Party in Different Languages
Discover 'Party' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Party
Afrikaans partytjie hou | ||
Albanian parti | ||
Amharic ድግስ | ||
Arabic حفل | ||
Armenian կուսակցություն | ||
Assamese দল | ||
Aymara phunchawi | ||
Azerbaijani ziyafət | ||
Bambara ɲɛnajɛ | ||
Basque festa | ||
Belarusian партыя | ||
Bengali পার্টি | ||
Bhojpuri दल | ||
Bosnian zabava | ||
Bulgarian парти | ||
Catalan festa | ||
Cebuano party | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 派对 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 派對 | ||
Corsican festa | ||
Croatian zabava | ||
Czech večírek | ||
Danish parti | ||
Dhivehi ޕާޓީ | ||
Dogri पार्टी | ||
Dutch partij | ||
English party | ||
Esperanto festo | ||
Estonian pidu | ||
Ewe dunyaheha | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) party | ||
Finnish juhla | ||
French fête | ||
Frisian feest | ||
Galician festa | ||
Georgian წვეულება | ||
German party | ||
Greek κόμμα | ||
Guarani vy'arã | ||
Gujarati પાર્ટી | ||
Haitian Creole fèt | ||
Hausa jam'iyyar | ||
Hawaiian pāʻina | ||
Hebrew מפלגה | ||
Hindi पार्टी | ||
Hmong party | ||
Hungarian buli | ||
Icelandic partí | ||
Igbo otu | ||
Ilocano grupo | ||
Indonesian pesta | ||
Irish cóisir | ||
Italian festa | ||
Japanese パーティー | ||
Javanese pesta | ||
Kannada ಪಕ್ಷ | ||
Kazakh кеш | ||
Khmer ពិធីជប់លៀង | ||
Kinyarwanda ibirori | ||
Konkani पार्टी | ||
Korean 파티 | ||
Krio pati | ||
Kurdish partî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئاهەنگ | ||
Kyrgyz кече | ||
Lao ງານລ້ຽງ | ||
Latin pars | ||
Latvian ballīte | ||
Lingala feti | ||
Lithuanian vakarėlis | ||
Luganda okujjaganya | ||
Luxembourgish partei | ||
Macedonian забава | ||
Maithili उत्सव | ||
Malagasy fety | ||
Malay pesta | ||
Malayalam പാർട്ടി | ||
Maltese parti | ||
Maori pāti | ||
Marathi पार्टी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯥꯡꯕ | ||
Mizo intelkhawm | ||
Mongolian үдэшлэг | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပါတီ | ||
Nepali भोज | ||
Norwegian parti | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) phwando | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପାର୍ଟୀ | ||
Oromo qophii bashannanaa | ||
Pashto پارټي | ||
Persian مهمانی - جشن | ||
Polish przyjęcie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) festa | ||
Punjabi ਪਾਰਟੀ | ||
Quechua raymi | ||
Romanian parte | ||
Russian партия | ||
Samoan pati | ||
Sanskrit मिलन | ||
Scots Gaelic pàrtaidh | ||
Sepedi mokgatlo | ||
Serbian журка | ||
Sesotho mokete | ||
Shona pati | ||
Sindhi پارٽي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පක්ෂය | ||
Slovak večierok | ||
Slovenian zabava | ||
Somali xaflad | ||
Spanish partido | ||
Sundanese pésta | ||
Swahili chama | ||
Swedish fest | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pagdiriwang | ||
Tajik ҳизб | ||
Tamil கட்சி | ||
Tatar кичә | ||
Telugu పార్టీ | ||
Thai ปาร์ตี้ | ||
Tigrinya ጓይላ | ||
Tsonga nkhuvo | ||
Turkish parti | ||
Turkmen partiýa | ||
Twi (Akan) ekuo | ||
Ukrainian вечірка | ||
Urdu پارٹی | ||
Uyghur party | ||
Uzbek ziyofat | ||
Vietnamese buổi tiệc | ||
Welsh parti | ||
Xhosa iqela | ||
Yiddish פּאַרטיי | ||
Yoruba àríyá | ||
Zulu iqembu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Partytjie hou" literally means "to hold a small party". |
| Albanian | Parti derives from the French word "parti", meaning "group or faction", and is also used in Albanian to refer to a political party or group. |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ድግስ" can also mean "respect given to someone"} |
| Arabic | The word "حفل" can also mean "gathering" or "ceremony" in Arabic. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "ziyafət" in Azerbaijani is derived from the Persian word "ziyafat" which means "a banquet or a feast". |
| Basque | The Basque word "festa" comes from Latin "festa", meaning "holiday" or "festival". |
| Belarusian | The word "партыя" in Belarusian can also mean a group of people who share a common goal or interest. |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "পার্টি" also refers to a division or section of a military force. |
| Bosnian | The word "zabava" in Bosnian comes from the Turkish word "zevq" meaning "joy" or "pleasure". |
| Bulgarian | The word "парти" in Bulgarian can also refer to a group of people who share the same political ideology or interests |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "festa" derives from the Latin "festa", meaning "holiday" or "festival". |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, the word "party" can also refer to a political faction, a group of people with a common cause or purpose |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 派对最早用于明代，意为“分裂”，后演变为现代汉语含义。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 派對, 來自法語 parti, 意指部分或一部分的人. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "festa" also means "holiday" and "solemnity". |
| Croatian | Zabava is related to verbs such as zabavljati, zabaviti (amuse, entertain), and noun zabavnik (an amusing event). |
| Czech | The word "večírek" is derived from the German word "Feierabend", meaning "evening celebration" or "leisure time". |
| Danish | "Parti" in Danish also means "to divide". |
| Dutch | The noun "partij" in Dutch, meaning "party," also has the additional meaning of "game," and is derived from the French word "partie." |
| Esperanto | "Festo" comes from the Latin "festus", meaning "joyful" or "festive". |
| Estonian | The word "pidu" is likely derived from the Proto-Finnic word *pity, meaning a feast or a gathering. |
| Finnish | The word "juhla" is also used to refer to celebrations or festivals, and derives from the Proto-Finnic word "juhla" meaning "to celebrate". |
| French | The Old French word 'feste' derives from the Latin word 'festa,' a holiday that was connected with a religious event or a harvest festival. |
| Frisian | Frisian "feest" comes from Old Frisian "fêste" meaning "wedding", "feast" or "holiday". |
| Galician | The word "festa" in Galician derives from Latin "festa", which originally had the broader meaning of "holiday" or "celebration". |
| Georgian | "წვეულება" is also used to refer to a group of guests or people who have gathered to go somewhere. |
| German | Party can also mean a group of people sharing common interests or views, or a political group. |
| Greek | In modern Greek, "κόμμα" can refer to a comma or a political party, while in Ancient Greek it meant a piece or fragment. |
| Gujarati | The word 'પાર્ટી' has alternative meanings in Gujarati, including 'group', 'section', or 'division'. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "fèt" can also refer to a specific holiday or festival, such as Christmas or Easter. |
| Hausa | "Jam'iyyar" can also mean "society" or "club" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | Pāʻina derives from the word 'paʻi', meaning "to strike or tap", signifying a gathering where people "tap" or engage in friendly banter and entertainment. |
| Hebrew | מפלגה, meaning "party," also refers to "dispute" or "lawsuit," possibly due to the heated debates and conflicts associated with political parties. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "पार्टी" is derived from the French word "partie", meaning "a part" or "a faction". |
| Hmong | In Hmong, the word "party" can also mean "group" or "team", as in "a hunting party" or "a baseball party". |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "buli" is most likely of Slavic origin and its original meaning was "noise", "commotion", "uproar". |
| Icelandic | "Partí" can also mean a group of people, a share or portion of something, or a part of a whole. |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the word 'otu' carries the additional meaning of 'group' or 'team', emphasizing social cohesion and collective action. |
| Indonesian | The word 'pesta' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'patha' which means 'path' or 'road'. |
| Irish | The word "cóisir" can also mean "assembly", "council", or "conference" in Irish. |
| Italian | The word "festa" derives from the Latin word "festum", meaning a religious festival, and retains this meaning in Italian. |
| Japanese | The word "party" derives from the Latin "partire" and the French "partie," meaning division or portion, suggesting a division of time or activities among a group. |
| Javanese | "Pesta" is a loanword from Sanskrit, meaning "sacrifice" or "ceremony." |
| Kannada | The word 'ಪಕ್ಷ' in Kannada has multiple meanings, including 'bird', 'group', 'political party', and 'side or faction'. |
| Kazakh | The word "кеш" can also refer to a gathering of people for a specific purpose, such as a wedding or a funeral. |
| Korean | The Korean word "파티" can also mean "meeting" or "gathering", and is derived from the English word "party" |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "partî" is also used to refer to a faction or a side in a conflict, a concept related to its meaning in political science. |
| Kyrgyz | "Кече" also translates as "evening" in Kyrgyz, and it can refer to a celebration that takes place in the evening. |
| Lao | The Lao word "ງານລ້ຽງ" derives from the Sanskrit "nrt" meaning "to dance" and also refers to a "stage performance" or "entertainment". |
| Latin | The Latin word "pars" can also mean a "share", "part", or "role", and is related to the English word "part" |
| Latvian | Latvian "ballīte" derives from French "bal" and German "Ball"} |
| Lithuanian | The word "vakarėlis" is derived from the Proto-Baltic word "*vakara" meaning "evening". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Partei" can also refer to a „part" or a side of a conflict, in the sense of a group of people sharing the same opinion. |
| Macedonian | The word "Забава" also means "amusement" or "entertainment" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word fety, meaning "party", also refers to feasts and religious festivals. |
| Malay | The word "pesta" in Malay also has the alternate meaning of "feast" and is ultimately derived from the Sanskrit word "pat" meaning "to spread". |
| Malayalam | Malayalam word "പാർട്ടി" is borrowed from English word "party" but has additional meanings such as "share", "group", or "team". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "parti" is borrowed from Italian and originally meant "section" or "faction". |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "पार्टी" also means a group of people who share a common goal or purpose. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word 'үдэшлэг' (party) derives from the verb 'үдэх' (to come together) and has a secondary meaning of 'reunion'. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ပါတီ" in Myanmar (Burmese) can also refer to a group of people who share a common goal or interest. |
| Nepali | The word 'भोज' can also refer to a type of feast or banquet in Sanskrit and Hindi. |
| Norwegian | Norwegian "parti" can mean "party", but also "item" or "share". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "phwando" is derived from the verb "kuphwanya", meaning "to gather" or "to meet". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "پارټي" can also mean "a group of people sharing a common interest or goal" or "a set of people assembled for a purpose". |
| Persian | "مهمانی" is a Persian word used to describe a gathering or celebration, but it can also refer to a specific type of Persian soup. |
| Polish | The word przyjęcie can also refer to an adoption or taking over a post. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "festa" derives from the Latin word "festa" which itself derives from the Greek word "hēstē" (festival, assembly). |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਪਾਰਟੀ' (party) in Punjabi can also refer to a political organization or a group of people with similar views or goals. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "parte" comes from the Latin "pars", meaning "a part or share" and also relates to words like "partner" and "portion" in English. |
| Russian | "Партия" is derived from the verb "парить" (to float, soar), referring to the idea of a group of people united by a common goal or ideology. |
| Samoan | In Samoan, "pati" can also refer to a group of people or a team. |
| Scots Gaelic | Historically, "pàrtaidh" was not synonymous with "political party", but rather "sect" or "faction". |
| Serbian | The word "журка" is also used colloquially to refer to a type of traditional Serbian soup. |
| Sesotho | The word 'mokete' comes from the root word 'ketela', meaning 'to be happy or joyous'. |
| Shona | The word "pati" has different meanings in Shona, one is "group" and "people in a political organization." |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, the word "پارٽي" can also refer to a group of people or a team. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | පක්ෂය (pakshaya) can also refer to a political faction or an opinion one holds on a certain topic. |
| Slovak | The term "večierok" also referred to an informal gathering of young people in a village home during the holidays and was often accompanied by music and dancing. |
| Slovenian | Zabava derives from the Slavic root žab- meaning "to have fun" or "to play," with cognates found in other Slavic languages like "zabava" in Serbian and "zabawa" in Polish, as well as the Russian word забава (zabava) meaning "diversion" or "amusement." |
| Somali | The Somali word "xaflad" can also refer to a gathering, meeting, or other social event. |
| Spanish | The word "partido" can also refer to a district or municipality in Spanish. It can also refer to a game in sports. |
| Sundanese | The word "pésta" in Sundanese can also refer to a group of people assembled for a particular purpose. |
| Swahili | Chama could also mean “a group of people who unite to pursue a common goal, such as a savings plan or a business venture.” |
| Swedish | 'Fest' derives from the Latin word 'festum', meaning 'holy day' or 'festival', and its plural form 'fester' is used to refer to a holiday season. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Pagdiriwang" also means "celebration" or "festivity" and is related to the word "diriwang" which means "honor" or "respect." |
| Tajik | In classical Arabic, "ḥzb" can also mean "tribe" or "faction." |
| Tamil | The word "கட்சி" ("party") in Tamil may refer to a political or non-political group, or to a portion, share, or fraction of something. |
| Telugu | The word "పార్టీ" can also mean a "group of people with common interests" or a "political organization". |
| Thai | The word "party" derives from Middle English "partie" (14th and 15th centuries), itself stemming from Old French "partie" (share, division) |
| Turkish | Parti, meaning 'section' in Turkish, can also refer to a political party, a lawsuit, or a group of people with a common goal or interest. |
| Ukrainian | The word "вечірка" comes from the West Slavic word "vechor", meaning "evening". |
| Urdu | The word 'پارٹی' can also mean a political party or a religious sect in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "ziyofat" also refers to a formal meeting or a festive event. |
| Vietnamese | The word "buổi tiệc" can also mean a banquet, a feast, or a reception. |
| Welsh | Parti means "part" in Welsh, and is used as a prefix in many compound words to describe something that is part of a larger group or whole. |
| Xhosa | "Iqela" can also mean an association, society, company, gathering, faction, club, or crowd. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word פּאַרטיי can also refer to a political party or a group of people with shared interests. |
| Yoruba | The word 'àríyá' in Yoruba can also refer to a procession or a festival. |
| Zulu | The word "iqembu" can also refer to a group of people or a gathering. |
| English | The word "party" can also refer to a group of people who share a common interest or goal, or to a portion or section of something. |