Pound in Different Languages
Discover 'Pound' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Pound
Afrikaans pond | ||
Albanian kile | ||
Amharic ፓውንድ | ||
Arabic جنيه | ||
Armenian ֆունտ | ||
Assamese পাউণ্ড | ||
Aymara liwra | ||
Azerbaijani funt | ||
Bambara ka susu | ||
Basque kilo | ||
Belarusian фунт | ||
Bengali পাউন্ড | ||
Bhojpuri बाड़ा | ||
Bosnian funta | ||
Bulgarian паунд | ||
Catalan lliura | ||
Cebuano libra | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 磅 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 磅 | ||
Corsican libbra | ||
Croatian funta | ||
Czech libra | ||
Danish pund | ||
Dhivehi ޕައުންޑް | ||
Dogri पौंड | ||
Dutch pond | ||
English pound | ||
Esperanto funto | ||
Estonian nael | ||
Ewe pɔŋ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) libra | ||
Finnish punta | ||
French livre | ||
Frisian pûn | ||
Galician libra | ||
Georgian გირვანქა | ||
German pfund | ||
Greek λίβρα | ||
Guarani libra | ||
Gujarati પાઉન્ડ | ||
Haitian Creole liv | ||
Hausa fam | ||
Hawaiian paona | ||
Hebrew לִירָה | ||
Hindi पौंड | ||
Hmong phaus | ||
Hungarian font | ||
Icelandic pund | ||
Igbo paụnd | ||
Ilocano dekdeken | ||
Indonesian pound | ||
Irish punt | ||
Italian libbra | ||
Japanese ポンド | ||
Javanese pon | ||
Kannada ಪೌಂಡ್ | ||
Kazakh фунт | ||
Khmer ផោន | ||
Kinyarwanda pound | ||
Konkani पौंंड | ||
Korean 파운드 | ||
Krio pawn | ||
Kurdish tan | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پاوند | ||
Kyrgyz фунт | ||
Lao ປອນ | ||
Latin talentum | ||
Latvian mārciņa | ||
Lingala livre | ||
Lithuanian svaras | ||
Luganda okusekula | ||
Luxembourgish pond | ||
Macedonian фунта | ||
Maithili बंदी गृह | ||
Malagasy farantsanao | ||
Malay pon | ||
Malayalam പൗണ്ട് | ||
Maltese lira | ||
Maori pauna | ||
Marathi पौंड | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯔꯨꯝꯕ ꯑꯣꯟꯕꯒꯤ ꯄꯊꯥꯞ ꯑꯃ | ||
Mizo her dip | ||
Mongolian фунт | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပေါင် | ||
Nepali पाउन्ड | ||
Norwegian pund | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mapaundi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଛେଚିବା | ||
Oromo tumuu | ||
Pashto پونډ | ||
Persian پوند | ||
Polish funt | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) libra | ||
Punjabi ਪੌਂਡ | ||
Quechua libra | ||
Romanian livră | ||
Russian фунт | ||
Samoan pauna | ||
Sanskrit निश्रेणिचिह्न | ||
Scots Gaelic punnd | ||
Sepedi ponto | ||
Serbian фунта | ||
Sesotho ponto | ||
Shona pondo | ||
Sindhi هڪ پائونڊ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පවුම | ||
Slovak libra | ||
Slovenian funt | ||
Somali rodol | ||
Spanish libra | ||
Sundanese pon | ||
Swahili pauni | ||
Swedish pund | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pound | ||
Tajik фунт | ||
Tamil பவுண்டு | ||
Tatar фунт | ||
Telugu పౌండ్ | ||
Thai ปอนด์ | ||
Tigrinya ፓውንድ | ||
Tsonga pondo | ||
Turkish pound | ||
Turkmen funt | ||
Twi (Akan) pɔn | ||
Ukrainian фунт | ||
Urdu پونڈ | ||
Uyghur فوندستېرلىڭ | ||
Uzbek funt | ||
Vietnamese pao | ||
Welsh punt | ||
Xhosa iponti | ||
Yiddish פונט | ||
Yoruba iwon | ||
Zulu iphawundi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "pond" (also spelled "pon") can also refer to a small body of water, similar to a pond in English. |
| Albanian | The word "kile" in Albanian is descended from the Ancient Greek "kilê" (κίλη) and is cognate with the English "kill". |
| Amharic | In Amharic, "ፓውንድ" can also mean a "large measure" or a "weight". |
| Arabic | In Egyptian Arabic, "جنيه" (pound) also refers to the Egyptian currency, which was previously called "الجنيه المصري" (the Egyptian pound). |
| Armenian | The word "ֆունտ" derives from the Latin "pondus," meaning "weight," and can also refer to a monetary unit in some countries. |
| Azerbaijani | In some dialects of Azerbaijani, "funt" can also refer to a weight of 400 grams or 1000 grams. |
| Basque | The Basque word "kilo" is derived from the Latin word "libra", meaning "pound" or "balance". |
| Belarusian | The word "фунт" ("pound") can also refer to a unit of measurement for weight in Belarus, equal to approximately 0.5 kilograms. |
| Bengali | The word পাউন্ড (pound) can also refer to a unit of currency in the United Kingdom or an animal enclosure. |
| Bosnian | The word "funta" in Bosnian can also refer to a monetary unit, specifically the Bosnian marka. |
| Bulgarian | The word "паунд" in Bulgarian can also refer to a unit of mass (about 408.2 grams) used in the pharmaceutical industry, or a currency unit (about 0.61 lev) used in the United Kingdom. |
| Catalan | “Lliura” in Catalan originates from the Latin word “libra”, meaning to weigh or balance, and can also refer to a currency unit. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word 'libra' originally referred to the Roman unit of weight, but has since been used to refer specifically to the British pound sterling |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese character "磅" (páng) can also mean "to measure weight" or "unit of weight". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "磅" (Traditional Chinese) can also mean "weigh" or "measurement" in some contexts. |
| Corsican | The word "libbra" can also mean "money", "weight" or "measure" in Corsican. |
| Croatian | "Funta" is a Croatian word that can also mean "measure" or "weight", and is derived from the Latin word "pondus", meaning "weight". |
| Czech | In Czech, "libra" derives from the Latin "libra", meaning "balance" or "weight scale". |
| Danish | Danish pund "pond" derives from Latin "pondo", in reference to a monetary unit of value. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "pond" can also refer to a pound of weight, a lock in a canal, or a temporary pool of water |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's "funto" is likely a contraction of "funtaro", which itself derives from the French "quintar". |
| Estonian | Nael derives from the same Germanic root as the English word "nail", and its alternate meanings include "stake" and "spike". |
| Finnish | In Finnish, "punta" also refers to the tip or point of something or a place where something ends or begins. |
| French | The word "livre" in French is derived from the Latin "libra," meaning "scales" or "weight." |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "pûn" can mean a pound or a marsh pasture and is possibly related to a word meaning "marsh island" in ancient Germanic. |
| Galician | The Galician word "libra" comes from the Proto-West Germanic "pund", possibly related to Latin "pondus" meaning "weight." |
| German | In German, "Pfund" can refer to a weight unit (500 grams), a currency unit (no longer in use), or a pound of meat. |
| Greek | The Greek word "λίβρα" can also mean "scale" or "balance", likely due to its association with weighing objects. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "પાઉન્ડ" can also be used to refer to a weight of 12 ounces (340 grams) or a unit of currency in various countries, particularly the British pound. |
| Haitian Creole | The term "liv" in Haitian Creole is often confused with the English word "pound", but it actually derives from the French "livre", a unit of currency used before the euro. |
| Hausa | Hausa fam is borrowed from English 'pound', but not commonly used in that sense |
| Hawaiian | Paona also means "to smash something" in Hawaiian, and it is most likely cognate with similar forms in other Polynesian languages. |
| Hebrew | "לִירָה" (pound) is derived from the Latin "libra", meaning "scales", referring to the ancient practice of weighing currency. |
| Hindi | The word "पौंड" can also refer to a weight unit of 12 ounces, or approximately 340 grams. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "phaus" can also refer to a type of money or currency. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "font" is derived from the same Proto-Indo-European root as "pound", but in Hungarian it only means "pound" in a non-monetary sense, e.g. "a pound of tomatoes". |
| Icelandic | The word "pund" is also used in Icelandic to refer to a specific weight of wool. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'paụnd' can also refer to the British currency of the same name, or to a large sum of money in general. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "pound" can also refer to a currency used in the United Kingdom. |
| Irish | Irish "punt" could mean a small boat, a unit of currency (replaced in 2002), or a kick in football |
| Italian | The Italian word "libbra" is a cognate of Latin "libra", which has the alternate meanings of "balance" and "constellation Libra". |
| Japanese | 「ポンド」は重量や通貨を指しますが、元々はラテン語の「重み」を意味する「pondus」に由来します。 |
| Javanese | "Pon" in Javanese can also refer to a market day or a five-day week. |
| Kannada | The term can also refer to a pound of flesh |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "фунт" (funt) is borrowed from the Russian language and originally comes from the Latin "libra", meaning "scales". |
| Khmer | The word "ផោន" in Khmer can also refer to a unit of gunpowder or a unit of weight used to weigh gold. |
| Korean | 파운드라는 단어는 원래 '가축 울타리'를 뜻하는 영어 단어 'pund'에서 유래되었다. |
| Kurdish | "Tan" also refers to "skin color" and "leather," with shared etymological roots with "sunburn" |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "фунт" (pound) originated as a loanword from Russian and is also used to refer to a British pound sterling. |
| Lao | The Lao word "ປອນ" (pɔːn) can also mean "money", "silver", "weight", and "currency". |
| Latin | In ancient Rome, a "talentum" was also a measure of weight, equivalent to 6,000 denarii or 25 kilograms. |
| Latvian | The word "mārciņa" originated from "mark", a medieval German currency, and is the root of "marka", the currency of Germany, Poland, and other countries. |
| Lithuanian | The term "svaras" derives from the Latin word "libra", signifying a weighing scale. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Pond" can also refer to a fenced-in area for animals or a pond in the sense of a body of water. |
| Macedonian | The word "фунта" (pound) in Macedonian can also refer to a monetary unit in the United Kingdom and other countries, and to a unit of force in the imperial system. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "farantsanao" (pound) is derived from the French word "français" (French). |
| Malay | The word "pon" can also refer to a weight measurement of 300-350 grams in Malaysia and Singapore. |
| Malayalam | പൗണ്ട് ( |
| Maltese | The word 'lira' in Maltese derives from the Italian word 'lira' and also means 'song lyrics' in Maltese. |
| Maori | In Maori, 'pauna' can also mean 'money' or 'a unit of currency'. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "पौंड" can also refer to a British currency unit or a measure of weight, both derived from the English word "pound". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "фунт" also means "half", indicating a "half pound" of butter. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | In Burmese, "ပေါင်" means "pound" and also refers to a unit of weight equal to 16 ticals or 3.6 kilograms. |
| Nepali | The word "पाउन्ड" can also mean "a unit of currency" in English. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "pund" can also refer to a unit of pressure or a person's weight. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "mapaundi" in Nyanja is also used to refer to the British pound sterling currency. |
| Pashto | The word "پونډ" can also refer to a unit of weight in Pashto, equal to approximately 1 kilogram. |
| Persian | The Persian word "پوند" can also refer to a unit of weight in the traditional Iranian measurement system, approximately equivalent to 460 grams. |
| Polish | In Polish, the word "funt" derives from the German "pfund", which originally referred to a specific weight unit. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, “libra” also refers to the astrological sign Libra and to the Roman unit of weight and currency. |
| Punjabi | In Punjabi, the word "ਪੌਂਡ" can also refer to a unit of weight used in traditional medicine, equivalent to 1/20th of a tola. |
| Romanian | The word "livră" comes from the French word "livre", which means "book" or "pound". |
| Russian | The Russian word "фунт" can also refer to the British currency, the pound sterling. |
| Samoan | The Proto-Polynesian word */pauna/ likely referred to the stone weights used for weighing pigs (hence the meaning 'pig') that were eventually used in the Samoan weighing system for coconut oil, which became known as the pauna. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word 'punnd' can also refer to a weight of one sixteenth of an ounce. |
| Serbian | The word "фунта" is derived from the Latin "pondus" ("weight") and also means "weight" or "mass" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word “ponto” can also mean “a lot” or “very much”. |
| Shona | The word 'pondo' is also used to mean 'weight', derived from the English 'pound' but now with extended meaning. |
| Sindhi | The word "pound" (هڪ پائونڊ) can also refer to a currency unit in various countries, most notably the British pound sterling and the Egyptian pound. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | පවුම is also used to refer to the weight of precious metals |
| Slovak | In Slovak, "libra" can also refer to a medical scale or a unit of weight used in pharmacies. |
| Slovenian | In Slovene, "funt" can also refer to a unit of weight equivalent to 568 grams |
| Somali | The word "rodol" in Somali is derived from the Spanish word "real," which also refers to a unit of currency. |
| Spanish | The word "libra" originally referred to the Roman unit of weight, the libra, which was equivalent to about 327 grams or 11.5 ounces. |
| Sundanese | "Pon" also means "a place" or "a village" in Sundanese, which is related to the concept of "a settlement" or "a place where people live". |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "pauni" also refers to a type of traditional drum or a unit of weight equal to 10 kilograms. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, pund can also refer to a unit of measure for weight or currency. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, 'pound' can refer to the weight measurement (libra) or to the currency of the United Kingdom and several other countries (pounds sterling). |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "фунт" also refers to a monetary unit of Great Britain and other countries. |
| Tamil | In Tamil, 'பவுண்டு' ('pound') can also refer to a unit of currency (British pound). |
| Telugu | The word "పౌండ్" comes from the Latin word "pondus", meaning "weight." In the United Kingdom, the pound is the unit of currency. In the United States, the pound is a unit of weight equal to 16 ounces. |
| Thai | The Thai word ปอนด์ derives from the English word pound, specifically from a contraction of the phrase pound per weight to measure weight. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "pound" can also refer to a unit of measurement for weight equivalent to 500 grams. |
| Ukrainian | The word "фунт" can also refer to a unit of currency, like the British pound sterling. |
| Urdu | The word 'پونڈ' in Urdu can also refer to a type of measuring unit (a unit of mass) or a unit of currency in some countries. |
| Uzbek | Funt, borrowed from Russian "фунт", is also used in Uzbek to measure the force of weight, with 1 funt being equal to 409.5 grams. |
| Vietnamese | In addition to its meaning in currency, "pao" can also refer to a weight measurement approximately equal to 0.6 kg. |
| Welsh | The word "punt" can also refer to a type of boat or a bet in gambling. |
| Xhosa | The word "iponti" can also refer to a weight used in traditional Xhosa measurement systems. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish 'פונט' is derived from the Latin 'pondo' via the German 'pfund' and may also refer to a unit of weight (16 ounces), a coin, or a monetary unit. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "iwon" can also refer to a type of traditional drum or a measurement of weight equivalent to 12 pounds. |
| Zulu | The word "iphawundi" is a loanword from English and Afrikaans. |
| English | In the context of currency, the word "pound" derives from the Latin "libra" and was originally a unit of weight. |