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Generally in Different Languages

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Afrikaans
oor die algemeen
Albanian
përgjithësisht
Amharic
በአጠቃላይ
Arabic
عموما
Armenian
ընդհանրապես
Assamese
সাধাৰণতে
Aymara
jilpachaxa
Azerbaijani
ümumiyyətlə
Bambara
bakurubala
Basque
orokorrean
Belarusian
наогул
Bengali
সাধারণত
Bhojpuri
आम तौर पर
Bosnian
generalno
Bulgarian
в общи линии
Catalan
en general
Cebuano
sa kinatibuk-an
Chinese (Simplified)
通常
Chinese (Traditional)
通常
Corsican
in generale
Croatian
općenito
Czech
obvykle
Danish
generelt
Dhivehi
އާންމުގޮތެއްގައި
Dogri
आमतौर पर
Dutch
over het algemeen
English
generally
Esperanto
ĝenerale
Estonian
üldiselt
Ewe
gbadzaa
Filipino (Tagalog)
pangkalahatan
Finnish
yleisesti
French
généralement
Frisian
meastal
Galician
xeralmente
Georgian
საერთოდ
German
allgemein
Greek
γενικά
Guarani
tuichaháicha
Gujarati
સામાન્ય રીતે
Haitian Creole
jeneralman
Hausa
gaba ɗaya
Hawaiian
laulā
Hebrew
בדרך כלל
Hindi
आम तौर पर
Hmong
feem ntau
Hungarian
általában
Icelandic
almennt
Igbo
n'ozuzu
Ilocano
iti sapasap
Indonesian
umumnya
Irish
go ginearálta
Italian
in genere
Japanese
一般的に
Javanese
umume
Kannada
ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ
Kazakh
жалпы
Khmer
ជាទូទៅ
Kinyarwanda
muri rusange
Konkani
सामान्यपणान
Korean
일반적으로
Krio
bɔku tɛm
Kurdish
giştîve
Kurdish (Sorani)
بەگشتی
Kyrgyz
жалпысынан
Lao
ໂດຍທົ່ວໄປ
Latin
fere
Latvian
vispārīgi
Lingala
mbala mingi
Lithuanian
apskritai
Luganda
okwaaliza awamu
Luxembourgish
allgemeng
Macedonian
генерално
Maithili
सामान्यतः
Malagasy
ankapobeny
Malay
amnya
Malayalam
സാധാരണയായി
Maltese
ġeneralment
Maori
tikanga
Marathi
सामान्यत:
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯑꯌꯥꯝꯕ ꯃꯇꯝꯗ
Mizo
tlangpuiin
Mongolian
ерөнхийдөө
Myanmar (Burmese)
ယေဘုယျအားဖြင့်
Nepali
साधारणतया
Norwegian
som regel
Nyanja (Chichewa)
zambiri
Odia (Oriya)
ସାଧାରଣତ। |
Oromo
akka waliigalaatti
Pashto
عموما
Persian
بطور کلی
Polish
ogólnie
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
geralmente
Punjabi
ਆਮ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ
Quechua
yaqa sapa kuti
Romanian
în general
Russian
в общем-то
Samoan
masani
Sanskrit
सामान्यतया
Scots Gaelic
san fharsaingeachd
Sepedi
ka kakaretšo
Serbian
обично
Sesotho
ka kakaretso
Shona
kazhinji
Sindhi
عام طور تي
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
සාමාන්යයෙන්
Slovak
všeobecne
Slovenian
na splošno
Somali
guud ahaan
Spanish
generalmente
Sundanese
umumna
Swahili
kwa ujumla
Swedish
rent generellt
Tagalog (Filipino)
sa pangkalahatan
Tajik
умуман
Tamil
பொதுவாக
Tatar
гомумән
Telugu
సాధారణంగా
Thai
โดยทั่วไป
Tigrinya
ብሓፈሻ
Tsonga
angarhela
Turkish
genel olarak
Turkmen
köplenç
Twi (Akan)
daa daa
Ukrainian
загалом
Urdu
عام طور پر
Uyghur
ئادەتتە
Uzbek
umuman
Vietnamese
nói chung là
Welsh
yn gyffredinol
Xhosa
ngokubanzi
Yiddish
בכלל
Yoruba
gbogbogbo
Zulu
ngokuvamile

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe word "oor die algemeen" can also mean "on the average" or "as a rule".
Amharicበአጠቃላይ (bä-aṭäqalay) is derived from the root አጠቀለ (aṭäqälä) meaning "to gather, collect" and can also mean "on the whole, overall".
ArabicThe Arabic word "عموما" has origins in the Semitic root for "wholeness" and can also mean "on the whole" or "as a rule."
Azerbaijani"Ümumiyyətlə" sözünün kökeni Arapça'daki "ümm" sözcüğüne dayanır ve "anne" veya "temel" anlamlarına gelir.
BasqueIn some areas of Labourd, it also means 'in the daytime'
BelarusianThe word "наогул" can also mean "in general" or "on the whole".
Bengaliসাধারণত' is often used with the word 'বিশ্ব' (world) to refer to the common people or ordinary people.
BosnianBosnian "generalno" (generally) comes from the Proto-Slavic word "genaralije" (generalia), meaning "common things" or "main points".
BulgarianThe Bulgarian phrase "в общи линии" literally translates to "in general lines".
CatalanCatalan "en general" also means "in general" but is more literally "in general terms".
CebuanoSa kinatibuk-an also means "as a whole" or "on the whole".
Chinese (Simplified)通常 also means customary
Chinese (Traditional)"通常" (generally) can also refer to "regular" or "normal" in Chinese (Traditional).
CorsicanIn Corsica 'in generale' can also be used to mean 'in particular'.
CroatianThe Croatian word "općenito" is a cognate of the Serbian word "opšte", which are both derived from an Old Church Slavonic word meaning "common" or "general".
Czech"Obvykle" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "obyčajĭ", which can also mean "habit" or "custom."
DanishIn Norwegian, "generelt" can also mean "completely" or "in general", and "general" or "universal" in French.
DutchHet woord "over het algemeen" stamt af van het Proto-Germaanse "ubir", wat "over" of "boven" betekent, en het Proto-Germaanse "gala", wat "heel" of "alles" betekent.
Esperantoĝenerale is a compound word, consisting of ĝenera 'gender' and -e 'adjective ending'
EstonianÜldiselt shares its root word, üldise, with 'üldine', meaning 'general', but means 'generally speaking' rather than 'in general', and therefore is a type of adverb.
FinnishThe word yleisesti is derived from the word yleinen, which means 'common' or 'public'
FrenchGénéralement comes from the Latin "generalis," meaning "of the whole," and shares a root with "generate" and "genus."
FrisianThe word "meastal" can also mean "mostly" or "for the most part" in Frisian.
GalicianThe word "xeralmente" in Galician comes from the Latin "generalis", meaning "of or belonging to a genus".
Georgianსაერთოდ can also mean "at all" or "never" in Georgian, depending on the context.
GermanThe noun form 'Allgemeinheit' (generality) denotes the 'general public', the pronoun form 'alle' (all, every) means 'everyone'.
GreekΓενικά also means 'species,' 'sex,' and 'race' in the context of biology.
Gujarati"સામાન્ય રીતે" is used to refer to something that happens in a typical way or according to the usual pattern.
Haitian CreoleIn Standard Haitian Creole, "jeneralman" means "generally" or "usually".
HausaThe Hausa word "gaba ɗaya" is derived from two separate words, "gaba" meaning "front" and "ɗaya" meaning "one".
HawaiianLaulā originated as a word specifically used to describe weaving mats (lau = leaf, lā = sun).
Hebrewבדרך כלל is a shortened form of בדי דרך כלל, which translates as "in the way usually". It does not refer to any "rule" but merely states that something is the way it usually is.
Hindi"आम तौर पर" का अर्थ "सामान्य रूप से" या "अक्सर" भी हो सकता है।
Hmong"Feem ntau" also means "in general" and is used to express the idea of "usually" or "on average".
HungarianThe Hungarian word "általában" also means "usually" or "customarily".
IcelandicThe word "almennt" also means "ordinary" or "common" in Icelandic.
IgboN'ozuzu is also used to refer to a person who is very good at something.
IndonesianThe term "umumnya" in Indonesian is a loanword from Arabic "'umuman" which originally means "universally" but has shifted over time to mean "generally."
IrishThe word "go ginearálta" can also mean "in general terms" or "overall".
ItalianThe Latin phrase "in genere" has also been used in Italian to mean "in the genre".
Japanese一般的に is derived from the Chinese word for “common,” and was originally used to refer to something that was not uncommon or unusual.
Javanese"Umum" can have two other meanings, which are similar depending on the context, namely "many" and "all".
KazakhThe word "жалпы" also means "the world" or "the universe" in Kazakh.
KhmerThe word "ជាទូទៅ" can also mean "in general" or "as a rule" in Khmer.
Korean"일반적으로" can also mean "in general" or "broadly speaking" in Korean.
KurdishThe word "giştîve" is derived from the Kurdish root "gişt", meaning "world", and the suffix "-îve", indicating "in general" or "as a whole".
KyrgyzThe word "жалпысынан" in Kyrgyz can also mean "in general" or "completely".
LaoIn the past, this word referred to "the whole group" of people and was a way of showing respect to the group.
LatinFere may also mean nearly, almost, or approximately.
LatvianThe Latvian word "vispārīgi" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "*gʰens-/*gʰnes-**, meaning "together" or "in common", also found in words such as "general" and "genus" in English.
LithuanianThe word "apskritai" originates from the Proto-Baltic word "*skrītas", meaning "separated" or "different". It is related to the Lithuanian word "skirti", meaning "to distinguish" or "to separate".
MacedonianThe word "генерално" can also be used to mean "completely" or "totally".
MalagasyThe word "ankapobeny" can also be used to refer to a "commoner".
MalayIn colloquial speech, amnya may be used in conjunction with words like boleh or tidak for added emphasis, e.g., amnya boleh = "definitely may"
MalayalamThe word "സാധാരണയായി" derives from the Sanskrit word "साधारण" meaning "usual" or "most common", and is used in Malayalam to denote something that is typically the case or that happens most of the time.
MalteseThe Maltese word "ġeneralment" comes from the Italian word "generalmente", which is derived from the Latin word "generalis", meaning "general".
MaoriTikanga can also mean "correct practice" or "customary usage".
Marathi"सामान्यत:" comes from "सामान्य" (common) and "त:" (suffix indicating a general state or condition).
MongolianThe word can be translated as "on the whole", "in general", or "generally".
Nepali"साधारणतया" (sādhāraṇatayā): from "साधारण" (sādhāraṇ) meaning "common" and "तया" (tayā), a suffix indicating manner.
Norwegian"Som regel" means "generally" in Norwegian, but it literally translates to "as a rule".
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word can also mean 'everything' in the negative sense of 'everything is over' and 'everything is finished'.
Pashtoعموما is cognate with the Persian word عموما which means "completely" or "thoroughly".
Persian"بطور کلی" means "in some ways" in Persian
PolishIn Polish, "ogólnie" also means "overall" or "in general terms".
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)Portuguese "geralmente" is derived from Latin "generalis" („common to all‟), related to "genus" („kind, race‟).
RomanianThe Romanian "în general" also means "at the wholesale".
RussianIn Russian, "в общем-то" does not only mean "generally" but also "actually" or "all in all".
SamoanThe word "masani" can also mean "always" or "every time".
Scots GaelicThe word "san fharsaingeachd" was first recorded around 1425 in a Gaelic poem as a synonym for "usually".
SerbianIn Serbo-Croatian, "obično" can also mean "usually" or "customarily" rather than "generally" or "in general".
SesothoThe Sesotho word 'ka kakaretso' originally meant 'on all fours' and is related to the word 'kgare', which means 'to crawl'.
ShonaThe word "kazhinji" is derived from the root "ka" (to be) and "zhinji" (many), and can also mean "majority" or "most".
Sinhala (Sinhalese)The word 'සාමාන්යයෙන්' can also mean 'usually' or 'normally', indicating a habitual or customary action or occurrence.
SlovakOriginally, "všeobecne" meant "commonly" or "ordinarily".
SlovenianThe phrase 'na splošno' originated from the Old Slavic phrase "na obьšče", which literally means "in common".
SpanishThe adverb "generalmente" in Spanish also means "usually"
SundaneseIn Sundanese, 'umumna' also refers to 'common people'.
SwahiliThe term "kwa ujumla" is also used in formal contexts to denote broad principles or general concepts.
SwedishThe word "rent" in Swedish can also mean "pure" or "clear" in some contexts.
Tagalog (Filipino)"Sa pangkalahatan" in Tagalog not only means "generally" but can also mean "on average".
TajikThe Tajik word "умуман" has an alternative meaning as "approximately".
Tamil"பொதுவாக" in Tamil is also used to mean "in a social gathering" or "in the presence of others."
Thaiโดยทั่วไป is often used as a noun, meaning "general information" or "common knowledge".
TurkishIn Ottoman Turkish, "genel olarak" could also mean "publicly".
UkrainianThe word "загалом" in Ukrainian can mean "generally" but is also the plural of "загал," meaning "public" or "people".
Urduعام طور پر" (generally) is an Urdu word derived from Arabic, meaning "in most cases" or "as a rule".
Uzbek"Umuman" also means "on the whole" in Uzbek.
VietnameseNói chung là is literally translated as “speak commonly” indicating a widely accepted common consensus.
WelshThe word "yn gyffredinol" comes from the Old Welsh "cyffredin", meaning "common". It can also mean "in common", "ordinarily " or "usually."
XhosaThe Xhosa word "ngokubanzi" is a noun meaning "generality" or "in general".
Yiddish" בכלל " is cognate with the Arabic word "كل" (kull), meaning "all" or "completely" in modern Standard Arabic.
YorubaIn some contexts, "gbogbogbo" can also mean "very much" or "thoroughly".
ZuluThe word "ngokuvamile" in Zulu is derived from the root "-vam-", meaning "to stretch out" or "to be wide".
EnglishThe word "generally" originates from the Latin "generalis," meaning "of a kind" or "common to all."

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