Look in Different Languages
Discover 'Look' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Look
Afrikaans kyk | ||
Albanian shikoj | ||
Amharic ተመልከት | ||
Arabic نظرة | ||
Armenian նայել | ||
Assamese ৰূপ | ||
Aymara uñtaña | ||
Azerbaijani baxmaq | ||
Bambara ka filɛ | ||
Basque begiratu | ||
Belarusian глядзі | ||
Bengali চেহারা | ||
Bhojpuri देखीं | ||
Bosnian gledaj | ||
Bulgarian виж | ||
Catalan mira | ||
Cebuano tan-awa | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 看 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 看 | ||
Corsican circà | ||
Croatian izgled | ||
Czech koukni se | ||
Danish se | ||
Dhivehi ބެލުން | ||
Dogri दिक्खो | ||
Dutch kijken | ||
English look | ||
Esperanto rigardu | ||
Estonian vaata | ||
Ewe kpᴐ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tingnan mo | ||
Finnish katso | ||
French regardez | ||
Frisian sjen | ||
Galician mirar | ||
Georgian შეხედე | ||
German aussehen | ||
Greek κοίτα | ||
Guarani jesareko | ||
Gujarati જુઓ | ||
Haitian Creole gade | ||
Hausa duba | ||
Hawaiian nana | ||
Hebrew תראה | ||
Hindi नज़र | ||
Hmong saib | ||
Hungarian néz | ||
Icelandic líta út | ||
Igbo lee anya | ||
Ilocano kitaen | ||
Indonesian lihat | ||
Irish cuma | ||
Italian guarda | ||
Japanese 見て | ||
Javanese deloken | ||
Kannada ನೋಡಿ | ||
Kazakh қарау | ||
Khmer មើលទៅ | ||
Kinyarwanda reba | ||
Konkani दिसप | ||
Korean 보기 | ||
Krio luk | ||
Kurdish dîtinî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) سەیرکردن | ||
Kyrgyz карап | ||
Lao ເບິ່ງ | ||
Latin vultus | ||
Latvian skaties | ||
Lingala kotala | ||
Lithuanian pažiūrėk | ||
Luganda laba | ||
Luxembourgish kucken | ||
Macedonian погледнете | ||
Maithili देखू | ||
Malagasy jereo | ||
Malay melihat | ||
Malayalam നോക്കൂ | ||
Maltese ħares | ||
Maori titiro | ||
Marathi दिसत | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯌꯦꯡꯕ | ||
Mizo en | ||
Mongolian харах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကြည့်ပါ | ||
Nepali हेर | ||
Norwegian se | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) yang'anani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଦେଖ | | ||
Oromo ilaaluu | ||
Pashto وګوره | ||
Persian نگاه کن | ||
Polish popatrz | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) veja | ||
Punjabi ਦੇਖੋ | ||
Quechua qaway | ||
Romanian uite | ||
Russian смотреть | ||
Samoan vaai | ||
Sanskrit अवलोकनम् | ||
Scots Gaelic coimhead | ||
Sepedi lebelela | ||
Serbian гледај | ||
Sesotho sheba | ||
Shona tarisa | ||
Sindhi ڏسو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) බලන්න | ||
Slovak pozri sa | ||
Slovenian poglej | ||
Somali eeg | ||
Spanish mira | ||
Sundanese neuteup | ||
Swahili angalia | ||
Swedish se | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tingnan mo | ||
Tajik нигоҳ | ||
Tamil பாருங்கள் | ||
Tatar кара | ||
Telugu చూడండి | ||
Thai ดู | ||
Tigrinya ረአ | ||
Tsonga vona | ||
Turkish bak | ||
Turkmen seret | ||
Twi (Akan) hwɛ | ||
Ukrainian дивись | ||
Urdu دیکھو | ||
Uyghur قاراڭ | ||
Uzbek qarash | ||
Vietnamese nhìn | ||
Welsh edrych | ||
Xhosa jonga | ||
Yiddish קוק | ||
Yoruba wo | ||
Zulu bheka |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "kyk" can also refer to a glance, a peek, or a stare. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "shikoj" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "*ḱei- "to see" and also means "watch" or "observe". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ተመልከት" can also mean "to observe" or "to examine". |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "نظرة" (nadhara) also refers to a perspective or point of view. |
| Armenian | The word "նայել" can also mean "to hope" or "to expect". |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "baxmaq" has cognates in other Turkic languages, including Turkish "bakmak" and Kazakh "бағу" (both meaning "to look") |
| Basque | In Basque, "begiratu" can also mean "to inspect" or "to examine". |
| Belarusian | "Глядзі" can also mean "watch out" or "beware". |
| Bengali | চেহারা' is thought to have originated from the Sanskrit word 'charu', meaning 'beautiful' or 'pleasing' |
| Bosnian | The word "gledaj" can also mean "to watch" or "to observe". |
| Bulgarian | The Slavic verb *viděti* is also the source of the English word 'wit'. Both 'look' and 'wit' originally referred to seeing something with the mind rather than the eyes. |
| Catalan | "Mira" comes from the Latin word "mirare", which also means "to admire" or "to wonder". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word 'tan-awa' is derived from the Proto-Austronesian root word *tanaw, meaning 'to watch' or 'to observe'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "看" (kàn) can also refer to respecting, thinking, meeting with, waiting, or taking care of something. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word “看” can literally mean “to see” or “to inspect or examine something/somebody,” often in a context similar to “to regard” or “to consider”. |
| Corsican | The word "circà" comes from the French verb "chercher", meaning "to seek or look for". |
| Croatian | In Old Church Slavonic, 'izgled' means 'appearance' while in modern Croatian, the word means 'view'. |
| Czech | The Czech word "koukni se" comes from the Proto-Slavic verb "kukati", which means "to bend" or "to incline. |
| Danish | The Danish word "se" (look) can also mean "to see", "to watch", "to observe", or "to notice". |
| Dutch | The word 'kijken' in Dutch can also mean 'to watch' or 'to pay attention'. |
| Esperanto | Rigardu in Esperanto derives from the French word "regarder". |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "vaata" also has a meaning related to watching or observing. |
| Finnish | The word "Katso" in Finnish also means "to hunt or pursue" and "to perceive, understand, or know". |
| French | The French verb "regardez" comes from the Old French verb "regarder" which meant "to turn around". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "sjen" can also mean "to seem" or "to appear." |
| Galician | The Galician word “mirar” comes from the Latin verb “mirari” meaning “to be amazed or surprised”. |
| German | The word "aussehen" can also mean "to look out" or "to seem". |
| Greek | The word "Κοίτα" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *kweyt-, meaning "to see" or "to gaze upon". |
| Gujarati | "જુઓ" also means "to see" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "gade" in Haitian Creole ultimately derives from the Old French word "guarder", meaning "to watch" or "to look at". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "duba" also means "to search, examine, or investigate." |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word 'nana' also means 'to watch, observe, or pay attention'. |
| Hebrew | The word תראה can also be used figuratively to mean "to consider" or "to think about" something. |
| Hindi | The word 'नज़र' in Hindi can also mean a hex or the evil eye, referring to the belief that a malevolent glare can bring bad luck or illness. |
| Hmong | In Hmong, the word "saib" can also refer to the act of glancing or observing something. |
| Hungarian | In Old Hungarian, the verb néz was used to describe an act of seeing in any kind of way, whether physical observation or mental comprehension. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "líta út" can also mean "to appear" or "to seem". |
| Igbo | Lee Anya shares its roots with the Igbo word “anyara” meaning “to search” or “to look intently.” |
| Indonesian | The word 'Lihat' in Indonesian also has the alternate meaning of 'to see' or 'to observe'. |
| Irish | Cuma may derive from the same Indo-European root as 'show,' and is also used in the phrase 'cuma amach,' meaning 'come out'. |
| Italian | Derived from the verb 'guardare', 'guarda' can also refer to a guard or custodian. |
| Japanese | The kanji used to write "見て" also means "beautiful," implying the act of looking at something with admiration or appreciation. |
| Javanese | The word "deloken" can also mean "to see" or "to observe" in Javanese. |
| Kannada | ನೋಡಿ (nōḍi) also means "to consider" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "қарау" also means "to watch over" or "to care for". |
| Khmer | The word "មើលទៅ" can also mean "to observe" or "to watch". |
| Korean | Apart from being a verb or noun meaning "to look" or "a look", "보기" can also mean "example" or "instance" in Korean. |
| Kurdish | It shares the same root as the word 'dîtin' (vision), which suggests a connection between physical sight and spiritual insight. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "карап" can be traced back to the Old Turkic word "karı", meaning 'to look'. |
| Lao | The Lao word "ເບິ່ງ" (look) is cognate with the Thai word "แบ่ง" (divide or share), suggesting a shared historical origin. |
| Latin | The word "vultus" is also used to refer to the face or countenance of a person. |
| Latvian | The word "Skaties" is derived from the Proto-Balto-Slavic root *skeit-, meaning "to see" or "to look at". |
| Lithuanian | The word "pažiūrėk" in Lithuanian is derived from the verb "žūrėti" ("to watch or look") and the suffix "-ėk". The suffix "-ėk" is used to form imperative verbs and the word "pažiūrėk" can be translated as "take a look". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "kucken" comes from the Middle High German "kucken" meaning "to look" or "to peep". |
| Macedonian | The word "погледнете" in Macedonian is derived from the verb "гледам" (to look), and can also mean "take a look" or "glance". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word 'Jereo' (look) comes from the root verb 'jereo' (see), which is cognate with many other Austronesian languages such as Malay ('jera') and Javanese ('cero'). |
| Malay | "Melihat", meaning "to see" or "to look at", originates from the Proto-Austronesian *li:lid "see, watch, look", also found in Acehnese, Balinese and other Austronesian languages. |
| Malayalam | As a noun, "നോക്കൂ" means "a look, a glance, a gaze". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word 'ħares' can also mean 'to be careful' (from the root 'ħrs'), 'to defend' (from the root 'ħrs'), or 'to protect' (from the root 'ħrs'). |
| Maori | The word "titiro" in Maori can also refer to a star or a constellation |
| Marathi | The word 'disat' also has connotations of 'seeing' or 'noticing' something, capturing a wider sense of perception beyond merely looking. |
| Mongolian | The word "харах" in Mongolian also means "eye" and is believed to be derived from the Proto-Mongolic word *qarqa meaning "to see". |
| Nepali | "हेर्" is a verb in Nepali and it's ultimately derived from a Proto-South-East Asian root word that is likely related to the English word "hear" |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "se" has multiple meanings such as "watch," "appear," "seem," and "face." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "yang'anani" is derived from the verb "kuyang'ana" which means "to see" or "to observe". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "وګوره", meaning "look," is derived from the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *weǵ-, also found in Sanskrit, Avestan, and Persian, meaning "to see" or "to watch." |
| Persian | The Persian word "negāh kon" (نگاه کن) literally means "cast a look" and can also be used to refer to the act of reading. |
| Polish | The word 'popatrz' in Polish can also refer to 'attention' or 'notice' and is derived from the verb 'patrzeć', which means 'to look' |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Veja" (look) has homographs in Portuguese referring to a brand, a fish species, and an island. |
| Punjabi | ਦੇਖੋ also means 'to seem' and is related to the Sanskrit word 'दर्शनम्' (darśanam) which means 'viewing, seeing' and is also the origin for the word 'display'. |
| Romanian | The word "uite" in Romanian can also mean "that is why" or "it turns out". |
| Russian | The word "смотреть" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *smъtrěti, which originally meant "to glance at" or "to peer at". |
| Samoan | Vaai is also a type of Samoan dance performed by young women. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "coimhead" also means "to face" or "to appear" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The verb 'гледај' ('look') in Serbian derives from the Proto-Slavic root *gled-, which also gave rise to the Russian verb 'глядеть' ('look'). |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word sheba has its origins in the Proto-Bantu verb *bɔŋa*, which means 'to see'. |
| Shona | Shona "tarisa" etymologically stems from the verb "kuta" (to gaze at, pay attention to), signifying its primary meaning of visual observation. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ڏسو" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *deḱ-, meaning "to see". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "බලන්න" in Sinhala can also mean "examine" or "consider". |
| Slovak | The word "pozri sa" can also mean "take care" or "watch out". |
| Slovenian | The verb "poglej" in Slovenian is derived from the Slavic root *poglęti*, meaning "to gaze at" or "to stare at" |
| Somali | "Eeg" is derived from the Arabic word "nazar," which also means "attention." |
| Spanish | The word "Mira" in Spanish also means "sight", "view", "eyeball", or "pupil of the eye". |
| Sundanese | In addition to 'neuteup': 'to look at', there is the verb 'niteni': 'to watch over' having the same root. |
| Swahili | The word "angalia" in Swahili can also mean "to guard" or "to watch over". |
| Swedish | "Se" in Swedish can also mean "seem" or "appear". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "tingnan mo" can also mean "consider" or "take into account". |
| Tajik | The word "нигоҳ" can also mean "attention" or "care" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | பாருங்கள் is a verb that can also mean 'to see' or 'to behold'. |
| Telugu | The verb చూడండి originates from the Proto-Dravidian root *caːɖ- meaning 'to see' or 'to perceive by sight'. |
| Thai | In informal Thai, "ดู" can also refer to the act of listening, like watching a play or movie. |
| Turkish | The word "bak" in Turkish also means "to observe" or "to pay attention to". |
| Ukrainian | The word "дивись" in Ukrainian also has the meaning of "pay attention" and derives from the Proto-Slavic word *divъ, meaning "to look". |
| Urdu | The word "دیکھو" is a direct cognate of the Sanskrit word "दृष्टि" (dṛṣṭi), meaning "view, sight, or vision". |
| Uzbek | In some contexts, "qarash" can also refer to "watch" or "observe". |
| Vietnamese | "Nhìn" in Vietnamese also means "to face", "to behold", or "to seem". |
| Welsh | The word "edrych" can also mean "to appear" or "to seem" in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, the word 'jonga' can also mean 'to consider' or 'to pay attention to'. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "קוק" (look) can also refer to a glance, appearance, stare, eye contact, or aspect. |
| Yoruba | This word is also a short form of the verb "wo" which means "to say" or "to speak". |
| Zulu | In Zulu, the word 'bheka' can also mean 'to seek' or 'to gaze'. |
| English | In Middle English, 'look' had the meaning 'protect' and in Old English it meant 'take care of'. |