Pine in Different Languages
Discover 'Pine' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Pine
Afrikaans denne | ||
Albanian pisha | ||
Amharic ጥድ | ||
Arabic صنوبر | ||
Armenian սոճին | ||
Assamese পাইন | ||
Aymara pino sawurani | ||
Azerbaijani şam | ||
Bambara pinɛ | ||
Basque pinua | ||
Belarusian хвоя | ||
Bengali পাইন | ||
Bhojpuri पाइन के बा | ||
Bosnian bor | ||
Bulgarian бор | ||
Catalan pi | ||
Cebuano pino | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 松树 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 松樹 | ||
Corsican pinu | ||
Croatian bor | ||
Czech borovice | ||
Danish fyrretræ | ||
Dhivehi ޕައިން އެވެ | ||
Dogri पाइन दा | ||
Dutch pijnboom | ||
English pine | ||
Esperanto pino | ||
Estonian mänd | ||
Ewe pine | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pine | ||
Finnish mänty | ||
French pin | ||
Frisian din | ||
Galician piñeiro | ||
Georgian ფიჭვი | ||
German kiefer | ||
Greek πεύκο | ||
Guarani pino rehegua | ||
Gujarati પાઈન | ||
Haitian Creole pine | ||
Hausa pine | ||
Hawaiian paina | ||
Hebrew אורן | ||
Hindi देवदार | ||
Hmong ntoo thuv | ||
Hungarian fenyő | ||
Icelandic furu | ||
Igbo paini | ||
Ilocano pino nga | ||
Indonesian pinus | ||
Irish péine | ||
Italian pino | ||
Japanese 松 | ||
Javanese pinus | ||
Kannada ಪೈನ್ | ||
Kazakh қарағай | ||
Khmer ស្រល់ | ||
Kinyarwanda pinusi | ||
Konkani पायन हें झाड | ||
Korean 소나무 | ||
Krio pain | ||
Kurdish dara bî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) سنەوبەر | ||
Kyrgyz карагай | ||
Lao ແປກ | ||
Latin abiete | ||
Latvian priede | ||
Lingala pine | ||
Lithuanian pušis | ||
Luganda payini | ||
Luxembourgish pinien | ||
Macedonian бор | ||
Maithili पाइन | ||
Malagasy hazo kesika | ||
Malay pain | ||
Malayalam പൈൻമരം | ||
Maltese arżnu | ||
Maori paina | ||
Marathi झुरणे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯥꯏꯟ꯫ | ||
Mizo pine a ni | ||
Mongolian нарс | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ထင်းရှူး | ||
Nepali पाइन | ||
Norwegian furu | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) paini | ||
Odia (Oriya) କଦଳୀ | ||
Oromo paayinii | ||
Pashto پائن | ||
Persian کاج | ||
Polish sosna | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) pinho | ||
Punjabi ਪਾਈਨ | ||
Quechua pino | ||
Romanian pin | ||
Russian сосна | ||
Samoan paina | ||
Sanskrit पाइन | ||
Scots Gaelic giuthas | ||
Sepedi phaene | ||
Serbian бор | ||
Sesotho phaene | ||
Shona paini | ||
Sindhi پائن | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පයින් | ||
Slovak borovica | ||
Slovenian bor | ||
Somali geed | ||
Spanish pino | ||
Sundanese pinus | ||
Swahili pine | ||
Swedish tall | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pine | ||
Tajik санавбар | ||
Tamil பைன் | ||
Tatar нарат | ||
Telugu పైన్ | ||
Thai ต้นสน | ||
Tigrinya ጽሕዲ ጽሕዲ | ||
Tsonga muphayini | ||
Turkish çam | ||
Turkmen sosna | ||
Twi (Akan) pine a wɔfrɛ no pine | ||
Ukrainian сосна | ||
Urdu پائن | ||
Uyghur قارىغاي | ||
Uzbek qarag'ay | ||
Vietnamese cây thông | ||
Welsh pinwydd | ||
Xhosa ipine | ||
Yiddish סאָסנע | ||
Yoruba pine | ||
Zulu uphayini |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word 'denne' in Afrikaans is also used to refer to a dense forest of trees. |
| Albanian | Pisha, Albanian for "pine", has uncertain origins but may derive from an Indo-European root meaning "resinous wood" or be related to the Albanian word "pis," meaning "peak" or "summit" |
| Amharic | The word ጥድ also means "a needle" or "a thorn" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The word صنوبر (pine) is derived from the Akkadian word sunburu, which refers to a type of cypress tree. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "şam" in Azerbaijani is derived from the Persian word "sam" and also refers to tree resin. |
| Basque | The word "pinua" is related to the words "pintxo" and "puntzo" in Basque, all of which share the meaning of "point". |
| Belarusian | "Хвоя" is also used to refer to artificial or ornamental needles made from other materials like metal or plastic. |
| Bengali | The word "পাইন" in Bengali also means "feet" in English, similar to the Latin origin of "pine" (from *ped-*, meaning "foot") which refers to the tree's needle-like leaves, resembling toes. |
| Bosnian | The Bosnian word "bor" can also refer to a type of wind or a forest of coniferous trees. |
| Bulgarian | The word "бор" in Bulgarian can also refer to a coniferous forest or a type of mushroom. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "pi" can also refer to a type of mushroom (Lactifluus piperatus) or a type of fish (Scomberomorus maculatus). |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "pino" also refers to a "needle" or "thorn". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 松树 (sōngshù) is also used as a metaphor for steadfastness and perseverance because of its ability to survive in harsh conditions. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "松樹" also refers to the Chinese zodiac sign for the dragon in the saying "龍生九子，子子不同" (the dragon gives birth to nine children, each different). |
| Corsican | The word "pinu" in Corsican can also mean a small needle or pin. |
| Croatian | "Bor" also means "dwelling" or "town" in Old Slavic languages. |
| Czech | The word "borovice" is likely derived from the Proto-Slavic word *borъ, meaning "pine forest". |
| Danish | The word "fyrretræ" shares the same root word with "fire" (fire), possibly indicating its use as a source of firewood. |
| Dutch | "Pijnboom" derives from "peyn" (fir tree) and "boom" (tree), and was once used for coniferous trees in general. |
| Esperanto | The word "pino" also means "a pin" in Spanish and "a seed" in Italian. |
| Estonian | The word "mänd" is also used to refer to the resinous wood of the pine tree. |
| Finnish | "Mänty" also means "resin" in Finnish. |
| French | In French, "pin" can also mean "small nail" or "peg", and "pignon" refers to the smallest gear in a mechanical system |
| Frisian | Frisian "din" is cognate with English "den" and Germanic "tūn", meaning "enclosure" or "settlement". |
| Galician | The name 'piñeiro' also refers to the pine cone |
| Georgian | The word "ფიჭვი" is also used to refer to a type of bird, the eagle owl, in Georgian. |
| German | The German word "Kiefer" also means "jaw" because both are hinged structures. |
| Greek | "Πεύκο" likely derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "*peuk-," meaning "spruce," and is related to the Latin "picea" (spruce)" |
| Gujarati | Gujarati પાઈન also refers to a measure of capacity for grains. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, 'pine' can also refer to a small basket used to carry items or the action of taking something without permission. |
| Hausa | The word "pine" in Hausa can also mean "to be anxious or worried" or "to long for something" |
| Hawaiian | The word "paina" can also mean "to ache" or "to be in pain" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | Possibly cognate with Akkadian ʾurānu 'cedar', Arabic ʾarzun 'cedar', Berber ʾaraz 'cedar' |
| Hindi | The word 'देवदार' comes from Sanskrit and literally means 'wood of the gods' and was used for cedar trees, not pines. |
| Hmong | "Ntoo thuv" is a compound word, "ntoo" meaning "woods" and "thuv" meaning "evergreen". |
| Hungarian | The word "fenyő" is a cognate of the Polish word "pień" meaning "tree trunk". |
| Icelandic | The word "furu" in Icelandic can also refer to a type of dwarf birch tree. |
| Igbo | In Igbo folklore, the word "paini" can also refer to the spirit of a deceased person that resides in a pine tree. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "pinus" refers specifically to the genus Pinus, while "cemara" is more general and can refer to both pines and other coniferous trees. |
| Irish | Péine has multiple meanings: it denotes not only pine but also pain or torment. |
| Italian | The Italian word "pino" means "pygmy pine" and is a cognate of the Spanish word "piñón" (seed). |
| Japanese | "松" is sometimes used as the name of a type of mushroom or a kind of fish. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "pinus" refers to the Pinus merkusii tree, a species of conifer native to Southeast Asia. |
| Kannada | "ಪೈನ್" is not only a tree but also a longing desire. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "қарағай" also refers to the Siberian pine nut, a delicacy prized for its culinary value. |
| Khmer | "ស្រល់" ('srəl) means either "pine" or "cypress", with the latter being a tree more closely resembling the cedar than the pine. |
| Korean | The word "소나무" is thought to be derived from the Old Korean word "*sonam" meaning "high tree". |
| Kurdish | The word "dara bî" also means "evergreen" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, 'карагай' specifically refers to 'Siberian Larch' trees, although in some dialects it can also mean 'pine'. |
| Lao | The Lao word ແປກ is cognate with the Thai word แปลก, which means "strange". |
| Latin | The word "abiete" derives from an Indo-European root meaning "sharp", likely referring to the pointed needles of the pine. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "priede" ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "*perh₃-/*pr̥h₃-" meaning "to cut, separate, divide, pierce, pierce". |
| Lithuanian | The word "pušis" also means a "decorated walking stick" or a "wooden rod used to beat flax" in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | Luxembourgish "Pinien" also means "peanut" or "groundnut" and is derived from the Spanish word "piñón" meaning "pine nut". |
| Macedonian | The word 'бор' is also used in a figurative sense, to describe a struggle or fight, as in the phrase 'да влезам во бор' ('to enter into the fight'). |
| Malagasy | "Hazo kely" is also the Malagasy name of a plant that is used for its medicinal properties. |
| Malay | The Malay word "pain" also carries the connotation of "yearning" or "longing", similar to the English word "pine". |
| Malayalam | The word "പൈൻമരം" ultimately derives from an old Indo-European root meaning "fat" or "resinous", and is cognate with the English word "pine" and the Latin word "pinus". |
| Maltese | In Maltese, "arżnu" also means a mast of a ship, possibly a borrowing from Sicilian "arzuni," itself from the Arabic "rūzn" |
| Maori | The word “paina” also has alternate meanings such as "a disease" or "to make ill". |
| Marathi | The word "झुरणे" can also mean "to wrinkle" or "to become wrinkled" in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The word "нарс" (pine) in Mongolian is also used figuratively to refer to something tall and stately, such as a mountain peak or a person of great stature. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ထင်းရှူး" in Myanmar (Burmese) has the same etymology as the Chinese "松" (pine), both deriving from the Proto-Sino-Tibetan word meaning "pine."} |
| Nepali | Besides its usual meaning of 'conifer tree,' the Nepali word 'पाइन' can also refer to 'pine (away) for something or someone'. |
| Norwegian | Furu shares its name with fire, as it was once used as a source of light, and the verb fyr means "to make fire". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word "paini" is borrowed from the English word "pine". |
| Pashto | In Pashto, the word "پائن" also means "resin" or "gum". |
| Persian | The word "کاج" (pine) is also used in Persian to refer to a type of tall, slender tree with evergreen needles and cones. |
| Polish | The word "sosna" also refers to a type of mushroom in Polish, called the "pine mushroom". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Pinho" is a slang term for a cannabis joint in Brazilian Portuguese. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਪਾਈਨ" (pine) in Punjabi can also refer to a "line" or a "row". |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "pin" means "pine" and is also a synonym for "money" derived from the French "denier d'argent". |
| Russian | "Сосна" is a borrowing from the Proto-Slavic *sosьna, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗwsos, also the ancestor of the English "hawthorn". |
| Samoan | The term 'paina' also carries the connotation of 'firmly established' |
| Scots Gaelic | Giuthas, a Scots Gaelic word for 'pine', may derive from an Old Irish word for 'splinter', referring to the splintery nature of pine wood. |
| Serbian | Бор (pine) derives from Proto-Slavic *bъr, related to Sanskrit *bhurja- and English "birch" meaning birch tree. |
| Sesotho | The word "phaene" in Sesotho comes from the Proto-Bantu word "*pana", which also means "pine" or "conifer". |
| Shona | The word 'paini' is also used to refer to the resin of the pine tree, which is used in traditional medicine. |
| Sindhi | Sindhi "پائن" is also used for "foot" and is derived from Proto-Indo-European *péds "foot." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "පයින්" in Sinhala derives from the Sanskrit word "पिनाक" and also denotes the bow of Lord Shiva. |
| Slovak | The word "borovica" can also refer to brandy flavored with juniper berries. |
| Slovenian | The word "bor" in Slovenian also has the alternate meaning of "forest" and is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bher-, meaning "to bear" or "to carry." |
| Somali | The word "geed" in Somali also means "tree" and is cognate with the Arabic word "shajarat" meaning "tree" or "wood". |
| Spanish | The word "pino" in Spanish can also refer to a small nail or a wooden cone used in bowling. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, pinus is also used to denote a type of palm tree, specifically the areca palm (Areca catechu). |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "pine" can also refer to a kind of small tree used in traditional medicine. |
| Swedish | The word 'tall' in Swedish can also refer to a person who is physically tall or a tree other than a pine tree. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "pino" can also refer to a type of freshwater fish similar to sardines, or to the act of gathering or collecting. |
| Tajik | The word "санавбар" originally meant "cypress" in Persian, and was later applied to the pine tree due to its similar appearance. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "பைன்" can also mean "fine" in English, indicating a high quality or standard. |
| Telugu | The word "పైన్" (pine) can also mean "loneliness" or "yearning" in Telugu. |
| Thai | The term "ต้นสน" can also refer to the genus "Casuarina" or to the Christmas tree. |
| Turkish | The word "çam" in Turkish is derived from the Proto-Turkic word "çam" meaning "resinous tree". It is also a common surname in Turkey. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word «сосна» also has alternate meaning of «mast», which is the wooden or metal pole on a sailing ship that supports the sails. |
| Urdu | The word "پائن" (pine) in Urdu comes from the Persian word "پینے" (peene), meaning "to drink", and may also refer to a type of cypress tree. |
| Uzbek | The word "qarag'ay" can also be used to describe the color "dark green" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | In Vietnamese, "cây thông" specifically refers to pine trees in general, while "cây tùng" refers to the more specific genus Pinus. |
| Welsh | 'Penwydd' means 'head tree' in Welsh. The Welsh 'penn' meaning 'head' is a cognate of 'bend' in English. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "ipine" can also refer to a type of tree or a type of wood. |
| Yiddish | }סאָסנע“ can also refer to a tall person |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "ìgbà" can refer to either the pine tree or a type of traditional pot. |
| Zulu | Zulu word uphayini derives from uphayi, meaning "to carry on the back". Pine trees carry their seed "on their backs", hence the name. |
| English | The word 'pine' derives from Old English 'pinian' and Old French 'pigne,' and can also refer to yearning or longing. |