Picture in Different Languages
Discover 'Picture' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Picture
Afrikaans prent | ||
Albanian foto | ||
Amharic ስዕል | ||
Arabic صورة | ||
Armenian նկար | ||
Assamese ছৱি | ||
Aymara jamuqa | ||
Azerbaijani şəkil | ||
Bambara ja | ||
Basque argazkia | ||
Belarusian малюнак | ||
Bengali ছবি | ||
Bhojpuri तसवीर | ||
Bosnian slika | ||
Bulgarian снимка | ||
Catalan imatge | ||
Cebuano litrato | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 图片 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 圖片 | ||
Corsican ritrattu | ||
Croatian slika | ||
Czech obrázek | ||
Danish billede | ||
Dhivehi ފޮޓޯ | ||
Dogri तसवीर | ||
Dutch afbeelding | ||
English picture | ||
Esperanto bildo | ||
Estonian pilt | ||
Ewe nutata | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) larawan | ||
Finnish kuva | ||
French image | ||
Frisian ôfbylding | ||
Galician imaxe | ||
Georgian სურათი | ||
German bild | ||
Greek εικόνα | ||
Guarani ha'ãnga | ||
Gujarati ચિત્ર | ||
Haitian Creole foto | ||
Hausa hoto | ||
Hawaiian kiʻi | ||
Hebrew תְמוּנָה | ||
Hindi चित्र | ||
Hmong daim duab | ||
Hungarian kép | ||
Icelandic mynd | ||
Igbo foto | ||
Ilocano ladawan | ||
Indonesian gambar | ||
Irish pictiúr | ||
Italian immagine | ||
Japanese 画像 | ||
Javanese gambar | ||
Kannada ಚಿತ್ರ | ||
Kazakh сурет | ||
Khmer រូបភាព | ||
Kinyarwanda ishusho | ||
Konkani चित्र | ||
Korean 그림 | ||
Krio pikchɔ | ||
Kurdish sûret | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) وێنە | ||
Kyrgyz сүрөт | ||
Lao ຮູບພາບ | ||
Latin picturae | ||
Latvian bilde | ||
Lingala foto | ||
Lithuanian paveikslėlis | ||
Luganda ekifaananyi | ||
Luxembourgish bild | ||
Macedonian слика | ||
Maithili छवि | ||
Malagasy picture | ||
Malay gambar | ||
Malayalam ചിത്രം | ||
Maltese stampa | ||
Maori pikitia | ||
Marathi चित्र | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯃꯤ | ||
Mizo milem | ||
Mongolian зураг | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ရုပ်ပုံ | ||
Nepali चित्र | ||
Norwegian bilde | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chithunzi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଛବି | ||
Oromo suuraa | ||
Pashto انځور | ||
Persian عکس | ||
Polish obrazek | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) cenário | ||
Punjabi ਤਸਵੀਰ | ||
Quechua rikchay | ||
Romanian imagine | ||
Russian рисунок | ||
Samoan ata | ||
Sanskrit चित्र | ||
Scots Gaelic dealbh | ||
Sepedi seswantšho | ||
Serbian слика | ||
Sesotho setshwantsho | ||
Shona mufananidzo | ||
Sindhi تصوير | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පින්තූරය | ||
Slovak obrázok | ||
Slovenian slika | ||
Somali sawir | ||
Spanish imagen | ||
Sundanese gambar | ||
Swahili picha | ||
Swedish bild | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) larawan | ||
Tajik расм | ||
Tamil படம் | ||
Tatar рәсем | ||
Telugu చిత్రం | ||
Thai ภาพ | ||
Tigrinya ስእሊ | ||
Tsonga xifaniso | ||
Turkish resim | ||
Turkmen surat | ||
Twi (Akan) mfoni | ||
Ukrainian картина | ||
Urdu تصویر | ||
Uyghur رەسىم | ||
Uzbek rasm | ||
Vietnamese hình ảnh | ||
Welsh llun | ||
Xhosa umfanekiso | ||
Yiddish בילד | ||
Yoruba aworan | ||
Zulu isithombe |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word 'prent' is likely derived from the Middle Dutch 'prente', meaning 'mark' or 'impression'. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "foto" is derived from the Greek word "phos" (light) and is related to words like "photography" and "photogenic" in other languages. |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ስዕል" also means "painting", "statue", or "sculpture". |
| Arabic | In Arabic, 'صورة' (picture) can also refer to a photograph, an image, a form, or even a metaphor. |
| Armenian | The word "նկար" can also mean "painting" or "drawing" in Armenian. |
| Azerbaijani | 'Şəkil' is also the name of a city in Azerbaijan and means 'city' in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The Basque word "argazkia" derives from the Greek "argyro" (silver) and "graphe" (writing), referring to the early use of silver salts in photography. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "малюнак" derives from the Old Church Slavonic term "malŭ", meaning "small" or "tiny", and likely originally referred to sketches or illustrations. |
| Bengali | In Bengali, "ছবি" (chobi) can also mean an idol or image of a deity. |
| Bosnian | Slikanica, a Serbo-Croatian word for a picture book, is derived from slika, meaning "picture," and the suffix -nica, which denotes a container. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "снимка" is also used to refer to a photograph taken for official purposes, such as an ID card or passport. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word “imatge” is derived from the Latin word “imago,” which means “image” or “likeness,” and also refers to a statue or effigy. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "litrato" comes from the Spanish word "retrato" which means "portrait". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "图片" (túpiàn) literally translates to "image plate". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "圖片" was borrowed into Japanese as "え" in the Meiji period, where it has become the standard term for "picture" and is also used to denote "image". |
| Corsican | The word "ritrattu" in Corsican also means "portrait", originating from the Italian word "ritratto". |
| Croatian | In Croatian, the word "slika" can also refer to an icon or a metaphor. |
| Czech | The word "obrázek" likely originates from the Old German "obrizz" meaning "face" or "painting". |
| Danish | The word "billede" in Danish is derived from the Old Norse word "bilithi", which means "image" or "idol." |
| Dutch | "Afbeelding" in Dutch also means "mapping" or "representation". |
| Esperanto | "Bildo" is related to the English "build," as photographs were originally constructed using a series of exposures. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "pilt" derives from the Germanic root "*filþ-a" meaning "to cover" and is related to the English word "felt" and the German word "Filz". |
| Finnish | "Kuva" is a word that means "picture", but it can also mean "image", "reflection", "figure", or "idol" in different contexts. |
| French | In French, the word "image" is derived from the Latin word "imago," meaning a representation or resemblance of something. |
| Frisian | The Old Frisian word "ôfbylding" means not only "picture," but also "likeness." |
| Galician | "Imaxe", in Galician, has two origins: one from the Greek "eikon" (image), and the second from the Latin "imago" (figure, appearance). |
| Georgian | The word "სურათი" (picture) in Georgian originates from the Arabic word "صورة" (image), through the Persian "صورت" (form). |
| German | The German word "Bild" (picture) comes from the Old High German word "bilidi," which also means "image," "idol," or "statue." |
| Greek | The word "εικόνα" originates from the Greek verb "εικώ" (eikō), meaning "to resemble" or "to be like". |
| Gujarati | The word "ચિત્ર" (picture) in Gujarati can also refer to a painting, sketch, or drawing, and derives from the Sanskrit word "chitra" meaning "bright, shining, or variegated". |
| Haitian Creole | "Foto" in Haitian Creole is derived from the French word "photographie" and also means "photocopy". |
| Hausa | The word "hoto" can also refer to a type of traditional Hausa dance or a particular style of Hausa clothing. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "kiʻi" also means "idol" or "statue". |
| Hebrew | "תְמוּנָה" also means "vision" or "apparition" in Hebrew, as in the phrase "חֲזוֹן תְמוּנָה" (vision of a picture). |
| Hindi | In Sanskrit, "चित्र" (chitra) means "bright" or "shining," and in Pali, it refers to a painted or colored object. |
| Hmong | 'Daim duab' is a compound word, consisting of 'daim' (something visible) and 'duab' (to carve or draw). It refers to both the act of creating a picture and the picture itself. |
| Hungarian | The word "kép" can also refer to a representation, an image, or an idea in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | The word 'mynd' also means 'mind' and is related to the Old Norse word 'munr', meaning 'memory' or 'understanding'. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "foto" is derived from the English word "photo" and also means "camera". |
| Indonesian | The word "gambar" in Indonesian is derived from the Sanskrit word "gambhira" meaning "depth", and can also refer to a plan or scheme. |
| Irish | The Irish word "pictiúr" comes from the Latin word "pictura" meaning "painting". |
| Italian | The Italian word "immagine" comes from the Latin word "imago", meaning "likeness, copy, or representation". |
| Japanese | The word "画像" also means "portrait" or "image of a person". |
| Javanese | The word "gambar" derives from the Old Javanese word "ghamba", meaning "idol" or "image". |
| Kannada | The Kannada word 'ಚಿತ್ರ' can also refer to a moving picture or film. |
| Kazakh | The word "сурет" in Kazakh can also refer to an "image" in the sense of a mental representation, as in "a picture of the past". |
| Khmer | The term "រូបភាព" can also refer to a "mental image" or "imaginary form" in Khmer literature. |
| Korean | The native Korean word 그림 can mean either a painting or a picture, while the Sino-Korean equivalent 도화 is exclusively used for a painting |
| Kurdish | "Sûret" shares a root with the word "surat" in Arabic, meaning "face". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "сүрөт" also means "icon" or "painting" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | The word "ຮູບພາບ" is also used to refer to one's appearance or image, especially in the context of social media. |
| Latin | The word "picturae" in Latin is the plural form of "pictura," which means "painting" or "representation." |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "bilde" can also refer to a figure or likeness in a work of art, and is related to the Sanskrit word "bilda" meaning "image". |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "paveikslėlis" for "picture" comes from the word "vaizdas" which means "view" or "image". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Bild" in Luxembourgish can also refer to the Catholic practice of venerating an image of Christ, known as the "Heiliges Bild" or "Heilig Blut". |
| Macedonian | In the plural, "слики" means “prints” in photography. |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, the word "sary" can mean "picture," "painting," or "image." |
| Malay | Gambar is derived from the Sanskrit word 'chitra' meaning 'painted'. |
| Malayalam | The word "ചിത്രം" (picture) in Malayalam may also refer to a drawing, painting, or the act of making such a visual representation. |
| Maltese | The word "stampa" in Maltese can also refer to a "seal" or a "stamp" used to mark or authenticate documents. |
| Maori | The Maori word "pikitia" also means "to draw, paint, or photograph". |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'चित्र' ('picture') originates from the Sanskrit word 'चित्रम्' ('varied', 'diverse'), likely alluding to the visual diversity of paintings. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "зураг" is also used to refer to a "statue" or "photograph". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ရုပ်ပုံ" in Myanmar can also refer to a statue or a corpse, as it literally means "form and shape." |
| Nepali | In Nepali, the word "चित्र" can also refer to a movie or a mental image. |
| Norwegian | While 'bilde' in modern Norwegian mainly means 'picture', it also retains the old sense of 'statue' in the set phrase 'billedhugger' ('sculptor'). |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Chithunzi" can also mean "shadow" or "reflection" in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | انځور can also mean figure, image, or resemblance in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "عکس" also means "reverse" or "opposite" in Persian, such as "پشت و عکس" (front and back). |
| Polish | The Polish word "obrazek" also means "icon" or "painting". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Cenário" (Brazil) was originally a term for the backdrops used in theater, deriving from the Italian "scenario" meaning "script, plot". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਤਸਵੀਰ" also has the alternate meaning of "a mental image or representation", similar to the English word "imagination". |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "imagine" is derived from Latin "imago" (image) and also means "fantasy" or "concept". |
| Russian | Рисовать ("рисовать") in Russian means "to draw or paint" and derives from "ряса (" ряса ")", a long, simple robe, which was worn by monks and priests. |
| Samoan | The word "ata" can also mean "shadow" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | While "dealbh" in Gaelic usually means "picture", it also means "form", "figure" or "likeness". |
| Serbian | The word "слика" (picture) is derived from the Proto-Slavic "*slikati" (to draw, to paint). |
| Sesotho | Although 'setshwantsho' most often translates to 'picture,' it may also refer to television and the Internet depending on context. |
| Sindhi | The word "تصوير" can also mean "portrait" or "painting" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "පින්තූරය" derives ultimately from the Sanskrit "पत्र" (patra) and "चित्र" (citra) meaning "drawing" and "writing" respectively. |
| Slovak | The word "obrázok" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "obrъzъ", which originally meant "appearance" or "form". |
| Slovenian | The word "slika" in Slovenian also has the meaning of "image" or "representation", and is related to the words "slikati" (to paint) and "sloviti" (to see). |
| Somali | The Somali word "sawir" can also mean "image", "photograph", or "painting" |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "imagen" originates from Latin "imago" meaning "copy, representation, phantom, or ghost." |
| Sundanese | The word "gambar" in Sundanese comes from the Old Javanese word "gambaran", meaning "imitation" or "likeness." |
| Swahili | It is derived from the Arabic word 'picha', meaning 'piece of cloth' or 'drawing' |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "bild" originally meant "image carved into wood". |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "расм" is derived from the Persian word "نقش" (naqsh), meaning "mark" or "design". |
| Tamil | In Tamil, "படம்" (padam) can also refer to a movie, play, or photograph, showcasing its wider use beyond capturing images. |
| Telugu | చిత్రం additionally signifies 'strange', 'amazing' or 'curious', with the secondary implication of a 'work of art' or 'painting'. |
| Thai | The Thai word "ภาพ" (picture) derives from the Sanskrit word "bimba" (reflection, image), which is also the root of the English word "image". |
| Turkish | 'Resim' has its roots in the Ottoman Turkish word 'resim' and the Arabic word 'rasm', meaning 'trace' or 'sketch'. It is also used to refer to a painting or drawing, and formerly a book or a letter. |
| Ukrainian | Картина" also denotes "the canvas" in the sense of a large canvas bag to carry heavy stuff on a horse's back. |
| Urdu | The word "تصویر" in Urdu derives from the Persian word "taswir" meaning "image" or "likeness", and is related to the Arabic word "sura" meaning "shape" or "form". |
| Uzbek | "Rasm" can also mean "drawing" or "sketch" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | The literal meaning of "hình ảnh" in Vietnamese is "form-image" or "image of form", indicating that an image is a reproduction of the visible form of something. |
| Welsh | The word "llun" in Welsh could also mean "likeness" or "resemblance". |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "umfanekiso" is derived from the verb "ukufanekisa," meaning "to resemble" or "to make an image." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word בילד derives from the German Bild, which comes from the Old High German bilidi, ultimately tracing back to the Latin picto (to paint). |
| Yoruba | Aworan is the Yoruba word for picture also means a person's guardian deity or a symbol of deity. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'isithombe' derives from the verb 'ukuthomba' meaning 'to point at' or 'to show'. |
| English | The word "picture" originated from the Latin "pictura," meaning "painted decoration." |