Lock in Different Languages
Discover 'Lock' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Lock
Afrikaans slot | ||
Albanian bravë | ||
Amharic መቆለፊያ | ||
Arabic قفل | ||
Armenian կողպեք | ||
Assamese তলা | ||
Aymara jist'antaña | ||
Azerbaijani bağlamaq | ||
Bambara ka sɔgɔ | ||
Basque blokeoa | ||
Belarusian замак | ||
Bengali লক | ||
Bhojpuri ताला | ||
Bosnian zaključaj | ||
Bulgarian ключалка | ||
Catalan pany | ||
Cebuano kandado | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 锁 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 鎖 | ||
Corsican serratura | ||
Croatian zaključati | ||
Czech zámek | ||
Danish låse | ||
Dhivehi ތަޅު | ||
Dogri जंदरा | ||
Dutch slot | ||
English lock | ||
Esperanto seruro | ||
Estonian lukk | ||
Ewe tu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kandado | ||
Finnish lukko | ||
French fermer à clé | ||
Frisian slûs | ||
Galician botarlle o ferrollo | ||
Georgian საკეტი | ||
German sperren | ||
Greek κλειδαριά | ||
Guarani mbotyha | ||
Gujarati લોક | ||
Haitian Creole fèmen | ||
Hausa kullewa | ||
Hawaiian laka | ||
Hebrew לנעול | ||
Hindi लॉक | ||
Hmong ntsuas phoo | ||
Hungarian zár | ||
Icelandic læsa | ||
Igbo mkpọchi | ||
Ilocano ikandado | ||
Indonesian mengunci | ||
Irish glas | ||
Italian serratura | ||
Japanese ロック | ||
Javanese kunci | ||
Kannada ಲಾಕ್ | ||
Kazakh құлыптау | ||
Khmer ចាក់សោ | ||
Kinyarwanda gufunga | ||
Konkani लॉक | ||
Korean 자물쇠 | ||
Krio lɔk | ||
Kurdish qesr | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) قوفڵ | ||
Kyrgyz кулпу | ||
Lao ລັອກ | ||
Latin cincinno | ||
Latvian slēdzene | ||
Lingala serire ya porte | ||
Lithuanian užraktas | ||
Luganda ekkufulu | ||
Luxembourgish spär | ||
Macedonian заклучување | ||
Maithili ताला | ||
Malagasy hidin-trano | ||
Malay kunci | ||
Malayalam ലോക്ക് ചെയ്യുക | ||
Maltese serratura | ||
Maori raka | ||
Marathi लॉक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯨꯟꯁꯤꯟꯗꯨꯅ ꯊꯝꯕ | ||
Mizo kalh | ||
Mongolian цоож | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သော့ခတ် | ||
Nepali लक गर्नुहोस् | ||
Norwegian låse | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) loko | ||
Odia (Oriya) ତାଲା | ||
Oromo furtuun cufuu | ||
Pashto بندول | ||
Persian قفل کردن | ||
Polish zamek | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) fechadura | ||
Punjabi ਲਾਕ | ||
Quechua wichqana | ||
Romanian lacăt | ||
Russian замок | ||
Samoan loka | ||
Sanskrit ताल | ||
Scots Gaelic glas | ||
Sepedi senotlelo | ||
Serbian закључати | ||
Sesotho notlela | ||
Shona kukiya | ||
Sindhi تالا | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අගුල | ||
Slovak zámok | ||
Slovenian zaklepanje | ||
Somali quful | ||
Spanish bloquear | ||
Sundanese ngonci | ||
Swahili kufuli | ||
Swedish låsa | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) lock | ||
Tajik қулф | ||
Tamil பூட்டு | ||
Tatar йозак | ||
Telugu లాక్ | ||
Thai ล็อค | ||
Tigrinya መሸጎር | ||
Tsonga khiya | ||
Turkish kilit | ||
Turkmen gulplamak | ||
Twi (Akan) to mu | ||
Ukrainian замок | ||
Urdu لاک | ||
Uyghur قۇلۇپ | ||
Uzbek qulflash | ||
Vietnamese khóa | ||
Welsh clo | ||
Xhosa iqhaga | ||
Yiddish שלאָס | ||
Yoruba titiipa | ||
Zulu ingidi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, the word "slot" has a secondary meaning of "keyhole". |
| Albanian | The word 'bravë' is also used in the phrase 't'i jap bravës', which means to get married or to engage in a common project. |
| Amharic | "መቆለፊያ" is derived from the verb "ቆለፈ" meaning "to close" or "to bolt". |
| Arabic | In Arabic, the word قفل (lock) derives from the root word 'q-f-l', which means 'to close' or 'to shut', suggesting its primary function of securing and closing something. |
| Armenian | Կողպեք originates from the Proto-Indo-European root *klep- and is cognate with English “cleave”, Russian “клепать”, and Persian “کلبد”. |
| Azerbaijani | In the Caspian dialects of Azeri this word also means 'to marry'. |
| Basque | The word "blokeoa" also refers to the mechanism that holds the key in place in a door lock. |
| Belarusian | The word "замак" also means "castle" in Belarusian, sharing its etymology with the Latin word "castellum" meaning "fort". |
| Bengali | The term "লক" (lock) can also refer to a section of hair left uncut atop the head, a practice of certain Vaishnava sect followers. |
| Bosnian | The word "zaključak" is also used figuratively in Bosnian to mean "conclusion" or the "end" of something, likely due to its association with the final act of locking or sealing. |
| Bulgarian | Ключалка comes from the Proto-Slavic root *ključь, which also meant "spring", "well" or "geyser." |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "pany" likely comes from the Greek word "pagkos," which also means "lock" or "fastener." |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "kandado" has the same root as the Malay word "kandera" and the Japanese word "kandzume", all meaning "to seal hermetically". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "锁" can mean to lock, but it can also mean to restrict, or to secure. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "鎖" (lock) in Traditional Chinese can also mean "chain" or "shackle". |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "serratura" derives from the Latin "serra", meaning "saw". This is because the teeth of a saw resemble the shape of a key. |
| Croatian | The word "zaključati" in Croatian comes from the Proto-Slavic word "*klej-ъ", which means "to lock" or "to close". |
| Czech | The word "zámek" in Czech also refers to a castle, sharing the same root with the German "Schloss" |
| Danish | "låse" also means "to close" or "to shut" in Danish, as in "to close a door" or "to shut a window." |
| Dutch | Slot originally referred to a beam of wood inserted in a gate to secure it, or to the hole into which the beam fitted. |
| Esperanto | The word "seruro" comes from the Latin word "serra", which means "saw", and in Esperanto, it can also mean "padlock" or "keyhole". |
| Estonian | The word "lukk" also has the alternate meaning of "lockup" or "prison" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | The word 'Lukko' in Finnish originates from the Proto-Uralic word for 'to close' or 'to enclose.' |
| French | Fermer à clé derives from the Latin "firmare", meaning "to make firm" or "to secure". |
| Frisian | The Old Frisian word "slûs" can refer to a lock on a canal as well as a sluice gate. |
| Galician | Galician 'botarlle o ferrollo' ('to lock') derives from 'ferrollo' (bolt) and 'botarlle' ('to put'), and is used to refer to locking something up. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "საკეტი" can also refer to a type of fishing net known as a cast net. |
| German | "Sperren" is etymologically related to the English word "spar", a wooden beam blocking an entrance. |
| Greek | The Greek word for "lock" (κλειδαριά) is derived from the word "κλείς" (key), while also referring to the "clavicle" bone (κλείδα). |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "લોક" also means "people" or "folk" in English. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "fèmen" in Haitian Creole derives from the French word "fermer," meaning "to close" or "to lock." |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "kullewa" is a derivation of the verb "kulle," meaning "to close or shut tightly." |
| Hawaiian | The word "laka" can also refer to an enclosure or pen for animals, as well as a kind of native Hawaiian tree. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word 'לנעול' ('lock') can also mean 'to close' or 'to shut'. |
| Hindi | The word 'लॉक' (lock) in Hindi can also mean a lock of hair or a braid of hair. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "ntsuas phoo" can also refer to a hook on a door or window used for securing it. |
| Hungarian | The word "zár" also refers to a lock used to lock a fence or a gate in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | The word "læsa" can also mean "to read" or "to study" in Icelandic. |
| Igbo | In Igbo, 'mkpọchi' means 'to close' or 'shut,' and can also refer to a 'stopper' or 'plug.' |
| Indonesian | The word "mengunci" can also mean "to close a door or window" or "to fasten something with a rope or wire." |
| Irish | The Irish word "glas" can also mean "gray" or "green" in certain contexts. |
| Italian | "Serratura" derives from the Latin "sera," meaning "bar", and is related to the words "serrare" (to close) and "serraglio" (enclosure). |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "ロック" (, rokku) is derived from the English word "rock" and can also mean "rock music" or "to lock". |
| Javanese | The word "kunci" also means "key" in Javanese, reflecting the fact that locks and keys are often used together. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಲಾಕ್" (lock) is derived from the Sanskrit word "लक्" (lak), meaning "to close". It can also refer to a hair clip or a kind of necklace in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | Құлыптау in Kazakh can also mean "to embrace" or "to hug", sharing a root with the word "құлаш" meaning "embrace". |
| Khmer | ចាក់សោ is also the term for a wooden nail used for fixing objects in the roof. |
| Korean | "자물쇠" derives from the Middle Korean word "자물", meaning "to close" or "to shut," and "쇠", meaning "metal." |
| Kurdish | "Qesr" likely descends from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰés-/*ǵʰes-r-, meaning to bind, tie, or fasten. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "кулпу" (lock) is derived from the Turkic word "qülp" (handle, knob). |
| Lao | In Lao, the word "ລັອກ" can also refer to the process of "blocking" or "preventing". |
| Latin | Cincinnus can also refer to the spiral shape on a seashell or the curl of smoke. |
| Latvian | The word "slēdzene" in Latvian derives from the Proto-Balto-Slavic word "*sklend-, which also means "to block" or "to close". |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "užraktas" also has an archaic meaning of "key". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Spär" originates from Old High German "sparron" (Latin "sbarra"), meaning a wooden bar or beam. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word for lock, "заклучување," also refers to the act of concluding something or drawing an inference. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "hidin-trano" is derived from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian root *kudin*, meaning "covered". In some dialects, it also refers to a place to hide things or a cupboard. |
| Malay | The word "kunci" is likely derived from the Chinese word "鎖" (suo), meaning "lock". |
| Maltese | "Serratura" comes from the Latin word "serra" (saw), so the original meaning was "to saw through" |
| Maori | The word "raka" in Maori can also refer to a bar used to secure a door or window, or to the act of locking or securing something. |
| Marathi | Marathi "लॉक" comes from the Portuguese "loquete". It can also mean "hair". |
| Mongolian | The word "цоож" also has the alternate meaning of "to seize or block". |
| Nepali | The word "लक गर्नुहोस्" in Nepali is derived from the English word "lock" and can also mean to "lock in". |
| Norwegian | "Låse" can also mean "to shut" or "to close", originating from an Old Norse word meaning "to cover". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Nyanja's word 'loko' is cognate with 'iloko' in Luganda and 'lukoo' in Kikuyu, and all three words mean 'grave'. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "بندول" comes from the Sanskrit word "बंधन" (bandhana), meaning "to bind, to fasten, or to secure." |
| Persian | The Persian word "قفل کردن" has multiple meanings, including "to lock" as well as "to close off" or "to block". |
| Polish | The word "zamek" in Polish originates from the German word "Schloss", meaning "castle", and can also refer to a building or stronghold. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Fechadura" also means "conclusion" or "end" in Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil). |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਲਾਕ' can also mean a tuft or curl of hair. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "Lacăt" is derived from the Turkish word "Kilit", which also means "lock". |
| Russian | The word "замок" (zamek) also means "castle" in Russian, ultimately deriving from the Proto-Slavic word "*zamъkъ", meaning "enclosure, fence". |
| Samoan | In Samoan, the term "loka" can also refer to a hole or opening, such as a window or door. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Glas" also means "grey" or "green" in Scots Gaelic, reflecting the color of traditional locks. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "закључати" also means "to conclude" or "to infer". |
| Sesotho | The word "notlela" can also mean "to shut" or "to close" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word “kukiya” can also mean “to secure” or “to close.” |
| Sindhi | Sindhi 'تالا' ('lock') is a derivation from Sanskrit 'ताल' ('tala'), with the same meaning, with a variant in Punjabi 'ཏ་ལ' ('taala') |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "අගුල" is derived from the Sanskrit word "अगुल" (agula), meaning "not moving" or "fixed". |
| Slovak | The word "zámok" in Slovak also refers to a castle, palace, or manor house, a meaning not present in English. |
| Slovenian | The term 'zaklepanje' can refer to a 'door lock', or a 'dead end'. |
| Somali | The word "quful" is derived from the Arabic word "qafala," which means "to shut or close." |
| Spanish | While "bloquear" primarily means "lock," it can also mean to "block," "obstruct," or "impede." |
| Sundanese | Ngonci" may also refer to a type of latch that is more common in older Sundanese houses. |
| Swahili | The word "kufuli" originated from the Arabic word "qufl" meaning "lock" or "bolt" and is also used in Persian. |
| Swedish | The word "låsa" is derived from the Proto-Germanic word *lūsaną, meaning "to free". This is likely due to the fact that locks were historically used to keep things secure and to prevent them from being stolen or tampered with. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "lock" can also refer to a type of traditional Filipino dance. |
| Tajik | From the Proto-Indo-European word |
| Tamil | "பூட்டு" in Tamil can also refer to a padlock, wooden door latch, or the act of closing or fastening something securely. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "లాక్" also refers to a lock of hair, a key to a lock, a lock on a firearm, and to engage a lock, latch, or catch. |
| Thai | The English word "lock" (a device for securing a door) derives from the Old English "locian," meaning "to secure" or "to shut," but the Thai word "ล็อค" also refers to a type of traditional Thai clothing (โจงกระเบนล็อค) and the "lock" (a pattern of curled hair) often seen on the foreheads of Thai Buddha images. |
| Turkish | The word "kilit" is etymologically related to the Turkish word "kil" (meaning "clay"), indicating its original use in making clay locks. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "замок" can also refer to a palace or castle. |
| Urdu | The word "لاک" (lock) also means "a hundred thousand" in Urdu, derived from the Sanskrit word "laksha" with the same meaning. |
| Uzbek | The word "qulflash" in Uzbek also refers to a keyhole and can be used as a verb meaning "to lock" or "to be locked". |
| Vietnamese | "Khóa" in Vietnamese can also mean "key" or "code". |
| Welsh | The word 'clo' (lock) in Welsh can also be used to refer to a lock of hair, a knot in a rope, or a small compartment or enclosure. |
| Xhosa | 'Iqhaga' can also mean 'key' or 'door', and is derived from the verb 'khuqha', meaning 'to shut' or 'to close'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "שלאָס" (lock) is derived from the German word "Schloss" (palace or castle) and originally referred to the locking mechanism of a fortified building. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "titiipa" is also used to refer to a "bar," "barrier", or "obstruction". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "ingidi" not only means "lock," but also "key" and "chain." |
| English | "Lock" also means a tuft of hair twisted or braided together. |