Pie in Different Languages
Discover 'Pie' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Pie
Afrikaans tert | ||
Albanian byrek | ||
Amharic አምባሻ | ||
Arabic فطيرة | ||
Armenian կարկանդակ | ||
Assamese at | ||
Aymara ukana | ||
Azerbaijani tort | ||
Bambara fɛ | ||
Basque pastela | ||
Belarusian пірог | ||
Bengali পাই | ||
Bhojpuri पर | ||
Bosnian pita | ||
Bulgarian пай | ||
Catalan pastís | ||
Cebuano pie | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 馅饼 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 餡餅 | ||
Corsican pie | ||
Croatian pita | ||
Czech koláč | ||
Danish pie | ||
Dhivehi ގައި | ||
Dogri पर | ||
Dutch taart | ||
English pie | ||
Esperanto torto | ||
Estonian pirukas | ||
Ewe le | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) sa | ||
Finnish piirakka | ||
French tarte | ||
Frisian taart | ||
Galician torta | ||
Georgian ღვეზელი | ||
German kuchen | ||
Greek πίτα | ||
Guarani pe | ||
Gujarati પાઇ | ||
Haitian Creole tat | ||
Hausa kek | ||
Hawaiian pai | ||
Hebrew פַּאִי | ||
Hindi पाई | ||
Hmong ncuav qab zib | ||
Hungarian pite | ||
Icelandic baka | ||
Igbo achịcha | ||
Ilocano iti | ||
Indonesian pai | ||
Irish pie | ||
Italian torta | ||
Japanese パイ | ||
Javanese pie | ||
Kannada ಪೈ | ||
Kazakh пирог | ||
Khmer ចំណិត | ||
Kinyarwanda kuri | ||
Konkani हाचेर | ||
Korean 파이 | ||
Krio at | ||
Kurdish paste | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) لە | ||
Kyrgyz пирог | ||
Lao ຂະ ໜົມ | ||
Latin crustum | ||
Latvian pie | ||
Lingala na | ||
Lithuanian pyragas | ||
Luganda ku | ||
Luxembourgish kuch | ||
Macedonian пита | ||
Maithili पे | ||
Malagasy henan'omby | ||
Malay pai | ||
Malayalam പൈ | ||
Maltese torta | ||
Maori pie | ||
Marathi पाई | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯦꯠ | ||
Mizo hmunah | ||
Mongolian бялуу | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပိုင် | ||
Nepali पाई | ||
Norwegian pai | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chitumbuwa | ||
Odia (Oriya) at | ||
Oromo itti | ||
Pashto پای | ||
Persian پای | ||
Polish ciasto | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) torta | ||
Punjabi ਪਾਈ | ||
Quechua at | ||
Romanian plăcintă | ||
Russian пирог | ||
Samoan pai | ||
Sanskrit इत्युपरि | ||
Scots Gaelic pie | ||
Sepedi ga | ||
Serbian пита | ||
Sesotho phae | ||
Shona pai | ||
Sindhi پائي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පයි | ||
Slovak koláč | ||
Slovenian pita | ||
Somali rooti | ||
Spanish tarta | ||
Sundanese pai | ||
Swahili pai | ||
Swedish paj | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pie | ||
Tajik пирог | ||
Tamil பை | ||
Tatar at | ||
Telugu పై | ||
Thai พาย | ||
Tigrinya ኣብ | ||
Tsonga e | ||
Turkish turta | ||
Turkmen at | ||
Twi (Akan) wɔ | ||
Ukrainian пиріг | ||
Urdu پائی | ||
Uyghur at | ||
Uzbek pirog | ||
Vietnamese pie | ||
Welsh pastai | ||
Xhosa ipayi | ||
Yiddish פּיראָג | ||
Yoruba paii | ||
Zulu uphayi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "tert" comes from the French "tarte". In addition to "pie", "tert" can also refer to a kind of pastry shell. |
| Albanian | The word "byrek" is a Turkish loanword that originally meant "dough" or "filling". |
| Amharic | The word amibasha can also mean |
| Arabic | The word 'فطيرة' is derived from the Greek word 'πλακοῦς', meaning 'flat cake'. |
| Armenian | "Կարկանդակ" (pie) is ultimately derived from the Persian word "karkand" (sweetmeat), which in turn comes from the Arabic word "karkan" (sweet). |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, the word "tort" can also refer to a type of traditional celebration cake. |
| Basque | In Basque, the word "pastela" can also refer to a type of stuffed pastry. |
| Belarusian | The word "пірог" in Belarusian not only means "pie", but also refers to a type of savory pastry filled with meat or vegetables. |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "পাই" can also refer to a type of traditional sweet bread or a playing card used in the game of "teen patti". |
| Bosnian | Bosnian "pita", like many Slavic words for "pie" derives from a root meaning "food" or "feeding". |
| Bulgarian | The word "пай" in Bulgarian also refers to a type of traditional Bulgarian pastry that is typically made with filo dough and filled with cheese, meat, or vegetables. |
| Catalan | The word "pastís" can also refer to a type of liqueur flavoured with aniseed, similar to the French "pastis". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "pie" can also be used as a term of endearment, such as when addressing children or loved ones. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 馅饼 is also used in Chinese slang as a pun to refer to a beautiful young woman. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 餡餅 is also used as a slang term for "a beautiful woman". |
| Corsican | Corsican "pitta" refers to the "pit", the central point around which traditional dances occur. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, the word "pita" can also refer to a flatbread or a large round loaf of bread. |
| Czech | In Czech, the word "koláč" not only refers to pie, but also to other baked goods like sweet rolls or flatbreads, owing to its origin from the Slavic word "kolo" meaning "wheel" or "circle." |
| Danish | In Danish, "pie" can also refer to a person who is clumsy or awkward. |
| Dutch | The word "taart" is derived from the Old French word "tarte", which in turn comes from the Latin word "tarda", meaning "a pastry made with flour, fat, and water". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "torto" also means "wrong" in Spanish as well as "tort" in English. |
| Estonian | The origin of the Estonian word "pirukas" is uncertain, with possible connections to Russian and Finnish. |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "piirakka" is derived from the Proto-Finno-Ugric root "*pīr-", meaning "to bake". |
| French | The word "tarte" derives from the Old French word "torte" meaning "a round cake" and the Latin word "torta" meaning "a round loaf of bread". |
| Frisian | The word "taart" can also mean "cake" in Frisian. |
| Galician | In Galician, the word “torta” can also mean a “type of bread made of cornmeal” or an “omelette”. |
| Georgian | The word "ღვეზელი" has a doublet "ღველი" which means "a place where wine is stored". This makes sense because pies often contained wine or wine-producing fruits. |
| German | "Kuchen" in German can refer to pies as well as cakes, while "Torte" refers specifically to layered cakes. |
| Greek | The word πίτα can also refer to a flatbread, a layer of dough, or even a thin sheet of metal. |
| Gujarati | In Gujarati, "પાઇ" can also refer to money or wages, similar to the English "pie" in the phrase "have a piece of the pie." |
| Haitian Creole | The word "tat" also means "food leftovers" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | In Hausa, the word 'kek' can also refer to a type of sweet porridge made with millet flour and sugar. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "pai" can also mean "smashed" or "flattened". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "פַּאִי" (pie) derives from the Greek word "pitta", meaning "flatbread". |
| Hindi | "पाई" (pie) also refers to the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, a mathematical constant approximately equal to 3.14. |
| Hmong | As an alternate meaning to “pie” in English, “ncuav qab zib” can also mean “pizza” in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "pite" also refers to various dough-related dishes, similar to pastries. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "baka" can also refer to a baking dish, a loaf of bread, or a flatbread. |
| Igbo | The word 'achịcha' in Igbo also refers to a type of bread or cake made from cornmeal or cassava flour. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "pai" can also refer to a type of Islamic school, unrelated to the pastry. |
| Irish | "Pie" (pí) means "something baked" in Irish, and was originally used to refer to any baked dish, not just sweet ones. |
| Italian | Italian "torta" is derived from Latin "tortus," meaning "twisted," but it can also refer to sweet or savory dishes besides pies. |
| Japanese | パイ (pai) is also homophonous with パイ (pai), meaning “pi”. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, the word "pie" also means "flat rice cake". |
| Kannada | Pie (ಪೈ) can also mean 'a share, a portion, a piece or amount' in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, the word "пирог" can also refer to a cake, a tart, or a bun. |
| Khmer | The word "ចំណិត" (pie) is derived from the French word "pièce", meaning "a piece" or "a part". |
| Korean | "파이"(pie) is a loanword from English and is used to refer to the pastry dish, but it can also refer to the mathematical constant "π" (pi) in Korean. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "paste" shares etymological roots with its English cognate, both derived from Latin "pasta." Yet in some colloquial dialects, "paste" can also refer to a sticky substance or glue. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "пирог" is often used in Kyrgyz to refer to a type of bread, rather than a sweet pastry filled with fruit or meat. |
| Lao | The word "ຂະ ໜົມ" is also used to refer to other types of pastries, such as cakes, cookies, and donuts. |
| Latin | The word "crustum" in Latin also means "rind" or "bark" and is related to the English word "crust". |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "pīrāgs" can also refer to a type of closed tart or turnover filled with fruit, cheese, or meat. |
| Lithuanian | "Pyragas" may be related to Slavic root *pъrg-, meaning "baked good," and ultimately to PIE *bherg-, meaning "to bake. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Kuch", meaning "pie" in Luxembourgish, is derived from the Old High German word "kuhoho", meaning "cake" or "biscuit". |
| Macedonian | The word "пита" shares its roots with the Ancient Greek word "pitta" which also means "pie". |
| Malagasy | Henan'omby also means 'fatty' or 'oily' from the word 'hena', meaning 'fat' or 'oil'. |
| Malay | In Iban, “pai” also means “female”. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word 'പൈ' ('pie') derives from the Portuguese word 'pai' ('bread') and can also refer to a small piece of bread or a coin. |
| Maltese | It is also the name of a type of pastry filled with ricotta and peas. |
| Maori | In Maori, "pai" can also refer to a baked food resembling a pie, but without a top or bottom crust. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "पाई" (pāī) is derived from the Sanskrit word "पाद" (pāda) and means "foot". It can also refer to a quarter or a small coin, and is cognate with the English word "paw". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "бялуу" can also refer to a flat, layered cake, similar to a pancake or a tortilla. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "pie" in Myanmar also means "portion" or "share". |
| Nepali | In Nepal, 'pai' means not only 'pie', but also a measure of one-fourth, and a foot soldier. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word 'pai' is derived from the Old Norse word 'peista', which also means 'dough' or 'bread'. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Chitumbuwa is derived from the Proto-Bantu word *cituumbuwa, meaning 'something that is shaped'. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "پای" also has the alternate meaning of "leg". |
| Persian | The Persian word "پای" (pie) ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "*peh₂-", meaning "cattle", and is related to the Latin word "pecus" (cattle) |
| Polish | The word "ciasto" also refers to the unleavened bread used for Catholic communion. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In some areas of Brazil, "torta" also refers to a type of salty, savory pie. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਪਾਈ" in Punjabi can also refer to a type of traditional Indian bread made from wheat flour and water. |
| Romanian | The word "plăcintă" derives from the Slavic term "plъska", meaning "to flatten". |
| Russian | The word "пирог" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*pirъ", meaning a "feast" or "banquet", and was originally used to refer to a type of celebratory bread. |
| Samoan | The word "pai" in Samoan also means "to spread", "to lay out", or "to open out". |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, "pie" (or "pìob") refers to a pipe or tube, such as bagpipes or a shepherd's pipe. |
| Serbian | "Пита" is the Serbian word for pie, but it can also mean "food" or "sustenance". It is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *pita, which meant "baked dough". |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "phae" shares its root with the English word "pie" and also means "portion" or "lot". |
| Shona | In Shona the word 'pai' not only means 'pie' but can also be used to mean a type of bird, specifically an egret. |
| Sindhi | پائي can mean 'foot', 'leg', or 'basis' in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "පයි" (pie) in Sinhala (Sinhalese) can also mean "a piece of cloth" or "a small piece of something" |
| Slovak | The word "koláč" in Slovak comes from the Old Slavic word "kolo", which means "wheel", and refers to the round shape of the pastry. |
| Slovenian | The word "pita" in Slovenian also refers to a type of flatbread, similar to the Greek pita bread. |
| Somali | Rooti (pie) has no alternate meanings but comes from the Arabic word "rakht," meaning "bread." |
| Spanish | In some regions of Spain, "tarta" can refer to a savory dish similar to a quiche, while in others it designates a sweet pastry. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word pai does not have the same meaning in Indonesian, in Sundanese the word refers to the type of food that is sweet and salty |
| Swahili | In Swahili, the word "pai" can also mean "roof" or "ceiling." |
| Swedish | Paj is sometimes used in Swedish to refer to a large type of pizza with a shallow crust. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Pie may also be a Tagalog term for an alcoholic beverage like beer. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word “пирог” is also used to refer to a kind of bread baked in a round shape. |
| Tamil | The word "பை" can also refer to the circumference of a circle or the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. |
| Telugu | "పై" ('pie') also means 'father' in Telugu. |
| Thai | The word "พาย" in Thai also refers to a type of boat or vessel. |
| Turkish | The word "turta", meaning "pie", is derived from the ancient Greek word "turtos", meaning "cheese". |
| Ukrainian | The word 'пиріг' in Ukrainian can also refer to a type of traditional pastry filled with fruit or meat. |
| Urdu | The Urdu word 'پائی' (pie) can also refer to 'a sum of money' or 'foot' in Persian. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "pirog" also refers to a small, closed bread filled with meat or vegetables. |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "bánh" also means "cake" and can refer to a wide variety of sweet and savory dishes. |
| Welsh | Welsh 'pastai' meant 'dough' or 'batter' before it came to specifically mean 'pie'. |
| Xhosa | The word "ipayi" could be etymologically related to the Nguni "bhayela" to be flat. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פּיראָג" (pie) also shares roots with the Slavic word "пирог" (pie) and the Greek word "πυρός" (fire) |
| Yoruba | The word "paii" ("pie") in Yoruba also has the alternate meaning of "portion" or "share". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "uphayi" also refers to a type of traditional sweet corn pudding. |
| English | The word 'pie' derives from the Medieval English word 'pye', meaning a pastry crust filled with various ingredients. |