Pipe in Different Languages
Discover 'Pipe' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Pipe
Afrikaans pyp | ||
Albanian tub | ||
Amharic ቧንቧ | ||
Arabic يضخ | ||
Armenian խողովակ | ||
Assamese পাইপ | ||
Aymara pipa | ||
Azerbaijani boru | ||
Bambara pipe (pipe) ye | ||
Basque tutua | ||
Belarusian труба | ||
Bengali পাইপ | ||
Bhojpuri पाइप के बा | ||
Bosnian cijev | ||
Bulgarian тръба | ||
Catalan canonada | ||
Cebuano tubo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 管 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 管 | ||
Corsican pipa | ||
Croatian cijev | ||
Czech trubka | ||
Danish rør | ||
Dhivehi ހޮޅިއެއް | ||
Dogri पाइप | ||
Dutch pijp | ||
English pipe | ||
Esperanto pipo | ||
Estonian toru | ||
Ewe pɔmpi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tubo | ||
Finnish putki | ||
French tuyau | ||
Frisian piip | ||
Galician pipa | ||
Georgian მილი | ||
German rohr | ||
Greek σωλήνας | ||
Guarani tubo rehegua | ||
Gujarati પાઇપ | ||
Haitian Creole tiyo | ||
Hausa bututu | ||
Hawaiian paipu | ||
Hebrew צינור | ||
Hindi पाइप | ||
Hmong yeeb nkab | ||
Hungarian pipa | ||
Icelandic pípa | ||
Igbo ọkpọkọ | ||
Ilocano tubo | ||
Indonesian pipa | ||
Irish píopa | ||
Italian tubo | ||
Japanese パイプ | ||
Javanese pipa | ||
Kannada ಪೈಪ್ | ||
Kazakh құбыр | ||
Khmer បំពង់ | ||
Kinyarwanda umuyoboro | ||
Konkani नळयेचें यंत्र | ||
Korean 파이프 | ||
Krio paip we dɛn kin yuz | ||
Kurdish lûle | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بۆری | ||
Kyrgyz чоор | ||
Lao ທໍ່ | ||
Latin pipe | ||
Latvian caurule | ||
Lingala pipe ya kosala | ||
Lithuanian vamzdis | ||
Luganda payipu | ||
Luxembourgish päif | ||
Macedonian цевка | ||
Maithili पाइप | ||
Malagasy sodina | ||
Malay paip | ||
Malayalam പൈപ്പ് | ||
Maltese pajp | ||
Maori putorino | ||
Marathi पाईप | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯥꯏꯞ ꯊꯥꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo pipe hmanga siam a ni | ||
Mongolian хоолой | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပိုက် | ||
Nepali पाइप | ||
Norwegian rør | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chitoliro | ||
Odia (Oriya) ନଳୀ | ||
Oromo tuuboo | ||
Pashto پايپ | ||
Persian لوله | ||
Polish rura | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) tubo | ||
Punjabi ਪਾਈਪ | ||
Quechua tubo | ||
Romanian conductă | ||
Russian труба | ||
Samoan paipa | ||
Sanskrit पाइप | ||
Scots Gaelic pìob | ||
Sepedi phaephe | ||
Serbian цев | ||
Sesotho phala | ||
Shona pombi | ||
Sindhi پائپ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පයිප්ප | ||
Slovak rúra | ||
Slovenian cev | ||
Somali biibiile | ||
Spanish tubo | ||
Sundanese pipa | ||
Swahili bomba | ||
Swedish rör | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tubo | ||
Tajik қубур | ||
Tamil குழாய் | ||
Tatar торба | ||
Telugu పైపు | ||
Thai ท่อ | ||
Tigrinya ሻምብቆ | ||
Tsonga phayiphi | ||
Turkish boru | ||
Turkmen turba | ||
Twi (Akan) paipu | ||
Ukrainian труба | ||
Urdu پائپ | ||
Uyghur تۇرۇبا | ||
Uzbek quvur | ||
Vietnamese ống | ||
Welsh pibell | ||
Xhosa umbhobho | ||
Yiddish רער | ||
Yoruba paipu | ||
Zulu ipayipi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "pyp" in Afrikaans can also refer to a blowpipe or a tube used for smoking |
| Albanian | The word "tub" in Albanian possibly derives from the Proto-Albanian *tūbō derived from Proto-Indo-European *tewbh- or from Proto-Albanian *tūpā derived from Proto-Indo-European *tewbʰ- meaning "to swell", but could also be an early Slavic loanword. |
| Amharic | It may also refer to a straw for drinking, a water pipe, or a drainage pipe. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "يضخ" can also be traced back to the Akkadian word "pippu" which also means "pipe". |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "Խողովակ" has alternative meanings such as "tube" and "conduit" in English, highlighting its versatile usage beyond just "pipe". |
| Azerbaijani | Boru is also a term for a type of musical instrument similar to the flute in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | "Tutua" also means a small hill, a cone, a heap, a tomb, a barrow or a tumulus, that is, it refers to all kinds of elevations rounded at the top. |
| Belarusian | The word "труба" in Belarusian can also mean a trumpet or a horn. |
| Bengali | "পাইপ" (pipe) is related to the English word "pipe" which comes from the Old English word "pīpe" and originally meant "musical instrument consisting of a hollow tube pierced with holes for the fingers." |
| Bosnian | "Cijév" also means "hollow plant stem" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The word "тръба" (pipe) also means "trumpet" in Bulgarian, deriving from the Old Church Slavonic word "troba" with the same meaning. |
| Catalan | Catalan "canonada" derives from a medieval Latin "canna" "a reed or reed pipe." "Cannon" in English also stems from this source and has the sense “long hollow metal or fibreglass cylinder” as well as the firearm, which is "hollow cylinder" and an object for "firing projectiles." |
| Cebuano | Tubo, in Cebuano, can also mean a syringe, tube, or cylinder. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 管 is also used as a homophone of "管" in "无论" (wúlùn) to mean "no matter" or "regardless". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 管, pronounced as 'guǎn', can also mean 'to manage' or 'to care for' in Chinese. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "pipa" can also refer to a small cask or barrel, originating from the Latin word "pippa." |
| Croatian | The word 'cijev' is derived from the Latin word 'cavus' ('hollow') and is related to the words 'cevað' ('tube') and 'cistera' ('cistern'). |
| Czech | Trubka, when referring to a mushroom, is a false cognate of the English word "trumpet", as it instead means "fool's trumpet". |
| Danish | The Danish word "rør" has cognates in other Germanic languages, e.g. "Röhre" in German and "rohr" in Dutch. |
| Dutch | In archaic Dutch, "pijp" also meant "tap" or "spigot". |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, "pipo" can also refer to a "fife" or "oboe." |
| Estonian | The word 'toru' also refers to a tube-shaped pastry filling for Estonian doughnuts and may be related to the word 'tooma', meaning 'to bring'. |
| Finnish | Putki can also be used figuratively in Finnish meaning a long and narrow space like a corridor or an intestine. |
| French | "Tuyau" can also mean "tip" or "piece of advice" in French. |
| Frisian | 'Piip' also means 'spout' in Frisian. |
| Galician | In Galician, "pipa" also means "seed" and "pip" from fruits. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "მილი" is a loanword from the Persian word "نای" (nay) |
| German | "Rohr" in German can also refer to a windpipe or a reed pipe. |
| Greek | The word σωλήνας can also refer to a tube or a cylinder in Greek. |
| Gujarati | The word "પાઇપ" (pipe) is derived from the Sanskrit word "पिप्पल" (pippaala), which means "a hollow tube or stem". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "tiyo" in Haitian Creole can also refer to a "straw" or a "cylinder" |
| Hausa | Hausa word 'bututu' originated from Arabic 'būṭa' which originally meant something like 'stalk' or 'reed'. |
| Hawaiian | The word "paipu" in Hawaiian also refers to a type of Hawaiian flute. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "צינור" (pipe) derives from the Aramaic word "צנרת" (pipeline) and in Modern Hebrew also refers to a TV channel or a telephone line. |
| Hindi | The word "पाइप" in Hindi can also mean "a water supply system" or "a drain." |
| Hmong | The word 'yeeb nkab' also means 'to smoke' in Hmong, likely due to the cultural significance of smoking pipes in Hmong communities. |
| Hungarian | The word pipa can also refer to tobacco pouches in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | "Pípa" means "pipe" in Icelandic, but can also refer to a type of wooden flute. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "ọkpọkọ" also refers to a bamboo container used for carrying water or other liquids. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, the word "pipa" can refer to either a smoking pipe or a musical instrument of Chinese origin. |
| Irish | The Irish word "píopa" is derived from the Latin word "pipa". The Latin "pīpa" refers to a musical instrument or a tube, so "píopa" can mean either "pipe" or "musical pipe" in Irish. |
| Italian | The Italian word 'tubo' can also be used in the medical context as a term to refer to an endotracheal tube, a cannula, or a catheter. |
| Japanese | In Japanese, "パイプ" (paipu) can also refer to a musical instrument, a type of tobacco pipe, or a conduit. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "pipa" can also refer to a traditional musical instrument resembling a bamboo flute. |
| Kannada | The word "pipe" in Kannada can also refer to a musical instrument or a kind of traditional attire worn by men. |
| Kazakh | The word "құбыр" can also mean "canal" or "gutter" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word បំពង់, besides meaning "pipe," has other definitions such as "channel" or "tube." |
| Korean | The Korean word 파이프 can also refer to a person who is skilled or knowledgeable in a particular area, similar to the English term 'expert'. |
| Kurdish | The word "lûle" also means "mouth" in Kurdish, connecting it to the idea of smoking as "putting something in one's mouth." |
| Kyrgyz | The word "чоор" can also refer to a flute, a drinking vessel, or a reed stalk. |
| Lao | The word 'ທໍ່' ('pipe') can also refer to arteries and tendons. |
| Latin | Latin "pipa" meant not only "pipe", but also "vessel", "cask" and "wine". |
| Latvian | The word "caurule" may have originated from Old East Frisian "karule, karole" and Low German "karool." It can also denote a wooden tub |
| Lithuanian | "vamzdis" (pipe) comes from the German word "Rohr" (tube). |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Päif" means pipe, but it can also be used to refer to a straw, drinking vessel, or a person who is a little bit "off". |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, 'sodina' can also mean a hole or cavity. |
| Malay | The word "paip" in Malay is derived from the Portuguese word "pipa", which means "pipe", and can also refer to a tube, hose, or conduit. |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, 'പൈപ്പ്' ('pipe') can also refer to the tube-like part of a musical wind instrument. |
| Maltese | "Pajp" derives from Arabic "qānib", a reed. In Maghreb, "pājap" means "tube" and "straw". |
| Maori | The Maori word "putorino" can also refer to the sound of a trumpet, or the blowing of a horn. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "पाईप" can also refer to a "pipe" or "tube" used for smoking. |
| Mongolian | The word “хуурай” (empty) is derived from the word “хоолой” (pipe), which refers to the emptiness of a pipe. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | In Myanmar, "ပိုက်" can also mean a straw, flute, or the act of smoking. |
| Nepali | पाइप (pipe) also means 'to join' or 'to combine' in Nepali |
| Norwegian | The word "rør" can also refer to a reed instrument played in traditional Norwegian music. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | While "chitoliro" most commonly refers to a smoking pipe, it can also mean "tube", "barrel" or "cylinder" in other contexts. |
| Pashto | "پايپه" can also mean "tube" or "hollow cylinder". |
| Persian | The Persian word "لوله" can also refer to a drinking straw. |
| Polish | The word 'rura' likely originates from the Latin word 'hora', meaning 'time', as pipes were often used to measure the time of day. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In some regions or Brazil and also in Portugal, 'tubo' can refer to a catheter. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਪਾਈਪ" can also mean "a cylindrical or tubular object" or "a long, narrow hole or channel." |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "conductă" is cognate to English "conduit" sharing etymological roots in Latin "condūcō" meaning to lead or draw. |
| Russian | Тhe word труба, which is cognate with the English "trumpet," can be used to refer to a long, hollow cylindrical object of almost any type. |
| Samoan | Samoan 'paipa' can also refer to the pipe in a bicycle, a water hose, or a hose used to refill an inflatable raft. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "pìob" in Scots Gaelic can also refer to a drinking straw or a funnel. |
| Serbian | The word “цев” is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *cěvъ, which means "tube" or "pipe". |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho "phala" originates from the Khoisan language and also means "to break through or out". |
| Shona | The word 'pombi' is also a slang expression for a cigarette in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "پائپ" can also refer to "hollow" or "empty". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The original meaning of the Sinhala word 'පයිප්ප' (pipe) was 'tube,' but its meaning expanded over time to include 'pipe,' which was introduced via the Dutch word 'pijp'. |
| Slovak | The word "rúra" can also refer to the barrel of a gun or to a pipe organ. |
| Slovenian | "Cev" can also be used in Slovenian to describe tubes used for medical or scientific purposes |
| Somali | The word "biibiile" also refers to a type of traditional Somali musical instrument made of a bamboo pipe. |
| Spanish | Tubo can refer to the musical instrument the recorder, specifically a kind of flute, as well as the internal system of subway lines. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "pipa" additionally refers to a type of traditional wind instrument made from bamboo. |
| Swahili | Pipe in Swahili is bomba which can also mean a "thing" |
| Swedish | In old Swedish, the word "rör" also referred to a musical instrument or a weapon. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Tubo" also means "tube" in Spanish and Portuguese, as well as "tube" or "gun" in various indigenous Philippine languages. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "қубур" is also used to refer to a "ditch" or "channel". |
| Tamil | "குழாய்" can also refer to the stem of a plant or a hollow object in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The word 'పైపు' (pipe) may also refer to a type of traditional Indian musical instrument consisting of a wooden body and a bamboo or metal mouthpiece. |
| Thai | ท่อ can also mean 'canal', 'drain pipe', 'tube', or the stem of flowers. |
| Turkish | The word "boru" is a cognate of the Proto-Indo-European word "bʰer-, bʰreh₂" meaning "to carry, bring, lead, fetch". |
| Ukrainian | The word "труба" in Ukrainian can also refer to a trumpet, a musical instrument. |
| Urdu | Pipe is also a slang term in Urdu for a young man who is handsome and stylish. |
| Uzbek | In Karakalpak Turkic, "quvur" means "to drink". |
| Vietnamese | The word "ống" can also refer to a tube, a cavity, or a hollow passage. |
| Welsh | The word 'pibell' also means 'pipe' in Breton, and is closely related to the Latin word 'pipa', meaning 'a pipe or tube'. |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, the word "umbhobho" primarily refers to a pipe used for smoking and can also mean a trumpet. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "רער" (rayr) can refer to a pipe, a tube, a duct, or a channel. |
| Yoruba | The word "paipu" in Yoruba also refers to a tobacco pipe, specifically a water pipe or hookah. |
| Zulu | "Ipayipi" derives from the onomatopoeia of a whistling sound produced by a pipe and also means "flute" in Zulu. |
| English | Pipes can also refer to musical instruments or conduits for liquids or gases. |