Race in Different Languages
Discover 'Race' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Race
Afrikaans ras | ||
Albanian garë | ||
Amharic ዘር | ||
Arabic سباق | ||
Armenian մրցավազք | ||
Assamese জাতি | ||
Aymara rasa | ||
Azerbaijani yarış | ||
Bambara siya | ||
Basque lasterketa | ||
Belarusian раса | ||
Bengali জাতি | ||
Bhojpuri दौड़ | ||
Bosnian trka | ||
Bulgarian раса | ||
Catalan carrera | ||
Cebuano lumba | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 种族 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 種族 | ||
Corsican corsa | ||
Croatian utrka | ||
Czech závod | ||
Danish race | ||
Dhivehi ރޭސް | ||
Dogri दौड़ | ||
Dutch ras | ||
English race | ||
Esperanto vetkuro | ||
Estonian võistlus | ||
Ewe ɖimekeke | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) lahi | ||
Finnish rotu | ||
French course | ||
Frisian ras | ||
Galician carreira | ||
Georgian რასის | ||
German rennen | ||
Greek αγώνας | ||
Guarani ñemoñanga | ||
Gujarati રેસ | ||
Haitian Creole ras | ||
Hausa tsere | ||
Hawaiian heihei | ||
Hebrew גזע | ||
Hindi रेस | ||
Hmong haiv neeg | ||
Hungarian verseny | ||
Icelandic hlaup | ||
Igbo agbụrụ | ||
Ilocano karera | ||
Indonesian ras | ||
Irish rás | ||
Italian gara | ||
Japanese 人種 | ||
Javanese balapan | ||
Kannada ರೇಸ್ | ||
Kazakh жарыс | ||
Khmer ការប្រណាំង | ||
Kinyarwanda ubwoko | ||
Konkani सर्त | ||
Korean 경주 | ||
Krio res | ||
Kurdish nîjad | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پێشبڕکێ | ||
Kyrgyz жарыш | ||
Lao ເຊື້ອຊາດ | ||
Latin genus | ||
Latvian sacīkstes | ||
Lingala mposo ya nzoto | ||
Lithuanian lenktynės | ||
Luganda okusindana | ||
Luxembourgish rennen | ||
Macedonian раса | ||
Maithili दौर | ||
Malagasy hazakazaka | ||
Malay perlumbaan | ||
Malayalam ഓട്ടം | ||
Maltese razza | ||
Maori reihi | ||
Marathi शर्यत | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯝꯖꯦꯜ ꯇꯥꯟꯅꯕ | ||
Mizo intlansiak | ||
Mongolian уралдаан | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပြိုင်ပွဲ | ||
Nepali दौड | ||
Norwegian løp | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mpikisano | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଜାତି | ||
Oromo sanyii | ||
Pashto ریس | ||
Persian نژاد | ||
Polish wyścigi | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) raça | ||
Punjabi ਦੌੜ | ||
Quechua paway | ||
Romanian rasă | ||
Russian раса | ||
Samoan tuʻuga | ||
Sanskrit धावनं | ||
Scots Gaelic rèis | ||
Sepedi morafe | ||
Serbian трка | ||
Sesotho peiso | ||
Shona mujaho | ||
Sindhi ڊوڙ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) තරඟය | ||
Slovak rasa | ||
Slovenian dirka | ||
Somali tartanka | ||
Spanish raza | ||
Sundanese balapan | ||
Swahili mbio | ||
Swedish lopp | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) karera | ||
Tajik нажод | ||
Tamil இனம் | ||
Tatar узыш | ||
Telugu జాతి | ||
Thai แข่ง | ||
Tigrinya ዘርኢ | ||
Tsonga rixaka | ||
Turkish yarış | ||
Turkmen ýaryş | ||
Twi (Akan) tu mmirika | ||
Ukrainian гонки | ||
Urdu دوڑ | ||
Uyghur مۇسابىقە | ||
Uzbek poyga | ||
Vietnamese cuộc đua | ||
Welsh ras | ||
Xhosa ubuhlanga | ||
Yiddish געיעג | ||
Yoruba ije | ||
Zulu umjaho |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word 'ras' comes from the Malay word 'bangsa', meaning 'nation' or 'people'. |
| Albanian | "Garë" is also used to refer to a train station or a horse race. |
| Amharic | "ዘር" (Amharic for "race") can also mean line, generation, or genealogy. |
| Arabic | The word "سباق" can also mean "competition" or "contest" in Arabic. |
| Armenian | The word “մրցավազք” ("race") is of Indo-European origin and comes from the root “*h₃erǵʰ-", which means “to run". |
| Azerbaijani | The word 'yarış' also means 'competition' or 'contest' in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The Basque word for 'race', 'lasterketa', also means 'run' or 'course'. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "раса" derives from the Polish word "rasa" and has the alternate meaning of "dew". |
| Bengali | In Bengali, the word "জাতি" can also mean "birth", "origin", or "caste". |
| Bosnian | The word "trka" in Bosnian can also refer to a running track or a competition between several animals. |
| Bulgarian | Bulgarian term "раса" is a false cognate with English "race" and originally meant either "breed", "species", or "group of relatives sharing a common ancestor". |
| Catalan | "Carrera" can also mean "career" in Catalan, a similar meaning to its Spanish counterpart. |
| Cebuano | The word "lumba" also refers to "a contest where the goal is to make someone do or buy something by showing that it can be obtained easily or for a low price. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Chinese, the word "种族" also means "type" or "category". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word 種族 (race) in Chinese can also refer to "species" or "kind". |
| Corsican | The word "corsa" in Corsican also means "track" or "route". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'utrka' comes from the Proto-Slavic word 'ъtrъkъ', which also meant 'meeting'. |
| Czech | "Závod" also means "factory" in Czech, as factories were often located near water sources for power, similar to mills. |
| Danish | Race (Danish), meaning a bicycle-racing route in English. |
| Dutch | The word "ras" in Dutch can also mean "breed" or "strain". |
| Esperanto | The word "vetkuro" in Esperanto also has the meaning of "strain" or "stock" (for example, of animals or plants). |
| Estonian | The word "võistlus" in Estonian also means "competition". |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "rotu" can also refer to a line, row, or column in a table or spreadsheet. |
| French | The word "course" in French can also refer to a meal or a dish made from various ingredients. |
| Frisian | Ras or rasse can in Frisian besides 'race' also refer the course in sailing competitions |
| Galician | In Galician, "carreira" can also refer to a lane, track, or path. |
| Georgian | In addition to meaning 'race', "რასის" also refers to 'tribe' or 'ethnicity' in Georgian. |
| German | Rennen derives from the Old High German word "rinnan", meaning "to run" and can also mean "to flow". |
| Greek | Derived from the ancient verb άγω 'I lead' through a Greek stem αγων- "a contest or assembly," "place for assembly" via a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'to drive' |
| Gujarati | The word "રેસ" can also refer to a series of performances or entertainments. |
| Haitian Creole | 'Ras' also means 'root' in Haitian Creole, and is often used to refer to one's ancestral roots or lineage. |
| Hausa | The word "tsere" in Hausa also means "the condition of being different in kind or form". |
| Hawaiian | The word "heihei" in Hawaiian also means "to chase" or "to compete". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "גזע" (gaza) can also mean "trunk" (of a tree), "stem" (of a plant), or "lineage". |
| Hindi | In Hindi, the word "रेस" can also mean "a kind" or "a style". |
| Hmong | The term "haiv neeg" (race) derives from the concept of "lineage" or "descent" with the "haiv" meaning "branch" and "neej" meaning "root". |
| Hungarian | "Verseny" also means rivalry or competition. |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, the word "hlaup" can also refer to a type of traditional dance or a short run. |
| Igbo | While the word "agbụrụ" primarily means "race" in Igbo, it can also refer to a "line of descent" or "lineage". |
| Indonesian | Indonesian "ras" derives from Spanish and Portuguese terms for "lineage" that originated in Arabic "ra's" (head). |
| Irish | Rás, the Irish word for "race," also denotes a "course" or "path," as in a journey or a competition. |
| Italian | The word "gara" in Italian originates from the word "carra," meaning "road," and thus initially referred to a race on foot or horseback along a road. |
| Japanese | The word "人種" (じんしゅ) in Japanese can also refer to "species" or "kind".} |
| Javanese | Balapan is also a kind of puppet in Javanese folk theater. |
| Kannada | ರೇಸ್ also means 'crowd' or 'group' in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | "Жарыс" means race, contest or competition. Can be also interpreted as a "chase" |
| Khmer | The word "ការប្រណាំង" in Khmer can also refer to a competition between people or animals, as in a running or swimming race. |
| Korean | The word "경주" also means "capital" or "metropolis" in Korean. |
| Kurdish | The word "nîjad" also has the meaning of "lineage" or "descent". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "жарыш" can also mean "competition" or "rivalry" in Kyrgyz, showing its deep connection to the idea of struggle and striving. |
| Latin | Genus in Latin also means a type, kind, origin, or stock, and is related to the English word "generate" and the Greek word "genos," meaning "race" or "family. |
| Latvian | The word "sacīkstes" is derived from the Slavic "сътязати", or "to compete against". |
| Lithuanian | The word "lenktynės" is used in Lithuanian to refer to a competition between people or animals, or to the act of running or driving as fast as possible. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "rennen" can also refer to running, especially in the context of a competition. |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, "раса" can also refer to "sort" or "type". |
| Malagasy | The word "hazakazaka" is related to the Malagasy word "hazakazaka" which means "a fast or furious activity". |
| Malay | From the Javanese word "pralambah", which means "origin" |
| Malayalam | It can mean any competitive run as well as the act of pouring. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "razza" is derived from the Arabic word "razā" meaning "will, wish, or consent". |
| Maori | Maori word "reihi" can refer to any kind of competition, not just races; it also means "line" or "row". |
| Marathi | The word "शर्यत" (race) in Marathi is derived from the Sanskrit word "शृ" (to go) and means "a going, a running, a coursing," or "a race." |
| Nepali | "दौड" (race) in Nepali comes from Sanskrit "द्रु" (dru), meaning "to run," not from English "race." |
| Norwegian | The word "løp" in Norwegian is cognate to "leap" in English, and can also refer to a running path or a flight of stairs. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, the word 'mpikisano' not only means 'race' but can also mean a competition in general. |
| Pashto | ريس (race) can also refer to a horse or camel race. |
| Persian | نژاد (nژاد) is also used in Persian to refer to "lineage" or "family line." |
| Polish | In Polish, wyścigi also means competition or contest. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Portuguese "raça" relates back to the Latin word "radix" (root), meaning lineage, while the English "race" comes from "razza", an early Italian term for breeds or types, which derives from the Arabic "ras" (head, beginning). |
| Punjabi | The word "ਦੌੜ" in Punjabi also means a line, or a row, like a queue or a military formation. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "rasă" has several alternate definitions and etymologies: "origin, lineage, stock, breed," and also, in colloquial language, "kind, sort, species." |
| Russian | The Russian word "раса" ultimately derives from the French word "race" (meaning "lineage, family"), but it has come to have connotations of ethnicity and physical characteristics. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "tuʻuga" is also a term for "descent" or "origin". |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word “rèis” can also mean “track”, "footprint" or "step". |
| Serbian | The word “трка” can also mean “chase” or “racecourse”. |
| Sesotho | In addition to its literal meaning, "peiso" also refers to a type of traditional dance performed by married women. |
| Shona | The word "mujaho" also means "strain" or "breed". |
| Sindhi | The word "ڊوڙ" in Sindhi can also mean "competition" or "speed". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The term තරඟය, or race, can refer to any physical competition involving speed or endurance in Sinhalese. |
| Slovak | The word "rasa" has also been used historically in Slovak to refer to a "nation" or "family". |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word 'dirka' is a cognate of the German word 'derk', meaning 'course' or 'path', and can also refer to a competition or test. |
| Somali | The word tartanka, meaning "race," derives from the English word "tartan," a type of woven plaid fabric associated with Scottish culture. |
| Spanish | In Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Uruguay, "raza" retains its historic meaning that refers to ethnicity/origins, not physical traits. |
| Sundanese | "Balapan" also refers to a traditional Sundanese form of bull racing. |
| Swahili | The word "mbio" in Swahili can also refer to a line or a row. |
| Swedish | The word "lopp" can also refer to the foliage or branches of trees that are cut back or cropped. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "karera" in Filipino also refers to a "profession" or a "career" in English. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "нажод" can also refer to a type of apricot or a group of people sharing a common language, history, and culture. |
| Tamil | While 'இனம்' primarily means 'race' in Tamil, it also has other meanings like 'kind', 'species', and 'class'. |
| Telugu | "జాతి" is the Telugu equivalent of the English word "race", but it also has other meanings such as "species", "variety" |
| Thai | แข่ง derives from the Proto-Austronesian term kadiŋ, and its other meanings include 'compete', 'contest', and 'compare'. |
| Turkish | The word "yarış" also means "competition" or "contest" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The word "гонки" can also refer to a competition between horses or other animals. |
| Urdu | The word 'دوڑ' ('race') in Urdu can also mean 'contest' or 'competition' |
| Uzbek | In some contexts, the word "poyga" can also refer to a "competition" or "match". |
| Vietnamese | "Cuộc đua" can also mean a competition of speed between two or more animals, vehicles, or people. |
| Welsh | The word 'ras' also refers to 'course', 'direction', 'series' or 'run', as seen in 'ras fach' ('short run') and 'ras o gwmpas' ('circuit'). |
| Xhosa | The word "ubuhlanga" also means "kind" or "type" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "געיעג" derives from the Middle High German "gagen", meaning "to go, to seek, to desire". |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word 'ije' also refers to a type of masquerade performance and a traditional festival. |
| Zulu | "Umjaho" is also a ritual foot race, often run as part of the Zulu wedding ceremony. |
| English | The word "race" derives from the Old Italian "razza", meaning "breed" or "strain" and refers primarily to differences between populations in terms of skin color, ancestral geographic origin or other physical features. |