Global in Different Languages
Discover 'Global' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Global
Afrikaans wêreldwyd | ||
Albanian globale | ||
Amharic ዓለም አቀፋዊ | ||
Arabic عالمي | ||
Armenian համաշխարհային | ||
Assamese সাৰ্বজনীন | ||
Aymara uraqpacha | ||
Azerbaijani qlobal | ||
Bambara fanbɛ | ||
Basque globala | ||
Belarusian глабальны | ||
Bengali গ্লোবাল | ||
Bhojpuri वैश्विक | ||
Bosnian globalno | ||
Bulgarian глобален | ||
Catalan global | ||
Cebuano tibuuk kalibutan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 全球 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 全球 | ||
Corsican glubale | ||
Croatian globalno | ||
Czech globální | ||
Danish global | ||
Dhivehi ބައިނަލްއަގުވާމީ | ||
Dogri आलमी | ||
Dutch globaal | ||
English global | ||
Esperanto tutmonda | ||
Estonian globaalne | ||
Ewe si le xexeame | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) global | ||
Finnish maailmanlaajuinen | ||
French global | ||
Frisian mondiaal | ||
Galician global | ||
Georgian გლობალური | ||
German global | ||
Greek παγκόσμια | ||
Guarani yvy ape arigua | ||
Gujarati વૈશ્વિક | ||
Haitian Creole mondyal | ||
Hausa duniya | ||
Hawaiian puni honua | ||
Hebrew גלוֹבָּלִי | ||
Hindi वैश्विक | ||
Hmong ntiaj teb no | ||
Hungarian globális | ||
Icelandic alþjóðlegt | ||
Igbo zuru ụwa ọnụ | ||
Ilocano iti intero a lubong | ||
Indonesian global | ||
Irish domhanda | ||
Italian globale | ||
Japanese グローバル | ||
Javanese global | ||
Kannada ಜಾಗತಿಕ | ||
Kazakh ғаламдық | ||
Khmer សកល | ||
Kinyarwanda kwisi yose | ||
Konkani वैश्वीक | ||
Korean 글로벌 | ||
Krio ɔlsay na di wɔl | ||
Kurdish cîhane | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) جیهانی | ||
Kyrgyz глобалдык | ||
Lao ທົ່ວໂລກ | ||
Latin global | ||
Latvian globāls | ||
Lingala ya mikili mingi | ||
Lithuanian globalus | ||
Luganda ensi yonna | ||
Luxembourgish global | ||
Macedonian глобален | ||
Maithili वैश्विक | ||
Malagasy fifandraisam- | ||
Malay global | ||
Malayalam ആഗോള | ||
Maltese globali | ||
Maori ao | ||
Marathi जागतिक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯥꯂꯦꯝ ꯄꯨꯝꯕꯒꯤ | ||
Mizo khawvel huap | ||
Mongolian дэлхийн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကမ္ဘာလုံးဆိုင်ရာ | ||
Nepali ग्लोबल | ||
Norwegian global | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) padziko lonse | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବିଶ୍ global ସ୍ତରୀୟ | ||
Oromo kan addunyaa | ||
Pashto نړیواله | ||
Persian جهانی | ||
Polish światowy | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) global | ||
Punjabi ਗਲੋਬਲ | ||
Quechua lliw | ||
Romanian global | ||
Russian глобальный | ||
Samoan lalolagi | ||
Sanskrit वैश्विक | ||
Scots Gaelic cruinneil | ||
Sepedi lefase | ||
Serbian глобална | ||
Sesotho lefats'e | ||
Shona zvepasi rose | ||
Sindhi عالمي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ගෝලීය | ||
Slovak globálne | ||
Slovenian globalno | ||
Somali caalami ah | ||
Spanish global | ||
Sundanese sadunya | ||
Swahili kimataifa | ||
Swedish global | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pandaigdigan | ||
Tajik ҷаҳонӣ | ||
Tamil உலகளாவிய | ||
Tatar глобаль | ||
Telugu ప్రపంచ | ||
Thai ทั่วโลก | ||
Tigrinya ዓለምለኻዊ | ||
Tsonga misava ya matiko | ||
Turkish küresel | ||
Turkmen global | ||
Twi (Akan) amansan | ||
Ukrainian глобальний | ||
Urdu عالمی | ||
Uyghur global | ||
Uzbek global | ||
Vietnamese toàn cầu | ||
Welsh byd-eang | ||
Xhosa jikelele | ||
Yiddish גלאבאלע | ||
Yoruba agbaye | ||
Zulu global |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Although "wêreldwyd" means "global", it literally translates to "world-wide". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word “globale” (pronounced [ɡlɔ'bale]) is a borrowing from Italian that primarily means “spherical,” “circular,” or “round. |
| Arabic | The word "عالمي" derives from the Arabic root "علم" (knowledge), indicating a wide-ranging or encompassing perspective. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "qlobal" in Azerbaijani can also mean "absolute" or "universal". |
| Basque | "Globala" is the Basque translation for both the English geographical concept "global" and for the English financial-markets concept "global". |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian term "глабальны" has the same meaning in both the natural and scientific contexts, and is used in a variety of disciplines. |
| Bengali | "গ্লোবাল" (global) শব্দটির উৎপত্তি গ্রীক শব্দ "glōbos" থেকে এসেছে, যার অর্থ "ক্ষেত্র" বা "গোলক"। |
| Bosnian | The word "globalno" in Bosnian can also mean "comprehensively." |
| Bulgarian | Глобален comes from the old Slavonic „глава" (head), which is also the root of „главен" (main). |
| Catalan | In Catalan, the word "global" has a more specific meaning related to the production and distribution of food and other agricultural products. |
| Cebuano | In its original form, 'tibuuk kalibutan' simply meant 'all the people living on Earth'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | “全球”一词在中文里除了表示“worldwide”，还表示“spherical”或“spheroid”，反映了古人对地球形状的认识。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "全球" also means "covering the whole world" or "world-wide". |
| Corsican | "Glubale" in Corsican also means "round" or "spherical". |
| Croatian | The word 'globalno' can also mean 'worldwide' or 'universal'. |
| Czech | In Czech, "globální" is derived from the Latin "globus", meaning "sphere" or "ball", hence its global significance. |
| Danish | 'Global', from Latin 'globus,' or 'ball,' also means 'comprehensive' or 'all-inclusive' in Danish. |
| Dutch | In 16th-century Dutch, "globaal" also meant "spherical" or "round," likely related to the word "globe". |
| Esperanto | "Tutmonda" derives from "tuta", meaning all or full, and "mondo", meaning world. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "globaalne" is derived from the French word "global", which in turn comes from the Latin word "globus", meaning "sphere". The word can also refer to a sphere of influence, a group of people sharing common interests, or a worldwide phenomenon. |
| Finnish | The word "maailmanlaajuinen" is derived from the Finnish words "maailma" (world) and "laaja" (wide), meaning "world-wide" or "global". |
| French | In French, “global” also refers to “spherical” as in “the global shape of the Earth”. |
| Frisian | The word "mondiaal" in Frisian also refers to the global economy or the global community. |
| Galician | En galego antigo, "global" significaba "que rodea algo", como una muralla o un cinto. |
| German | The German word "global" derives from the Latin word "globus", meaning "sphere" or "ball". |
| Greek | The Greek word "παγκόσμια" is a compound of "πᾶς" (all) and "κόσμος" (world), thus meaning "of all the world" or "worldwide". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "mondyal" comes from the French word "mondial," or "worldwide"} |
| Hausa | The word "duniya" (global) in Hausa also means "earth" |
| Hawaiian | "Puni honua" is a Hawaiian word meaning global, literally "earth ball". |
| Hebrew | גלוֹבָּלִי comes from the Latin word globus, meaning "sphere" or "ball." |
| Hindi | The term "वैश्विक" is derived from Sanskrit and literally means "relating to all the worlds". |
| Hmong | The word "ntiaj teb no" is also used to refer to the entire world, including all the countries and their populations. |
| Hungarian | A "globális" szó a középkori latin "globus" szóból ered, amelynek jelentése földgömb. |
| Icelandic | The word "alþjóðlegt" in Icelandic derives from the Old Norse word "alþýða," meaning "all people" or "the common people." |
| Igbo | The Igbo term "zuru ụwa ọnụ" not only means "global" but also implies "interconnectedness" and "wholeness." |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "global" (global) also means "wholesomeness" (keseluruhan). |
| Irish | "Domhanda" in Irish is derived from "domhan", meaning "earth", and the suffix "-da", meaning "universal, worldwide". |
| Italian | The Italian adjective 'globale' also translates as 'spherical' or 'rounded'. |
| Japanese | 'グローバル'という言葉の語源は、ラテン語の'globus'に由来し、地球儀を意味する。 |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "global" means "global". |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಜಾಗತಿಕ" also means "all-pervading" and "universal". |
| Kazakh | Ғаламдық is a Kazakh word derived from the Persian/Arabic word "alam" meaning "universe" or "world". |
| Khmer | The word "សកល" also means "universal" or "all-encompassing" in Khmer. |
| Korean | 글로벌(global)은 라틴어 "globus"(구체)에서 유래한 말로, "전 세계적인"을 의미하는 형용사이다. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "cîhane" has a root meaning "inhabited place," and is related to the Persian word "jahan," both of which derive from the Proto-Indo-European word "*ǵʰéǵʰṃ̥s, |
| Lao | ທົ່ວໂລກ is a Lao word that is of Sanskrit origin and is also used in Thai, Khmer, and Burmese with the same meaning. |
| Latin | In Latin, the word “globus” means “sphere,” but it can also refer to a “multitude” or a “body assembled in one community”. |
| Latvian | Latvian's "globāls" comes from Esperanto's "globala", which means "global" but also has a sense of "spherical". |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, the word "globalus" has various meanings, including "general" and "comprehensive". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "global" can also refer to "the round". |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, "глобален" also refers to something that is inclusive, widespread, or comprehensive. |
| Malagasy | The word "FIFANDRAISAM-" also means "around the world". |
| Malay | The Malay word "global" is borrowed from the English language. |
| Malayalam | The word "ആഗോള" is derived from the Sanskrit "गोला", meaning "sphere". It can also refer to the "globe" or "the world". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "globali" is derived from the Italian "globale", which in turn comes from the Latin "globus" (globe). |
| Maori | Maori word "ao" means both "day" and "world," with both terms originating from the Polynesian word "jaw" (or "raw") for "light, daytime." |
| Marathi | The word "जागतिक" (global) in Marathi, is derived from the Sanskrit word "जगति" (jagati), which has several meanings, including "universe" and "world". |
| Mongolian | "Дэлхийн" is the genitive form of "дэлхий" (world), and can also mean "of the world" or "worldwide". |
| Nepali | The word "ग्लोबल" is derived from the Latin word "globus", meaning "sphere" or "ball". |
| Norwegian | The word "global" comes from the Latin word "globus", meaning "sphere", and is related to the French word "globe", meaning "a round object" or "the earth". In Norwegian, the word "global" can mean "global" in the sense of worldwide or encompassing the entire earth, as well as "spherical" or "round". |
| Pashto | The word "نړیواله" also means "universal" or "worldwide" in Pashto. |
| Persian | In Persian, "جهانی" (jahani) also means "worldly" or "temporal", contrasting with "اخروی" (ukhrawi) "otherworldly" or "eternal". |
| Polish | The Polish word 'światowy' (global) also means 'secular' or 'worldly' (as opposed to religious). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Global" means the whole world, but it can also refer to something that's universal or general. |
| Punjabi | The word "global" comes from the Latin word "globus", meaning "sphere" or "ball", and is related to the word "globe", which refers to a spherical representation of the Earth. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "global" can also mean "spherical" or "worldly". |
| Russian | "Глобальный" is a borrowing from the Latin "globalis" and also denotes "comprehensive" and "universal" in Russian. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "lalolagi" originates from the words "la" (around) and "lagi" (heaven or sky), thus its literal meaning is "covering the sky". |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "cruinneil" can also mean "universal" or "comprehensive." |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "глобална" (globalna) ultimately derives from the Latin word "globus", meaning "sphere" or "ball". |
| Sesotho | The word "lefats'e" in Sesotho can also mean "everywhere" or "throughout the world". |
| Shona | The first part of the word "zvepasi," "zve," means "of," while the second part, "pasi," means "entire world." |
| Sindhi | It may also refer to the "world" or the "universe." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "ගෝලීය" (global) is derived from the Latin word "globus", meaning "sphere" or "ball." |
| Slovak | Globálne pochádza zo slova "globus", čo znamená "guľa". Môže tiež znamenať "celkový", "všeobecný" alebo "úplný". |
| Slovenian | The word "globalno" in Slovenian can also mean "overall" or "universal." |
| Somali | The word "caalami ah" can also refer to "international". |
| Spanish | La palabra "global" proviene del latín "globus", que significa "esfera". También se puede referir a algo que abarca o afecta a todo el mundo. |
| Sundanese | The word "sadunya" can also mean "the world" or "the human race" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | 'Kimataifa' comes from the Arabic word 'kaumiya', which means 'national', and the Swahili suffix '-taifa', which means 'nation'. Thus, 'kimataifa' literally means 'of the nations' or 'international'. |
| Swedish | "Global" comes from the Latin "globus" (sphere), and can also refer to objects that resemble spheres. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Pandaigdigan" comes from "daigdig" (world) and the infix "-an-", implying "in the world, around the world." |
| Tajik | The word "ҷаҳонӣ" is derived from the Persian word "جهان" ("world") and the Arabic suffix "-и" ("relating to"). |
| Tamil | The word "உலகளாவிய" in Tamil can also refer to "commonness" or "universality", emphasizing the shared nature of something across the globe. |
| Telugu | The word 'ప్రపంచ' can also refer to a continent, or collectively to all the land masses on Earth. |
| Thai | 'ทั่วโลก' literally means 'throughout the world' |
| Turkish | "Küresel" kelimesi Türkçede "küre" anlamına da gelir. |
| Ukrainian | Глобальний, which is the Ukrainian translation of “global,” can also mean “globular” or “rounded” in some contexts. |
| Urdu | The word "عالمی" (global) in Urdu shares its root with "عالم" (world), alluding to its vast and encompassing nature. |
| Vietnamese | Trong tiếng Anh, "global" còn có nghĩa là "toàn thể, đầy đủ". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "byd-eang" comes from the Proto-Celtic word "*biti-s", meaning "world" or "sphere". |
| Xhosa | The word 'jikelele' in Xhosa is derived from the verb 'jikela', meaning 'to go around' or 'to circle', and is related to the concept of totality and completeness. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "גלאבאלע" may refer to the planet Earth itself, or to the "world" generally. |
| Yoruba | The word "agbaye" also means "world" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "global" or "iglobali" signifies "of or relating to the entire world" or "pertaining to the globe." |
| English | The word 'global' comes from the Latin word 'globus,' which refers to a 'ball,' and is also the origin of the French word 'globe.' |