Infection in Different Languages
Discover 'Infection' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Infection
Afrikaans infeksie | ||
Albanian infeksioni | ||
Amharic ኢንፌክሽን | ||
Arabic عدوى | ||
Armenian վարակ | ||
Assamese ৰোগ বিয়পা অৱস্থা | ||
Aymara piykatayasiwi | ||
Azerbaijani infeksiya | ||
Bambara banayɛlɛma | ||
Basque infekzioa | ||
Belarusian інфекцыя | ||
Bengali সংক্রমণ | ||
Bhojpuri संक्रमण | ||
Bosnian infekcija | ||
Bulgarian инфекция | ||
Catalan infecció | ||
Cebuano impeksyon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 感染 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 感染 | ||
Corsican infezzione | ||
Croatian infekcija | ||
Czech infekce | ||
Danish infektion | ||
Dhivehi އިންފެކްޝަން | ||
Dogri इनफ़ेक्शन | ||
Dutch infectie | ||
English infection | ||
Esperanto infekto | ||
Estonian infektsioon | ||
Ewe dɔdzedze | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) impeksyon | ||
Finnish infektio | ||
French infection | ||
Frisian ynfeksje | ||
Galician infección | ||
Georgian ინფექცია | ||
German infektion | ||
Greek μόλυνση | ||
Guarani ai | ||
Gujarati ચેપ | ||
Haitian Creole enfeksyon | ||
Hausa kamuwa da cuta | ||
Hawaiian maʻi maʻi | ||
Hebrew הַדבָּקָה | ||
Hindi संक्रमण | ||
Hmong kis tau tus mob | ||
Hungarian fertőzés | ||
Icelandic sýkingu | ||
Igbo ofufe ọrịa | ||
Ilocano impeksion | ||
Indonesian infeksi | ||
Irish ionfhabhtú | ||
Italian infezione | ||
Japanese 感染 | ||
Javanese infeksi | ||
Kannada ಸೋಂಕು | ||
Kazakh инфекция | ||
Khmer ការឆ្លងមេរោគ | ||
Kinyarwanda kwandura | ||
Konkani संक्रमण | ||
Korean 감염 | ||
Krio sik we de prɛd | ||
Kurdish derbasî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) نەخۆشی | ||
Kyrgyz инфекция | ||
Lao ການຕິດເຊື້ອ | ||
Latin infectio | ||
Latvian infekcija | ||
Lingala maladi | ||
Lithuanian infekcija | ||
Luganda ekirwadde | ||
Luxembourgish infektioun | ||
Macedonian инфекција | ||
Maithili संक्रमण | ||
Malagasy aretina | ||
Malay jangkitan | ||
Malayalam അണുബാധ | ||
Maltese infezzjoni | ||
Maori mate | ||
Marathi संसर्ग | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯍꯤꯛ ꯄꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo kaichhawng | ||
Mongolian халдвар | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ရောဂါကူးစက် | ||
Nepali संक्रमण | ||
Norwegian infeksjon | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) matenda | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସଂକ୍ରମଣ | ||
Oromo hubama | ||
Pashto ناروغي | ||
Persian عفونت | ||
Polish infekcja | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) infecção | ||
Punjabi ਲਾਗ | ||
Quechua ratay | ||
Romanian infecţie | ||
Russian инфекционное заболевание | ||
Samoan faʻamaʻi | ||
Sanskrit संक्रमण | ||
Scots Gaelic gabhaltachd | ||
Sepedi phetetšo | ||
Serbian инфекција | ||
Sesotho tshwaetso | ||
Shona hutachiona | ||
Sindhi انفيڪشن | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ආසාදනය | ||
Slovak infekcie | ||
Slovenian okužba | ||
Somali caabuq | ||
Spanish infección | ||
Sundanese inféksi | ||
Swahili maambukizi | ||
Swedish infektion | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) impeksyon | ||
Tajik сироят | ||
Tamil தொற்று | ||
Tatar инфекция | ||
Telugu సంక్రమణ | ||
Thai การติดเชื้อ | ||
Tigrinya ረኽሲ | ||
Tsonga tluleriwa | ||
Turkish enfeksiyon | ||
Turkmen ýokaşma | ||
Twi (Akan) nsaneɛ | ||
Ukrainian інфекція | ||
Urdu انفیکشن | ||
Uyghur يۇقۇملىنىش | ||
Uzbek infektsiya | ||
Vietnamese sự nhiễm trùng | ||
Welsh haint | ||
Xhosa usulelo | ||
Yiddish ינפעקציע | ||
Yoruba ikolu | ||
Zulu ukutheleleka |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Infeksie" in Afrikaans means infection in English, also relating to an "inval" meaning an invasion of a country, and to "infekteer" to infect or invade. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "infeksioni" is derived from the Latin word "infectio", which means "to stain, defile, or pollute". |
| Amharic | The word 'infection' comes from the Latin word 'infectio', meaning 'to taint or pollute'. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word عدوى (ʿadwā) ultimately derives from the Proto-Semitic root ʿDW, meaning "to transmit", and also denotes "contagion", "pestilence", "transmission", and "slander". |
| Armenian | Վարակ can also refer to contamination, contagion, corruption, taint, soil, filth, or blight. |
| Azerbaijani | "Infeksiya" (infection) derives from the Latin "infectio" (to taint), sharing a common root with "affect" |
| Basque | The Basque word "infekzioa" derives from the Latin word "infectio," meaning "stain" or "pollution." |
| Belarusian | The word "інфекцыя" is derived from the Latin word "infectio", which means "a staining" or "a dyeing". |
| Bengali | The word "সংক্রমণ" derives from the Sanskrit "samkranti" meaning "transition" or "change", and refers figuratively to the transfer of disease from one person to another. |
| Bosnian | The word 'infekcija' in Bosnian comes from the Latin word 'infectio', meaning 'pollution' or 'stain'. |
| Bulgarian | The word "инфекция" ("infection") is derived from the Latin word "infectio", which means "to stain". In Bulgarian, "инфекция" can also refer to a "stain" or a "spot". |
| Catalan | The word "infecció" in Catalan is a direct descendant of the Latin word "infectio," which could mean either "dye" or "poison." |
| Cebuano | The word |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 感染, 指病原体入侵宿主并引起疾病的过程, 亦指思想, 感情, 风俗等在人群中的传播 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "感染"在中文（繁体）中也可以指传播、沾染、影响等含义。 |
| Corsican | Corsican "infezzione" originally referred to a contagious disease affecting livestock. |
| Croatian | The word infekcija is derived from the Latin word infectus, meaning “to stain” or “to taint”. |
| Czech | The Czech word "infekce" derives from the Latin "infectio" or "inficere," meaning "to poison" or "to taint." |
| Danish | The Danish word "infektion" also means "affection" or "attachment", and is related to the words "infekte" (to infect) and "affekt" (emotion). |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "infectie" also refers to the process of dyeing a textile to provide a permanent colour. |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, "infekto" can also refer to an unpleasant person or thing. |
| Estonian | The word "infektsioon" derives from the Latin word "infectio," meaning "a spreading." |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "infektio" is derived from the Latin word "infectio", meaning "to stain" or "to dye". |
| French | Infection derives from Latin "inficere", meaning "to put in" or "to stain" |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "ynfeksje" is cognate with the English word "infection", both derived from the Latin word "infectio", meaning "a putting in". |
| German | The word "Infektion" comes from the Latin word "inficere", meaning "to stain" or "to dye." |
| Greek | "Μόλυνση" ultimately derives from the Ancient Greek word "μιαίνω" meaning "to defile". It is also sometimes used in the related sense of "pollution" in Greek today. |
| Gujarati | The word "ચેપ" (infection) in Gujarati is derived from the Sanskrit word "छेद" (to pierce) and can also refer to the act of piercing or the hole created by it. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "enfeksyon" in Haitian Creole derives from the French word "infection" and also means "corruption" or "malicious influence". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "kamuwa da cuta" is also a metaphor for a social problem. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "maʻi maʻi" can also refer to a disease or sickness, and is possibly cognate with the Māori word "maimai" meaning "sick" or "ill."} |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "הַדבָּקָה" (hadbakah) can also refer to "attachment" or "devotion." |
| Hindi | In its Sanskrit origin, संक्रमण can also refer to the transition of power or the movement of a celestial body in astrology. |
| Hmong | "Kis tau tus mob" literally means "disease of the heart and intestines". |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "fertőzés" comes from the verb "fertőzni", which means "to infect, but also "to pollute, contaminate". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "sýkingu" is derived from the Old Norse word "sýki", which means "disease". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word “ofufe ọrịa” derives from “ofu,” meaning “something that causes harm or damage,” and “ọrịa,” meaning “sickness or disease.” |
| Indonesian | The word "infeksi" in Indonesian is derived from the Dutch word "infectie" and can also mean "transmission" or "spread". |
| Irish | The Irish word "ionfhabhtú" comes from the Irish "ionfhuaim" meaning "epidemic, plague" and "-adh" meaning "suffix or condition"} |
| Italian | The Italian word "infezione" derives from the Latin word "infectio," meaning "stain" or "dye," and refers to the process of introducing a foreign substance or organism into a body, often resulting in disease. |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "感染" (kansen) originally referred to the transmission of good luck, happiness, or illness. |
| Javanese | "Infeksi" also means "poisonous" in Javanese. |
| Kannada | "ಸೋಂಕು" also means "sorrow", "touch", or "contagion". |
| Kazakh | "Инфекция" in Kazakh, comes from the Latin word "infectio", which means "dipping". The term "to dip" in the context refers to contaminating with a poison. It also has the alternate meaning "malady" or "disease". |
| Korean | The word "감염" can also mean "infection in a computer system" or "infection in a group of people", similar to the English word "contagion". Korean movies such as "Train to Busan" often play with the dual meaning of "감염". |
| Kurdish | The word 'derbasî' is also commonly used to describe 'pestilence' in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "инфекция" also refers to the contamination of a computer or network with a virus or other malicious software. |
| Latin | "Infectio" also refers to a dyeing or colouring process in Latin |
| Latvian | Etymology: From Russian "инфекция" (infektsiya), which in turn comes from Latin "infectio" (a staining, a poisoning) |
| Lithuanian | The word "infekcija" in Lithuanian comes from the Latin word "infectio", meaning "a putting in" or "a poisoning". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Infektioun" originated from the Latin word "infectus" meaning "contaminated" or "stained". |
| Macedonian | The word "инфекција" comes from the Latin word "infectio", which means "to taint" or "to spread". |
| Malagasy | The word 'aretina' in Malagasy can also mean 'sickness', 'ailment' or 'complaint'. |
| Malay | The word 'jangkitan' is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word for 'to strike'. |
| Malayalam | "അണു" is used in Malayalam to mean "minute particle", from early Dravidian "*aṇu" "atom". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "infezzjoni" ultimately derives from the Latin word "infectio", meaning "to put in or dye" |
| Maori | The word "mate" in Maori also means "friend" or "companion".} |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "संसर्ग" (infection) is derived from the Sanskrit word "संसर्ग" (contact), implying the transmission of disease through contact with an infected individual or object. |
| Mongolian | The word "халдвар" is also used to refer to a type of disease that affects the intestines. |
| Nepali | The word "संक्रमण" can also refer to a change or transition in state or condition. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "infeksjon" derives from the Latin word "infectio", meaning "a putting in" or "staining", and is cognate with the English word "infection". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'matenda' in Nyanja (Chichewa) can also refer to 'disease' or 'sickness'. |
| Pashto | The word "ناروغي" (naroghī) in Pashto derives from the Persian "نار" (nār), meaning "fire" or "fever". |
| Persian | The Persian word عفونت (efūnat) is derived from the Arabic word عف (ʿaf) meaning 'putrefaction' or 'corruption'. |
| Polish | Infekcją nazywano również chorobę pasożytniczą w 18. wieku w języku polskim. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "infecção" comes from Latin "infectiō, infectiōnis", which means "a polluting, poisoning" |
| Punjabi | The origin of 'ਲਾਗ' in Punjabi is the Sanskrit word 'rāga', meaning 'dye', as 'rāgi' dyes the fabric of the body just as 'laga' dyes the mind and body. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "infecţie" is derived from the Latin word "infectio", meaning "a staining" or "a contamination". |
| Russian | In Russian, "инфекционное заболевание" refers to contagious diseases specifically, whereas "заразная болезнь" is used for both contagious and non-contagious infectious diseases. |
| Samoan | The term "faʻamaʻi" in Samoan is also used to describe the supernatural causation of illness, reflecting the traditional belief system's influence on health and healing. |
| Scots Gaelic | Gabhaltachd has the alternate meaning of 'infection' and is derived from the word 'gabhal,' meaning 'to catch'. |
| Serbian | The word "инфекција" (infection) comes from the Latin word "infectio", which means "to pollute or stain". |
| Sesotho | The word "tshwaetso" also means "sickness" and "disease" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word “hutachiona” can also refer to a process of “soaking” or “letting something be immersed in liquid” |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "انفيڪشن" also means "inflammation" or "irritation". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'ආසාදනය' can also mean 'attachment' or 'addiction' in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "infekcie" is a cognate of the English word "infection" and they share the meaning of a disease communicated from one living being to another by germs. |
| Slovenian | "Okužba" is also colloquial for a person who infects others with negative emotions (e.g. anxiety, hatred). |
| Somali | The word "caabuq" also means "scab" in Somali. |
| Spanish | Infección can also mean 'affect' in Spanish and comes from the Latin verb inficere, 'to dip into,' especially poison dip. |
| Sundanese | The word "inféksi" in Sundanese has the alternate meaning of "pestilence" or "epidemic". |
| Swahili | In Tanzania, the word "maambukizi" is also used in the broader sense of "infectious diseases". |
| Swedish | Infektion comes from Latin infectio, meaning staining or dyeing, and refers to disease spreading through a host like a stain. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "impeksyon" comes from the Spanish word "infección", which also means "infection." |
| Tajik | The word "сироят" can also refer to "poison" or "venom" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'தொற்று' can also refer to 'contagion', 'contamination', 'pollution', 'attachment', 'adhesion', or 'connection'. |
| Telugu | "సంక్రమణ" is not only a medical term but also a term used in astrology when a planet moves from one zodiac sign to another. |
| Thai | In addition to medical uses, "การติดเชื้อ" can also refer to a mental or emotional predisposition or bias. |
| Turkish | The word "enfeksiyon" is derived from the Arabic word "inficere", meaning "to introduce". In Turkish, it can also refer to any kind of moral or spiritual contagion. |
| Ukrainian | The word "інфекція" can also mean "contamination" or "pollution" in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | The word "infection" in Urdu, "انفیکشن", can also refer to pollution or contamination. |
| Uzbek | Originally, the word "infektsiya" referred to a contagious disease or poison, but now it is used more broadly to mean any infection. |
| Vietnamese | "Sự nhiễm trùng" is an umbrella term for a number of biological processes, including microbial invasion and colonization, parasitic infestation, and allergic reactions. |
| Welsh | In Welsh, 'haint' also means 'shadow' or 'spirit'. |
| Xhosa | It derives from an onomatopoeic form, referring to the sound of a wound bursting open and the fluid contained inside it being released. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "ינפעקציע" can also mean "a nuisance" or "a bother"} |
| Yoruba | The word "ikolu" in Yoruba can also refer to "disease" or "sickness". |
| Zulu | The word 'ukutheleleka' also means 'to spread' or 'to contaminate' in Zulu. |
| English | "Infection," from Latin "inficio," means both to inoculate and to stain, reflecting the long history of human efforts to ward off disease. |