Afrikaans produksie | ||
Albanian prodhimi | ||
Amharic ምርት | ||
Arabic إنتاج | ||
Armenian արտադրություն | ||
Assamese উৎপাদন | ||
Aymara achuwi | ||
Azerbaijani istehsal | ||
Bambara sɛnɛ | ||
Basque produkzioa | ||
Belarusian вытворчасць | ||
Bengali উত্পাদন | ||
Bhojpuri उत्पादन | ||
Bosnian proizvodnja | ||
Bulgarian производство | ||
Catalan producció | ||
Cebuano paghimo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 生产 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 生產 | ||
Corsican pruduzzione | ||
Croatian proizvodnja | ||
Czech výroba | ||
Danish produktion | ||
Dhivehi އުފެއްދުން | ||
Dogri उत्पादन | ||
Dutch productie | ||
English production | ||
Esperanto produktado | ||
Estonian tootmine | ||
Ewe nuwɔwɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) produksyon | ||
Finnish tuotanto | ||
French production | ||
Frisian produksje | ||
Galician produción | ||
Georgian წარმოება | ||
German produktion | ||
Greek παραγωγή | ||
Guarani apopyre | ||
Gujarati ઉત્પાદન | ||
Haitian Creole pwodiksyon | ||
Hausa samarwa | ||
Hawaiian iecaianoaaiiuo | ||
Hebrew הפקה | ||
Hindi उत्पादन | ||
Hmong ntau lawm | ||
Hungarian termelés | ||
Icelandic framleiðslu | ||
Igbo mmepụta | ||
Ilocano panangaramid | ||
Indonesian produksi | ||
Irish táirgeadh | ||
Italian produzione | ||
Japanese 製造 | ||
Javanese produksi | ||
Kannada ಉತ್ಪಾದನೆ | ||
Kazakh өндіріс | ||
Khmer ផលិតផល | ||
Kinyarwanda umusaruro | ||
Konkani उत्पादन | ||
Korean 생산 | ||
Krio mek sɔntin | ||
Kurdish çêkerî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەرهەم هێنان | ||
Kyrgyz өндүрүш | ||
Lao ການຜະລິດ | ||
Latin fabricatio | ||
Latvian ražošana | ||
Lingala kosala | ||
Lithuanian gamyba | ||
Luganda okufulumya | ||
Luxembourgish produktioun | ||
Macedonian производство | ||
Maithili उत्पादन | ||
Malagasy famokarana | ||
Malay pengeluaran | ||
Malayalam ഉത്പാദനം | ||
Maltese produzzjoni | ||
Maori whakaputa | ||
Marathi उत्पादन | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯨꯊꯣꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo siamchhuahna | ||
Mongolian үйлдвэрлэл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ထုတ်လုပ်မှု | ||
Nepali उत्पादन | ||
Norwegian produksjon | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kupanga | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଉତ୍ପାଦନ | ||
Oromo oomisha | ||
Pashto تولید | ||
Persian تولید | ||
Polish produkcja | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) produção | ||
Punjabi ਉਤਪਾਦਨ | ||
Quechua ruway | ||
Romanian producție | ||
Russian производство | ||
Samoan gaosiga | ||
Sanskrit उत्पादन | ||
Scots Gaelic cinneasachadh | ||
Sepedi tšweletšo | ||
Serbian производња | ||
Sesotho tlhahiso | ||
Shona kugadzirwa | ||
Sindhi پيداوار | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) නිෂ්පාදනය | ||
Slovak výroba | ||
Slovenian proizvodnjo | ||
Somali wax soo saar | ||
Spanish producción | ||
Sundanese produksi | ||
Swahili uzalishaji | ||
Swedish produktion | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) paggawa | ||
Tajik истеҳсолот | ||
Tamil உற்பத்தி | ||
Tatar җитештерү | ||
Telugu ఉత్పత్తి | ||
Thai การผลิต | ||
Tigrinya ምህርቲ | ||
Tsonga humelerisa | ||
Turkish üretim | ||
Turkmen önümçilik | ||
Twi (Akan) adeyɛ | ||
Ukrainian виробництво | ||
Urdu پیداوار | ||
Uyghur ئىشلەپچىقىرىش | ||
Uzbek ishlab chiqarish | ||
Vietnamese sản xuất | ||
Welsh cynhyrchu | ||
Xhosa imveliso | ||
Yiddish פּראָדוקציע | ||
Yoruba iṣelọpọ | ||
Zulu ukukhiqizwa |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "produksie" can also refer to a group of people or animals that share a common characteristic. |
| Albanian | The word 'prodhimi' in Albanian comes from the Latin word 'productio', meaning 'to bring forth'. |
| Amharic | The verb ምራ (marra) also means 'to sow', and has the same root as ምርት, so one might guess that the original meaning of ምርት was 'the act of sowing', but the noun ምርት (mart) is first attested in Geez with the meaning 'creation'. |
| Arabic | The word "إنتاج" ("production") in Arabic is also used to refer to "birth" or "yield". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "istehsal" can also be used to refer to the process of creating something new, such as a work of art or a scientific discovery. |
| Basque | "Produkzio" is a Basque word that can refer to produce, harvest, production, product or output. |
| Bengali | "উত্পাদন" also means "giving birth." |
| Bosnian | The Bosnian word 'proizvodnja' derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *prod- ('to bring forth'), which is also the source of the English word 'produce'. |
| Bulgarian | Производство (production) can also mean 'origin' or 'manufacture'. Производство (origin) refers to the source or beginning of something, and производство (manufacture) refers to the process of making goods. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "producció" also means "crop" or "harvest" in the context of agriculture. |
| Cebuano | In other contexts, "paghimo" can refer to artistic handicrafts or personal creations. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 生产 (shēngchǎn) originally meant 'to create life', referring to childbirth or farming. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 生產's etymology can be traced back to the ancient Chinese concept of 'sheng', which refers to the process of creation and growth. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, the word "pruduzzione" also means "process" or "progress". |
| Croatian | "Proizvodnja" is derived from the Slavic root "proiz", meaning "to bring forth". |
| Czech | The word "Výroba" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *virъ, meaning "work" or "labor" |
| Danish | The Danish word "produktion" can also refer to a performance, such as a theatrical production. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "productie" also means "show" or "performance" |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "produktado" is based on the Latin word "productio", which means "an act of producing" or "a product". |
| Estonian | The word "tootmine" in Estonian can also refer to the act of manufacturing or creating something. |
| Finnish | Tuotanto can also mean 'yield' in Finnish. |
| French | En français, “production” désigne un spectacle donné au profit d’un auteur ou d’une compagnie. |
| Frisian | It can also mean "product" in Frisian. |
| Galician | In Galician and Portuguese, "produción" can also refer to "outcome" or "result". |
| German | The word "Produktion" can also refer to the act of creating a dramatic or musical work. |
| Greek | Παραγωγή, meaning 'production' or 'derivative', also shares a root with the verb 'to be born'. |
| Gujarati | ઉત્પાદન is also used in Gujarati to describe the output of a computer or other device. |
| Haitian Creole | Pwodiksyon means "work" or "action" and stems from the French "production". |
| Hausa | A synonym of "samarwa" ("production") is "yi samu," meaning "to get." |
| Hawaiian | Iecaianoaaiiuo, while meaning "to produce," can also mean "to create" and "to bring forth." |
| Hebrew | הפקה translates to 'production' in English, and can also mean a 'stage performance' in Hebrew. |
| Hindi | The word "उत्पादन" originates from the Sanskrit root "पाद" (pāda), meaning "foot", and "उत" (uta), meaning "to rise", referring to the act of bringing something into existence. |
| Hmong | In White Hmong, "ntau lawm" is a verb meaning either "to produce something" or "to build something."} |
| Hungarian | It derives from the Slavic root of the verb "terem", which originally meant "to give birth". |
| Icelandic | The word framleiðslu derives from framleiða, "to produce," combining fram, "forth," with leiða, "to lead, carry," hence: "to bring forth". |
| Igbo | The word "mmepụta" in Igbo can also mean "creation" or "formation". |
| Indonesian | The word 'produksi' comes from the Dutch word 'productie', meaning 'the process of producing something'. |
| Italian | "Produzione" can also refer to the output of a creative process. |
| Japanese | 製造 (seizō) literally means "making things happen". It can also refer to manufacturing or producing goods. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "produksi" is also used to refer to the process of making something or to the result of that process. |
| Kannada | The word ಉತ್ಪಾದನೆ can also refer to the process of generating or creating something. |
| Kazakh | The word "өндіріс" can also refer to "output" or "yield". |
| Khmer | In Khmer, "ផលិតផល" (production) also refers to agricultural or industrial products. |
| Korean | The Sino-Korean word 생산 (sansaeng) derives from the Chinese character 生 meaning "birth, growth," and the character 産 meaning "produce, manufacture."} |
| Kurdish | The word "çêkerî" also refers to the income made from farming or labor. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "өндүрүш" (production) can also mean "creation" or "yield". |
| Lao | The word ການຜະລິດ also refers to the act of producing something, such as a work of art or a piece of music. |
| Latin | The Latin word "fabricatio" also means "the construction of something with a view to deceit" or "forgery; falsification." |
| Latvian | The word "ražošana" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *reg-, meaning "to set in motion". |
| Lithuanian | The word "gamyba" also has the meaning of "issue" or "problem" in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | "Produktioun" is a loanword from French and is also used in the literary sense of "spiritual production". |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, the word "производство" can also refer to the "manufacturing" of goods, "industrial activities", or more broadly to "creation" or "production". This word has different connotations and usage compared to English, where "production" typically refers to a more specific set of activities involved in the manufacturing process. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "famokarana" can also mean "creation" or "fabrication". |
| Malay | The word "pengeluaran" also means "expenditure" or "spending" in Malay. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "ഉത്പാദനം" can also refer to "income" or "output". |
| Maltese | The word "produzzjoni" comes from the Italian word "produzione", meaning "the act or process of producing something". |
| Maori | The word "whakaputa" in Māori also carries the meanings of "to bring forth" and "to create". |
| Marathi | The word 'उत्पादन' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'उत्पाद', which means 'to produce' or 'to bring forth'. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "үйлдвэрлэл" comes from the root word "үйлдвэр" meaning "work" or "industry". It is related to the Turkish word "üretim" with the same meaning. |
| Nepali | The Sanskrit word "उत्पादन" can also mean "production", "yielding", "creation", or "generation". |
| Norwegian | In economics, "produksjon" refers to the total output of goods and services produced in a country during a given period, while in computer science, it describes the process of creating computer programs. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kupanga" also means "to make" or "to create" in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | تولید also means 'creation' or 'making of something', coming from the verb 'تولیدول' (to create). |
| Persian | The Persian word "تولید" (tolid) is derived from the Arabic word "ولد" (walada), meaning "to give birth" or "to produce". |
| Polish | The Polish word "produkcja" is derived from the Latin word "productio", meaning "a bringing forth, a producing". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Portuguese 'Produção' also means 'yield', 'output', 'result', 'proceeds'. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਉਤਪਾਦਨ" (utpādan) is derived from the Sanskrit word "उत्पादन" (utpādana), which means "bringing forth, producing, creating, or causing to exist." |
| Romanian | The etymology of "producție" is Latin "productio, productionis" having "producere" as its verb. |
| Russian | The Russian word "производство" can also mean "legal proceeding" or "manufacture". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "gaosiga" is cognate with the Tongan word "kaosiga" and the Māori word "kausiga", all meaning "to seek" or "to search for". |
| Scots Gaelic | "cinneasachadh" also means "the making or the production of, as of food, etc." |
| Serbian | The word 'производња' in Serbian is derived from the Old Slavic root 'произвести' and also means 'origin' or 'creation'. |
| Sesotho | Tlhahiso, which etymologically meant 'the state of being produced,' came to also mean 'product' in later usage. |
| Shona | The word "kugadzirwa" can also mean "to be created" or "to be made" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | Sindhi word "پيداوار" is a loanword from Persian which also refers to “proceeds” in its alternate meanings |
| Slovak | The word "výroba" can also mean "output" or "yield". |
| Slovenian | Proizvodnjo (production) can also mean a 'product' in Slovene |
| Somali | The verb "wax soo saar" may also mean "to extract" in certain contexts. |
| Spanish | "Producción" comes from the Latin "producere" which means "to draw forth". |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "produksi" can refer to both the process and the result of producing something, including artistic works and agricultural products. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "uzalishaji" is derived from the Arabic word "uzl," meaning "to produce," and the Swahili suffix "-aji," indicating an action or process. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, the word "produktion" also means "publication". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Paggawa" is also derived from the word "gawa" meaning "to do" or "to make." |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "истеҳсолот" can also refer to the process of producing a movie or television program. |
| Tamil | The word "உற்பத்தி" (production) is derived from the root word "உற்பத்தி" (to produce) and can also refer to "origin" or "source" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | ఉత్పత్తి is rooted in the Sanskrit verb √पद् (“to go, proceed”) and is cognate with the English word “product”. |
| Thai | The alternate meaning of "การผลิต" is the result after "การทำ" ( |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "üretim" ultimately derives from the Arabic word "urtuq", meaning "rations of food for troops". |
| Ukrainian | The word "виробництво" comes from the Old Slavic word "робъ", meaning "slave" or "worker", and the suffix "-ство", meaning "process" or "result". It can also refer to the process of creating something, such as a work of art or literature. |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "پیداوار" originates from Persian meaning 'to make visible' or 'to manifest' |
| Uzbek | The word "ishlab chiqarish" in Uzbek can also mean "to give birth" or "to produce a child". |
| Vietnamese | The Sino-Vietnamese word "sản xuất" is also used as a noun meaning "output" or "result". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "cynhyrchu" is also related to "cynhaeaf" (harvest), suggesting its original meaning was "producing food, gathering crops". |
| Xhosa | The word "imveliso" has the alternate meaning "appearance." |
| Yiddish | It can also be used to describe a large quantity of goods that have been produced. |
| Yoruba | The word "iṣelọpọ" in Yoruba also means "process" or "method". |
| Zulu | Ukukhiqizwa also means "to give birth" in Zulu. |
| English | The word 'production' comes from the Latin 'producere', meaning 'to lead or bring forth'. |