Great in Different Languages
Discover 'Great' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Great
Afrikaans wonderlik | ||
Albanian e madhe | ||
Amharic በጣም ጥሩ | ||
Arabic عظيم | ||
Armenian մեծ | ||
Assamese মহান | ||
Aymara kusawa | ||
Azerbaijani əla | ||
Bambara belebele | ||
Basque bikaina | ||
Belarusian выдатна | ||
Bengali দুর্দান্ত | ||
Bhojpuri बढियाॅंं | ||
Bosnian super | ||
Bulgarian страхотен | ||
Catalan genial | ||
Cebuano maayo kaayo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 大 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 大 | ||
Corsican perfettu | ||
Croatian sjajno | ||
Czech skvělý | ||
Danish store | ||
Dhivehi ބޮޑު | ||
Dogri महान | ||
Dutch super goed | ||
English great | ||
Esperanto bonega | ||
Estonian suurepärane | ||
Ewe nyo ŋutɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) malaki | ||
Finnish loistava | ||
French génial | ||
Frisian grut | ||
Galician xenial | ||
Georgian დიდი | ||
German großartig | ||
Greek μεγάλος | ||
Guarani iporã | ||
Gujarati મહાન | ||
Haitian Creole gwo | ||
Hausa babba | ||
Hawaiian nui | ||
Hebrew גדול | ||
Hindi महान | ||
Hmong zoo kawg | ||
Hungarian nagy | ||
Icelandic frábært | ||
Igbo ukwu | ||
Ilocano naindaklan | ||
Indonesian bagus | ||
Irish iontach | ||
Italian grande | ||
Japanese すごい | ||
Javanese gedhe banget | ||
Kannada ಅದ್ಭುತವಾಗಿದೆ | ||
Kazakh керемет | ||
Khmer អស្ចារ្យ | ||
Kinyarwanda bikomeye | ||
Konkani खूप बरें | ||
Korean 큰 | ||
Krio rili | ||
Kurdish ecêb | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) مەزن | ||
Kyrgyz абдан жакшы | ||
Lao ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ | ||
Latin magna | ||
Latvian lieliski | ||
Lingala kitoko makasi | ||
Lithuanian puiku | ||
Luganda kilungi | ||
Luxembourgish super | ||
Macedonian супер | ||
Maithili बहुत पैघ | ||
Malagasy lehibe | ||
Malay hebat | ||
Malayalam കൊള്ളാം | ||
Maltese kbir | ||
Maori nui | ||
Marathi छान | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯌꯥꯝꯅꯥ ꯐꯔꯦ | ||
Mizo ropui | ||
Mongolian агуу их | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကောင်းတယ် | ||
Nepali महान | ||
Norwegian flott | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chachikulu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବହୁତ ଭଲ | ||
Oromo guddaa | ||
Pashto غوره | ||
Persian عالی | ||
Polish świetny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) ótimo | ||
Punjabi ਮਹਾਨ | ||
Quechua hatun | ||
Romanian grozav | ||
Russian отличный | ||
Samoan matagofie | ||
Sanskrit महान् | ||
Scots Gaelic sgoinneil | ||
Sepedi kgolo | ||
Serbian сјајно | ||
Sesotho e kholo | ||
Shona hukuru | ||
Sindhi زبردست | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මහා | ||
Slovak super | ||
Slovenian super | ||
Somali weyn | ||
Spanish estupendo | ||
Sundanese hébat | ||
Swahili kubwa | ||
Swedish bra | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) malaki | ||
Tajik бузург | ||
Tamil நன்று | ||
Tatar бик яхшы | ||
Telugu గొప్ప | ||
Thai เยี่ยมมาก | ||
Tigrinya ምዑዝ | ||
Tsonga swikulu | ||
Turkish harika | ||
Turkmen ajaýyp | ||
Twi (Akan) kɛseɛ | ||
Ukrainian чудово | ||
Urdu زبردست | ||
Uyghur ئۇلۇغ | ||
Uzbek ajoyib | ||
Vietnamese tuyệt quá | ||
Welsh gwych | ||
Xhosa kakhulu | ||
Yiddish גרויס | ||
Yoruba nla | ||
Zulu kuhle |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Wonderlik is also used in English and German, with the meaning of "wonderful". |
| Albanian | The word "e madhe" in Albanian also means "the mother" or "the grandmother". |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "عظيم" (great) has a root meaning of "immensity" or "weightiness" and can also refer to something that imposes itself or is weighty in its effects. |
| Armenian | The word 'մեծ' in Armenian can also mean 'elder' or 'senior,' and is the root of the word 'մեծար' (respect). |
| Azerbaijani | The word "əla" in Azerbaijani, akin to "ulu" in Turkish, has meanings of "great", "excellent", and, for women, "older". |
| Basque | The word "bikaina" also means "magnificence" and is related to the word "bikain" which means "excellent". |
| Belarusian | The word "выдатна" is originated from the verb "выдаць," which means "to pay" or "to give out." |
| Bengali | দুর্দান্ত derives from the Sanskrit word "durdānta," meaning "difficult to conquer" |
| Bosnian | "Super" is also used to denote something very large in size in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "страхотен" also means "awesome," "terrifying," or "amazing," depending on the context. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "genial" comes from the Latin "genius", meaning "guiding spirit" or "inner voice". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Chinese, the word "大" (dà) can also mean "large", "senior", or "important". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 大 can mean 'large', 'tall', 'old', or 'many'. |
| Corsican | The Corsican term "Perfetta', is also used by some people to mean a person that is both kind-hearted and beautiful |
| Croatian | "Sjajno" also means "shiny" or "brilliant" in Croatian. |
| Czech | The word "skvělý" is derived from the Old Czech word "svitěti" meaning "to shine". |
| Danish | The word 'store' in Danish originates from the Old Norse word 'stórr', meaning 'big' or 'large'. |
| Dutch | The word "super" in Dutch can also mean "very" or "extremely". |
| Esperanto | "Bonega" is derived from the Polish word "dobry," meaning "good," with the Esperanto suffix "-eg-" added to indicate a superlative form. |
| Estonian | "Suurepärane" is a compound of "suur" (big) and "pärane" (having the nature of), thus originally meaning "big-natured". The word has been used in Estonian since the 13th century. |
| Finnish | The word "loistava" also means "shining" or "brilliant" in Finnish. |
| French | The French word "génial" derives from the Latin "genius" and shares its original meaning of "a tutelary spirit". |
| Frisian | The word "grut" in Frisian can also refer to a coarse flour made from barley or oats. |
| Galician | "Xenial" comes from the Greek word "xenos" which means "strange". |
| Georgian | დიდი's other meanings include 'big' and 'tall'. |
| German | The German adjective 'großartig' derives from the noun 'Größe' meaning 'size'. |
| Greek | The word 'μεγάλος' can also refer to length, quantity, or value, or it can be used metaphorically. |
| Gujarati | "મહાન" is derived from the Sanskrit word "mahat", which means "great" or "mighty". It can also refer to someone or something that is vast, important, or impressive. |
| Haitian Creole | In the Gbe languages, gbo (pronounced similarly to "gwo") can mean "chief". In Haitian history, many chiefs were also kings (i.e. Henri Christophe). |
| Hausa | The word "babba" in Hausa can also refer to a father or an old man. |
| Hawaiian | In Old Hawaiian, “nui” also meant “to rise, to grow, or to become numerous”. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "גדול" (gadol) not only means "great" but also "old" and "important." |
| Hindi | The word 'महान' can also mean 'large in size or quantity' or 'important or significant'. |
| Hmong | The word "zoo kawg" also means "wonderful" and "magnificent" in Hmong, highlighting its positive connotation. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "nagy" (great) also means "big" and is related to the word for "aunt" |
| Icelandic | Frábært derives from the word 'frábær' meaning 'carrying' or 'bringing forth' and can also mean 'excellent' or 'distinguished' |
| Igbo | Ukwa refers to the great yam and great wrestling while `ukwu` refers to the great size and greatness in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | Although 'Bagus' commonly means 'good' or 'great', it can also mean 'ripe', 'mature', 'full-grown' or 'developed'. |
| Irish | The word "iontach" in Irish originally meant "fearful" or "strange," but over time came to mean "wonderful" or "great." |
| Italian | The Italian word "grande" has multiple definitions, including "great," "tall," "large," and "important." |
| Japanese | The word "すごい" comes from the verb "すごす" (to spend time), and originally meant "to spend a long time on something". |
| Javanese | "Gedhe banget" (Javanese) implies excessive or extraordinary size or magnitude. |
| Kazakh | The word "керемет" can also mean "miracle" or "wonder" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | "អស្ចារ្យ" was derived from the Sanskrit word "acarya" which means "religious teacher", and it also means "extraordinary" in Khmer. |
| Korean | 큰 can translate to "large" in addition to "great," and both share the same Chinese origin: 大. |
| Kurdish | The word 'ecêb' also means 'wonderful' or 'tremendous' in Kurdish. |
| Latin | The word "magna" in Latin can also refer to a large, flat plate or a magnet |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "lieliski" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root, *meg-, meaning "big" or "great", which is the same root that we see in the English word "magnificent". |
| Lithuanian | "Puiku" is a word shared by several Baltic languages; in Latvian it means "admirable" and in Old Prussian it meant "strong". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "super" in Luxembourgish is derived from the French word "super", meaning "above" or "on top of". |
| Macedonian | The word "супер" is derived from the Latin word "super", meaning "above, over, upon" and "greater, superior". |
| Malagasy | The word "lehibe" in Malagasy also means "big" or "large". |
| Malay | The word "hebat" is a derivative of the Arabic word "habata" (to seize), and is cognate with the Sanskrit word "havyā" (invocation). |
| Maltese | The word "kbir" in Maltese is ultimately derived from the Arabic "kabīr", which also means "great", and is used to form the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. |
| Maori | The Maori word 'nui' can also refer to size or quantity, as in 'he tangata nui', a 'great person', or 'he whare nui', a 'large house'. |
| Marathi | The word "छान" in Marathi, also means "beautiful" or "good looking". |
| Mongolian | The word "агуу их" also means "large" or "wide". |
| Nepali | The word "महान" can also mean "important" or "significant" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | "Flott" in Norwegian originally meant "light in weight", and is related to the Dutch "vlot" and "flot". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word "chachikulu" likely derives from the Bantu roots "-chikul-« meaning "to grow" and "-a" to denote a superlative. |
| Pashto | In addition to its primary meaning of "great," "غوره" can also mean "strong," "sturdy," or "firm." |
| Persian | The term "عالی" derives from the Arabic phrase "'Aliyyan", meaning "high" or "exalted" in status. |
| Polish | Świetny also means "shiny" in Polish, suggesting a connection between excellence and brightness. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Ótimo" derives from the Greek "optimos" (best, excellent)", cognate with Latin "optimus", sharing the same meaning. |
| Punjabi | "ਮਹਾਨ" is also an adjective in Sanskrit that can mean "magnanimous". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "Grozav" may derive from the Proto-Slavic word for "terrible" or "frightening". |
| Russian | In Russian, “отличный” can also mean “excellent” or “distinguished”. |
| Samoan | The origin of 'matagofie' comes from the Samoan words: mata ('eye') and gofie ('star'), meaning 'starry-eyed' or 'beautiful'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "sgoinneil" originates from the Celtic word "scon", meaning "to excel" or "to be victorious". |
| Serbian | The word "сјајно" also means "bright" or "shiny" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The literal translation of "e kholo" is "son of the chief". |
| Shona | The word "hukuru" can also mean "leader" or "chief" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | "زبردست" (pronounced "zabardast" in Urdu and Sindhi) means "great" or "extraordinary", and is cognate with the Persian and Sanskrit words "zabar" (above) and "dast" (hand) respectively, literally meaning "one who has an upper hand". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | මහා may derive from Sanskrit महा ('mahā') but also shares cognates with Prakrit and Pali. |
| Slovak | The word "super" is often used informally in Slovak to mean "very" or "a lot" (e.g., "super drahé" = "very expensive"). |
| Slovenian | The word 'Super' in Slovenian can also refer to something that has been spoiled, especially food. |
| Somali | The word "weyn" in Somali can also be used to describe something as old, large, or important. |
| Spanish | Estupendo is derived from the Latin verb "stupēre\, |
| Sundanese | The word "hébat" in Sundanese also has the alternate meaning of "hot and spicy". |
| Swahili | Kubwa can refer to either size or age in Swahili, as in 'kubwa kwa umri' (old) vs 'kubwa kwa mwili' (large). |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "bra" can also mean "well" or "good," as in a person's well-being. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "malaki" can also mean "fat" or "rich". |
| Tajik | The word "бузург" also means "elder" or "senior" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | "நன்று" also means good, fine, and well in Tamil and is cognate with "good" in English. |
| Telugu | The word "గొప్ప" can also mean "big" or "important". |
| Thai | The Thai word "เยี่ยมมาก" is a phrase meaning "great," and is also a slang term used to describe a well-done action or achievement. |
| Turkish | The word "harika" in Turkish is derived from Arabic and Persian and means both "great" and "amazing". |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, "чудово" also means "a miracle". |
| Urdu | The word "زبردست" is derived from the Persian word "زبر" (strong) and the Sanskrit word "दस्त" (hand), meaning "one with a strong hand" |
| Uzbek | "Ajoyib" is an Uzbek word that means "great" or "wonderful" and is also used to describe something that is unusual or strange. |
| Vietnamese | "Tuyệt quá" is an idiomatic phrase meaning "excellent" composed of the adjective "tuyệt": extraordinary, and the particle "quá": excessively. |
| Welsh | The word 'gwych' also means 'beautiful' or 'fair' and is derived from the Proto-Celtic root '*wiko-' meaning 'to see' or 'to show'. |
| Xhosa | Kakhulu is also a slang term for an elderly person or a person of high status. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "גרויס" ("great") derives from Middle High German "grôz" ("terrifying") and shares Germanic ancestry with the modern English word "grotesque." |
| Yoruba | The term 'nla' in Yoruba also refers to a particular style of drumming used to celebrate special occasions |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "kuhle" has a broader meaning than simply "great", encompassing concepts of goodness, beauty, and even health. |
| English | The word "great" can also mean "large" or "important" and is derived from the Middle English word "gret," which in turn comes from the Old English word "grēat." |