Group in Different Languages
Discover 'Group' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Group
Afrikaans groep | ||
Albanian grupi | ||
Amharic ቡድን | ||
Arabic مجموعة | ||
Armenian խումբ | ||
Assamese গোট | ||
Aymara tama | ||
Azerbaijani qrup | ||
Bambara jɛkulu | ||
Basque taldea | ||
Belarusian група | ||
Bengali দল | ||
Bhojpuri समूह | ||
Bosnian grupa | ||
Bulgarian група | ||
Catalan grup | ||
Cebuano grupo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 组 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 組 | ||
Corsican gruppu | ||
Croatian skupina | ||
Czech skupina | ||
Danish gruppe | ||
Dhivehi ގްރޫޕް | ||
Dogri जत्था | ||
Dutch groep | ||
English group | ||
Esperanto grupo | ||
Estonian grupp | ||
Ewe ha | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pangkat | ||
Finnish ryhmä | ||
French groupe | ||
Frisian groep | ||
Galician grupo | ||
Georgian ჯგუფური | ||
German gruppe | ||
Greek ομάδα | ||
Guarani aty | ||
Gujarati જૂથ | ||
Haitian Creole gwoup | ||
Hausa rukuni | ||
Hawaiian pūʻulu | ||
Hebrew קְבוּצָה | ||
Hindi समूह | ||
Hmong pab pawg | ||
Hungarian csoport | ||
Icelandic hópur | ||
Igbo otu | ||
Ilocano grupo | ||
Indonesian kelompok | ||
Irish grúpa | ||
Italian gruppo | ||
Japanese グループ | ||
Javanese klompok | ||
Kannada ಗುಂಪು | ||
Kazakh топ | ||
Khmer ក្រុម | ||
Kinyarwanda itsinda | ||
Konkani गट | ||
Korean 그룹 | ||
Krio grup | ||
Kurdish kom | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) گروپ | ||
Kyrgyz топ | ||
Lao ກຸ່ມ | ||
Latin coetus | ||
Latvian grupa | ||
Lingala etuluku | ||
Lithuanian grupė | ||
Luganda ekibinja | ||
Luxembourgish grupp | ||
Macedonian група | ||
Maithili समूह | ||
Malagasy vondrona | ||
Malay kumpulan | ||
Malayalam ഗ്രൂപ്പ് | ||
Maltese grupp | ||
Maori roopu | ||
Marathi गट | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯥꯡꯂꯨꯞ | ||
Mizo pawl | ||
Mongolian бүлэг | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အုပ်စု | ||
Nepali समूह | ||
Norwegian gruppe | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) gulu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଗୋଷ୍ଠୀ | ||
Oromo garee | ||
Pashto ډله | ||
Persian گروه | ||
Polish grupa | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) grupo | ||
Punjabi ਸਮੂਹ | ||
Quechua huñu | ||
Romanian grup | ||
Russian группа | ||
Samoan kulupu | ||
Sanskrit समूह | ||
Scots Gaelic buidheann | ||
Sepedi sehlopha | ||
Serbian група | ||
Sesotho sehlopha | ||
Shona boka | ||
Sindhi ميڙ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සමූහය | ||
Slovak skupina | ||
Slovenian skupini | ||
Somali koox | ||
Spanish grupo | ||
Sundanese grup | ||
Swahili kikundi | ||
Swedish grupp | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) grupo | ||
Tajik гурӯҳ | ||
Tamil குழு | ||
Tatar төркем | ||
Telugu సమూహం | ||
Thai กลุ่ม | ||
Tigrinya ጉጅለ | ||
Tsonga ntlawa | ||
Turkish grup | ||
Turkmen topary | ||
Twi (Akan) ekuo | ||
Ukrainian групи | ||
Urdu گروپ | ||
Uyghur گۇرۇپپا | ||
Uzbek guruh | ||
Vietnamese nhóm | ||
Welsh grŵp | ||
Xhosa iqela | ||
Yiddish גרופּע | ||
Yoruba ẹgbẹ | ||
Zulu iqembu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "groep" likely derives from the Dutch "groep", itself rooted in the Middle Dutch "gruppe", ultimately going back to the Proto-Germanic "kruppaz" with the base meaning of assembly. |
| Albanian | Grupi can be translated as "crowd" or "herd" if the elements that form the group are not connected by anything in particular. |
| Amharic | The word "ቡድን" can also refer to a "bundle" or "collection" of things. |
| Arabic | The word "مجموعة" also means "set" or "collection" in Arabic. |
| Armenian | The word "խุมբ" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "*ǵʰom" (to join) and is cognate with the English word "group". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "qrup" in Azerbaijani derives from the Persian word "gorooh" and entered the language in the 1920s during the Soviet period. |
| Basque | In Basque, "taldea" can also refer to a team, a company, or a collection of people with a common goal |
| Belarusian | The word "група" can also refer to a musical band or ensemble |
| Bengali | Derived from Sanskrit "daLi," it can also refer to a unit of measurement (bundle), an assembly of soldiers (troop) or a flock (of birds, etc.). |
| Bosnian | "Grupa" can also refer to a crowd or throng of people. |
| Bulgarian | The word "група" is also derived from the Turkish word "гурўп" (crowd). |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "grup" derives from the French "groupe" and also means "a group of musicians, singers, or dancers acting together". |
| Cebuano | Grupo is also used to refer to a meeting of people, or to a particular social or political faction. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character "组" (zǔ) can also mean "set", "series", "sequence", or "system". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "组" can also refer to a component or ingredient, as in "组分" (component) or "蛋白质组" (proteome). |
| Corsican | "Gruppu" also means "clump" or "knot" in Corsican. |
| Croatian | The word 'skupina' in Croatian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word '*skupъ', meaning 'heap' or 'crowd'. |
| Czech | The word "skupina" is derived from the Czech word "skupit" meaning "to gather" or "to assemble." |
| Danish | In Danish, "gruppe" can also mean "a flock of birds" or "a group of trees". |
| Dutch | Groep also refers to a hole in an ice surface used for skating. |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's "grupo" derives from "group" in English, and also means "blood group" in Catalan and Spanish. |
| Estonian | The word "Grupp" in Estonian is derived from the German word "Gruppe" and can also refer to a "cluster" or "bunch" of objects or people. |
| Finnish | The word "ryhmä" comes from the Swedish word "grupp", which in turn derives from the French word "groupe". |
| French | "Groupe" is a Latin word, derived from the Latin "crupis", meaning "crowd". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "groep" also refers to a collection of hay or reeds, or to the ridge of a ploughed field. |
| Galician | In Medieval Latin, "grupo" referred to a flock or group of animals or people. |
| Georgian | The word ჯგუფური is derived from the Persian word "جوق" (pronounced "jogh"), meaning "company" or "troop". |
| German | In the 18th century, 'Gruppe' used to denote a gathering of musicians or actors who performed together. |
| Greek | The Ancient Greek word 'ομάδα' ('omáda') meant 'bundle,' 'sheaf,' or 'handful,' and ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *seh₁-, 'knot or binding.' |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word 'જૂથ' can also mean a 'crowd' or a 'mass of people'. |
| Haitian Creole | "Gwoup" in Haitian Creole also means a |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "rukuni" can also refer to a gathering or assembly, particularly for a specific purpose or activity. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "pūʻulu" can also mean "bundle" or "bunch". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "קבוצה" (group) also refers to a communal settlement or kibbutz, a social unit in which members share resources and work together cooperatively. |
| Hindi | The word "समूह" (group) also means "accumulation" or "collection" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | Pab pawg (group) in Hmong means a collection of people or things. |
| Hungarian | The word "csoport" also means "to surround" and is rooted in the Hungarian word "csőr", meaning "beak", as it refers to birds surrounding something. |
| Icelandic | The word "hópur" can also refer to a "mob" or a "band" of people. |
| Igbo | Igbo 'otu' means 'group' and can refer to a family, lineage, or organization |
| Indonesian | The word "kelompok" is derived from the Javanese word "klompok" meaning "knot" or "gatherings". In other contexts it can also mean "bunch", "group", or "collection". |
| Irish | The word "grúpa" in Irish is thought to derive from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵrewh-, meaning "to grow" or "to gather." |
| Italian | The word "gruppo" can also refer to a musical ensemble or a military unit |
| Japanese | "グループ" can mean not just "group", but also "blood type". |
| Javanese | The word 'klompok' in Javanese can also refer to a cluster of trees or a patch of vegetation. |
| Kannada | The word "ಗುಂಪು" can also refer to a collection of people or entities with common characteristics or goals, or to a collection of related items or materials. |
| Kazakh | The word "топ" in Kazakh also means "the top" in English. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word ក្រុម can also refer to a type of traditional Cambodian dance. |
| Korean | "그룹" is a loanword from French, "groupe", meaning "a number of persons or things gathered together" |
| Kurdish | The word "kom" in Kurdish can also refer to a gathering of people for a specific purpose. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "топ" also means "crowd". |
| Lao | The Lao word "ກຸ່ມ" also means "a bundle or bunch" and "the part of a longyi that is folded around the waist." |
| Latin | Coetus in Latin can also refer to a political gathering or an assembly of clergy. |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "grupa" can also refer to a collection of musical instruments or a bouquet of flowers. |
| Lithuanian | The word "grupė" is also a borrowing from Russian in which it has the additional meaning "blood type". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Grupp" can also refer to a set of objects or people with a common characteristic. |
| Macedonian | The word "група" derives from the French word "groupe" and the Turkish word "grup". Alternatively, it can also refer to a cluster of people forming a recognizable entity in society. |
| Malagasy | The word "vondrona" also means "society" or "community" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The word 'kumpulan' comes from the same root as 'kumpul', which means 'to gather' or 'to collect'. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word ഗ്രൂപ്പ് derives from the English loanword, meaning a number of people assembled. |
| Maltese | The word "grupp" in Maltese can also mean "flock" or "crowd". |
| Maori | In the Māori language, roopu refers to a small group, often a hunting or war party, or a social group of peers. |
| Marathi | "गट" is derived from the same Proto-Indo-European root as "cat" and "cattle", which originally meant "clan" or "household". |
| Mongolian | It is cognate to a word meaning "wing". |
| Nepali | In Sanskrit, समूह is also used as a term in mathematics to refer to a particular set of numbers with a common property. |
| Norwegian | "Gruppe" is cognate with English "crop" and also relates to "dig", "dig a hole". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Gulu" is also the name of a dance originating from the Ngoni tribe of Malawi. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "ډله" ("group") also refers to a "crowd" or "swarm". |
| Persian | The Persian word "گروه" can also refer to a musical band or ensemble. |
| Polish | Derived from the Old Polish word "grąpa" "crowd"} |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "grupo" can also refer to a set of people who meet regularly to discuss a specific topic. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਸਮੂਹ" can also mean "an association or collection of people, usually with common interests or goals". |
| Romanian | Grup can also refer to an amount of people or things that are together or collected. |
| Russian | The word "группа" can refer to a "group", "band", or "team" of musicians in Russian. |
| Samoan | The word "kulupu" can also refer to a gang or a criminal group in Samoan slang. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "buidheann" also means "band" or "group of people sharing a common interest" |
| Serbian | The Serbo-Croatian word "grupa" ultimately derives from the Italian "gruppo" and ultimately from the Frankish "croupe." |
| Sesotho | The word "sehlopha" can also refer to a gathering of people, such as a party or meeting. |
| Shona | Boka may also refer to "the people" as in "boka redu" (the people of such a place), "the family" in the context of extended family, or the "clan" of a particular totem |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ميڙ" ("group") is derived from the Proto-Indo-European word "*h₂m-s-ós" ("assembly") and is related to words for "meeting" or "council" in other Indo-European languages. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "සමූහය" is derived from the Sanskrit word "samūha" which also means "crowd" or "collection". |
| Slovak | Skupina can also refer to a gathering of people for a specific purpose, such as a study group or a work group. |
| Slovenian | The word 'skupini' in Slovenian also denotes a set of related items, such as a deck of cards or a flight of stairs. |
| Somali | The word "koox" in Somali is a cognate of the Arabic word "qaum" which also means "group" or "nation". |
| Spanish | "Grupo" comes from the Latin "cruppus", meaning "rump" or "tail", and also "group". |
| Sundanese | Sundanese "grup" also refers to a small amount of something, like a "pinch" in English. |
| Swahili | Kikundi can refer to a musical ensemble, a gathering, or a political faction. |
| Swedish | "Grupp" is cognate with English "crop" and German "Gruppe", meaning "a bunch". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "grupo" also means "a group of musicians". |
| Tajik | The word “гурӯҳ” can also refer to a gathering of people for a specific purpose, such as a study group or a political group. |
| Tamil | The word "குழு" is also used to refer to a group of people who work together as a team. |
| Telugu | The word "సమూహం" is derived from the Sanskrit word "समूह" (samūha), meaning "collection" or "assemblage". |
| Thai | The word "กลุ่ม" comes from the Pali word "kappa" meaning "crowd" or "assembly", with the Thai prefix "ก" added.} |
| Turkish | The word "grup" in Turkish also means "a group of people who play a musical instrument together". |
| Ukrainian | Derived from German "Gruppe" (through Polish "grupa"), ultimately from Italian "gruppa" (knot, group). |
| Urdu | The word "گروپ" originates from the Persian word "گروه" (gorūh), meaning "company" or "band", and ultimately derives from the Old Persian word "garda-," meaning "flock." |
| Uzbek | Uzbek guruh "g" is pronounced "y" and means both "a set of things grouped together" and "vocal cord". |
| Vietnamese | The word "nhóm" is derived from the Chinese word "组" (zǔ), meaning "group", "set", or "collection". It can also refer to a group of people with similar interests or goals. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "grŵp" is derived from the English word "group" and has the same meaning, but can also refer to a number of other things such as a gathering of people or a collection of things. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "iqela" has an alternate meaning of "family" or "clan". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word “גרופע” is cognate to English “crop” (of birds), German “Kropf” (bird’s craw), Russian “гру́ппа” (group), and Greek “γρυπός” (crooked) |
| Yoruba | Yoruba word "ẹgbẹ", meaning "group," also signifies "union" or "collective." |
| Zulu | In Zulu, the word "iqembu" also refers to a group of people performing a specific task, such as a dance or song ensemble. |
| English | The word 'group' can also refer to a musical ensemble or a set of related objects, such as a constellation of stars. |