Function in Different Languages
Discover 'Function' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Function
Afrikaans funksie | ||
Albanian funksioni | ||
Amharic ተግባር | ||
Arabic وظيفة | ||
Armenian գործառույթ | ||
Assamese অনুষ্ঠান | ||
Aymara phunsyuna | ||
Azerbaijani funksiya | ||
Bambara baarakunda | ||
Basque funtzioa | ||
Belarusian функцыя | ||
Bengali ফাংশন | ||
Bhojpuri परोजन | ||
Bosnian funkcija | ||
Bulgarian функция | ||
Catalan funció | ||
Cebuano paglihok | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 功能 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 功能 | ||
Corsican funzione | ||
Croatian funkcija | ||
Czech funkce | ||
Danish fungere | ||
Dhivehi ފަންކްޝަން | ||
Dogri फंक्शन | ||
Dutch functie | ||
English function | ||
Esperanto funkcio | ||
Estonian funktsioon | ||
Ewe wᴐ dᴐ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) function | ||
Finnish toiminto | ||
French fonction | ||
Frisian funksje | ||
Galician función | ||
Georgian ფუნქცია | ||
German funktion | ||
Greek λειτουργία | ||
Guarani hembiapo | ||
Gujarati કાર્ય | ||
Haitian Creole fonksyon | ||
Hausa aiki | ||
Hawaiian hana | ||
Hebrew פוּנקצִיָה | ||
Hindi समारोह | ||
Hmong muaj nuj nqi | ||
Hungarian funkció | ||
Icelandic virka | ||
Igbo ọrụ | ||
Ilocano amad | ||
Indonesian fungsi | ||
Irish feidhm | ||
Italian funzione | ||
Japanese 関数 | ||
Javanese fungsi | ||
Kannada ಕಾರ್ಯ | ||
Kazakh функциясы | ||
Khmer មុខងារ | ||
Kinyarwanda imikorere | ||
Konkani कार्य | ||
Korean 함수 | ||
Krio wok | ||
Kurdish karî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کردار | ||
Kyrgyz функция | ||
Lao ໜ້າ ທີ່ | ||
Latin officium | ||
Latvian funkciju | ||
Lingala mosala | ||
Lithuanian funkcija | ||
Luganda enkola | ||
Luxembourgish funktioun | ||
Macedonian функција | ||
Maithili आयोजन | ||
Malagasy asa | ||
Malay fungsi | ||
Malayalam പ്രവർത്തനം | ||
Maltese funzjoni | ||
Maori mahi | ||
Marathi कार्य | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯊꯧ | ||
Mizo thiltih | ||
Mongolian функц | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) function ကို | ||
Nepali समारोह | ||
Norwegian funksjon | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ntchito | ||
Odia (Oriya) କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ | ||
Oromo faayidaa | ||
Pashto فعالیت | ||
Persian تابع | ||
Polish funkcjonować | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) função | ||
Punjabi ਕਾਰਜ | ||
Quechua ruway | ||
Romanian funcţie | ||
Russian функция | ||
Samoan gaioiga | ||
Sanskrit नियोग | ||
Scots Gaelic gnìomh | ||
Sepedi mošomo | ||
Serbian функцију | ||
Sesotho mosebetsi | ||
Shona basa | ||
Sindhi فنڪشن | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ශ්රිතය | ||
Slovak funkcie | ||
Slovenian funkcijo | ||
Somali shaqo | ||
Spanish función | ||
Sundanese fungsi | ||
Swahili kazi | ||
Swedish fungera | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pagpapaandar | ||
Tajik функсия | ||
Tamil செயல்பாடு | ||
Tatar функциясе | ||
Telugu ఫంక్షన్ | ||
Thai ฟังก์ชัน | ||
Tigrinya ተግባር | ||
Tsonga ntirho | ||
Turkish işlevi | ||
Turkmen funksiýasy | ||
Twi (Akan) dwumadie | ||
Ukrainian функція | ||
Urdu تقریب | ||
Uyghur function | ||
Uzbek funktsiya | ||
Vietnamese chức năng | ||
Welsh swyddogaeth | ||
Xhosa umsebenzi | ||
Yiddish פונקציע | ||
Yoruba iṣẹ | ||
Zulu umsebenzi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "funksie" is also used to refer to a social gathering, derived from its Dutch root ‘functie’ meaning ‘performance’. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "funksioni" derives from the Latin "functio," meaning "performance" or "accomplishment." |
| Amharic | The word "ተግባር" can also refer to a job or occupation. |
| Arabic | The word "وظيفة" in Arabic can also mean "position," "office," or "role." |
| Armenian | The word "գործառույթ" has many different meanings, including "performance", "activity", and "operation". It can also refer to a specific task or role that a person or group has to perform. |
| Azerbaijani | In Azeri, “funksiya” can mean “ceremony” and, in a derogatory tone, “pompous ritual” |
| Basque | In Basque, "funtzioa" originally meant "employment" or "duty", but it has come to mean "function" in the mathematical sense. |
| Belarusian | The word "функцыя" comes from the Latin word "functio", meaning "performance" or "duty". |
| Bengali | The word 'ফাংশন' ('function') in Bengali is derived from the Sanskrit 'functio', meaning 'performance, discharge of duty' |
| Bosnian | Bosnian "funkcija" also denotes a special occasion, event or a social gathering. |
| Bulgarian | Bulgarian "функция" can also mean "duty" or "purpose," while the related word "функционер" can mean "an official" or "a functionary." |
| Catalan | In Catalan, the word "funció" also means "performance" or "show". |
| Cebuano | The word "paglihok" can also refer to a person's "activity". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese word "功能" has an additional meaning of "ability" or "skill", similar to the English word "function" in the phrase "function of the heart". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 功能 (Mandarin Chinese) was a Buddhist term meaning 'action', 'activity' (as an expression of merit), 'merit' (as a cause of rebirth), etc. |
| Corsican | "[Corsican funzione] can also mean "duty", "obligation" or "task". |
| Croatian | The term funkcija can refer to various forms in the musical sense such as rhythm, harmony and structure. |
| Czech | Czech "funkce" shares roots with Latin "functor" and Greek "funktio", describing roles or duties. |
| Danish | The Danish word "fungere" ultimately derives from the Latin word "fungi" and can also mean "to act" or "to carry out a task." |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "functie" can also mean "role", "job", or "department". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "funkcio" can also mean "service" or "use". |
| Estonian | "Funktsion" on laenatud inglise keelest ning tähendab muusikasugupuu või stiili ja matemaatikavaldkonnas suhet, mis seab ühe parameetri vastavusse teisega. |
| Finnish | The word "toiminto" (function) also means "activity" or "operation" in Finnish. |
| French | French "fonction" also means "ceremony" - e.g. "la fonction a été annulée à cause de la pluie". |
| Frisian | The word "funksje" derives from the Latin word "functio", but it also has the alternate meaning of "profession". |
| Galician | The word "función" has multiple meanings in Galician, including "office" or "task". |
| Georgian | The word "функция" ("function") can come from the Latin word "fungor", meaning "to do", indicating the "process of doing", but this is not generally accepted, and the word's exact etymology is somewhat speculative. |
| German | The word "Funktion" derives from the Latin "functio", meaning "performance" or "fulfillment." |
| Greek | The word 'λειτουργία' also means 'service or duty' in Greek, and is cognate with the English word 'liturgy'. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "કાર્ય" also means "purpose" or "activity." |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "fonksyon" can also mean "utility" or "task." |
| Hausa | The word "aiki" in Hausa also means "work" or "business." |
| Hawaiian | The word "hana" also refers to a "job" or "work". |
| Hebrew | The word פוּנקצִיָה derives from the Latin word functio, meaning "discharge" or "performance," as in a performance of a duty. |
| Hindi | The word 'समारोह' comes from the Sanskrit root 'सम्' meaning 'together' and 'आरभ' meaning 'to begin', implying a gathering or commencement. |
| Hmong | In Hmong, "muaj nuj nqi" can also refer to a ceremony or a ritual involving the calling of spirits or deities. |
| Hungarian | Funkció is a Hungarian word with several meanings, including function, role, and duty. |
| Icelandic | Icelandic "virka" also means "to knit". |
| Igbo | It is also used to refer to the gathering of a group of people for a common purpose |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, the word "fungsi" also refers to a social role or duty. |
| Irish | Etymology: 'Feidhm': from Proto-Celtic *weyd-, meaning 'to go, to work' |
| Italian | The word "funzione" derives from the Latin "functio," meaning "performance" or "fulfillment," and has alternate meanings such as "role" or "purpose. |
| Japanese | As "関す" means "to be connected with/involved in", "関数" originally meant a variable that is determined by another variable. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "fungsi" (function) is derived from Sanskrit and has the alternate meaning of "nature" or "form". |
| Kannada | The term "ಕಾರ್ಯ" is also used in the context of grammar to refer to the "subject" or "agent" within a sentence. |
| Kazakh | The word "функциясы" is derived from the Latin word "functio", meaning "performance" or "action". |
| Korean | "함수(function)" can also mean "duty" or "role" in Korean. |
| Kurdish | The word "karî" also means "job" or "occupation" in Kurdish, and is related to the Persian word "kâr" meaning "work". |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, "функция" (funktsiya) is also used to describe "a set of related activities or actions" or an "official role or position". |
| Lao | "ໜ້າທີ່" is a Lao word that originally meant "face" or "appearance" and came to mean "function" or "role" through semantic extension. |
| Latin | Officium, from the Latin word for "work", was used in a legal context to refer to one's duty to perform a task or role. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "funkcija" also has the alternate meaning of "duty". |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, "funkcija" can also mean "purpose" or "role." |
| Macedonian | "Функција" originates from Latin "functio", meaning "fulfillment", a derivative of "fungor" ("fulfill, discharge"). Additionally, it designates "social duty, occupation, office" and "religious ceremony, divine service." |
| Malagasy | The word 'asa' in Malagasy can also mean 'use', 'purpose', or 'role'. |
| Malay | The Malay word "fungsi" can also refer to a ceremony, event, or occasion, derived from the Sanskrit "vrtti" (conduct). |
| Malayalam | The word "pravartanam" derives from Sanskrit, meaning "movement" or "change", and has also been used in Malayalam to refer to "work" or "activity". |
| Maltese | The word "funzjoni" originates from the Latin word "functio" meaning "performance" or "execution." |
| Maori | "Mahi" in Maori can also refer to any kind of work or activity, such as gardening, cooking, or fishing. |
| Marathi | The word "कार्य" ("function") in Marathi can also mean "work". |
| Mongolian | The word "функц" (funktz) is derived from the Russian word "функция" (funktsiya), which in turn comes from the Latin word "functio" meaning "performance" or "duty". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word 'function' in Burmese can also refer to 'purpose' or 'usage'. |
| Nepali | The word समारोह in Nepali has its roots in the Sanskrit word "sama" meaning "together" and "aroha" meaning "ascend" or "rise", hence implying a gathering or assembly of people. |
| Norwegian | In its original sense, 'funksjon' referred to a person's official position or profession. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Ntchito" also refers to a type of traditional dance in Malawi. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "فعالیت" also means "action" or "deed." |
| Persian | تابع also means 'dependent' or 'follower' in Persian, mirroring its mathematical meaning as a dependent variable. |
| Polish | The Polish word "funkcjonować" also has the meaning of "to work" and comes from the Latin word "functio" which means "performance". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "função" in Portuguese is derived from the Latin "functio," meaning "performance" or "execution." |
| Punjabi | ਕਾਰਜ (kāraj) also means 'work, business, duty, purpose, undertaking, affair, concern, occupation, task, mission, charge, commission, assignment, project, job, operation, process, procedure, ritual, ceremony, or observance'. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "funcţie" comes from the Latin word "functio," which also means "performance" or "duty." |
| Russian | The Russian word "функция" (function) can also refer to "purpose", "role" or "responsibility". |
| Samoan | 'Gaioiga' also means 'work', 'duty', 'office', 'profession' or 'role'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "gnìomh" can also mean "deed" or "action" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | Функцију, in Serbian, is also used to mean "the role or position of a person in society or an organization," as in "има важну функцију у фирми" ("he has an important role in the company"). |
| Shona | "Basa" can also mean "to ask"} |
| Sindhi | The word “فنڪشن” (function) in Sindhi holds a secondary connotation of acting or performing, highlighting the active and dynamic aspect of carrying out a function. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | ශ්රිතය shares its root with the term 'ශ්රී', meaning 'glory' or 'prosperity', and can also refer to 'a place' or 'a state'. |
| Slovak | The word "funkcie" in Slovak comes from the Latin word "functio", meaning "performance" or "execution." |
| Slovenian | The word 'funkcijo' can also mean 'duty' or 'role' in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word shaqo also means "work" or "occupation" in Somali. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "función" also means "role", "duty", or "performance", and derives from the Latin "functio", meaning "accomplishment" or "execution." |
| Sundanese | The word "fungsi" (meaning "function" in Sundanese) also means "duty" or "role" in Indonesian. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "kazi" can also refer to a job or task. |
| Swedish | The word 'fungera' derives from the same root as 'function' in English, and also carries the meanings of 'work' or 'behave' in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, "pagpapaandar" can also refer to the act of driving a vehicle or operating a machine. |
| Tajik | The word "функция" is also used to refer to "duty" or "task" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The term 'seylapadu' is also used in Tamil to describe an activity, action, performance, process, or service. |
| Telugu | The word "ఫంక్షన్" ("function") is derived from Latin word "functio" and Old French word "fonction". It is also used in Mathematics and Computer Science to denote a relation that assigns to each element of a set a unique element of another set. |
| Thai | The Thai word "ฟังก์ชัน" can also mean "role" or "duty". |
| Turkish | The word "işlevi" can also mean "role" or "purpose" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "функція" is derived from the Latin "functio", meaning "performance" or "duty". |
| Urdu | The word "تقریب" also means "approximation" or "estimation" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word "funktsiya" is a homonym in Uzbek, also meaning "an act performed by an official" or "the responsibility of an organization or official." |
| Vietnamese | The word "chức năng" originates from the Chinese word "職能" which also means "office duty". |
| Welsh | Swydogaeth can also mean 'duty' or 'office', derived from the word 'swydd' meaning 'work' or 'position'. |
| Xhosa | The word "umsebenzi" can also refer to a job, task, or duty. |
| Yiddish | יiddish פונקציע is cognate with German Funktion, both ultimately deriving from Latin functio "performance, duty". |
| Yoruba | "Ìṣẹ́" does not only refer to "work' or "function," but also has a deep spiritual significance, representing one's life purpose and destiny. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "umsebenzi" can also mean "a task" or "a duty." |
| English | The word "function" shares its Latin root with the word "fashion" due to its meaning of "carry out." |