Network in Different Languages
Discover 'Network' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Network
Afrikaans netwerk | ||
Albanian rrjeti | ||
Amharic አውታረመረብ | ||
Arabic شبكة الاتصال | ||
Armenian ցանց | ||
Assamese নেটৱৰ্ক | ||
Aymara llika | ||
Azerbaijani şəbəkə | ||
Bambara erezo | ||
Basque sarea | ||
Belarusian сеткі | ||
Bengali অন্তর্জাল | ||
Bhojpuri नेटवर्क | ||
Bosnian mreža | ||
Bulgarian мрежа | ||
Catalan xarxa | ||
Cebuano network | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 网络 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 網絡 | ||
Corsican reta | ||
Croatian mreža | ||
Czech síť | ||
Danish netværk | ||
Dhivehi ނެޓްވަރކް | ||
Dogri नेटवर्क | ||
Dutch netwerk | ||
English network | ||
Esperanto reto | ||
Estonian võrku | ||
Ewe kadodo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) network | ||
Finnish verkkoon | ||
French réseau | ||
Frisian netwurk | ||
Galician rede | ||
Georgian ქსელი | ||
German netzwerk | ||
Greek δίκτυο | ||
Guarani ñanduti | ||
Gujarati નેટવર્ક | ||
Haitian Creole rezo | ||
Hausa hanyar sadarwa | ||
Hawaiian pūnaewele | ||
Hebrew רֶשֶׁת | ||
Hindi नेटवर्क | ||
Hmong tes hauj lwm | ||
Hungarian hálózat | ||
Icelandic netkerfi | ||
Igbo netwọk | ||
Ilocano grupo dagiti agam-ammo a makatulong | ||
Indonesian jaringan | ||
Irish líonra | ||
Italian rete | ||
Japanese 通信網 | ||
Javanese jaringan | ||
Kannada ನೆಟ್ವರ್ಕ್ | ||
Kazakh желі | ||
Khmer បណ្តាញ | ||
Kinyarwanda umuyoboro | ||
Konkani नॅटवर्क | ||
Korean 회로망 | ||
Krio nɛtwɔk | ||
Kurdish tore | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) تۆڕ | ||
Kyrgyz тармак | ||
Lao ເຄືອຂ່າຍ | ||
Latin network | ||
Latvian tīklā | ||
Lingala reseaux | ||
Lithuanian tinklo | ||
Luganda neetiwaaka | ||
Luxembourgish netzwierk | ||
Macedonian мрежа | ||
Maithili नेटवर्क | ||
Malagasy network | ||
Malay rangkaian | ||
Malayalam നെറ്റ്വർക്ക് | ||
Maltese netwerk | ||
Maori whatunga | ||
Marathi नेटवर्क | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯁꯥ ꯃꯌꯥꯝ | ||
Mizo inzawmkual | ||
Mongolian сүлжээ | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကွန်ယက် | ||
Nepali नेटवर्क | ||
Norwegian nettverk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) netiweki | ||
Odia (Oriya) ନେଟୱର୍କ | ||
Oromo neetoorkii | ||
Pashto جال | ||
Persian شبکه | ||
Polish sieć | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) rede | ||
Punjabi ਨੈੱਟਵਰਕ | ||
Quechua llika | ||
Romanian reţea | ||
Russian сеть | ||
Samoan upega tafailagi | ||
Sanskrit जाल | ||
Scots Gaelic lìonra | ||
Sepedi neteweke | ||
Serbian мрежа | ||
Sesotho marang-rang | ||
Shona network | ||
Sindhi نيٽورڪ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ජාල | ||
Slovak sieť | ||
Slovenian omrežje | ||
Somali shabakad | ||
Spanish red | ||
Sundanese jaringan | ||
Swahili mtandao | ||
Swedish nätverk | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) network | ||
Tajik шабака | ||
Tamil வலைப்பின்னல் | ||
Tatar челтәр | ||
Telugu నెట్వర్క్ | ||
Thai เครือข่าย | ||
Tigrinya መርበብ ሓበሬታ | ||
Tsonga netiweke | ||
Turkish ağ | ||
Turkmen tor | ||
Twi (Akan) nɛtwɛke | ||
Ukrainian мережі | ||
Urdu نیٹ ورک | ||
Uyghur تور | ||
Uzbek tarmoq | ||
Vietnamese mạng lưới | ||
Welsh rhwydwaith | ||
Xhosa inethiwekhi | ||
Yiddish נעץ | ||
Yoruba nẹtiwọọki | ||
Zulu inethiwekhi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "netwerk" also signifies a lacelike pattern on a garment and a net strung over a bed frame to protect against mosquitoes.} |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "rrjeti" can also mean the set of threads forming the base of a carpet or a web woven by a spider. |
| Amharic | The word "አውታረመረብ" can also be interpreted as "the path of many streams". |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "شبكة الاتصال" (network) can also refer to a fishnet or a spiderweb. |
| Armenian | The word "ցանց" (pronounced "tsants") traces its origins to the Proto-Indo-European "teĝs-" or "deĝs-" and has been used in ancient times to symbolize concepts such as ties, links, and connections |
| Azerbaijani | "Şəbəkə" comes from the Arabic word "shabak" meaning "net, snare, trap". |
| Basque | Sarea (network) derives from the Basque word for "web", as the concept of an internet network was metaphorically compared to a spider's web. |
| Belarusian | The word "сеткі" can also refer to a type of knitted or crocheted lace. |
| Bengali | অন্তর্জাল derives from 'antar', meaning 'inner', and 'jal', meaning 'net', and signifies the interconnectedness within a communications system; the word can also denote a trap or conspiracy. |
| Bosnian | The word "mreža" can also be used to refer to a net or web. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "мрежа" also means "snare" or "trap". |
| Catalan | In medieval Catalonia, 'xarxa' also referred to a type of fishing trap made of interwoven branches. |
| Cebuano | Network is also known as 'lambig' or 'paglambig' in Cebuano which means to filter or strain something. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 网络 originally meant 'spider web' in Chinese, and is still used in that sense in some contexts. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "網絡" can also mean a web or net; the word can be traced back to the early 20th century |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "reta" can also mean "sieve" or "grid." |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "mreža" also means "spider's web" and is derived from the verb "mresti" (to spawn). |
| Czech | Czech "síť" (network) also means "snare". This is an example of how technology words often have origins in nature or human activity. |
| Danish | The Danish word "netværk" also refers to the net-like meshes that are used for fishing or catching insects. |
| Dutch | 'Netwerk' also means 'fabric' or 'tissue' in Dutch. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "reto" also means "net" (as in fishing net) in some contexts. |
| Estonian | The word "võrku" is derived from "võr" which means "web" in Estonian, and it can also refer to a "trap" or a "snare". |
| Finnish | "Verkko" originally meant either 'web' or 'net'. |
| French | In the original Latin use of “rete” (“network”), the primary sense was not “net” but “the hunter’s bag.” |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "netwurk" can also refer to a fishing net, a fish trap, or a lattice. |
| Galician | The word "rede" in Galician comes from Latin "rete" and refers to a network, but also a web for catching fish and birds, a type of fabric or a set of threads or wires. |
| Georgian | In Georgian, the word "ქსელი" carries the additional meaning of "web", referring to "an interconnected arrangement" of any kind. |
| German | The German word for "network" (Netzwerk) comes from the Latin word "retis," which means "net" or "web." |
| Greek | In ancient Greek, the term "δίκτυον" (diktyon) could also refer to a net used for fishing or trapping, or to a kind of mesh used to make clothing or other fabrics. |
| Gujarati | "નેટવર્ક" is the Gujarati cognate of the English word "net" and also means "a lace net or veil". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "rezo" in Haitian Creole derives from the French word "réseau" (network), which ultimately derives from Latin "rete" (net). |
| Hausa | "Hanyar sadarwa" is a Hausa word that can also refer to the means or method used for communication or transmission, such as a channel or pathway. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "pūnaewele" also means "spiderweb" or "net". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word for "network," רֶשֶׁת, also means "net" and "lattice." |
| Hindi | The word "नेटवर्क" (network) in Hindi is derived from the English word "network," which itself originated from the Old French word "nerverc," meaning "lace." |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "tes hauj lwm" literally means "a group of knots." |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "hálózat" also has the meanings "web", "grid" or "net" when used in the context of something physical, and "network of people" or "relationship network" in a figurative sense. |
| Icelandic | "Netkerfi" (network) in Icelandic is derived from "net" (net) and "kerfi" (system), meaning "a system of nets". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "netwọk" also means "meeting," implying that a network is a gathering of people. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "jaringan" can also refer to "tissue" or "web". |
| Irish | In Old Irish, the word "líonra" is also translated to "multitude". |
| Italian | "Rete" can also mean "fishing net" or "meshed fabric" in Italian. |
| Japanese | The word "通信網" (network) is a compound of the words "通信" (communication) and "網" (net), and can also mean "communication network". |
| Javanese | "Jaringan" in Javanese can also refer to a group of people who are connected by shared interests or relationships. |
| Kannada | In Kannada, "netwark" also means a set of devices connected for data sharing or a group of people or organizations sharing common interests. |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, the word "желі" can also refer to a web or a grid. |
| Korean | The word "회로망" can also mean "circuit" or "loop" in Korean. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "tore" also means "a woven fabric used to make clothing" in English. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "тармак" also means "branch" or "road" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | คำว่า ເຄືອຂ່າຍ ในภาษาลาว ยังใช้หมายถึง ญาติพี่น้อง และการช่วยเหลือซึ่งกันและกันได้อีกด้วย |
| Latin | In Latin, "network" can refer to a group of people or things connected by a common interest or purpose. |
| Latvian | "Tīkls" comes from Proto-Baltic *tīkla-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deik- ('to show') |
| Lithuanian | In computer science, the Lithuanian word |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Netzwierk" in Luxembourgish can also refer to a lace or meshwork, highlighting its intricate interconnected structure. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "мрежа" derives from the Proto-Slavic word *mreža, which meant both "network" and "mesh" and is also the ancestor of words for "net" in various other Slavic languages |
| Malagasy | Tambajotra is a Malagasy word that can also mean "connection", "interconnection" or "nexus". In fact, it originally didn't refer to the internet at all. |
| Malay | The word "rangkaian" in Malay means "network", "chain", or "series". |
| Malayalam | നെറ്റ്വർക്ക് (network)という言葉は、漁師が魚を捕まえるために使う網を表す「nett」と、「work」を組み合わせたものです。 |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "netwerk" is derived from the Old French word "netwerk," which means "framework" or "lattice." |
| Maori | The word “whatunga” also refers to the woven flax panels used for building houses, the walls of a house, and a fence. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "नेटवर्क" comes from the English word "network," but it can also refer to a group of people who are connected by a common interest or goal. |
| Mongolian | "Сүлжээ" is derived from the word "сүлжигнэх" (to intertwine), and also means "lace" or "knitting". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ကွန်ယက်" ("network" in English) is derived from the English word "internet". It can also mean "connection" or "relationship". |
| Nepali | "नेटवर्क" का व्युत्पत्ति संबंधी अर्थ "एक दूसरे से जुड़ी वस्तुओं या व्यक्तियों का जाल" है, जो मूल रूप से मछली पकड़ने के लिए इस्तेमाल किए जाने वाले जाल से आता है। |
| Norwegian | "Nettverk" literally means "web of nets" (nett-verk). Nett means "net" and verk means "work" or "creation." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Chichewa, both netiweki and mndandanda are used to refer to a network, although netiweki is more specific to computer and telecommunications networks. |
| Pashto | The word "جال" in Pashto can also mean "net" or "trap," indicating its broad semantic range related to interconnected structures or devices. |
| Persian | Persian "شبکه" derives from "شباک", meaning "little windows" in Arabic, referring to its lattice-like appearance. |
| Polish | The Polish word "sieć" originates from the Proto-Slavic word *sѣtь, which means "net" or "trap". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "rede" also means "net", "web", or "trap". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਨੈੱਟਵਰਕ" ("network") is also used in other contexts, such as a group of people or things that are connected. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "rețea" can also refer to a "net", both physically and metaphorically. |
| Russian | "Сеть" also means 'web', 'mesh', or 'trap' depending on context. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word for "network", "upega tafailagi," translates literally to "net of knowledge." |
| Scots Gaelic | Liònrà is cognate with the French line and the English line, meaning thread, and like line, can refer to a line of ancestors, the thread of a story, or a computer network |
| Serbian | The word "мрежа" originated in the Proto-Indo-European root *mer- "to bind" or "to tie". |
| Sesotho | The term "marang-rang" also refers to a spider's web or a trap. |
| Shona | "Network" comes from the Shona word "matunhu," meaning "a community of interconnected people and places." |
| Sindhi | نيٽورڪ derives from the Old English “netweorc,” meaning “a net,” later “a knit fabric,” and finally “an interrelated group.” |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "ජාල" (network) in Sinhala also means "net" and "web". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "sieť" is derived from the Old Slavic root "sěti" meaning "to spread out a net". |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "omrežje" can also refer to a cobweb or net, both in the physical and figuratively. |
| Somali | In Somali, "shabakad" is derived from the Arabic word "shabaka" meaning "net," also referring to a woven fabric or a chain-link fence. |
| Spanish | The word "red" in Spanish also refers to a physical network of paths or roads. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "jaringan" originally meant "thread" or "yarn" in the textile industry, and was later extended to mean a "network" in the modern sense. |
| Swahili | Mtandao derives from the word 'mtanda' (rope), emphasizing the interconnectedness of a network. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "nätverk" can also refer to a mesh or lattice, such as a fishing net or a net of threads.} |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, the word "network" is also used to describe a close group of people who provide support and connections. |
| Tajik | The term also refers to one of two forms of traditional water distribution structures. |
| Telugu | In addition to its primary meaning, 'network' can also refer to a collection or group of people with a common interest in English. |
| Thai | เครือข่าย can also refer to a 'group of people or organizations with similar interests or goals' |
| Turkish | In medical contexts, "ağ" can also refer to a "membrane" or "web". |
| Ukrainian | The word мережі (network) is a plural form of the noun мережа, which can also mean "web", "snare", "net", or "lattice". |
| Urdu | Urdu "نیٹ ورک" is derived from the English word "network" and can also mean "system" or "mesh" |
| Uzbek | "Tarmoq" is the Uzbek word for "network", which has a Russian origin and was adopted into the Uzbek language during the Soviet era. |
| Vietnamese | The word "mạng lưới" also means "spider web" in Vietnamese, reflecting the interconnections and complexity of networks. |
| Welsh | The word "rhwydwaith" in Welsh comes from the words "rhwyd" (net) and "gwaith" (work), meaning "the work of the net". |
| Xhosa | The word "inethiwekhi" derives from isiXhosa, meaning "connection" or "thread that binds". |
| Yiddish | נעץ ("netz") also has the meaning of 'stitch' and in a figurative sense 'to prick'. |
| Yoruba | "Nẹtiwọọki" is also used to refer to "social networks" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word 'inethiwekhi' in Zulu is derived from the words 'inethi' meaning 'string' and 'wekhi' meaning 'to spread out or expand'. |
| English | The word "network" is derived from the Old English word "net," meaning a woven fabric of threads. |