External in Different Languages
Discover 'External' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
External
Afrikaans ekstern | ||
Albanian të jashtme | ||
Amharic ውጫዊ | ||
Arabic خارجي | ||
Armenian արտաքին | ||
Assamese বাহ্যিক | ||
Aymara thiyaru | ||
Azerbaijani xarici | ||
Bambara kɔfɛla | ||
Basque kanpokoa | ||
Belarusian знешні | ||
Bengali বাহ্যিক | ||
Bhojpuri बाहरी | ||
Bosnian vanjski | ||
Bulgarian външен | ||
Catalan extern | ||
Cebuano gawas | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 外部 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 外部 | ||
Corsican esternu | ||
Croatian vanjski | ||
Czech externí | ||
Danish ekstern | ||
Dhivehi ބޭރުފުށުގެ | ||
Dogri बाहरी | ||
Dutch extern | ||
English external | ||
Esperanto ekstera | ||
Estonian väline | ||
Ewe le egodo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) panlabas | ||
Finnish ulkoinen | ||
French externe | ||
Frisian ekstern | ||
Galician externo | ||
Georgian გარეგანი | ||
German extern | ||
Greek εξωτερικός | ||
Guarani okapegua | ||
Gujarati બાહ્ય | ||
Haitian Creole ekstèn | ||
Hausa na waje | ||
Hawaiian kūwaho | ||
Hebrew חיצוני | ||
Hindi बाहरी | ||
Hmong sab nraud | ||
Hungarian külső | ||
Icelandic ytri | ||
Igbo mpụga | ||
Ilocano iti ruar | ||
Indonesian luar | ||
Irish seachtrach | ||
Italian esterno | ||
Japanese 外部 | ||
Javanese njaba | ||
Kannada ಬಾಹ್ಯ | ||
Kazakh сыртқы | ||
Khmer ខាងក្រៅ | ||
Kinyarwanda hanze | ||
Konkani बाह्य | ||
Korean 외부 | ||
Krio ɔda tin | ||
Kurdish xûkirînî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دەرەکی | ||
Kyrgyz тышкы | ||
Lao ພາຍນອກ | ||
Latin external | ||
Latvian ārējs | ||
Lingala ya libanda | ||
Lithuanian išorinis | ||
Luganda wabweeru | ||
Luxembourgish extern | ||
Macedonian надворешни | ||
Maithili बाहरी | ||
Malagasy ivelany | ||
Malay luaran | ||
Malayalam ബാഹ്യ | ||
Maltese esterni | ||
Maori ā-waho | ||
Marathi बाह्य | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯄꯥꯟꯊꯣꯡꯒꯤ | ||
Mizo pawnlam | ||
Mongolian гадна | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပြင်ပ | ||
Nepali बाह्य | ||
Norwegian utvendig | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kunja | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବାହ୍ୟ | ||
Oromo kan alaa | ||
Pashto باندنۍ | ||
Persian خارجی | ||
Polish zewnętrzny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) externo | ||
Punjabi ਬਾਹਰੀ | ||
Quechua hawa kaq | ||
Romanian extern | ||
Russian внешний | ||
Samoan fafo | ||
Sanskrit बाह्य | ||
Scots Gaelic taobh a-muigh | ||
Sepedi ka ntle | ||
Serbian спољни | ||
Sesotho kantle | ||
Shona zvekunze | ||
Sindhi خارجي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) බාහිර | ||
Slovak externý | ||
Slovenian zunanji | ||
Somali dibedda | ||
Spanish externo | ||
Sundanese jaba | ||
Swahili ya nje | ||
Swedish extern | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) panlabas | ||
Tajik беруна | ||
Tamil வெளிப்புறம் | ||
Tatar тышкы | ||
Telugu బాహ్య | ||
Thai ภายนอก | ||
Tigrinya ደጋዊ | ||
Tsonga swale handle | ||
Turkish dış | ||
Turkmen daşarky | ||
Twi (Akan) abɔnten | ||
Ukrainian зовнішній | ||
Urdu بیرونی | ||
Uyghur سىرتقى | ||
Uzbek tashqi | ||
Vietnamese bên ngoài | ||
Welsh allanol | ||
Xhosa ngaphandle | ||
Yiddish פונדרויסנדיק | ||
Yoruba ita | ||
Zulu kwangaphandle |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "ekstern" in Afrikaans originates from the Dutch word "extern" and retains its original meaning of "outside" or "external". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "të jashtme" is derived from the Proto-Albanian root *jă- "outside," and is related to the Latin word "exterus" meaning "outer," and the English word "exterior." |
| Amharic | ውጫዊ originates from the root word "ወጣ" (to come out), meaning something outside of a given boundary. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "خارجي" also means "rebel" or "insurgent". |
| Azerbaijani | In the Azerbaijani language, "xarici" not only means "external", but also refers to a medical specialist who treats patients from outside the body. |
| Basque | The word "kanpokoa" can also mean "superficial" or "apparent" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The word "знешні" also means "foreign" or "external" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | The word "বাহ্যিক" also means "outward" or "manifest" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word "vanjski" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *vъnьšьni, which also means "outside" or "foreign". |
| Bulgarian | The word "външен" can also refer to someone or something that is not related to a particular group or organization. |
| Catalan | Extern in Catalan can also mean foreign or external to oneself |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "gawas", meaning "outside" or "exterior", shares the same etymology with the Tagalog term "labas"} |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 外部 (wàibù) can also mean "outsiders" or "foreign countries". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "外部" can also mean "outsider" or "foreigner" in Chinese. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "esternu" is also used to refer to the "outside" or the "countryside". |
| Croatian | The word "vanjski" in Croatian also means "foreign" or "external force". |
| Czech | The word "externí" in Czech can also mean "external storage" or "external device". |
| Danish | Ekstern, "external" in Danish, is related to the word "exterior" in French and "extro" in Latin, both meaning "outside". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "extern" also means "guest" or "outsider" in addition to "external". |
| Esperanto | In Polish, the word "ekstera" means "outside". |
| Estonian | The word "väline" can also refer to a tool, instrument, or means of accomplishing something. |
| Finnish | Ulkoinen ('external') shares a root with ulkoa ('outdoors') and is cognate with Polish ulga ('relief'). |
| French | The French word "externe" also means "medical student" or "hospital orderly". |
| Frisian | In addition to the obvious meaning, "ekstern" is used in Frisian to also mean "stranger" and "non-domestic animal". |
| Galician | A Galician term "externo", comes from the Latin noun “externus” which means “stranger”. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "გარეგანი" (external) is also used in the sense of "superficial" or "cosmetic." |
| German | The German word "extern" can also refer to a "temporary worker" or "student teacher". |
| Greek | The Greek word "εξωτερικός" can also mean "unrelated" or "foreign." |
| Gujarati | "બાહ્ય" is the Sanskrit word for "external", "outer", or "of a particular group". |
| Haitian Creole | "Èkstèn" is an Haitian Creole word that means external. It comes from the French word "externe" |
| Hausa | In Arabic, the root word "wajh" means "face" or "direction," suggesting that "na waje" may originally have referred to something's outward appearance or orientation. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word “kūwaho” also means “country” and refers to any place outside the home. |
| Hebrew | The word "חיצוני" can also refer to a person who is not a member of a particular group or organization. |
| Hindi | The Sanskrit root of "बाहरी" (external) is "bahi," which also means "outside" or "beyond." |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "sab nraud" also means "the world outside the village". |
| Hungarian | This word is derived from the word "kül", which means "out(side)", and adds the suffix "-só", indicating a state or condition. |
| Icelandic | The word ytri also means outer or surface in the Icelandic language. |
| Igbo | "Mpụga" can also mean a place where water is scooped from a natural water body such as a lake or stream |
| Indonesian | The word "luar" also means "outside" and "beyond" in Indonesian. |
| Irish | Seachtrach, meaning 'external' or 'outsider', originates from the Middle Irish word 'sechtraid' ('outside'). |
| Italian | The Italian word "esterno" also means "foreign" or "outsider". |
| Japanese | In Chinese, 外部 means both “external” and “outside”, while in Japanese it means only “external”. In Chinese, “outside” is 外面. |
| Javanese | The word njaba does not only mean external but also means outside, other, another, beyond, else, elsewhere, foreign, strange, unfamiliar, alien, out-of-doors, out-of-the-way, distant, remote, back, rear, behind, after, and beyond. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಬಾಹ್ಯ" can also refer to "foreign" or "outsider." |
| Kazakh | The word "сыртқы" also means "superficial" or "peripheral" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The word "ខាងក្រៅ" ("external") in Khmer can also mean "outsider" or "foreigner". |
| Korean | "The word '외부' is also used to refer to the outside world, especially in contrast to the inside of a building." |
| Kurdish | The word "xûkirînî" in Kurdish can also refer to "something that is not internal", such as a disease or an event. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "тышкы" can also mean "outside" or "outdoors". |
| Latin | Latin "externus" also means "outsider" or "foreigner." |
| Latvian | The word “ārējs” also means “outer” and “exterior” in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The word "išorinis" can also be used to refer to something that is not internal or essential to something else. |
| Luxembourgish | "Ausse" is both the Luxembourgish word for something external and a verb meaning "to remove the outside of something". |
| Macedonian | It may also be used to refer to something that is not internal to the body or mind. |
| Malagasy | The word "ivelany" can also refer to the outdoors or the outside of something. |
| Malay | The Malay word "luaran" is derived from the Arabic word "zāhir" meaning "apparent" or "outward". |
| Malayalam | The word "external" in Malayalam comes from the Sanskrit word "bahir" meaning "outward" or "on the outside." |
| Maltese | In medical contexts, "esterni" can also refer to superficial body parts, such as the face or hands. |
| Maori | The word "ā-waho" can also mean "outside" or "abroad". |
| Marathi | The word "बाह्य" is often used to mean "worldly" or "material" in spiritual contexts. |
| Mongolian | The word гадна can also refer to the outside of something or a foreign country. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word ပြင်ပ “external” is also used in other contexts such as in astrology to signify “outside of the circle of protection of the planets”. This is in contrast with “အတွင်း “inside”, which would refer to being within that circle.} |
| Nepali | The word 'बाह्य' derives from the Sanskrit word 'bahir', meaning 'outside' or 'external', and is also used in Maithili, Bengali, and Assamese. |
| Norwegian | The word "utvendig" derives from the Old Norse word "útvendigr", meaning "outer" or "on the outside". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kunja" in Nyanja can also mean "away from home". |
| Pashto | "باندنۍ" (external) comes from the Persian word "بند" (closed, confined), which in turn comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhendh- (to tie, to bind). |
| Persian | The Persian word "خارجی" also refers to a member of the Kharijites, an early Islamic sect. |
| Polish | The word "zewnętrzny" (external) is derived from "ze" (outside) and "wntrz" (interior). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Originating from Latin 'externus', 'externo' can also mean 'foreign' or 'outsider'. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "extern" can also mean "student". This is because in the past, medical students were often required to work in hospitals as externs before they could graduate. |
| Russian | "Внешний" (external) is a Russian word that can also mean "external appearance", "external manifestation", or "external influence". |
| Samoan | The word "fafo" can also mean "open" or "exposed" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "taobh a-muigh" ("external") also means "out of doors" or "out in the open". |
| Serbian | "Spoљни" can also mean outer or foreign. |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, "kantle" also refers to the "outdoors" or "open air". |
| Shona | "Zvekunze" can also mean "the other side" or "the outside". |
| Sindhi | The word "خارجي" in Sindhi comes from the Arabic word "خارج" meaning "outside" and also refers to something that is "inappropriate" or "unsuitable." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "බාහිර" can also mean "outside" or "outer" and is derived from the Sanskrit word "bāhya." |
| Slovak | The word "externý" can also refer to something that is located outside of or beyond something else. |
| Slovenian | " Zunânji " derives from " zunaj " (outside) but also means "foreign", "abroad" or "external". |
| Somali | Bedda is also an Arabic word that means 'appearance' and is used in Somali to describe someone's physical characteristics. |
| Spanish | The noun "externo" also means "one who is outside the country" or "foreigner." |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "jaba" can also refer to a space outside a house or the outer part of something. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "ya nje" can also mean "strangers" and is related to the Arabic word "naji" meaning "stranger" or "guest." |
| Swedish | Extern (external) in Swedish can also mean "outside" or "outward", as in "den externa världen" (the outside world). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Panlabas is also used in Filipino to describe something physical, such as an object's exterior or surface. |
| Tajik | The word "беруна" comes from the Persian word "berūn" which means "outside". |
| Telugu | The word "బాహ్య" can also mean "outward" or "foreign" in Telugu. |
| Thai | The word ภายนอก (external) shares an etymology with the word น่า (front) and นอก (outside), hinting at its original meaning of "the front outside". |
| Turkish | Dış can also mean 'except' or 'other than' in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The root of "зовнішній" is "з" which gives the word the meaning of "from the outside". |
| Urdu | بیرونی was originally a Persian word meaning 'stranger' or 'foreigner'. |
| Uzbek | "Tashqi" comes from the Persian word "tashq" meaning "outside". |
| Vietnamese | Bên ngoài (external) can also mean 'outdoors' or 'abroad' in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | In the Brythonic languages, "allanol" is derived from the Proto-Celtic "*allo-nālos" (meaning "in front") and is cognate with the Latin "ante" (meaning "before"). |
| Xhosa | In addition to its primary meaning of "external," "ngaphandle" can also refer to "the outside" or "the surface" |
| Yiddish | The word `פונדרויסנדיק` originates from German `auswendig` and originally meant `by heart.` |
| Yoruba | The word "ita" can also refer to a "village" or "town" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | Kwanga is a prefix of the word kwangaphandle, which translates to "something that is not part of the original. |
| English | The word 'external' derives from the Latin word 'externus', which means 'outward' or 'foreign'. |