Plot in Different Languages
Discover 'Plot' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Plot
Afrikaans komplot | ||
Albanian komplot | ||
Amharic ሴራ | ||
Arabic قطعة | ||
Armenian սյուժե | ||
Assamese পটভূমি | ||
Aymara arsuwi | ||
Azerbaijani süjet | ||
Bambara bɛnbɛli | ||
Basque trama | ||
Belarusian сюжэт | ||
Bengali পটভূমি | ||
Bhojpuri प्लाट | ||
Bosnian zaplet | ||
Bulgarian парцел | ||
Catalan parcel · la | ||
Cebuano laraw | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 情节 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 情節 | ||
Corsican trama | ||
Croatian zemljište | ||
Czech spiknutí | ||
Danish grund | ||
Dhivehi މަކަރު | ||
Dogri प्लाट | ||
Dutch verhaal | ||
English plot | ||
Esperanto intrigo | ||
Estonian süžee | ||
Ewe babla | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) balangkas | ||
Finnish juoni | ||
French terrain | ||
Frisian plot | ||
Galician argumento | ||
Georgian ნაკვეთი | ||
German handlung | ||
Greek οικόπεδο | ||
Guarani ñepu'ãse | ||
Gujarati કાવતરું | ||
Haitian Creole konplo | ||
Hausa mãkirci | ||
Hawaiian ʻōhumu | ||
Hebrew עלילה | ||
Hindi भूखंड | ||
Hmong daim phiaj | ||
Hungarian cselekmény | ||
Icelandic lóð | ||
Igbo ibé | ||
Ilocano panggep | ||
Indonesian merencanakan | ||
Irish plota | ||
Italian tracciare | ||
Japanese プロット | ||
Javanese alur | ||
Kannada ಕಥಾವಸ್ತು | ||
Kazakh сюжет | ||
Khmer គ្រោង | ||
Kinyarwanda umugambi | ||
Konkani प्लॉट | ||
Korean 음모 | ||
Krio plan | ||
Kurdish erd | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پیلان | ||
Kyrgyz сюжет | ||
Lao ດິນຕອນ | ||
Latin insidias | ||
Latvian sižets | ||
Lingala lopango | ||
Lithuanian siužetas | ||
Luganda puloti | ||
Luxembourgish komplott | ||
Macedonian заплет | ||
Maithili भूखंड | ||
Malagasy tetika | ||
Malay plot | ||
Malayalam പ്ലോട്ട് | ||
Maltese plot | ||
Maori whakaaro | ||
Marathi प्लॉट | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯧꯔꯥꯡ | ||
Mizo rel | ||
Mongolian талбай | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကြံစည်မှု | ||
Nepali प्लट | ||
Norwegian plott | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chiwembu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଭୂଖଣ୍ଡ | ||
Oromo daba | ||
Pashto پلاټ | ||
Persian طرح | ||
Polish wątek | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) enredo | ||
Punjabi ਪਲਾਟ | ||
Quechua trama | ||
Romanian complot | ||
Russian сюжет | ||
Samoan taupulepulega | ||
Sanskrit भूखण्ड | ||
Scots Gaelic cuilbheart | ||
Sepedi maanomabe | ||
Serbian заплет | ||
Sesotho morero | ||
Shona zano | ||
Sindhi پلاٽ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කුමන්ත්රණය | ||
Slovak zápletka | ||
Slovenian zaplet | ||
Somali dhagar | ||
Spanish trama | ||
Sundanese plot | ||
Swahili njama | ||
Swedish komplott | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) balak | ||
Tajik қитъаи | ||
Tamil சதி | ||
Tatar сюжет | ||
Telugu ప్లాట్లు | ||
Thai พล็อต | ||
Tigrinya ንድፊ | ||
Tsonga kungu | ||
Turkish arsa | ||
Turkmen dildüwşük | ||
Twi (Akan) asase | ||
Ukrainian сюжет | ||
Urdu پلاٹ | ||
Uyghur plot | ||
Uzbek fitna | ||
Vietnamese âm mưu | ||
Welsh plot | ||
Xhosa iyelenqe | ||
Yiddish פּלאַנעווען | ||
Yoruba igbero | ||
Zulu icebo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Dutch, 'komplot' is a conspiracy. |
| Albanian | The word "komplot" in Albanian is derived from the Italian "complotto" and also means "conspiracy". |
| Amharic | The word "ሴራ" can also refer to a "fence" or a "courtyard" |
| Arabic | قطعه in Arabic can also refer to part of an artistic work or a piece that has been separated from the whole. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word “սյուժե” came to mean “plot” via Russian from French “sujet,” which derives from Latin “subjectus” (placed under, subject). |
| Azerbaijani | The word "süjet" in Azerbaijani also means "theme" or "subject matter". |
| Basque | The Basque term "trama" has a more generic meaning of "plan" or "trick" in addition to its specific meaning of "plot" in the context of literature or drama. |
| Belarusian | The word "сюжэт" in Belarusian means "plot", but it can also refer to a story, a screenplay, or a film script. |
| Bengali | "পটভূমি" is the Sanskrit cognate of "backdrop" or "plot" in English. |
| Bosnian | The word "zaplet" also means "knot" or "tangle" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | In Russian, the word "парцел" is related to the word "партия" meaning "party" or "faction" and originally meant a "piece of land belonging to a specific party or faction". |
| Catalan | In English, 'parcel' means 'a bundle' or 'a piece of land' while in Catalan, 'parcel·la' refers to a plot of land, usually used for farming. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "laraw" originally meant "day", but it also refers to a plan or intention. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "情节" (Simplified Chinese for "plot") also means "circumstance"} |
| Chinese (Traditional) | '情節' in Chinese is also used to describe the circumstances or reasons behind a certain event. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "trama" can also mean "wool" or "warp" in textiles. |
| Croatian | "Zemljište" is derived from "zemlja" (earth) and shares the root with "zemlja" (country). |
| Czech | The word "spiknutí" in Czech may also refer to "conspiration" or "conspiracy". |
| Danish | The word "grund" (plot) is cognate with the English word "ground" and also means "reason" or "principle" in Danish. |
| Dutch | Dutch "verhaal" can also mean "story" or "narrative" and derives from the Middle Dutch "verhalen," meaning "to tell," cognate to the English "tell" and German "erzählen." |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "süžee" has Germanic origin, deriving from the French word "sujet" which in turn comes from the Latin word "subjectum", meaning "that which is placed beneath". |
| Finnish | The word "juoni" may also refer to the "thread" in a weaving, and as a verb, to "run" or "flow" (e.g., of a river). |
| French | In French, the word "terrain" not only means "plot" but can also refer to "land" or "area" in general. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "plot" can be both singular and plural, and denotes a small parcel of land, especially one used for a house. |
| Galician | The word "argumento" in Galician derives from the Latin word "argumentum", meaning "reason" or "proof". |
| Georgian | In Georgian, "ნაკვეთი" ("plot") can also refer to a "section" of land, a "piece" of writing, or a "parcel" of land. |
| German | "Handlung" can also refer to a business establishment or a commercial transaction in German. |
| Greek | In Ancient Greek Οικόπεδο meant "the ground around a house," but now it simply means "plot." |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word “કાવતરું” also means a conspiracy or the outline of a story. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "konplo" can also refer to a scheme or plan, or a secret or conspiracy. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "mãkirci" can also mean "planner" or "schemer". |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, ʻōhumu also refers to a secret or scheme. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "עלילה" not only means "plot" but also "slander" or "false accusation." |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "भूखंड" shares its root with the Sanskrit word "बुध" (budh), meaning "to know" or "to understand." |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "daim phiaj" also means "scheme" or "plan". |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word “cselekmény” originally referred to a “deed” or “action,” and is related to the verb “cselekedni” (“to act”). |
| Icelandic | The word "lóð" can also refer to a parcel of land with a defined boundary, typically used for agriculture or construction. |
| Igbo | In this context, “ibé” could refer to one’s share of land in a community. |
| Indonesian | "Merencanakan" in Indonesian is derived from the Old Javanese word "rancana" or "rencana" which means "plan". |
| Irish | The Irish word "plota" can also mean "piece of land", "field", "grass plot", or "farm". |
| Italian | Tracciare's alternate meanings include to "trace", "sketch", "draw", "outline", "plan", "mark out". |
| Japanese | In addition to its meaning as a conspiracy or plan, プロット (plot) also refers to a specific area of land in Japanese. |
| Javanese | "Alur" can also mean "a furrow or channel" or "a path or way". |
| Kannada | ಕಥಾವಸ್ತು is derived from Sanskrit and also means 'main point' or 'essence'. |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, "сюжет" can also refer to the main idea or theme of a literary work. |
| Khmer | The word "គ្រោង" (plot) is derived from the Sanskrit word "ghat", meaning "scheme" or "plan". |
| Korean | 음모 can also refer to the 'plot of land' on which the house stands and it's originally a Chinese loanword. |
| Kurdish | The word "erd" in Kurdish can also mean "earth" or "soil". |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, "сюжет" can also refer to a film, narrative, or storyline |
| Latin | The word "insidiae" also means "ambush" and is the origin of the English word "insidious". |
| Latvian | The word "sižets" in Latvian can also refer to a "scheme" or "intrigue". |
| Lithuanian | "Siužetas" in Lithuanian derives from the old French "suget", meaning "topic", "theme", "subject of a literary work". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Komplott" comes from French "complot". "Komplott" (plot) is also related to "Komplement" in the sense of complement in German and "compliment" in English. |
| Macedonian | In its alternative meaning, "заплет" refers to the hair on the back of an animal's neck. |
| Malagasy | The word "tetika" in Malagasy also means "to tell a story". |
| Malay | The word "plot" in Malay comes from the Arabic word "qaalat," meaning "speech". |
| Malayalam | The word "പ്ലോട്ട്" in Malayalam also means "a field" or a "a strip of land". |
| Maltese | In Maltese, the word "plot" has additional meanings such as "conspiracy" and "scheming." |
| Maori | The Māori word "whakaaro" originally meant "to think", and can still be used in this sense today. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "plot" can also refer to an arrangement or design, or to the outline of a story. |
| Mongolian | "Талбай" (plot) is also used to refer to a plot of land or a piece of paper. |
| Nepali | The word "प्लट" (plot) is borrowed from the English word "plot" and it means a piece of land. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "plott" can also mean "a small piece of land", or "a flat area of land in a forest suitable for building a farmstead." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word 'chiwembu' also refers to a 'piece of land used for building' or a 'settlement'. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, this word also refers to the central idea of a story or plan. |
| Persian | 'طرح' also means a proposal, plan, or scheme in Persian. |
| Polish | The Polish word "wątek" can also mean "thread" or "motif". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Medieval Portuguese, "enredo" had the meaning of "trap" or "trick". |
| Punjabi | ਪਲਾਟ (plot) is also used in Punjabi to refer to a piece of land or a site |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "complot" also means "accomplice" in French. |
| Russian | The word "сюжет" also means "story" or "intrigue" in Russian, depending on the context. |
| Samoan | "Taupulepulega" also means "agreement reached in a meeting" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | Cuilbheart comes from the Old Gaelic coill (gen.cuill) meaning wood and beart (gen. beirt) meaning the back, so literally 'a wood at the back or behind'. |
| Serbian | The word "заплет" (plot) in Serbian also means "intrigue" or "complication". |
| Sesotho | Morero can also refer to the act of plotting, scheming, or conspiracy. |
| Shona | The word 'zano' also means 'thought' or 'consideration' in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The word 'پلاٽ' can also mean a plan or a scheme in Sindhi. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "zápletka" can also mean "entanglement" or "complication". |
| Slovenian | The word 'zaplet' originates from the Proto-Slavic word 'za-plest', meaning 'to braid together'. |
| Somali | The word "dhagar" can also mean "plan" or "scheme" in Somali. |
| Spanish | "Trama" comes from Latin "trama" meaning "woof", "weft" (in weaving), and also "intrigue, scheme". |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "plot" can also mean "to cook" or "to prepare food". |
| Swahili | The word "njama" in Swahili also refers to a communal meal or gathering. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "komplott" comes from the French word "complot", which itself derives from the Latin word "complectere", meaning "to weave together". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "balak" can also mean "intention" or "plan". |
| Tajik | The word "қитъаи" can also refer to a piece of land, a paragraph, or a stanza in a poem. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'சதி' ('plot') is also a name given to the goddess Parvati, Lord Shiva's consort. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "ప్లాట్లు" can also refer to a group or assembly of people, such as a gathering or a community. |
| Thai | คำว่า "พล็อต" นอกจากจะแปลว่า "เนื้อเรื่อง" แล้ว ยังแปลว่า "ที่ดิน" ได้อีกด้วย |
| Turkish | "Arsa" can also refer to "land" or "property" in Turkish, deriving from the Persian word "arz" meaning "wide" or "field" |
| Ukrainian | The word "сюжет" in Ukrainian, besides meaning "plot," also refers to a legal suit or action. |
| Urdu | In the Urdu language, "پلاٹ" (plot) is a multifaceted word, encompassing meanings like a specific portion of land and the intricate sequence of events within a narrative. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, the word "fitna" can also refer to a riot, conflict, or sedition. |
| Vietnamese | "Âm mưu" (plot) has an unrelated homophone "âm mưu" (conspiracy) whose meaning is derived from the homophonic expression "âm mưu tính chuyện" (to plot). |
| Welsh | In Welsh, "plot" can also refer to a small enclosed piece of land, such as a garden or field. |
| Xhosa | The word 'iyelenqe' can also mean 'conspiracy' or 'scheme' in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "פּלאַנעווען" (plot) can also mean to "plan" or "scheme" something |
| Yoruba | Igbero in Yoruba does not necessarily refer to a land designated for building, but also signifies a portion laid aside for farming. |
| Zulu | The word 'icebo' also means 'place to live' and shares its root with 'isigodi', meaning 'fence'. |
| English | The word "plot" can also refer to a small piece of land or a graph of a function. |