Garage in Different Languages
Discover 'Garage' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Garage
Afrikaans motorhuis | ||
Albanian garazh | ||
Amharic ጋራዥ | ||
Arabic كراج | ||
Armenian ավտոտնակ | ||
Assamese গেৰেজ | ||
Aymara kuchira | ||
Azerbaijani qaraj | ||
Bambara garasi | ||
Basque garajea | ||
Belarusian гараж | ||
Bengali গ্যারেজ | ||
Bhojpuri गैराज | ||
Bosnian garaža | ||
Bulgarian гараж | ||
Catalan garatge | ||
Cebuano garahe | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 车库 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 車庫 | ||
Corsican garage | ||
Croatian garaža | ||
Czech garáž | ||
Danish garage | ||
Dhivehi ގަރާޖް | ||
Dogri गेराज | ||
Dutch garage | ||
English garage | ||
Esperanto garaĝo | ||
Estonian garaaž | ||
Ewe ʋunɔƒe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) garahe | ||
Finnish autotalli | ||
French garage | ||
Frisian garaazje | ||
Galician garaxe | ||
Georgian ავტოფარეხი | ||
German garage | ||
Greek γκαράζ | ||
Guarani mba'yrumýi koty | ||
Gujarati ગેરેજ | ||
Haitian Creole garaj | ||
Hausa gareji | ||
Hawaiian hale kaʻa | ||
Hebrew מוּסָך | ||
Hindi गेराज | ||
Hmong chav nres tsheb | ||
Hungarian garázs | ||
Icelandic bílskúr | ||
Igbo ụgbọala | ||
Ilocano garahe | ||
Indonesian garasi | ||
Irish garáiste | ||
Italian box auto | ||
Japanese ガレージ | ||
Javanese garasi | ||
Kannada ಗ್ಯಾರೇಜ್ | ||
Kazakh гараж | ||
Khmer យានដ្ឋាន | ||
Kinyarwanda garage | ||
Konkani गॅरेज | ||
Korean 차고 | ||
Krio garaj | ||
Kurdish xerac | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) گەراج | ||
Kyrgyz гараж | ||
Lao ບ່ອນຈອດລົດ | ||
Latin garage | ||
Latvian garāža | ||
Lingala garage | ||
Lithuanian garažas | ||
Luganda galaji | ||
Luxembourgish garage | ||
Macedonian гаража | ||
Maithili गैरेज | ||
Malagasy garazy | ||
Malay garaj | ||
Malayalam ഗാരേജ് | ||
Maltese garaxx | ||
Maori karatii | ||
Marathi गॅरेज | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯒꯥꯔꯤ ꯊꯝꯐꯝ | ||
Mizo motor dahna | ||
Mongolian гараж | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကားဂိုဒေါင် | ||
Nepali ग्यारेज | ||
Norwegian garasje | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) garaja | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଗ୍ୟାରେଜ୍ | ||
Oromo garaajii | ||
Pashto ګراج | ||
Persian گاراژ | ||
Polish garaż | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) garagem | ||
Punjabi ਗੈਰਾਜ | ||
Quechua garaje | ||
Romanian garaj | ||
Russian гараж | ||
Samoan faletaavale | ||
Sanskrit यानशाला | ||
Scots Gaelic garaids | ||
Sepedi karatšhe | ||
Serbian гаража | ||
Sesotho karache | ||
Shona garaji | ||
Sindhi گيراج | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ගරාජය | ||
Slovak garáž | ||
Slovenian garaža | ||
Somali garaashka | ||
Spanish garaje | ||
Sundanese garasi | ||
Swahili karakana | ||
Swedish garage | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) garahe | ||
Tajik гараж | ||
Tamil கேரேஜ் | ||
Tatar гараж | ||
Telugu గ్యారేజ్ | ||
Thai โรงรถ | ||
Tigrinya ጋራጅ | ||
Tsonga garaji | ||
Turkish garaj | ||
Turkmen garaage | ||
Twi (Akan) garaagye | ||
Ukrainian гараж | ||
Urdu گیراج | ||
Uyghur ماشىنا ئىسكىلاتى | ||
Uzbek garaj | ||
Vietnamese nhà để xe | ||
Welsh garej | ||
Xhosa igaraji | ||
Yiddish גאַראַזש | ||
Yoruba gareji | ||
Zulu igalaji |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "motorhuis" has Dutch roots and literally means "engine house." |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "garazh" is derived from the Spanish word "garaje," meaning "parking space". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ጋራዥ" is derived from the French word "garage" and initially just referred to parking spaces covered by canvas. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "كراج" can also refer to a parking lot or a stable for animals. |
| Armenian | The word "ավտոտնակ" is derived from the French word "garage", which originally meant a shelter for horse-drawn carriages. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "qaraj" can also refer to a "guardroom" or "customs house" in other languages. |
| Basque | "Garajea" is a loanword from Spanish, which in turn derives from the French word "garage" meaning "shelter." |
| Belarusian | Belarusian word "гараж" derives from the French phrase "grand air", meaning "fresh air". |
| Bengali | In Bengali, "গ্যারেজ" can also refer to a repair shop for vehicles. |
| Bosnian | "Garaža" originally meant a large storage yard for military vehicles. |
| Bulgarian | The word "гараж" is derived from the French word "garage", which comes from the verb "garer" meaning "to park". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word “garatge” originates from the French word “garage”, but in Catalan it additionally means “parking lot”. |
| Cebuano | The word 'garahe' can also mean 'warehouse' or 'storage room' in Cebuano. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 车库的「库」字也有仓库的意思，因此车库在早期中国也称「汽车库」或「汽车仓库」 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 車庫 also means "carriage house" in Chinese (Traditional). |
| Corsican | The word "garage" in Corsican can also mean "workshop" or "shed". |
| Croatian | "Garaža" originates from the Spanish word "garaje" and also means "parking lot" in Croatian. |
| Czech | Czech "garáž" (garage) comes from French "garage" (shelter), ultimately from Old French "ware-gier" (protection from danger). |
| Danish | In Danish, "garage" can also refer to a workshop, shed or warehouse, deriving from the French word "garer" meaning "to shelter". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "garage" can also refer to a type of small shed or workshop attached to a house in the backyard. |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's "garaĝo" is a loanword from French and ultimately Latin "carrus" or "carrus publicus" |
| Estonian | The word "garaaž" in Estonian has no relation to the English word "garage", but rather derives from the French word "gare". In Estonian, both words mean "railroad station". |
| Finnish | The word "autotalli" is a loanword from the Swedish word "autostall", which itself is a compound of the Greek word "autos" (self) and the Latin word "stabulum" (stable). |
| French | In French, 'garage' can also refer to a police station, a railway depot, or a military barracks. |
| Frisian | De garaazje, naast de betekenis ‘garage’, ook de naam voor ‘de boerderij’ en voor een ‘werkplaats’ |
| Galician | In Galician, "garaxe" can also mean "shelter" or "refuge". |
| Georgian | The word "avtoparekhi" originates from the Greek word "autophag", meaning "one who eats himself". |
| German | In German, "Garage" (from French "garer") also means "shed". |
| Greek | The Greek word γκαράζ (garaz), meaning "garage," derives from the French word garage, which in turn comes from the Old French word garer, meaning "to place." |
| Gujarati | In Gujarati, the term “ગેરેજ” (garage) can also refer to a small workshop or a space used for storing or repairing vehicles. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "garaj" comes from the French word "garage" and colloquially means "parking lot". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, the word "gareji" is also used to refer to the act of fixing or repairing a vehicle, or to the place where such repairs are carried out. |
| Hawaiian | The term 'hale kaʻa' translates literally as 'house for cars' in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | מוסך shares a root with musical and philosophical meanings, with the same three Hebrew letters meaning "foundation," "base," or "structure," but in Aramaic it referred to an "inn" or "resting place."} |
| Hindi | The Hindi word 'गेराज' (garage) derives from the French 'garer' meaning 'to put away' and ultimately from the Celtic 'waranda' meaning 'shelter or house'. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "chav nres tsheb" derives from the Chinese word "che chang" (garage), which refers to a place where vehicles are stored and repaired. |
| Hungarian | The word "garázs" in Hungarian comes from the French word "garage" and originally meant "shed for storing cars". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word **bílskúr**, meaning "garage," derives from the Old Norse words **bíl** (car) and **skúr** (shed). |
| Igbo | "ụgbọala" in Igbo can also mean "vehicle" or "car". |
| Indonesian | The word "garasi" also refers to a parking lot in Indonesian. |
| Irish | The word "garáiste" is most likely derived from the French word "garage", meaning "a place to park a car". |
| Italian | It also means boxing match or the box where a fighter is knocked out; and in a theatre, a small room where performers await cues. |
| Japanese | The word 「ガレージ」 (garage) can also mean a parking spot or parking lot in Japanese, especially one that is covered or enclosed. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, the word "garasi" also means a room for storing tools or belongings. |
| Kannada | The word "garage" comes from the French word "garer", meaning "to park". |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, the word "гараж" not only means "garage", but also "car repair shop". |
| Khmer | The Khmer word “ផអហធេប្ងោជ” refers to both a “garage” and a “gas station.” |
| Korean | "차고" can also mean a "warehouse" in Korean. |
| Kurdish | The word “xerac” derives from the Middle Persian word “khrakh” (shelter). |
| Kyrgyz | The word "гараж" can also refer to a "shed" |
| Latin | In Latin, "Garage" also can refer to the Latin phrase "gara gar" which means "to chatter"} |
| Latvian | Latvian "garāža" shares its etymological roots with "garage" in multiple other languages, but also carries the extended meaning of "bus depot". |
| Lithuanian | "Garažas" also means "steam engine" in Lithuanian, derived from the Latin "vaporarium" meaning "a room for vapor baths." |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "garage" can also refer to a railway station. |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, the word “Гаража” can also mean a workshop or repair shop. |
| Malagasy | The word "garazy" in Malagasy is derived from the French word "garage," which means "shelter" or "workshop." |
| Malay | In Malay, the word “garaj” can also refer to a storehouse. |
| Malayalam | ഗാരേജ് comes from the French "garer", meaning "to park" and ultimately from the Medieval Gaulish "wari-ja", meaning "watch" or "shelter". |
| Maltese | The word "garaxx" in Maltese comes from the French word "garage". |
| Maori | The word 'karatii' is derived from the English word 'garage' and it can also be used to refer to a workshop or shed. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "गॅरेज" ("garage") also refers to a small shop for motor vehicle repairs or maintenance. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word гараж can also mean a shed or any other outbuilding. |
| Nepali | The word ग्यारेज (gyāreja) comes from the French word 'garer' meaning 'to park'. |
| Norwegian | While the word "garasje" in Norwegian means a building for parking cars, it can also refer to a workshop or storage shed. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "garaja" in Nyanja (Chichewa) has an alternate meaning: "place where cars are repaired". |
| Pashto | The word “گراج” ("garage") in Pashto originally meant a "stable". |
| Persian | The word "گاراژ" (garage) is derived from the French word "garer" (to park), and originally referred to a place where horses were kept. |
| Polish | The word "garaż" ultimately derives from the French "garer", meaning "to park a vehicle." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "garagem" also means "parking brake" or "handbrake". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਗੈਰਾਜ" (garaaj) originates from the French word "garage" meaning "shelter" or "place to store vehicles." |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "garaj" also means "throat" or "fauces" in the human body. |
| Russian | In the early 20th century, the French word "garage" was borrowed into Russian to describe a building or place for keeping motor vehicles, but the term later also came to refer to a group of musicians and their instruments. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word fale' ta'avale literally means "house for cars." |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, "garaids" also refers to a small shed or outbuilding. |
| Serbian | In Serbian, "гаража" can also refer to a small apartment located on the ground floor of a building, typically with one room and a kitchen. |
| Sesotho | The word 'karache' can also be used figuratively to refer to a place where people gather to talk or spend time together. |
| Shona | In Shona, "garaji" also means "a place where people gather to drink beer" |
| Sindhi | The word "گيراج" (garage) in Sindhi derives from the Persian word "كارگاه" (workshop) and originally referred to a workspace for artisans. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, 'ගරාජය' (garage) also means 'a place where carriages are kept', echoing its original meaning in French. |
| Slovak | The Slavic word *gorěti* (“garáž” is Hungarian) translates originally as “to burn down”. |
| Slovenian | The word 'garaža' in Slovenian comes from the Italian word 'garaggio', which in turn comes from the French word 'garage'. |
| Somali | The word "garaashka" is derived from the Arabic word "jārash", meaning "house" or "shelter". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "garaje" can also refer to a parking area, a storage facility, or a workshop. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "garasi" also refers to a place for storing agricultural equipment or a place for slaughtering animals. |
| Swahili | Karakana is also a type of small house or shack. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "garage" comes from the French word "garer", meaning "to park". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word 'garahe' also refers to the lower-level space in a home where household items are stored, or a small shed used to store firewood or tools. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "гараж" also refers to a "parking lot". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'கேரேஜ்' ('garage') is derived from the French word 'garage', which means 'shelter for vehicles'. |
| Telugu | The word "garage" ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "*gher-," meaning "to enclose" or "to protect. |
| Thai | The Thai word "โรงรถ" (garage) originates from the French word "remise" meaning "a place to store carriages". |
| Turkish | The word "garaj" in Turkish derives from the French word "garage". It can also refer to a parking lot or a workshop. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "гараж" (garage) has also been used figuratively to refer to a place where one can "hide" or "disappear from view". |
| Urdu | گیراج ('garage') originates from the French word 'garer' meaning 'to park' and is also used to refer to a collection of old or useless articles. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, the word "garaj" can also mean a "warehouse" or "shed". |
| Vietnamese | "Nhà để xe" có nguồn gốc từ tiếng Pháp "garage", dùng chỉ nơi để xe cơ giới, nhưng ở Việt Nam, nó cũng được dùng để chỉ nơi lưu trữ đồ đạc hoặc kinh doanh buôn bán. |
| Welsh | The word "garej" is a loanword from the French "garage" and is related to the Welsh word "gardd" meaning "garden." |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word 'igaraji' originates from the word 'garage' in English, which itself comes from the French word 'garer' meaning 'to park'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "גאַראַזש" ("garage") also means "a small store or shop for the sale of used goods". |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, 'gareji' is a portmanteau of 'ga' (car) and 'reji' (warehouse), also referring to a 'carport' or 'bus shelter'. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "igalaji" originates from the Afrikaans word "garage". |
| English | The word 'garage' originally referred to a shelter for carriages and derives from the French word 'garer', meaning 'to park'. |