Figure in Different Languages
Discover 'Figure' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Figure
Afrikaans figuur | ||
Albanian figurë | ||
Amharic ምስል | ||
Arabic الشكل | ||
Armenian գործիչ | ||
Assamese শৰীৰ | ||
Aymara qawqhasa | ||
Azerbaijani rəqəm | ||
Bambara jateden | ||
Basque irudia | ||
Belarusian фігура | ||
Bengali চিত্র | ||
Bhojpuri डौल | ||
Bosnian figura | ||
Bulgarian фигура | ||
Catalan figura | ||
Cebuano numero | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 数字 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 數字 | ||
Corsican figura | ||
Croatian lik | ||
Czech postava | ||
Danish figur | ||
Dhivehi އަދަދެއް | ||
Dogri मूरत | ||
Dutch figuur | ||
English figure | ||
Esperanto figuro | ||
Estonian joonis | ||
Ewe nu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pigura | ||
Finnish kuva | ||
French figure | ||
Frisian stal | ||
Galician figura | ||
Georgian ფიგურა | ||
German zahl | ||
Greek φιγούρα | ||
Guarani ha'ãnga | ||
Gujarati આકૃતિ | ||
Haitian Creole figi | ||
Hausa adadi | ||
Hawaiian kiʻi | ||
Hebrew דמות | ||
Hindi आकृति | ||
Hmong daim duab | ||
Hungarian ábra | ||
Icelandic mynd | ||
Igbo ọgụgụ | ||
Ilocano pigura | ||
Indonesian angka | ||
Irish figiúr | ||
Italian figura | ||
Japanese 図 | ||
Javanese tokoh | ||
Kannada ಫಿಗರ್ | ||
Kazakh сурет | ||
Khmer តួលេខ | ||
Kinyarwanda ishusho | ||
Konkani आकृती | ||
Korean 그림 | ||
Krio nɔmba | ||
Kurdish jimar | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) شێوە | ||
Kyrgyz сан | ||
Lao ຮູບ | ||
Latin figure | ||
Latvian skaitlis | ||
Lingala motango | ||
Lithuanian figūra | ||
Luganda enkula | ||
Luxembourgish figur | ||
Macedonian фигура | ||
Maithili आकार | ||
Malagasy endrika | ||
Malay angka | ||
Malayalam കണക്ക് | ||
Maltese figura | ||
Maori whika | ||
Marathi आकृती | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯁꯤꯡ | ||
Mizo milem | ||
Mongolian зураг | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပုံ | ||
Nepali फिगर | ||
Norwegian figur | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chithunzi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଚିତ୍ର | ||
Oromo lakkoofsa | ||
Pashto ارقام | ||
Persian شکل | ||
Polish postać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) figura | ||
Punjabi ਚਿੱਤਰ | ||
Quechua yupay | ||
Romanian figura | ||
Russian фигура | ||
Samoan faʻatusa | ||
Sanskrit रूप | ||
Scots Gaelic figear | ||
Sepedi seswantšho | ||
Serbian фигура | ||
Sesotho palo | ||
Shona chimiro | ||
Sindhi جوڙ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) රූපය | ||
Slovak obrázok | ||
Slovenian slika | ||
Somali tiradaasi | ||
Spanish figura | ||
Sundanese inohong | ||
Swahili takwimu | ||
Swedish figur | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pigura | ||
Tajik рақам | ||
Tamil எண்ணிக்கை | ||
Tatar фигура | ||
Telugu ఫిగర్ | ||
Thai รูป | ||
Tigrinya ስእሊ | ||
Tsonga xivumbeko | ||
Turkish şekil | ||
Turkmen şekil | ||
Twi (Akan) yɛbea | ||
Ukrainian малюнок | ||
Urdu اعداد و شمار | ||
Uyghur fig | ||
Uzbek shakl | ||
Vietnamese nhân vật | ||
Welsh ffigur | ||
Xhosa umzobo | ||
Yiddish פיגור | ||
Yoruba olusin | ||
Zulu isibalo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans term "figuur" derives from the Dutch term "figuur", which in itself originates from the French term "figure" and ultimately from the Latin term "figura" (meaning "shape" and "appearance"). |
| Albanian | The word "figurë" can also mean "statue" or "figurine" in Albanian. |
| Amharic | The word "ምስል" can also mean "image" or "statue" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | In Arabic, the word "الشكل" also has the alternate meaning of "form" or "shape" in the context of geometry. |
| Armenian | 'Գործիչ' ('figure') also refers to a public figure, artist, writer or other well-known person. |
| Basque | In Medieval Latin, “figura” was used to describe the shape of the human body (and, by extension, its appearance) in a broader sense. |
| Belarusian | "Фігура" may also mean "face" or "physiognomy". |
| Bengali | "চিত্র" is derived from the Sanskrit word "chitra", which also means "picture" and "beautiful". |
| Bosnian | The Bosnian word 'figura' can also refer to a character or a person of importance. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "фигура" (figure) can also refer to a person's appearance, shape, or stature. |
| Catalan | "Figura" can mean "number" and is the origin of the term "cipher", which was used in medieval times to mean zero. |
| Cebuano | The word "numero" in Cebuano also means "number". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | '数字' (figure) originally meant 'footprint' and then 'count' and 'number' came later. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 數字 in traditional Chinese can also mean "digital". |
| Corsican | The word "figura" in Corsican can also refer to a person's appearance or character. |
| Croatian | The word "lik" in Croatian can also mean "image" or "form". |
| Czech | The word "postava" in Czech can also refer to a posture or attitude, or a character in a play. |
| Danish | In Danish, the word "figur" can also mean "shape" or "form." |
| Dutch | The word "figuur" also means "shape" or "character" in Dutch and is cognate with the English word "figure". |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, "figuro" also means "person" or "character". |
| Estonian | Estonian word "joonis" also means "drawing" or the act of "drawing" and cognate with Finnish "juoni" (scheme, plan) and "juonia" (to devise a scheme) |
| Finnish | Despite sharing the same origin as its English cognate, 'kuva' can also mean 'statue' or 'picture'. |
| French | In addition, in French the substantive |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "stal" can also refer to a "sample" or "model" in addition to its primary meaning of "figure". |
| Galician | The word "figura" can also be used in Galician to refer to a doll, marionette, or puppet. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "ფიგურა" derives from the Greek word "figura", meaning "form" or "shape". |
| German | The German word 'Zahl' is derived from the Old High German term 'zal', which meant both 'number' and 'payment'. |
| Greek | φιγούρα also refers to the concept of "style", or "flair", especially when referring to a particular dance or movement. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "આકૃતિ" (ākṛti) also means "shape", "form", "body", or "appearance". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "figi" can also mean "form", "shape", or "appearance." |
| Hausa | The word "adadi" can also refer to a number, and is derived from the Arabic word "adad" meaning "number" or "quantity". |
| Hawaiian | Despite commonly referring to "image" or "statue," "kiʻi" can also mean "likeness," "shadow," "ghost" & in poetic use even mean someone beautiful & beloved. |
| Hebrew | In Hebrew, "דמות" is also used to refer to a character or a representation of something, such as a person or an animal. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "आकृति" (ākṛti) originates from the Sanskrit word and literally means "that which is made," and can refer to a physical form (figure/image), a mental image/impression or a shape/pattern. |
| Hmong | The word "daim duab" in Hmong also means "to paint" or "to draw." |
| Hungarian | Ábra is also used to refer to a diagram or a drawing. |
| Icelandic | "Mynd" can mean "figure", "image", "mind" or "appearance". |
| Igbo | In the Igbo language, "ọgụgụ" means not only "figure" but also "calculation," "arithmetic," or "mathematics." |
| Indonesian | In Old Javanese, "angka" referred to a number, whereas in Malay it meant a digit. |
| Irish | In Irish, "figiúr" can also refer to a "shape", "form", "image", or even a "statue". |
| Italian | "Figura" in Italian can also mean "form" or "shape". |
| Japanese | Chinese character '図' also reads as 'zù' (plan), 'tǔ' (drawing), 'dú' (graph), etc., indicating different meanings. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "tokoh" can also refer to a mythical creature that protects villages from evil spirits. |
| Kannada | The word "ಫಿಗರ್" also means "a person's body or shape" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "сурет" can also mean "picture", "image", or "painting", and is related to the Persian word "surat", meaning "face" or "form". |
| Khmer | The word "តួលេខ" can also refer to a person's appearance or a statue or image. |
| Korean | In addition to "figure", 그림 means "painting" in Korean, which originates from Chinese character 画 (화 in Korean), making it a cognate of "picture" in English. |
| Kurdish | The word "jimar" in Kurdish also refers to the numerical value of a letter in the Kurdish alphabet. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "сан" can also mean "number" or "quantity". |
| Lao | The word "ຮູບ" is also used in religious contexts to refer to the images of deities. |
| Latin | The Latin word "figura" also means "shape, form, outline, appearance, or character." |
| Latvian | In 18th century Latvian, skaitlis meant 'number'. |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, "figūra" can refer to a shape, drawing, image, or even a metaphor, reflecting its Latin roots meaning "to form" or "to shape". |
| Luxembourgish | Figur derives from the Old French word "figure", originally from the Latin word "figura", meaning "shape". |
| Macedonian | The word "фигура" is derived from the Greek word "figura", meaning "form" or "shape". |
| Malagasy | The word 'endrika' can also refer to a shape or form, as in 'endrika boribory' (round shape). |
| Malay | "Angka" in Malay can also mean "number" or "digit", and is derived from the Sanskrit word "angka" meaning "mark" or "number." |
| Maltese | The word "figura" in Maltese can also mean "shape" or "pattern". |
| Maori | The Maori word "whika" also means "to carve" or "to cut", reflecting its connection to the creation of physical forms. |
| Marathi | The word "आकृती" (figure) in Marathi can also refer to a statue or an idol. |
| Mongolian | зураг was borrowed from the Russian word 'figura', which derives from the Latin 'figura', meaning 'shape', 'pattern'. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word ပုံ may also mean "manner" or "form". |
| Nepali | The word "फिगर" can also mean "a person's physique" or "a drawing or diagram" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | "Figur" can also refer to a bird, the figure of a dance or a piece of music with multiple parts. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "chithunzi" can also mean "image" or "photograph" in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | The word "ارقام" can also refer to numbers, especially in a mathematical context. |
| Persian | "شکل" in Persian can also mean "form" or "appearance". It is derived from the Arabic word "shakl". |
| Polish | In Old Polish, 'postać' referred to a ghostly apparition or an omen of something to come, but from the 16th century the word gained its current meaning. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Figura" in Portuguese can also refer to a metaphorical representation, such as a character in a story, a symbol, or a literary device. |
| Romanian | "Figura" comes from the Latin "figura" meaning “shape”, “form” or “pattern” |
| Russian | The word "фигура" also means "shape" or "silhouette" in Russian. |
| Samoan | The word "faʻatusa" in Samoan can also mean "symbol" or "representation", similar to its English counterpart. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "figear" can also mean "to shape" or "to form". |
| Serbian | The word "фигура" can also refer to a geometrical shape, a person's appearance, or a rhetorical device in the Serbian language. |
| Sesotho | The Sotho word "palo" can also mean "fence post" or "a stake." |
| Shona | The word "chimiro" in Shona also refers to a statue. |
| Sindhi | In the context of Sindhi poetry, "figure" is an interchangeable name for "figure of speech". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "රූපය" also means "form", "shape", "beauty", "image", or "likeness" in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | In addition to its primary meaning of "figure," "obrázok" can also refer to a "picture" or "image." |
| Slovenian | In Slovene, "slika" can also refer to "likeness", "image", "painting", "photograph", or "drawing". |
| Somali | The word "tiradaasi" in Somali is derived from Arabic, where it means "design, portrait, or picture". |
| Spanish | "Figura" (figure) derives from the Latin "figurare" (to form, shape), related to "fingere" (to mold, fashion). |
| Sundanese | The word "inohong" in Sundanese has an alternate meaning of "idol" or "deity". |
| Swahili | The word 'takwimu' in Swahili can also refer to statistics or data. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "figur" can also mean "shape" or "character" in a play or film. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Pigura can also refer to the frame or border around a picture, similar to the English word "frame." |
| Tajik | The word рақам can also mean "digits", "number", and "code" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | எண்ணிக்கை can also refer to the numerical value represented by a figure, or the act of counting or calculating. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "ఫిగర్" ("figure") originates from the English word "figure" meaning "a number representing a quantity". |
| Thai | The word "รูป" also means "form, shape, or image" in Thai. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "şekil" also means "shape, form, appearance, manner" and comes from the Arabic word "shakl" with the same meanings. |
| Ukrainian | The word “малюнок” is a diminutive form of the word “малянок”, which in turn comes from the root “малевати”, meaning “to paint”. |
| Urdu | In Urdu, "اعداد و شمار" (ʿAdād-o-shumār) is a compound word derived from "اعداد" (ʿAdād, "numbers") and "شمار" (Shumār, "counting"), denoting primarily the concept of "counting". It can also refer to "statistics", "enumeration", and "numbering". |
| Uzbek | The word "shakl" in Uzbek can also refer to a person's mood, condition, or appearance. |
| Vietnamese | 'Nhân vật' is also used to refer to a character in a story, play, or film. |
| Welsh | The word "ffigur" in Welsh also has the meaning of "shape" or "form". |
| Xhosa | The word "umzobo" can also refer to a statue or a pattern. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "פיגור" (figure) is derived from the Germanic word figûra, and also means "shape" or "form". |
| Yoruba | The word "olusin" in Yoruba can also refer to a statue or an image. |
| Zulu | Derived from the verb "bala" meaning "count," "isibalo" also denotes an "amount" or "total." |
| English | The word "figure" is derived from the Latin "figura", meaning "form" or "shape", and can also refer to a diagram, a representation of an object, or a number in mathematics. |