'এনসিস' (কাজ) থেকে এসেছে। |
| Bosnian | The word "produženje" can also refer to a "prolongation" or "extension in time". |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "удължаване" (extension) also means "prolongation" or "lengthening". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "extensió" also means "area" or "scope", and it comes from the Latin word "extensio," meaning "a stretching out." |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, the word "pagpalawig" has roots in the word "lawig," which means long or extended, suggesting a close relationship to the concept of extending something. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 延期 (yánqī) literally means "late arrival" or "delay", and can also refer to an extension of time. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 延期 is also used to refer to putting something off, delaying it, or postponing it, indicating a change of a set time. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, the word "estensione" refers to both the length of a line or a piece of land and the act of expanding or enlarging. |
| Croatian | "Produženje" derives from the Slavic root "prod", meaning "to lengthen", and is cognate with other Slavic words such as "produžení" (Czech), "продление" (Russian), and "przedłużenie" (Polish). |
| Czech | Its first meaning was "unrolling the dough", and only later did it come to mean "expansion". |
| Danish | "Udvidelse" also means "dilatation" or "expansion" in Danish. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word 'uitbreiding' can also mean 'broaden' or 'expand'. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "etendo" is related to the Latin word "extendo," meaning "to stretch out." |
| Estonian | In Estonian, "pikendamine" also means "prolongation" or "lengthening". |
| Finnish | "Laajennus" also means "expansion" or "broadening" in Finnish. |
| French | In addition to its meaning as an “addition,” the French word “extension” also refers to hair extensions, a telephone extension, or additional time granted. |
| Frisian | Útbou is also the name of a Frisian language festival held annually. |
| Galician | In Galician, "extensión" can also mean "area" or "amount". |
| German | The German word "Erweiterung" originates from the Middle High German word "ewiterunge" and also means "expansion" or "enlargement". |
| Greek | Επέκταση may also refer to the spread of a disease or a period of extra time in sports. |
| Haitian Creole | The term 'ekstansyon' is widely used beyond its original meaning to refer to an electric outlet and can also be found in the name of the popular Haitian musical style 'ekstansyon' |
| Hausa | In the Hausa language, the word "tsawo" means "a piece that has been added on" or "an extra piece" and is used to refer to a variety of physical and abstract concepts, such as an extension on a house or an extra helping of food. |
| Hawaiian | In the Hawaiian language, hoʻolōʻihi can also refer to the act of stretching or extending something. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "विस्तार" can also refer to the expansion of a body of water or land, or to the elaboration of a subject. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "txuas ntxiv" can also refer to a "relationship between people", an "addition" to something, or a "connection". |
| Hungarian | In the Hungarian language, the term 'kiterjesztés' may also refer to adding a section or an addition to a document or text. |
| Icelandic | Derived from the Old Norse "fram", meaning "forward", and "lengja", meaning "to lengthen", "framlenging" can also refer to a journey or period of time. |
| Igbo | It can also mean 'addition' in the sense of 'extra' or 'bonus' as in 'ndọtị ụgwọ' which means 'extra pay'. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word 'perpanjangan' can also mean 'elongation' or 'stretching' depending on the context. |
| Irish | The Irish word "síneadh" is also used to refer to "protraction" and "duration". |
| Italian | The Italian word "estensione" can also mean "extensivity" or "extension in music". |
| Japanese | The word "拡張" (かくちょう) can also mean "expansion", "enlargement", or "extension" in the sense of "adding to something". |
| Javanese | "Ekstensi" comes from the Sanskrit word "ekastha" meaning "one place". |
| Kannada | ವಿಸ್ತರಣೆ in Kannada can also mean a 'supplementary portion' or 'additional part' of something. |
| Kazakh | The verb кеңейту, meaning “to expand, extend”, is derived from the noun кең ( geniş in Turkish), meaning “spacious, wide”. |
| Khmer | The word "ផ្នែកបន្ថែម" can also refer to a part of a building or land that has been added on or extended. |
| Korean | 신장 can also refer to an internal organ, the kidneys. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "кеңейтүү" can also mean "expansion" or "enlargement" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | The Latin word "extensio" has alternate meanings including "stretching", "expanding", "enlarging", and "spreading out". |
| Latvian | The word "pagarinājums" in Latvian also means "prolongation". |
| Lithuanian | The word "pratęsimas" can also refer to a delay or a continuation. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Extensioun" has the same origin in Latin as the English "extent" and also means "scope". |
| Macedonian | The word 'продолжување'('extension') is also used in other Slavic languages with the same meaning, such as in Russian where it is spelled as 'продолжение'. |
| Malagasy | The word 'fanitarana' also means 'expansion' and 'prolongation'. |
| Malay | In Indonesian, 'sambungan' also refers to sequels (of television shows, novels, films, etc.). |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "വിപുലീകരണം" literally means "making wide" and can also refer to "enlargement" or "expansion". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "estensjoni" can mean either "extension" or "excuse" in English. |
| Maori | An alternative meaning of "toronga" is a "branch" or "limb" of a family or group. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'विस्तार' (extension) derives from Sanskrit 'विस्तार' meaning 'spreading out' or 'widening'. |
| Mongolian | "Өргөтгөл" can also mean enlargement, multiplication, and expanse. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | Myanmar word “extension ကို” comes from the English word but is also used more broadly to include any addition, extension, or increase. |
| Nepali | "विस्तार" (extension) is derived from the Sanskrit word "विस्तृ" (to spread out) and also means "elaboration" or "explanation". |
| Norwegian | The word "Utvidelse" can also refer to an extension or expansion of a building or structure. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The verb '-kuwonjezera' also means 'to elongate', 'to prolong', or 'to increase' in Chichewa. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "غځول" also means "to stretch", "to extend", or "to prolong". |
| Persian | افزونه also means prosthesis in medicine. |
| Polish | The word "rozbudowa" is derived from the Slavic root "bud-", meaning "to build", and the prefix "roz-", meaning "to spread out". It can also refer to the expansion of a city or town, or the development of new infrastructure. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "extensão" can mean either an extension (of something) or a university department. |
| Punjabi | ਵਿਸਥਾਰ is also the name of a Sikh festival that commemorates the day that the Sikh Gurus extended their authority over the entire Sikh nation. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "extensie" also refers to the file format of a computer file. |
| Russian | The Russian word "расширение" can also refer to the expansion or development of something. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word faʻaopoopoga has Polynesian cognates like the Hawaiian hoopili which also means "to join." |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "leudachadh" is derived from the Old Irish word "leodechad" meaning "extending". |
| Serbian | In addition to its meaning as "extension," "продужење" can also mean "continuation" or "supplement." |
| Sesotho | The word "katoloso" is a noun derived from the verb "katolosa" (to expand or extend). |
| Shona | The word "kuwedzera" in Shona can also mean "to add" or "to increase". |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "واڌ" also means "progress" or "increase". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "දිගුව" (extension) in Sinhala can also refer to a type of traditional cloth worn by men. |
| Slovak | "Predĺženie" also means "overtime" in Slovak, as in overtime in sports. |
| Slovenian | The verb "podaljšati" (to extend) derives from the word "dalj" (further) and the prefix "po-" (on, after). |
| Somali | "Kordhinta" is also used to mean "line" in Somali. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "extensión" can also mean "university campus" or "university faculty". |
| Sundanese | Alternately, "papanjangan" can literally mean "extension board" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | In some contexts, "ugani" can also refer to the act of adding or expanding something, rather than the result of doing so. |
| Swedish | The word "förlängning" comes from the Old Swedish word "förlänga", meaning "to lengthen" or "to extend". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Karugtong" shares the same root with "karugrug" (to fall), which makes sense as an extension is like a continuation (i.e., extended or falling) of something. |
| Tajik | "Тамдиди" also means "prolongation" or "continuation" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | Its alternate meaning 'stretching' comes from its root, 'நீள் ('நீள் ('long').' |
| Telugu | The term “పొడిగింపు” can also be used as a noun meaning a supplement to something written, or a verb meaning to lengthen something. |
| Thai | The word "ส่วนขยาย" can also mean "extension" or "addition" in Thai. |
| Turkish | "Uzan" in "uzantı" means "to reach" in the sense of stretching out your hand to grab something. "Uzanmak" means to stretch out your hand or to go somewhere by extending yourself. In this sense, it is similar to "stretch" of the English word "extension". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "розширення" can also mean "enlargement" or "expansion". |
| Urdu | The word "توسیع" (extension) also means "expansion" and "development". |
| Uzbek | The word "kengaytma" literally means "to stretch" or "to make something wider". |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "sự mở rộng" can also refer to the expansion of a concept or idea. |
| Welsh | "Estyniad" can also mean "extent" or "extremity". |
| Xhosa | The word "ulwandiso" also means "addition" or "annex" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | Yiddish פאַרלענגערונג (farleyngerung) is a calque of German Verlängerung (literally "making-longer") and shares the same Latin origin as "elongation". |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "itẹsiwaju" also means "progress" or "development." |
| Zulu | The word "isandiso" also refers to the extension of a person's life, as in "ukwandisa impilo". |
| English | The word "extension" derives from the Latin "extensio," meaning "stretching out," and also refers to a mathematical quantity and a telephone service. |