Finding in Different Languages
Discover 'Finding' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Finding
Afrikaans bevinding | ||
Albanian gjetjen | ||
Amharic ማግኘት | ||
Arabic العثور على | ||
Armenian գտնելու | ||
Assamese বিচাৰি উলিওৱা | ||
Aymara jikxataña | ||
Azerbaijani tapmaq | ||
Bambara sɔrɔli | ||
Basque aurkikuntza | ||
Belarusian знаходка | ||
Bengali সন্ধান করা | ||
Bhojpuri खोजत बानी | ||
Bosnian nalaz | ||
Bulgarian намиране | ||
Catalan troballa | ||
Cebuano pagpangita | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 发现 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 發現 | ||
Corsican truvendu | ||
Croatian nalaz | ||
Czech nález | ||
Danish finde | ||
Dhivehi ހޯދުމެވެ | ||
Dogri ढूंढना | ||
Dutch vinden | ||
English finding | ||
Esperanto trovo | ||
Estonian leidmine | ||
Ewe didi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) paghahanap | ||
Finnish löytö | ||
French découverte | ||
Frisian fynst | ||
Galician achado | ||
Georgian აღმოჩენა | ||
German finden | ||
Greek εύρεση | ||
Guarani ojuhúvo | ||
Gujarati શોધવી | ||
Haitian Creole jwenn | ||
Hausa ganowa | ||
Hawaiian ka loaʻa ʻana | ||
Hebrew מִמצָא | ||
Hindi खोज | ||
Hmong nrhiav pom | ||
Hungarian lelet | ||
Icelandic finna | ||
Igbo ịchọta | ||
Ilocano panagbirok | ||
Indonesian temuan | ||
Irish aimsiú | ||
Italian trovare | ||
Japanese 見つける | ||
Javanese nemokake | ||
Kannada ಕಂಡುಹಿಡಿಯುವುದು | ||
Kazakh табу | ||
Khmer ការស្វែងរក | ||
Kinyarwanda gushakisha | ||
Konkani सोदप | ||
Korean 발견 | ||
Krio fɔ fɛn tin dɛn | ||
Kurdish dîtin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دۆزینەوە | ||
Kyrgyz табуу | ||
Lao ການຊອກຫາ | ||
Latin inventum | ||
Latvian atradums | ||
Lingala koluka | ||
Lithuanian radimas | ||
Luganda okuzuula | ||
Luxembourgish fannen | ||
Macedonian наоѓање | ||
Maithili खोजि रहल अछि | ||
Malagasy fitadiavana olona | ||
Malay mencari | ||
Malayalam കണ്ടെത്തൽ | ||
Maltese sejba | ||
Maori kitenga | ||
Marathi शोधत आहे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯤꯕꯥ ꯐꯪꯂꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo hmuh chhuah | ||
Mongolian олох | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ရှာဖွေခြင်း | ||
Nepali फेला पार्दै | ||
Norwegian å finne | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kupeza | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଖୋଜୁଛି | ||
Oromo argachuu | ||
Pashto موندنه | ||
Persian یافته | ||
Polish odkrycie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) encontrando | ||
Punjabi ਲੱਭ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ | ||
Quechua tariy | ||
Romanian constatare | ||
Russian находка | ||
Samoan sailiga | ||
Sanskrit अन्विष्यन् | ||
Scots Gaelic lorg | ||
Sepedi go hwetša | ||
Serbian налаз | ||
Sesotho ho fumana | ||
Shona kutsvaga | ||
Sindhi ڳولهڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සොයා ගැනීම | ||
Slovak nález | ||
Slovenian ugotovitev | ||
Somali helitaanka | ||
Spanish hallazgo | ||
Sundanese manggih | ||
Swahili kutafuta | ||
Swedish fynd | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) paghahanap | ||
Tajik ёфтан | ||
Tamil கண்டுபிடிப்பது | ||
Tatar табу | ||
Telugu కనుగొనడం | ||
Thai การค้นหา | ||
Tigrinya ምርካብ | ||
Tsonga ku kuma | ||
Turkish bulma | ||
Turkmen tapmak | ||
Twi (Akan) a wohu | ||
Ukrainian знахідка | ||
Urdu ڈھونڈنا | ||
Uyghur تېپىش | ||
Uzbek topish | ||
Vietnamese phát hiện | ||
Welsh dod o hyd | ||
Xhosa ukufumana | ||
Yiddish דערגייונג | ||
Yoruba wiwa | ||
Zulu ukuthola |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Bevinding" in Afrikaans also means "opinion" or "conclusion". |
| Albanian | The word "gjetjen" can also refer to "knowledge" or "discovery". |
| Amharic | The word "ማግኘት" also has connotations of discovering or acquiring something through effort or luck. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "العثور على" ("finding") is derived from the root "عثرا" (to stumble), which also implies "to find unexpectedly". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "tapmaq" can also refer to a treasure hunt, a musical instrument made from goat horns, a kind of folk dance and a traditional headdress. |
| Basque | The Basque word "aurkikuntza" not only means "finding" but also "discovery". |
| Belarusian | The word "знаходка" in Belarusian can also refer to a valuable or unexpected discovery. |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "সন্ধান করা" literally means “finding by connecting parts together,” from the Sanskrit word “sandhā” meaning “connecting.” |
| Bosnian | Nazal in Bosnian also refers to a place where lost objects might be found. |
| Bulgarian | "Намиране" is also used as an archaic word for "engagement" or "betrothal" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | A "troballa" can also be a "chance encounter" or "discovery" in the philosophical sense. |
| Cebuano | The word "pagpangita" is derived from the root word "pangita" meaning "to search for" or "to look for". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character "发" in "发现" also means "to issue" or "to occur". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In traditional Chinese, "發現" also means "to invent" or "to create". |
| Corsican | The word "truvendu" comes from the Latin word ""trovandus`", which is related to the concept of "finding", but also has meanings relating to "discovery", "obtaining", and "securing". |
| Croatian | The word 'nalaz' also has various alternate meanings such as 'discovery' and 'archaeological find,' adding depth and nuance to its semantic range. |
| Czech | The Czech word 'nález' can also refer to an archaeological find or the verdict of a court. |
| Danish | The Danish word "finde" also means to exist or to take place. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "vinden" (finding) originates from the Proto-Germanic word "*findan" (to find) and can also mean "to believe" or "to deem." |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "trovo" is derived from the Latin word "trovare", meaning "to find" or "to discover". |
| Estonian | Estonian "leidmine" means discovering something lost, while the verb "leidma" also means to decide. |
| Finnish | Löytö also refers to objects of value, such as treasures and lost property. |
| French | "Découverte" can also mean "discovery", "disclosure" or "revelation". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "fynst" ultimately derives from the Proto-Germanic base "*finþan" and shares a common root with the Dutch "vinden" (to find). |
| Galician | Galician "achado" derives from the Latin "acceptus", also related to the Spanish "acepto" ("accepted") and "achaque" ("infirmity") and the Portuguese "achaque" ("ailment"). |
| German | The word "finden" is also used with the meaning of "inventing" or "making up", as in the phrase "er findet eine Geschichte" (he is making up a story). |
| Greek | The word "εύρεση" can also refer to the act of obtaining or achieving something, particularly through one's own efforts or actions. |
| Gujarati | The word "શોધવી" can also mean "to investigate" or "to search for" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "jwenn" is a homophone of the word "jwenn" which means "young". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word 'ganowa', meaning 'finding', shares its root with the word 'gano', which means 'to see' or 'to find'. |
| Hawaiian | "Ka loaʻa ʻana" refers to the act of finding something, but it also connotes the broader concept of achieving a goal or experiencing a revelation. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word מִמצָא ("finding") is also the singular form of מִמצאים ("treasures") and the active participle of the verb מָצָא ("to find"). |
| Hindi | In Marathi, "खोज" also means "the act of digging for treasure" |
| Hmong | The Hmong word 'nrhiav pom' can also mean 'finding a way' or 'solving a problem'. |
| Hungarian | "Lelet" also means "archeological find" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "finna" is a verb that means to find, discover, or acquire something. |
| Igbo | Ịchọta can also refer to a traditional Igbo divination system, involving the use of seeds or cowries to predict the future. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "temuan" can also mean a discovery or an artifact. |
| Irish | The Irish word 'aimsiú' derives from the Old English 'amsian', meaning 'to find' or 'to search for'. |
| Italian | The verb 'trovare' also means 'to invent' in the sense of 'to create something new', as in the phrase 'trovare una soluzione'. |
| Japanese | 見つける (mitsumeru) originally meant "to look", "to stare", or "to watch", but came to mean "to find" in the Edo period. |
| Javanese | The word "nemokake" can also mean "searching" or "to get" in Javanese. |
| Kannada | ಕಂಡುಹಿಡಿಯುವುದು (kanduhiḍiyuvu) comes from the root word 'kāṇḍu,' meaning 'to see' or 'to observe,' and the suffix '-u,' which indicates an action or process. |
| Kazakh | The word "табу" can also mean "finding", "discovery", or "gain" in Kazakh. |
| Korean | The Korean word '발견' can also be used to mean 'discover' or 'invent'. |
| Kurdish | Dîtin, meaning "finding" in Kurdish, also means "seeing", "witnessing", and "experiencing". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "табуу" can also mean "a sign; a trace" in Kyrgyz |
| Latin | The Latin word "inventum" also means a contrivance, a device, a creation, or an invention. |
| Latvian | Atradums is also an ancient Latvian name, meaning "a person who finds". |
| Lithuanian | The etymological origin of "radimas" is unknown and may be onomatopoetic or Indo-European. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "fannen" in Luxembourgish, meaning "finding", derives from the Old High German word "findan". |
| Macedonian | The word "наоѓање" can also refer to a place where something is found, or to the act of finding oneself in a particular situation or place. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "fitadiavana olona" not only means "finding" but also "looking for someone". |
| Malay | "Mencari" in Malay can also mean to look for or search for something, especially with a specific purpose or intention. |
| Malayalam | "കണ്ടെത്തൽ" in Malayalam, also refers to a mental or spiritual realization or gaining knowledge. |
| Maltese | The word "sejba" has Semitic roots and is related to the Arabic word "wajd" (meaning "discovery"). |
| Maori | The word 'kitenga' can also mean 'to observe', 'to gaze', or 'to look at something intently'. |
| Marathi | The word 'शोधत आहे' can also mean 'seeking' or 'searching' in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | "Олох" (finding) comes from the verb "олд" (to be) with the suffix "x". It can be used in the meaning of "presence of something" - "олохгүй" (absent) means "not existing", "not there". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The term is cognate with Pali 'sappana', and can also mean 'discovery', 'invention' or 'investigation'. |
| Nepali | The Nepali word “फेला पार्दै” (“finding”) is derived from the Sanskrit word “पद्” (pad), meaning “to reach, arrive at, or obtain”. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "å finne" can also mean "to determine" or "to ascertain". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Chewa verb 'kupeza' has a secondary meaning 'to earn money' which reflects a broader sense of acquiring something of monetary value. |
| Pashto | The word "موندنه" in Pashto also means "to discover" or "to achieve". |
| Persian | The word "یافته" comes from the verb "یافتن" which means "to find" and can also refer to a discovery or an invention. |
| Polish | The word "odkrycie" can also refer to a discovery or revelation, especially in the scientific or artistic fields. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Encontrando is the present participle of the verb encontrar, meaning "to find" in Portuguese. |
| Romanian | The word "constatare" comes from the Latin word "constare" meaning "to stand together" or "to be evident" and can also refer to a statement or certificate of facts or a legal document |
| Russian | The word "находка" can also refer to a valuable or unexpected object that has been discovered. |
| Samoan | The word "sailiga" in Samoan can also mean "an encounter" or "a meeting". |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "lorg" also means an attempt, trial (noun), "searching"(noun), or to read (verb), to discover (verb), or even a "track". |
| Serbian | The etymology of the Serbian word "налаз" ("finding") is traced back to the Old Slavic verb "nalesti" (to find, to come to), with a possible connection to the ancient Proto-Indo-European root ""kel" ("to call"). |
| Sesotho | "Ho fumana" (finding) comes from the root "fum" (come across) and can also mean "meeting" or "getting". |
| Shona | The word "kutsvaga" also refers to the process of seeking knowledge or information. |
| Sindhi | The name of the village, 'Golharee,' originated from, 'Golhniyoon' (Sindhi plural feminine), or women carrying earthen pitchers from the 'dhoruyoon,' as the plural masculine (Sindhi) is locally pronounced. |
| Slovak | The word "nález" in Slovak may also refer to archaeological discoveries or legal findings. |
| Slovenian | Ugotovitev can also refer to a solution or a verdict. |
| Somali | Helitaanka is also used to refer to a discovery. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "hallazgo" also refers to "archaeological remains" or a "discovery". |
| Sundanese | The word 'manggih' in Sundanese also means 'to know' or 'to get acquainted with something' when used in the context of meeting a person. |
| Swahili | "Kutafuta" can also mean "to search" or "to seek". |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "fynd" can also refer to an unexpected or valuable discovery, a bargain, or a treasure. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Paghahanap also means "search" or "seeking" in English |
| Tajik | The word "ёфтан" in Tajik is derived from the Persian word "يافتن" (yāftan), which means "to find, to obtain". |
| Telugu | The word "కనుగొనడం" can also refer to the act of discovering or inventing something new. |
| Thai | In Thai, "การค้นหา" also means "research" or "investigation". |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "bulma" also has a broader sense and can mean "invention" in English. |
| Ukrainian | The word "знахідка" also has a colloquial meaning of "a good deal" or "a bargain". |
| Urdu | ڈھونڈنا، which means "finding" in Urdu, is derived from the Sanskrit word "dhundh" meaning "to search". |
| Uzbek | The word "topish" also means "to find" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Phát hiện" is a Vietnamese word that can also mean to "realize" or to "understand". |
| Welsh | In addition to its primary meaning, "dod o hyd" can also mean "discovering" or "detecting". |
| Xhosa | The word "ukufumana" is derived from the Xhosa word "ukufumana", which means "to find". |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, 'דערגייונג' can also refer to a 'religious experience' or 'discovery through contemplation'. |
| Yoruba | Wiwa also means "to come across" or "to obtain" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | Ukukuthola means to find something that was lost or hidden |
| English | The word "finding" can also refer to the decision or conclusion reached by a court or other legal authority. |