Measure in Different Languages
Discover 'Measure' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Measure
Afrikaans meet | ||
Albanian masa | ||
Amharic መለካት | ||
Arabic قياس | ||
Armenian չափել | ||
Assamese জোখ লোৱা | ||
Aymara tupuña | ||
Azerbaijani ölçü | ||
Bambara ka suma | ||
Basque neurria | ||
Belarusian мера | ||
Bengali পরিমাপ করা | ||
Bhojpuri नापल | ||
Bosnian izmjeriti | ||
Bulgarian мярка | ||
Catalan mesura | ||
Cebuano sukod | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 测量 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 測量 | ||
Corsican misura | ||
Croatian mjera | ||
Czech opatření | ||
Danish måle | ||
Dhivehi މިނުން | ||
Dogri उपा | ||
Dutch meten | ||
English measure | ||
Esperanto mezuri | ||
Estonian mõõta | ||
Ewe dzidze | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) sukatin | ||
Finnish mitata | ||
French mesure | ||
Frisian mjitte | ||
Galician medida | ||
Georgian გავზომოთ | ||
German messen | ||
Greek μετρούν | ||
Guarani ha'ã | ||
Gujarati માપવા | ||
Haitian Creole mezi | ||
Hausa auna | ||
Hawaiian ana | ||
Hebrew מידה | ||
Hindi उपाय | ||
Hmong ntsuas | ||
Hungarian intézkedés | ||
Icelandic mæla | ||
Igbo tụọ | ||
Ilocano sukaten | ||
Indonesian mengukur | ||
Irish beart | ||
Italian misurare | ||
Japanese 測定する | ||
Javanese ngukur | ||
Kannada ಅಳತೆ | ||
Kazakh өлшеу | ||
Khmer វាស់ | ||
Kinyarwanda igipimo | ||
Konkani मेजप | ||
Korean 법안 | ||
Krio mɛzhɔ | ||
Kurdish pîvan | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پێوانە | ||
Kyrgyz өлчөө | ||
Lao ມາດຕະການ | ||
Latin modum | ||
Latvian mērs | ||
Lingala emekeli | ||
Lithuanian priemonė | ||
Luganda okupima | ||
Luxembourgish moossen | ||
Macedonian мерка | ||
Maithili नाप | ||
Malagasy ohatra | ||
Malay mengukur | ||
Malayalam അളവ് | ||
Maltese miżura | ||
Maori mehua | ||
Marathi मोजा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯣꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo teh | ||
Mongolian хэмжих | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အတိုင်းအတာ | ||
Nepali नाप | ||
Norwegian måle | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) muyeso | ||
Odia (Oriya) ମାପ | ||
Oromo safaruu | ||
Pashto اندازه کول | ||
Persian اندازه گرفتن | ||
Polish pomiar | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) a medida | ||
Punjabi ਮਾਪ | ||
Quechua tupuy | ||
Romanian măsura | ||
Russian мера | ||
Samoan fua | ||
Sanskrit मापनं करोतु | ||
Scots Gaelic tomhas | ||
Sepedi lekanya | ||
Serbian мерити | ||
Sesotho tekanyo | ||
Shona chiyero | ||
Sindhi ماپ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මිනුම | ||
Slovak merať | ||
Slovenian ukrep | ||
Somali cabbir | ||
Spanish medida | ||
Sundanese ngukur | ||
Swahili kipimo | ||
Swedish mäta | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) sukatin | ||
Tajik чен кардан | ||
Tamil அளவீட்டு | ||
Tatar үлчәү | ||
Telugu కొలత | ||
Thai วัด | ||
Tigrinya ለክዕ | ||
Tsonga pima | ||
Turkish ölçü | ||
Turkmen ölçemek | ||
Twi (Akan) nsusuiɛ | ||
Ukrainian міра | ||
Urdu پیمائش | ||
Uyghur measure | ||
Uzbek o'lchov | ||
Vietnamese đo lường | ||
Welsh mesur | ||
Xhosa umlinganiso | ||
Yiddish מאָס | ||
Yoruba wiwọn | ||
Zulu isilinganiso |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "meet" (measure) is cognate with "meet" (meet) and "meter" (instrument for measuring) in English, all derived from the Old French "metre" (measure). |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "masa" can also mean "table" or "dough". |
| Amharic | The word "መለካት" can also refer to an examination, evaluation, or inspection. |
| Arabic | In Arabic, **قياس** denotes "measure" but also "inference" or "reasoning" from similar cases, drawing comparisons and deductions. |
| Armenian | չափել comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *me- “to cut, measure, divide or separate” and is cognate with Old Armenian չիփել (čhipel) “to divide”. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "ölçü" in Azerbaijani can also refer to a musical scale or rhythm, as well as a unit of weight or length. |
| Basque | The word “neurria” can also refer to a way of doing things, or a procedure. |
| Belarusian | "Мера" (measure) derives from the Slavic root "mer-" (measure, border), while its synonym "меры" (steps taken) comes from the Latin "metra" (measurement). |
| Bengali | The word "পরিমাপ করা" can also mean to "assess" or "estimate". |
| Bosnian | Izmeriti (measure) originates from the Proto-Slavic word meriti and has the same meaning in all other South Slavic languages. |
| Bulgarian | The word "мярка" in Bulgarian also refers to a standard unit of measurement, a benchmark, or a standard of behavior. |
| Catalan | The word "mesura" also has the alternate meaning in Catalan of "temperance" or "moderation." |
| Cebuano | The root of the word 'sukod' is 'sukol', which means 'to follow' or 'to obey'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese character 测量 is composed of two characters, 度 (measure) and 量 (quantity), indicating its meaning as quantifying something. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In Chinese literature, '測量' could also mean 'to estimate' or 'to guess'. |
| Corsican | Corsican 'misura' also refers to the length of the longest part of a horse's back. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "mjera" originates from the Old Slavic noun "měra" and is cognate with the Lithuanian word "mēras" and the English word "measure". |
| Czech | Opatření can also mean 'provision', 'action', 'countermeasure', 'precaution' or 'arrangement'. |
| Danish | Danish word "måle" also refers to "aiming", as in shooting at a target |
| Dutch | "Meten" can also refer to "giving a lecture" in Dutch. |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's "mezuri" originates from Hungarian, where "mérs" means "moderate" or "temperate". |
| Estonian | "Mõõta" means "measure" in Estonian, but it can also mean "to assess" or "to estimate." |
| Finnish | The word "mitata" is also used to refer to the quantity being measured or the result of a measurement. |
| French | The French word "mesure" also means "moderation" or "restraint". |
| Frisian | The word "mjitte" can also refer to a unit of length, and is often used to measure land or lumber. |
| Galician | The Galician word "medida" also means "the distance between the thumb and index finger". |
| German | The German word "messen" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *meh₂-, meaning "to cut" or "to divide." |
| Greek | The verb "μετρούν" (measure) derives from the noun "μέτρον" (measure), which in turn comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "meh₂-," meaning 'to measure or divide'. It is cognate with the Latin verb "metior" (to measure) and the English verb "mete". |
| Gujarati | માપવા also means 'to examine or assess' in Gujarati, stemming from the Sanskrit root 'mā' indicating 'measurement' or 'thought'. |
| Haitian Creole | "Mezi" derives from the French word "mesure" via the Spanish word "medida". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "auna" also refers to "the act of measuring or ascertaining" and "the time or period for measuring (e.g., grains)." |
| Hawaiian | Hawaiian word "ana" also means "cave", related to the Proto-Polynesian word "**ana**" meaning "cave, hole". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "מידה" ("measure") also means "moderation" and "character trait". |
| Hindi | The word "उपाय" also means "device" or "method" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word for measure, ntsuas, can also refer to a level, standard or quantity of something. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "intézkedés" can also mean "provision" or "step". |
| Icelandic | The word mæla is also used in the sense of 'to mark' (as in a boundary) or 'to allot' (as in a portion of time), and derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *mel-, meaning 'to grind' or 'to crush'. |
| Igbo | The word "tụọ" not only means "measure" but also "test" or "judge" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | Mengukur also refers to a traditional Javanese scale or weighing beam. |
| Irish | Beart has several meanings in Irish, including "measure," "estimate," "value," and "appreciation." |
| Italian | Italian "misurare" derives from Latin "metere" ("to reap") and shares a root with "meter" and "measure" in English. |
| Japanese | 測定する was originally a verb meaning "to make a prediction based on omen". |
| Javanese | "Ngukur" in Javanese also means "to estimate or assess the size of something" and "size or quantity". |
| Kannada | "ಅಳತೆ" may also mean "limit" or "boundary" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | Ölşeу's other meanings include 'size', 'weight', 'capacity', and 'number'. |
| Khmer | The word "វាស់" can also refer to the measurement of time or distance. |
| Korean | The word "법안" also means "law bill" or "legislative proposal" in Korean. |
| Kurdish | Pîvan derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *peh₂u-, meaning "to feed" or "to nourish." |
| Kyrgyz | The word "өлчөө" can also refer to the act of measuring or the result of a measurement, and is related to the verb "өлчө-," which means "to measure". |
| Lao | The word "ມາດຕະການ" was originally used to refer to a standard of measurement, but it has since come to be used more generally to refer to any kind of standard or guideline. |
| Latin | The word "modum" in Latin can also mean "manner" or "way". |
| Latvian | The word "mērs" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mer-, meaning "to measure" or "to divide." |
| Lithuanian | The word "priemonė" in Lithuanian can also refer to "means" or "instrument." |
| Luxembourgish | The word "moossen" in Luxembourgish can also refer to calibrating, gauging, or assessing something. |
| Macedonian | The word "мерка" also refers to a type of fabric measurement equal to 400 grams. |
| Malagasy | "Ohatra" can also refer to a standard or a goal in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The word "mengukur" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *suku, meaning "step" or "pace". |
| Malayalam | The word "അളവ്" in Malayalam can also refer to a standard or quota, a boundary or limit, or an assessment or evaluation. |
| Maltese | Miżura also means a small quantity given free with a purchase in Maltese. |
| Maori | The word "mehua" in Maori can also refer to a measurement of liquids, typically a cup. |
| Marathi | In some dialects of Marathi, "मोजा" can also mean a "small farm" or a "group of villages forming a unit of land |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian verb 'хэмжих' (measure) can also mean 'to compare' or 'to assess'. |
| Nepali | The word "नाप" originally meant "an area of land", and is related to the verb "माप्न" ("to measure"). |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word måle, meaning “measure”, is cognate with the English word “mettle”, meaning “courage”. They both derive from the Proto-Germanic and Proto-Indo-European root *met- “to measure” |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Myeso" also means "portion of food taken at one time" |
| Pashto | The word "اندازه کول" can also mean "the size of a fist" or "hand span" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The Persian word "اندازه گرفتن" can also mean to estimate the value, worth, or quality of something. |
| Polish | Pomiar, a derivative of the Polish word "pomieścić" (to accommodate), initially denoted the act of determining the capacity or volume of an object. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, 'medida' also means 'action', 'means' or 'procedure', and comes from the Latin 'modum', meaning 'boundary' or 'limit'. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਮਾਪ" (measure) shares a common root with the Sanskrit "मप" (measure), as well as the ancient Greek "μέτρον" (metron). |
| Romanian | "Măsură" comes from the Latin word "mensura", which means "measure" or "proportion". |
| Russian | The word "мера" in Russian can also refer to a unit of measurement or a standard of comparison. |
| Samoan | The word "fua" can also refer to a unit of land measurement equal to about 160 square fathoms. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, "tomhas" can also mean "moderation" or "rule". |
| Serbian | *Мерѝти* is a noun which means a device for measuring, a portion measured, or action of measuring; it can also be a verb, meaning to determine or ascertain something |
| Sesotho | "Tekanyo" originates from the verb "teka" (hold, contain) and can also refer to a container. |
| Shona | The word "chiyero" can also refer to a standard of measurement or a measuring instrument. |
| Sindhi | The word 'ماپ' is derived from the root 'ماپ-' meaning to measure, assess or evaluate. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "මිනුම" can also refer to a quantity of food or drink served at one time. |
| Slovak | The word "merať" originated from the Proto-Slavic *měriti, meaning "to measure, to weigh, to count, to assess". |
| Slovenian | The word 'ukrep' is also used to refer to a 'sanction' or a 'precautionary measure' in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word "cabbir" can also mean "scale" or "proportion" in Somali. |
| Spanish | The word "medida" can also refer to a limit, proportion, or quantity of something. |
| Sundanese | Ngukur in Sundanese can also refer to an instrument for measuring such as a ruler. |
| Swahili | The word "kipimo" also means "test" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | In the 19th century, the word "mäta" was also used figuratively to refer to someone who was "exacting" or "precise". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Sukat" also means "size" or "amount", and comes from the root word "sukat" which means "to measure." |
| Tajik | The word "чен кардан" in Tajik can also refer to a unit of measurement for land area. |
| Tamil | The word "அளவீட்டு" can also refer to a measuring instrument or a standard of measurement. |
| Telugu | The word "కొలత" (measure) also means "evidence" or "proof" in Telugu. |
| Thai | The Thai word "วัด" can also refer to a Buddhist temple, because in the past temples were used as a place to establish standards of measurement. |
| Turkish | The word "ölçü" also refers to a type of Turkish folk dance with rhythmic hand movements. |
| Ukrainian | "Міра" is a cognate of the Russian and Polish word "мир" and originally meant "village" or "world" in Old Russian. |
| Urdu | "پیمائش" also refers to a surveyor, someone who determines dimensions of a piece of land. |
| Uzbek | "O'lchov" also means "measure" as in a musical tempo or a unit of area in Uzbekistan, called a "tanop". |
| Vietnamese | Đo lường derives from Sino-Vietnamese 度量, a phrase meaning "to calculate and measure". |
| Welsh | The verb mesur can also have a reflexive sense of 'measure oneself' and can mean 'compare' or 'compete'. |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa 'umlinganiso' also refers to a 'ruler', and in mathematics is the 'ratio between two or more things'. |
| Yiddish | "מאָס" can also mean "to measure" or "to determine the capacity of something". |
| Yoruba | In addition to meaning "measure," wiwọn can also mean "estimate" or "calculate." |
| Zulu | "Isilinganiso" also can mean "a proportion, a model, or a likeness." |
| English | The word "measure" can also refer to a rhythmical unit in music or poetry |