Generation in Different Languages
Discover 'Generation' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Generation
Afrikaans generasie | ||
Albanian brezi | ||
Amharic ትውልድ | ||
Arabic توليد | ||
Armenian սերունդ | ||
Assamese প্ৰজন্ম | ||
Aymara jinirasyuna | ||
Azerbaijani nəsil | ||
Bambara zenerasiyɔn | ||
Basque belaunaldia | ||
Belarusian пакаленне | ||
Bengali প্রজন্ম | ||
Bhojpuri पीढ़ी | ||
Bosnian generacija | ||
Bulgarian поколение | ||
Catalan generació | ||
Cebuano kaliwatan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 代 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 代 | ||
Corsican generazione | ||
Croatian generacija | ||
Czech generace | ||
Danish generation | ||
Dhivehi ޖެނެރޭޝަން | ||
Dogri पीढ़ी | ||
Dutch generatie | ||
English generation | ||
Esperanto generacio | ||
Estonian põlvkond | ||
Ewe dzidzime | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) henerasyon | ||
Finnish sukupolvi | ||
French génération | ||
Frisian generaasje | ||
Galician xeración | ||
Georgian თაობა | ||
German generation | ||
Greek γενιά | ||
Guarani avakuéra ojojaveguáva | ||
Gujarati પે generationી | ||
Haitian Creole jenerasyon | ||
Hausa tsara | ||
Hawaiian hanauna | ||
Hebrew דוֹר | ||
Hindi पीढ़ी | ||
Hmong tiam | ||
Hungarian generáció | ||
Icelandic kynslóð | ||
Igbo ọgbọ | ||
Ilocano henerasion | ||
Indonesian generasi | ||
Irish giniúint | ||
Italian generazione | ||
Japanese 世代 | ||
Javanese generasi | ||
Kannada ಪೀಳಿಗೆ | ||
Kazakh ұрпақ | ||
Khmer ជំនាន់ | ||
Kinyarwanda ibisekuruza | ||
Konkani पिळगी | ||
Korean 세대 | ||
Krio pipul dɛn | ||
Kurdish bend | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) نەوە | ||
Kyrgyz муун | ||
Lao ລຸ້ນ | ||
Latin generation | ||
Latvian paaudze | ||
Lingala molongo ya bato | ||
Lithuanian karta | ||
Luganda omulembe | ||
Luxembourgish generatioun | ||
Macedonian генерација | ||
Maithili पीढ़ी | ||
Malagasy taranaka | ||
Malay generasi | ||
Malayalam തലമുറ | ||
Maltese ġenerazzjoni | ||
Maori whakatupuranga | ||
Marathi पिढी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯥꯔꯣꯟ ꯁꯨꯔꯣꯟ | ||
Mizo thlah chhawng | ||
Mongolian үе | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မျိုးဆက် | ||
Nepali जेनेरेसन | ||
Norwegian generasjon | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) m'badwo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପି generation ଼ି | ||
Oromo dhaloota | ||
Pashto نسل | ||
Persian نسل | ||
Polish pokolenie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) geração | ||
Punjabi ਪੀੜ੍ਹੀ | ||
Quechua ruway | ||
Romanian generaţie | ||
Russian поколение | ||
Samoan tupulaga | ||
Sanskrit पीढ़ी | ||
Scots Gaelic ginealach | ||
Sepedi tlhagišo | ||
Serbian генерација | ||
Sesotho moloko | ||
Shona chizvarwa | ||
Sindhi نسل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පරම්පරාව | ||
Slovak generácie | ||
Slovenian generacije | ||
Somali jiilka | ||
Spanish generacion | ||
Sundanese generasi | ||
Swahili kizazi | ||
Swedish generation | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) henerasyon | ||
Tajik насл | ||
Tamil தலைமுறை | ||
Tatar буын | ||
Telugu తరం | ||
Thai รุ่น | ||
Tigrinya ወለዶ | ||
Tsonga rixaka | ||
Turkish nesil | ||
Turkmen nesil | ||
Twi (Akan) awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ | ||
Ukrainian покоління | ||
Urdu نسل | ||
Uyghur ئەۋلاد | ||
Uzbek avlod | ||
Vietnamese thế hệ | ||
Welsh cenhedlaeth | ||
Xhosa isizukulwana | ||
Yiddish דור | ||
Yoruba iran | ||
Zulu isizukulwane |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "generasie" also refers to the totality of people living around the same time regardless of age group. |
| Albanian | The word "brezi" in Albanian also has meanings of "group" and "crowd". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word ትውልድ (tə-wə-lə-d) has various meanings, including 'generation' and 'family', and shares its root with the Ge'ez term for 'birth'. |
| Arabic | "توليد" can also mean production, generation, supply, provision, procreation or birth. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word “սերունդ”, meaning 'generation', derives from the root “սեր” ('love', 'offspring') suggesting a connection between love and procreation. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "nəsil" is derived from the Arabic word "nasl", which also means "lineage" or "descent". |
| Basque | "Belaunaldia" also means "generation" in Basque. |
| Bengali | The word "প্রজন্ম" in Bengali also carries the connotation of "lineage" or "ancestry". |
| Bosnian | The word 'generacija' in Bosnian can also refer to a group of people with a particular characteristic or who were born during a particular period. |
| Bulgarian | The word “поколение” has its origin in the word for birth and has the alternate meaning of the origin, the beginning of something. |
| Catalan | “Generació” literally means “procreation” in Catalan, hinting at the ongoing renewal of language. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "代" can also mean "on behalf of" or "instead of". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "代" also means "on behalf of" or "in place of". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "generazione" can also refer to the process of creation or production. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "generacija" is derived from the Latin word "generatio," which means "birth" or "origin." |
| Czech | The word "generace" in Czech shares the etymology with the word "geneza". Both stem from Greek "genesis" meaning "birth" or "origin". |
| Danish | The word "generation" comes from the Latin word "generātio" "(birth, descent, creation)", from generare, meaning "to beget, to bring forth, to produce." |
| Dutch | Generatie also means 'type' in Dutch, such as 'gas generatie' ('gas type'). |
| Esperanto | In the singular form, "generacio" may also refer to the process of generation. |
| Estonian | Põlvkond is also used to refer to a class or grouping of people, e.g. students in the same grade or year of study. |
| Finnish | In Finnish, the word "sukupolvi" also carries the meanings "family line, lineage" and "generation, age cohort". |
| French | The French word "génération" also means "birth" or "lineage". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "generaasje" can also refer to a brood, batch, or a single unit of time, such as a year. |
| Georgian | თაობა was initially used in Georgian in the sense of "species" rather than the biological notion of "generation" |
| German | The German word "Generation" also means a musical or literary genre that is characterized by shared experiences and values |
| Greek | "Γενιά" in Greek not only refers to the time between generations, but also to a generation itself (eg "η γενιά του '30"). |
| Gujarati | In Gujarati, "પે generationી" also means "people of the same age group". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "jenerasyon" also means "age group" or "era". |
| Hausa | The word "tsara" in Hausa can also refer to a group of people born around the same time or sharing a common ancestor. |
| Hawaiian | The word "hanauna" is also used to denote a "clan" or "lineage" within a community. |
| Hebrew | While the common meaning of דוֹר is "generation," it can also mean "age" or "life span". |
| Hindi | The Hindi word पीढ़ी can also refer to a type of traditional Indian bed or couch. |
| Hmong | The word "tiam" can also be used to refer to a person's age group or social cohort. |
| Hungarian | The word "generáció" also has a meaning of "genre" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | The word "kynslóð" derives from the Proto-Germanic noun "kunþi-", meaning "kinship." |
| Igbo | The Igbo word ọgbọ (generation) is also used as a term for a secret society that initiates boys into adulthood. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, |
| Irish | The term 'giniúint' originates from the Latin word 'generatio,' which also means 'source, race, or descent'. |
| Italian | The word "generazione" can also mean "kind", "stock", "breed" or "race" in Italian. |
| Japanese | The characters in 世代 can also mean 'birth', 'era', 'times', and 'human life'. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, 'generasi' also refers to a group of students who graduate in the same time frame or from the same educational institution. |
| Kannada | The word "ಪೀಳಿಗೆ" (generation) comes from the Sanskrit word "पीडन" (pīḍana), meaning "to press or grind". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "ұрпақ" can also refer to "descendants" or "progeny."} |
| Korean | 세대 (generation) comes from the Chinese word 世代, which means 'era' or 'period of time' |
| Kurdish | The word "bend" in Kurdish has an alternate meaning of "a group of people who live at the same time, a generation." |
| Kyrgyz | The word "муун" also means "origin" or "clan" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | ລຸ້ນ (generation) can also mean "to succeed" or "in continuation of" in Lao. |
| Latin | The Latin word "generatio" originally meant "the act of begetting or producing" and later took on the meaning of "a single stage in the sequence of descent from an ancestor". |
| Latvian | The word "paaudze" in Latvian also refers to a period of around 30 years. |
| Lithuanian | The word ‘karta’ is the archaic or literary term, in modern terminology replaced by ‘karta’ or ‘giminė'. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Generatioun" in Luxembourgish can also refer to a group of people with similar tastes, beliefs, or values. |
| Macedonian | "Генерација" in Macedonian can also refer to a group of people born and living during the same period in history, or to the process of generating something. |
| Malagasy | The word "taranaka" can also mean "time", indicating the temporal sequence of generations. |
| Malay | The word "generasi" comes from the Sanskrit word "janma", which means "birth" or "origin". |
| Malayalam | The word 'തലമുറ' ('generation') in Malayalam also means 'the act of bowing down' in the language's older sense, derived from 'തല' ('head') and 'മുറ' ('turn'). |
| Maltese | In Maltese, "ġenerazzjoni" can refer to the passing of time or a group of people born around the same time. |
| Maori | The word "whakatupuranga" can also refer to a group of people related by descent, such as a clan or lineage. |
| Marathi | The word "पिढी" in Marathi can also refer to a type of furniture used in the kitchen or a wooden platform for storing grains. |
| Mongolian | "Үе" (generation) is also used to describe a period of time, especially in historical or geological contexts, and can refer to a group of people or things that share similar characteristics or experiences. |
| Nepali | "जेनेरेसन" (generation) also means "production" or "creation" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | The word "generasjon" in Norwegian can also refer to a "group of people who share some common characteristic". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word comes from the word "badwo", which refers to the "group of children or people of similar age". |
| Pashto | The word "نسل" in Pashto can also refer to the "family line" or "lineage". |
| Persian | The Persian word "نسل" can also mean "offspring" or "family." |
| Polish | In Polish, "Pokolenie" can also refer to a historical period or a group of people born around the same time. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, 'geração' ('generation') also means 'power generation' or 'generation of electric power' |
| Punjabi | The word "ਪੀੜ੍ਹੀ" (generation) can also mean "a group of people born and living during the same time" or "a set of people descended from a common ancestor" in Punjabi. |
| Romanian | Romanian word "generaţie" also means "gender" and comes from Latin "generatio". |
| Russian | In Russian, "поколение" also means "generation of machines" or "set of equipment". |
| Samoan | 'Tupulaga' can also mean 'lineage', 'stock', or 'clan' in Samoan |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "ginealach" also means "race" or "kind". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "генерација" originally meant "birth" or "offspring" and is related to the verb "рађати" (to give birth). |
| Sesotho | In 18th-century Lesotho, "moloko" also referred to a "lineage" or "family group" |
| Shona | The word "chizvarwa" also refers to "clan or lineage" in Shona |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "نسل" can also mean "lineage" or "race". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "generácia" also denotes a group of people or things sharing similar or common characteristics. |
| Slovenian | The word "generacije" in Slovenian also means "genealogy" or "lineage". |
| Somali | Somali word 'jiilka': Arabic origin - 'al-jil' meaning 'a generation', 'a kind', 'a class' of people. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "Generacion" can refer to either biological generations or to cultural or political cohorts. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "generasi" also means "to be fruitful and multiply" |
| Swahili | The word 'kizazi' in Swahili can also mean 'a brood of chickens' or 'a group of locusts'. |
| Swedish | The word "generation" shares its root with the word "genus", meaning "kind" or "group" and it can also refer to a specific group of people within a population who share a common experience. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word 'henerasyon' in Tagalog also means 'set' or 'kind' |
| Tajik | The word "насл" can also mean "tribe" or "people" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'தலைமுறை' may also refer to 'a series', 'a period' or 'a group of people who share the same characteristics'. |
| Telugu | The word "తరం" also means "a row" or "a line". |
| Thai | Generation in Thai, pronounced “ruean”, can also mean “model”, “group”, “level”, “class”, “batch”, “set”, or “round”. |
| Turkish | "Nesil" is a Turkish word of Arabic origin meaning both "generation" and "descendants". |
| Ukrainian | The word 'покоління' in Ukrainian can also refer to a layer of soil, a group of things or people that follow one another in line, a phase or stage of development. |
| Urdu | "نسل" (generation) comes from the Arabic root "ن-س-ل" (to produce offspring), and can also refer to lineage, descendants, or a class of people. |
| Uzbek | The word "avlod" (generation) is derived from the Persian word "avlad" meaning "child" or "descendant" and can also refer to lineage or ancestry. |
| Vietnamese | "Thế hệ" can also mean a kind, variety, group (of things), phase (of time), level, series or a layer (of something). |
| Welsh | The word "cenhedlaeth" can also refer to a "nation" or "clan" in Welsh, and is cognate with the Irish word "chineál" and the Scottish Gaelic word "cinneadh." |
| Xhosa | "Isizukulwana" is the Xhosa word for "generation" and also refers to a "set" or "group". |
| Yiddish | Yiddish "דור" also refers to a "cycle," "period of time," or "stage". |
| Yoruba | "Ìran" is used to refer to a group of siblings of the same rank in the family. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'isizukulwane' can also refer to a 'race' or 'people' or even one's 'own kind' or 'nation'. |
| English | The word "generation" derives from the Latin "generatio," meaning "birth, family, stock, origin, source." |