Phenomenon in Different Languages
Discover 'Phenomenon' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Phenomenon
Afrikaans verskynsel | ||
Albanian dukuri | ||
Amharic ክስተት | ||
Arabic ظاهرة | ||
Armenian երեւույթ | ||
Assamese অদ্ভুত ঘটনা | ||
Aymara phinuminu | ||
Azerbaijani fenomen | ||
Bambara fɛnw | ||
Basque fenomenoa | ||
Belarusian з'ява | ||
Bengali ঘটমান বিষয় | ||
Bhojpuri घटना | ||
Bosnian fenomen | ||
Bulgarian явление | ||
Catalan fenomen | ||
Cebuano panghitabo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 现象 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 現象 | ||
Corsican fenomenu | ||
Croatian fenomen | ||
Czech jev | ||
Danish fænomen | ||
Dhivehi ފެނޯމިނާ | ||
Dogri घटना | ||
Dutch fenomeen | ||
English phenomenon | ||
Esperanto fenomeno | ||
Estonian nähtus | ||
Ewe nudzɔdzɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kababalaghan | ||
Finnish ilmiö | ||
French phénomène | ||
Frisian ferskynsel | ||
Galician fenómeno | ||
Georgian ფენომენი | ||
German phänomen | ||
Greek φαινόμενο | ||
Guarani ojehukakuaáva | ||
Gujarati ઘટના | ||
Haitian Creole fenomèn | ||
Hausa sabon abu | ||
Hawaiian hanana | ||
Hebrew תופעה | ||
Hindi घटना | ||
Hmong qhov tshwm sim | ||
Hungarian jelenség | ||
Icelandic fyrirbæri | ||
Igbo onu | ||
Ilocano datdatlag | ||
Indonesian fenomena | ||
Irish feiniméan | ||
Italian fenomeno | ||
Japanese 現象 | ||
Javanese kedadean | ||
Kannada ವಿದ್ಯಮಾನ | ||
Kazakh құбылыс | ||
Khmer បាតុភូត | ||
Kinyarwanda phenomenon | ||
Konkani विलक्षण | ||
Korean 현상 | ||
Krio mirekul | ||
Kurdish diyarde | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دیاردە | ||
Kyrgyz кубулуш | ||
Lao ປະກົດການ | ||
Latin dictu | ||
Latvian parādība | ||
Lingala likambo | ||
Lithuanian reiškinys | ||
Luganda ekintu ekisubirwa okuberawo | ||
Luxembourgish phänomen | ||
Macedonian феномен | ||
Maithili तथ्य | ||
Malagasy javatra | ||
Malay fenomena | ||
Malayalam പ്രതിഭാസം | ||
Maltese fenomenu | ||
Maori tītohunga | ||
Marathi इंद्रियगोचर | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯧꯑꯣꯡ | ||
Mizo thilmak | ||
Mongolian үзэгдэл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဖြစ်ရပ်ဆန်း | ||
Nepali घटना | ||
Norwegian fenomen | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chodabwitsa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଘଟଣା | ||
Oromo kan yaadatamu | ||
Pashto پدیده | ||
Persian پدیده | ||
Polish zjawisko | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) fenômeno | ||
Punjabi ਵਰਤਾਰੇ | ||
Quechua fenomeno | ||
Romanian fenomen | ||
Russian явление | ||
Samoan mea ofoofogia | ||
Sanskrit घटना | ||
Scots Gaelic iongantas | ||
Sepedi diponagalo | ||
Serbian феномен | ||
Sesotho ketsahalo | ||
Shona fani | ||
Sindhi رجحان | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සංසිද්ධිය | ||
Slovak fenomén | ||
Slovenian pojav | ||
Somali ifafaale | ||
Spanish fenómeno | ||
Sundanese fenomena | ||
Swahili jambo | ||
Swedish fenomen | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kababalaghan | ||
Tajik падида | ||
Tamil நிகழ்வு | ||
Tatar феномен | ||
Telugu దృగ్విషయం | ||
Thai ปรากฏการณ์ | ||
Tigrinya ኽስተት | ||
Tsonga nchumu wo hlawuleka | ||
Turkish fenomen | ||
Turkmen hadysasy | ||
Twi (Akan) deɛ ɛrekɔ so | ||
Ukrainian явище | ||
Urdu رجحان | ||
Uyghur ھادىسە | ||
Uzbek hodisa | ||
Vietnamese hiện tượng | ||
Welsh ffenomen | ||
Xhosa into | ||
Yiddish דערשיינונג | ||
Yoruba lasan | ||
Zulu into |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Verskynsel" comes from the Dutch word "verschijnsel," meaning "appearance" or "manifestation." |
| Albanian | The word "dukuri" can also refer to a rare or unusual event. |
| Amharic | The word "ክስተት" also means "nature" or "occurrence" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "ظاهرة" (phenomenon) is derived from the root "ظهر" (to appear) and can also mean "manifestation" or "outward sign". |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "երեւույթ" ("phenomenon") can also mean "appearance", "sight" or "vision", reflecting the word's connection to the act of "seeing". |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, fenomen has alternate meanings such as "amazing" and "extraordinary". |
| Basque | The Basque word “fenomenoa” comes from the Greek word “phainómenon” which means “that which is apparent to the senses”. |
| Belarusian | "З'ява" is cognate with the Russian word "явление" and the Ukrainian word "явище", all of which derive from the Proto-Slavic word *javъ, meaning "to appear" or "to manifest." |
| Bengali | ঘটমান বিষয় refers to an 'event' or 'occurrence', but can also mean 'phenomenon', 'fact' or 'circumstance' |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, 'fenomen' is also used to describe something or someone extraordinary or unusual. |
| Bulgarian | The word "явление" in Bulgarian can also refer to an event, occurrence, or manifestation. |
| Catalan | The term "fenomen" comes from the Greek "phainomenon" ('manifestation'), and shares this root with "fenomen" in Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and "phénomène" in French |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "panghitabo" is derived from the Sanskrit word "pratyavartanani", meaning "repeatedly returning". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "现象" (xiànxiàng) can mean "phenomenon", "aspect", or "situation" in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 現象 (xiànxiàng) means "phenomenon" in English. It can also mean "appearance" or "manifestation". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "fenomenu" can also refer to an extraordinary or remarkable person. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, 'fenomen' is sometimes also used to describe a person who is particularly skilled or exceptional. |
| Czech | The word "jev" in Czech also means "appearance" or "manifestation". |
| Danish | The Danish word "fænomen" can also refer to an outstanding or remarkable person or occurrence. |
| Dutch | In Dutch "fenomeen" can also mean "eccentric person". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "fenomeno" has the same etymology as the English word "phenomenon", both being derived from the Greek word "phainomenon", meaning "that which appears." |
| Estonian | In older literary Estonian, "nähtus" had the additional meaning of "manifestation" or "appearance." |
| Finnish | "Ilmiö" is the Finnish word for "phenomenon," but it can also refer to a "mental health problem" or a "strange occurrence." |
| French | Le mot "phénomène" provient du grec "phainomenon", qui signifie "ce qui apparaît". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "ferskynsel" derives from Middle Dutch "verschijnsel". The term "ferskynsel" denotes an extraordinary event, occurrence, or object, particularly a rare celestial event. |
| Galician | In Galician, "fenómeno" is used to describe something strange or unusual, and can also refer to a person who is considered odd or eccentric. |
| Georgian | "ფენომენი" is an ancient Greek word meaning “appearance,” “that which shows itself” and “something that can be seen or observed; hence, an extraordinary, unusual, or remarkable occurrence or event"} |
| German | The German word "Phänomen" has the same meaning as the English "phenomenon" but also derives from the Greek "phainomenon", meaning "appearance" |
| Greek | In Greek, "φαινόμενο" originally meant "appearance" or "that which is seen," and can also refer to a ghost or apparition. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "ઘટના" (ghanṭanā) also means "event" or "occurrence". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "fenomèn" is derived from the French word "phénomène" and still retains its original meaning in most situations. |
| Hausa | "Sabon abu" is a compound word meaning "new thing" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | While **hanana** usually means "phenomenon" in Hawaiian, it can also mean "story", "act", or "deed". |
| Hebrew | "תופעה " additionally means "occurrence" or "happening" in Hebrew. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word घटना (ghatana) means "happening," but can also refer to a "festival" or an "event celebrating a famous person's life or work." |
| Hmong | The word 'qhov tshwm sim' is also used to refer to a 'symptom' or 'sign'. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "jelenség" translates to "phenomenon" in English, but it also means "appearance", "sign", or "indication". |
| Icelandic | The word "fyrirbæri" can also mean "occurrence" or "event", and originates from the Old Norse word "fyrirbæri", meaning "that which is carried before". |
| Igbo | In Igbo, "onu" can also mean "mouth" or "language", reflecting the idea that speech is a manifestation of one's being. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "fenomena" originates from the Greek word "phainomenon", meaning "that which appears" or "observable fact". |
| Irish | The Irish word "feiniméan" is also used to refer to a ghost or apparition. |
| Italian | The Italian word "fenomeno" comes from the Ancient Greek "phainómenos", meaning "that which appears". |
| Japanese | The word "現象" (phenomenon) is derived from ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon), which means "appearance" or "outward show." |
| Javanese | The word 'kedadean' in Javanese can also refer to something that happens or appears suddenly. |
| Kannada | "ವಿದ್ಯಮಾನ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "विद्यमान", meaning "existing" or "manifest". It can also refer to an event, a manifestation, or an appearance. |
| Kazakh | The word "құбылыс" can also refer to an event, occurrence, or natural phenomenon. |
| Khmer | "បាតុភូត" can also refer to a physical object or a non-physical entity, such as a concept or an idea. |
| Korean | The word 현상(現象) was borrowed from the Japanese word |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word 'diyarde' comes from the Persian word 'dayar' which means 'land' or 'country'. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "кубулуш" can also refer to a state of mind or the process of getting used to something. |
| Latin | The Latin word "dictu" has the primary meaning of "to be said" or "to be told". |
| Latvian | The word “parādība” in Latvian has the same root as the word “parādīt” (meaning “to show”) and is related to the idea of something that is “shown” or “made visible”. |
| Lithuanian | The word "reiškinys" in Lithuanian also means "an event", "a happening", or "a fact". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Phänomen" also means "extraordinary person" or "celebrity". |
| Macedonian | The word "феномен" comes from the Greek "phainómenon", meaning that which can be seen. |
| Malagasy | The word "javatra" can also refer to a sign, a signal or a mark. |
| Malay | In Malay, "fenomena" can also refer to supernatural or extraordinary events or entities. |
| Malayalam | The word "പ്രതിഭാസം" in Malayalam means "phenomenon". It is also used to refer to "a manifestation of a deity" or "a miracle". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "fenomenu" is derived from the Latin word "phenomenon", which means "appearance". It can also be used to refer to a remarkable or unusual event or person. |
| Maori | The word 'tītohunga' in Māori also refers to an omen, sign, or portent, with its root 'tītohu' meaning 'to stand out or be prominent'. |
| Marathi | The word "इंद्रियगोचर" in Marathi literally translates to "that which is perceptible to the senses" and can also refer to "worldly" or "material" things. |
| Mongolian | The term "үзэгдэл" is related to the Mongolian word "үз" ("to see") and the suffix "-дел" ("state or condition"), indicating something visible or observable. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word is most likely derived from the Pali term ādhippakāro, which refers to a "cause" or "determinant." |
| Nepali | "घटना" (घट् + √न) also means "to reduce" or "to come together" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | "Fenomen" in Norwegian can also mean "event" or "occurrence". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | 'Chodabwitsa' is a Nyanja word meaning 'phenomenon', but it is also a word used to describe an unusual or extraordinary event. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "پدیده" is also used to refer to "an extraordinary occurrence" or "a strange or unusual thing." |
| Persian | The word "پدیده" ( پدیده ) in Persian, is rooted in Ancient Greek, and ultimately comes from the Proto-Indo-European word "bha-", meaning "to shine" or "to appear". |
| Polish | The Polish word "zjawisko" is derived from the verb "zjawiać się" meaning "to appear". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In some Portuguese-speaking areas, "fenômeno" can also refer to someone or something exceptional, talented, or charismatic. |
| Punjabi | ਵਰਤਾਰੇ (vartaare) is also used in Punjabi to describe occurrences or happenings that have a specific timeframe, like religious observances or fasts. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "fenomen" comes from Greek "phainómenon", meaning "that which appears" or "that which is seen". |
| Russian | The Russian word "явление" can also refer to a "manifestation" or a "sign". |
| Samoan | The word "mea ofoofogia" is a compound of "mea" (thing) and "oofoogia" (to happen, occur). |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, "iongantas" can also refer to "marvel" or "miracle". |
| Serbian | У српском језику, реч "феномен" може означавати и натприродно биће. |
| Sesotho | Ketsahalo, meaning phenomenon, has been theorized to derive from 'ketsa' (to separate) and 'halo' (to be separate). This suggests the idea of an occurrence that sets itself apart and remains isolated. |
| Shona | The Kalanga use the word 'pfani' to mean 'a thing of no significance'. |
| Sindhi | "رجحان" also means the act of weighing, balance, or a small profit. |
| Slovak | In Slovak, "fenomén" can also refer to a celebrity, usually in a negative sense. |
| Slovenian | "Pojav" can also mean "appearance" or "manifestation" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | Ifafaale, a Somali word commonly translated as "phenomenon," shares an etymological root with "falaad," meaning "to do, perform, or accomplish," and "falaaqaad," meaning "accomplishment, result, or creation." |
| Spanish | The word "fenómeno" derives from the Ancient Greek word "phainómenon" meaning "appearance" or "that which is seen." |
| Sundanese | Sundanese has a cognate word "pénoména" with the same meaning. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "jambo" comes from the Arabic word "jumhūriyyah", meaning "republic". |
| Swedish | In Swedish, the word "fenomen" is derived from Greek and means both "phenomenon" and "illusion" or "false appearance". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word kababalaghan (phenomenon) likely originated from the word "kabal" (horse) and "balaghan" (shed), referring to extraordinary occurrences that are as unexpected as finding a horse in a shed. |
| Tajik | In Tajik, "падида" also means "evidence" or "sign". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "நிகழ்வு" can also refer to an event, occurrence, or happening. |
| Telugu | దృగ్విషయం is derived from the Sanskrit words 'दृक्' (dṛk) meaning 'to see' and 'विषय' (viṣaya) meaning 'object', which collectively refer to an object or event that can be perceived. |
| Thai | ปรากฏการณ์ comes from the Sanskrit word 'prākatya' meaning 'appearance', 'manifestation' or 'occurrence'. |
| Turkish | The word "fenomen" in Turkish can also be used to mean "celebrity", especially in the entertainment industry. |
| Ukrainian | "Явище" can also mean "appearance" or "manifestation". |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "رجحان" originally meant "inclination" or "tendency". |
| Uzbek | Hodisa derives from the Arabic word "hadath" and has synonyms including "voqea" and "ajoyib" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word 'hiện tượng' can also mean 'illusion' or 'manifestation'. |
| Welsh | The word 'ffenomen' can also refer to a 'miracle' or 'marvel' in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, the word "into" can also be used to describe something that is strange or unusual. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "דערשיינונג" also carries the meanings of "appearance" and "manifestation". |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, “lasan” also means “to be plentiful.” |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "into" can also refer to a type of traditional beer made from sorghum. |
| English | The word "phenomenon" can also refer to a famous or extraordinary person or thing. |