Negative in Different Languages
Discover 'Negative' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Negative
Afrikaans negatief | ||
Albanian negativ | ||
Amharic አሉታዊ | ||
Arabic سلبي | ||
Armenian բացասական | ||
Assamese ঋণাত্মক | ||
Aymara janiwa | ||
Azerbaijani mənfi | ||
Bambara juguma | ||
Basque negatiboa | ||
Belarusian адмоўны | ||
Bengali নেতিবাচক | ||
Bhojpuri नकारात्मक | ||
Bosnian negativan | ||
Bulgarian отрицателен | ||
Catalan negatiu | ||
Cebuano negatibo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 负 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 負 | ||
Corsican negativu | ||
Croatian negativan | ||
Czech negativní | ||
Danish negativ | ||
Dhivehi ނައްސި | ||
Dogri नेईं | ||
Dutch negatief | ||
English negative | ||
Esperanto negativa | ||
Estonian negatiivne | ||
Ewe si menyo o | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) negatibo | ||
Finnish negatiivinen | ||
French négatif | ||
Frisian negatyf | ||
Galician negativo | ||
Georgian უარყოფითი | ||
German negativ | ||
Greek αρνητικός | ||
Guarani mbotove | ||
Gujarati નકારાત્મક | ||
Haitian Creole negatif | ||
Hausa korau | ||
Hawaiian maikaʻi ʻole | ||
Hebrew שלילי | ||
Hindi नकारात्मक | ||
Hmong tsis zoo | ||
Hungarian negatív | ||
Icelandic neikvætt | ||
Igbo adighi nma | ||
Ilocano negatibo | ||
Indonesian negatif | ||
Irish diúltach | ||
Italian negativo | ||
Japanese 負 | ||
Javanese negatif | ||
Kannada ಋಣಾತ್ಮಕ | ||
Kazakh теріс | ||
Khmer អវិជ្ជមាន | ||
Kinyarwanda bibi | ||
Konkani नकारात्मक | ||
Korean 부정 | ||
Krio bad | ||
Kurdish nebaş | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) نەرێنی | ||
Kyrgyz терс | ||
Lao ກະທົບທາງລົບ | ||
Latin negans | ||
Latvian negatīvs | ||
Lingala mabe | ||
Lithuanian neigiamas | ||
Luganda ekibi | ||
Luxembourgish negativ | ||
Macedonian негативни | ||
Maithili नकारात्मक | ||
Malagasy ratsy | ||
Malay negatif | ||
Malayalam നെഗറ്റീവ് | ||
Maltese negattiv | ||
Maori kino | ||
Marathi नकारात्मक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯐꯠꯇꯕ | ||
Mizo dik lo | ||
Mongolian сөрөг | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အနုတ်လက္ခဏာ | ||
Nepali नकारात्मक | ||
Norwegian negativ | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zoipa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ନକାରାତ୍ମକ | ||
Oromo nagatiiva | ||
Pashto منفي | ||
Persian منفی | ||
Polish negatywny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) negativo | ||
Punjabi ਨਕਾਰਾਤਮਕ | ||
Quechua negativo | ||
Romanian negativ | ||
Russian отрицательный | ||
Samoan leaga | ||
Sanskrit नकारात्मक | ||
Scots Gaelic àicheil | ||
Sepedi sa thabišego | ||
Serbian негативан | ||
Sesotho mpe | ||
Shona zvisina kunaka | ||
Sindhi ناڪاري | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සෘණ | ||
Slovak negatívny | ||
Slovenian negativno | ||
Somali taban | ||
Spanish negativo | ||
Sundanese négatip | ||
Swahili hasi | ||
Swedish negativ | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) negatibo | ||
Tajik манфӣ | ||
Tamil எதிர்மறை | ||
Tatar тискәре | ||
Telugu ప్రతికూల | ||
Thai เชิงลบ | ||
Tigrinya ኣሉታ | ||
Tsonga xobiha | ||
Turkish olumsuz | ||
Turkmen otrisatel | ||
Twi (Akan) negetifu | ||
Ukrainian негативний | ||
Urdu منفی | ||
Uyghur سەلبىي | ||
Uzbek salbiy | ||
Vietnamese tiêu cực | ||
Welsh negyddol | ||
Xhosa engalunganga | ||
Yiddish נעגאַטיוו | ||
Yoruba odi | ||
Zulu okungekuhle |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "negatief" can also mean "photograph". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "negativ" is of French origin and also means "film slide". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "አሉታዊ" can also be used to refer to people or things that are harmful, evil, or destructive. |
| Arabic | The word "سلبي" also means passive, inactive, or lacking in energy in Arabic. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "mənfi" in Azerbaijani also means "harmful" or "negative force". |
| Basque | Negatiboa derives from the Latin 'negō' meaning 'to forbid' and also signifies 'without' or 'no' in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The word "адмоўны" comes from the Latin word "negare", meaning "to deny" or "to refuse." |
| Bengali | The alternate meaning of "নেতিবাচক" is something that prevents something else that should or is expected to be done. |
| Bosnian | The term "negativan" can also mean "photographic negative" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The word "отрицателен" also means "pessimistic" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "negatiu" comes from the Latin "negativus", meaning "denying" or "refusing". |
| Cebuano | "Negatibo" also means "a person who is always complaining or pessimistic." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese character "负" originally meant "to carry" or "to bear", but over time it came to also mean "negative" in the mathematical sense. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "負" (negative) in Traditional Chinese can also mean "bear" or "to bear a burden". |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "negativu" can also mean "inaccessible" or "unapproachable". |
| Croatian | The word "negativan" can also mean "pessimistic" in Croatian. |
| Czech | "Negativní" can also mean "no-nonsense" or "pragmatic" in Czech |
| Danish | "Negativ" can also mean "photographic negative". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "negatief" can also mean the photographic equivalent of a film negative (a positive image on a clear background), or refer to someone who is introverted. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "negativa" is derived from the Latin "negare", meaning "to deny or refuse". |
| Estonian | In Estonian, "negatiivne" can also mean "disapproving" or "critical". |
| Finnish | "Negatiivinen" also means "photograph negative" in Finnish. |
| French | In French, "négatif" can also refer to a photographic negative or the negative side of a magnet. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "negatyf" can also mean "negative feedback" or "disapproval". |
| Galician | The Galician word "negativo" also refers to a photograph that has not been developed. |
| German | The German word "Negativ" can also refer to a photographic negative or a negative number. |
| Greek | The word "αρνητικός" can also mean "rejecting" or "denying" in Greek. |
| Haitian Creole | Haitian Creole 'negatif' derives from French 'négatif' and can also mean a person who acts in a secretive or manipulative way. |
| Hausa | The word "korau" in Hausa also means "evil" or "bad." |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "maikaʻi ʻole" directly translates to "not good", but it is also used to express concepts such as bad, evil, or wrong. |
| Hebrew | The root of the Hebrew word 'shliliy' (negative) is 'shalal' which means 'to be weak'. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "नकारात्मक" also means "to disapprove of" or "to reject." |
| Hmong | Tsis zoo can also mean "no" or "not". |
| Hungarian | The word "negatív" in Hungarian is used to describe something that is bad or unpleasant, but it can also be used as a synonym for "no" or "not". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "neikvætt" derives from the Old Norse term "neikviðr" meaning "averse" or "opposed." |
| Igbo | Igbo word "adighi nma" (negative) also means "disagreeable, unpleasant, or unfavorable". |
| Indonesian | The word "negatif" in Indonesian can also mean "film" or "photographic plate. |
| Irish | "Diúltach" is also used as a noun to refer to a person who is negative or pessimistic. |
| Italian | In Italian, "negativo" can also refer to a photographic negative or a person's blood type. |
| Japanese | 負 also means "owe" or "bear" (carry) something, implying a state of liability or responsibility. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "negatif" has an alternate meaning of "not yet". |
| Kannada | 'ऋणात्मक' का मूल अर्थ है 'उधार'} |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, "теріс" also means "bad omen," "misfortune," or "unlucky."} |
| Khmer | The Khmer word 'អវិជ្ជមាន' originally meant 'ignorance' or 'lack of knowledge', but now it is also used to mean 'not existing' or 'absent'. |
| Korean | 부정 (否定) is derived from the Chinese character which also means 'untruth', 'wrong' or 'injustice'. |
| Kurdish | The word "nebaş" in Kurdish also refers to a negative response or disapproval. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "терс" in Kyrgyz can also refer to the reverse side of something or to a mistake. |
| Latin | The Latin word "negans" originally referred to an opponent in a legal dispute and later came to mean "denying" or "negative." |
| Latvian | In photography, "negatīvs" can also refer to the original, inverted image captured on film or a digital sensor. |
| Lithuanian | The word "neigiamas" has an older meaning of "unripe" or "not ripe". However, it was used figuratively to mean "having a bad quality" or "defective", which eventually evolved into its current meaning of "negative". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "negativ" can also refer to a photographic negative. |
| Macedonian | The word негативни derives from the Latin word "negativus" meaning "reversed" or "opposite." |
| Malagasy | "Ratsy" in Malagasy also means "dry" or "lean", and can be used to describe a person who is thin or malnourished. |
| Malay | "Negatif" means "negative" in Malay, but it also means "camera film". This is because the early cameras used negative film to capture images. |
| Malayalam | The word "നെഗറ്റീവ്" (negative) can also mean "not active" or "lacking in enthusiasm" in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "negattiv" can also mean "negative attitude or behavior". |
| Maori | In Maori, "kino" can also refer to "bad" or "harmful" in a general sense, and is related to the concept of "tapu" (sacredness and prohibition). |
| Marathi | In Marathi, 'नकारात्मक' ('nakaraatmak') also means 'rejecting' or 'disapproving'. |
| Mongolian | Сөрөг can also mean "the opposite" or "the reverse". |
| Nepali | "नकारात्मक" also means "rejection" in Nepali, derived from Sanskrit "नकारा" (rejection). |
| Norwegian | The word "negativ" in Norwegian can also mean "photograph" or "negative film". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "zoipa" is also used in Chichewa to describe something that is bad or harmful. |
| Pashto | The word "منفي" also means "refugee". |
| Persian | منفی (Manfi) is also the name of a village in the Razavi Khorasan province of Iran, meaning 'the negative' in Persian. |
| Polish | The word "negatywny" can also mean "pessimistic" or "cynical" in Polish, conveying a negative outlook or attitude. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, the word "negativo" can also mean "no" as an exclamation, similar to the English "nix". |
| Romanian | *Negativ* derives from Latin and is a false friend meaning |
| Russian | "Отрицательный" also refers to a male figure in grammar and syntax, as opposed to "положительный" (positive), which is feminine. |
| Samoan | The word "leaga" in Samoan also means "lazy". |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, the term 'àicheil' can also refer to something that is 'unlucky' or 'inauspicious'. |
| Serbian | The word “negative” comes from Latin “negare”, meaning "to deny". |
| Sesotho | The word "mpe" in Sesotho is derived from Proto-Bantu "-pi" meaning "not, absent". |
| Shona | The word "zvisina kunaka" in Shona is also used to describe something that is unfavorable or undesirable. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ناڪاري" (nākārī) can also mean "useless" or "worthless". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'සෘණ' (sṛṇa) may have also once been used to refer to a person belonging to a low caste. |
| Slovak | The word "negativny" also means "pessimistic" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The word 'negativno' in Slovenian comes from the Latin word 'negativus' which means 'expressing denial' or 'opposed to something'. |
| Somali | In Somali, the word for negative, ‘taban’, literally means ‘in between’ or ‘to cut the middle’.”} |
| Spanish | In Spanish, the word "negativo" has multiple meanings, including "negative" in the sense of "no" and "negative" in the sense of "film negative". |
| Sundanese | Négatip can also mean 'unfavorable' or 'bad' in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | "Hasi" also means "bad" and "unfortunate" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | Negativ is also used in Swedish to describe a photographic negative, something that is pessimistic, or a person who is uncooperative or obstructive. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Derived from Spanish "negativo", "negatibo" also means "film negative" and "camera negative" in Tagalog. |
| Tajik | "Манфӣ" comes from the Arabic word "naf" meaning "self" and is also used to mean "selfish" in Tajik language. |
| Tamil | The word 'எதிர்மறை' also means 'contradiction' or 'opposition' in Tamil. |
| Thai | The word "เชิงลบ" can also mean "negative slope" or "negative number" in mathematics. |
| Turkish | "Olumsuz" kelimesi Arapça "olmayan" anlamına gelen "salb" kelimesinden gelir ve "yokluk" veya "red" anlamına da gelebilir. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "негативний" can also mean "unlucky" or "unfavorable". |
| Urdu | The Persian origin of "negative" literally means "not having" and thus implies a state of "not being". |
| Uzbek | "Salbiy" in Uzbek also means "left" or "sinister". In many cultures, the left is associated with negativity or evil. |
| Vietnamese | The word 'tiêu cực' in Vietnamese can mean 'negative' in the sense of being pessimistic or undesirable, but it can also mean 'to destroy' or 'to eliminate'. |
| Welsh | "Negyddol" can also refer to the negative (as in electrical or maths), a debt or deficit, or the negative aspects of a person's character. |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, "engalunganga" does not simply mean "negative" but also has connections to "wrong" and "bad," broadening its usage beyond purely mathematical contexts. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "נעגאַטיוו" (negative) can also mean "a piece of paper or film with an image reversed, from which prints are made". |
| Yoruba | The word "odi" in Yoruba can also refer to a type of bird, or to a particular type of divination. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'okungekuhle' can also mean 'unpleasant' or 'unfavorable'. |
| English | The word "negative" derives from the Latin "negare" meaning "to deny or refuse" and has come to encompass meanings beyond its original sense. |