Afrikaans gas | ||
Albanian gazit | ||
Amharic ጋዝ | ||
Arabic غاز | ||
Armenian գազ | ||
Assamese gaze | ||
Aymara uñkatasiña | ||
Azerbaijani qaz | ||
Bambara filɛli | ||
Basque gasa | ||
Belarusian газ | ||
Bengali গ্যাস | ||
Bhojpuri टकटकी लगा के देखत बानी | ||
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 ނަޒަރު ހިންގާށެވެ | ||
Dogri टकटकी लगा दे | ||
Dutch gas- | ||
English gaze | ||
Esperanto gaso | ||
Estonian gaas | ||
Ewe ŋkuléle ɖe nu ŋu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) titig | ||
Finnish kaasu | ||
French gaz | ||
Frisian gas | ||
Galician gas | ||
Georgian გაზი | ||
German gas | ||
Greek αέριο | ||
Guarani jesareko | ||
Gujarati ગેસ | ||
Haitian Creole gaz | ||
Hausa gas | ||
Hawaiian ʻenekini | ||
Hebrew גַז | ||
Hindi गैस | ||
Hmong roj | ||
Hungarian gáz | ||
Icelandic bensín | ||
Igbo gas | ||
Ilocano panagkita | ||
Indonesian gas | ||
Irish gás | ||
Italian gas | ||
Japanese ガス | ||
Javanese bensin | ||
Kannada ಅನಿಲ | ||
Kazakh газ | ||
Khmer ឧស្ម័ន | ||
Kinyarwanda reba | ||
Konkani नदर मारप | ||
Korean 가스 | ||
Krio luk | ||
Kurdish xaz | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) نیگا | ||
Kyrgyz газ | ||
Lao ອາຍແກັດ | ||
Latin gas | ||
Latvian gāze | ||
Lingala kotalatala | ||
Lithuanian dujos | ||
Luganda okutunula | ||
Luxembourgish gas | ||
Macedonian гас | ||
Maithili टकटकी | ||
Malagasy mandatsa-dranomaso | ||
Malay gas | ||
Malayalam വാതകം | ||
Maltese gass | ||
Maori hau | ||
Marathi गॅस | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯒꯦꯖ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo gaze rawh | ||
Mongolian хий | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဓာတ်ငွေ့ | ||
Nepali ग्यास | ||
Norwegian gass | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mpweya | ||
Odia (Oriya) ନଜର | ||
Oromo ilaalcha | ||
Pashto ګاز | ||
Persian گاز | ||
Polish gaz | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) gás | ||
Punjabi ਗੈਸ | ||
Quechua qhaway | ||
Romanian gaze | ||
Russian газ | ||
Samoan kesi | ||
Sanskrit दृष्टिः | ||
Scots Gaelic gas | ||
Sepedi go lebelela | ||
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 караш | ||
Telugu గ్యాస్ | ||
Thai แก๊ส | ||
Tigrinya ምጥማት | ||
Tsonga ku languta | ||
Turkish gaz | ||
Turkmen nazary | ||
Twi (Akan) hwɛ | ||
Ukrainian газ | ||
Urdu گیس | ||
Uyghur نەزەر | ||
Uzbek gaz | ||
Vietnamese khí ga | ||
Welsh nwy | ||
Xhosa irhasi | ||
Yiddish גאַז | ||
Yoruba gaasi | ||
Zulu igesi |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Unlike in English, "gas" in Afrikaans can alternatively refer to something intangible in the sense of "impression" or "assumption |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "gazit" also relates to the term "gëz" or "gës…të" meaning joy, delight, or pleasure. |
| Amharic | In some contexts, the Amharic word ጋዝ (gaze) can mean “expectation” or “desire”. |
| Arabic | The word "غاز" (gaze) in Arabic can also refer to "natural gas" or the "act of pressing lightly". |
| Armenian | In Armenian, "գազ" (gaze) can also refer to a gas canister, derived from the French word "gaz". |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, the word "qaz" also refers to "geese" as well as the action of plucking feathers. |
| Basque | The Basque word "gasa" also means "smoke" or "fog". |
| Belarusian | The word "газ" in Belarusian also means "a type of fabric made of wool or cotton". |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "গ্যাস" can also mean "fart". |
| Bosnian | The word 'plin' in Bosnian can also mean 'full, complete, finished, or accomplished'. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "газ" can also refer to the chemical element carbon in its gaseous state. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "gas" can also mean "gasoline" or "energy drink" |
| Cebuano | "Gasolina" is cognate with the Spanish word "gasolina" from the French word "gazoline" from the Latin word "gas" meaning "gas" and "oile" meaning "oil" |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "加油站" (jiāyóuzhàn, "gas station") also means "to cheer someone on" or "refuel". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 加油站 literally means "add oil station" and is a calque of the English phrase "gas station." |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "gasu" can also mean "joy" or "fun". |
| Croatian | Plin's root stems back to a proto-Slavic form that meant |
| Czech | The word 'plyn' is also used to refer to a stream or course of liquid or gas. |
| Danish | The Danish word "gas" is derived from the Old Norse "gassi" meaning "spectre" or "apparition" and is also related to the English word "ghost". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "gas-" has its origins in the Old English word "gast-", meaning "ghost" or "spirit". |
| Esperanto | The word "gaso" can also refer to a "state of surprise, amazement, or admiration." |
| Estonian | "Gaas" is also an archaic term for a |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "kaasu" also means "gas" in chemistry. |
| French | In French, "gaz" also means "gas", and it comes from the Greek word "khaos" meaning "chaos" or "emptiness". |
| Frisian | The word "gas" in Frisian also means "a narrow passageway" or "a groove". |
| Galician | In Galician, "gas" also means "bragging" or "exaggerated boasting". |
| Georgian | The word "გაზი" also means "gas" in Georgian, stemming from the French word "gaz". |
| German | The German word "Gas" also means "street" or "alley," derived from the Latin "platea," meaning "broad way." |
| Greek | The word "αέριο" also means "vapour", "ether", and "gas" |
| Gujarati | ગેસ can also mean "grass" or "fodder" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "gaz" (derived from French "gaze") can also refer to a cloth used to wrap the head or a type of musical instrument. |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "gas" is used to refer to both "gaze" and "wind". |
| Hawaiian | 'Enekini also refers to the act of peering into a sacred area as a mark of disrespect. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "גַז" (gaze) is also used to refer to the act of cutting or shearing wool in the Bible. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "गैस" can also refer to an optical illusion or hallucination. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "roj" can also mean "soul," "spirit," or "mind." |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, the word "gáz" not only means "gas" but also "throttle" or "acceleration" in the context of vehicles. |
| Icelandic | "Bensín" is the Icelandic word for "gaze". Additionally, it means "petrol" and is a common word in the Icelandic rap vocabulary. |
| Igbo | Igbo term "gas" also refers to the emission of flatulence. |
| Indonesian | The word "gas" in Indonesian can also refer to "gasoline" or "fuel". |
| Irish | The Irish word "gás" derives from the Latin word "gaudium," meaning "joy" or "delight." |
| Italian | In Italian, the word "gas" can also refer to a type of carbonated beverage, a component of a mixture, or a state of excitement. |
| Japanese | The word "ガス" (gaze) in Japanese can also refer to a "gas" or a "fabric" depending on the kanji used to write it. |
| Javanese | "Bensin" (gaze) possibly derives from "benzini", the Indonesian term for benzene. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಅನಿಲ" (anila) also means "wind" or "air" in Sanskrit. |
| Kazakh | The word “газ” has several meanings, including 1) appearance, look, 2) attention, notice, 3) expectation, 4) hope. |
| Khmer | In Pali (a classical Indo-Aryan language), ‘usma’ refers to "heat," "vapor," "vitality," and "strength" |
| Korean | Derived from the Middle Mongolian word |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, "xaz" not only means "gaze" but also refers to the "act of observing or looking carefully at something". |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz "газ" (gaze) also means "kerosene". |
| Lao | This word can be spelled "ອາຍກັດ" in some contexts, which changes the pronunciation. |
| Latin | In Latin, "gas" can also mean "breath" or "spirit". |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "gāze" also means "gas" in English. |
| Lithuanian | The word "dujos" also refers to "eyes" in Lithuanian, cognate with the Latin "oculus". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, the word 'Gas' can also refer to the act of looking or observing. |
| Macedonian | In Turkish, "gaze" means "tulle", in Uzbek it means "goose", in Azerbaijani it means "oil", and in the Caucasus it means "kerosene" |
| Malagasy | The word “mandatsa-dranomaso” means “gaze” but also carries the meaning of “to keep an eye on something”. |
| Malay | In Malay, "gas" can also refer to a type of fabric, similar to gauze. |
| Malayalam | The word "വാതകം" also means "gas" or "flatulence" in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | The word "gass" in Maltese is similar to the Italian word "gazzare" and the English word "gaze", all of which share the common meaning of looking intently. |
| Maori | It's also a traditional Maori dance. |
| Marathi | The word "गॅस" (gaze) in Marathi originally meant "to look at" and is related to the English word "gaze" and the Sanskrit word "गच्छ" (to go or to approach). |
| Mongolian | The word "хий" can also mean "look" or "see". |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "ग्यास" ("gaze") also refers to the gas used for cooking in Nepal. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "gass" can also refer to an animal's dewlap or throat sac. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word "mpweya" can also refer to "a view". |
| Pashto | The word "ګاز" ("gaze") in Pashto can also refer to a "look" or "glance". |
| Persian | The term "gaze" originated from the Middle French term "gaze" and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European "ghe-es-ti" (to stare). |
| Polish | The word "gaz" in Polish comes from the Old East Slavic word "gazyati," meaning "to look." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "gás" can also mean "gas" (substance), "fart", or "flatulence". |
| Punjabi | "ਗੈਸ" (gaze) is pronounced differently in Punjabi than in English but is also used to refer to a gaze or a fixed look, particularly with intent or attention. |
| Romanian | Besides the standard meaning of the verb "to gaze", "gaze" can also mean "to chatter" in Romanian. |
| Russian | "Газ" is also used as a prefix in Russian, meaning "gas". |
| Samoan | The word "kesi" has two meanings: to "stare" and to "gaze". |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, the word "gas" can derive from the Irish "gáis" or the proto-Celtic "gaso-", meaning "staff" or "spear". |
| Serbian | The word "гасни" also means "go out" or "blow out". |
| Sesotho | The word "khase" also means "to watch" or "to look at" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word "gasi" in Shona also means "to glare" or "to look at with anger or contempt." |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, the word "گئس" or "gaze" originated from the Persian word "نگاہ" (nigah) meaning "look" or "regard" |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, "ගෑස්" can also refer to a type of fabric or material. |
| Slovak | The word "plyn" also refers to the flow of a liquid or gas. |
| Slovenian | The word "plin" can also mean "empty" or "hollow". |
| Somali | In Somali, "gaaska" can also refer to the act of looking or staring at something. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "gas" is derived from the Greek word "khaos" meaning emptiness or void. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, gas can also refer to an empty void or gap. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "gesi" can also mean "desire" or "wish". |
| Swedish | The Swedish word 'gas', when not referring to the substance, can also mean 'road' or 'street'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Gas" in Tagalog can also refer to gasoline or a type of drink. |
| Tajik | In Tajik, "газ" ("gaze") can also refer to a type of fabric or a veil for a woman's face. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "வாயு" can also refer to "gas" or "movement" and is etymologically related to the Sanskrit word "वायु" meaning "wind". |
| Thai | The word "แก๊ส" (gaze) in Thai is derived from the Sanskrit word "गज़" (gaza), meaning "elephant". |
| Turkish | The Old Turkish word "kazga" meant "goose" while it took the meaning of "gaze" at a later period after undergoing sound shifts of "a - o" and "z - g" |
| Ukrainian | The word "газ" in Ukrainian can also mean "gasoline" or "petrol". |
| Urdu | The word "گیس" ("gaze") also means "braid" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "gaz" can also refer to a "kind of fabric" |
| Vietnamese | The word "khí ga" also means "gas" in Vietnamese, likely derived from the French word "gaz". |
| Welsh | The verb nwy also means 'to look at each other' in reference to a married couple. |
| Xhosa | The word "irhasi" in Xhosa can also mean "to peep" or "to sneak a look". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "גאַז" can also refer to carbonated water or soda. |
| Yoruba | "Gaasi" can also mean "expect" or "wait for" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | It shares its root with a Xhosa word, "igesi", meaning "to observe" as well as a cognate Swazi word, "ligeza", meaning "look at". |
| English | The word 'gaze' derives from the Old English word 'gesēon', meaning 'to look' or 'to stare', and is related to the German word 'gucken' and the Latin word 'videre' ('to see'). |