Nuclear in Different Languages
Discover 'Nuclear' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Nuclear
Afrikaans kernkrag | ||
Albanian nukleare | ||
Amharic ኑክሌር | ||
Arabic نووي | ||
Armenian միջուկային | ||
Assamese নিউক্লিয়াৰ | ||
Aymara nuclear | ||
Azerbaijani nüvə | ||
Bambara nukliyɛri | ||
Basque nuklearra | ||
Belarusian ядзерная | ||
Bengali পারমাণবিক | ||
Bhojpuri परमाणु के बा | ||
Bosnian nuklearna | ||
Bulgarian ядрена | ||
Catalan nuclear | ||
Cebuano nukleyar | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 核 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 核 | ||
Corsican nucleare | ||
Croatian nuklearni | ||
Czech jaderný | ||
Danish atomisk | ||
Dhivehi ނިއުކްލިއަރ އެވެ | ||
Dogri परमाणु | ||
Dutch nucleair | ||
English nuclear | ||
Esperanto nuklea | ||
Estonian tuumaenergia | ||
Ewe nukliaʋawɔnuwo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) nuklear | ||
Finnish ydin | ||
French nucléaire | ||
Frisian nukleêr | ||
Galician nuclear | ||
Georgian ბირთვული | ||
German nuklear | ||
Greek πυρηνικός | ||
Guarani nuclear rehegua | ||
Gujarati પરમાણુ | ||
Haitian Creole nikleyè | ||
Hausa nukiliya | ||
Hawaiian nukelea | ||
Hebrew גַרעִינִי | ||
Hindi नाभिकीय | ||
Hmong nuclear | ||
Hungarian nukleáris | ||
Icelandic kjarnorku | ||
Igbo nuklia | ||
Ilocano nuklear | ||
Indonesian nuklir | ||
Irish núicléach | ||
Italian nucleare | ||
Japanese 核 | ||
Javanese nuklir | ||
Kannada ಪರಮಾಣು | ||
Kazakh ядролық | ||
Khmer នុយក្លេអ៊ែរ | ||
Kinyarwanda kirimbuzi | ||
Konkani अणुकेंद्रीय | ||
Korean 핵무기 | ||
Krio nyuklia | ||
Kurdish atomî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئەتۆمی | ||
Kyrgyz ядролук | ||
Lao ນິວເຄຼຍ | ||
Latin nuclei | ||
Latvian kodolenerģija | ||
Lingala nikleere | ||
Lithuanian branduolinė | ||
Luganda nukiriya | ||
Luxembourgish nuklear | ||
Macedonian нуклеарна | ||
Maithili परमाणु | ||
Malagasy nokleary | ||
Malay nuklear | ||
Malayalam ന്യൂക്ലിയർ | ||
Maltese nukleari | ||
Maori karihi | ||
Marathi विभक्त | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯅ꯭ꯌꯨꯛꯂꯤꯌꯔꯒꯤ ꯂꯃꯗꯥ ꯑꯦꯟ | ||
Mizo nuclear hmanga tih a ni | ||
Mongolian цөмийн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) နျူကလီးယား | ||
Nepali आणविक | ||
Norwegian kjernefysisk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) nyukiliya | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପରମାଣୁ | ||
Oromo niwukilaraa | ||
Pashto اټومي | ||
Persian اتمی | ||
Polish jądrowy | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) nuclear | ||
Punjabi ਪ੍ਰਮਾਣੂ | ||
Quechua nuclear nisqa | ||
Romanian nuclear | ||
Russian ядерный | ||
Samoan faaniukilia | ||
Sanskrit परमाणु | ||
Scots Gaelic niùclasach | ||
Sepedi nuclear | ||
Serbian нуклеарна | ||
Sesotho ea nyutlelie | ||
Shona yenyukireya | ||
Sindhi ايٽمي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) න්යෂ්ටික | ||
Slovak jadrový | ||
Slovenian jedrske | ||
Somali nukliyeer | ||
Spanish nuclear | ||
Sundanese nuklir | ||
Swahili nyuklia | ||
Swedish kärn | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) nukleyar | ||
Tajik ҳастаӣ | ||
Tamil அணு | ||
Tatar атом | ||
Telugu అణు | ||
Thai นิวเคลียร์ | ||
Tigrinya ኒዩክለራዊ ምዃኑ’ዩ። | ||
Tsonga nyutliya | ||
Turkish nükleer | ||
Turkmen ýadro | ||
Twi (Akan) nuklea nuklea | ||
Ukrainian ядерний | ||
Urdu جوہری | ||
Uyghur يادرو | ||
Uzbek yadroviy | ||
Vietnamese nguyên tử | ||
Welsh niwclear | ||
Xhosa inyukliya | ||
Yiddish יאָדער | ||
Yoruba iparun | ||
Zulu enuzi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word 'kernkrag' is derived from the German word 'Kernkraft', meaning 'nuclear power'. |
| Albanian | The word "nukleare" derives from Latin and also means the nucleus of a cell or any core or central part. |
| Amharic | In addition to 'nuclear', ኑክሌር can also mean 'nucleus' (biology) or 'core' (e.g. of an atom). |
| Arabic | It also refers to the `core`, `center`, or `essence` of something. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "nüvə" also means "core" or "nucleus" in Azerbaijani, reflecting its scientific usage in the context of nuclear physics. |
| Basque | The Basque word 'nuklearra' is derived from the Latin word 'nucleus', meaning 'core' or 'kernel'. |
| Bengali | পারমাণবিক শব্দটি লাতিন atomicus থেকে এসেছে। |
| Bosnian | The word "nuklearna" in Bosnian can also refer to something that is very strong or powerful. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "ядрена" also means "fiery" and comes from the word "яд", meaning "fire". |
| Catalan | In Catalan, the word "nuclear" can also refer to a power plant or a type of energy. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 在汉语中，“核”还可指坚果的果仁、事物的中心或主要部分、以及数学中的“核”概念。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The Chinese character 核 (nuclear) can also refer to a fruit's pit or a fruit's kernel in general. |
| Corsican | Corsican's "nucleare" comes from the French "nucléaire" and the Italian "nucleare," and also means "atomic" or "of the nucleus." |
| Croatian | The word "nuklearni" in Croatian derives from the Latin word "nucleus", meaning "kernel" or "core". |
| Czech | The word "jaderný" comes from the Latin word "nucleus", meaning "core of a fruit". Thus, it originally referred to the core of an atom. |
| Danish | Danish "atomisk" can also mean "atomic". |
| Dutch | In the 17th century, "nucleus" was also the Dutch word for the core of a fruit or the kernel in the nut |
| Estonian | The word "tuumaenergia" is derived from "tuum" (meaning "kernel" or "nucleus") and "energia" (meaning "energy"). |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "ydin" originates from the word "ydän", meaning "core or nucleus". |
| French | While 'nucléaire' is most often synonymous with nuclear, it may also refer to electricity plants and their production in French |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "nukleêr" can also refer to "very cold" in addition to its meaning as "nuclear". |
| German | In German, "nuklear" specifically refers to nuclear weapons or power, while "kerntechnisch" covers a broader range of nuclear science. |
| Greek | Πυρηνικός in Greek comes from πυρήνας (core or kernel) and means 'of a kernel'. |
| Gujarati | "પરમાણુ" is a Gujarati word which means "atomic" and can also refer to the "smallest indivisible particle" in chemistry. |
| Haitian Creole | Nikleyè is derived from the French word "nucléaire", which means "nuclear" in English. |
| Hausa | In Hausa, the word "nukiliya" can also refer to the nucleus of a cell. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "nukelea" is also used to describe something that is very difficult or challenging. |
| Hindi | "नाभिकीय" की व्युत्पत्ति लैटिन शब्द "न्युक्लियस" से हुई है, जिसका अर्थ है "नाभि" या "केंद्र।" |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "nuclear" also means "related to the atom or electrons". |
| Hungarian | A "nukleáris" szó a görög "nucleus" szóból ered, ami "mag"-ot jelent. |
| Icelandic | In Old Norse, kjarnorku meant 'very hard'. |
| Igbo | "Nuklia" is also the Igbo word for "important" or "significant". |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word 'nuklir' also means 'fundamental' or 'essential'. |
| Italian | In Italian, "nucleare" has other meanings besides "nuclear", such as "fundamental" or "essential". |
| Japanese | In Japanese, the character 「核」 has a variety of meanings, including "core", "kernel", and "essence". |
| Javanese | "Nuklir" derives from the Sanskrit "nakṣatra" meaning "star constellation". |
| Kannada | The word "ಪರಮಾಣು" is derived from the Sanskrit words "परम" (param) and "आणु" (anu), meaning "supreme" and "atom", respectively. |
| Kazakh | The word "ядролық" in Kazakh also means "core" or "kernel". |
| Khmer | The word "នុយក្លេអ៊ែរ" (nuclear) is derived from the Latin word "nucleus", meaning "core" or "kernel". In English, it has the additional meaning of "relating to atomic energy or weapons". |
| Kurdish | The word "atomî" also means "smallest" in Kurdish, referring to the diminutive size of atoms. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "ядролук" is also the name of the small town in Kyrgyzstan where the "Yadro" uranium mine used to be. |
| Latin | The Latin word 'nuclei' means 'small nuts', also the plural of 'nucleus'. |
| Latvian | The word "kodolenerģija" comes from Greek "kodon" "grain" and "energeia" "work". |
| Lithuanian | "Branduolinė" is also used in Lithuanian to refer to a |
| Macedonian | The word "нуклеарна" is derived from the Latin word "nucleus", meaning "core" or "kernel". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word 'nokleary' is derived from the French word 'nucléaire', meaning 'nuclear'. |
| Malay | Nuklear in Malay also means 'core' or 'heartwood' of a tree trunk. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "nukleari" is the noun form of "kleari", meaning "light". |
| Maori | The word "karihi" in Maori means "seed," but it can also refer to something that is very small or hidden, such as an atom or a nucleus. |
| Marathi | विभक्त is an adjective which also means 'disintegrated or dissociated' in the abstract sense. |
| Nepali | Another meaning of the word "आणविक" is "molecular". |
| Norwegian | Kjernefysisk comes from "kjerne" meaning "core" and "fysisk" meaning "physical". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, "nyukiliya" can also mean "of or relating to peanuts". |
| Persian | اتمی, in addition to its scientific meaning, can also mean 'atomic, very small' in Persian. |
| Polish | In Polish, "jądrowy" can also mean "core" or "kernel", emphasizing the central or essential nature of something. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Nuclear" comes from the Latin word "nucleus", meaning core or kernel. |
| Punjabi | In Punjabi, "ਪ੍ਰਮਾਣੂ" (paramāṇū) means "atom", and its root word "māna" means "measure" or "size", suggesting its historical association with the concept of indivisibility. |
| Romanian | Romanian "nuclear" also means "family" and its adjectival form "nuclear" can mean "core" or "central". |
| Russian | "Ядерный" also means "vivid" or "very strong" in Russian. |
| Samoan | There is no word for "nuclear" in Samoan, but "faaniukilia" is used to describe things resembling nuclear energy (e.g. light, power, radiation). |
| Scots Gaelic | The element Uranium was originally named Niùclais by Sir William Crookes and Sir William Ramsey. The element Plutonium was later named Plutòniam, by analogy. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "нуклеарна" also means "nuclear power plant". |
| Sesotho | The word 'ea nyutlelie' also means 'atomic' or 'pertaining to atoms' in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word 'yenyukireya' literally means 'the thing of the sun', referring to the sun's energy. |
| Sindhi | The word "ايٽمي" in Sindhi is derived from the Sanskrit word "aṭomic" meaning "related to atoms". |
| Slovak | Slovak word "jadrový" stems from "jadro" meaning core, nucleus, seed or grain |
| Slovenian | The word "jedrske" in Slovenian also means "robust" or "strong". |
| Somali | In Somali, "nukliyeer" is also used to describe something that is very powerful or destructive. |
| Spanish | La palabra "nuclear" proviene del latín "nucleus", que significa "núcleo". |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, the word "nuklir" can also mean "hot" or "spicy". |
| Swahili | This word was borrowed from English and has no other meanings in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "kärn" can also refer to the core of something, such as the core of an apple or the core of a reactor. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "nukleyar" is a borrowed word from English and has no other meanings in Tagalog. |
| Tajik | The word "хастаӣ" is derived from Persian and originally meant "fatigue" or "sickness". In Tajik it took on the alternate meaning of "nuclear" due to the association of nuclear energy with radioactivity and its potential harmful effects. |
| Tamil | In Tamil, "அணு" (pronounced "aNu") refers to a particle of matter, a seed, a germ, a tiny unit, a subtle essence, or a fundamental building block. |
| Telugu | The word 'అణు' ('nuclear') in Telugu originates from the Sanskrit word 'आणू' ('subtle'), indicating its small and fundamental nature. |
| Thai | In Thai, "นิวเคลียร์" (nuclear) also means "core" or "main part". |
| Turkish | In Turkish 'nükleus' can be spelled as 'nükleer'. It means 'nucleus' and 'nuclear' in English. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "ядерний" derives from the Greek word "πυρήν", meaning "core", and can also refer to the atomic nucleus or the core of something. |
| Urdu | "جوہری" can be used in a broader sense to encompass everything atomic. |
| Uzbek | The word "yadroviy" in Uzbek ultimately comes from the Sanskrit word "adara", meaning "interior" or "core". |
| Vietnamese | Nguyên tử, có nguồn gốc từ Hán Việt, cũng có nghĩa là "nguyên thủy" hoặc "nguyên chất" |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'niwclear' originally meant 'new room' and was only later used to mean 'nuclear'. |
| Xhosa | The word `inyukliya` in Xhosa, meaning `nuclear`, is a borrowed word from English, indicating the global reach of nuclear discourse. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish term "יאָדער" (nuclear) derives from the Hebrew "יאד" (knowledge), signifying the foundational role of nuclear energy in scientific understanding. |
| Yoruba | "Iparun" in Yoruba also refers to the "core" or "innermost" part of something. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "enuzi" also means "atom" and "energy". |
| English | The word "nuclear" can also refer to the core of an atom or the central and most important part of something. |