Joint in Different Languages
Discover 'Joint' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Joint
Afrikaans gewrig | ||
Albanian të përbashkët | ||
Amharic መገጣጠሚያ | ||
Arabic مشترك | ||
Armenian համատեղ | ||
Assamese গাঁঠি | ||
Aymara junta | ||
Azerbaijani birgə | ||
Bambara tuguda | ||
Basque juntadura | ||
Belarusian сумесны | ||
Bengali যৌথ | ||
Bhojpuri जोड़ | ||
Bosnian joint | ||
Bulgarian става | ||
Catalan articulació | ||
Cebuano hiniusa | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 联合 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 聯合 | ||
Corsican giuntu | ||
Croatian zglobni | ||
Czech kloub | ||
Danish samling | ||
Dhivehi ޖޮއިންޓް | ||
Dogri सांझा | ||
Dutch gewricht | ||
English joint | ||
Esperanto artiko | ||
Estonian ühine | ||
Ewe kpeƒe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) magkadugtong | ||
Finnish yhteinen | ||
French mixte | ||
Frisian joint | ||
Galician xunta | ||
Georgian სახსარი | ||
German joint | ||
Greek άρθρωση | ||
Guarani kanguejoajuha | ||
Gujarati સંયુક્ત | ||
Haitian Creole jwenti | ||
Hausa hadin gwiwa | ||
Hawaiian ami | ||
Hebrew משותף | ||
Hindi संयुक्त | ||
Hmong sib koom ua ke | ||
Hungarian közös | ||
Icelandic sameiginlegt | ||
Igbo nkwonkwo | ||
Ilocano agtipun | ||
Indonesian bersama | ||
Irish comhpháirteach | ||
Italian comune | ||
Japanese ジョイント | ||
Javanese sendi | ||
Kannada ಜಂಟಿ | ||
Kazakh буын | ||
Khmer រួមគ្នា | ||
Kinyarwanda gufatanya | ||
Konkani जोड | ||
Korean 관절 | ||
Krio togɛda | ||
Kurdish movirk | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) هاوبەش | ||
Kyrgyz биргелешкен | ||
Lao ຮ່ວມກັນ | ||
Latin iuncturam | ||
Latvian locītavu | ||
Lingala elongo | ||
Lithuanian bendras | ||
Luganda ennyingo | ||
Luxembourgish gemeinsame | ||
Macedonian заеднички | ||
Maithili संयुक्त | ||
Malagasy iraisana | ||
Malay sendi | ||
Malayalam ജോയിന്റ് | ||
Maltese konġunt | ||
Maori hononga | ||
Marathi संयुक्त | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯄꯨꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo inzawmna | ||
Mongolian хамтарсан | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အဆစ် | ||
Nepali संयुक्त | ||
Norwegian ledd | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) olowa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ମିଳିତ | ||
Oromo bakka wanti lamaa fi isaa olii itti wal argu | ||
Pashto ګډ | ||
Persian مفصل | ||
Polish połączenie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) junta | ||
Punjabi ਸੰਯੁਕਤ | ||
Quechua huñusqa | ||
Romanian comun | ||
Russian совместный | ||
Samoan soʻoga | ||
Sanskrit संयुक्त | ||
Scots Gaelic còmhla | ||
Sepedi makopano | ||
Serbian зглоб | ||
Sesotho kopaneng | ||
Shona mubatanidzwa | ||
Sindhi گڏيل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඒකාබද්ධ | ||
Slovak kĺb | ||
Slovenian sklep | ||
Somali wadajirka ah | ||
Spanish articulación | ||
Sundanese gabungan | ||
Swahili pamoja | ||
Swedish gemensam | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) magkasabay | ||
Tajik муштарак | ||
Tamil கூட்டு | ||
Tatar уртак | ||
Telugu ఉమ్మడి | ||
Thai ข้อต่อ | ||
Tigrinya መጋጥም | ||
Tsonga mahlangana | ||
Turkish bağlantı | ||
Turkmen bogun | ||
Twi (Akan) apɔ so | ||
Ukrainian суглобові | ||
Urdu مشترکہ | ||
Uyghur بىرلەشمە | ||
Uzbek qo'shma | ||
Vietnamese chung | ||
Welsh ar y cyd | ||
Xhosa ngokudibeneyo | ||
Yiddish שלאָס | ||
Yoruba apapọ | ||
Zulu ngokuhlanganyela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word 'gewrig' likely derives from the Dutch word 'gewricht', meaning 'joint', although the term can also be used to refer to a 'knot' or 'hitch'. |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "መገጣጠሚያ" (joint) comes from the verb "መጋጠም" (to join), which also means to come to an agreement or understanding. |
| Arabic | The word "مشترك" (joint) in Arabic also means "shared" or "common". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "birgə" also means "together" or "collaborative" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | "Juntadura" is also used to refer to the place where two bones meet. |
| Belarusian | The word "сумесны" in Belarusian also means "mixed" or "jointly". |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "যৌথ" (joint) has its origins in the Sanskrit word "yug" (to join), implying a state of connection or unity. |
| Bosnian | Riječ 'joint' na bosanskom može značiti spoj, zglob ili čak marihuanu. |
| Bulgarian | The word "става" (joint) also means "to happen", "to become", or "to take place" in Bulgarian |
| Catalan | The word 'articulació' in Catalan also means 'enunciation', 'pronunciation', or 'utterance'. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word “hiniusa” comes from the Proto-Austronesian word *pusa, meaning “to be linked, attached”. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "联合" can also mean "unite" or "combine". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In Traditional Chinese, "聯合" means to join or unite, and can also mean a coalition or association |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "giuntu" can also mean "knot" or "union". |
| Croatian | The word 'zglobni' in Croatian also means 'related to the zodiac'. |
| Czech | The word 'kloub' can also refer to a club or organization in Czech. |
| Danish | "Samling" in Danish can also refer to a collection of objects, such as a collection of stamps or a collection of poems. |
| Dutch | "Gewricht" can also refer to the "axis of a machine" or the "joint of a plant"} |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "artiko" is derived from the same root as the Latin word "articulus," which means "small joint." |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "ühine" derives from "ühti" meaning "to unite" and is also the root of "ühiskond" meaning "society". |
| Finnish | The word "yhteinen" also means "common" and is related to the word "yhteys" (connection). |
| French | The word "mixte" in French means "joint", but it can also refer to a school or a class that is attended by both boys and girls. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word for "joint" is "junt", which can also mean a "junction" or "union" |
| Galician | The Galician word "xunta" can also refer to a political assembly or a regional government. |
| Georgian | "სახსარი" (joint) derives from the Proto-Kartvelian root *kʰs- ('bend, curve'). It also refers to a 'joint of meat' or a 'joint of a plant' |
| German | In German, "Joint" can also refer to a joint venture, a meeting, a musical composition, a joint of meat, or a type of marijuana cigarette. |
| Greek | "Άρθρωση" is derived from the verb "αρθρ-ώ," meaning "to fit together," and is related to words like "αράω" (to fit) and "επι-αρμόζω" (to join together). |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "jwenti" comes from the French word "joint" and can also mean "connection" or "union". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "hadin gwiwa" can also refer to a section of a book, a part of a journey, a portion of food, or a period of time. |
| Hawaiian | Ami can also refer to a knot for tying fishing nets or lines, a joint between bones, a crease, or a fold. |
| Hebrew | The word "משותף" can also mean "shared" or "common". |
| Hindi | The word 'संयुक्त' ('joint' in Hindi) derives from Sanskrit and can also refer to a compound or union. |
| Hmong | The word “sib koom ua ke” can also be used as the slang term “to be in a relationship”. |
| Hungarian | Közös can also mean "common" or "shared", emphasizing the communal or cooperative nature of something. |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "sameiginlegt" also means "communal" or "shared". |
| Igbo | An Igbo word for "union" or "connection" with similar roots to the word for "peace". Sometimes shortened to "nkwo". |
| Indonesian | "Bersama" in Indonesian can also refer to "together" or "united." |
| Italian | The word "comune" in Italian derives from the Latin word "communis" and can also mean "town" or "municipality". |
| Japanese | In Japanese, ジョイント (joint) also means to join, connect, or meet together. |
| Javanese | "Sendi" also refer to the interlocking point between any two parts of a thing or the point at which two or more roads, rivers, etc., meet |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಜಂಟಿ" can also refer to a meeting, assembly, or group. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word 'буын' ('joint') also refers to 'generation', 'syllable', and 'node'. |
| Khmer | The word រួមគ្នា can also refer to a combination of things, such as a joint venture or a coalition. |
| Korean | 관절 is a hanja word meaning 'joint', but it also means 'article' or 'clause' in grammar. |
| Kurdish | The word "movirk" in Kurdish is derived from the Persian word "movur" and the Kurdish suffix "-k". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "биргелешкен" in Kyrgyz can also refer to a collective or a group. |
| Lao | The word 'ຮ່ວມກັນ' can either mean 'joint'; or 'together,' 'in cooperation with,' 'in conjunction with,' 'jointly,' 'collectively,' 'cooperatively,' 'commonly,' and in some cases, 'collaboratively' |
| Latin | Iuncturam, meaning "joint" in Latin, also refers to the "point of union" or a "juncture" in a broader sense. |
| Latvian | The word "locītavu" in Latvian is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gel-, meaning "to bend or curve." |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian the word "bendras" also means "common" or "shared", reflecting the collective nature of the concept of a joint. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "gemeinsame" is derived from the German word "gemeinsame" meaning "common". |
| Macedonian | The word can also mean "common" or "shared". |
| Malagasy | The word "iraisana" in Malagasy can also mean "to be attached to something" or "to be close to someone." |
| Malay | Sendi's etymology, meaning 'knot' or 'tie', is related to the Sanskrit word 'samdhi', meaning 'union' or 'junction'. |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, "joint" can also refer to a type of traditional necklace or a group of musicians playing together. |
| Maltese | The word "konġunt" may also refer to a juncture or junction. |
| Maori | Hononga denotes not only 'joints' in the physical sense, but also those between people, between generations, and between the physical and spiritual realms. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'संयुक्त' (joint) can also mean 'combination' or 'cooperation'. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "хамтарсан" is related to the Tibetan word "མཐུན་སྦྱོར་" (thün jor, "harmony") and the Old Turkic word "yoldaş" (companion). |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word “အဆစ်” (“joint”) in Myanmar (Burmese) can also mean “to be jointed together” or “to be connected”. |
| Nepali | संयुक्त is derived from Sanskrit and means both "joint" (as in a body part) and "united" (as in a group or organization). |
| Norwegian | The word "ledd" in Norwegian, meaning "joint", is cognate with the English word "link" and the German word "Glied". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The term "olowa" in Nyanja can also refer to a gathering or a meeting. |
| Pashto | The word "ګډ" in Pashto can also mean "combined" or "mixed". |
| Persian | The Persian word 'مفصل' also means 'detailed', likely stemming from the word's original meaning of 'a part of the body where bones meet and move'. |
| Polish | The word "połączenie" in Polish can also mean "connection" or "combination". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, the word "junta" can also mean "seam" or "joint (in masonry)". It comes from the Latin word "iūncta" meaning "joined". |
| Punjabi | The word ਸੰਯੁਕਤ (Sanyukt) in Punjabi can refer to both a literal 'joint' as well as a 'union' or 'association'. |
| Romanian | "Comun" can also mean "shared" or "in common" (e.g. "proprietate comuna" = "shared property"). |
| Russian | The Russian word "совместный" can also mean "cooperative" or "united". |
| Samoan | The word “soʻoga” is also used in Samoan as a term for the extended family. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Còmhla" can also mean "agreement" or "in conjunction with." |
| Serbian | A less common usage of the word, mostly heard in Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Bosnia, is in the plural form, "зглобови" (sglobovi), meaning "knees" or "legs." |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, 'kopaneng' also refers to a meeting place or a social gathering. |
| Shona | The word "mubatanidzwa" can also refer to a meeting or a committee. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "گڏيل" (gaḍil) also means "connection" or "bond". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word can also mean "combined" or "united". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "kĺb" is etymologically related to the Czech "kloub" and the Old Church Slavonic "klьbb", all derived from the Proto-Slavic "*klьbъ", meaning "joint". |
| Slovenian | The word 'sklep' also means 'conclusion' or 'resolution' in Slovenian. |
| Somali | Wada jirka ah can also mean |
| Spanish | In anatomy, an articulación can refer to a point of connection between bones or to the entire system of joints in the body. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "gabungan" also means "connection" or "union". |
| Swahili | The word 'pamoja' can also mean 'together' or 'united'. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "gemensam" comes from the Proto-Germanic word *gamain-. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "magkasabay" can also refer to "simultaneous actions" or "accompanying one another". |
| Tajik | The word 'муштарак' also refers to a specific part of the plow that helps make furrows, or to an instrument for making the mark for sewing along a hem. |
| Tamil | In Tamil, "கூட்டு" can also refer to a mathematical operation, a group, or a mixture. |
| Telugu | ఉమ్మడి means 'combined' or 'interconnected' in Telugu and can also refer to a 'pool' or 'joint committee'. |
| Thai | In Thai, the word "ข้อต่อ" can also refer to a junction or connection, such as the point where two bones meet or the place where two pipes are joined. |
| Turkish | "Bağlantı" also refers to a connection between objects or people and carries the meaning of "link" in English. |
| Ukrainian | "Суглобові" literally translates to "relating to joints" but can also refer to "jointed" or "hinged" objects. |
| Urdu | In addition to being used as an adjective meaning "common (to many)", "united" or "shared", "مشترکہ" can also function as a noun denoting a share (of a company or partnership) or a partnership itself. |
| Uzbek | Qo'shma is also used to refer to the place where two bones connect or the point of connection between two parts of anything. |
| Vietnamese | The word "chung" is also used in Vietnamese to refer to a shared ownership or interest in something. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'ar y cyd' literally means 'on the together' and can also refer to a joint effort or a joint venture. |
| Xhosa | The word "ngokudibeneyo" in Xhosa can also refer to a meeting or gathering of people for a common purpose, such as a meeting of elders or a religious ceremony. |
| Yiddish | 'שלאָס' also means 'lock' or 'castle' in Yiddish. |
| Yoruba | The term 'apapọ' in Yoruba can also refer to a place or event where people converge. |
| Zulu | In Zulu, the word ngokuhlanganyela can also be used to refer to a person or thing that acts as a mediator or intermediary. |
| English | In Middle English, 'joint' meant 'connection' and could refer to a hinge, a knot in wood or a union of two bones, as well as a piece of meat with attached bone, giving it two distinct but connected meanings. |