Find in different languages

Find in Different Languages

Discover 'Find' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.

Updated on March 6, 2024

The word 'find' is a simple, yet powerful term that carries great significance in our daily lives. It represents the act of discovering or locating something that was previously hidden, lost, or unknown. This action holds immense cultural importance across the globe, as it is a fundamental aspect of human curiosity and exploration.

Throughout history, the concept of 'finding' has been a driving force behind numerous discoveries and inventions. From the ancient explorers who set out to 'find' new lands, to modern day scientists who 'find' cures for diseases, the ability to locate and discover has shaped our world in countless ways.

Moreover, understanding the translation of 'find' in different languages can be incredibly useful in both personal and professional settings. Whether you're traveling abroad and need to communicate in a foreign language, or conducting international business and want to ensure clear communication, knowing the various translations of 'find' can be of great benefit.

For instance, the word 'find' translates to 'trouver' in French, 'encontrar' in Spanish, 'finden' in German, and ' encontrare' in Italian. These translations not only help us navigate linguistic barriers, but also provide insight into the unique cultural perspectives of different languages and communities.

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Find in Sub-Saharan African Languages

Afrikaansvind
In Afrikaans, "vind" can also mean "to think" or "to suppose", originating from the Germanic root "*wen-" meaning "to seek".
Amharicአግኝ
"አግኝ" means not only "to find", but also "to reach" and "to have the means to" in Amharic.
Hausasami
Hausa sami can also mean to discover, to learn, to obtain, or to receive
Igbochọta
The Igbo word 'chọta' also means 'to encounter' or 'to meet unexpectedly'.
Malagasyhitady
The word "hitady" in Malagasy can also refer to a search, a quest, or an investigation.
Nyanja (Chichewa)pezani
"Pezani" is an abstract noun meaning both "the act of searching" and "the thing that is found".
Shonatsvaga
The word 'tsvaga' is also used to mean 'seek' or 'search'.
Somalihel
The Somali word 'hel' can also mean 'to discover' or 'to obtain'.
Sesothofumana
The word "fumana" can also mean "to get" or "to obtain" in Sesotho, expanding its semantic range beyond the simple act of finding something.
Swahilipata
The Swahili word 'pata' can also refer to the action of acquiring, obtaining, or getting something.
Xhosafumana
The word "fumana" also has the connotation of "gaining knowledge" or "understanding something."
Yorubawa
"Wa" can also mean "to look for" or "to come across" something.
Zuluthola
In addition to meaning 'find', 'thola' means 'meet with', 'experience', and 'understand'.
Bambaraka sɔrɔ
Ewedi
Kinyarwandashakisha
Lingalakozwa
Lugandaokusanga
Sepedihwetša
Twi (Akan)hwehwɛ

Find in North African & Middle Eastern Languages

Arabicتجد
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).
Hebrewלמצוא
The word "למצוא" also carries religious connotations, as in "מצאתי את ישוע" ("I found Jesus").
Pashtoومومئ
The word "ومومئ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "mūla" meaning "root" or "origin", and can also mean "base" or "cause" in Pashto.
Arabicتجد
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).

Find in Western European Languages

Albaniangjej
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.
Basqueaurkitu
"Aurkitze" means both to "find" and to "understand". To understand in Basque is "finding the meaning"
Catalantrobar
In Occitan, "trobar" also means "compose" or "invent," which is the origin of the word "troubadour".
Croatianpronaći
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.
Danishfinde
In Danish the word "finde" also means "to think" or "to decide".
Dutchvind
The Dutch word "vind" also means to agree with an argument or opinion and "to like or enjoy something."
Englishfind
The word "find" derives from the Old Norse "finna", meaning "to discover" or "to obtain."
Frenchtrouver
"Trouver" can mean "to find", "to invent", or "to think of."
Frisianfine
The Frisian word "fine" also means "beautiful" or "good".
Galicianatopar
The Galician word "atopar" comes from the Latin word "aptare", which means "to fit" or "to adapt".
Germanfinden
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').
Icelandicfinna
The Icelandic word "finna" is related to the Old Norse word "finna", meaning "to perceive". It can also mean "to get" or "to obtain".
Irishaimsigh
The word "aimsigh" also means "evidence" in Old Irish.
Italiantrova
The Italian word "trova" comes from the Latin word "tropare", meaning "to turn" or "to change".
Luxembourgishfannen
"Fanne" is an alternate spelling of "finnen", a verb which means "to invent" and likely comes from French."
Maltesesib
Sib (Maltese) derives from Old Arabic, ultimately from the Akkadian word for "to take"
Norwegianfinne
The Norwegian word "finne" also refers to the indigenous Sami people of northern Scandinavia and parts of Russia.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)encontrar
"Encontrar" is also used in the sense of "date" or "meet" someone.
Scots Gaeliclorg
The word "lorg" can also mean "to seek" or "to look for" in Scots Gaelic.
Spanishencontrar
Spanish "encontrar" likely derives from Late Latin "incontrare" ("encounter") via Catalan "encontar."}
Swedishhitta
The Swedish word "hitta" is thought to have originated in Proto-Germanic, meaning "to get, to take, to find, to obtain" and "to befall"}
Welshdod o hyd
Dod o hyd was also used to denote the act of finding after searching, or discovering.

Find in Eastern European Languages

Belarusianзнайсці
The word “знайсці” can also mean “to get” or “to obtain”.
Bosnianpronađi
The word 'pronađi' is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *ob-ret-, meaning 'to meet or encounter'.
Bulgarianнамирам
The verb “намирам” can also mean “to deem, to reckon, to judge”.
Czechnalézt
"Nalézt" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "*najti" and is related to the Russian word "найти" (find).
Estonianleidma
The word "leidma" can also refer to the action of retrieving or obtaining something, rather than simply discovering its location.
Finnishlöytö
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.
Hungarianmegtalálja
The verb "megtalálja" (find) is derived from the Proto-Uralic root *talə- (*come across, find).
Latvianatrast
The Latvian word "atrast" is cognate with the English word "treasure" and shares its root with the Latin word "thesaurus".
Lithuanianrasti
"Rasti" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *hreud-, meaning "to find" or "to perceive".
Macedonianнајдете
The Macedonian word "најдете" originates from the Proto-Slavic root *naiti, meaning "to meet".
Polishodnaleźć
The verb "odnaleźć" can also mean "to find oneself" or "to regain one's senses."
Romaniangăsi
The Romanian word "găsi" has a Latin origin, "gasire", and is cognate to the English word "case", meaning a container or sheath.
Russianнайти
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".
Serbianнаћи
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".
Slovaknájsť
Nájsť, a related Slovak word for 'find', also refers to a particular type of 'cheese'
Sloveniannajti
The Russian word "найти" means "to find", and the Latin "invenire" has a similar meaning.
Ukrainianзнайти
Alternate verb form "знаходити" is rarely used, although you can still hear it in the song "Многая літа" (May You Live Many Years)

Find in South Asian Languages

Bengaliঅনুসন্ধান
The word "অনুসন্ধান" also means "to search" or "to investigate" in Bengali.
Gujaratiશોધો
"શોધો" can also mean "to search" or "to look for" in Gujarati.
Hindiखोज
Hindi "खोज" can also mean "discovery", "research", "investigation" or "quest".
Kannadaಹುಡುಕಿ
The word "ಹುಡುಕಿ" is derived from the Proto-Dravidian root *kōṭ- meaning "to seek".
Malayalamകണ്ടെത്തുക
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."
Marathiशोधणे
The word "शोधणे" can also mean "to investigate" or "to research" in Marathi.
Nepaliखोज्नुहोस्
The verb "खोज्नुहोस्" derives from the Sanskrit word "kṣip", which also means "to search".
Punjabiਲੱਭੋ
The Punjabi word 'ਲੱਭੋ' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'लब्ध' which means 'acquired' or 'gained'.
Sinhala (Sinhalese)සොයා ගන්න
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Tamilகண்டுபிடி
The Tamil word "கண்டுபிடி" is also used colloquially to refer to someone who is intelligent and perceptive.
Teluguకనుగొనండి
The verb 'కనుగొనండి' is derived from the noun 'కన్ను' meaning 'eye', indicating an action of perceiving or discovering something through observation.
Urduمل
The word "مل" ("find") in Urdu is derived from the Arabic word "وجل" meaning "be afraid".

Find in East Asian Languages

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".
Japanese見つける
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."
Korean찾기
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.
Mongolianолох
Myanmar (Burmese)ရှာ
The word "ရှာ" has a homophone meaning "to buy" in the Shan language

Find in South East Asian Languages

Indonesiantemukan
Temukan shares the same root withtemu, meaning "to meet" or "to face."
Javanesegolek
The Javanese word "golek" can also refer to a form of Javanese puppet theater.
Khmerរក
The word 'រក' ('find') in Khmer is derived from the Proto-Mon-Khmer word '*rɔːk', which meant 'to look for' or 'to hunt'
Laoຊອກຫາ
Malaycari
In classical Malay, cari (cognate of 'cari' in Indonesian) meant 'to get' as opposed to 'temukan' which meant 'to find'
Thaiหา
นอกเหนือจากคำจำกัดความทั่วไปอย่าง “พบ” “หา” ยังมีความหมายอื่นที่น่าสนใจคือ "ข้องใจ" "สงสัย" เช่น “หา” ว่าทําไมเราต้องทนร้อนแบบนี้
Vietnamesetìm thấy
The word "tìm thấy" comes from the Proto-Austronesian word "*tamuq", meaning "to see".
Filipino (Tagalog)hanapin

Find in Central Asian Languages

Azerbaijanitapmaq
The word "tapmaq" in Azerbaijani also means "to meet" or "to catch".
Kazakhтабу
The Kazakh word "табу" also means "a herd of horses".
Kyrgyzтабуу
The word "табуу" also means "to guess" or "to suppose" in Kyrgyz.
Tajikёфтан
The word "ёфтан" is of Persian origin and has various other meanings, including "to reach" or "to obtain".
Turkmentap
Uzbektopmoq
The word "topmoq" also means "to guess" or "to meet" in Uzbek.
Uyghurتېپىش

Find in Pacific Languages

Hawaiianloaʻa
The word "loaʻa" in Hawaiian also means "to acquire, to obtain, to receive, to enjoy, to possess".
Maorikitea
The Maori word "kitea" also means "to discover" or "to come across".
Samoanmaua
The Samoan word "maua" can also mean "discover" or "meet".
Tagalog (Filipino)hanapin
The word "hanapin" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian root "-pən", meaning "to look for" or "to search for".

Find in American Indigenous Languages

Aymarajikxataña
Guaranijuhu

Find in International Languages

Esperantotrovi
The word "trovi" in Esperanto is derived from the Latin verb "trovare" and also has the meaning "to discover".
Latininveniet
The word "inveniet" can also mean "to come across" or "to obtain" in Latin.

Find in Others Languages

Greekεύρημα
The word "εύρημα" comes from the Greek verb "εὑρίσκω" meaning "to find or discover" and is related to the English word "heuristic".
Hmongnrhiav tau
The Hmong word "nrhiav tau" also means "to search" or "to look for".
Kurdishdîtin
The word "dîtin" in Kurdish has its origins in the Old Persian word "dīdan," which means "to see" or "to perceive."
Turkishbulmak
Bulmak also has the meaning "to detect" in Turkish.
Xhosafumana
The word "fumana" also has the connotation of "gaining knowledge" or "understanding something."
Yiddishגעפינען
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'.
Zuluthola
In addition to meaning 'find', 'thola' means 'meet with', 'experience', and 'understand'.
Assameseসন্ধান কৰা
Aymarajikxataña
Bhojpuriपावल
Dhivehiހޯދުން
Dogriतुप्पो
Filipino (Tagalog)hanapin
Guaranijuhu
Ilocanobiruken
Kriofɛn
Kurdish (Sorani)دۆزینەوە
Maithiliताकू
Meiteilon (Manipuri)ꯊꯤꯕ
Mizozawnghmu
Oromoargachuu
Odia (Oriya)ଖୋଜ |
Quechuatariy
Sanskritअन्वेषय
Tatarтабу
Tigrinyaርኸብ
Tsongakuma

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