Gather in Different Languages
Discover 'Gather' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Gather
Afrikaans versamel | ||
Albanian mbledh | ||
Amharic ተሰብሰቡ | ||
Arabic جمع | ||
Armenian հավաքվել | ||
Assamese গোটোৱা | ||
Aymara tantachaña | ||
Azerbaijani toplamaq | ||
Bambara lajɛ | ||
Basque bildu | ||
Belarusian збірацца | ||
Bengali জড়ো করা | ||
Bhojpuri इकट्ठा भईल | ||
Bosnian okupiti | ||
Bulgarian събирам | ||
Catalan reunir | ||
Cebuano magtapok | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 收集 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 收集 | ||
Corsican riunisce | ||
Croatian okupiti | ||
Czech shromáždit | ||
Danish samle | ||
Dhivehi އެއްކުރުން | ||
Dogri किट्ठे होना | ||
Dutch verzamelen | ||
English gather | ||
Esperanto kolekti | ||
Estonian kogunema | ||
Ewe ƒoƒu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) magtipon | ||
Finnish kerätä | ||
French recueillir | ||
Frisian sammelje | ||
Galician xuntar | ||
Georgian შევიკრიბოთ | ||
German versammeln | ||
Greek μαζεύω | ||
Guarani ñembyaty | ||
Gujarati ભેગા | ||
Haitian Creole rasanble | ||
Hausa tara | ||
Hawaiian ʻākoakoa | ||
Hebrew לאסוף | ||
Hindi इकट्ठा | ||
Hmong sib sau | ||
Hungarian összegyűjteni | ||
Icelandic safna saman | ||
Igbo kpokọta | ||
Ilocano tipunen | ||
Indonesian mengumpulkan | ||
Irish bailigh | ||
Italian raccogliere | ||
Japanese ギャザー | ||
Javanese kumpul | ||
Kannada ಸಂಗ್ರಹಿಸಿ | ||
Kazakh жинау | ||
Khmer ប្រមូលផ្តុំ | ||
Kinyarwanda guterana | ||
Konkani जमा जावप | ||
Korean 모으다 | ||
Krio gɛda | ||
Kurdish civandin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کۆکردنەوە | ||
Kyrgyz чогултуу | ||
Lao ເຕົ້າໂຮມ | ||
Latin colligentes | ||
Latvian pulcēties | ||
Lingala kosangisa | ||
Lithuanian rinkti | ||
Luganda okusoloza | ||
Luxembourgish versammele | ||
Macedonian соберат | ||
Maithili जुटेनाइ | ||
Malagasy hanangona | ||
Malay berkumpul | ||
Malayalam കൂട്ടിച്ചേർക്കും | ||
Maltese tiġbor | ||
Maori kohikohi | ||
Marathi गोळा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯥꯁꯤꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo kalkhawm | ||
Mongolian цуглуулах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စုဆောင်းပါ | ||
Nepali जम्मा गर्नु | ||
Norwegian samle | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kusonkhanitsa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଏକତ୍ର କର | ||
Oromo walitti qabuu | ||
Pashto راټولول | ||
Persian جمع آوری | ||
Polish zbierać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) reunir | ||
Punjabi ਇਕੱਠੇ ਕਰੋ | ||
Quechua pallay | ||
Romanian aduna | ||
Russian собирать | ||
Samoan faʻaputuputu | ||
Sanskrit स्खति | ||
Scots Gaelic cruinneachadh | ||
Sepedi kgoboketša | ||
Serbian скупити | ||
Sesotho bokella | ||
Shona unganidza | ||
Sindhi گڏجاڻي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) රැස් කරන්න | ||
Slovak zhromaždiť | ||
Slovenian zbrati | ||
Somali urursada | ||
Spanish reunir | ||
Sundanese ngumpulkeun | ||
Swahili kukusanya | ||
Swedish samla | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) magtipon | ||
Tajik гирд овардан | ||
Tamil சேகரிக்க | ||
Tatar җыел | ||
Telugu సేకరించండి | ||
Thai รวบรวม | ||
Tigrinya ምእካብ | ||
Tsonga hlengeletana | ||
Turkish toplamak | ||
Turkmen ýygnan | ||
Twi (Akan) boa ano | ||
Ukrainian збирати | ||
Urdu جمع | ||
Uyghur يىغىلىڭ | ||
Uzbek yig'moq | ||
Vietnamese tụ họp | ||
Welsh ymgynnull | ||
Xhosa qokelela | ||
Yiddish צונויפנעמען | ||
Yoruba kójọ | ||
Zulu ukubutha |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "versamel" originates from the Dutch word "verzamelen", and has the additional meaning of "collect" |
| Albanian | The word "mbledh" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *mel-, meaning "to grind, crush, or break up". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word ተሰብሰቡ is derived from the Proto-Semitic root *ṯ-b-ṯ, which also means to 'assemble, gather'. |
| Arabic | In Persian, "جمع" also means "arithmetic addition". |
| Azerbaijani | Toplamaq also means "to accumulate" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | "Bildu" means "to build" and "to gather" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The verb "збірацца" ("gather") also means "to get ready". |
| Bengali | The word "জড়ো করা" can also mean to assemble or accumulate. |
| Bosnian | The word "okupiti" also means "occupy" in Bosnian, similar to its origin in Latin "occupare" meaning "to seize or take possession of." |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, the word "събирам" also means "collect", "assemble", or "accumulate". |
| Catalan | The word "reunir" can also mean "to recollect" in the sense of regaining composure or one's senses. |
| Cebuano | The word "magtapok" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian root word "*taqəp", meaning "to meet, to visit". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 收集's etymology includes the meanings 'to pick' and 'to glean' |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In addition to "collect", "收集" also has various meanings such as "assemble", "accumulate", and "compile." |
| Corsican | "Riunisce" in Corsican is derived from the Italian "riunire", meaning "to reunite" or "to bring together". |
| Croatian | "Okupiti" may originate from the Proto-Slavic verb *kupiti, which means "to buy" or "to exchange goods. |
| Czech | "Shromáždit" is derived from the Proto-Slavic "*sъromъžditi", which could also mean "to assemble" or "to bring together". |
| Danish | The verb 'samle' can also be used figuratively to mean 'collect' or 'assemble' something, such as a collection of coins or a team of people. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "verzamelen" can also mean "to accumulate" or "to collect". |
| Esperanto | "Kolekti" also means "to collect" in Esperanto and is related to the Latin word "colligere", meaning "to bring together". |
| Estonian | The word "kogunema" is derived from the Proto-Uralic root *kok-, meaning "to gather" or "to collect." |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "kerätä" is related to the Estonian "koguma", Livonian "koggõδ", and Votic "kokata". |
| French | The word "recueillir" also means "to collect", "to gather", and "to harvest" in French. |
| Frisian | Sammelje is derived from the Proto-West Germanic verb *samaljaną, which means 'to assemble' or 'to collect'. |
| Galician | The Galician word "xuntar" is also used colloquially in the sense of "to gather or bring people together" |
| German | The verb 'versammeln' in German ultimately derives from the Proto-Germanic *samnōn, which also gave rise to the English words 'assemble' and 'congregate'. |
| Greek | "Μάζω", which means gather, derives from the Indo-European root *mag-, meaning "to take, get" |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "ભેગા" can also refer to a gathering of people, friends or family. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "rasanble" in Haitian Creole is derived from the French word "rassembler", meaning "to assemble" or "to gather". |
| Hausa | The word 'tara' also means 'to acquire, obtain, or secure' and can refer to the act of collecting information or resources. |
| Hawaiian | 'Ākoakoa' can also mean 'to accumulate' or 'to come together'. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "לאסוף" (lasef) can also mean "to collect" or "to accumulate". |
| Hindi | इकट्ठा can also mean 'to collect' or 'to assemble'. |
| Hmong | The word 'sib sau' also means 'to collect' or 'to assemble' in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | The verb form of 'összegyűjt' may refer to the accumulation of possessions or an action. |
| Icelandic | In Old Norse, safna saman means to "gather" and "compose poems". |
| Igbo | 'Kpokọta', meaning 'to gather' in Igbo, also has an alternate meaning of 'to accumulate' or 'to bring together'. |
| Indonesian | "Mengumpulkan" can also mean "to summarize" or "to collect data". |
| Irish | The word 'bailigh' in Irish can also mean 'to collect', 'to harvest', and 'to assemble'. |
| Italian | "Raccogliere" in Italian can also mean to deduce or infer. |
| Japanese | 「ギャザー」は英語の「gather」に由来し、本来は「集める」という意味で使われていたが、後に「寄せたしわ」や「フリル」を意味するようになった。 |
| Javanese | Although "kumpul" (gather) is often used with people, it can also refer to gathering material objects. |
| Kannada | "Collect, accumulate, compile" are alternate meanings of the Kannada word "ಸಂಗ್ರಹಿಸಿ" ( |
| Kazakh | The word "жинау" in Kazakh is also used to refer to the process of accumulating wealth or knowledge. |
| Korean | 모으다 (Mo-e-da) can also refer to the act of collecting, assembling, or accumulating people or things. |
| Kurdish | The word "civandin" in Kurdish has a secondary meaning of "to assemble" or "to collect". |
| Kyrgyz | "Чогултуу" is a Kyrgyz word derived from the Mongolian word "tsuqaltu" and its literal meaning is "to assemble or collect (large numbers of humans and animals)" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | Colligentes derives from the Latin verb colligere, meaning "to gather, collect, or assemble." |
| Latvian | In Old Prussian the cognate word "pūlit" meant "to be full" and "pilsē" means "city," implying an old etymology of "gathering place." |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "rinkti" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *reg-, meaning "to straighten, to order, to arrange". |
| Luxembourgish | In German, the word "versammeln" also means to gather, assemble or convene. |
| Macedonian | The word "соберат" also means "collect" or "assemble" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The word "hanangona" can also mean "to assemble" or "to accumulate". |
| Malay | Berkumpul in Indonesian also means "to assemble" and comes from the Proto-Malay root "*ba-kulumpun". |
| Maltese | The word "tiġbor" in Maltese shares its etymology with the word "collect" in English, deriving from the Latin "colligere" meaning "to bring together". |
| Maori | Kohikohi also refers to the collection of knowledge and cultural practices passed down through generations. |
| Marathi | The word "गोळा" is derived from the Sanskrit word "गोल" (goal) and can also mean "to collect, assemble, or accumulate" in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | "Цуглуулах" also means to "collect", "assemble", or "accumulate". |
| Nepali | The word "जम्मा गर्नु" can also mean "to accumulate" or "to collect" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | "Samle" is distantly related to the English word "collect". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "راټولول" (gather) shares a common origin with Persian "رات", Hindi "रात", Sanskrit "रात्रि", and English "night". |
| Persian | The word "جمع آوری" in Persian can also mean "to collect" or "to assemble". |
| Polish | The word "zbierać" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *bir-, meaning "to take, to seize" and is related to the Russian word "брать" (bratʹ), meaning "to take, to receive". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese verb "reunir" is derived from the Latin verb "runire," meaning "to bring together". |
| Punjabi | "ਇਕੱਠੇ ਕਰੋ" is cognate with "कर" in Sanskrit, "κάρω" in Ancient Greek, and "cure" in English, all sharing the underlying meaning of "to do" or "to make." |
| Romanian | "Aduna" in Romanian is related to the word "ad" meaning "near" and "una" meaning "one". |
| Russian | The verb собрать ('sobirat') also means 'to recover from an illness' in Russian slang. |
| Samoan | The word "faʻaputuputu" can also mean "to assemble" or "to bring together". |
| Scots Gaelic | Cruinneachadh is also used to mean an assembly or a meeting. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "скупити" can also mean "to buy" or "to acquire". |
| Sesotho | The word "bokella" in Sesotho can also mean "to collect" or "to assemble". |
| Shona | The word 'unganidza' is derived from the word 'unga', which means 'to collect or bring together'. |
| Sindhi | The word "گڏجاڻي" can also refer to a gathering of people, especially for a social or ceremonial occasion. |
| Slovak | The word "zhromaždiť" is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "sъbrati", which also means "to collect" or "to assemble". |
| Slovenian | The word "zbrati" in Slovenian shares the same root as the English word "brother" and originally meant "to make related" or "to make kindred". |
| Somali | The word "urursada" can also refer to an assembly or collection of people. |
| Spanish | The word "reunir" comes from the Latin "re-unire," meaning "to unite again" or "to bring together again." |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "ngumpulkeun" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word "*qumpuR", meaning "to gather" or "to assemble". |
| Swahili | "Kikusanya" is also used with the meaning of "collect" in the Swahili language. |
| Swedish | The word "samla" also means "to collect" or "to assemble" in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "magtipon" in Tagalog also means "to accumulate" or "to hoard". |
| Tajik | The word "гирд овардан" not only means "gather" in Tajik, but it can also refer to the gathering of people for various purposes, such as a meeting or assembly. |
| Tamil | சேகரிக்க, originally meaning “to join”, comes from the term “சேர்”. Later, it acquired the meaning “to gather”. |
| Telugu | సేకరించండి originates from the Old Telugu word "సేకర", meaning "to collect" or "to assemble". It's also related to the Hindi word "संग्रह" (saṅgraha), which means "gathering" or "collection". This shows the strong connection between Telugu and other Indo-Aryan languages. |
| Thai | รวบรวม (rẁbrwm) < เขมร រួម (ruəm) = รวม |
| Turkish | When referring to a hat, “toplamak” also means “to tip off” or “to take one’s hat off” |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian verb “збирати” can also mean to “collect”. |
| Urdu | Derived from the Arabic root "جمع" meaning "to collect" or "to bring together," "جمع" also signifies "to assemble" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word "yig'moq" in Uzbek also means "to assemble" or "to collect". |
| Vietnamese | The word "tụ họp" can also refer to a meeting of Communist Party members. |
| Welsh | 'Ymgynnull' has the same root as 'cynnull' which means 'to gather' and is used in some more formal contexts. |
| Xhosa | 'Qokelela' (gather) is onomatopoeic, and mimics the sound of calling someone or something. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "צונויפנעמען" is related to the German word "zusammennehmen"," to gather oneself." |
| Yoruba | The word “kójọ” also means “to gather wealth” or “to make a fortune”. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "ukubutha" shares its root with the word for "bundle" and the verb "to collect". |
| English | The word "gather" traces its roots to the Middle English "gaderen," meaning "to bring together," as well as the Old English "gaderian," with the same meaning. |