Increasing in different languages

Increasing in Different Languages

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Increasing


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Afrikaans
toenemende
Albanian
duke u rritur
Amharic
እየጨመረ
Arabic
في ازدياد
Armenian
աճող
Assamese
বৃদ্ধি পাইছে
Aymara
jilxattaña
Azerbaijani
artır
Bambara
ka caya ka taa a fɛ
Basque
handituz
Belarusian
павялічваецца
Bengali
ক্রমবর্ধমান
Bhojpuri
बढ़ रहल बा
Bosnian
raste
Bulgarian
повишаване на
Catalan
augmentant
Cebuano
pagdugang
Chinese (Simplified)
增加
Chinese (Traditional)
增加
Corsican
crescente
Croatian
povećavajući
Czech
vzrůstající
Danish
stigende
Dhivehi
އިތުރުވަމުންނެވެ
Dogri
बढ़ते हुए
Dutch
toenemend
English
increasing
Esperanto
kreskanta
Estonian
suureneb
Ewe
dzi ɖe edzi
Filipino (Tagalog)
dumarami
Finnish
kasvaa
French
en augmentant
Frisian
tanimmend
Galician
aumentando
Georgian
იზრდება
German
zunehmend
Greek
αυξάνεται
Guarani
oñembohetavévo ohóvo
Gujarati
વધારો
Haitian Creole
ogmante
Hausa
karuwa
Hawaiian
mahuahua ana
Hebrew
גָדֵל
Hindi
बढ़ रहा
Hmong
nce zuj zus
Hungarian
növekvő
Icelandic
vaxandi
Igbo
na-abawanye
Ilocano
umad-adu
Indonesian
meningkat
Irish
ag méadú
Italian
crescente
Japanese
増加
Javanese
mundhak
Kannada
ಹೆಚ್ಚುತ್ತಿದೆ
Kazakh
ұлғаюда
Khmer
កើនឡើង
Kinyarwanda
kwiyongera
Konkani
वाडत वचपी
Korean
증가
Krio
we de bɔku mɔ ɛn mɔ
Kurdish
bizêdeyî
Kurdish (Sorani)
زياد كردن
Kyrgyz
көбөйүүдө
Lao
ເພີ່ມຂື້ນ
Latin
augendae
Latvian
pieaug
Lingala
oyo ezali se kobakisama
Lithuanian
didėja
Luganda
okweyongera
Luxembourgish
erhéijen
Macedonian
се зголемува
Maithili
बढ़ैत जा रहल अछि
Malagasy
mitombo
Malay
semakin meningkat
Malayalam
വർദ്ധിച്ചുവരുന്ന
Maltese
jiżdied
Maori
te piki haere
Marathi
वाढत आहे
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯍꯦꯅꯒꯠꯂꯛꯂꯤ꯫
Mizo
a pung zel
Mongolian
нэмэгдэх
Myanmar (Burmese)
တိုးပွားလာ
Nepali
बढ्दै
Norwegian
økende
Nyanja (Chichewa)
kuwonjezeka
Odia (Oriya)
ବୃଦ୍ଧି ପାଉଛି |
Oromo
dabalaa dhufeera
Pashto
زیاتیدونکی
Persian
در حال افزایش
Polish
wzrastający
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
crescente
Punjabi
ਵਧ ਰਹੀ
Quechua
yapakuq
Romanian
crescând
Russian
увеличение
Samoan
faʻateleina
Sanskrit
वर्धमानः
Scots Gaelic
a ’sìor fhàs
Sepedi
go oketšega
Serbian
повећање
Sesotho
eketseha
Shona
kuwedzera
Sindhi
وڌڻ
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
වැඩි වෙමින්
Slovak
pribúdajúce
Slovenian
narašča
Somali
sii kordhaya
Spanish
creciente
Sundanese
nambahan
Swahili
kuongezeka
Swedish
ökande
Tagalog (Filipino)
dumarami
Tajik
афзуда истодааст
Tamil
அதிகரித்து வருகிறது
Tatar
арта
Telugu
పెరుగుతోంది
Thai
เพิ่มขึ้น
Tigrinya
እናወሰኸ ይኸይድ ኣሎ።
Tsonga
ku andza
Turkish
artan
Turkmen
artýar
Twi (Akan)
a ɛrenya nkɔanim
Ukrainian
збільшується
Urdu
اضافہ
Uyghur
كۆپىيىۋاتىدۇ
Uzbek
ortib bormoqda
Vietnamese
tăng
Welsh
yn cynyddu
Xhosa
iyanda
Yiddish
ינקריסינג
Yoruba
npo si
Zulu
kuyanda

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
Afrikaans"Toenemende" in Afrikaans also means "progressive" or "growing".
AlbanianThe Albanian word "duke u rritur" also translates to "on the go" in English.
AmharicThe verb እየጨመረ also means to "overflow," "grow in number," and "to develop."
ArabicThe word “في ازدياد” also means “in growth” or “in development.”
ArmenianThe word "աճող" ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eǵʰ- meaning "to grow".
AzerbaijaniThe Azerbaijani word "artır" also has the alternate meaning of "exceeding" or "surpassing".
BasqueThe Basque word "handituz" also denotes "to give," "to make grow," and "to increase".
BelarusianThe word "павялічваецца" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *pǫvlьčati, which also means "to increase".
BosnianThe Bosnian word "raste" can also mean "growing" or "developing".
BulgarianПовишаване на (increasing) is the active form of the verb "повишавам" (to increase)
CatalanThe Catalan word "augmentant" can also mean "exaggerating" or "amplifying".
Chinese (Simplified)The word "增加" is also used to mean "to add" or "to append".
Chinese (Traditional)The term '增加' can also be used in a more abstract sense to refer to the addition or expansion of something, such as a plan or idea.
CorsicanThe Corsican word "crescente" also means "growing moon" or "crescent moon".
CroatianThe verb 'povećavajući' (increasing) is also used in a mathematical context to describe a growing quantity.
CzechThe word "vzrůstající" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *vъzrastъ, which means "growth" or "increase."
DanishThe Danish word "stigende" is descended from an Old Norse verb meaning "to ascend".
DutchThe word "toenemend" has a root in the verb "nemen," which means "to take" or "to accept."
EsperantoThe word "kreskanta" is related to the word "kresko" (to grow), which in turn comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *ker- (to increase).
EstonianThe Estonian word "suureneb" is derived from the Proto-Finnic word "*sure-neb-," meaning "to grow or increase."
FinnishKasvaa has another meaning of "to grow", used in the context of plants and organisms.
FrenchThe verb "augmenter" comes from the Latin word "augere", which means "to increase" or "to grow".
Frisian"Tannimmend" is derived from the Old Frisian word "tannimende", meaning "taking" or "receiving".
GalicianThe Galician word "aumentando" can also mean "enlarging" or "growing" in the sense of physical size.
GeorgianThe Georgian word “იზრდება” (increasing) comes from the Proto-Kartvelian root *zr̥d-, meaning 'to grow', 'to increase', or 'to multiply'.
GermanThe word "zunehmend" comes from the Old High German word "zinemen", meaning "to become" or "to grow."
GreekIn Greek, "αυξάνεται" is related to the word "αὔξησις," meaning "growth" or "increase."
GujaratiThe word "વધારો" can also refer to an increment or increase in value or quantity.
Haitian CreoleOgmante is thought to be derived from the French word
HausaThe word "karuwa" can also refer to a type of traditional Hausa dance.
Hawaiian"Mahuahua ana" is also the name of a traditional Hawaiian chant and dance.
Hebrewגדל also means 'to rear' or 'to raise'
HindiThe Hindi word "बढ़ रहा" can also refer to "growth" or "development".
HmongThe word "nce zuj zus" can also mean "to get bigger" or "to grow".
HungarianThe word "növekvő" is derived from the verb "nő" (to grow) and the suffix "-ő" (which indicates a present participle).
IcelandicIn Old Norse, vaxandi denoted 'growth in size or importance' or 'increase in wealth or power'.
IgboThe word "na-abawanye" in Igbo can also refer to "increasing in size", "developing", or "advancing."
IndonesianThe word "meningkat" can also refer to a "staircase" or "step" in Indonesian.
ItalianThe word 'crescente' also refers to the crescent moon or other celestial body that is waxing.
JapaneseThe kanji 増加, meaning “increasing,” shares the same etymology with 增す, a more formal way to say “to grow.” However, when writing, 増加 is used for data, sums of money, etc., while 増す is mainly used to refer to physical objects.
Javanese"Mundhak" also means "rising" or "rising up".
KannadaThe word "ಹೆಚ್ಚುತ್ತಿದೆ" can also mean "more likely to happen" or "gaining in intensity or severity."
Kazakhұлғаюда is used to express a continuous gradual increase.
Khmerកើនឡើង (keun leung) is a Khmer word that literally means "to go up or to rise", but it can also be used figuratively to mean "to increase" or "to grow."
Korean"증가" can also be translated as "adding", "multiplying", "growing", or "advancing".
KurdishThe word "bizêdeyî" can also mean "to grow" or "to develop" in Kurdish.
KyrgyzThe word "көбөйүүдө" (increasing) in Kyrgyz is derived from the verb "көбөйүу", which means "to multiply" or "to increase in number".
LatinThe word "augendae" can also mean "things to be increased," "profits," or "interest on money."
LatvianThe Latvian word "pieaug" is a cognate of the Lithuanian word "paauga" and the Old Prussian word "pauga", meaning "to grow or increase".
LithuanianThe word "didėja" also means "inflates" or "grows in size" in Lithuanian.
MacedonianThe verb "се зголемува" has a Slavic root, and it can also mean "gaining momentum" or "progressing".
MalagasyThe Malagasy word "mitombo" also means "to grow" or "to develop".
MalayThe word "semakin meningkat" can also mean "more and more" or "to become more and more", emphasizing a gradual or continual increase.
Maltese"Jiżdied" also means "has just" or "is just" in Maltese.
MaoriIn Maori, the word “te piki haere” can also refer to ascending a mountain or progressing along a path.
MarathiThe word "वाढत आहे" can also refer to the process of growing or developing.
MongolianThe word "нэмэгдэх" can also mean "to become more numerous" or "to multiply".
Myanmar (Burmese)The word "တိုးပွားလာ" in Myanmar (Burmese) is derived from the Pali word "tavajjhati", meaning "to increase, grow, or expand". It can also refer to "progress, improvement, or development" in certain contexts.
Nepaliबढ्दै is derived from the verb बढ्नु (to grow), and is often used to describe the gradual increase in size, quantity, or intensity of something.
NorwegianØkende is the present participle of the verb "øke", meaning "to increase" and is derived from the Old Norse word "auka" with the same meaning.
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word "kuwonjezeka" is also used to describe "growing" (either physically or metaphorically) and "spreading."
PashtoThe word "زیاتیدونکی" can also refer to "increasing" or "amplifying" something.
PolishThe word "wzrastający" is derived from the Old Polish word "wzrόst," which means "growth" or "increase."
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)In Portuguese, "crescente" also means "crescent", the first waxing phase of the Moon when it appears to grow in size and luminescence.
RomanianThe word "crescând" can also refer to a musical crescendo, or a gradual increase in volume.
RussianThe Russian word "увеличение" can also mean "magnification", "enlargement", or "growth".
SamoanFaʻateleina is related to the words tele (meaning 'big') and faʻatele (meaning 'to enlarge')
Scots GaelicThe word 'a ’sìor fhàs' can also refer to a continuous or gradual increase in size or quantity.
SerbianThe verb повећати derives from the 16th century Old Serbian form повисити, from the Proto-Slavic form *povyšiti, meaning to raise or lift up.
SesothoEketseha can also mean 'to multiply,' 'to accumulate,' or 'to reproduce.'
Shona"Kuwedzera" has the alternate meanings of "addition", "growth", "multiplication", and "increase in number or quantity."
SindhiThe word 'وڌڻ' is also used in Sindhi to refer to the process of accumulating or gathering.
SlovakIn Czech, the word "přibývající" also means "arriving" or "coming".
SlovenianThe word "narašča" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *narast-, meaning "to grow".
SomaliThe word "sii kordhaya" can also refer to the expansion of knowledge.
SpanishThe Spanish word "creciente" (increasing) shares the same etymology as the word "crescent", referring to the waxing phase of the moon, reflecting its curved shape.
SundaneseThe Sundanese word "nambahan" can also mean "additional" or "supplementary".
SwahiliRelated to the root word 'kuongezeka' ('to increase'), Swahili also has the word 'ku ongezeka' (to break the fast)
SwedishThe word "ökande" is derived from the Old Norse word "auka", meaning "to grow" or "to increase"
Tagalog (Filipino)"Dumarami" is derived from the root word "dami," meaning "abundance" or "a large number.
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TamilThe Tamil word "அதிகரித்து வருகிறது" can also mean "to grow in quantity or amount", "to become more numerous", or "to increase in intensity".
Teluguపెరుగుతోంది (perugutoṇḍi) literally means 'it becomes thick' or 'it coagulates', which is a metaphor for increase.
ThaiThe word "เพิ่มขึ้น" is derived from the Proto-Tai word *pləŋ, which also means "to grow" or "to flourish".
TurkishThe word "artan" in Turkish also has the alternate meaning of "remaining" or "leftover".
UkrainianThe Ukrainian word "збільшується" is derived from the word "більше" (more), which is related to the Proto-Indo-European root "*meg-" (great).
Uzbek"Ortib bormoqda" means not only "to increase" in general but also "to get fat".
VietnameseThe word "tăng" in Vietnamese also means "to increase in size, quantity, or degree".
XhosaThe word "iyanda" can also mean "rising sun" or "east" in Xhosa.
YiddishThe Yiddish word "ינקריסינג" comes from the German word "inkreasing."
Yoruba"Npo si" is also a Yoruba numeral that refers to the number "8".
Zulu"Kuyanda" also signifies "being loved" in Zulu, adding a layer of warmth and affection to the concept of growth and progression.
EnglishThe word 'increasing' comes from the Old French word 'creissant', which means 'growing'. The word 'creissant' is derived from the Latin word 'crescere', which means 'to grow'.

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