Afrikaans sap | ||
Albanian lëng | ||
Amharic ጭማቂ | ||
Arabic عصير | ||
Armenian հյութ | ||
Assamese ৰস | ||
Aymara umaña | ||
Azerbaijani şirə | ||
Bambara zi | ||
Basque zukua | ||
Belarusian сок | ||
Bengali রস | ||
Bhojpuri रस | ||
Bosnian sok | ||
Bulgarian сок | ||
Catalan suc | ||
Cebuano duga | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 果汁 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 果汁 | ||
Corsican suchju | ||
Croatian sok | ||
Czech džus | ||
Danish juice | ||
Dhivehi ޖޫސް | ||
Dogri जूस | ||
Dutch sap | ||
English juice | ||
Esperanto suko | ||
Estonian mahl | ||
Ewe atikutsetsetsi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) katas | ||
Finnish mehu | ||
French jus | ||
Frisian sop | ||
Galician zume | ||
Georgian წვენი | ||
German saft | ||
Greek χυμός | ||
Guarani yvarykue | ||
Gujarati રસ | ||
Haitian Creole ji | ||
Hausa ruwan 'ya'yan itace | ||
Hawaiian wai momona | ||
Hebrew מיץ | ||
Hindi रस | ||
Hmong kua txiv | ||
Hungarian gyümölcslé | ||
Icelandic safa | ||
Igbo ihe ọ .ụ juiceụ | ||
Ilocano ubbog | ||
Indonesian jus | ||
Irish sú | ||
Italian succo | ||
Japanese ジュース | ||
Javanese jus | ||
Kannada ರಸ | ||
Kazakh шырын | ||
Khmer ទឹកផ្លែឈើ | ||
Kinyarwanda umutobe | ||
Konkani रोस | ||
Korean 주스 | ||
Krio jus | ||
Kurdish av | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) شەربەت | ||
Kyrgyz шире | ||
Lao ນ້ໍາ | ||
Latin suci | ||
Latvian sula | ||
Lingala jus | ||
Lithuanian sultys | ||
Luganda juyisi | ||
Luxembourgish jus | ||
Macedonian сок | ||
Maithili रस | ||
Malagasy ranom-boankazo | ||
Malay jus | ||
Malayalam ജ്യൂസ് | ||
Maltese meraq | ||
Maori wai | ||
Marathi रस | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯍꯩ ꯃꯍꯤ | ||
Mizo thiltui | ||
Mongolian жүүс | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဖျော်ရည် | ||
Nepali जुस | ||
Norwegian juice | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) msuzi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ରସ | ||
Oromo cuunfaa | ||
Pashto جوس | ||
Persian آب میوه | ||
Polish sok | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) suco | ||
Punjabi ਜੂਸ | ||
Quechua qilli | ||
Romanian suc | ||
Russian сок | ||
Samoan sua | ||
Sanskrit फलरस | ||
Scots Gaelic sùgh | ||
Sepedi tšuse | ||
Serbian сок | ||
Sesotho lero | ||
Shona muto | ||
Sindhi جوس | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) යුෂ | ||
Slovak šťava | ||
Slovenian sok | ||
Somali casiir | ||
Spanish jugo | ||
Sundanese jus | ||
Swahili juisi | ||
Swedish juice | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) katas | ||
Tajik афшура | ||
Tamil சாறு | ||
Tatar сок | ||
Telugu రసం | ||
Thai น้ำผลไม้ | ||
Tigrinya ጽሟቕ | ||
Tsonga juzi | ||
Turkish meyve suyu | ||
Turkmen şiresi | ||
Twi (Akan) nsudeɛ | ||
Ukrainian сік | ||
Urdu رس | ||
Uyghur شەربەت | ||
Uzbek sharbat | ||
Vietnamese nước ép | ||
Welsh sudd | ||
Xhosa ijusi | ||
Yiddish זאַפט | ||
Yoruba oje | ||
Zulu ujusi |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "sap" (juice) is also known as "plant juice" and is used in the same way as its English counterpart. |
| Albanian | "Lëng" in Albanian derives from Proto-Indo-European *hle-nǵʰ "to moisten," also the source of Old English "liccian" "to lick" and Sanskrit "lih" "to lick, stick." |
| Amharic | "ch'imaki" (1) Liquid found inside fruits. (2) Anything juicy. (3) Something extracted for another's benefit."} |
| Arabic | 'عصير' ('juice') is originally 'عِصر' ('liquid extract of something'), which is an infinitive verb of 'عَصَر' ('to extract liquid') that was borrowed into Arabic from Ancient Greek 'ἐκθλίβω' ('to press out'). |
| Armenian | "Հյութ" also means "sap" and derives from the Indo-European root *su-, meaning "to moisten". |
| Azerbaijani | The word |
| Basque | The word 'zukua' also refers to the sap extracted from plants or trees. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "сок" also means "juice" in Russian, Ukrainian, and Polish. |
| Bengali | The word 'রস' ('juice' in Bangla) also means 'delight' or 'aesthetic pleasure' in Sanskrit, from which it is derived. |
| Bosnian | Sok also refers to juice but only when it comes from plants. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "сок" (juice) can also colloquially mean "rumor" or "gossip". |
| Catalan | The word "suc" in Catalan, meaning "juice", is derived from the Latin word "sucus", which also means "juice" or "sap". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "duga" can also mean "pulp" or "juice concentrate" |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character "汁" in "果汁" also means "sauce", "gravy", or "soup", which emphasizes the liquid nature of the substance. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "果汁" can also refer to a kind of juice concentrate that is often diluted before it is used. |
| Corsican | Corsican has two words for juice: "suchju" for fruit juice, and "sciurbettu" for vegetable juice. |
| Croatian | The word "sok" also means "flow" in Croatian. |
| Czech | In English, the word 'juice' has also been used to describe electricity |
| Danish | The Danish word "juice" also means "gossip" or "rumor". |
| Dutch | In Old English |
| Esperanto | "Suko" originally meant „liquid extracted by squeezing" (e.g., from citrus fruits) and is sometimes still used this way in the plural, "sukoj" |
| Estonian | The word "mahl" also means "sap" or "essence" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | The word "mehu" can also refer to broth or sap obtained from cooking other liquids. |
| French | The French word "jus" can also mean "law", deriving from the Latin word "ius". |
| Frisian | The word “sop” also refers to a bowl, and the drink is often served in wooden bowls. |
| Galician | It is also the name of a citrus fruit, which produces a very sour juice |
| Georgian | The word "წვენი" can also mean "sap", "essence", "spirit", or "extract" in Georgian. |
| German | The word "Saft" in German can also refer to "energy" or "vitality", originating from the Middle High German word "saft" meaning "power". |
| Greek | "Χυμός" is also used to refer to the vital essence of a living being, similar to the English word "humor". |
| Gujarati | The word "રસ" also has meanings of "flavor", "emotion", and "essence" in Sanskrit. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "ji" in Haitian Creole also means "vigor" or "energy". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, 'ruwan 'ya'yan itace' also denotes broth or soup made from animal or plant parts. |
| Hawaiian | Wai momona refers to the liquids found inside fruit or plants, but the term and its components can be applied to many other types of fluids |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "מיץ" ("juice") also means "extract" or "essence" in a general sense. |
| Hindi | In Hindi, "रस" also refers to flavors of emotions or the enjoyment derived from the arts. |
| Hmong | 'Kua txiv' also means 'sauce,' 'broth,' or any other type of liquid flavoring added to food. |
| Hungarian | The word "gyümölcslé" (juice) in Hungarian literally translates to "fruit water" |
| Icelandic | Safa (juice in Icelandic) may be related to the Arabic word "safa" (purity). |
| Igbo | The word "ihe ọ .ụ juiceụ" can also mean "sauce" in Igbo, but it is more commonly used to refer to fruit juice. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "jus" can also refer to the main course of a meal, such as rice with side dishes. |
| Irish | The word "sú" originally meant "sap". |
| Italian | The word succo, meaning juice in Italian, derives from the Latin word sucus and is related to the English word |
| Japanese | The word "ジュース" comes from the English word "juice," but in Japanese it can also refer to soft drinks, carbonated beverages, or any sweet drink. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "jus" originally meant "water" or "liquid", a sense also found in some of its regional dialects. |
| Kannada | The word "ರಸ" in Kannada can also mean "essence", "flavor", or "sentiment". |
| Kazakh | The word "шырын" also means "sweet" in Kazakh, and is related to the words "sugar" and "syrup" in other languages. |
| Korean | “주스(juice)” is a Sino-Korean word derived from the English word “juice,” which means the liquid extracted from fruit or vegetables. |
| Kurdish | The word 'av' can also refer to the sap of trees. |
| Kyrgyz | "Шире" can also mean "broth" or "liquid extracted from food" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | "ນ້ໍາ" (water) also means "juice" in the context of fruits. |
| Latin | Latin "sucus" initially referred to sap or moisture, later extending to juices |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "sula" is derived from Proto-Indo-European *sul- "to flow". |
| Lithuanian | In modern Lithuanian, the word "sultys" can also refer to a legal person, while in Old Lithuanian it meant "fat". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Jus" (juice) also denotes the liquid produced from fruits that contain a lot of water, such as strawberries or grapes. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "сок" is thought to have originated from the Proto-Slavic word "soko", meaning "sap" or "tree resin". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word 'ranom-boankazo' ('juice') literally means 'water of the fruits' |
| Malay | The word for "juice" in Malay (jus) is taken from the English word, so it carries the same meaning and usage as in English. |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, 'juice' is also a term used to describe the flavor or essence of something, such as 'the juice of music' or 'the juice of knowledge'. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "meraq" is also used to refer to the sap of trees or the moisture found in fruits. |
| Maori | "Wai" can also refer to a body of water or a spring. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "रस" (rasa) can also refer to "flavor" or "sentiment". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "жүүс" also means "fruit". |
| Nepali | Derived from the Latin word "ius" meaning sauce or gravy. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "juice" can also refer to a type of thick, sweet soup or porridge made with fruit or berries. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "msuzi" in Nyanja (Chichewa) also refers to a type of porridge made from maize flour. |
| Pashto | Juice (جوس) is a Pashto term with Persian origins which means "life-giving fluid" and "elixir", signifying its vitality-enhancing qualities. |
| Persian | The Persian word "آب میوه" (juice) literally translates to "water of fruit" and is also used to refer to the sap of certain plants. |
| Polish | The word "sok" in Polish also has the alternate meanings of "sap" and "gravy". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "suco" derives from the Latin "succus", meaning "sap" or "liquid". In Portuguese, it can also refer to a type of fruit punch made with fresh fruit and sugar. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਜੂਸ" (juice) in Punjabi also refers to an herbal drink prepared by boiling herbs in water. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "suc" derives from the Latin word "succus" (meaning "juice") and is related to the English word "succulent" |
| Russian | The Russian word "сок" can also refer to sap from trees or a natural secretion, like gastric juice. |
| Samoan | The word "sua" can also mean "milk" or "coconut milk" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "sùgh" is derived from the Proto-Celtic *suki-, meaning sap or juice, and is cognate with the Irish "sugh" and Welsh "sugn", both of which have similar meanings. |
| Serbian | "Сок" is the Serbian word for "juice", but its etymology is unclear, although it could be related to the Arabic word "suk", meaning "market". |
| Sesotho | The word "lero" also means "life force" and "vitality" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | In Swahili, the word "muto" also translates to "person", possibly originating from the concept of the "juice of life" |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, the word "جوس" can also refer to an infusion made from herbs or spices. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhalese word "යුෂ" is also used to refer to the "essence", "flavor" or "stock" of a particular food. |
| Slovak | The word 'šťava' likely derives from the Proto-Slavic root '*stěkati', meaning 'to flow'. |
| Slovenian | The word "sok" in Slovenian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *soku, which also means "sap". |
| Somali | The Somali word 'casiir' is shared with Arabic and means 'to press' or 'to extract', as in the extraction of juice from fruits or vegetables. |
| Spanish | Spanish "jugo" derives from the Latin "ius, iuris" meaning "broth, soup", unrelated to the English "juice". |
| Sundanese | Sundanese word "jus" is derived from the Dutch word "jus" meaning "sauce". |
| Swahili | "Maji ya matunda" (literally "fruit water") is another way to say "juisi" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The word "juice" can also refer to a person's physical strength in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Katas also means "coconut cream" but has a different origin compared to the meaning "juice" |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "афшура" is also used to refer to the sap of trees or the nectar of flowers. |
| Tamil | "சாறு" (juice) also refers to a literary style in Tamil poetry called "chaaru"} |
| Telugu | In Telugu, "రసం" can also refer to "soup" or a particular type of curry. |
| Thai | "น้ำ" means "water" or "liquid", while "ผลไม้" means "fruit". So, "น้ำผลไม้" literally translates to "liquid of fruit". In English, this is known as "juice". |
| Turkish | The word "Meyve suyu" in Turkish literally means "fruit water", which reflects its composition as the liquid extracted from fruits. |
| Ukrainian | The word "сік" in Ukrainian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *sъkъ*, meaning "sap, liquid". It is cognate with the Polish word "sok", the Russian word "сок", and the English word "suck" (in the sense of "to draw liquid into the mouth"). |
| Urdu | The word "رس" can also mean "to reach" or "to arrive" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "sharbat" means a non-alcoholic drink, commonly sweet and made with different flavors like lime, lemon, orange, or other fruits |
| Vietnamese | The word "Nước ép" in Vietnamese is also used to describe the liquid extracted from plants or fruits during the pressing process, including medicinal extracts. |
| Welsh | The word "sudd" can also refer to the residue left after boiling honey or the juice of an orange. |
| Xhosa | The word 'ijusi' is also used to refer to the sap of a plant. |
| Yiddish | "זאַפט" derives from the Middle High German "saf(t)" and originally meant "gravy", and hence "substance", "essence", or "humor". |
| Yoruba | The word 'oje' in Yoruba also means 'color' and is used to refer to any type of fluid. |
| Zulu | In Zulu, 'ujusi' is derived from the onomatopoeic root '-jus', which refers to the sound of liquid flowing. |
| English | The word juice comes from the Latin word "ius", originally meaning "sauce" |