Furniture in Different Languages
Discover 'Furniture' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Furniture
Afrikaans meubels | ||
Albanian orendi | ||
Amharic የቤት ዕቃዎች | ||
Arabic أثاث المنزل | ||
Armenian կահույք | ||
Assamese আচবাব | ||
Aymara muwlinaka | ||
Azerbaijani mebel | ||
Bambara minɛw | ||
Basque altzariak | ||
Belarusian мэбля | ||
Bengali আসবাবপত্র | ||
Bhojpuri काठ के बनल सामान | ||
Bosnian namještaj | ||
Bulgarian мебели | ||
Catalan mobles | ||
Cebuano muwebles | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 家具类 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 家具類 | ||
Corsican mobili | ||
Croatian namještaj | ||
Czech nábytek | ||
Danish møbel | ||
Dhivehi ފަރްނީޗަރ | ||
Dogri फर्नीचर | ||
Dutch meubilair | ||
English furniture | ||
Esperanto mebloj | ||
Estonian mööbel | ||
Ewe nunᴐdzi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) muwebles | ||
Finnish huonekalut | ||
French meubles | ||
Frisian meubilêr | ||
Galician mobles | ||
Georgian ავეჯი | ||
German möbel | ||
Greek έπιπλα | ||
Guarani ogapy rembiporu | ||
Gujarati ફર્નિચર | ||
Haitian Creole mèb | ||
Hausa kayan daki | ||
Hawaiian lako hana | ||
Hebrew רְהִיטִים | ||
Hindi फर्नीचर | ||
Hmong rooj tog | ||
Hungarian bútor | ||
Icelandic húsgögn | ||
Igbo oche | ||
Ilocano muebles | ||
Indonesian mebel | ||
Irish troscán | ||
Italian mobilia | ||
Japanese 家具 | ||
Javanese prabotan | ||
Kannada ಪೀಠೋಪಕರಣಗಳು | ||
Kazakh жиһаз | ||
Khmer គ្រឿងសង្ហារឹម | ||
Kinyarwanda ibikoresho | ||
Konkani फर्निचर | ||
Korean 가구 | ||
Krio tin dɛn | ||
Kurdish navmalî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کەلوپەلی ماڵەوە | ||
Kyrgyz эмерек | ||
Lao ເຟີນີເຈີ | ||
Latin supellectilem | ||
Latvian mēbeles | ||
Lingala biloko ya ndako | ||
Lithuanian baldai | ||
Luganda eby'embaawo | ||
Luxembourgish miwwelen | ||
Macedonian мебел | ||
Maithili फर्नीचर | ||
Malagasy furniture | ||
Malay perabot | ||
Malayalam ഫർണിച്ചർ | ||
Maltese għamara | ||
Maori taonga taonga | ||
Marathi फर्निचर | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯎꯄꯨ ꯀꯥꯛꯊꯣꯜ | ||
Mizo bungbel | ||
Mongolian тавилга | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပရိဘောဂ | ||
Nepali फर्नीचर | ||
Norwegian møbler | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mipando | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଆସବାବପତ୍ର | ||
Oromo meeshaalee mana keessaa | ||
Pashto فرنیچر | ||
Persian مبلمان | ||
Polish meble | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) mobília | ||
Punjabi ਫਰਨੀਚਰ | ||
Quechua mueble | ||
Romanian mobila | ||
Russian мебель | ||
Samoan meaafale | ||
Sanskrit उपस्कर | ||
Scots Gaelic àirneis | ||
Sepedi fenišara | ||
Serbian намештај | ||
Sesotho thepa ea ka tlung | ||
Shona midziyo | ||
Sindhi فرنيچر | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ගෘහභාණ්ඞ | ||
Slovak nábytok | ||
Slovenian pohištvo | ||
Somali alaabta guriga | ||
Spanish mueble | ||
Sundanese jati | ||
Swahili fanicha | ||
Swedish möbel | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kasangkapan sa bahay | ||
Tajik мебел | ||
Tamil தளபாடங்கள் | ||
Tatar җиһаз | ||
Telugu ఫర్నిచర్ | ||
Thai เฟอร์นิเจอร์ | ||
Tigrinya ናይ ገዛ ኣቕሓ | ||
Tsonga vhanichara | ||
Turkish mobilya | ||
Turkmen mebel | ||
Twi (Akan) akonnwa | ||
Ukrainian меблі | ||
Urdu فرنیچر | ||
Uyghur ئۆي جاھازلىرى | ||
Uzbek mebel | ||
Vietnamese đồ nội thất | ||
Welsh dodrefn | ||
Xhosa ifanitshala | ||
Yiddish מעבל | ||
Yoruba aga | ||
Zulu ifenisha |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Meubels" in Afrikaans is derived from the Middle Dutch word "meuble", which also means "furniture". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "orendi" is thought to derive from the Proto-Albanian *orindo, meaning "a seat or bench". |
| Arabic | The word "أثاث المنزل" in Arabic comes from the verb "أثاث" meaning "to furnish" and "المنزل" meaning "the house". |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "կահույք" (furniture) derives from the Persian word "کاح", meaning "straw" or "reed", which were commonly used in making furniture in the past. |
| Azerbaijani | In the old Azerbaijani language, the word |
| Basque | In Old Basque and in medieval texts "altzariak" also refers to a room's equipment and provisions. |
| Belarusian | The word “мэбля” has German roots and means “movable property”. |
| Bengali | "আসবাবপত্র" is most likely derived from the Persian words "āsās" (foundation) and "bābat" (article). |
| Bosnian | The word "namještaj" is derived from the Slavic word "nam" meaning "on" or "upon" and "mjesta" meaning "place", suggesting its purpose of providing a place to sit or rest upon. |
| Bulgarian | The word "мебели" is derived from the Turkish word "mebel" meaning "couch". |
| Catalan | The word "mobles" in Catalan comes from the Latin word "mobilis" which means 'movable', reflecting the portable nature of furniture. |
| Cebuano | The word "muwebles" in Cebuano, originally from the Spanish word "muebles", came to mean furniture. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "家具类" can also refer to "furniture" in various contexts, such as "furniture industry" or "furniture design". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 家具類 is a collective term for all household items including furniture, fixtures, and furnishings. |
| Corsican | Mobili can also mean "movables," and derives from the Latin "mobilia," meaning "movable goods," "effects." |
| Croatian | The word "namještaj" likely derives from the Proto-Slavic *naměsto "instead, in place of". |
| Czech | Nábytek, "furniture" in Czech, is derived from the word "nábyt", meaning "vessel" or "tool." |
| Danish | The word møbel is derived from the Danish word "movabel", which can mean moveable, and is related to the German word "möbel" and the English word "mobile". |
| Dutch | While "meubilair" translates to "furniture" in English, it carries an alternate meaning of "personal properties", often referring to the movable elements of a furnished house or an estate's contents, excluding things like real estate, money, securities, or documents. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "mebloj" originates from the French word "meuble" meaning "piece of furniture" or "single item of furniture." |
| Estonian | Mööbel comes from the German word "Möbel", ultimately derived from the Latin word "mobilis" (movable). |
| Finnish | "Huonekalut" is a compound of "huone" ("room") and "kalut" ("stuff"), so it literally means "room stuff". |
| French | The word "meubles" (literally "movables") in French originally referred to any movable property, not just furniture. |
| Frisian | The term 'meubilêr' is of French origin and originally referred to furnishings that were both practical and decorative. |
| Galician | In Galician, the word "mobles" also refers to the movable property of a person, like cattle or other livestock. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "ავეჯი" (aveji) ultimately derives from the Turkic word "ej" or Arabic "eşya" ('thing' or 'object'). |
| German | The German word "Möbel" is derived from the Middle French "meubles" meaning "movables" and came into the German language in the 17th century. |
| Greek | The word "έπιπλα" is derived from the ancient Greek word "πίπτω", meaning "to fall", and originally referred to objects that were placed on the floor. |
| Gujarati | The word 'ફર્નિચર' (furniture) in Gujarati can also mean 'stuff' or 'personal belongings'. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "mèb" in Haitian Creole is derived from the French word "meuble" and can also mean "belongings" or "property". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word 'kayan daki' may stem from the word 'kaya,' which means 'home,' and 'daki,' which means 'inside.' |
| Hawaiian | ʻLako' also carries alternate meanings of equipment and tools for working; the suffix ‘hana’ translates to work and action. |
| Hebrew | "רְהִיטִים" (rehitim, "furniture") is related to the verb רָחָה (racha, to spread out), from its use to describe the way furniture is arranged |
| Hindi | The word "furniture" originated from the Old French word "fourniture" meaning "provisions", and later referred to a collection of furnishings, and eventually "movable items in a room" in the 17th century. |
| Hmong | The word "rooj tog" can also refer to a household, a group of people living together. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "bútor" likely originates from the Latin word "furnus", meaning "oven" or "stove". |
| Icelandic | The word húsgögn, 'furniture' in Icelandic, is composed of 'hús' (house), and 'gögn' (data, facts). |
| Igbo | In Igbo, 'oche' can also mean 'home', as in 'izu oche', meaning 'home cooking'. |
| Indonesian | The word "mebel" in Indonesian is derived from the Dutch word "meubel", which means "furniture". |
| Irish | The word "troscán" comes from the Old Irish word "trosc", meaning "a beam or rafter", and is related to the French word "trousseau", meaning "a bundle or set of clothes or household items". |
| Italian | The Italian term "mobilia" shares its origin with the English word "mobile," both stemming from the Latin word "mobilis," meaning "moveable." |
| Japanese | 家具 (kagu) is the Japanese pronunciation of the Portuguese word “caju”, derived from the Tupi language and originally referring to the cashew nut. |
| Javanese | "Prabotan" is also used to refer to tools, equipment, or utensils. |
| Kannada | In Kannada, the word “ಪೀಠೋಪಕರಣಗಳು” can also refer to instruments and tools rather than just furniture |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "жиһаз" also means "dowry" or "household items." |
| Khmer | This word can sometimes also refer to "tools". |
| Korean | In Sino-Korean, "ga" has other meanings like "house" or "building," but not "furniture." |
| Kurdish | The word "navmalî" in Kurdish is derived from the Persian word "namal", meaning "felt". |
| Kyrgyz | "Эмерек" also means "any object", "thing", or "stuff" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | The word "ເຟີນີເຈີ" comes from the English word "furniture", which refers to movable objects that are used to furnish a room or building. |
| Latin | Supellectilem, or “furniture” in Latin, can also refer to other household items, such as tools, utensils, food, and clothing. |
| Latvian | The word "mēbeles" can also mean "property" or "estate". |
| Lithuanian | The word "baldai" may also refer to the act of arranging furniture or the furniture industry. |
| Luxembourgish | "Miwwelen" is cognate with the German word "Möbel" and originally referred to all movable possessions, including cattle. |
| Macedonian | The word "Мебел" (furniture) is likely derived from the Arabic word "موبيليا" (mobilia), which ultimately originates from the Latin word "mobilis" (movable). |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "furniture" can also mean "a house or home" |
| Malay | Malay "perabot" (furniture) is cognate to "perobahan" (changing), as furniture is often used to furnish or change the look of a room. |
| Malayalam | The word "furniture" is used in Malayalam to describe "things used in a house or office" and derived from the Portuguese word "furnichar" meaning "equipment" or "utensils". |
| Maltese | The word 'għamara' is derived from the Arabic word 'ghāmarah', which means 'a piece of furniture', 'an ornament', or 'a thing that fills' |
| Maori | The word 'taonga taonga' literally translates to 'sacred things', reflecting the significance of furniture in Maori culture. |
| Marathi | The word "फर्निचर" (furniture) in Marathi can also refer to the furnishings and decorations of a room or building. |
| Mongolian | In Mongolian, the word "тавилга" refers not only to furniture but also to the process of furnishing a space. |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "फर्नीचर" is derived from the French word "fourniture", meaning "supplies" or "equipment." |
| Norwegian | The word "møbler" originates from the Old Norse "mbl"," a type of wooden box or piece of furniture. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Mipando" can also refer to a traditional Nyanja dance accompanied by drums and songs. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "فرنیچر" is ultimately derived from the French word "fournir", meaning "to furnish or supply". |
| Persian | "مبلمان" is derived from the French word "meuble", ultimately coming from the Latin word "mobilis" meaning "moveable." |
| Polish | The Polish word "meble" is derived from the German "Möbel", |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "mobília" derives from the Latin "mobilia", meaning "movable goods". This reflects the historically portable nature of furniture. |
| Punjabi | The word 'furniture' is derived from the French word 'fourniture', meaning 'supplies' or 'equipment'. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "mobila" is derived from the Latin word "mobilis," meaning "moveable" or "easily moved," and is used to refer to furniture because it is often designed to be portable and rearrangeable. |
| Russian | The word "мебель" is derived from the French word "meuble", which means "a piece of furniture" or "a movable object". It can also refer to the collection of furniture in a room or building. |
| Samoan | The word 'meaafale' comes from the words 'mea' ('thing') and 'afale' ('house'), hence it translates to 'things of the house' or furniture. |
| Scots Gaelic | Àirneis, the Scots Gaelic word for "furniture," derives from the Proto-Celtic "*arnitos," meaning "utensil" or "implement." |
| Serbian | The word "nameštaj" is derived from the Old Slavic word "naměštiti", meaning "to arrange or set up". |
| Sesotho | The word "thepa ea ka tlung" can also mean "bedding" or "household goods". |
| Shona | 'midziyo' also refers to 'treasures' in the figurative, not material, sense. |
| Sindhi | Sindhi word "فرنيچر" comes from the Arabic word "فرنچ" which means bed, and is also cognate with Farsi "فرنج" referring to something that is from an outside foreign land, or Europe, and later was generalized to mean all furniture irrespective of its foreign origin. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, "ගෘහභාණ්ඞ" also refers to household items or appliances not necessarily meant for everyday use or comfort. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "nábytok" derives from the Proto-Slavic root "*nabъtь", meaning "to gain" or "to acquire", and originally denoted "possessions" or "wealth". |
| Slovenian | "Pohištvo" is derived from the Proto-Slavic term "pohyštь", which means "things that are placed". |
| Somali | Alaabta guriga derives from the Arabic words "alat" ("tools") and "bait" ("house"), highlighting the utility and domestic nature of furniture in Somali culture. |
| Spanish | The word "mueble" comes from the Latin "mobilis," meaning "moveable," and also refers to assets or movable property. |
| Sundanese | In Indonesian, the word "jati" also refers to a type of hardwood commonly used in furniture making |
| Swahili | In Swahili, 'fanicha' derives from Arabic 'farsh' meaning 'mattress or bedding', likely influenced by the Omani presence in coastal East Africa. |
| Swedish | The word 'möbel' in Swedish originally referred to loose items of furniture, such as tables and chairs, but later came to include fixed items such as built-in cupboards and shelves. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "мебел" is derived from the French word "meuble" which means "movable" or "piece of furniture." |
| Tamil | The word "தளபாடங்கள்" literally translates to "that which is spread out on the floor" |
| Telugu | The word ఫర్నిచర్ or "furniture" also refers to the accessories of a ship that are not considered part of the ship's equipment. |
| Thai | เฟอร์นิเจอร์ comes from the French word "fourniture", meaning "provision" or "supply". |
| Turkish | "Mobilya" comes from the Spanish word "mobilia," meaning "moveable goods," and ultimately from the Latin word "mobilis," meaning "moveable." |
| Ukrainian | The word 'меблі' ultimately derives from the Gothic word for 'table'. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek term "mebel" is a borrowed word from the Turkic language meaning "household goods". |
| Vietnamese | "Đồ nội thất" comes from the Chinese word "家具" (jiājù), which originally meant "household utensils" but has since come to mean "furniture" specifically. |
| Welsh | The word "dodrefn" is derived from the Latin "domus" (house) and "refectio" (restoration). |
| Xhosa | The word 'ifanitshala' can also refer to a type of tree or wood used in furniture making. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "מעבל" derives from the German "Möbel" and ultimately from the French "meuble," which both mean "furniture." |
| Yoruba | Aga, pronounced similarly to 'egg', initially referred to a single chair rather than the current more general usage for 'furniture'. |
| Zulu | I'm not aware of any alternate meanings of the Zulu word 'ifenisha'. |
| English | The word "furniture" derives from the Old French word "fourniture," meaning "supplies or equipment," and ultimately from the Latin word "fornire," meaning "to furnish or supply." |