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 ຄຸນນະສົມບັດ | ||
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 |
| Language | Etymology / 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). |
| Albanian | The 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". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ባህሪ" can also refer to a trait or characteristic of a person or thing. |
| Arabic | In Arabic, "خاصية" not only means "feature" in English, but is also a synonym for "property" and "characteristic" depending on context. |
| Azerbaijani | The 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" |
| Bengali | From Sanskrit 'visheshya', lit. 'being distinguished' |
| Bosnian | In 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. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "особеност" originates from the Russian "особенность," meaning "characteristic or particularity," and thus shares its etymology with the English "specific". |
| Catalan | In Spanish the word "característica" can also refer to a distinguishing feature or trait of a person or thing. |
| Cebuano | Bahin 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'. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "funzione" can also mean a "task" or "duty". |
| Croatian | The 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. |
| Czech | Vlastnosti, which translates to "feature" in English, also means "characteristics" or "properties" in Czech. |
| Danish | Danish '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". |
| Esperanto | Esperanto "trajto" is borrowed from German "traite" (property), but is cognate with English "treat" (a characteristic). |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "tunnusjoon" is a compound word consisting of "tunnus" (sign, mark, characteristic) and "joon" (line). |
| Finnish | In Finnish, "ominaisuus" is derived from the verb "omistaa" meaning "to own" and can also refer to a property. |
| French | The word "fonctionnalité" also means "functionality". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "eigenskip" was historically the same word as the English word "ownership" and is cognate to the German word "Eigentum" in this sense. |
| Galician | In Galician, "característica" also means "trait", "quality" or "attribute". |
| Georgian | თვისება (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. |
| Greek | The 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. |
| Hawaiian | In 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. |
| Hindi | The 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." |
| Hungarian | Funkció, 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. |
| Icelandic | Lögun can also refer to a 'trick', 'joke' or 'deceit' in Icelandic. |
| Igbo | In the Igbo language, "atụmatụ" can mean "plan, strategy, or project" in addition to "feature". |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "fitur" comes from the Dutch word "feature" but also means "benefit". |
| Irish | The word "gné" also means "aspect" or "manner" in Irish. |
| Italian | The 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". |
| Kannada | The word 'ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯ' can also refer to a distinctive or prominent characteristic of something. |
| Kazakh | Ерекшелігі means both "feature" and "distinctiveness" in Kazakh. |
| Korean | 특색 can also mean 'peculiarity', which is a notable or unusual characteristic. |
| Kurdish | The word 'taybetî' is derived from the Arabic word 'tayyib' (good, excellent). |
| Latin | The Latin word "pluma" can also refer to a feather or a pen. |
| Latvian | Alternate 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. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "funkcija" derives from the Latin word "functio", meaning "performance" or "accomplishment". |
| Luxembourgish | In 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. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "endri-javatra" has alternate meanings like "shape", "form", "aspect", "look", or "appearance". |
| Malay | This 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'. |
| Malayalam | The word "feature" comes from the French word "faiture", meaning "to make; to do; to create." |
| Maltese | The word "karatteristika" in Maltese is derived from the Greek word "charakteristikos", meaning "distinctive" or "peculiar". |
| Maori | The 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 |
| Marathi | In 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. |
| Nepali | सुविधा is derived from the Sanskrit word 'suvidha' meaning 'facility', 'convenience' or 'advantage'. |
| Norwegian | The 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'. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "ب .ه" also has the alternate meaning "appearance". |
| Persian | In Persian, the word "ویژگی" (pronounced "vizhehgi") can also refer to a characteristic or quality of a person or thing. |
| Polish | Funkcja 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. |
| Punjabi | ਫੀਚਰ (feature) is also used in Punjabi to refer to a person's prominent or distinguishing characteristics. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "caracteristică" comes from the Greek word "charakteristikos", meaning "distinctive mark" or "special feature". |
| Russian | The 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 Gaelic | The word 'feart' in Scots Gaelic also means 'countenance' or 'aspect' as in the context of a person's appearance or outward demeanour. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "одлика" (feature) shares an etymological root with the word "lik" (face), suggesting their mutual connection with visual characteristics. |
| Sesotho | The word "tšobotsi" in Sesotho is derived from the verb "ts'oba," which means "to cut" or "to carve." |
| Shona | In Shona, "chimiro" also refers to a type of traditional dance or ceremony, particularly one involving masked performers. |
| Sindhi | In 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). |
| Slovenian | The word 'funkcija' also has its original meaning in the context of mathematics, meaning 'function' |
| Somali | This term also refers to a person's "reputation" in Somali culture. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "característica" also refers to a character used in writing or printing, such as a letter or number. |
| Sundanese | The word "pitur" in Sundanese may also refer to a painting or a sculpture. |
| Swahili | The word "kipengele" in Swahili is derived from the root "panga," meaning "to arrange" or "to set in order." |
| Swedish | The 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". |
| Tajik | The word "хӯсусият" in Tajik derives from the Arabic word "خُصُوصيَّة" which means "specialty" or "character." |
| Tamil | அம்சம், in the context of architecture, refers to a building's façade or outward appearance |
| Telugu | The Telugu word 'లక్షణం' can also refer to 'symptoms', 'signs', 'evidence' or 'indications' in the medical or scientific context. |
| Thai | The word "ลักษณะเฉพาะ" can also mean "characteristic" or "property". |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "özellik" can also mean "attribute" or "characteristic". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "особливість" also means "peculiarity" or "distinctiveness". |
| Urdu | The word "خصوصیت" can also mean "attribute" or "quality" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word "xususiyati" in Uzbek is derived from the Arabic word "khusus" (special) and also means "distinction" or "advantage". |
| Vietnamese | Đặc 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. |
| Welsh | Nodwedd 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 |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "שטריך" can also mean a line or stroke drawn by a pen, pencil, or similar writing instrument. |
| Yoruba | The word "ẹya" in Yoruba, meaning "feature", is also used to refer to a person's physical appearance or personal characteristics. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "isici" also refers to a "customary practice" or "norm." |
| English | The noun 'feature' comes from the Middle English, Old French 'faiture' which means 'doing', 'making', 'creating'. |