Meaning in Different Languages
Discover 'Meaning' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Meaning
Afrikaans betekenis | ||
Albanian kuptimi | ||
Amharic ትርጉም | ||
Arabic المعنى | ||
Armenian իմաստը | ||
Assamese অৰ্থ | ||
Aymara uñacht'a | ||
Azerbaijani məna | ||
Bambara kɔrɔ | ||
Basque esanahia | ||
Belarusian сэнс | ||
Bengali অর্থ | ||
Bhojpuri मतलब | ||
Bosnian značenje | ||
Bulgarian значение | ||
Catalan significat | ||
Cebuano pasabot | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 含义 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 含義 | ||
Corsican significatu | ||
Croatian značenje | ||
Czech význam | ||
Danish betyder | ||
Dhivehi މާނަ | ||
Dogri मतलब | ||
Dutch betekenis | ||
English meaning | ||
Esperanto signifo | ||
Estonian tähendus | ||
Ewe gɔmeɖeɖe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ibig sabihin | ||
Finnish merkitys | ||
French sens | ||
Frisian betsjutting | ||
Galician significado | ||
Georgian მნიშვნელობა | ||
German bedeutung | ||
Greek έννοια | ||
Guarani he'iséva | ||
Gujarati અર્થ | ||
Haitian Creole sa vle di | ||
Hausa ma'ana | ||
Hawaiian manaʻo | ||
Hebrew מַשְׁמָעוּת | ||
Hindi अर्थ | ||
Hmong lub ntsiab lus | ||
Hungarian jelentése | ||
Icelandic merkingu | ||
Igbo pụtara | ||
Ilocano kaipapanan | ||
Indonesian berarti | ||
Irish brí | ||
Italian senso | ||
Japanese 意味 | ||
Javanese tegese | ||
Kannada ಅರ್ಥ | ||
Kazakh мағынасы | ||
Khmer អត្ថន័យ | ||
Kinyarwanda ibisobanuro | ||
Konkani अर्थ | ||
Korean 의미 | ||
Krio minin | ||
Kurdish mane | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) واتا | ||
Kyrgyz мааниси | ||
Lao ຄວາມ ໝາຍ | ||
Latin significatio | ||
Latvian nozīme | ||
Lingala ndimbola | ||
Lithuanian prasmė | ||
Luganda okutegeeza | ||
Luxembourgish bedeitung | ||
Macedonian значење | ||
Maithili मतलब | ||
Malagasy hevitra | ||
Malay makna | ||
Malayalam അർത്ഥം | ||
Maltese tifsira | ||
Maori tikanga | ||
Marathi अर्थ | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯋꯥꯡꯟꯊꯣꯛ | ||
Mizo awmzia | ||
Mongolian утга | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အဓိပ္ပါယ် | ||
Nepali अर्थ | ||
Norwegian betydning | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) tanthauzo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଅର୍ଥ | ||
Oromo hiika | ||
Pashto معنی | ||
Persian معنی | ||
Polish znaczenie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) significado | ||
Punjabi ਮਤਲਬ | ||
Quechua ima ninan | ||
Romanian sens | ||
Russian имея в виду | ||
Samoan uiga | ||
Sanskrit अर्थ | ||
Scots Gaelic a ’ciallachadh | ||
Sepedi go ra gore | ||
Serbian значење | ||
Sesotho moelelo | ||
Shona zvinoreva | ||
Sindhi مطلب | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අර්ථය | ||
Slovak význam | ||
Slovenian pomen | ||
Somali macnaha | ||
Spanish sentido | ||
Sundanese hartosna | ||
Swahili maana | ||
Swedish menande | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ibig sabihin | ||
Tajik маънои | ||
Tamil பொருள் | ||
Tatar мәгънәсе | ||
Telugu అర్థం | ||
Thai ความหมาย | ||
Tigrinya ትርጉም | ||
Tsonga nhlamuselo | ||
Turkish anlam | ||
Turkmen manysy | ||
Twi (Akan) kyerɛ | ||
Ukrainian значення | ||
Urdu معنی | ||
Uyghur مەنىسى | ||
Uzbek ma'no | ||
Vietnamese ý nghĩa | ||
Welsh ystyr | ||
Xhosa intsingiselo | ||
Yiddish טייַטש | ||
Yoruba itumo | ||
Zulu incazelo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "betekenis" in Afrikaans is derived from the Middle Dutch word "betekenesse", which means "signification" or "indication". |
| Albanian | Kuptimi can also mean a plan, intention, idea, or proposal in Albanian. |
| Amharic | ትርጉም is also used to denote a 'religious text', such as the Christian Scriptures or the Qur'an. |
| Arabic | 'The word 'المعنى' can also mean 'interpretation' or 'significance'. |
| Armenian | The word "իմաստը" has ancient Indo-European roots and is related to words like "memory" and "message" in other languages. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "məna" in Azerbaijani derives from Arabic and Persian, where it also means "aim, purpose, sense, or indication". |
| Basque | The word "esanahia" can be analyzed as "intention", "cause", or "reason". |
| Bengali | Bengali "অর্থ" also means "wealth" or "money". |
| Bosnian | While the word "značenje" primarily means "meaning", it can also refer to an "indication" or "symptom" of something. |
| Bulgarian | "Значение" can also mean "significant", "importance", "consequence", or "value" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | Significat is derived from the Latin word "significare" meaning "to make known" or "to indicate". It can also refer to a sign, symbol, or gesture that conveys a specific meaning or idea. |
| Cebuano | The word "pasabot" can also refer to a "message delivered verbally" or a "thing carried from one place to another". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 含义 can also mean 'implication', 'connotation', or 'significance'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 含義 can also mean connotation, implication, or significance. |
| Corsican | Corsican 'significatu' means 'meaning', like in Italian, but also 'sign' in the sense of 'semiotic sign', like in French. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'značenje' can also refer to a 'sign' or a 'symptom'. |
| Czech | The Czech word "význam" also means "importance" and is cognate with the Serbian word "značaj". |
| Danish | The Danish word "betyder" is derived from the Old Norse verb "at byðja", meaning "to offer" or "to present". |
| Dutch | The word betekenen in Dutch is also used in the phrase "het betekende een hoop voor ons", meaning "it meant a lot to us". |
| Esperanto | Esperanto 'signifo' is derived from the Latin 'signum' (sign), as in 'signification'. |
| Estonian | The word "tähendus" is derived from "tähi" which means "star" or "sign" and "numbus" which means "name" or "title". |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "merkitys" derives from the Proto-Finnic word "merki", meaning "sign". |
| French | In French, "sens" can refer to meaning, direction, common sense, or sensory perception depending on context. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "betsjutting" comes from the Old Frisian word "betsjutta", which means "to say". |
| Galician | In Galician, "significado" is the past participle of the verb "significar" but can also mean "mark", "symbol", or "gesture." |
| German | The word "Bedeutung" in German can also mean "importance" or "significance". |
| Greek | "Έννοια" also refers to "idea" in the sense of Plato's Theory of Forms |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "અર્થ" not only means "meaning", but also "value", "wealth", "use", and "purpose". |
| Haitian Creole | Sa vle di ('meaning') in Haitian Creole also means 'it means that,' 'that is to say,' or 'namely.' |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "ma'ana" also refers to the reason or purpose of something, or the interpretation of a message. |
| Hawaiian | Manaʻo, meaning "meaning," is also used to describe "will," "intention," or "purpose" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The word 'מַשְׁמָעוּת' derives from the root 'שמע', meaning 'to hear', suggesting the concept of meaning as something that is communicated or understood through listening. |
| Hindi | "अर्थ" is an ancient word in Sanskrit with a broad range of meanings referring not only to “meaning” but also to “purpose, aim, goal, wealth, money, value, significance, and the material world.” |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "lub ntsiab lus" can also refer to the purpose or intention of something. |
| Hungarian | The word "jelentése" also derives from the verb "jelent", meaning "to declare" or "to manifest". |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, the word "merkingu" is thought to derive from the Old Norse "merking," which meant "sign," "indication," or "opinion." |
| Igbo | One of the most basic applications of this word is when asking the significance of a dream and what it "pụtara" (means). |
| Indonesian | The word "berarti" in Indonesian, while meaning "meaning", also has the connotation of "significant" or "important". |
| Irish | In Irish, the word 'brí' can also refer to 'esteem', 'honour', or 'fame'. |
| Italian | "Senso" in Italian also means "sense" like a sensory organ or "direction". |
| Japanese | The word "意味" also means "flavor" or "taste". |
| Javanese | **Tegese** is also used to explain the intention or purpose of something. |
| Kannada | The word "ಅರ್ಥ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "अर्थ" (artha) and can also refer to wealth, property, or purpose in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | "Мағына" is a Kazakh word that can also mean "significance" or "interpretation." |
| Khmer | The term "អត្ថន័យ" is derived from the Pali word "atthanaya" which means "meaning" or "significance". |
| Korean | The word '의미' is cognate with words for 'cause' in Japanese and Chinese, implying a causal connection between signifier and signified. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "mane" (meaning) can also refer to the physical representation of an object or concept. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "мааниси" is derived from the Persian word "معنی", meaning both "meaning" and "intention". |
| Latin | The Latin word "significatio" also refers to a logical implication. |
| Latvian | Latvian "nozīme" is a derivative of the verb "nest", meaning "to carry, to bring". |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "prasmė" also means "purpose". |
| Macedonian | The word “значење” can also mean “significance” or “value”. |
| Malagasy | The word "hevitra" can also refer to an opinion or perspective. |
| Malay | In Malay, 'makna' can also refer to the 'sense' or 'implication' of something said or written. |
| Malayalam | The word "അർത്ഥം" in Malayalam can also mean "money" or "wealth" in certain contexts. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "tifsira" can also refer to an explanation or interpretation of a text or event. |
| Maori | The Maori word "tikanga" implies correct procedure, custom, or usage. |
| Marathi | The word "अर्थ" in Marathi can also refer to wealth or money, as seen in the phrases "धनार्थ" and "स्वार्थ". |
| Mongolian | The word |
| Nepali | The word "अर्थ" (artha) in Nepali can also refer to money or wealth. |
| Norwegian | "Betydning" derives from "bede" (to ask) and "tyde" (to interpret). |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'tanthauzo' in Nyanja shares an etymological root with words for 'know' in other Bantu languages |
| Pashto | Pashto word "معنی" has a double meaning of "meaning" and "sign" and is used to express both concepts. |
| Persian | معنی derives from the Arabic word 'ma'na', which also means 'sign', 'indication', or 'purpose'. |
| Polish | The word "znaczenie" can also refer to the "significance" or "importance" of something. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Significado" can also mean "importance" or "significance" in Portuguese. |
| Punjabi | The word "मतलब" also means "intention" or "purpose" in Punjabi. |
| Romanian | "Sens" is a French loanword in Romanian that, besides meaning "meaning," can also mean "direction" or "feeling," as in the expression "al șaselea sens" ("sixth sense"). |
| Russian | It is a gerund of the Russian verb “иметь,” meaning “to have,” and therefore literally means “having.” |
| Samoan | The word "uiga" in Samoan can also refer to a "reason" or a "purpose." |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "a ’ciallachadh" can also be used to refer to "a reason" or "an excuse". |
| Serbian | The word "значење" can refer to both the concept of meaning and also significance or importance in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The word "moelelo" is also a noun class 10 prefix and a locative prefix used with class 10 nouns, and may be translated as "in, at, on, to, or by means of". |
| Shona | The word 'zvinoreva' has multiple meanings, including 'understanding', 'intention', and 'purpose'. |
| Sindhi | The word "مطلب" can also be used to refer to a demand or request in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "අර්ථය" in Sinhala derives from a Sanskrit root which also means "wealth" or "purpose." |
| Slovak | The word "význam" can also mean "importance" or "significance". |
| Slovenian | This is a synonym of the verb "razumeti", to "understand". In archaic contexts, it might also refer to having a good memory as well; the word "pamtim", which today refers to having a good memory, in the 15th century also had the meaning of "understanding", which it shares with "pomen". |
| Somali | The word "macnaha" can also refer to the purpose or significance of something or an idea's implication. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word 'sentido' also means 'direction,' 'feeling,' 'sense,' 'understanding,' and 'purpose'. |
| Sundanese | The word "hartosna" also refers to a concept or an idea. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "maana" has the alternate meaning "direction, purpose, or intention". |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "menande" derives from the Old Norse word "mæna," which can also mean "opinion" or "intention." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "ibig sabihin" in Tagalog can also refer to the "intention" or "purpose" behind something. |
| Tajik | The word "maъnoi" can also refer to a concept or an idea. |
| Telugu | The word "అర్థం" (meaning) in Telugu also means "half" or "part". |
| Thai | The Thai word 'ความหมาย' can also refer to 'intention' or 'purpose'. |
| Turkish | "Anlam" also means "understanding" in Turkish, and carries the sense of "making sense" or "comprehending". |
| Ukrainian | The word "значення" can also refer to a "value" or "magnitude" |
| Urdu | The word معنى ('meaning' in Urdu) also means 'purpose' or 'significance'. |
| Uzbek | The word "ma'no" comes from the Persian word "ma'ni" and it also means "sense" or "content". |
| Vietnamese | "Ý nghĩa" means essence and taste as well but it is most used with the definition `meaning` |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'ystyr' is cognate with the English word 'stir', and it can also mean 'motion', "agitation" or 'tumult'. |
| Xhosa | The word "intsingiselo" also means "explanation" or "interpretation" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | "טייַטש" in Yiddish can also refer to a specific dialect of Yiddish spoken by Ashkenazi Jews in Central and Eastern Europe. |
| Yoruba | The word `itumo` in Yoruba can also refer to `reason`, `cause`, or `purpose`. |
| Zulu | The word 'incazelo' also means 'reason' and can be used in constructions such as 'umuntu onga Incazelo' (a person without reason). |
| English | The word "meaning" derives from the Old English "maenan", meaning "to intend, purpose, or signify". |