Leading in Different Languages
Discover 'Leading' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Leading
Afrikaans voorste | ||
Albanian udhëheqëse | ||
Amharic እየመራ | ||
Arabic قيادة | ||
Armenian առաջատար | ||
Assamese নেতৃত্ব দিয়া | ||
Aymara irpiri | ||
Azerbaijani aparıcı | ||
Bambara ɲɛmɔgɔya | ||
Basque liderra | ||
Belarusian вядучы | ||
Bengali নেতৃস্থানীয় | ||
Bhojpuri अग्रणी बा | ||
Bosnian vodeći | ||
Bulgarian водещ | ||
Catalan líder | ||
Cebuano nanguna | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 领导 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 領導 | ||
Corsican cunduttu | ||
Croatian vodeći | ||
Czech vedoucí | ||
Danish førende | ||
Dhivehi ލީޑިންގ އެވެ | ||
Dogri अगुवाई करदे | ||
Dutch leidend | ||
English leading | ||
Esperanto kondukante | ||
Estonian juhtiv | ||
Ewe kplɔla | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) nangunguna | ||
Finnish johtava | ||
French de premier plan | ||
Frisian liedend | ||
Galician líder | ||
Georgian წამყვანი | ||
German führen | ||
Greek κύριος | ||
Guarani omotenondéva | ||
Gujarati અગ્રણી | ||
Haitian Creole dirijan | ||
Hausa jagora | ||
Hawaiian alakaʻi ʻana | ||
Hebrew מוֹבִיל | ||
Hindi प्रमुख | ||
Hmong coj | ||
Hungarian vezető | ||
Icelandic leiðandi | ||
Igbo na-eduga | ||
Ilocano mangidaulo | ||
Indonesian terkemuka | ||
Irish chun tosaigh | ||
Italian leader | ||
Japanese リーディング | ||
Javanese anjog | ||
Kannada ಪ್ರಮುಖ | ||
Kazakh жетекші | ||
Khmer នាំមុខ | ||
Kinyarwanda kuyobora | ||
Konkani फुडाकार घेवपी | ||
Korean 주요한 | ||
Krio we de bifo | ||
Kurdish pêşengî kirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پێشەنگایەتی | ||
Kyrgyz алып баруучу | ||
Lao ນຳ | ||
Latin ducit | ||
Latvian vadošais | ||
Lingala kokamba | ||
Lithuanian pirmaujantis | ||
Luganda okukulembera | ||
Luxembourgish féierend | ||
Macedonian водечки | ||
Maithili अग्रणी | ||
Malagasy nitarika | ||
Malay mengetuai | ||
Malayalam നയിക്കുന്നു | ||
Maltese ewlieni | ||
Maori ārahi | ||
Marathi अग्रगण्य | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯨꯆꯤꯡꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo hmahruaitu | ||
Mongolian тэргүүлэх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဦး ဆောင်နေသည် | ||
Nepali अग्रणी | ||
Norwegian ledende | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kutsogolera | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଅଗ୍ରଣୀ | ||
Oromo dursaa jiru | ||
Pashto مخکښ | ||
Persian منتهی شدن | ||
Polish prowadzący | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) conduzindo | ||
Punjabi ਮੋਹਰੀ | ||
Quechua umalliq | ||
Romanian conducere | ||
Russian ведущий | ||
Samoan taʻitaʻi | ||
Sanskrit अग्रणी | ||
Scots Gaelic a ’stiùireadh | ||
Sepedi go eta pele | ||
Serbian водећи | ||
Sesotho etella pele | ||
Shona kutungamira | ||
Sindhi معروف | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ප්රමුඛ | ||
Slovak vedúci | ||
Slovenian vodilni | ||
Somali hogaaminaya | ||
Spanish líder | ||
Sundanese ngarah | ||
Swahili inayoongoza | ||
Swedish ledande | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) nangunguna | ||
Tajik пешбаранда | ||
Tamil முன்னணி | ||
Tatar әйдәп баручы | ||
Telugu ప్రముఖ | ||
Thai ชั้นนำ | ||
Tigrinya ዝመርሕ ምዃኑ’ዩ። | ||
Tsonga ku rhangela | ||
Turkish lider | ||
Turkmen öňdebaryjy | ||
Twi (Akan) di anim | ||
Ukrainian провідний | ||
Urdu معروف | ||
Uyghur رەھبەرلىك | ||
Uzbek etakchi | ||
Vietnamese dẫn đầu | ||
Welsh arwain | ||
Xhosa ekhokelayo | ||
Yiddish פירן | ||
Yoruba asiwaju | ||
Zulu ehola |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "voorste" is cognate with the English word "foremost", both deriving from the Proto-Germanic word "frama-az" meaning "first in order or rank." |
| Albanian | The word "udhëheqëse" in Albanian has a root meaning of "one who shows the way." |
| Amharic | "እየመራ" can also mean "by means of" or "through". |
| Arabic | The word "قيادة" can also mean "to guide" or "to control" in Arabic. |
| Azerbaijani | "Aparıcı" also means "one who leads" and is derived from the verb "aparmaq" (to lead). |
| Basque | The word "liderra" in Basque derives from the verb "lidu" (to lead), and also has the alternate meaning of "leading position". |
| Belarusian | The verb «вядучы» in Belarusian comes from the Old Slavic «вѣсти» meaning «to know», hence the alternate meaning «famous», «well-known» |
| Bengali | The Bengali word নেতৃস্থানীয় (netristaniya) can also refer to the position or office of a leader, and it is often used in the context of political or organizational leadership. |
| Bosnian | "Vodeći" is derived from the verb "voditi" (to lead) and can also mean "driver" or "guide" in certain contexts. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "водещ" can also refer to a host or presenter (e.g. of a TV show). |
| Catalan | "Líder" (leading) comes from the Latin word "ducere" (to lead), which also gave rise to the words "duke" and "duce". |
| Cebuano | Nanguna derives from the Proto-Austronesian word "*ŋaña", meaning "front" or "foremost". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "领导" is not only a noun but also a verb in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The character "領" in "領導" originally meant "territory" or "domain". |
| Corsican | Cunduttu also means a subterranean watercourse or a large earthenware pipe. |
| Croatian | The word "vodeći" can also mean "driving" or "guiding" in Croatian. |
| Czech | The word "vedoucí" can also mean "manager" or "principal" in Czech. |
| Danish | The Danish word "førende" also means "top" or "greatest". |
| Dutch | "Leidend" in Dutch can also mean "suffering" or "passive". |
| Esperanto | Kondukante derives from the Latin verb ducere (to lead) and shares a root with the Esperanto words konduto (conduct) and direkti (to direct). |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "juhtiv" is derived from the verb "juhatama" which means "to guide, to lead, to conduct," and also "to drive" or "to steer, to pilot" a vehicle |
| Finnish | The word "johtava" can also mean "conducting" or "conveying" in Finnish. |
| French | In heraldry, "de premier plan" can refer to an object in the background of the escutcheon (shield) |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "liedend" can also mean "lying" in English. |
| Galician | The Galician word "líder" comes from the Portuguese word of the same spelling, but in Spanish it refers to a female leader, while in Galician it means "leading". |
| German | Führer is also a rank in the Nazi Party, meaning 'leader', and stems from the same root as führen. |
| Greek | The term is most frequently employed to denote any of a number of persons who hold an official position of responsibility and can also be interpreted as "head," "master," or "lord." |
| Gujarati | અગ્રણી (agrani) possibly derives from Sanskrit 'agrani', meaning 'foremost' or 'first in rank', or 'agra' (front) and 'ni' (to lead). |
| Haitian Creole | The word "dirijan" in Haitian Creole can also refer to a teacher or a manager. |
| Hausa | The word "jagora" in Hausa also means "to be in front" or "to lead the way". |
| Hawaiian | The word "alakaʻi ʻana" also refers to guidance or mentorship in Hawaiian culture. |
| Hebrew | מוֹבִיל is a masculine form of מוֹבִילָה, which is also a Biblical name meaning "brought forth." |
| Hindi | The word "प्रमुख" can also mean "chief" or "head" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The word "coj" also means "to be in front" or "to be ahead" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "vezető" has the alternate meaning of "conductor" in the context of vehicles (e.g. bus driver). |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic "leiðandi" not only means "leading" but also has the alternate meanings "electrically conductive" or "thermal conductor" |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "na-eduga" also means "the one who is in front or ahead" |
| Indonesian | The word "terkemuka" originates from the word "muka" which means "face" or "appearance". It implies that those who are leading are the ones who are "out in front" or "in the forefront". |
| Irish | In the military and law enforcement context, "chun tosaigh" refers to the "front line" or "vanguard". |
| Italian | In Italian, "leader" can also refer to a "guide" or "coach," not just someone in a position of authority. |
| Japanese | The word "リーディング" can refer to either reading a book or being in the lead. |
| Javanese | "Anjog" can also mean "to guide" or "to show the way" in Javanese. |
| Kannada | The word "ಪ್ರಮುಖ" (pramukha) is cognate with the Sanskrit word "pramukha" (leading), which in turn is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*pre-" (before). |
| Kazakh | The word "жетекші" in Kazakh can also refer to a guide, mentor, or coach. |
| Khmer | The term នាំមុខ also carries the connotation of guiding and introducing. |
| Korean | "주요한 (juyohan)" in Korean is a Sino-Korean word derived from the Chinese "主" (master, main). It often refers to someone or something that takes a central or primary role. |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, "pêşengî kirin" can also mean "to be the first to do something" or "to set an example." |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz term "алып баруучу," meaning "leading" in English, also has the metaphorical sense of someone playing the role of a "conductor" in music, or someone who "guides" or "directs" others. |
| Lao | "ນຳ" can also mean "to cause" or "to make". |
| Latin | Ducit may also refer to a type of Roman boat or a type of Roman tax. |
| Latvian | The word "vadošais" in Latvian originally meant "the one who goes first". |
| Lithuanian | Lithuanian "pirmaujantis" could also mean "primary", "highest", "best", or "senior" depending on context |
| Macedonian | The word "водечки" in Macedonian can also refer to a small amount of water, or a type of traditional alcoholic beverage made from fermented honey. |
| Malagasy | The word "nitarika" can also mean "to guide" or "to direct". |
| Malay | The word 'mengetuai' is derived from the root word 'ketua', which means 'head' or 'chief'. |
| Malayalam | The word "നയിക്കുന്നു" can also mean "to conduct (a choir)" or "to give evidence". |
| Maltese | The word 'ewlieni' in Maltese comes from the Arabic word 'awwel' meaning 'first'. |
| Maori | The word "ārahi" also means "to accompany" and "to guide" in Maori. |
| Marathi | The word "अग्रगण्य" (agragaṇya) in Marathi is derived from Sanskrit and literally means "first among the group" or "foremost of the group". It is also used to refer to someone who is "eminent" or "outstanding" in their field. |
| Mongolian | "Тэргүүлэх" also means "to stand at the head of" or "to be first" in Mongolian. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ဦး is an honorific title used before the names of men, roughly equivalent to Mr. or Sir in English. |
| Nepali | In Nepali, the word "अग्रणी" can also mean "pioneer" or "foremost". |
| Norwegian | The word "ledende" used as a noun or verb, while cognate with the English "leading," has the additional meaning of "conducting" or "conducting oneself." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Kutsogolera also means 'to guide' or 'to direct'. |
| Pashto | "مخکښ" (leading) means "one who is in front" or "a pioneer". |
| Persian | The Persian verb "منتهی شدن" (leading) is derived from the Arabic verb "انتهاء" (ending), indicating that something has reached its final point or conclusion. |
| Polish | "Prowadzący" can also refer to a TV or radio show host. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The verb "conduzir" (to lead) comes from the Latin "conducere" (to bring together), meaning to guide or direct people or things. |
| Romanian | "Conducere" is derived from "conducere" (to drive), hence its additional meanings in Romanian, such as "driving" or "transport". |
| Russian | The word 'ведущий' (leading) comes from the verb 'ведать' (to know), which also means 'to be responsible for'. |
| Samoan | In Samoan, "taʻitaʻi" originally referred to the chief or head of a village or family group. |
| Scots Gaelic | It can also be used to refer to the first part of the verse in a song or psalm. |
| Serbian | The word "водећи" in Serbian can also mean "leading water", referring to a water supply system. |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, "etella pele" not only means "leading," but also refers to the act of "guiding" or "directing" someone along a path or course of action. |
| Shona | The verb "kutungamira" can also be used to mean "to point", "to show" or "to indicate". |
| Sindhi | The word "معروف" can also mean "well known" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word ප්රමුඛ (leading) derives from the Sanskrit word “pramukha”, meaning “principal” or “chief”. |
| Slovak | In the Czech language, "vedoucí" also means "head" and can refer to the head of an organization or department. |
| Slovenian | The word 'vodilni' in Slovenian can also mean 'main', or 'basic' in a sentence. |
| Somali | The word "hogaaminaya" in Somali has additional implications of guidance and direction, beyond the primary meaning of leading. |
| Spanish | "Líder" comes from the Latin word "dux," a military chief. |
| Sundanese | The word "ngarah" in Sundanese has an alternate meaning of "directing". |
| Swahili | The word "inayoongoza" can also refer to "being in the lead" or "guiding" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The word 'ledande' also means 'conductive' in Swedish, as in 'ledande material' (conductive material). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, "nangunguna" can also refer to a person who takes charge or is in control of a group or situation. |
| Tajik | The word can also mean "guide" or "escort". |
| Tamil | "முன்னணி" can also refer to a lead or front position in a race or competition. |
| Telugu | The word "ప్రముఖ" can also refer to someone who is famous or prominent. |
| Thai | จันนังหลัง (จันนังหลัด) เกียฐไซรับพิการ ตัวลังเกินกระ เพื่อหลังผ้านฟ้าถึงอีกวัติดประบองในหลังรหับ จันนังหลังรหับ ยุ่ประบองรหับ เจ็บกละธางให้ใช้งาน |
| Turkish | In Turkish, the word "lider" can also mean "captain" or "guide". |
| Ukrainian | The word "провідний" also means "electric" in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | The word "معروف" can also mean "customary" or "proper". |
| Uzbek | The word "etakchi" also has the alternate meaning of "leader" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | Dẫn đầu can also refer to a leader or person in a leading position. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "arwain" can also refer to a guide or a pioneer. |
| Xhosa | The word "ekhokelayo" can also mean "showing a person around" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The word "פירן" can also mean "to take part in a discussion" in Yiddish. |
| Yoruba | The word "asiwaju" derives from the Yoruba words "asi" (road) and "waju" (front), implying a guide or leader on a path. |
| Zulu | Ehola can also mean to 'follow behind' or 'accompany'. |
| English | Leading can be a form of the metal lead or a metal mold or form that guides the molten lead during printing. |