Find in Different Languages
Discover 'Find' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Find
Afrikaans vind | ||
Albanian gjej | ||
Amharic አግኝ | ||
Arabic تجد | ||
Armenian գտնել | ||
Assamese সন্ধান কৰা | ||
Aymara jikxataña | ||
Azerbaijani tapmaq | ||
Bambara ka sɔrɔ | ||
Basque aurkitu | ||
Belarusian знайсці | ||
Bengali অনুসন্ধান | ||
Bhojpuri पावल | ||
Bosnian pronađi | ||
Bulgarian намирам | ||
Catalan trobar | ||
Cebuano pangitaa | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 找 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 找 | ||
Corsican truvà | ||
Croatian pronaći | ||
Czech nalézt | ||
Danish finde | ||
Dhivehi ހޯދުން | ||
Dogri तुप्पो | ||
Dutch vind | ||
English find | ||
Esperanto trovi | ||
Estonian leidma | ||
Ewe di | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) hanapin | ||
Finnish löytö | ||
French trouver | ||
Frisian fine | ||
Galician atopar | ||
Georgian იპოვნე | ||
German finden | ||
Greek εύρημα | ||
Guarani juhu | ||
Gujarati શોધો | ||
Haitian Creole jwenn | ||
Hausa sami | ||
Hawaiian loaʻa | ||
Hebrew למצוא | ||
Hindi खोज | ||
Hmong nrhiav tau | ||
Hungarian megtalálja | ||
Icelandic finna | ||
Igbo chọta | ||
Ilocano biruken | ||
Indonesian temukan | ||
Irish aimsigh | ||
Italian trova | ||
Japanese 見つける | ||
Javanese golek | ||
Kannada ಹುಡುಕಿ | ||
Kazakh табу | ||
Khmer រក | ||
Kinyarwanda shakisha | ||
Konkani सोदप | ||
Korean 찾기 | ||
Krio fɛn | ||
Kurdish dîtin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دۆزینەوە | ||
Kyrgyz табуу | ||
Lao ຊອກຫາ | ||
Latin inveniet | ||
Latvian atrast | ||
Lingala kozwa | ||
Lithuanian rasti | ||
Luganda okusanga | ||
Luxembourgish fannen | ||
Macedonian најдете | ||
Maithili ताकू | ||
Malagasy hitady | ||
Malay cari | ||
Malayalam കണ്ടെത്തുക | ||
Maltese sib | ||
Maori kitea | ||
Marathi शोधणे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯤꯕ | ||
Mizo zawnghmu | ||
Mongolian олох | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ရှာ | ||
Nepali खोज्नुहोस् | ||
Norwegian finne | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) pezani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଖୋଜ | | ||
Oromo argachuu | ||
Pashto ومومئ | ||
Persian پیدا کردن | ||
Polish odnaleźć | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) encontrar | ||
Punjabi ਲੱਭੋ | ||
Quechua tariy | ||
Romanian găsi | ||
Russian найти | ||
Samoan maua | ||
Sanskrit अन्वेषय | ||
Scots Gaelic lorg | ||
Sepedi hwetša | ||
Serbian наћи | ||
Sesotho fumana | ||
Shona tsvaga | ||
Sindhi ڳوليو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සොයා ගන්න | ||
Slovak nájsť | ||
Slovenian najti | ||
Somali hel | ||
Spanish encontrar | ||
Sundanese manggih | ||
Swahili pata | ||
Swedish hitta | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) hanapin | ||
Tajik ёфтан | ||
Tamil கண்டுபிடி | ||
Tatar табу | ||
Telugu కనుగొనండి | ||
Thai หา | ||
Tigrinya ርኸብ | ||
Tsonga kuma | ||
Turkish bulmak | ||
Turkmen tap | ||
Twi (Akan) hwehwɛ | ||
Ukrainian знайти | ||
Urdu مل | ||
Uyghur تېپىش | ||
Uzbek topmoq | ||
Vietnamese tìm thấy | ||
Welsh dod o hyd | ||
Xhosa fumana | ||
Yiddish געפינען | ||
Yoruba wa | ||
Zulu thola |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "vind" can also mean "to think" or "to suppose", originating from the Germanic root "*wen-" meaning "to seek". |
| Albanian | Although the root of the word "gjej" is Proto-Indo-European *gʰen- "to strike," Albanian "gjej" shares the meaning "find" with Slavic languages' "naiti" and English "gain" via an unknown prehistoric substrate. |
| Amharic | "አግኝ" means not only "to find", but also "to reach" and "to have the means to" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | Its other meanings include the verbs "to renew" and "to be new", the latter especially in the expression "tajdid al-wudhu" (to renew one's ablutions). |
| Azerbaijani | The word "tapmaq" in Azerbaijani also means "to meet" or "to catch". |
| Basque | "Aurkitze" means both to "find" and to "understand". To understand in Basque is "finding the meaning" |
| Belarusian | The word “знайсці” can also mean “to get” or “to obtain”. |
| Bengali | The word "অনুসন্ধান" also means "to search" or "to investigate" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word 'pronađi' is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *ob-ret-, meaning 'to meet or encounter'. |
| Bulgarian | The verb “намирам” can also mean “to deem, to reckon, to judge”. |
| Catalan | In Occitan, "trobar" also means "compose" or "invent," which is the origin of the word "troubadour". |
| Cebuano | Pangitaa can also mean "seek," "look for," "search," or "hunt." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character "找" also means "to seek" or "to look for". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 找 means "to look for" but can also mean "to ask for" and "to trouble". |
| Corsican | "Truvà" can also mean to earn or to invent. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, the verb "pronaći" is also used in the context of finding a lost object, which is different from the verb "naći", which is more general. |
| Czech | "Nalézt" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "*najti" and is related to the Russian word "найти" (find). |
| Danish | In Danish the word "finde" also means "to think" or "to decide". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "vind" also means to agree with an argument or opinion and "to like or enjoy something." |
| Esperanto | The word "trovi" in Esperanto is derived from the Latin verb "trovare" and also has the meaning "to discover". |
| Estonian | The word "leidma" can also refer to the action of retrieving or obtaining something, rather than simply discovering its location. |
| Finnish | Löytö's older meaning is 'something lost and found'. As a verb and noun it also means a bargain, or to buy something as a bargain. |
| French | "Trouver" can mean "to find", "to invent", or "to think of." |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "fine" also means "beautiful" or "good". |
| Galician | The Galician word "atopar" comes from the Latin word "aptare", which means "to fit" or "to adapt". |
| Georgian | The word 'იპოვნე' is thought to derive from the Proto-Kartvelian root *w-ap'i-n-e, meaning 'to bring to light'. |
| German | The verb 'finden' in German is cognate with the English verb 'to find', both ultimately deriving from the Proto-Indo-European root *peus- ('to seize, find'). |
| Greek | The word "εύρημα" comes from the Greek verb "εὑρίσκω" meaning "to find or discover" and is related to the English word "heuristic". |
| Gujarati | "શોધો" can also mean "to search" or "to look for" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | A variant of the French word "gagner" (to earn), jwenn also means "to get," "to receive," or even "to win" in the context of games or contests. |
| Hausa | Hausa sami can also mean to discover, to learn, to obtain, or to receive |
| Hawaiian | The word "loaʻa" in Hawaiian also means "to acquire, to obtain, to receive, to enjoy, to possess". |
| Hebrew | The word "למצוא" also carries religious connotations, as in "מצאתי את ישוע" ("I found Jesus"). |
| Hindi | Hindi "खोज" can also mean "discovery", "research", "investigation" or "quest". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "nrhiav tau" also means "to search" or "to look for". |
| Hungarian | The verb "megtalálja" (find) is derived from the Proto-Uralic root *talə- (*come across, find). |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "finna" is related to the Old Norse word "finna", meaning "to perceive". It can also mean "to get" or "to obtain". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'chọta' also means 'to encounter' or 'to meet unexpectedly'. |
| Indonesian | Temukan shares the same root withtemu, meaning "to meet" or "to face." |
| Irish | The word "aimsigh" also means "evidence" in Old Irish. |
| Italian | The Italian word "trova" comes from the Latin word "tropare", meaning "to turn" or "to change". |
| Japanese | The kanji "見", "to see" or "to find," can be used as a noun, like in the expression "見晴らしが良い," where "見晴らし" refers to "a view." |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "golek" can also refer to a form of Javanese puppet theater. |
| Kannada | The word "ಹುಡುಕಿ" is derived from the Proto-Dravidian root *kōṭ- meaning "to seek". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "табу" also means "a herd of horses". |
| Khmer | The word 'រក' ('find') in Khmer is derived from the Proto-Mon-Khmer word '*rɔːk', which meant 'to look for' or 'to hunt' |
| Korean | While '찾다' means 'to find,' its literal interpretation in English is closer to 'to look up' and is even used to refer to looking up someone's name on a registry, which is '인적사항 조사' in Korean. |
| Kurdish | The word "dîtin" in Kurdish has its origins in the Old Persian word "dīdan," which means "to see" or "to perceive." |
| Kyrgyz | The word "табуу" also means "to guess" or "to suppose" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | The word "inveniet" can also mean "to come across" or "to obtain" in Latin. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "atrast" is cognate with the English word "treasure" and shares its root with the Latin word "thesaurus". |
| Lithuanian | "Rasti" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *hreud-, meaning "to find" or "to perceive". |
| Luxembourgish | "Fanne" is an alternate spelling of "finnen", a verb which means "to invent" and likely comes from French." |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "најдете" originates from the Proto-Slavic root *naiti, meaning "to meet". |
| Malagasy | The word "hitady" in Malagasy can also refer to a search, a quest, or an investigation. |
| Malay | In classical Malay, cari (cognate of 'cari' in Indonesian) meant 'to get' as opposed to 'temukan' which meant 'to find' |
| Malayalam | The term "കണ്ടെത്തുക" originates from the Sanskrit word "khand", signifying "to break" or "to discover;" alternatively, it can hold the connotation of "to gain knowledge by experience." |
| Maltese | Sib (Maltese) derives from Old Arabic, ultimately from the Akkadian word for "to take" |
| Maori | The Maori word "kitea" also means "to discover" or "to come across". |
| Marathi | The word "शोधणे" can also mean "to investigate" or "to research" in Marathi. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ရှာ" has a homophone meaning "to buy" in the Shan language |
| Nepali | The verb "खोज्नुहोस्" derives from the Sanskrit word "kṣip", which also means "to search". |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "finne" also refers to the indigenous Sami people of northern Scandinavia and parts of Russia. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Pezani" is an abstract noun meaning both "the act of searching" and "the thing that is found". |
| Pashto | The word "ومومئ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "mūla" meaning "root" or "origin", and can also mean "base" or "cause" in Pashto. |
| Persian | "پیدا کردن" (find) is related to the Persian word "پا" (foot), suggesting the idea of tracking or searching for something on foot. |
| Polish | The verb "odnaleźć" can also mean "to find oneself" or "to regain one's senses." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Encontrar" is also used in the sense of "date" or "meet" someone. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word 'ਲੱਭੋ' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'लब्ध' which means 'acquired' or 'gained'. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "găsi" has a Latin origin, "gasire", and is cognate to the English word "case", meaning a container or sheath. |
| Russian | The verb "найти" is derived from Proto-Slavic *naiti, meaning "to encounter" or "to come across". In this sense, it is cognate with German "finden" and Old English "findan". Additionally, "найти" can be used figuratively to mean "to understand" or "to figure out". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "maua" can also mean "discover" or "meet". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "lorg" can also mean "to seek" or "to look for" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The word "наћи" has cognates in other Slavic languages, such as the Russian "найти" and the Czech "najít", all sharing the same Proto-Slavic root "*naiti" meaning "to find". |
| Sesotho | The word "fumana" can also mean "to get" or "to obtain" in Sesotho, expanding its semantic range beyond the simple act of finding something. |
| Shona | The word 'tsvaga' is also used to mean 'seek' or 'search'. |
| Sindhi | The word "ڳوليو" in Sindhi originates from Sanskrit, where it meant "to seek" or "to search". |
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| Slovak | Nájsť, a related Slovak word for 'find', also refers to a particular type of 'cheese' |
| Slovenian | The Russian word "найти" means "to find", and the Latin "invenire" has a similar meaning. |
| Somali | The Somali word 'hel' can also mean 'to discover' or 'to obtain'. |
| Spanish | Spanish "encontrar" likely derives from Late Latin "incontrare" ("encounter") via Catalan "encontar."} |
| Sundanese | "Manggih", in Sundanese, can also mean "to obtain" or "to receive". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word 'pata' can also refer to the action of acquiring, obtaining, or getting something. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "hitta" is thought to have originated in Proto-Germanic, meaning "to get, to take, to find, to obtain" and "to befall"} |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "hanapin" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian root "-pən", meaning "to look for" or "to search for". |
| Tajik | The word "ёфтан" is of Persian origin and has various other meanings, including "to reach" or "to obtain". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "கண்டுபிடி" is also used colloquially to refer to someone who is intelligent and perceptive. |
| Telugu | The verb 'కనుగొనండి' is derived from the noun 'కన్ను' meaning 'eye', indicating an action of perceiving or discovering something through observation. |
| Thai | นอกเหนือจากคำจำกัดความทั่วไปอย่าง “พบ” “หา” ยังมีความหมายอื่นที่น่าสนใจคือ "ข้องใจ" "สงสัย" เช่น “หา” ว่าทําไมเราต้องทนร้อนแบบนี้ |
| Turkish | Bulmak also has the meaning "to detect" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | Alternate verb form "знаходити" is rarely used, although you can still hear it in the song "Многая літа" (May You Live Many Years) |
| Urdu | The word "مل" ("find") in Urdu is derived from the Arabic word "وجل" meaning "be afraid". |
| Uzbek | The word "topmoq" also means "to guess" or "to meet" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | The word "tìm thấy" comes from the Proto-Austronesian word "*tamuq", meaning "to see". |
| Welsh | Dod o hyd was also used to denote the act of finding after searching, or discovering. |
| Xhosa | The word "fumana" also has the connotation of "gaining knowledge" or "understanding something." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word 'געפינען' is cognate with the German word 'finden', meaning 'to find', but it can also have the additional meaning of 'to acquire' or 'to obtain'. |
| Yoruba | "Wa" can also mean "to look for" or "to come across" something. |
| Zulu | In addition to meaning 'find', 'thola' means 'meet with', 'experience', and 'understand'. |
| English | The word "find" derives from the Old Norse "finna", meaning "to discover" or "to obtain." |