Progress in Different Languages
Discover 'Progress' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Progress
Afrikaans vordering | ||
Albanian përparim | ||
Amharic እድገት | ||
Arabic التقدم | ||
Armenian առաջընթաց | ||
Assamese প্ৰগতি | ||
Aymara jiltäwi | ||
Azerbaijani tərəqqi | ||
Bambara ɲɛfɛtaali | ||
Basque aurrerapena | ||
Belarusian прагрэс | ||
Bengali অগ্রগতি | ||
Bhojpuri आगे बढ़ल | ||
Bosnian napredak | ||
Bulgarian напредък | ||
Catalan progrés, progressar | ||
Cebuano pag-uswag | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 进展 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 進展 | ||
Corsican prugressu | ||
Croatian napredak | ||
Czech pokrok | ||
Danish fremskridt | ||
Dhivehi ކުރިއެރުން | ||
Dogri तरक्की | ||
Dutch vooruitgang | ||
English progress | ||
Esperanto progreso | ||
Estonian edusammud | ||
Ewe ŋgᴐyiyi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pag-unlad | ||
Finnish edistystä | ||
French le progrès | ||
Frisian foarútgong | ||
Galician progreso | ||
Georgian პროგრესი | ||
German fortschritt | ||
Greek πρόοδος | ||
Guarani akãrapu'ã | ||
Gujarati પ્રગતિ | ||
Haitian Creole pwogrè | ||
Hausa ci gaba | ||
Hawaiian holomua | ||
Hebrew התקדמות | ||
Hindi प्रगति | ||
Hmong kev nruam ntej | ||
Hungarian előrehalad | ||
Icelandic framfarir | ||
Igbo ọganihu | ||
Ilocano pagannayasan | ||
Indonesian kemajuan | ||
Irish dul chun cinn | ||
Italian progresso | ||
Japanese 進捗 | ||
Javanese kemajuan | ||
Kannada ಪ್ರಗತಿ | ||
Kazakh прогресс | ||
Khmer វឌ្ឍនភាព | ||
Kinyarwanda iterambere | ||
Konkani प्रगती | ||
Korean 진행 | ||
Krio go bifo | ||
Kurdish pêşverûtî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەرەو پێش چوون | ||
Kyrgyz прогресс | ||
Lao ຄວາມຄືບ ໜ້າ | ||
Latin progressus | ||
Latvian progresu | ||
Lingala kokende liboso | ||
Lithuanian progresas | ||
Luganda okukulakulana | ||
Luxembourgish fortschrëtt | ||
Macedonian напредок | ||
Maithili प्रगति | ||
Malagasy fandrosoana | ||
Malay kemajuan | ||
Malayalam പുരോഗതി | ||
Maltese progress | ||
Maori ahunga whakamua | ||
Marathi प्रगती | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯈꯨꯃꯥꯡ ꯆꯥꯎꯁꯤꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo hmasawn | ||
Mongolian ахиц дэвшил | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တိုးတက်မှု | ||
Nepali प्रगति | ||
Norwegian framgang | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kupita patsogolo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପ୍ରଗତି | ||
Oromo fooyya'iinsa | ||
Pashto پرمختګ | ||
Persian پیش رفتن | ||
Polish postęp | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) progresso | ||
Punjabi ਤਰੱਕੀ | ||
Quechua puriy | ||
Romanian progres | ||
Russian прогресс | ||
Samoan alualu i luma | ||
Sanskrit विकासः | ||
Scots Gaelic adhartas | ||
Sepedi kgatelopele | ||
Serbian напредак | ||
Sesotho tsoelo-pele | ||
Shona kufambira mberi | ||
Sindhi ترقي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ප්රගතිය | ||
Slovak pokrok | ||
Slovenian napredek | ||
Somali horumar | ||
Spanish progreso | ||
Sundanese kamajuan | ||
Swahili maendeleo | ||
Swedish framsteg | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pag-unlad | ||
Tajik пешрафт | ||
Tamil முன்னேற்றம் | ||
Tatar алгарыш | ||
Telugu పురోగతి | ||
Thai ความคืบหน้า | ||
Tigrinya ምዕባለ | ||
Tsonga ndzima | ||
Turkish ilerleme | ||
Turkmen ösüş | ||
Twi (Akan) mpuntuo | ||
Ukrainian прогрес | ||
Urdu ترقی | ||
Uyghur ئىلگىرىلەش | ||
Uzbek taraqqiyot | ||
Vietnamese phát triển | ||
Welsh cynnydd | ||
Xhosa inkqubela phambili | ||
Yiddish פּראָגרעס | ||
Yoruba ilọsiwaju | ||
Zulu inqubekela phambili |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Vooruitgang" is the Dutch word for "progress" and is the etymological root of "vordering" in Afrikaans. |
| Albanian | The word "përparim" in Albanian also means "advance" or "improvement." |
| Amharic | In Amharic, "እድገት" means not only progress but also a specific form of growth; the process of rising, and a rise or slope. |
| Arabic | In addition to "progress", "التقدم" also refers to "promotion" in military or administrative contexts. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word “առաջընթաց” (“progress”) literally means 'forward march' and highlights the movement towards a desired objective. |
| Azerbaijani | In Ottoman Turkish, "tərəqqi" also meant "loan", referring to the Ottoman public loans during the 19th century. |
| Basque | Aurrê means 'front' and -pena means 'head' or 'top'. |
| Belarusian | "Прагрэс" is derived from the Latin word "progressus" meaning "advancement" or "development". |
| Bengali | অগ্রগতি means 'progress' in Bengali. It also refers to the act of advancing or moving forward. |
| Bosnian | The word 'napredak' in Bosnian comes from the Old Slavic word 'napredъ', meaning 'forward' or 'upward'. |
| Bulgarian | The word "напредък" derives from the Proto-Slavic "*naprědъ", meaning "forward" or "towards". |
| Catalan | Catalan "progrés, progressar" ultimately comes from the Latin "porgredior", meaning "to go forward". |
| Cebuano | In linguistics, "pag-uswag" is a cognate of its Spanish counterpart "progreso". Both words descend from the Latin term "progredior", which means "to go forward". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 进展 means 'progress' in Mandarin, but also 'to develop' when referring to a storyline. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 進展 combines 進, meaning advance, and 展, meaning open or expand. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "prugressu" comes from the Latin word "progressus" and also means "advancement" or "development". |
| Croatian | The word 'napredak' in Croatian also has the connotation of 'improvement' or 'advancement', encompassing a wider range of meaning than its English counterpart. |
| Czech | "Pokrok" also means "an axel of a cart" from Proto-Slavic *po-kroky and is related to *kъrgъ "to turn". |
| Danish | "Fremskridt" comes from "frem" (forward) and "skridt" (step) and can also be used to mean "procedure" |
| Dutch | "Vooruitgang" in Dutch, meaning "progress," originally meant "the process of moving forward," and is derived from the words "voor" (forward) and "uit" (out). |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "progreso" is derived from the Latin word "progressus", meaning "forward movement". |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "edusammud" can also refer to a "forward move" in a game such as chess or checkers. |
| Finnish | Edistys comes from the word "eteen", meaning "forward". |
| French | The French word "le progrès" also refers to a "judicial proceeding". |
| Frisian | "Foarútgong" derives from "foar" meaning "in front/forward" and "gong" meaning "going/walking," thus encapsulating the notion of forward motion or advancement. |
| Galician | The Galician word "progreso" shares an etymological root with the English word "process". This reflects its broader meanings, which include "advancement", "development", and "improvement." |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "პროგრესი" comes from the Latin word "progressus," which means "forward movement." It can also refer to the advancement of a process or development over time. |
| German | The word "Fortschritt" in German originally meant "going forward" or "advancing," a sense that is still occasionally used in modern German. |
| Greek | The Greek word "πρόοδος," commonly translated as "progress," originally referred to "advancement" in space or time, or to a "march" or "campaign." |
| Gujarati | The word 'પ્રગતિ' (progress) in Gujarati is derived from the Sanskrit word 'प्रगति' and also means 'advancement', 'improvement', and 'development'. |
| Haitian Creole | "Pwogrè" also means "to make good progress" or "to be successful" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | "Ci gaba" is also the name of a plant that is said to hasten labor. |
| Hawaiian | The word "holomua" in Hawaiian has cognates in other Polynesian languages, such as "holo" (movement) in Samoan and "holo" (to go) in Tongan. |
| Hebrew | התקדמות' derives from the root 'קדם', meaning 'to go forward' or 'to advance', and also carries the connotation of 'development' or 'improvement'. |
| Hindi | प्रगति is also used to refer to the forward movement of an idea, plan, or project |
| Hmong | 'Kev nruam ntej' literally means 'going forward', and its use in the context of progress may be due to the idea of moving forward towards a better future. |
| Hungarian | "Előrehalad" shares the word root "halad" with "hajó" ("ship"), as the original meaning of the former was "to sail ahead". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word 'framfarir' also has a nautical sense meaning 'fair winds and a fast passage' or 'a favorable voyage'. |
| Igbo | Igbo term ọganihu, "progress," is rooted in "oga," meaning "front" and "nihu," meaning "back," denoting forward movement. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "kemajuan" derives from the Arabic root "qdm" meaning "to advance". |
| Irish | It is an obsolete term from the early 19th century, meaning 'progress' and used to denote a 'procession of young men on horseback'. |
| Italian | The word "progresso" in Italian can also refer to a "draft" or "rough copy" of a document. |
| Japanese | '進捗' also means 'a ship's passage' because of its original meaning 'to advance' |
| Javanese | Kemajuan in Javanese can also mean 'to move forward' or 'to advance'. |
| Kannada | The word "ಪ್ರಗತಿ" can also mean "advancement" or "development" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | "Прогресс" is also used to refer to a type of cake in Kazakh. |
| Korean | "진행" originates from the Chinese word "進行", meaning "to go forward" or "to advance". |
| Kurdish | The word "pêşverûtî" in Kurdish originates from the Persian word "pīshraft" and also means "advance" or "improvement". |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, the word "прогресс" also means "development" or "advancement". |
| Latin | The noun 'progressus' also refers to 'coming forward' in legal or official contexts, or an 'advancement or departure' in a more general sense. |
| Latvian | The word "progresu" is derived from the French word "progrès" meaning "advance" or "improvement." |
| Lithuanian | The word "progresas" likely comes from the Latin word "progressus," meaning "a going forward". |
| Luxembourgish | "Fortschrett", like the English word "progress", derives ultimately from the Latin word "progredi", which means to go or move forward. |
| Macedonian | The word "напредок" "progress" also means "forward". |
| Malagasy | The word "fandrosoana" is derived from the root "androso", meaning either "road" or "forward", combined with the suffix "-ana" used to form nouns. |
| Malay | "Kemajuan" (progress) derives from the root word "maju," meaning "forward." |
| Maltese | In Maltese, "progress" can also mean "to improve" or "to advance". |
| Maori | The term "ahunga whakamua" can also refer to "advancing," "going forward," or "moving onward." |
| Marathi | प्रगती is a feminine noun derived from the masculine noun 'प्रग्रह' ('movement') and thus literally means 'moving forward' |
| Nepali | The term "प्रगति" is derived from Sanskrit roots meaning "to pass through" or "to go forward", suggesting a sense of gradual advancement or movement. |
| Norwegian | The word "framgang" also has the alternate meaning of "success" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kupita patsogolo" can also mean "to go forward" or "to advance". |
| Pashto | The word "پرمختګ" ('progress') in Pashto shares its root "پرمخت" with the Persian word "پرموده" ('old, aged'), suggesting a connection between 'progress' and 'the passage of time'. |
| Persian | The word پیش رفتن literally means 'to go forward'. |
| Polish | The word 'postęp' originates from the Latin word 'post', meaning 'after' or 'behind,' and originally referred to the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Progresso" comes from the Latin "progressus," meaning "advancement" or "development." |
| Punjabi | The word "ਤਰੱਕੀ" (tarakki), meaning "progress," is derived from the Persian word "taraggi," which means "to ascend, get promoted, or succeed." |
| Romanian | Romanian "progres" shares its roots with French "progrès", Portuguese "progresso", English "progress", and Italian "progresso", all stemming from Latin "progressus". |
| Russian | The word "progress" in Russian can also mean "a stage in a process" or "a gradual development over time". |
| Samoan | 'Alualu'i luma has the alternate meaning of 'to advance', 'to make progress', 'to get better', 'to move forward'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'adhartas' is derived from the Old Irish word 'adharta', meaning "assistance" or "help". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "напредак" derives from the Proto-Slavic root "*napъ", meaning "to go forward, to progress", and is cognate with the English word "navigate". |
| Shona | Literally translating to 'going forwards', 'kufambira mberi' also alludes to the concept of advancement and development. |
| Sindhi | The word "ترقي" (progress) in Sindhi can also refer to "promotion" or "advancement" in rank or status. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | ප්රගතිය (Pragingathiya) is a Sanskrit word that also means "to move forward" or "to advance." |
| Slovak | "Pokrok" also means "spinning" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | Napredek originates from the verb "napredovati" and shares its root with the word "pred" (in front). |
| Somali | The Somali word "horumar," which has roots in the Arabic word "taqaddum," can also refer to the advancement of a community or an individual within society. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "Progreso" is a place name for cities in Mexico, Honduras and Uruguay. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, the word "kamajuan" also has meanings of "progressing", "advancement" or "improvement". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "maendeleo" derives from the verb "-enda," meaning "to go," and thus connotes "forward motion" or "progress." |
| Swedish | The word "framsteg" in Swedish is derived from the German word "Fortschritt" and has the same meaning in both languages. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, the word "pag-unlad" can also refer to the growth or development of a community or organization. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "пешрафт" is derived from the Persian word "پیشرفت" which means "advancement" or "progress". |
| Tamil | "முன்னேற்றம்" in Tamil can also refer to the act of going ahead or forward, as well as to a state of advancement or development. |
| Telugu | పురోగతి comes from the Sanskrit root యూర (pura), meaning పూరవ సాల (purava sala), or eastern city. |
| Thai | The etymology of “ความคืบหน้า” (“progress”) hints at a sense of gradual disclosure, as the root “คืบ” (“advance”) implies inching forward. |
| Turkish | "İlerleme" kelimesi "ileri" ve "-me" ekinden oluşur ve "daha ileri gitme" anlamına gelir. |
| Ukrainian | The word "прогрес" in Ukrainian is derived from the Latin word "progressus", which means "to move forward" or "to advance". |
| Urdu | ترقی is derived from the Arabic word "tarqiyah", which means "ascent" or "elevation". |
| Uzbek | In Persian, the word "taraqqi" means to advance or make progress, while in Uzbek it specifically refers to social or economic development. |
| Vietnamese | In Vietnamese, "phát triển" can also refer to "development" or "growth" in a broad sense, not just in terms of progress. |
| Welsh | The word "cynnydd" comes from the Proto-Celtic root *pro-gred-i-, meaning "to step forward, advance, make progress." |
| Xhosa | The word "inkqubela phambili" in Xhosa has additional meanings such as growth, development, and advancement. |
| Yiddish | "פּראָגרעס" in Yiddish can mean both "progress" and "to annoy". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "inqubekela phambili" is derived from the verb "inquba," meaning "to march forward," and "phambili," meaning "forward." It therefore literally means "to march forward," capturing the idea of steady and continuous advancement. |
| English | In Latin, "progressus" means "a going forward," and also refers to dancers' steps. |