Afrikaans verhoog | ||
Albanian rrit | ||
Amharic ጨምር | ||
Arabic زيادة | ||
Armenian աճ | ||
Assamese বৃদ্ধি কৰা | ||
Aymara jilxataña | ||
Azerbaijani artırmaq | ||
Bambara ka caya | ||
Basque handitu | ||
Belarusian павялічыць | ||
Bengali বৃদ্ধি | ||
Bhojpuri बढ़ल | ||
Bosnian povećati | ||
Bulgarian нараства | ||
Catalan augmentar | ||
Cebuano pagdugang | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 增加 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 增加 | ||
Corsican cresce | ||
Croatian povećati | ||
Czech zvýšit | ||
Danish øge | ||
Dhivehi އިތުރުކުރުން | ||
Dogri बधाओ | ||
Dutch toename | ||
English increase | ||
Esperanto pliigas | ||
Estonian suurendama | ||
Ewe dzi ɖe edzi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pagtaas | ||
Finnish lisääntyä | ||
French augmenter | ||
Frisian tanimme | ||
Galician aumentar | ||
Georgian მომატება | ||
German erhöhen, ansteigen | ||
Greek αυξήσουν | ||
Guarani moĩve | ||
Gujarati વધારો | ||
Haitian Creole ogmante | ||
Hausa karuwa | ||
Hawaiian mahuahua | ||
Hebrew להגביר | ||
Hindi बढ़ना | ||
Hmong nce | ||
Hungarian növekedés | ||
Icelandic auka | ||
Igbo abawanye | ||
Ilocano nayunan | ||
Indonesian meningkat | ||
Irish méadú | ||
Italian aumentare | ||
Japanese 増加する | ||
Javanese mundhak | ||
Kannada ಹೆಚ್ಚಳ | ||
Kazakh арттыру | ||
Khmer កើនឡើង | ||
Kinyarwanda kwiyongera | ||
Konkani वाड | ||
Korean 증가하다 | ||
Krio mɔ | ||
Kurdish zêdekirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) زیادکردن | ||
Kyrgyz жогорулатуу | ||
Lao ເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນ | ||
Latin augere | ||
Latvian palielināt | ||
Lingala komata | ||
Lithuanian padidinti | ||
Luganda okwongera | ||
Luxembourgish erhéijung | ||
Macedonian зголемување | ||
Maithili बढ़ाउ | ||
Malagasy mitombo | ||
Malay meningkat | ||
Malayalam വർധിപ്പിക്കുക | ||
Maltese żid | ||
Maori whakapiki | ||
Marathi वाढवा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯍꯦꯟꯒꯠꯄ | ||
Mizo belh | ||
Mongolian нэмэгдүүлэх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တိုးမြှင့်လာသည် | ||
Nepali बढ्नु | ||
Norwegian øke | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wonjezani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବଢିବା | ||
Oromo dabaluu | ||
Pashto ډیروالی | ||
Persian افزایش دادن | ||
Polish zwiększać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) aumentar | ||
Punjabi ਵਾਧਾ | ||
Quechua yapay | ||
Romanian crește | ||
Russian увеличение | ||
Samoan faʻatele | ||
Sanskrit वर्धनं करोतु | ||
Scots Gaelic àrdachadh | ||
Sepedi oketša | ||
Serbian повећати | ||
Sesotho nyollelo | ||
Shona kuwedzera | ||
Sindhi واڌارو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඉහළ | ||
Slovak zvýšiť | ||
Slovenian porast | ||
Somali kordhiyo | ||
Spanish incrementar | ||
Sundanese naékkeun | ||
Swahili ongeza | ||
Swedish öka | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) dagdagan | ||
Tajik афзоиш | ||
Tamil அதிகரி | ||
Tatar күтәрелү | ||
Telugu పెంచు | ||
Thai เพิ่มขึ้น | ||
Tigrinya ወስኽ | ||
Tsonga engetela | ||
Turkish artırmak | ||
Turkmen artdyrmak | ||
Twi (Akan) kɔ anim | ||
Ukrainian збільшувати | ||
Urdu اضافہ | ||
Uyghur كۆپەيتىش | ||
Uzbek o'sish | ||
Vietnamese tăng | ||
Welsh cynyddu | ||
Xhosa nyusa | ||
Yiddish העכערונג | ||
Yoruba alekun | ||
Zulu ukwanda |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "Verhoog" in Afrikaans can also mean "stage" or "platform" |
| Albanian | The word "rrit" originates from the Proto-Albanian *r̥s-ti, which also means "grown". |
| Amharic | "ጨምር" is Amharic for a "measure of length equal to four cubits" |
| Arabic | The word "زيادة" can also mean "addition" or "extra" in Arabic. |
| Armenian | The word "աճ" is a homonym, and can also mean "growth" or "progress." |
| Azerbaijani | The word "artırmaq" comes from the Proto-Turkic *art-, meaning "to grow, to increase, or to become more." |
| Basque | "Handitu" refers to growth, addition, or extension, and also means "to raise" or "to lift up" |
| Belarusian | The word "павялічыць" is derived from the Proto-Slavic "*veliky", meaning "big" or "great". |
| Bengali | The word "বৃদ্ধি" also implies growth, development or enhancement in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | "Povećati" originated from the Proto-Slavic "povьšati", itself likely derived from a Proto-Indo-European root "-weg-", meaning to stretch, to grow |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "нараства" can also refer to the stretching of rubber, the expansion of metal, the swelling of wood, and the rising of dough. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word “augmentar” comes from the Latin word “augmentare”, which also means “to consecrate” or “to dedicate”. |
| Cebuano | "Pagdugang" also refers to a sudden rise in emotions, such as excitement or anger. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "增加" can also mean "add" or "increment" in arithmetic. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The character "增" in "增加" also appears in "增长", meaning "growth", suggesting that "增加" not only refers to a quantitative increase but also to a qualitative improvement. |
| Corsican | The noun 'cresce' also means 'hair' or 'mane' in Corsican. |
| Croatian | The verb 'povećati' is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word 'povęčati', which means 'to make greater' or 'to magnify'. |
| Czech | The Czech word "zvýšit" is cognate with the Serbian word "увећати", both meaning "increase". |
| Danish | The Danish word "øge" is a homonym, also meaning "an increase in age". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "toename" can also refer to the act of growing or expanding, as well as the result of such growth or expansion. |
| Esperanto | "Pliigas" can also mean "to stretch, extend, or enlarge". |
| Finnish | It comes from the verb 'listata', meaning 'to enumerate' and also used in a more general sense of 'to add'. |
| French | "Augmenter" in French also means "to make someone or something greater"} |
| Frisian | The word "tanimme" in Frisian also means "to gain weight". |
| Galician | In Galician, "aumentar" can also mean "to fatten" or "to grow". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "მომატება" can also refer to an increase in size, weight, or quantity. |
| German | "Erhöhen" and "ansteigen" both stem from the noun "Höhe" ("height"), highlighting the upward movement associated with increasing." |
| Greek | The Ancient Greek word “αυξήσουν” means not only 'increase' but also 'pride' and 'boast,' as in a sense of personal accomplishment, such as 'boasting in one's strength or wisdom.' |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "વધારો" can also mean "addition" or "increment". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Vodou, 'ogmante' is associated with the spirit of increase and abundance |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "mahuahua" can also refer to the action of "increasing" or "causing to increase". |
| Hebrew | The verb "להגביר" not only means "to increase" but also means "to make more intensive". |
| Hindi | बढ़ना, meaning "to grow," is derived from the Sanskrit root वृध्, which also means "to prosper." |
| Hmong | Another meaning of "nce" is "more". |
| Hungarian | The word 'növekedés' is also used to describe the growth of plants, animals, or other living organisms. |
| Icelandic | "Auka" also means "empty" in older Icelandic, and the word is of uncertain origin but may be akin to the Old Irish word "óc" meaning "a void". |
| Igbo | Abawanye is a noun and verb meaning 'increase', 'addition' but also 'repetition' or 'doing something again'. |
| Indonesian | Meningkat, originating from Proto-Austronesian *manik, also relates to terms for 'high' and 'up' in various Austronesian languages. |
| Irish | "Méadú" is also a term used in Irish folklore to refer to a magical substance that can cause plants to grow rapidly. |
| Italian | The word "aumentare" in Italian derives from the Latin word "augmentare", which means "to make larger" or "to increase". |
| Japanese | The verb 増加する (zōkasuru) can also mean "to be added to" or "to be increased by". |
| Javanese | The word "mundhak" also means "to ascend" or "to rise" in Javanese. |
| Kannada | The word "ಹೆಚ್ಚಳ" is also used to describe the act of multiplying. |
| Kazakh | "Арттыру" also means "addition" or "increment" in mathematics and computer science. |
| Khmer | The word "កើនឡើង" also implies a sense of growth, development, or expansion. |
| Korean | The term "증가하다" is derived from the Chinese characters "增" (increase) and "加" (add), originally meaning "to make more." |
| Kurdish | The word "zêdekirin" comes from the Persian "zâyid kardan," meaning "to create something, to add, to increase, or to make something." |
| Kyrgyz | The verb "жогорулатуу" literally translates to "to raise," which implies an elevation in both physical and abstract senses. |
| Latin | "Augere" also relates etymologically to "author," denoting increase or creation of new works. |
| Latvian | Latvian 'palielināt' ('increase') traces its roots to a Proto-Balto-Slavic root meaning 'bigger'. |
| Lithuanian | "Padidinti" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "pleth-", meaning "full, wide, or spread". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Erhéijung" is derived from the Middle High German "erhoejen", meaning "to elevate". |
| Macedonian | The word "зголемување" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *golmъ, which means "large" or "great". |
| Malagasy | The word "mitombo" derives from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian root "*tumbuh", meaning "to grow, increase." |
| Malay | Meningkat also means "climb" and is the root for several Malay words related to elevation and height. |
| Malayalam | The Sanskrit origin of the word वर्धिപ്പിക്കുക is 'वर्ध्', which means to grow or increase, and this word is also found in Hindi with the same meaning. |
| Maltese | "Żid" is etymologically related to the Arabic word "zāda" meaning "to increase", and it has the alternate meaning of "addition" in Maltese. |
| Maori | Whakapiki also means 'to gather together', 'to assemble', and 'to accumulate'. |
| Marathi | "वाढवा" is also a traditional Marathi sweet made from rice and jaggery. |
| Mongolian | The word "нэмэгдүүлэх" also means "to augment" or "to enlarge" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | "बढ्नु" originated from "वृध्" and can also mean "to expand" and "to grow." |
| Norwegian | The word "øke" is cognate with the English word "eke" (meaning "to make more of" or "to lengthen"). |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | 'Wonjezani' shares the same root word 'wonjezera' meaning something that is getting bigger in size or quantity. |
| Pashto | ډیروالی is derived from the Sanskrit "dirgha", meaning "longitudinal" or "distant." |
| Persian | The Persian word "افزایش دادن" originated from Arabic; its alternate meanings include growth, expansion, or elevation. |
| Polish | The Polish word "zwiększać" originally meant "to lift up" or "to raise". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The verb "aumentar" comes from the Latin verb "augere," meaning "to add to," "to enlarge," or "to increase." |
| Punjabi | "ਵਾਧਾ" (increase) is derived from the Sanskrit word "वृद्धि" (increase, growth), which is related to the English word "growth". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word 'crește' is derived from the Latin word 'crescere', which means 'to grow'. |
| Russian | The word "увеличение" ultimately derives from the Proto-Slavic word *vьzъ-, meaning "to raise," and is cognate with the Latin word "exalto," meaning "to elevate." |
| Samoan | The word “faʻatele” can also mean to “multiply” or “broaden”. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Àrdachadh" also means "to grow" in the context of crops or plants. |
| Serbian | The word 'повећати' comes from the Old Church Slavonic word 'възъвєсти', which means 'to make known'. |
| Sesotho | The word "nyollelo" also means "something that has been increased" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word "kuwedzera" in Shona also means to enlarge, extend, or lengthen something. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "ඉහළ" can also mean "elevated" or "high" in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | 'Zvýšiť' is a Slavic root with counterparts in various languages, e.g. Russian 'звезда', 'star' ('svezda'), Polish 'wzrok' ('look' ('vzrok')). |
| Slovenian | _Porast_ comes from the verb _rasti_ meaning to grow (in size). |
| Somali | The verb "kordhiyo" derives from the Proto-Cushitic form (*kur-) meaning "to make long." |
| Spanish | The verb 'incrementar' in Spanish also refers to 'strengthening' a person, idea, position or organization. |
| Sundanese | The term 'naékkeun' may also refer to an increase in size, volume or intensity. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "Ongeza" literally translates to "put on top," emphasizing the concept of adding to or amplifying something. |
| Swedish | Öka, meaning 'to increase' in Swedish, is said to have originated from the word 'aukan' in Old Norse, which also means 'to increase'. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "афзоиш" can also mean "development" or "growth". |
| Tamil | The word "அதிகரி" in Tamil also means "to make or become prosperous". |
| Telugu | The word "పెంచు" can also mean "to raise" or "to bring up" in the context of children or animals. |
| Thai | The Thai word เพิ่มขึ้น originated from Pali language. |
| Turkish | The verb “artırmak” can also mean “to make something better or more valuable”. |
| Ukrainian | The word "збільшувати" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *golbь, meaning "big". |
| Urdu | "اضافہ" can mean "addition" or "increase" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "o'sish" is thought to be derived from the Persian word "afzâyish" (meaning "increase") or the Arabic word "izdiyâd" (meaning "augmentation"). |
| Vietnamese | "Tăng" means "increase" or "grow" and is also a name commonly given to monks in Vietnam. |
| Welsh | In Welsh, the term 'cynyddu', aside from meaning 'increase', can refer to growth, development or even progress. |
| Xhosa | The word "Nyusa" is also used to refer to an increase in size or weight, or to a swelling or tumor. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word העכערונג "increase" comes from the German word "Mehrung" with the same meaning |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "alekun" also refers to a traditional Yoruba hairstyle worn by women. |
| Zulu | The word "ukwanda" can also refer to the act of multiplying or to the result of a multiplication. |
| English | Increase derives from the Late Latin increscere, which in turn derives from the Latin incrementum, meaning 'growth'. |