Operation in Different Languages
Discover 'Operation' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Operation
Afrikaans werking | ||
Albanian operacioni | ||
Amharic ክዋኔ | ||
Arabic عملية | ||
Armenian գործողություն | ||
Assamese সঞ্চালন | ||
Aymara upirasyuna | ||
Azerbaijani əməliyyat | ||
Bambara opereli | ||
Basque operazioa | ||
Belarusian аперацыі | ||
Bengali অপারেশন | ||
Bhojpuri संचालन | ||
Bosnian operacija | ||
Bulgarian операция | ||
Catalan operació | ||
Cebuano operasyon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 操作 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 操作 | ||
Corsican operazione | ||
Croatian operacija | ||
Czech úkon | ||
Danish operation | ||
Dhivehi އޮޕަރޭޝަން | ||
Dogri अपरेशन | ||
Dutch operatie | ||
English operation | ||
Esperanto operacio | ||
Estonian operatsiooni | ||
Ewe nuwɔna | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) operasyon | ||
Finnish operaatio | ||
French opération | ||
Frisian operaasje | ||
Galician operación | ||
Georgian ოპერაცია | ||
German betrieb | ||
Greek λειτουργία | ||
Guarani apo | ||
Gujarati કામગીરી | ||
Haitian Creole operasyon | ||
Hausa aiki | ||
Hawaiian hana | ||
Hebrew פעולה | ||
Hindi ऑपरेशन | ||
Hmong lag luam | ||
Hungarian művelet | ||
Icelandic aðgerð | ||
Igbo ọrụ | ||
Ilocano operasion | ||
Indonesian operasi | ||
Irish oibriú | ||
Italian operazione | ||
Japanese 操作 | ||
Javanese operasi | ||
Kannada ಕಾರ್ಯಾಚರಣೆ | ||
Kazakh жұмыс | ||
Khmer ប្រតិបត្តិការ | ||
Kinyarwanda imikorere | ||
Konkani ऑपरेशन | ||
Korean 조작 | ||
Krio ɔpreshɔn | ||
Kurdish emelî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کردە | ||
Kyrgyz иш | ||
Lao ການປະຕິບັດງານ | ||
Latin operatio | ||
Latvian darbība | ||
Lingala mosala | ||
Lithuanian operacija | ||
Luganda okulongoosa | ||
Luxembourgish operatioun | ||
Macedonian операција | ||
Maithili संचालन | ||
Malagasy hetsika | ||
Malay operasi | ||
Malayalam പ്രവർത്തനം | ||
Maltese operazzjoni | ||
Maori mahi | ||
Marathi ऑपरेशन | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯕꯛ ꯑꯃ | ||
Mizo hmalakna | ||
Mongolian үйл ажиллагаа | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စစ်ဆင်ရေး | ||
Nepali अपरेसन | ||
Norwegian operasjon | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ntchito | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଅପରେସନ୍ | ||
Oromo raawwii | ||
Pashto چلښت | ||
Persian عمل | ||
Polish operacja | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) operação | ||
Punjabi ਕਾਰਵਾਈ | ||
Quechua ruwana | ||
Romanian operațiune | ||
Russian операция | ||
Samoan taʻotoga | ||
Sanskrit संचालन | ||
Scots Gaelic obrachadh | ||
Sepedi opareišene | ||
Serbian операција | ||
Sesotho tshebetso | ||
Shona mashandiro | ||
Sindhi آپريشن | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මෙහෙයුම් | ||
Slovak prevádzka | ||
Slovenian delovanje | ||
Somali hawlgalka | ||
Spanish operación | ||
Sundanese operasi | ||
Swahili operesheni | ||
Swedish drift | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) operasyon | ||
Tajik амалиёт | ||
Tamil செயல்பாடு | ||
Tatar операция | ||
Telugu ఆపరేషన్ | ||
Thai การดำเนินการ | ||
Tigrinya ስርሒት | ||
Tsonga vuhandzuri | ||
Turkish operasyon | ||
Turkmen operasiýa | ||
Twi (Akan) anamɔntuo | ||
Ukrainian операції | ||
Urdu آپریشن | ||
Uyghur مەشغۇلات | ||
Uzbek operatsiya | ||
Vietnamese hoạt động | ||
Welsh gweithrediad | ||
Xhosa ukusebenza | ||
Yiddish אָפּעראַציע | ||
Yoruba isẹ | ||
Zulu ukusebenza |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "werking" means "operation" but is also slang for an act of walking or an action done with the feet. |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "operacioni" also refers to business, transaction, and performance. |
| Amharic | The word "ክዋኔ" can also mean "work" or "action" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The word 'عملية' ('operation') in Arabic also means 'process' or 'procedure'. |
| Basque | In Basque, "operazioa" also refers to the act of killing or capturing fish, especially whales. |
| Belarusian | In Polish, "операції" means "operations" and derives from Latin "operatio" meaning "work". |
| Bengali | "অপারেশন" also means "algebraic operation" from English "operation". |
| Bosnian | In military context the word "operacija" also means "military operation" |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "операция" can also mean "surgical intervention" or "transaction". |
| Catalan | In the field of mathematics, `operació` means mathematical operation, like adding or subtracting. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "operasyon" (operation) is also used to refer to a surgical procedure or an act of performing something, and it comes from the Spanish word "operación". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "操作" (càozuò) originally meant "to manipulate" or "to control". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 操作 (cao4 zuo4) literally describes something that involves using hands (手, shou3). |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "operazione" can also mean "surgical procedure" or "military maneuver." |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "operacija" also means "surgery" in the medical context. |
| Czech | The Czech word "úkon" derives from the Proto-Slavic word *ǫkъ, meaning "act, event, or occurrence". |
| Danish | In Danish, "operation" can also refer to a mathematical operation or a business transaction. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "operatie" can also refer to a surgical procedure.} |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's "operacio" not only means "operation" but also "performance" or "work" in the sense of "musical composition". |
| Estonian | The word "operatsiooni" in Estonian derives from the German word "Operation", which means "action" or "activity", and is related to the Latin word "operari", meaning "to work". |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "operaatio" (operation) originates from the Latin word "operatio" which means "action or work". |
| French | The word "opération" in French can also mean "task", "procedure", or "surgery". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word 'operaasje' can also refer to a military campaign or maneuver. |
| Galician | In Galician, "operación" has the same meaning as in Spanish, but also refers to any action or process, especially when it involves a sequence of steps. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "ოპერაცია" (operatsia) is ultimately derived from the Latin "operatio" and can also mean "activity" or "procedure." |
| German | The word "Betrieb" can also refer to a business, company, or enterprise in German. |
| Greek | The word "λειτουργία" (leitourgia) in Greek originally meant public service, then liturgy, and finally operation. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "કામગીરી" has several meanings, one of which is the "work" or "workings" of something, such as a machine or process. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "operasyon" in Haitian Creole can also refer to a military or police action. |
| Hausa | "Aiki" also means "power, strength or influence." |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "hana" can also refer to work, occupation, or activity |
| Hebrew | The word "פעולה" in Hebrew also has the meaning of "action" and "activity". |
| Hindi | ऑपरेशन originally referred to a mathematical calculation but now also refers to a medical or surgical procedure as well as a military or other organised action or enterprise. |
| Hmong | In addition to 'operation' or 'work', lag luam also means 'commerce', 'trade', 'business' in Hmong |
| Hungarian | The word "művelet" can also mean "activity", "task", or "transaction" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | The word "aðgerð" also means "action" or "measure" in Icelandic. |
| Igbo | "Ọrụ" can also mean duty, work, task, occupation, function, business, or undertaking in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The word "operasi" in Indonesian can also mean "transaction" or "activity". |
| Irish | The word 'oibriú' also means 'working' or 'doing' in Irish. |
| Italian | "Operazione" can also mean "transaction" or "procedure." |
| Japanese | The word 操作 (sōsa) can also mean 'manipulation' or 'handling'. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "operasi" can also refer to "ceremony" or "ritual". |
| Kannada | The word "kāryācaraṇe" is related to "operation" but has a second meaning: "the condition of being active." |
| Kazakh | The word "жұмыс" also means "work" in Kazakh, as well as "task" or "assignment". |
| Korean | The term can also hold the meanings of manipulation, fabrication, or operation as in surgical operation in English. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "emelî" also means "hope", "desire" or "ambition". |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, "иш" also means "work" or "business". |
| Lao | In some contexts, it can also refer to an activity or task that is undertaken with a specific purpose or goal in mind, such as a business operation or a military operation. |
| Latin | In Latin, 'operatio' also means 'labor' or 'performance', and is derived from the verb 'operor', meaning 'to work' or 'to perform'. |
| Latvian | "Darbība" can also mean "performance" (a theatrical performance). |
| Lithuanian | Operacija can also mean a mathematical operation or a surgical procedure. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Operatioun" is a loanword from the French "opération" and also means "arithmetical operation" in the sense of adding, subtracting, etc. |
| Macedonian | Операција (операция/operatsiya) в переводе с латинского языка означает "труд, действие, оказание помощи". Термин может иметь различные значения в зависимости от области применения. |
| Malagasy | "Hetsika" also means "action" or "work" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The word 'operasi' has Indonesian, and ultimately Latin, roots and can also mean 'to manipulate' in Malay. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "പ്രവർത്തനം" comes from Sanskrit and has a range of meanings besides "operation," such as "activity" and "duty." |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "operazzjoni" can also refer to a mathematical calculation or a military maneuver. |
| Maori | The word "mahi" in Māori can also refer to "work" or "effort". |
| Marathi | ऑपरेशन is also used to refer to the work of a government department or organization, similar to the English usage of 'operation'. |
| Mongolian | The word "үйл ажиллагаа" can also mean "action" or "activity". |
| Nepali | In Nepali, "अपरेसन" can also mean "surgery" or "procedure." |
| Norwegian | The word "operasjon" is derived from the Latin "operatio" and can also mean "activity" or "process" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Chichewa word "ntchito" can also mean "job", "work", or "task". |
| Pashto | The word "چلښت" can also refer to a "campaign" or "offensive" in a military or political context. |
| Persian | In Persian, the word "عمل" ("operation") can also refer to "action", "performance", "activity", "occupation", "service", "employment", "function", or "product of an act". |
| Polish | In Polish, "operacja" can also mean a mathematical operation or a financial transaction. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "Operação" can also mean "transaction" or "procedure". |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਕਾਰਵਾਈ' (operation) in Punjabi can also refer to an activity or the process of doing something. |
| Romanian | The word "Operațiune" in Romanian can also mean "transaction" or "procedure". |
| Russian | In Russian, "операция" also refers to a business transaction or surgical procedure. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "taʻotoga" also means "a place to lie down" or "a bed." |
| Scots Gaelic | "Obrachadh" also means "performance" or "work" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The word "операција" in Serbian can also refer to a transaction in business or a military maneuver. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "tshebetso" can also refer to a task, job, or duty. |
| Shona | The word 'mashandiro' can also mean 'movement' or 'process' in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The word "آپريشن" also has the alternate meaning of "surgery" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "మెహెయుమ్" (mēhēyum, "operation") also means something "done to achieve or carry out a plan or purpose" and "a surgical procedure aimed at fixing something" (in medicine). |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "prevádzka" can also refer to "premises" or "business activity." |
| Slovenian | "Delovanje" in Slovenian also refers to the functioning, action, or agency of something. |
| Somali | The Somali word "hawlgalka" can also mean "action" or "endeavor". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, operación can refer to any type of procedure or intervention, from medical surgeries to mathematical calculations. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "operasi" shares its root with the term "paras", meaning "face". |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "operesheni" can also refer to a project, a military campaign, or a surgical procedure. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "drift" comes from the German word "trieb", meaning "impulse" or "drive". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "operasyon" in Tagalog can also mean "transaction" or "affair". |
| Tajik | The word "амалиёт" can also refer to the performance of a task or activity. |
| Tamil | செயல்பாடு (operation) can also refer to a mathematical process, a function or a surgical procedure in Tamil |
| Telugu | ఆపరేషన్ is also used in Telugu as the equivalent of the English word "application". |
| Thai | "การดำเนินการ" (operation) in Thai also means "action" or "function". |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "operasyon" also refers to a military action or a surgical procedure. |
| Ukrainian | "Операції" derives from the Latin "operatio". Alternate meanings include "action" and "activities". |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "آپریشن" can also be used to refer to surgical procedures, business transactions, or military campaigns. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "operatsiya" also refers to surgical procedures or mathematical computations. |
| Vietnamese | "Hoạt động" literally means "activities" in Vietnamese, but can also refer to "operations" in the medical context or "campaigns" in the military and political contexts. |
| Welsh | The verb "gweithredu" originates from the noun "gwaith" (work, action, deed, affair), meaning "to work, to act, to effect, to perform, to make, to operate". |
| Xhosa | The noun "ukusebenza" can also mean "usage" or "utilization" besides "operation". |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, the word "אָפּעראַציע" also means "action, procedure, or undertaking". |
| Yoruba | The word “ìṣẹ” can also mean “work” or “profession” in Yoruba, showcasing its diverse semantic range. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "ukusebenza" also means "work" or "to do" and is derived from the root word "sebenza" meaning "to do" or "to work". |
| English | In mathematics, operation refers to a specific mathematical procedure or function, like addition or subtraction. |