Gas in Different Languages
Discover 'Gas' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Gas
Afrikaans gas | ||
Albanian gazit | ||
Amharic ጋዝ | ||
Arabic غاز | ||
Armenian գազ | ||
Assamese গেছ | ||
Aymara gas | ||
Azerbaijani qaz | ||
Bambara gazi | ||
Basque gasa | ||
Belarusian газ | ||
Bengali গ্যাস | ||
Bhojpuri गैस के बा | ||
Bosnian plin | ||
Bulgarian газ | ||
Catalan gas | ||
Cebuano gasolina | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 加油站 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 加油站 | ||
Corsican gasu | ||
Croatian plin | ||
Czech plyn | ||
Danish gas | ||
Dhivehi ގޭސް | ||
Dogri गैस | ||
Dutch gas- | ||
English gas | ||
Esperanto gaso | ||
Estonian gaas | ||
Ewe gas | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) gas | ||
Finnish kaasu | ||
French gaz | ||
Frisian gas | ||
Galician gas | ||
Georgian გაზი | ||
German gas | ||
Greek αέριο | ||
Guarani gas rehegua | ||
Gujarati ગેસ | ||
Haitian Creole gaz | ||
Hausa gas | ||
Hawaiian ʻenekini | ||
Hebrew גַז | ||
Hindi गैस | ||
Hmong roj | ||
Hungarian gáz | ||
Icelandic bensín | ||
Igbo gas | ||
Ilocano gas | ||
Indonesian gas | ||
Irish gás | ||
Italian gas | ||
Japanese ガス | ||
Javanese bensin | ||
Kannada ಅನಿಲ | ||
Kazakh газ | ||
Khmer ឧស្ម័ន | ||
Kinyarwanda gaze | ||
Konkani वायू | ||
Korean 가스 | ||
Krio gas | ||
Kurdish xaz | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) غاز | ||
Kyrgyz газ | ||
Lao ອາຍແກັດ | ||
Latin gas | ||
Latvian gāze | ||
Lingala gaz | ||
Lithuanian dujos | ||
Luganda ggaasi | ||
Luxembourgish gas | ||
Macedonian гас | ||
Maithili गैस | ||
Malagasy mandatsa-dranomaso | ||
Malay gas | ||
Malayalam വാതകം | ||
Maltese gass | ||
Maori hau | ||
Marathi गॅस | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯒ꯭ꯌꯥꯁ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯑꯦꯟ.ꯗꯤ.ꯑꯦ | ||
Mizo gas a ni | ||
Mongolian хий | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဓာတ်ငွေ့ | ||
Nepali ग्यास | ||
Norwegian gass | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mpweya | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଗ୍ୟାସ୍ | ||
Oromo gaazii | ||
Pashto ګاز | ||
Persian گاز | ||
Polish gaz | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) gás | ||
Punjabi ਗੈਸ | ||
Quechua gas | ||
Romanian gaz | ||
Russian газ | ||
Samoan kesi | ||
Sanskrit गैसः | ||
Scots Gaelic gas | ||
Sepedi khase | ||
Serbian гасни | ||
Sesotho khase | ||
Shona gasi | ||
Sindhi گئس | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ගෑස් | ||
Slovak plyn | ||
Slovenian plin | ||
Somali gaaska | ||
Spanish gas | ||
Sundanese gas | ||
Swahili gesi | ||
Swedish gas | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) gas | ||
Tajik газ | ||
Tamil வாயு | ||
Tatar газ | ||
Telugu గ్యాస్ | ||
Thai แก๊ส | ||
Tigrinya ጋዝ | ||
Tsonga gasi | ||
Turkish gaz | ||
Turkmen gaz | ||
Twi (Akan) gas | ||
Ukrainian газ | ||
Urdu گیس | ||
Uyghur gas | ||
Uzbek gaz | ||
Vietnamese khí ga | ||
Welsh nwy | ||
Xhosa irhasi | ||
Yiddish גאַז | ||
Yoruba gaasi | ||
Zulu igesi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans "gas" also means "laugh" and is usually used in the plural to mean "jokes" or "funny stories". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "gazit" is derived from the Turkish word "gaz", meaning "gasoline" or "petrol" |
| Amharic | The Amharic word “ጋዝ” is used for |
| Arabic | The word "غاز" can also mean "anger" or "wrath" in Arabic. |
| Armenian | "Գազ" (gas) also means "treasure" in Armenian. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "qaz" in Azerbaijani also shares a root with the English word "goose" and "gander", and means a "migratory waterfowl". |
| Basque | In Basque, "gasa" also means "poison" or "harmful substance". |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "газ" can also refer to "petrol" or "LPG". |
| Bengali | "গ্যাস" also means "flatulence" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word 'plin' likely originates from the Proto-Indo-European root 'ple-', meaning 'to fill'. |
| Bulgarian | "Газ" is a Bulgarian word for "gas" and can also refer to the pedal in a car that controls the flow of fuel to the engine |
| Catalan | Catalan "gas" also means "brake" and derives from "gaz" |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "gasolina" is also used to refer to kerosene, which is a type of fuel used in lamps and stoves. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "加油站" is commonly used to refer to gas stations, but it can also mean "to refuel" or "to cheer someone on." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 加油站 is a Chinese translation of the English word “gas station” meaning a place where gasoline is sold and also where vehicles can be refueled. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, the word "gasu" is also used to refer to a mixture of herbs used to produce a drink. |
| Croatian | The word "plin" in Croatian can also refer to a "fabric made of silk". |
| Czech | The Czech word "plyn" for "gas" is derived from the Greek word "pneuma" and originally meant "breath" or "spirit". |
| Danish | In Danish, the word "gas" can also mean "street" or "avenue". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "gas" can also refer to a "leverage" or "pole". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "gaso" is derived from the Latin word "chaos". This is an interesting connection to the English word "gaseous", which also relates to a state of disorder or flux. |
| Estonian | Despite having the same spelling and pronunciation as the English word for the naturally-occurring fluid, "gaas" in Estonian is etymologically unrelated, derives from "kaas" (vapor), and has a broader meaning, applying to both vapor-like and non-vapor-like gases |
| Finnish | The word "kaasu" derives from the Swedish word "gas" and is a cognate of the English word "gas". |
| French | In French, the word "gaz" can also refer to the brake or accelerator pedal in a vehicle, deriving from "gazoline". |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "gas" can also refer to "foaming" or "yeast". |
| Galician | In Galician, the word "gas" can also refer to a type of alcoholic beverage, especially a carbonated one. |
| Georgian | The word "გაზი" ("gas") is ultimately derived from the Greek word "χάος" ("khaos"), meaning "void" or "abyss". |
| German | "Gas" in German derives from Dutch "gas" meaning "ghost" or "vapor, fume," itself from Greek "chaos." |
| Greek | The word αέριο ("gas") derives from the Ancient Greek word αήρ ("air") and has the same stem as "atmosphere". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "ગેસ" also means "fuel" or "gasoline." |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, the word "gaz" can also mean "gasoline" or "fuel". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "gas" can also refer to a type of grass or a particular type of beer. |
| Hawaiian | 'Enekini' not only means 'gas,' but it can also mean 'a breath of air or wind.' |
| Hebrew | גַז is also the Hebrew word for "fragment": a broken or torn piece of something, from the root ג-ז-ז, "to shear or cut". |
| Hindi | The word "gas" in Hindi comes from the Sanskrit word "gaj," meaning "to go. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "roj" also has alternate meanings such as "odor" or "scent". |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "gáz" also means a pedal used to accelerate a vehicle. |
| Icelandic | The word "bensín" derives from the Old Norse word "bens" meaning "wound" or "injury" and is related to the word "bjǫrg" meaning "to help" or "to protect". |
| Igbo | In Igbo, |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "gas" originally meant "poison". |
| Irish | "Gás" derives from an older Gaelic word for "vapor" and refers specifically to smoke that has been condensed to form a liquid. |
| Italian | In addition to the meaning of "gas", the Italian word "gas" can refer to a type of carbonated water or a soft cloth. |
| Japanese | The word "gas" in Japanese can also refer to gasoline or a general anesthetic. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "bensin" is derived from the Dutch word "benzine", meaning "petrol". In Indonesia, it has become synonymous with all types of vehicle fuel. |
| Kannada | "ಅನಿಲ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "anila" meaning "wind" or "breath". |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, "газ" also refers to "petrol". |
| Khmer | The term "ឧស្ម័ន" can also refer to the smell or aroma of something. |
| Korean | The word "가스" (gas) in Korean comes from the Dutch word "gas" and also means "anesthesia". |
| Kurdish | The word "xaz" in Kurdish, beyond its primary meaning of "gas," also holds a secondary connotation of "an unpleasant odor or smell." |
| Kyrgyz | The root "газ" in Kyrgyz also forms other terms related to "gas" or "vapor," such as "жел газы" (wind). |
| Lao | The word 'ອາຍແກັດ' ('gas') comes from the Thai word 'แก๊ส' ('gas'), which is ultimately derived from the Greek word 'κάμα' ('burning') via Latin and French. |
| Latin | In Latin, "gas" also denoted a "phantom" or "apparition". |
| Latvian | The Latvian word “gāze” may have originated from the German word “Gas” (gas), introduced in the 17th century by Jan Baptista van Helmont. |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, "dujos" (gas) is derived from the Slavic word "dukh", meaning "spirit" or "breath". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Gas" can also refer to an alcoholic beverage, typically a fruit brandy or distilled spirit. |
| Macedonian | Гас in Macedonian also means 'gauze'. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "mandatsa-dranomaso" originally referred to the air that inflates the lungs, and only later took on the meaning of "gas". |
| Malay | The Malay word "gas" also means "anger" or "rage". |
| Malayalam | The word "വാതകം" is derived from the Sanskrit word "वायु" (vāyu), meaning "air". It can also refer to "flatulence" or "indigestion". |
| Maltese | Maltese 'gass' ('gas') comes from Italian 'gas' and originally only referred to lighting gas or gas used for anaesthesia. |
| Maori | The Maori word "hau" also refers to a traditional Maori cloak made from flax or feathers. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "गॅस" ('gas') can also refer to the verb "to pass gas" or a flatulent emission. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "хий" also has the alternate meanings of "emptiness" and "space." |
| Nepali | The word "ग्यास" in Nepali can also refer to "intoxication" or "high". |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "gass" can also refer to a kind of glass |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "mpweya" in Nyanja (Chichewa) is also used to refer to air, breath, or vapor. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "ګاز" can also refer to a type of fabric or a lever. |
| Persian | In Persian, the term "gas" refers not only to "fumes" but also "gasoline" when used in compound words. |
| Polish | "Gaz" is masculine singular accusative form of the word "gęś," which means "goose" in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "gás" also means "carbonated beverage" or "fizzy drink". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਗੈਸ" (gas) in Punjabi can also refer to a "fart" or the "emission of a gas". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "gaz" can be used to refer to a wide range of gases, including those used for cooking, lighting, and heating. |
| Russian | The word "газ" can also refer to "acceleration" or "throttle" in the context of vehicles. |
| Samoan | Kesī, meaning “gas,” is possibly derived from the Proto Polynesian word ʻesi, which means “to breathe.” |
| Scots Gaelic | Scots Gaelic "gas" derives from Old Norse "gass" meaning "specter, ghost, goblin, sprite, specter, phantom, apparition, hobgoblin." |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "гасни" ("gas") can also refer to a type of fabric or a kind of lamp. |
| Sesotho | The word “khase” in Sesotho is also used to refer to a “fume” or “vapour”, and can be used in the context of a bad smell. |
| Shona | The word "gasi" can also mean "spirit" or "soul" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "گئس" (gas) is derived from the Persian word "گاز" and also means "flatulence". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "ගෑස්" is derived from the Dutch word "gas", meaning "a vapor or volatile substance." |
| Slovak | "Plyn" is a cognate of the Czech word "plyn" and the Russian word "газ" (gaz), all ultimately derived from the Dutch word "gas". |
| Slovenian | The word "plin" in Slovenian is derived from the Greek word "πνεύμα" (pneuma), meaning "breath". It can also refer to a fart or a flatulence. |
| Somali | Somali "gaaska" is also a verb meaning "to be out of breath" or "to be wheezing". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "gas" can also refer to the brake pedal or to flatulence. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "gas" can also refer to a group of people, such as a gang or crew. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, 'gesi' can also refer to 'carbonated drinks' or 'soda'. |
| Swedish | The word can also mean street or road and is related to "gata" which means path. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Hangin" in Tagalog (Filipino) can also refer to a person or a group of people who are behaving in an abnormal or eccentric manner. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word «газ» originally meant "kerosene" or "oil" but now means "natural gas." |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "வாயு" is cognate with the Sanskrit word "वायु" (vāyu), meaning "wind" or "air". |
| Telugu | The word "గ్యాస్" ("gas") in Telugu is derived from the Sanskrit word "गैस" ("gasa"), meaning "emission" or "exhalation". |
| Thai | In Thai, "แก๊ส" can also refer to a specific type of fuel used in cooking or lighting. |
| Turkish | Gaz is also a common word for throttle or accelerator pedal in vehicles, coming from French and ultimately Latin "gutta" (drop). |
| Ukrainian | The word "газ" derives from the Dutch word "gas" meaning "chaos". |
| Urdu | The word 'گیس' (gas) can also be used to mean 'hair' in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "gaz" can also mean "courage" or "strength". |
| Vietnamese | The word "khí ga" does not only mean "gas" in Vietnamese, but also "carbonated drinks" and "gasoline". |
| Welsh | Nwy has also been proposed as a cognate in Gaulish, the 'nw' representing a common Celtic initial 'kn' that in Brythonic became 'nw' but in Gaelic became 'cn' with further evolution to 'gn' or 'cn-'. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "irhasi" may also refer to something insubstantial or fleeting. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "גאַז" also means "street" or "alleyway". |
| Yoruba | The word "gaasi" can also refer to "wind" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | In linguistics, the word 'igesi' derives from the Latin word 'gas' introduced by Belgian doctor Jan Baptist van Helmont, while in Zulu it has other meanings including 'air' and 'breath'. |
| English | The word "gas" originally referred to a chaotic state or condition, not to a substance. |