Frame in Different Languages
Discover 'Frame' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Frame
Afrikaans raam | ||
Albanian kornizë | ||
Amharic ክፈፍ | ||
Arabic الإطار | ||
Armenian շրջանակ | ||
Assamese ফ্ৰেম | ||
Aymara marku | ||
Azerbaijani çərçivə | ||
Bambara lamini | ||
Basque markoa | ||
Belarusian рама | ||
Bengali ফ্রেম | ||
Bhojpuri ढांचा | ||
Bosnian okvir | ||
Bulgarian кадър | ||
Catalan marc | ||
Cebuano bayanan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 帧 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 幀 | ||
Corsican quadru | ||
Croatian okvir | ||
Czech rám | ||
Danish ramme | ||
Dhivehi ފްރޭމް | ||
Dogri खांचा | ||
Dutch kader | ||
English frame | ||
Esperanto kadro | ||
Estonian raam | ||
Ewe ati | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) frame | ||
Finnish runko | ||
French cadre | ||
Frisian frame | ||
Galician marco | ||
Georgian ჩარჩო | ||
German rahmen | ||
Greek πλαίσιο | ||
Guarani okẽnda | ||
Gujarati ફ્રેમ | ||
Haitian Creole ankadreman | ||
Hausa firam | ||
Hawaiian mōlina | ||
Hebrew מִסגֶרֶת | ||
Hindi ढांचा | ||
Hmong ncej | ||
Hungarian keret | ||
Icelandic ramma | ||
Igbo etiti | ||
Ilocano kuadro | ||
Indonesian bingkai | ||
Irish fráma | ||
Italian telaio | ||
Japanese フレーム | ||
Javanese bingkai | ||
Kannada ಫ್ರೇಮ್ | ||
Kazakh жақтау | ||
Khmer ស៊ុម | ||
Kinyarwanda ikadiri | ||
Konkani चवकट | ||
Korean 틀 | ||
Krio frem | ||
Kurdish çarçove | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) چوارچێوە | ||
Kyrgyz алкак | ||
Lao ກອບ | ||
Latin frame | ||
Latvian rāmis | ||
Lingala kadre | ||
Lithuanian rėmas | ||
Luganda fuleemu | ||
Luxembourgish kader | ||
Macedonian рамка | ||
Maithili ढांचा | ||
Malagasy filanjana | ||
Malay bingkai | ||
Malayalam ഫ്രെയിം | ||
Maltese qafas | ||
Maori anga | ||
Marathi फ्रेम | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯉꯥꯛꯂꯧ | ||
Mizo ruangam | ||
Mongolian хүрээ | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဘောင် | ||
Nepali फ्रेम | ||
Norwegian ramme | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chimango | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଫ୍ରେମ୍ | ||
Oromo caasaa wayitti marsee taa'uu | ||
Pashto چوکاټ | ||
Persian قاب | ||
Polish rama | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) quadro, armação | ||
Punjabi ਫਰੇਮ | ||
Quechua tawa kuchu | ||
Romanian cadru | ||
Russian рамка | ||
Samoan faavaa | ||
Sanskrit आबन्ध | ||
Scots Gaelic frèam | ||
Sepedi foreime | ||
Serbian рам | ||
Sesotho foreime | ||
Shona furemu | ||
Sindhi فريم | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) රාමුව | ||
Slovak rám | ||
Slovenian okvir | ||
Somali jir | ||
Spanish marco | ||
Sundanese pigura | ||
Swahili sura | ||
Swedish ram | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) frame | ||
Tajik чорчӯба | ||
Tamil சட்டகம் | ||
Tatar кадр | ||
Telugu ఫ్రేమ్ | ||
Thai กรอบ | ||
Tigrinya መቓን | ||
Tsonga fureme | ||
Turkish çerçeve | ||
Turkmen çarçuwa | ||
Twi (Akan) twa to so | ||
Ukrainian кадру | ||
Urdu فریم | ||
Uyghur رامكا | ||
Uzbek ramka | ||
Vietnamese khung | ||
Welsh ffrâm | ||
Xhosa isakhelo | ||
Yiddish ראַם | ||
Yoruba fireemu | ||
Zulu ifreyimu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In the early Afrikaans Bible, 'raam' referred to a frame or framework for windows or doors, but later came to be used for the window or door itself. |
| Albanian | The term “kornizë” also refers to a type of folk song in the Albanian language, typically accompanied by a small, single-stringed instrument called “lahuta” |
| Amharic | Amharic ክፈፍ also refers to a person's skeleton. |
| Arabic | "إطار" in Arabic can mean "the frame of an image or picture," "a boundary or limit," or "a mental construct or perspective." |
| Armenian | "Շրջանակ" originates from the Armenian word "շրջան" or "circle", and was originally used in relation to religious artwork as it refers to a "halo" surrounding the figures. |
| Basque | The word "markoa" in Basque can also be used to mean "frame" in the context of a building or a car. |
| Belarusian | Белорусское слово «рама» происходит от немецкого слова «rahmen», которое означает «рамка» или «обрамление». |
| Bengali | A "ফ্রেম" can also refer to a body of someone who is thin or an enclosure built around something. |
| Bosnian | "Okvir" can also mean "framework", "structure", or "setting" in Bosnian, expanding its usage beyond its primary meaning as "frame". |
| Bulgarian | The word "кадър" also means "shot" in Bulgarian, and derives from the French word "cadre", meaning "frame". |
| Catalan | "Marc" in Catalan also refers to the remains of a pressed substance, such as grapes or olives. |
| Cebuano | The word "bayanan" in Cebuano can also refer to an outline or a plan of action. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "帧"还可以指电影或动画中的单幅画面。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In Chinese, the character 幀 (frame) can also mean "one frame of film" or "a single image in a sequence of images." |
| Corsican | In Corsican, the word "quadru" also means "face" or "mirror". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "okvir" can also mean "context" or "setting" and is cognate with the Latin word "circum" |
| Czech | The word "rám" can also refer to a "picture frame" or a "door frame" in Czech. |
| Danish | Ramme (frame) also means "hit" or "ram" in Danish, and comes from the Proto-Germanic "ramma" meaning "to strike". |
| Dutch | Kader also refers to a group of people who are trained in a specific field or profession. |
| Esperanto | In Hungarian, the word “kadr” has the same meaning of “frame”, and this is the origin of its usage in Esperanto. |
| Estonian | In the Estonian language, the word "raam" can also refer to a window, mirroring its origin from Middle Low German "rām," which likewise means both "frame" and "window." |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "runko" is cognate with the Estonian word "rong" and the Hungarian word "ronk". |
| French | "Cadre" also means "staff" in French, coming from the Latin "quadrum", which means "square". |
| Frisian | It derives from the Old Frisian "frama" and it can also mean "benefit", "profit" or "utility". |
| Galician | Galician "marco" comes from Latin "marcus", a large wooden beam used to support the entrance of a house, and also refers to the frame surrounding a picture. |
| Georgian | "ჩარჩო" is derived from Old Persian *čārtča-, meaning "square, enclosure" and it is also used in the following meanings: "frame," "case," "molding," "window frame," or the "perimeter" of something. |
| German | The word "Rahmen" in German also means "boundaries" or "framework". |
| Greek | “Πλαίσιο” derives from the Ancient Greek word “πλαξ,” meaning “flat surface” or “slab.” |
| Gujarati | The word "frame" comes from the Old French word "framer", meaning "to arrange" or "to construct". |
| Haitian Creole | The Creole word "ankadreman" shares an etymology with the French expression "encadrement".} |
| Hausa | Hausa "firam" is an alternate spelling of "firami" that means "to draw in outlines; frame a picture with lines; measure a building site". |
| Hawaiian | "Mōlina" also means "a fence" or "an enclosure" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The word "מִסגֶרֶת" also means "framework" or "structure" in Hebrew, and is related to the word "סוגר" (meaning "to close" or "to surround"). |
| Hindi | "ढांचा" also means "framework" or "structure" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | "Ncej" can also mean "the skeleton of a house". |
| Hungarian | Hungarian word "keret" also means a small, cheap house. |
| Icelandic | "Ramma" also means "a frame of a window" in Icelandic. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "etiti" also refers to a loom, a rectangular structure used for weaving textiles. |
| Indonesian | The word "bingkai" in Indonesian derives from the Proto-Austronesian word "*biy-kaŋay", meaning "to surround". |
| Irish | The Irish word "fráma" comes from the Old Irish word "frám, |
| Italian | In the field of anatomy, "telaio" may refer to a particular part of the nervous system. |
| Japanese | In Japanese, the word フレーム (frame) has an alternate meaning of “sequence of frames forming a film” and an etymological origin in the English word “frame”. |
| Javanese | The word "bingkai" in Javanese has additional meanings of "border" or "edge". |
| Kannada | In art, framing can refer to the physical or virtual placement of works of art in an art museum or gallery. |
| Kazakh | 'Жақтау' ('frame' in Kazakh) also means 'to support' or 'to defend'. |
| Khmer | The word "ស៊ុម" also means "border" or "edge" in Khmer. |
| Korean | Another meaning of 틀 is "rule", which is used in phrases such as "틀에 맞추다" (to conform to the rules). |
| Kurdish | The word 'çarçove' in Kurdish can also refer to a 'border' or an 'edge'. |
| Kyrgyz | The word 'алкак' can also refer to a border or boundary, or the outer lining of a garment. |
| Lao | The word ກອບ "frame" can also mean either "to enclose, confine" or "to surround". |
| Latin | The Latin word "frame" can also mean "to make known, to publish". |
| Latvian | "Rāmis" is cognate with "ramme" in Estonian and "ram" in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic. It also means "boundary" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, "rėmas" also refers to a picture frame or a bicycle frame. |
| Luxembourgish | 'Kader' is a Luxembourgish word that comes from the French word 'cadre' and is also used in German. In the context of art, it often refers to a picture frame. |
| Macedonian | "Рамка" is a diminutive form of "ръка" (hand) or "рамо" (shoulder), suggesting its original function as a support or handle. |
| Malay | The word "bingkai" is related to the Javanese term "bingkai" which has the same meaning, and could possibly derive from the Sanskrit word "veṇī" meaning "braid". |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "ഫ്രെയിം" can also refer to a plan, scheme, or arrangement. |
| Maltese | In Arabic, the root word 'q-f-s' refers to a cage or a box. |
| Maori | The word "anga" in Maori can also refer to skeletal muscles, limbs, or the human body itself. |
| Marathi | The term 'फ्रेम' in Marathi originates from the Sanskrit 'frama', meaning 'framework' or 'support'. |
| Mongolian | The word “хүрээ” can also mean border, boundary, or limit in Mongolian. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | "ဘောင်" can also mean "border, edge, rim, boundary, side, shore, coast, bank, margin, brink, verge," |
| Nepali | The word "फ्रेम" in Nepali can also mean "boundary", "framework", or "structure" |
| Norwegian | The word "ramme" can also refer to a physical structure such as a window or door frame |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "chimango" in Nyanja can also mean "shelf" or "platform". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "چوکاټ" (frame) is derived from the Persian word "چوکات" and ultimately from the Arabic word "إطار" (frame). |
| Persian | The Persian word قاب (“frame”) is cognate with the Ottoman Turkish قاب and the Arabic إطار (“frame, border”) and derives from the Syriac ܩܐܒܐ (“frame, border”). |
| Polish | The noun "rama" can also denote a wooden construction used to hang meat for smoking or a wooden base for a roof. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "quadro" refers to a picture frame or a painting, while "armação" specifically means a spectacle frame or a frame for a window or door. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਫਰੇਮ" (frame) in Punjabi can also refer to a mold or pattern, or to the process of setting or fixing something in place. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "cadru" is a cognate of the Italian word "quadro", meaning "square" or "painting", and also refers to the frame of a door or window. |
| Russian | In Russian, "рамка" is also a colloquial term for a person's face. |
| Samoan | ''Faavaa'' derives from ''faa'', meaning "to do" or "to make", and ''avaa'', meaning "to frame", "to mold", or "to shape". |
| Scots Gaelic | Frèam is also an alternate spelling of the Gaelic frìomh, meaning "root." |
| Serbian | The word "Рам" (frame) in Serbian can also refer to a wooden frame used in carpentry. |
| Shona | The word "furemu" in Shona can also refer to the chassis of a vehicle or the structure of a building. |
| Sindhi | The word "فريم" can also mean "framework" or "structure". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhalese word "රාමුව" also means "doorway" or "threshold". |
| Slovak | In old Slovak, the word "rám" also meant "a picture" or "an image". |
| Slovenian | The word "okvir" (frame) in Slovenian derives from the Old High German "rahhōn" (frame, box), sharing its root with the words "rake" and "rafter". |
| Somali | The Somali word "jir" also means "body" or "spine" in Arabic. |
| Spanish | In addition to "frame", "marco" also signifies "mold" or "border", originating from the Frankish "marka" meaning "boundary" or "sign". |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "pigura" for "frame" might be cognate with the Javanese word "pigura" meaning "picture hanging on a wall", and ultimately of Portuguese origin. |
| Swahili | Sura also means 'wooden tray' or 'door or window frame' in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "ram" can also refer to the border of a textile or a wall hanging. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, "frame" can also refer to a "picture frame" or "window frame" |
| Tajik | The etymology of the term "чорчӯба" is disputed, it may be derived from Persian, Sanskrit and/or Mongolian languages. |
| Tamil | சட்டகம் is a word often used in the context of building structures. |
| Telugu | The word "frame" comes from the Old English word "fram", meaning "a useful object". |
| Thai | กรอบ (krohp) can also mean "outline," "scope," "border," or "limitation." |
| Turkish | The word "çerçeve" in Turkish also means "context" or "framework". |
| Ukrainian | The word "кадру" in Ukrainian also has the meanings "section" or "department". |
| Urdu | The word "فریم" can also mean "film" or "movie". |
| Uzbek | Uzbek "ramka" originates from Russian "рамка" that comes from "rama" which originally meant "timber". |
| Vietnamese | In Vietnamese, "khung" can also mean "skeleton" or "structure" |
| Welsh | In Welsh, the word “ffrâm” can also refer to the body of an individual or the framework of a building. |
| Xhosa | The word "isakhelo" also means "handle" or "shaft" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, “ראַםʼ (frame) means 'framework' and 'border', but also derives from the Middle High German 'rameʼ (framework) and has cognates in Middle English 'rame', Middle French 'reim' and Latin 'rima'. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "fireemu" has the alternate meaning of "plan" or "scheme". |
| Zulu | Despite its common use as "frame," "ifreyimu" can also mean "picture," "drawing," "image," "portrait," "film," or "movie". |
| English | "Frame" comes from the Middle English "fremen," which means "to support" or "to make something advantageous." |