Previous in Different Languages
Discover 'Previous' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Previous
Afrikaans vorige | ||
Albanian e mëparshme | ||
Amharic ቀዳሚ | ||
Arabic السابق | ||
Armenian նախորդ | ||
Assamese পূৰ্ৱবৰ্তী | ||
Aymara ukarjama | ||
Azerbaijani əvvəlki | ||
Bambara tɛmɛnen | ||
Basque aurrekoa | ||
Belarusian папярэдні | ||
Bengali আগে | ||
Bhojpuri पिछिला | ||
Bosnian prethodni | ||
Bulgarian предишен | ||
Catalan anterior | ||
Cebuano miaging | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 以前 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 以前 | ||
Corsican precedente | ||
Croatian prethodni | ||
Czech předchozí | ||
Danish tidligere | ||
Dhivehi ކުރީގެ | ||
Dogri पिछला | ||
Dutch vorige | ||
English previous | ||
Esperanto antaŭa | ||
Estonian eelmine | ||
Ewe si do ŋgᴐ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) dati | ||
Finnish edellinen | ||
French précédent | ||
Frisian foarige | ||
Galician anterior | ||
Georgian წინა | ||
German bisherige | ||
Greek προηγούμενος | ||
Guarani mboyvegua | ||
Gujarati અગાઉના | ||
Haitian Creole anvan | ||
Hausa baya | ||
Hawaiian ma mua | ||
Hebrew קודם | ||
Hindi पिछला | ||
Hmong yav dhau los | ||
Hungarian előző | ||
Icelandic fyrri | ||
Igbo nke gara aga | ||
Ilocano napalabas | ||
Indonesian sebelumnya | ||
Irish roimhe seo | ||
Italian precedente | ||
Japanese 前 | ||
Javanese sadurunge | ||
Kannada ಹಿಂದಿನದು | ||
Kazakh алдыңғы | ||
Khmer មុន | ||
Kinyarwanda mbere | ||
Konkani आदलें | ||
Korean 이전 | ||
Krio bifo | ||
Kurdish pêşî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پێشووتر | ||
Kyrgyz мурунку | ||
Lao ທີ່ຜ່ານມາ | ||
Latin priorem | ||
Latvian iepriekšējā | ||
Lingala oyo eleki | ||
Lithuanian ankstesnis | ||
Luganda jjuuzi | ||
Luxembourgish virdrun | ||
Macedonian претходниот | ||
Maithili पहिलुका | ||
Malagasy teo aloha | ||
Malay sebelumnya | ||
Malayalam മുമ്പത്തെ | ||
Maltese preċedenti | ||
Maori tuhinga o mua | ||
Marathi मागील | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯃꯥꯡꯒꯤ | ||
Mizo hma chiah | ||
Mongolian өмнөх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ယခင် | ||
Nepali अघिल्लो | ||
Norwegian tidligere | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) m'mbuyomu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପୂର୍ବ | ||
Oromo kan duraa | ||
Pashto تیر | ||
Persian قبلی | ||
Polish poprzedni | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) anterior | ||
Punjabi ਪਿਛਲੇ | ||
Quechua ñawpaq | ||
Romanian anterior | ||
Russian предыдущий | ||
Samoan talu ai | ||
Sanskrit पूर्वतनम् | ||
Scots Gaelic roimhe seo | ||
Sepedi peleng | ||
Serbian претходна | ||
Sesotho fetileng | ||
Shona yapfuura | ||
Sindhi پويون | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කලින් | ||
Slovak predchádzajúce | ||
Slovenian prejšnji | ||
Somali hore | ||
Spanish anterior | ||
Sundanese baheula | ||
Swahili uliopita | ||
Swedish tidigare | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) dati | ||
Tajik қаблӣ | ||
Tamil முந்தையது | ||
Tatar алдагы | ||
Telugu మునుపటి | ||
Thai ก่อนหน้านี้ | ||
Tigrinya ዝሓለፈ | ||
Tsonga endzhaku | ||
Turkish önceki | ||
Turkmen öňki | ||
Twi (Akan) dada | ||
Ukrainian попередній | ||
Urdu پچھلا | ||
Uyghur ئالدىنقى | ||
Uzbek oldingi | ||
Vietnamese trước | ||
Welsh blaenorol | ||
Xhosa yangaphambili | ||
Yiddish פֿריִערדיקע | ||
Yoruba ti tẹlẹ | ||
Zulu okwedlule |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "vorige" originates from the Dutch word "vorige", which has the same meaning. |
| Albanian | The word “e mëparshme” is the feminine form of the adjective “i mëparshëm”, and derives from the Latin word “primus” (“first”). |
| Amharic | ቀዳሚ is also used to refer to a predecessor or a former holder of a position. |
| Arabic | The word "السابق" means "the one who precedes" in Arabic, and is also used to refer to a former or ex-ruler. |
| Armenian | The word "նախորդ" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pre-k-, meaning "before" or "in front." |
| Azerbaijani | "Əvvəlki" is also used as a synonym for "former", particularly in the context of government or administrative positions. |
| Basque | The Basque word "aurrekoa" can also refer to a "forehead" or "front". |
| Belarusian | The word "папярэдні" can also refer to a forerunner or predecessor. |
| Bengali | "আগে" (age) is also used to indicate "front" or "before" in terms of position or time. |
| Bosnian | The word "prethodni" also means "antecedent" in the sense of a linguistic or grammatical form that historically preceded another. |
| Bulgarian | The word "предишен" also means "initial" or "former" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "anterior" can also refer to the front part of something, like the "anterior" chamber of the eye. |
| Cebuano | "Miaging" also refers to something that has been used or is old. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Mandarin Chinese, "以前" can refer to a person who is "senior" or has more experience in terms of age, knowledge, or social status. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | While 以前 can mean “previous” on its own, it can also mean “before” in sentences like “从前”. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "precedente" derives from the Italian word "precedente" and can also mean "example" or "norm." |
| Croatian | In Croatian, "prethodni" can also refer to an antecedent or predecessor. |
| Czech | The word 'předchozí' can also mean 'former' or 'preceding'. |
| Danish | Tidligere can also mean 'earlier' or 'previously' in Danish. |
| Dutch | The word "vorige" in Dutch can also refer to the past or to something that came before. |
| Esperanto | The word "antaŭa" can also mean "before" or "in front of." |
| Estonian | Derived from the verb "eelma", to go or come before, and the suffix "-ine", indicating a past action. |
| Finnish | "Edellinen" is derived from "edeltää", meaning "to precede", and is a cognate of the English word "elder". |
| French | The word 'précédent' in French can also mean a precedent, or a decision that is used as an example for future decisions. |
| Frisian | The word 'foarige' in Frisian comes from the Old Frisian word 'forega', meaning 'going before'. |
| Galician | In Galician, "anterior" can also mean "front" or "forehead". |
| Georgian | The word "წინა" can also mean "front" or "forehead" in Georgian. |
| German | Bisherige is cognate with the English word 'besiege'. |
| Greek | The Greek word "προηγούμενος" can also refer to a leader or superior. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "anvan" in Haitian Creole derives from the French word "avant" and also means "in front" or "ahead". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "baya" can also mean "behind" or "later on". |
| Hawaiian | The term derives from the Proto-Polynesian "*mua", which also means "front" or "ahead". |
| Hebrew | The word "קודם" can also mean "before" or "first". |
| Hindi | The word 'पिछला' also means 'behind' or 'backwards'. |
| Hmong | "Yav dhau los" is the standard way to say "previous" in White Hmong, while "yav dhau los nram" is used to refer to the previous day or the previous night. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "előző" can also mean "forefather", "ancestor", or "predecessor". |
| Icelandic | The word "fyrri" derives from Old Norse "fyrra, |
| Igbo | "Nke gara aga" is an Igbo phrase that means "the one that came before" or "the one that is older." |
| Indonesian | In Malay, "sebelumnya" retains its original meaning but can also mean "later". |
| Irish | The Irish word "roimhe seo" (meaning "previously" or "some time ago" in English) is derived from "roime" ("before" or "earlier") and "sin" (preposition meaning "since") and can also be used to refer to "prior to", "formerly" or "previously known as". |
| Italian | The Italian word "precedente" can also mean "preceding" or "precedent". |
| Japanese | "前" is used in Japanese for "before", "previous month", and "previous year". |
| Javanese | In some contexts, sadurunge can be interpreted as a request to recount something that happened earlier. |
| Kannada | The word 'ಹಿಂದಿನದು' ('previous') is derived from the Sanskrit word 'पूर्व' ('east'), and also means 'ancient' or 'prior' in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The word "алдыңғы" (previous) in Kazakh also means "earlier", "preceding", or "antecedent". |
| Khmer | "មុន" (previous) comes from Sanskrit "pura" meaning "in front," "before." |
| Korean | "이전" can also mean 'before' or 'prior to' in the sense of time or sequence. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "pêşî" also means "front" or "forehead". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "мурунку" in Kyrgyz can also refer to something that is former or past. |
| Latin | The Latin word 'priorem' can also refer to a superior or elder in a religious or hierarchical context. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word “iepriekšējā” has an additional meaning of “earlier”. |
| Lithuanian | The word "ankstesnis" is derived from the word "anksta" (early), which is related to the Sanskrit word "aksa" (axle). |
| Luxembourgish | Vir drun can also mean 'before' in Luxembourgish as well as 'last' or 'most recent' in Old English. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "претходниот" is cognate with the Serbian "претходни", which is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *predъxodъ, which in turn comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (*forward), and ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (*forward), from which also come the English word "prior", the Latin preposition prae- (*in front of, before"), the Greek preposition πρό (*before, in front"), and the Sanskrit उपरि (upari, "above"). |
| Malagasy | In Hawaiian, "aloha" means both "hello" and "goodbye" while in Filipino, "tao" means "person". |
| Malay | In Old Malay, 'sebelumnya' meant 'in front of', and later came to also refer to something occurring earlier in time. |
| Malayalam | The word "മുമ്പത്തെ" in Malayalam can also refer to a former spouse or partner. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word 'preċedenti' derives from the Latin 'praecedens', meaning 'going before'. |
| Maori | Tuhinga o mua may also refer to writing materials such as paper, bark or leaves. |
| Marathi | The word 'मागील' originates from the Sanskrit word 'मृग' meaning 'animal' or 'deer', and denotes the trailing or subsequent element in a sequence. |
| Mongolian | Өмнөх, "the preceding one," is derived from the verb өмнөх (to be/go in front), ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *ümü-. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ယခင်" can also mean "earlier" or "before" in Myanmar (Burmese). |
| Nepali | अघिल्लो originates from the word 'अङ्गुल', meaning 'finger', and is a cognate of the Latin word 'ante', meaning 'before'. This is because in the past, people used to count using their fingers, starting from the thumb, and hence 'अघिल्लो' (the finger before the thumb) came to mean 'previous'. |
| Norwegian | Tidligere' can also mean 'former' or refer to a person formerly holding a particular position. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "m'mbuyomu" can also be used to refer to the time before or the place where something existed or happened. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "تیر" can also refer to an arrow, a beam of light, or a year. |
| Persian | The Persian word "قبلی" (ghæbli) is also used in geography to indicate "southern". |
| Polish | Polish 'poprzedni' derives from the Proto-Slavic 'poperdъ', meaning "going forward, future." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese "anterior" has dual etymological Latin roots meaning "before" and "in front, in the presence of". |
| Punjabi | The word “ਪਿਛਲੇ” (“previous”) in Punjabi is also used to refer to the past or to what happened before or earlier. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "anterior" is derived from Latin "ante" (before) and refers to something that comes before in time or sequence. |
| Russian | The word "предыдущий" can also mean "the one before last" or "the one before the previous one". |
| Samoan | Talu ai is also the name of a village in Samoa that's home to a large population of migratory red crabs that come ashore to breed each October or November. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "roimhe seo" is a compound word made of "roimhe" (meaning "before" or "in front") and the demonstrative pronoun "seo" (meaning "here"). |
| Serbian | The word "Претходна" can also mean "preceding" or "antecedent". |
| Sesotho | Fetileng's alternate meaning is 'before' or 'in front'. |
| Shona | The term 'yapfuura' can also refer to a previous point in time or the act of going before in Shona. |
| Sindhi | Sindhi word "پويون" is related to Sanskrit word "पूर्व" meaning "anterior". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "කලින්" can also mean "before" or "in front of" in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | The word "predchádzajúce" can also mean "former" or "antecedent" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | "Prejšnji" also means "former" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | "Hore," meaning "previous," also refers to "the first time" or "the beginning of a sequence." |
| Spanish | The term "anterior" is derived from the Latin word "anterior", meaning "that which is in front or before" and is also used to refer to the front part of the body. |
| Sundanese | The word "baheula" in Sundanese is an archaic variant of "heula" and is typically used in formal or literary contexts |
| Swahili | Uliopita (previous) is derived from the root '-pita' (to pass) and the prefix 'u-' (past tense), indicating something that happened in the past. |
| Swedish | The word "tidigare" derives from Old Norse, where it originally meant "earlier" or "before". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "dati" may also refer to a former custom, habit, or practice. |
| Tajik | "қаблӣ" can also refer to something from "Kabul," Afghanistan. |
| Telugu | The word 'మునుపటి' (previous) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'mun' (earlier) and the suffix 'pati' (possessor or owner), and it can also mean 'preliminary' or 'former'. |
| Thai | ก่อนหน้านี้ was borrowed from Pali: "pubbe", meaning "in the past, previously" |
| Turkish | The word "önceki" can also mean "the one before", "the former", or "the afore-mentioned". |
| Ukrainian | Попередній also means "warning" in Ukrainian, a meaning that derives from the warning shouts of sentries in the past. |
| Urdu | پچھلا also means "past" or "former" in the context of time or position, similar to its English counterpart "previous". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word for "oldingi" comes from the Old Turkic "ol" (to be, to exist), possibly under the influence of the Persian "ol" (that). |
| Vietnamese | The word "Trước" can also mean "anterior" or "preceding" in anatomy. |
| Welsh | Blaenorol is composed of blaen (meaning 'top, highest, first') and the particle or suffix -orol (meaning 'time, season') |
| Xhosa | The word "yangaphambili" may also refer to something that occurs before an event or action, a predecessor, an ancestor, or that which is located in front or ahead. |
| Yiddish | The word "פֿריִערדיקע" comes from the Proto-Germanic word *frijō, meaning "free". |
| Yoruba | Ti tẹlẹ has an alternate meaning "the previous day" (yesterday), where "ti" means "the," and "tẹlẹ" means "the day before". |
| Zulu | The word 'okwedlule' is closely related to the Zulu word 'okudlula', which means 'to pass' or 'to go beyond'. This suggests that 'okwedlule' originally referred to something that had passed or gone beyond, and only later came to be used as a general term for 'previous'. |
| English | The word 'previous' originates from the Latin word 'praevius', meaning 'going before' or 'leading the way'. |