Factory in Different Languages
Discover 'Factory' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Factory
Afrikaans fabriek | ||
Albanian fabrika | ||
Amharic ፋብሪካ | ||
Arabic مصنع | ||
Armenian գործարանային | ||
Assamese ফেক্টৰী | ||
Aymara phawrika | ||
Azerbaijani zavod | ||
Bambara izini | ||
Basque lantegia | ||
Belarusian завод | ||
Bengali কারখানা | ||
Bhojpuri कारखाना | ||
Bosnian tvornica | ||
Bulgarian фабрика | ||
Catalan fàbrica | ||
Cebuano pabrika | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 厂 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 廠 | ||
Corsican fabbrica | ||
Croatian tvornica | ||
Czech továrna | ||
Danish fabrik | ||
Dhivehi ފެކްޓަރީ | ||
Dogri कारखाना | ||
Dutch fabriek | ||
English factory | ||
Esperanto fabriko | ||
Estonian tehases | ||
Ewe dɔwɔƒe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pabrika | ||
Finnish tehdas | ||
French usine | ||
Frisian fabryk | ||
Galician fábrica | ||
Georgian ქარხანა | ||
German fabrik | ||
Greek εργοστάσιο | ||
Guarani apopyrãhaguasu | ||
Gujarati ફેક્ટરી | ||
Haitian Creole faktori | ||
Hausa ma'aikata | ||
Hawaiian hale hana | ||
Hebrew בית חרושת | ||
Hindi फ़ैक्टरी | ||
Hmong hoobkas | ||
Hungarian gyár | ||
Icelandic verksmiðju | ||
Igbo ụlọ ọrụ | ||
Ilocano pabrika | ||
Indonesian pabrik | ||
Irish monarcha | ||
Italian fabbrica | ||
Japanese 工場 | ||
Javanese pabrik | ||
Kannada ಕಾರ್ಖಾನೆ | ||
Kazakh зауыт | ||
Khmer រោងចក្រ | ||
Kinyarwanda uruganda | ||
Konkani कारखानो | ||
Korean 공장 | ||
Krio faktri | ||
Kurdish karxane | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کارگە | ||
Kyrgyz фабрика | ||
Lao ໂຮງງານ | ||
Latin factory | ||
Latvian rūpnīcā | ||
Lingala izine | ||
Lithuanian gamykla | ||
Luganda fakitole | ||
Luxembourgish fabréck | ||
Macedonian фабрика | ||
Maithili कारखाना | ||
Malagasy orinasa | ||
Malay kilang | ||
Malayalam ഫാക്ടറി | ||
Maltese fabbrika | ||
Maori wheketere | ||
Marathi कारखाना | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯥꯔꯈꯥꯅꯥ | ||
Mizo thil siamna hmunpui | ||
Mongolian үйлдвэр | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စက်ရုံ | ||
Nepali कारखाना | ||
Norwegian fabrikk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) fakitale | ||
Odia (Oriya) କାରଖାନା | ||
Oromo warshaa | ||
Pashto فابریکه | ||
Persian کارخانه | ||
Polish fabryka | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) fábrica | ||
Punjabi ਫੈਕਟਰੀ | ||
Quechua fabrica | ||
Romanian fabrică | ||
Russian фабрика | ||
Samoan fale gaosi | ||
Sanskrit यन्त्रशाला | ||
Scots Gaelic factaraidh | ||
Sepedi feketheri | ||
Serbian фабрика | ||
Sesotho fektheri | ||
Shona fekitori | ||
Sindhi ڪارخانو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කර්මාන්ත ශාලාව | ||
Slovak továreň | ||
Slovenian tovarna | ||
Somali warshad | ||
Spanish fábrica | ||
Sundanese pabrik | ||
Swahili kiwanda | ||
Swedish fabrik | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pabrika | ||
Tajik завод | ||
Tamil தொழிற்சாலை | ||
Tatar завод | ||
Telugu ఫ్యాక్టరీ | ||
Thai โรงงาน | ||
Tigrinya ፋብሪካ | ||
Tsonga feme | ||
Turkish fabrika | ||
Turkmen zawod | ||
Twi (Akan) mfididwuma | ||
Ukrainian завод | ||
Urdu فیکٹری | ||
Uyghur زاۋۇت | ||
Uzbek zavod | ||
Vietnamese nhà máy | ||
Welsh ffatri | ||
Xhosa umzi-mveliso | ||
Yiddish פאַבריק | ||
Yoruba ile ise | ||
Zulu ifektri |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Fabriek" is also an Afrikaans word for "fabric" or "plant". |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "fabrika" can also refer to a workshop, foundry or forge. |
| Amharic | Factory (ፋብሪካ) is also used colloquially in Amharic to refer to a |
| Arabic | The word "مصنع" (factory) in Arabic originally meant a place where something is made or produced, but can also refer to a place where something is stored or kept. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "zavod" in Azerbaijani can also refer to a "plant" or "institution". |
| Basque | The Basque word "lantegia" ultimately derives from the Latin word "officina", meaning "workshop" or "factory". |
| Belarusian | The word "завод" can also refer to a clockwork or mechanical device. |
| Bengali | The word "কারখানা" in Bengali originates from the Persian word "kārkhāneh", meaning "workshop" or "studio". |
| Bosnian | The word 'tvornica' derives from the Slavic root 'tvar' meaning 'form', indicating the purpose of a factory to transform raw materials into finished products. |
| Bulgarian | The word "фабрика" in Bulgarian comes from the Latin "fabrica", meaning "workshop" or "establishment". |
| Catalan | "Fàbrica" also means "fabric" or "manufacture" in Catalan. |
| Cebuano | The word "pabrika" in Cebuano is derived from the Spanish word "fabrica", which means "workshop" or "building where goods are manufactured". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The lower portion of 厂 (factory) resembles the base of a building. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "廠" also means "industry" or "manufacture". |
| Corsican | The Corsican word “fabbrica” also has the alternate meaning of “guild” |
| Croatian | The word 'tvornica' is derived from the verb 'tvoriti', meaning 'to create' or 'to produce'. |
| Czech | The word "továrna" is derived from the German "Tabor", an army camp. |
| Danish | In Danish, the word "fabrik" (factory) can also refer to a theatrical backdrop or a decorative fabric. |
| Dutch | Fabriek originates from the latin fabrica, meaning building or workshop. |
| Esperanto | Fabriko derives from the Latin word "fabrica" meaning "workshop" or "manufactory" |
| Estonian | The word "tehases" in Estonian is derived from the German word "Fabrik". |
| Finnish | Its stem "tehdä" means to perform an action, so "tehdas" originally denoted a place where actions are done. |
| French | The French word "usine" originally meant "forge" and is derived from the Latin word "usina," meaning "workshop." |
| Frisian | The word "fabryk" in Frisian is derived from the Latin word "fabrica", meaning "workshop" or "building site" |
| Galician | "Fábrica" can also mean warehouse, storehouse, or workshop in Galician. |
| Georgian | The word ქარხანა (factory) is derived from the Persian word کارخانه (kārkhāneh), which means "workshop" or "factory." |
| German | The German word "Fabrik" originates from the Middle High German word "faborc", meaning "building" or "workshop". |
| Greek | The Greek word "εργοστάσιο" (factory) originates from the ancient Greek words "ἔργον" (work) and "στᾰσία" (stand, place). |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "ફેક્ટરી" (factory) derives from the Latin word "facere" (to make or do) and its French derivative "fabrique" (workshop). |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "faktori" is derived from the English word "factory", meaning both a place of industrial production and a commercial trading post. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word 'ma'aikata' also refers to a group of workers or employees performing specific tasks. |
| Hawaiian | "Hale" means house or building, and "hana" means work or labor. |
| Hebrew | The word "בית חרושת" is derived from the Aramaic word "beth harsa", meaning "house of production" or "workshop". |
| Hindi | The word 'फ़ैक्टरी' can also refer to a trading post or a group of merchants in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The word hoobkas is derived from the Hmong word “hoob”, which means “to make or produce”, and the suffix “-kas”, which indicates a place. |
| Hungarian | The German name 'Gewerbe' also exists with the original meaning 'industry, craftsmanship' in the old Hungarian literature (gyer, ger). Later it meant 'manufacture', and today this function is called 'ipar'. In contrast, the Hungarian 'gyár' always meant only the technical equipment of a factory. |
| Icelandic | The word "verksmiðju" literally means "workshop of work". |
| Igbo | The word "ụlọ ọrụ" in Igbo is also used to refer to a place of work, such as an office or a school. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "pabrik" is derived from the Dutch word "fabriek", which was itself borrowed from the French word "fabrique", meaning "workshop" or "manufacture". |
| Irish | Monarcha is the Irish word for factory |
| Italian | "Fabbrica" in Italian originally meant "construction site," and still retains that meaning today. |
| Japanese | "工場" is a loanword that was originally used in Japan to refer to military arsenals. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word |
| Kannada | The word "ಕಾರ್ಖಾನೆ" can also refer to a workshop or a place where goods are manufactured. |
| Kazakh | The word "зауыт" is derived from the Persian word "zawahed", meaning "a special place for work or manufacturing". |
| Khmer | The word "រោងចក្រ" (factory) also has the alternate meaning of "workshop" or "plant" in Khmer. |
| Korean | Originally, 공장 meant "workroom", not specifically "factory" |
| Kurdish | The name 'kārkhāneh' (factory) comes from the Persian word 'kār' (work) and the suffix '-khāneh' (house). |
| Kyrgyz | The word "фабрика" is a loanword from Russian. |
| Latin | The Latin word “factoria” referred to trading posts established in foreign lands by European merchants. |
| Latvian | The word "rūpnīcā" in Latvian derives from the German word "Fabrik". |
| Lithuanian | "Gamykla" in Lithuanian finds its root in the word "gama", which means "production". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Fabréck" is derived from the French word "fabrique", meaning "factory" or "workshop". |
| Macedonian | In Russian, "фабрика" initially referred to a merchant's workplace, but later narrowed its meaning to the industrial sense. |
| Malagasy | Orinasa derives from French "usine", ultimately from Latin "officina" (workshop)." |
| Malay | The word "kilang" is derived from the Sanskrit word "kalinga" meaning "forge" or "workshop". In addition to meaning "factory", it can also refer to a "mill", "mine", or "plantation". |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "ഫാക്ടറി" (factory) can also refer to a group or collection of things. |
| Maltese | "Fabbrika" also means "the action of forging" in Maltese. |
| Maori | The Maori word "wheketere" (factory) originally referred to a traditional communal working space in a village. |
| Marathi | The word "कारखाना" can also mean a "workshop" or an "establishment where goods are manufactured." |
| Mongolian | The word "үйлдвэр" (factory) is derived from the verb "үйлдвэрлэх" (to produce), and can also refer to a workshop or plant where goods are manufactured. |
| Nepali | The word "कारखाना" is derived from the Hindi word "कारखाना" which originally meant "workshop" or "artisan's shop". |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "fabrikk" is cognate with the Latin word "fabrica" meaning "workshop" or "building." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word "fakitale" is a loanword from Portuguese "fábrica", ultimately deriving from Latin "facere" (to make). |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "فابریکه" (factory) can also refer to a workshop or an industrial establishment where goods are produced. |
| Persian | The word "کارخانه" also means "workshop" in Persian, and comes from the Arabic word "كَرْخَانَة" (karkhāna), which can mean "factory" or "workshop". |
| Polish | The word "fabryka" derives from the Latin word "fabrica", meaning "workshop" or "construction", and is cognate with the English word "fabric". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Fábrica" in Portuguese originally referred to the fabrication of weapons, but nowadays it can mean any type of industrial production establishment |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਫੈਕਟਰੀ" comes from the Portuguese word "fábrica" which originally meant "workshop". |
| Romanian | "Fabrică" comes from the Latin word fabrica, which means "workshop". |
| Russian | Russian "фабрика" (factory) can also mean "plot" in theater or "a play created by a group of people" - this meaning is outdated and is not used anymore. |
| Samoan | The term “fale gaosi” is likely derived from the words “fale” (house) and “gaosi” (to make or manufacture), reflecting the purpose of factories as places of production. |
| Scots Gaelic | Derived from the Latin factorium "a place for making", which is also the origin of the English word "factory". |
| Serbian | In Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian, the word "фабрика" also means "workshop" or "plant." |
| Sesotho | The etymology of the Sesotho word "fektheri" is unclear, it may derive from an Afrikaans origin or directly from English. |
| Shona | The word 'fekitori' also refers to a place where goods are manufactured or processed. |
| Sindhi | The word 'ڪارخانو' likely derives from Persian 'kārkhāna' ('workshop, factory'), which itself comes from Persian 'kār' ('work') and 'khāna' ('house, room'). |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'කර්මාන්ත ශාලාව' is ultimately derived from the Tamil word 'kāṟṟāṉai', which itself comes from the Malayalam word 'kūtṟṟôli'. The Tamil word means 'an establishment where craftsmen work', while the Malayalam word means 'an agricultural labour' |
| Slovak | The word "továreň" is derived from the Slovak word "tovar" meaning "goods" or "merchandise". |
| Slovenian | The word “tovarna” also refers to a collection of works produced by one author. |
| Somali | The word "warshad" in Somali can also refer to a place where something is produced or manufactured. |
| Spanish | The word "fábrica" also means "construction" and derives from the Latin word "fabrica". |
| Sundanese | The Indonesian word "pabrik" is derived from the Sanskrit word "pra-bhrika," meaning "to carry on, or bring to light." |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "kiwanda" is derived from the Bantu root "-wand-", meaning "to build" or "to make". |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "fabrik" can also refer to a textile plant or a publishing house. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, "pabrika" is a loanword of Spanish origin, where it originally meant "fabric" or "workshop". |
| Tajik | В таджикском языке слово "завод" используется для обозначения не только промышленных предприятий, но и водных мельниц и маслобоен. |
| Thai | The Thai word โรงงาน (rongngan) can also refer to the stage for Thai boxing matches. |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "fabrika" can also refer to a large, elaborate building or a theatrical play. |
| Ukrainian | The word "завод" derives from the Slavic root "zъvodъ" meaning "institution" or "place of production". |
| Urdu | The word "فیکٹری" is borrowed from the Latin word "fabrica", which can also mean "workshop" or "building" in the context of construction. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "zavod" is also the word for "plant", "establishment" or "institution" and is of ultimately Slavic origin. |
| Vietnamese | Nhà máy (factory) bắt nguồn từ tiếng Latinh "manufactura" có nghĩa là "làm bằng tay". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "ffatri" also means "belly", reflecting the idea of a factory as a place of production. |
| Xhosa | The word "umzi-mveliso" is also used to refer to a "workshop" or "production facility". |
| Yiddish | פאַבריק (fabrík) comes from the Latin 'fabrica' meaning 'a workshop', and is related to words like 'fabric' and 'fabricate' in English. |
| Yoruba | Ile ise may also mean "farm" in Yoruba, implying a place of production or industry. |
| Zulu | Ifektri also means a 'place of production or creation' and is related to the word 'fektri'. |
| English | The word 'factory' originates from the Latin 'factum', meaning 'something made'. In medieval times, it referred to a place where merchants or traders conducted business. |