Perfect in Different Languages
Discover 'Perfect' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Perfect
Afrikaans perfek | ||
Albanian perfekt | ||
Amharic ፍጹም | ||
Arabic في احسن الاحوال | ||
Armenian կատարյալ | ||
Assamese নিখুঁত | ||
Aymara waliki | ||
Azerbaijani mükəmməl | ||
Bambara dafalen | ||
Basque ezin hobea | ||
Belarusian ідэальна | ||
Bengali নিখুঁত | ||
Bhojpuri एकदम ठीकठाक | ||
Bosnian savršeno | ||
Bulgarian перфектно | ||
Catalan perfecte | ||
Cebuano hingpit | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 完善 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 完善 | ||
Corsican perfettu | ||
Croatian savršen | ||
Czech perfektní | ||
Danish perfekt | ||
Dhivehi ބަރާބަރު | ||
Dogri पूरण | ||
Dutch perfect | ||
English perfect | ||
Esperanto perfekta | ||
Estonian täiuslik | ||
Ewe de blibo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) perpekto | ||
Finnish täydellinen | ||
French parfait | ||
Frisian perfekt | ||
Galician perfecto | ||
Georgian სრულყოფილი | ||
German perfekt | ||
Greek τέλειος | ||
Guarani iporãmbajepéva | ||
Gujarati સંપૂર્ણ | ||
Haitian Creole pafè | ||
Hausa cikakke | ||
Hawaiian hemolele | ||
Hebrew מושלם | ||
Hindi उत्तम | ||
Hmong zoo meej | ||
Hungarian tökéletes | ||
Icelandic fullkominn | ||
Igbo zuru oke | ||
Ilocano naan-anay | ||
Indonesian sempurna | ||
Irish foirfe | ||
Italian perfetto | ||
Japanese 完璧 | ||
Javanese sampurna | ||
Kannada ಪರಿಪೂರ್ಣ | ||
Kazakh мінсіз | ||
Khmer ល្អឥតខ្ចោះ | ||
Kinyarwanda biratunganye | ||
Konkani अचूक | ||
Korean 완전한 | ||
Krio pafɛkt | ||
Kurdish lhevderketî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بێخەوش | ||
Kyrgyz кемчиликсиз | ||
Lao ທີ່ສົມບູນແບບ | ||
Latin perfectus | ||
Latvian ideāls | ||
Lingala ya kokoka | ||
Lithuanian puikus | ||
Luganda okutuukirira | ||
Luxembourgish perfekt | ||
Macedonian совршено | ||
Maithili एकदम ठीक | ||
Malagasy tonga lafatra | ||
Malay sempurna | ||
Malayalam തികഞ്ഞത് | ||
Maltese perfetta | ||
Maori tino pai | ||
Marathi परिपूर्ण | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯇꯤꯛ ꯆꯥꯕ | ||
Mizo sawisel bo | ||
Mongolian төгс | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အကောင်းဆုံး | ||
Nepali उत्तम | ||
Norwegian perfekt | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) changwiro | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସଂପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ | ||
Oromo mudaa kan hin qabne | ||
Pashto کامل | ||
Persian کامل | ||
Polish doskonały | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) perfeito | ||
Punjabi ਸੰਪੂਰਨ | ||
Quechua kusa | ||
Romanian perfect | ||
Russian идеальный | ||
Samoan atoatoa | ||
Sanskrit परिपूर्णम् | ||
Scots Gaelic foirfe | ||
Sepedi phethegilego | ||
Serbian савршен | ||
Sesotho phethahetse | ||
Shona zvakakwana | ||
Sindhi مڪمل صحيح | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පරිපූර්ණ | ||
Slovak perfektné | ||
Slovenian popolno | ||
Somali kaamil ah | ||
Spanish perfecto | ||
Sundanese sampurna | ||
Swahili kamili | ||
Swedish perfekt | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) perpekto | ||
Tajik комил | ||
Tamil சரியானது | ||
Tatar камил | ||
Telugu పరిపూర్ణమైనది | ||
Thai สมบูรณ์แบบ | ||
Tigrinya ፍፁም | ||
Tsonga vukahle | ||
Turkish mükemmel | ||
Turkmen ajaýyp | ||
Twi (Akan) pɛpɛɛpɛ | ||
Ukrainian ідеально | ||
Urdu کامل | ||
Uyghur مۇكەممەل | ||
Uzbek mukammal | ||
Vietnamese hoàn hảo | ||
Welsh perffaith | ||
Xhosa ugqibelele | ||
Yiddish שליימעסדיק | ||
Yoruba pipe | ||
Zulu iphelele |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "perfek" in Afrikaans shares its origin with "perfect" in English, but can also mean "complete" or "thorough". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "perfekt" is derived from the Latin word "perfectus", meaning "finished" or "complete". |
| Amharic | The word "ፍጹም" in Amharic is also used to mean "in full" or "without residue" |
| Arabic | The root word في ("fa") in "في أحسن الأحوال" also means "to excel". |
| Azerbaijani | "Mükəmməl" not only means "perfect" or "ideal," but also refers to someone or something that is "complete" or "finished." |
| Basque | "Ezin hobea" literally translates to "not better," meaning something is already at its best or perfect. |
| Bengali | The word "নিখুঁত" can also mean "complete" or "entire". |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "savršeno" derives from the Proto-Slavic "*sъvьršenъ, |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "перфектно" is derived from the French word "parfait", meaning "complete" or "thorough". |
| Catalan | Catalan "perfecte" comes ultimately from Latin "perficere," meaning "to finish" or "to bring to completion." |
| Cebuano | "Hingpit" is not only the Cebuano word for "perfect" but also for "complete" and "absolute." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The term "完善" first appears in the "Book of Songs", and it originally refers to a ritual object made of jade. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word 完善 literally means 'complete goodness', reflecting its Confucian origin and the concept of holistic development. |
| Corsican | The word "perfettu" in Corsican also has a metaphorical meaning, referring to something that is very beautiful or pleasing. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "savršen" is derived from the Slavic root "sъvъrshiti", meaning "to complete" or "to finish". |
| Czech | "Perfektní" is also a colloquial Czech word meaning "really good" or "amazing." |
| Danish | Danish "perfekt" comes from Latin "perfectus" but refers to the "past" tense. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "perfect" also translates to "neat" or "tidy". |
| Esperanto | Esperanto "perfekta" derives from Latin "perfectus," meaning "thoroughly done, completed, finished, perfect," and shares an etymological root with English "perfect" and French "parfait." |
| Estonian | "Täiuslik" is derived from "täis" (full) and can also mean "complete" or "finished". |
| Finnish | "Täydellinen" originally meant "full" or "complete", and still carries this meaning in some contexts. |
| French | The word "parfait" derives from the Latin word "perfectus", meaning "completed". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "perfekt" is a borrowing from Latin, originally meaning "to do something to the end." |
| Galician | The Galician word "perfecto" can also mean "finished" or "completed". |
| German | The German word "perfekt" derives from the Latin "perfectus", meaning "completed" or "finished" |
| Greek | While 'τέλειος' means 'perfect' in modern Greek, its original meaning in Ancient Greek was 'brought to an end'. |
| Gujarati | The word "સંપૂર્ણ" also means "complete" or "whole" in Gujarati, highlighting its multifaceted nature. |
| Haitian Creole | Haitian Creole 'pafè' derives from French 'parfait' ('perfect') by way of Spanish |
| Hausa | Hausa word "cikakke" (perfect) derives from "cik", which implies completeness, thoroughness, and precision, emphasizing the concept of flawlessness. |
| Hawaiian | The word "hemolele" has a different pronunciation and meaning in certain regional dialects, where it translates to "to fall" or "to be tired". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "מושלם" comes from the root "ש.ל.ם," meaning "to be whole, to be complete." |
| Hindi | उत्तम also means 'higher' or 'elevated' and originally meant 'excellent, best, top' in Sanskrit, with a cognate in Latin: 'optimus' (best). |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "zoo meej" can also refer to something that is "too perfect to be true" or "ideal." |
| Hungarian | The word "tökéletes" is derived from the Turkic word "tük" meaning complete or full. |
| Icelandic | The word "fullkominn" is cognate with the English word "full" and the German word "vollkommen". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "zuru oke" may also refer to being "excessive" or "in bad shape." |
| Indonesian | The word "sempurna" shares its etymology with the Sanskrit "samprati" meaning "present", "complete", or "perfect." |
| Irish | The word 'foirfe' can also mean 'complete' or 'ready', and is cognate with the Welsh word 'perffaith'. |
| Italian | "Perfetto" derives from Latin "perficere" (to finish, to make, to create), which in turn comes from "per-" (through, thoroughly) and "facere" (to do, to make). |
| Japanese | The term "完璧" (kanpeki) initially referred to a pearl's flawless roundness and brilliance. |
| Javanese | The term 'sampurna' is derived from Sanskrit and also means 'completely filled' in Javanese. |
| Kannada | The term "ಪರಿಪೂರ್ಣ" in Kannada originally meant "full" or "complete," but has evolved to also imply perfection or completeness. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "мінсіз" (perfect) is also used to describe purity and virtue, and is derived from the Persian "مين" (quality, condition). |
| Khmer | "ល្អឥតខ្ចោះ" derives from Sanskrit, where "lāva" signifies "beautiful" and "anya" translates to "without," together meaning "completely perfect." |
| Korean | The Korean word "완전한" (perfect) originally meant "complete" or "thorough" but has since acquired the additional meaning of "flawless" or "excellent". |
| Kurdish | The word 'lhevderketî' shares the root 'hev' with 'hevber' and 'hevkar', which all relate to concepts of togetherness and cooperation. |
| Kyrgyz | In addition to its core meaning of "perfect," "кемчиликсиз" can also mean "unbiased" or "impartial." |
| Latin | The Latin root of "perfect" also meant "completed" or "thoroughly done." |
| Latvian | "Ideāls" in Latvian has Germanic origins, sharing a root with the English word "ideal" and denoting not only perfection but also a pattern or model. |
| Lithuanian | The word originates from the Proto-Indo-European root *peu-"to purify, to cleanse". It is related to the Latvian "pulks" and Russian "polk" (polk) meaning "regiment, army". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "perfekt" can also mean "complete" or "finished". |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "совршено" originally meant "complete" and was borrowed from Old Church Slavonic in the 11th century, replacing the native word "совершен". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "tonga lafatra" is derived from the phrase "manaraka lalana", meaning "follow the path", and implies a state of being in harmony, on the right track, or in alignment with what is considered ideal or correct. |
| Malay | The word 'sempurna' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'sampūrna', meaning 'complete' or 'whole'. |
| Malayalam | The word “തികഞ്ഞത്” (“perfect”) comes from the root word “തിക” (“to be complete”) and it can also mean “sufficient” or “adequate”. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "perfetta" derives from Italian and additionally means "very" or "extremely". |
| Maori | Tino pai, a reduplication of pai, also means 'excessively good' in Maori. |
| Marathi | The word 'परिपूर्ण' in Marathi derives from the Sanskrit root 'पूर' meaning 'to fill', and means 'filled' or 'complete'. |
| Mongolian | "Төгс" (perfect) can also mean "whole" or "completion" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | Nepali word "उत्तम" is related to the Sanskrit word "उत्तम" meaning "highest" or "best" and also to the Latin word "optimus" meaning "best". |
| Norwegian | In German and Norwegian the word "perfekt" has both the meaning of "complete" or "finished", and "faultless" or "without error." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "changwiro" can also refer to a state of being without any defects or flaws. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "کامل" can also mean "whole", "complete", or "fulfilled". |
| Persian | The Persian word "کامل" (perfect) originates from the Arabic word "كَمَال" (completeness), referring to the absence of defects or deficiencies. |
| Polish | "Doskonały" in Polish literally translates to "that which has come to the end" or that which is "complete." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "perfeito" derives from the Latin "perficere", meaning "to complete" or "to bring to an end". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸੰਪੂਰਨ" (sampurna) in Punjabi also means "complete" or "whole" in addition to "perfect". It is derived from the Sanskrit word "सम्पूर्ण" (sampoorna), which has the same meanings. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "perfect" (perfect) is also used to mean "complete" or "finished". |
| Russian | The word "идеальный" comes from the Greek word "idea", meaning "form" or "essence." |
| Samoan | In Samoan culture, 'atoatoa' can also refer to a state of completeness or fulfillment. |
| Scots Gaelic | The root of the word foirfe might be *u̯ers- ‘good’ or *ur- ‘true’, making it related to fir ‘real, true’ or fear ‘man’ |
| Serbian | "Savrsen" in Serbian also means "mature", particularly when used to describe age. |
| Shona | The word 'zvakakwana' in Shona also has meanings related to completion and adequacy, beyond the notion of perfection. |
| Sindhi | Sindhi مکمل صحيح derives from Sanskrit मढ़कग़ाल which refers to one hundred |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "perfektné" also means "excellent" or "ideal." |
| Slovenian | Popoln is a contraction of 'pod polnim' (literally under full) which, when used in reference to the moon, means full moon. |
| Somali | Somali "kaamil ah" has been derived from the root K-M-L meaning "to know" as well as to imply completeness, maturity and wholeness. |
| Spanish | "Perfecto" can also mean "excellent" or "very good" in Spanish. |
| Sundanese | The word "sampurna" can also mean "complete" or "whole" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "kamili" not only means "perfect", but also denotes wholeness, completeness, and maturity. |
| Swedish | The word "perfekt" in Swedish can also mean "complete" or "finished". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Philippine mythology, "perpekto" is another name for "kapre", a malevolent tree demon or spirit that preys on men. |
| Tajik | The word "комил" in Tajik can also mean "complete" or "finished". |
| Telugu | The Telugu word 'పరిపూర్ణమైనది' is derived from Sanskrit 'पूर्ण' meaning 'filled or complete', and 'అైనది' meaning 'having become', suggesting the state of being complete and fulfilled. |
| Thai | The word "สมบูรณ์แบบ" (perfect) is derived from the Sanskrit word "sampūrṇa," meaning "complete" or "whole." |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "mükemmel" has additional meanings such as "complete" and "ideal". |
| Ukrainian | Ідеально, in Ukrainian, shares the same root as ``idea`` and originally meant ``as conceived``. |
| Urdu | The word comes from Arabic and in Urdu also means "full". |
| Uzbek | The word "mukammal" originally meant "complete" or "whole" in Arabic, and is still used in that sense in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Hoàn hảo" derives from Sino-Vietnamese, sharing roots with Mandarin "hào háo", meaning "very good". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "perffaith" comes from the Latin "perfectus"} |
| Xhosa | The word "ugqibelele" is the root for all words relating to beauty, goodness, health and the like in Xhosa, and is a common theme in praise poems. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word 'שלעמעסדיק' (shlemazdik) means both 'perfect' and 'awkward' because it originally referred to the way a rabbi would awkwardly hold an object in their hand. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word 'pipe' can also mean 'completely' or 'thoroughly'. |
| Zulu | The word "iphelele" also means "complete" or "whole" in Zulu. |
| English | The word "perfect" is derived from the Latin "perfectus," meaning "finished" or "complete." |