Greatest in Different Languages
Discover 'Greatest' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Greatest
Afrikaans grootste | ||
Albanian më i madhi | ||
Amharic ትልቁ | ||
Arabic أعظم | ||
Armenian մեծագույն | ||
Assamese গ্ৰেটেষ্ট | ||
Aymara jach’a | ||
Azerbaijani ən böyük | ||
Bambara min ka bon ni tɔw bɛɛ ye | ||
Basque handiena | ||
Belarusian найвялікшы | ||
Bengali সবচেয়ে বড় | ||
Bhojpuri सबसे बड़का बा | ||
Bosnian najveći | ||
Bulgarian най велик | ||
Catalan més gran | ||
Cebuano labing dako | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 最伟大的 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 最偉大的 | ||
Corsican più grande | ||
Croatian najveći | ||
Czech největší | ||
Danish største | ||
Dhivehi އެންމެ ބޮޑު | ||
Dogri सब तों वड्डा | ||
Dutch beste | ||
English greatest | ||
Esperanto plej granda | ||
Estonian suurim | ||
Ewe gãtɔ kekeake | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pinakadakila | ||
Finnish suurin | ||
French le plus grand | ||
Frisian grutste | ||
Galician máis grande | ||
Georgian უდიდესი | ||
German größte | ||
Greek μεγαλύτερη | ||
Guarani tuichavéva | ||
Gujarati મહાન | ||
Haitian Creole pi gran | ||
Hausa mafi girma | ||
Hawaiian ʻoi loa | ||
Hebrew הגדול ביותר | ||
Hindi महानतम | ||
Hmong loj tshaj | ||
Hungarian legnagyobb | ||
Icelandic mestur | ||
Igbo kasị ukwuu | ||
Ilocano kadakkelan | ||
Indonesian terhebat | ||
Irish is mó | ||
Italian più grande | ||
Japanese 最高の | ||
Javanese paling gedhe | ||
Kannada ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ | ||
Kazakh ең үлкен | ||
Khmer អស្ចារ្យបំផុត | ||
Kinyarwanda mukuru | ||
Konkani सगळ्यांत व्हडलें | ||
Korean 가장 큰 | ||
Krio di wan we pas ɔl | ||
Kurdish mezintirîn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) گەورەترین | ||
Kyrgyz улуу | ||
Lao ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ທີ່ສຸດ | ||
Latin summa | ||
Latvian vislielākais | ||
Lingala oyo eleki monene | ||
Lithuanian didžiausias | ||
Luganda ekisinga obukulu | ||
Luxembourgish gréissten | ||
Macedonian најголем | ||
Maithili सबसँ पैघ | ||
Malagasy indrindra | ||
Malay terhebat | ||
Malayalam ഏറ്റവും വലിയ | ||
Maltese akbar | ||
Maori rahi rawa atu | ||
Marathi महान | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯈ꯭ꯕꯥꯏꯗꯒꯤ ꯆꯥꯎꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo ropui ber | ||
Mongolian хамгийн агуу | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အကြီးမြတ်ဆုံး | ||
Nepali सबैभन्दा ठूलो | ||
Norwegian størst | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chachikulu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସର୍ବଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ | ||
Oromo guddaa | ||
Pashto لوی | ||
Persian بزرگترین | ||
Polish największy | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) maior | ||
Punjabi ਮਹਾਨ | ||
Quechua aswan hatun | ||
Romanian cel mai mare | ||
Russian величайший | ||
Samoan sili | ||
Sanskrit महान् | ||
Scots Gaelic as motha | ||
Sepedi e kgolo kudu | ||
Serbian највећи | ||
Sesotho kholo ka ho fetisisa | ||
Shona chikuru | ||
Sindhi عظيم | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ශ්රේෂ් .යි | ||
Slovak najväčší | ||
Slovenian največji | ||
Somali ugu weyn | ||
Spanish mayor | ||
Sundanese panggedéna | ||
Swahili kubwa zaidi | ||
Swedish störst | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pinakadakilang | ||
Tajik бузургтарин | ||
Tamil மிகப்பெரியது | ||
Tatar иң зур | ||
Telugu గొప్ప | ||
Thai ยิ่งใหญ่ที่สุด | ||
Tigrinya ዝዓበየ | ||
Tsonga leyikulu swinene | ||
Turkish en büyük | ||
Turkmen iň beýik | ||
Twi (Akan) kɛse sen biara | ||
Ukrainian найбільший | ||
Urdu سب سے بڑا | ||
Uyghur ئەڭ ئۇلۇغ | ||
Uzbek eng buyuk | ||
Vietnamese vĩ đại nhất | ||
Welsh mwyaf | ||
Xhosa inkulu | ||
Yiddish גרעסטע | ||
Yoruba tobi julo | ||
Zulu okukhulu kakhulu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Grootste means 'greatest' in Afrikaans, but it originally meant 'fattest' or 'largest'. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "më i madhi" is a superlative form of the adjective "i madh" meaning "big" or "great". |
| Amharic | The word "ትልቁ" ("greatest") can also mean "largest" or "most important". |
| Arabic | The word "أعظم" can also mean "enormous" or "tremendous". |
| Armenian | Մեծագույն (metzaguyn) comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *meǵh-, meaning "great" and is related to the Greek μέγας (megas) and Latin magnus. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "ən böyük" can also mean "greatest" in terms of size or amount. |
| Basque | The Basque word "handiena" also means "largest" and is related to *handi* "big" and *andi" "giant." |
| Belarusian | The word "найвялікшы" (greatest) originated from the Proto-Slavic word "naivetь" meaning "highest" and "most superior". |
| Bengali | সবচেয়ে বড়' in Bengali has multiple meanings besides "greatest", including "eldest" or "biggest" in size. |
| Bosnian | The word "najveći" in Bosnian also has the meaning of "biggest" when used in a physical sense. |
| Bulgarian | Alternate meaning of "най велик" is "extremely fat" (colloquial) |
| Catalan | "Més gran" also means "bigger" in Catalan, and comes from the Latin "magnus" (big). |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano term "labing dako" can also mean "extremely large" or "bulky" in size or quantity. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese word "最伟大的" also means "most honorable" or "most respected". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 最偉大的 means 'the most glorious', 'the most flourishing', 'the most excellent'. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "più grande" is derived from the Italian "più gran" which also means "greatest" in English. |
| Croatian | The word 'najveći' in Croatian also means 'largest' or 'biggest', and it is derived from the Proto-Slavic word 'veliki', which meant 'great' or 'large'. |
| Czech | The word "největší" ("greatest") in Czech is derived from the words "nej" ("most") and "větší" ("greater"). |
| Danish | Største is also used for emphasis: “Jeg har den STØRSTE lyst!” (“I'd rather do something else!” or “I do NOT want to do the thing you are suggesting!”) |
| Dutch | The word "beste" in Dutch also means "nice" or "good". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "plej granda" is the superlative form of "granda" (big, great), and its root "grand" also means "magnificent, splendid, illustrious, noble, dignified." |
| Estonian | "Suurim" has been used to mean "large" or "great" since the 12th century. |
| Finnish | The word "suurin" is a superlative form of the adjective "suuri", which means "big" or "large". |
| French | The French phrase "Le plus grand" can also mean the "oldest" member of a family. |
| Frisian | The word 'grutste' in Frisian was originally used to refer to a large building or structure. |
| Galician | The word "máis grande" is a comparative adjective in Galician, meaning "larger" or "greater". |
| German | The word "größte" is the superlative form of "groß" (big, great, tall, etc.) and comes from the Old High German word "grōʒ" (big, important). |
| Greek | The word "μεγαλύτερη" (greatest) is derived from the Greek word "μέγας" (great), which also means "large" or "important". |
| Gujarati | The word "મહાન" is derived from the Sanskrit root "mah", meaning "great" or "large", and is often used to describe something of exceptional size, importance, or quality. |
| Haitian Creole | Pi gran also means 'the oldest' in Haitian Creole, with gran deriving from the French grand. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word 'mafi girma', while meaning 'greatest', also refers to the 'highest mountain' and the 'most respected person'. |
| Hawaiian | 'Oi loa', meaning 'greatest' in Hawaiian, also refers to a native Hawaiian species of tree snails found on the islands of Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, and Maui. |
| Hebrew | The word "hagadol be-yoter" ("greatest") in Hebrew can also refer to "the biggest" or "the most important." |
| Hindi | 'महानतम' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'महान्' (great), and can also refer to 'distinguished' or 'noble'. |
| Hmong | Loj tshaj is often used to describe a great warrior or someone who has done many good deeds. |
| Hungarian | Legjobb 'leg' 'jobban', 'nagyobb' elemekből áll, jelentése: 'a legjobban jobban nagyobb'. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "mestur" also means "master" or "champion". |
| Igbo | Kasị ukwuu, a compound of kasị 'over, above, beyond' and ukwuu 'bigness,' also means 'very' as a result of euphemism and semantic extension. |
| Indonesian | "Terhebat" can also mean "the most terrifying" or "the most formidable." |
| Irish | The Irish word "is mó" is also used as a comparative form of adjectives, meaning "more". |
| Italian | "Più grande" literally means "more bigger", with "big" being one of the few irregular comparatives in Italian (alongside good/better and bad/worse). |
| Japanese | The word "最高の" (saikou no) literally translates to "best of the best" and can also be used as a superlative to express the highest level of something. |
| Javanese | "Paling gedhe" is also used to refer to the eldest child in a family. |
| Kannada | The word "ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ" can also mean "excellent", "superior", or "first-class". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "ең үлкен" can also be used to describe the most respected or influential person in a society. |
| Korean | "가장 큰" (greatest) originated from the Chinese phrase "至高無上" (most eminent and supreme), which was introduced to Korean during the Goryeo dynasty. |
| Kurdish | "Mezintirîn" also means the youngest child (literally: the last finger) in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "улуу" can also refer to "great" or "senior" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | The Lao word for "greatest" originated from the word "more". |
| Latin | In Medieval Latin, "summa" additionally signified a "collection of authoritative texts" or "a complete compendium of knowledge." |
| Latvian | Vislielākais is derived from the Latvian words "visu" (all) and "lielākais" (biggest) and also means "most visible". |
| Lithuanian | Its alternate spelling 'džiausias' has a different meaning - 'most joyful'. |
| Luxembourgish | The word 'gréissten' in Luxembourgish is also used to express the concept of 'excellence' or 'superlative quality'. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "најголем" ("greatest") is a compound of "нај" ("most") and "голем" ("big"), and it can also mean "best" or "most important". |
| Malagasy | "Indrindra" in Malagasy is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *qalida, meaning "high" or "tall." |
| Malay | The Malay word "terhebat" (greatest) originally meant "most powerful" or "most intense" in Old Malay, and is still used in this sense in certain contexts. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "ഏറ്റവും വലിയ" can also be translated as "maximum" or "greatest" in the sense of amount or quantity. |
| Maltese | The word "akbar" is also used to describe a person with a great deal of experience or knowledge in a particular field. |
| Maori | "Rahi rawa atu" literally means "very very big". |
| Marathi | The word 'महान' ('greatest') derives from Sanskrit, meaning 'great in size or strength' or 'excellent' or 'famous'. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word for "greatest," хамгийн агуу, is cognate with the Turkish word "çok," which means "very" or "many." |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "सबैभन्दा ठूलो" is also used to refer to someone who is the most powerful or influential in a particular group or area. |
| Norwegian | The word "størst" is derived from the Old Norse word "sterkstr", meaning "strongest," and is related to the English word "stark." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "chachikulu" can also be used to refer to "something that is very important" or "something that is very good". |
| Pashto | The word "لوی" can also refer to a tribe or clan, and is a common surname in Pakistan and Afghanistan. |
| Persian | The word "بزرگترین" can also mean "largest" or "grandest" in Persian. |
| Polish | "Największy" also means "most numerous" in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Maior" also means "elder," like in English, but with different connotations, e.g., "older sibling" |
| Punjabi | ਮਹਾਨ is the Punjabi word for both “the greatest” and “the great”. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "cel mai mare" can also mean "the biggest" or "the oldest". |
| Russian | The Russian word "величайший" can mean "greatest" but also "very large" or "magnificent". |
| Samoan | The word "sili" in Samoan is often used to describe something that is the best or most important. |
| Scots Gaelic | As motha, a superlative meaning 'greatest' or 'best' in Scottish Gaelic, is commonly used to express great admiration or praise. |
| Serbian | The word "највећи" can also mean "the most" or "the most important" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | It can also mean 'the strongest', 'the most courageous', or 'the most intelligent'. |
| Shona | The word "chikuru" can also mean "old" or "ancestor" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, "عظيم" also refers to a mythical creature resembling a snake with a human head and glowing eyes. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "najväčší" also means "the oldest". |
| Slovenian | In addition to its common meaning, 'največji' (greatest) can also denote a 'masterful' or 'skillful' person. |
| Somali | The term "ugu weyn" comes from the Somali roots "ugu-" ("most") and "weyn" ("big"), further meaning "the biggest" or "the most important." |
| Spanish | The word "mayor" in Spanish also means "elder" and "major". |
| Sundanese | The word "panggedéna" is used as a respectful reference to the king in the Sundanese language. |
| Swahili | "Kubwa" is the Swahili word for "big" and "zaidi" means "more" or "most". Thus, "kubwa zaidi" literally translates to "bigger" or "biggest." |
| Swedish | "Störst" also means "disturbance" and might have a distant relation to the word "sturgeon" (Swedish: "stör") through Proto-Germanic "əsturun" meaning "troublemaker". |
| Tajik | The word "бузургтарин" is derived from the Persian word "بزرگترین" (buzurgtarin), which means "greatest" or "eldest". |
| Telugu | The word "గొప్ప" can also mean "excellent" or "important" in Telugu. |
| Thai | The word "ยิ่งใหญ่ที่สุด" also means "grandest" and "most impressive". |
| Turkish | "En büyük" can sometimes refer to one's elder sibling but also commonly refers to a person's lover/romantic partner. |
| Ukrainian | The word "найбільший" can also refer to the superlative form of "більший" ("bigger or larger than" or "greater than in terms of quantity") or the superlative of "додатковий" ("extra" or "additional"). |
| Urdu | "سب سے بڑا" is derived from the Persian "bishtar" which means "more" or "most". |
| Uzbek | Eng buyuk is derived from the Turkic word buyuk, which means "great" or "large". |
| Vietnamese | The word "vĩ đại nhất" can also be used to mean "most important". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "mwyaf" is also used as a comparative and superlative form of adjectives. |
| Xhosa | In some dialects of Xhosa, "inkulu" can also refer to the firstborn male child of a family as well. |
| Yiddish | גרעסטע is Yiddish, meaning 'largest'. It is pronounced grèste, like the English word 'great'. In Yiddish, it is used to describe something that is very big or important. |
| Yoruba | "Tobi julo" is sometimes translated as "the greatest one out of many". |
| Zulu | The word |
| English | The word 'greatest' is derived from the Old English word 'grēatost', which means 'largest' or 'most important'. |