Pose in Different Languages
Discover 'Pose' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Pose
Afrikaans inhou | ||
Albanian pozoj | ||
Amharic አቀማመጥ | ||
Arabic يشير إلى | ||
Armenian կեցվածք | ||
Assamese ভংগীমা | ||
Aymara pose ukat juk’ampinaka | ||
Azerbaijani duruş | ||
Bambara pose (pose) ye | ||
Basque pose | ||
Belarusian пастава | ||
Bengali অঙ্গবিক্ষেপ | ||
Bhojpuri मुद्रा के रूप में | ||
Bosnian poza | ||
Bulgarian поза | ||
Catalan posar | ||
Cebuano pose | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 姿势 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 姿勢 | ||
Corsican posa | ||
Croatian poza | ||
Czech póza | ||
Danish positur | ||
Dhivehi ޕޯޒް | ||
Dogri मुद्रा दे | ||
Dutch houding | ||
English pose | ||
Esperanto pozo | ||
Estonian poos | ||
Ewe pose | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pose | ||
Finnish aiheuttaa | ||
French pose | ||
Frisian pose | ||
Galician pousar | ||
Georgian პოზა | ||
German pose | ||
Greek στάση | ||
Guarani pose rehegua | ||
Gujarati દંભ | ||
Haitian Creole poze | ||
Hausa gabatar da | ||
Hawaiian hoʻihoʻi | ||
Hebrew פּוֹזָה | ||
Hindi पोज | ||
Hmong teeb | ||
Hungarian póz | ||
Icelandic sitja | ||
Igbo guzo | ||
Ilocano pose | ||
Indonesian pose | ||
Irish údar | ||
Italian posa | ||
Japanese ポーズ | ||
Javanese nuduhke | ||
Kannada ಭಂಗಿ | ||
Kazakh қалып | ||
Khmer បង្ក | ||
Kinyarwanda kwifotoza | ||
Konkani मुद्रा दिवप | ||
Korean 자세 | ||
Krio pose we yu de mek | ||
Kurdish pos | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پۆز | ||
Kyrgyz поза | ||
Lao ສ້າງ | ||
Latin pose | ||
Latvian poza | ||
Lingala pose ya pose | ||
Lithuanian poza | ||
Luganda pose (pose) mu ngeri ey’ekikugu | ||
Luxembourgish poséieren | ||
Macedonian поза | ||
Maithili मुद्रा | ||
Malagasy mametraka | ||
Malay berpose | ||
Malayalam പോസ് | ||
Maltese joħolqu | ||
Maori tū | ||
Marathi ठरू | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯣꯖ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo pose a ni | ||
Mongolian учруулах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) pose | ||
Nepali पोज | ||
Norwegian posere | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) poizoni | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପୋଜ୍ | ||
Oromo pose gochuu | ||
Pashto پوسټ | ||
Persian ژست | ||
Polish poza | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) pose | ||
Punjabi ਪੋਜ਼ | ||
Quechua pose nisqa | ||
Romanian poza | ||
Russian поза | ||
Samoan faʻatutu | ||
Sanskrit मुद्रा | ||
Scots Gaelic seasamh | ||
Sepedi pose | ||
Serbian позирати | ||
Sesotho boemo | ||
Shona pose | ||
Sindhi روڪيو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පෙනී සිටින්න | ||
Slovak póza | ||
Slovenian predstavljajo | ||
Somali meel dhigid | ||
Spanish pose | ||
Sundanese pasang aksi | ||
Swahili pozi | ||
Swedish utgör | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) magpose | ||
Tajik гузоштан | ||
Tamil போஸ் | ||
Tatar поза | ||
Telugu భంగిమ | ||
Thai ท่าทาง | ||
Tigrinya ፖዝ ምግባር | ||
Tsonga pose ya xiyimo xa le henhla | ||
Turkish poz | ||
Turkmen poz | ||
Twi (Akan) pose a wɔde gyina hɔ | ||
Ukrainian поза | ||
Urdu لاحق | ||
Uyghur pose | ||
Uzbek pozitsiya | ||
Vietnamese tạo dáng | ||
Welsh peri | ||
Xhosa ukuma | ||
Yiddish פּאָזע | ||
Yoruba duro | ||
Zulu ukuma |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word 'inhou' is thought to be a corruption of the Dutch word 'inhouden', meaning 'to contain'. |
| Albanian | The word "pozoj" also has the meaning of "the act of placing something somewhere" and "the act of holding a position or attitude". |
| Amharic | "አቀማመጥ" can also mean "position" or "layout". |
| Arabic | In Arabic, "يشير إلى" can also mean to point at something with one's finger. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "կեցվածք" is derived from the root "կեց", meaning "to stand" or "to stay", and signifies a specific posture or attitude adopted by a person or object. |
| Azerbaijani | "Duruş" also means "attitude", "behavior" and "situation" in Azerbaijani, all originating from the verb "durmaq" meaning "to stand." |
| Basque | In Basque, "pose" is derived from the phrase "poser un pied" (to put a foot), suggesting an original meaning of "resting position". |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "пастава" (pose) is derived from the Polish word "postać" (figure, pose). |
| Bengali | অঙ্গবিক্ষেপ shares its etymology with the Sanskrit word 'angabhang', meaning 'to bend the limbs', and can also refer to a gesture or movement in dance or drama. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "poza" can also mean "background" or "environment". |
| Bulgarian | The word "поза" also means "attitude" or "position" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "posar" can also mean "to put" or "to place". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "pose" comes from the Spanish word "poner," meaning "to put" or "to place." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 姿势 literally means “shape, configuration” in Chinese, often describing a stance or posture adopted for certain purposes. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 姿勢 can also mean an "attitude". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "posa" also means "posture" or "attitude". |
| Croatian | The word "poza" in Croatian can mean "posture" or "position" in addition to "pose". |
| Czech | The word "póza" in Czech can also mean "situation", "stance", or "attitude". |
| Danish | "Positur" comes from Latin "positura," meaning "position," and can also mean "posture" or "attitude" in Danish. |
| Dutch | The verb “houden” means “to hold” in Dutch, but the noun “houding” also means “attitude” or “stance”. |
| Esperanto | "Pozo" also means well or hole in Spanish and a well or pit in Asturian, Galician, and Portuguese. |
| Estonian | In Estonian, the word “poos” can also refer to a person’s gait or manner of walking |
| Finnish | This word shares the root "ai" with the word "aika" meaning time, but its exact etymology is unknown. |
| French | In French, the word "pose" can also mean "attitude" or "demeanor". |
| Frisian | In Frisian, the word "pose" also means "to put (something) in a specific place or position". |
| Galician | The verb "pousar" in Galician has the same origin as the English verb "pause": "reposare" in Latin |
| Georgian | პოზა (posa) is derived from the French word "pose" and has multiple meanings, including a posture, a stance, or a pretense. |
| German | The German word "Pose" is derived from the French "pose", which in turn comes from the Late Latin "pausa" meaning "stop". It can also refer to a position adopted for artistic purposes or a false or assumed manner. |
| Greek | The Ancient Greek word στάσις (stasis) can also refer to "rebellion" or "insurrection". |
| Gujarati | The word "દંભ (dammbh)" is derived from the Sanskrit word "damh", meaning "to restrain" or "to suppress". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "poze" can also mean "to put" or "to place". |
| Hausa | The word "gabatar da" in Hausa also means "to exhibit" or "to present". |
| Hawaiian | The word "hoʻihoʻi" also means "to repeat, to iterate, to do again" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "פּוֹזָה" can also mean "position" or "stance". |
| Hindi | Hindi word 'पोज' is derived from French word 'poser', meaning 'to put in a certain position'. |
| Hmong | "Teeb" is related to Hmong-Mien *tɔ:ŋ4, which means to "stretch out." |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "póz" can also mean "position" or "posture". |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "sitja" can also refer to a place of residence, derived from the Old Norse "síta" (to settle). |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "guzo" can also mean "to stand or sit with a haughty expression". |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "pose" can also mean "to ask a question" or "to make a request". |
| Irish | The Irish word "údar" is cognate with the Welsh word "awdur," meaning "originator" or "author". |
| Italian | The Italian word "posa" can also refer to a geological sediment or the action of sedimentation. |
| Japanese | In Japanese, the word "pose" can also mean "pause" or "rest". |
| Javanese | "Nuduhke" can also mean "put". It is related to the word "duduh" which means "place". |
| Kannada | The word "ಭಂಗಿ" in Kannada can also refer to a broken or damaged item. |
| Kazakh | In Old Turkic, "қалып" meant "shape, form" and was cognate with the Mongolian "kalbu". |
| Khmer | "បង្ក" is derived from the Sanskrit word "bandh", meaning "to tie" or "to bind." |
| Korean | "자세" originally meant "a way of sitting" in Middle Korean. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "pos" can also mean "secret" or "hidden". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kirghiz word "поза" has the additional meanings "posture" and "pose" from photographic lingo. |
| Lao | The word 'ສ້າງ' ('pose') in Laotian is also used to describe a posture or a state of being. |
| Latin | Originally, "pose" referred to a pause or stance taken by models in painting or sculpture. |
| Latvian | The word "poza" can also mean "gesture" or "attitude" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | In the context of photography or art, "poza" is also synonymous with "posture" in Lithuanian. |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, "поза" (pose) can also refer to a "position" or "attitude" |
| Malagasy | The word "mametraka" can also mean "to put in place" or "to establish" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | In Malay, the word "berpose" means 'to pose, stand or sit in a particular manner', but can also be a short-form of the expression 'beberapa pose,' or 'several poses'. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "പോസ്" can also refer to a type of traditional wooden doll. |
| Maltese | The word 'joħolqu', which means 'pose' in Maltese, is derived from the Italian word 'colpire', which means 'to strike' or 'to hit'. |
| Maori | In Māori, tū can also refer to a stance, attitude or position, particularly in a ritual context. |
| Marathi | The word “ठरू” in Marathi also means to decide or to settle on something. |
| Mongolian | The word "учруулах" in Mongolian can also refer to the process of setting up or establishing something. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | In Burmese, "pose" can also mean "to propose to someone." |
| Nepali | The word "पोज" in Nepali can also refer to a position or attitude adopted for artistic purposes. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "posere" can also refer to a social climber or someone who behaves presumptuously. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | This word is related to the Nyanja word 'limbo', or 'poison', due to the concept of putting people 'on pause'. |
| Pashto | پوسټ (pose) has roots in Latin via French, but is primarily used to refer to the stance of horses or cattle in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "ژست"("pose") in Persian can also mean "gesture" and is ultimately derived from the French word "geste". |
| Polish | Poza can also mean 'a pond'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "pose" can also mean "attitude" or "stance". |
| Punjabi | The term "ਪੋਜ਼" originated from the French "poser" meaning "to place" and the Persian "pāy" meaning "foot", and commonly refers to the positioning of the body during painting. |
| Romanian | The word "poza" in Romanian can also mean "position" or "attitude". |
| Russian | In Russian, "поза" can also refer to "position" or "posture". |
| Samoan | Faʻatutu is also a term for a traditional Samoan dance involving posturing and elaborate body movements. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "seasamh" also means "standing" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The word 'позирати' (pose) in Serbian can also mean 'to pretend' or 'to act as if'. It originates from the French word 'poser' (to place or put). |
| Sesotho | The word 'boemo' can also mean 'to pretend' or 'to imitate'. |
| Shona | The word "pose" comes from the Middle French word "poser", which in turn comes from the Late Latin word "pausare", meaning "to rest". The word "pose" can also have the alternate meaning of "to pretend" or "to feign". |
| Sindhi | The word "روڪيو" in Sindhi can also refer to a statue or a painting depicting a human figure in a particular pose. |
| Slovak | The word "póza" also means "mud" or "puddle" in Slovak, reflecting its origin in the Proto-Slavic word "poza" meaning "swampy place". |
| Slovenian | The word "predstavljajo" can also mean "represent" or "imagine" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word "meel dhigid" in Somali has also been used to mean "to put in place" or "to establish". |
| Spanish | The word "pose" in Spanish also means "to stand" or "to stand up". |
| Sundanese | "Pasang aksi" in Sundanese also means "to strike". Used especially within the context of labor demonstrations. |
| Swahili | The word "pozi" in Swahili can also mean "stance" or "attitude". |
| Swedish | Utgör can also mean "constitute" or "make up". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | 'Magpose' in Tagalog can also mean 'to pretend' or 'to act like someone else'. |
| Tajik | Etymology and alternate meanings include 'stance', 'carriage', 'way of behaving', and ‘posture’. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "போஸ்" ultimately derives from the Greek "posis" meaning "a putting" and "a posture." |
| Telugu | The word పాలా can also refer to a posture or stance in yoga. |
| Thai | ท่าทาง has alternate meanings that include "demeanor" and "expression". |
| Turkish | The word "poz" in Turkish can also refer to a type of fabric used for curtains or bedspreads made of cotton or silk. |
| Ukrainian | The word "поза" also means "attitude" or "stance" |
| Urdu | لاحق is also a verb that means to pursue or follow. |
| Uzbek | The word "pozitsiya" also refers to a physical position or place, or to the rank or status of a person or thing. |
| Vietnamese | "Tạo dáng" is also used for statues' "posture". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "peri" can also mean "to make face" or "to grimace." |
| Xhosa | "Ukuma" in Xhosa also refers to a ceremony performed by traditional healers to protect a homestead. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פּאָזע" can also mean "attitude", "airs", or "mannerism". |
| Yoruba | The word 'duro' originates from the Yoruba phrase 'duro de', meaning 'stand by' or 'be still'. |
| Zulu | "Ukuma" also refers to the Zulu tradition of respecting and honouring elders. |
| English | The word pose derives from a Greek word (πάθη) and a Latin one (positus); it can mean either a posture, a physical attitude, or a false attitude. |