Feature in different languages

Feature in Different Languages

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Feature


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Afrikaans
funksie
Albanian
veçori
Amharic
ባህሪ
Arabic
خاصية
Armenian
առանձնահատկություն
Assamese
বৈশিষ্ট্য
Aymara
uñstata
Azerbaijani
xüsusiyyət
Bambara
suguya
Basque
ezaugarria
Belarusian
асаблівасць
Bengali
বৈশিষ্ট্য
Bhojpuri
चेहरा-मोहरा
Bosnian
karakteristika
Bulgarian
особеност
Catalan
característica
Cebuano
bahin
Chinese (Simplified)
特征
Chinese (Traditional)
特徵
Corsican
funzione
Croatian
značajka
Czech
vlastnosti
Danish
funktion
Dhivehi
ސިފަ
Dogri
खासियत
Dutch
voorzien zijn van
English
feature
Esperanto
trajto
Estonian
tunnusjoon
Ewe
ŋutinu
Filipino (Tagalog)
tampok
Finnish
ominaisuus
French
fonctionnalité
Frisian
eigenskip
Galician
característica
Georgian
თვისება
German
merkmal
Greek
χαρακτηριστικό
Guarani
heseguáva
Gujarati
લક્ષણ
Haitian Creole
karakteristik
Hausa
fasali
Hawaiian
hiʻona
Hebrew
תכונה
Hindi
सुविधा
Hmong
nta
Hungarian
funkció
Icelandic
lögun
Igbo
atụmatụ
Ilocano
ladawan
Indonesian
fitur
Irish
gné
Italian
caratteristica
Japanese
特徴
Javanese
fitur
Kannada
ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯ
Kazakh
ерекшелігі
Khmer
លក្ខណៈពិសេស
Kinyarwanda
ikiranga
Konkani
खाशेलपण
Korean
특색
Krio
tin
Kurdish
taybetî
Kurdish (Sorani)
تایبەتمەندی
Kyrgyz
өзгөчөлүк
Lao
ຄຸນ​ນະ​ສົມ​ບັດ
Latin
pluma
Latvian
iezīme
Lingala
eteni
Lithuanian
funkcija
Luganda
ekintu eky'enjawulo
Luxembourgish
feature
Macedonian
одлика
Maithili
विशेषता
Malagasy
endri-javatra
Malay
ciri
Malayalam
സവിശേഷത
Maltese
karatteristika
Maori
āhuatanga
Marathi
वैशिष्ट्य
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯃꯑꯣꯡ ꯃꯇꯧ
Mizo
nihphung
Mongolian
онцлог
Myanmar (Burmese)
အင်္ဂါရပ်
Nepali
सुविधा
Norwegian
trekk
Nyanja (Chichewa)
mbali
Odia (Oriya)
ବ feature ଶିଷ୍ଟ୍ୟ
Oromo
amala
Pashto
ب .ه
Persian
ویژگی
Polish
funkcja
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
característica
Punjabi
ਫੀਚਰ
Quechua
imayna kanan
Romanian
caracteristică
Russian
характерная черта
Samoan
vaega
Sanskrit
गुणः
Scots Gaelic
feart
Sepedi
sebopego
Serbian
одлика
Sesotho
tšobotsi
Shona
chimiro
Sindhi
خاصيت
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
විශේෂාංගය
Slovak
vlastnosť
Slovenian
funkcija
Somali
muuqaalka
Spanish
característica
Sundanese
pitur
Swahili
kipengele
Swedish
funktion
Tagalog (Filipino)
tampok
Tajik
хусусият
Tamil
அம்சம்
Tatar
үзенчәлек
Telugu
లక్షణం
Thai
ลักษณะเฉพาะ
Tigrinya
መለለዩ
Tsonga
xiphemu
Turkish
özellik
Turkmen
aýratynlygy
Twi (Akan)
su
Ukrainian
особливість
Urdu
خصوصیت
Uyghur
ئىقتىدار
Uzbek
xususiyati
Vietnamese
đặc tính
Welsh
nodwedd
Xhosa
uphawu
Yiddish
שטריך
Yoruba
ẹya
Zulu
isici

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
Afrikaans"Funksie" has different meanings, including: function, event (e.g. family reunion, party), wedding reception or get-together, event (e.g. in a calendar or program).
AlbanianThe Albanian word "veçori" ultimately derives from the Latin "factura" meaning "the act of making", and has also been used to refer to "manner" or "style".
AmharicThe Amharic word "ባህሪ" can also refer to a trait or characteristic of a person or thing.
ArabicIn Arabic, "خاصية" not only means "feature" in English, but is also a synonym for "property" and "characteristic" depending on context.
AzerbaijaniThe word "xüsusiyyət" is derived from the Arabic word "khususiyyah", which means "particularity, individuality, or special character."
Basque"E zau garria" signifies "that has a salt flavour", a semantic evolution that goes from the sense of "salty" to "interesting, attractive"
BengaliFrom Sanskrit 'visheshya', lit. 'being distinguished'
BosnianIn Greek, the word "kharkter" refers to a carving or engraving, while in Bosnian, "karakteristika" is often used to describe a person's nature or disposition.
BulgarianThe Bulgarian word "особеност" originates from the Russian "особенность," meaning "characteristic or particularity," and thus shares its etymology with the English "specific".
CatalanIn Spanish the word "característica" can also refer to a distinguishing feature or trait of a person or thing.
CebuanoBahin is the Cebuano word for part of a whole, such as a body part or a chapter in a book.
Chinese (Simplified)特征 (tèzhēng) is composed of the characters 特 (tè), meaning "special" or "unique," and 征 (zhēng), meaning "evidence" or "proof."
Chinese (Traditional)特徵, meaning 'feature', can also mean 'distinguishing characteristic' or 'symptom'.
CorsicanIn Corsican, "funzione" can also mean a "task" or "duty".
CroatianThe word "značajka" (meaning "feature" in English) shares a common etymological root with the word "znak" (sign, mark) and thus may also refer to a unique characteristic or attribute of a person or object.
CzechVlastnosti, which translates to "feature" in English, also means "characteristics" or "properties" in Czech.
DanishDanish 'funktion' comes from French 'fonction', from Latin 'functio' ('performance, discharge of an office'), from 'fungi' ('to perform, execute').
Dutch"Voorzien zijn van" is a Dutch phrase that literally means "to be provided with". It can also be used to mean "to have" or "to be equipped with".
EsperantoEsperanto "trajto" is borrowed from German "traite" (property), but is cognate with English "treat" (a characteristic).
EstonianThe Estonian word "tunnusjoon" is a compound word consisting of "tunnus" (sign, mark, characteristic) and "joon" (line).
FinnishIn Finnish, "ominaisuus" is derived from the verb "omistaa" meaning "to own" and can also refer to a property.
FrenchThe word "fonctionnalité" also means "functionality".
FrisianThe Frisian word "eigenskip" was historically the same word as the English word "ownership" and is cognate to the German word "Eigentum" in this sense.
GalicianIn Galician, "característica" also means "trait", "quality" or "attribute".
Georgianთვისება (tviseba) in Georgian also means a "property", an object or trait that characterizes someone or something.
German"Merkmal" is sometimes used to refer to the marks of a craftsman on a product as a sign of their quality.
GreekThe word "χαρακτηριστικό" also means "attribute" or "property" in Greek.
Gujarati"લક્ષણ" (feature) is cognate to the Sanskrit word "लक्षरण" (mark, sign) and is also used to refer to symptoms of an illness.
Haitian Creole"Karateristik" is the Haitian Creole spelling of the French word "caractéristique" which shares the same meaning.
Hausa"Fasali" can also mean "appearance, look, aspect" in Hausa.
HawaiianIn addition to its primary meaning of "feature," "hiʻona" can also refer to the "appearance" or "form" of something.
Hebrew"תכונה" comes from the root word "קון". One meaning of "קון" is to create. In addition to meaning "feature," "תכונה" can also mean "property" or an intrinsic quality of something.
HindiThe Hindi word 'सुविधा' originates from the Sanskrit word 'supadā' which means 'an aid or convenience'.
Hmong"Nta" comes from the Proto-Hmong-Mien word *nta, meaning "appearance" or "face."
HungarianFunkció, in addition to the general meaning of "feature" in English, can also mean "function" in a mathematical or programming context, or "role" in a social or professional setting.
IcelandicLögun can also refer to a 'trick', 'joke' or 'deceit' in Icelandic.
IgboIn the Igbo language, "atụmatụ" can mean "plan, strategy, or project" in addition to "feature".
IndonesianIn Indonesian, "fitur" comes from the Dutch word "feature" but also means "benefit".
IrishThe word "gné" also means "aspect" or "manner" in Irish.
ItalianThe Italian word "caratteristica" derives from the Greek "charakteristikon," meaning "that which distinguishes something," and has the same meaning in English as "characteristic".
Japanese"特徴" literally means "special mark", referring to something's distinguishing characteristic.
Javanese"Fitur" in Javanese, помимо значения "особенность", также означает "поведение", "характер" или "привычку".
KannadaThe word 'ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯ' can also refer to a distinctive or prominent characteristic of something.
KazakhЕрекшелігі means both "feature" and "distinctiveness" in Kazakh.
Korean특색 can also mean 'peculiarity', which is a notable or unusual characteristic.
KurdishThe word 'taybetî' is derived from the Arabic word 'tayyib' (good, excellent).
LatinThe Latin word "pluma" can also refer to a feather or a pen.
LatvianAlternate meanings of "iezīme" include "line, stripe, mark" and "property, attribute, quality". In ancient Latvian, the word referred to a marking on an animal's body identifying its owner.
LithuanianThe Lithuanian word "funkcija" derives from the Latin word "functio", meaning "performance" or "accomplishment".
LuxembourgishIn Luxembourgish, the word "Feature" can also refer to the act of appearing in a photograph.
Macedonian“Одика”, in addition to “feature”, can also mean “peculiarity” in Macedonian.
MalagasyThe Malagasy word "endri-javatra" has alternate meanings like "shape", "form", "aspect", "look", or "appearance".
MalayThis word may be cognate with 'ciri' in Javanese, a word that means 'mark, sign, or symbol,' suggesting the original meaning of 'ciri' in Malay may have been 'characteristic' or 'identifier'.
MalayalamThe word "feature" comes from the French word "faiture", meaning "to make; to do; to create."
MalteseThe word "karatteristika" in Maltese is derived from the Greek word "charakteristikos", meaning "distinctive" or "peculiar".
MaoriThe word also refers to the pattern on the head of the adze which is believed by some to have come from a carved human head
MarathiIn Marathi, "वैशिष्ट्य" also means distinguishing characteristic or trait
Mongolian"Онцлог" also means "face" and "image".
Myanmar (Burmese)'အင်္ဂါရပ်' originates from Pali, meaning 'limb' or 'body part' and has been adopted into Myanmar to describe facial or physical attributes, as well as abstract qualities.
Nepaliसुविधा is derived from the Sanskrit word 'suvidha' meaning 'facility', 'convenience' or 'advantage'.
NorwegianThe word "trekk" in Norwegian also means "move" or "pull".
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word 'mbali' is thought to be derived from the Proto-Bantu root '-bali' meaning 'to be conspicuous'. It was later adopted into Nyanja, where it took on the specific meaning of 'feature'.
PashtoThe Pashto word "ب .ه" also has the alternate meaning "appearance".
PersianIn Persian, the word "ویژگی" (pronounced "vizhehgi") can also refer to a characteristic or quality of a person or thing.
PolishFunkcja means "feature" but can also refer to "performance," "role," "function," "formula," or "event"
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)In Portuguese, "característica" also refers to the specific properties of a thing that make it different from others.
Punjabiਫੀਚਰ (feature) is also used in Punjabi to refer to a person's prominent or distinguishing characteristics.
RomanianThe Romanian word "caracteristică" comes from the Greek word "charakteristikos", meaning "distinctive mark" or "special feature".
RussianThe word "характерная черта" can also mean "essential feature" as in "the essential features of this plan".
Samoan"Vaega" is also the term used for a Samoan village's sub-group of related extended families.
Scots GaelicThe word 'feart' in Scots Gaelic also means 'countenance' or 'aspect' as in the context of a person's appearance or outward demeanour.
SerbianThe Serbian word "одлика" (feature) shares an etymological root with the word "lik" (face), suggesting their mutual connection with visual characteristics.
SesothoThe word "tšobotsi" in Sesotho is derived from the verb "ts'oba," which means "to cut" or "to carve."
ShonaIn Shona, "chimiro" also refers to a type of traditional dance or ceremony, particularly one involving masked performers.
SindhiIn Sindhi, "خاصيت" also means "property".
Sinhala (Sinhalese)The Sinhala word "විශේෂාංගය" is derived from the Sanskrit word "विशेषाङ्ग" meaning "special part" and can also refer to "organs" in the body.
Slovak"Vlastnosť" can also mean "power" or "right" in Slovak, which is related to its Slavic roots like the Russian "vlast'" (power).
SlovenianThe word 'funkcija' also has its original meaning in the context of mathematics, meaning 'function'
SomaliThis term also refers to a person's "reputation" in Somali culture.
SpanishIn Spanish, "característica" also refers to a character used in writing or printing, such as a letter or number.
SundaneseThe word "pitur" in Sundanese may also refer to a painting or a sculpture.
SwahiliThe word "kipengele" in Swahili is derived from the root "panga," meaning "to arrange" or "to set in order."
SwedishThe word "funktion" in Swedish can also mean "function" or "role"
Tagalog (Filipino)The word "tampok" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word "tampu(q)", which means "to close" or "to cover".
TajikThe word "хӯсусият" in Tajik derives from the Arabic word "خُصُوصيَّة" which means "specialty" or "character."
Tamilஅம்சம், in the context of architecture, refers to a building's façade or outward appearance
TeluguThe Telugu word 'లక్షణం' can also refer to 'symptoms', 'signs', 'evidence' or 'indications' in the medical or scientific context.
ThaiThe word "ลักษณะเฉพาะ" can also mean "characteristic" or "property".
TurkishThe Turkish word "özellik" can also mean "attribute" or "characteristic".
UkrainianThe Ukrainian word "особливість" also means "peculiarity" or "distinctiveness".
UrduThe word "خصوصیت" can also mean "attribute" or "quality" in Urdu.
UzbekThe word "xususiyati" in Uzbek is derived from the Arabic word "khusus" (special) and also means "distinction" or "advantage".
VietnameseĐặc tính in Vietnamese can mean 1. an intrinsic property, 2. a distinguishing attribute, 3. a special feature or detail, and 4. a distinctive quality or characteristic.
WelshNodwedd can also refer to a mole or wart depending on the context of its use.
Xhosa"Uphawu" also means "attribute", "quality" or "characteristic" in Xhosa
YiddishThe Yiddish word "שטריך" can also mean a line or stroke drawn by a pen, pencil, or similar writing instrument.
YorubaThe word "ẹya" in Yoruba, meaning "feature", is also used to refer to a person's physical appearance or personal characteristics.
ZuluThe Zulu word "isici" also refers to a "customary practice" or "norm."
EnglishThe noun 'feature' comes from the Middle English, Old French 'faiture' which means 'doing', 'making', 'creating'.

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