Response in Different Languages
Discover 'Response' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Response
Afrikaans reaksie | ||
Albanian përgjigje | ||
Amharic ምላሽ | ||
Arabic استجابة | ||
Armenian պատասխան | ||
Assamese সঁহাৰি | ||
Aymara jaysawi | ||
Azerbaijani cavab | ||
Bambara jaabi | ||
Basque erantzuna | ||
Belarusian адказ | ||
Bengali প্রতিক্রিয়া | ||
Bhojpuri जबाब | ||
Bosnian odgovor | ||
Bulgarian отговор | ||
Catalan resposta | ||
Cebuano tubag | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 响应 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 響應 | ||
Corsican risposta | ||
Croatian odgovor | ||
Czech odezva | ||
Danish respons | ||
Dhivehi ޖަވާބު | ||
Dogri परता | ||
Dutch reactie | ||
English response | ||
Esperanto respondo | ||
Estonian vastus | ||
Ewe ŋuɖoɖo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tugon | ||
Finnish vastaus | ||
French réponse | ||
Frisian antwurd | ||
Galician resposta | ||
Georgian პასუხი | ||
German antwort | ||
Greek απάντηση | ||
Guarani mbohovái | ||
Gujarati પ્રતિભાવ | ||
Haitian Creole repons | ||
Hausa amsa | ||
Hawaiian pane | ||
Hebrew תְגוּבָה | ||
Hindi प्रतिक्रिया | ||
Hmong teb | ||
Hungarian válasz | ||
Icelandic svar | ||
Igbo nzaghachi | ||
Ilocano sungbat | ||
Indonesian tanggapan | ||
Irish freagra | ||
Italian risposta | ||
Japanese 応答 | ||
Javanese tanggepan | ||
Kannada ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆ | ||
Kazakh жауап | ||
Khmer ការឆ្លើយតប | ||
Kinyarwanda igisubizo | ||
Konkani प्रतिसाद | ||
Korean 응답 | ||
Krio ansa | ||
Kurdish bersiv | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) وەڵامدانەوە | ||
Kyrgyz жооп | ||
Lao ການຕອບສະຫນອງ | ||
Latin responsum | ||
Latvian atbildi | ||
Lingala eyano | ||
Lithuanian atsakymą | ||
Luganda okuddamu | ||
Luxembourgish äntwert | ||
Macedonian одговор | ||
Maithili प्रतिक्रिया | ||
Malagasy famaliana | ||
Malay tindak balas | ||
Malayalam പ്രതികരണം | ||
Maltese rispons | ||
Maori whakautu | ||
Marathi प्रतिसाद | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯥꯎꯈꯨꯝ | ||
Mizo chhanna | ||
Mongolian хариу | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တုံ့ပြန်မှု | ||
Nepali प्रतिक्रिया | ||
Norwegian respons | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) yankho | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପ୍ରତିକ୍ରିୟା | ||
Oromo deebii | ||
Pashto ځواب | ||
Persian واکنش | ||
Polish odpowiedź | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) resposta | ||
Punjabi ਜਵਾਬ | ||
Quechua kutichiy | ||
Romanian raspuns | ||
Russian ответ | ||
Samoan tali | ||
Sanskrit प्रतिक्रिया | ||
Scots Gaelic freagairt | ||
Sepedi phetolo | ||
Serbian одговор | ||
Sesotho karabo | ||
Shona mhinduro | ||
Sindhi جواب | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ප්රතිචාරය | ||
Slovak odpoveď | ||
Slovenian odziv | ||
Somali jawaab | ||
Spanish respuesta | ||
Sundanese réspon | ||
Swahili majibu | ||
Swedish svar | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tugon | ||
Tajik посух | ||
Tamil பதில் | ||
Tatar җавап | ||
Telugu ప్రతిస్పందన | ||
Thai การตอบสนอง | ||
Tigrinya ምላሽ | ||
Tsonga nhlamulo | ||
Turkish tepki | ||
Turkmen jogap | ||
Twi (Akan) anoyie | ||
Ukrainian відповідь | ||
Urdu جواب | ||
Uyghur جاۋاب | ||
Uzbek javob | ||
Vietnamese phản ứng | ||
Welsh ymateb | ||
Xhosa impendulo | ||
Yiddish ענטפער | ||
Yoruba idahun | ||
Zulu impendulo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans "reaksie" also means "reaction", from the Old French "reaction". |
| Albanian | The word "përgjigje" can also mean "answer" or "reply". |
| Amharic | "ምላሽ" can also mean "reply" and is an Amharic term derived from the verb "መለሰ" meaning "to return". |
| Arabic | "استجابة" also means "compliance" in Arabic. |
| Armenian | Պատասխան (patasxan) in Armenian shares its Proto-Indo-European root with the Latin |
| Azerbaijani | In Persian, "cavab" means "answer" or "question", and in Ottoman Turkish, it means "letter" or "reply." |
| Basque | The Basque word "erantzuna" also means "reply", "answer", or "solution", and derives from the verb "erantzun" ("to answer") along with the suffix "-a". |
| Belarusian | The word "адказ" in Belarusian can also mean an "answer" or a "reply". |
| Bengali | "প্রতিক্রিয়া" can also mean 'reaction' in chemistry or biology. |
| Bosnian | Although the word "odgovor" has the same root as the English word "answer" in Proto-Indo-European, it primarily means "response" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The word "отговор" in Bulgarian comes from the Old Slavic word "otglagoljь", which means "to speak back". |
| Catalan | The word "resposta" also means "answer" and "reply" in Catalan. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "tubag" is derived from the pre-colonial Cebuano word "tubag" which means to "throw" or "to catch", likely referring to the back-and-forth nature of giving and receiving responses. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "响应" in Chinese also means "answer" or "meet (a request)". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In Chinese, "響應" can also refer to a phenomenon where many people react the same way to something, often in a positive or supportive manner. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "risposta" means either "answer" or "correspondence", and is derived from the Italian word of the same spelling. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "odgovor" is derived from the Old Slavic word "otъgovorъ", meaning "speech in reply" or "answer". |
| Czech | The word "Odezva" in Czech has Slavic roots, and its original meaning was "echo" or "reverberation". It is also used to describe a reaction to a stimulus or event. |
| Danish | The word "respons" in Danish is derived from the Latin word "responsum", meaning "answer" or "reply". |
| Dutch | Apart from meaning "response", "reactie" also means "chemical reaction" and "reaction time" in Dutch. |
| Esperanto | "Respondo" in Esperanto also relates to the concept of "answering a call" in certain contexts, similar to the phrase "responding to a phone call" in English. |
| Estonian | The word "vastus" in Estonian is derived from the Latin word "vastus", meaning "empty" or "broad". |
| Finnish | The word 'vastaus' is derived from the Proto-Finnic word '*vastane' which means 'meeting, encounter' but also 'answer'. |
| French | The French word "réponse" can also mean "answer" or "reply". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "antwurd" derives from the Old Frisian "and-word" meaning "counter-word" or "counter-speech" and is related to the English "answer". |
| Galician | The Galician word "resposta" also has the alternate meaning of "answer". |
| Georgian | "პასუხი" can be a verb meaning "to respond" or "to answer", or a noun meaning "reply". |
| German | In Middle High German, "antwort" meant "counter-speech" and "speech in reply," while "antwurten" meant "to return speech." |
| Greek | "Απάντηση" (response) originates from the verb "απαντώ", meaning "to meet", implying a reciprocal action of responding. |
| Haitian Creole | "Repons" in Haitian Creole derives from the French "répons" (response) and can also refer to a ritualistic call-and-response style of singing. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "amsa" also signifies a reply or rejoinder to another person's statement. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "pane" comes from Proto-Oceanic **paŋe** ('to speak, make a sound, chant') |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "תְגוּבָה", meaning "response", also has the alternate meaning of "reaction" in a chemical or biological context. |
| Hindi | "प्रतिक्रिया" (response) is derived from the Sanskrit word "प्रति" (against) and "क्रिया" (action), hence implying a reaction or counter-action. |
| Hmong | In the White Hmong dialect, the word “teb” also means "opinion".} |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "válasz" can also mean "choice" or "division", sharing the same root as the verb "választ", meaning "to choose" or "to separate". |
| Icelandic | Svar is also used in the sense of "answer" or "reply". |
| Igbo | "Nzaghachi" in Igbo can also mean "answer", "reaction" or "retaliation". |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word 'tanggapan' can also mean 'opinion' or 'impression'. |
| Irish | Freagra, meaning "response" in Irish, can also be used to mean "an answer to a riddle" or "a solution to a problem" |
| Italian | The Italian word "risposta" derives from the Latin "responsus" and also refers to an answer to a legal demand. |
| Japanese | "応答" can also mean 'to answer,' 'reply,' 'respond,' 'acknowledge,' or even 'react' in Japanese. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "tanggepan" has several meanings including "response," "obligation," or "responsibility." |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "жауап" is also used to refer to an explanation or justification, and derives from the verb "жауап беру" (to respond). |
| Korean | 응답, 반응, 대답 |
| Kurdish | The word "bersiv" in Kurdish is derived from the Persian word "pasokh", meaning "answer" or "reply". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "жооп" also has the meanings of "answer" and "solution". |
| Latin | In Roman law, a "responsum" was an official legal opinion given by a jurisconsult, often in response to a query from a magistrate or a private individual. |
| Latvian | The word "atbildi" is derived from the Proto-Baltic root *at- "to answer". |
| Lithuanian | "Atsakymą" is a noun derived from the verb "atsakyti," meaning "to answer" or "to reply." |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Äntwert" derives from the Old French word "answerre" and is cognate with the English word "answer". |
| Macedonian | "Одговор" derives from the Old Church Slavonic language, where it had similar meanings alongside "defence", "proof" or "apology". |
| Malagasy | The word 'FAMALIANA' also refers to the 'act of responding'. |
| Malay | "Tindak balas" literally means "act of retaliating" in Malay. |
| Malayalam | പ്രതികരണം in Malayalam means response, reaction, or action in response to something. |
| Maltese | Maltese word "rispons" comes from the Latin word "responsum" meaning "an answer" or "a response". |
| Maori | The word "whakautu" in Maori also means "to make a sound", "to answer", or "to reply". |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "प्रतिसाद" (pratisād) originates from the Sanskrit word "प्रतिसाद" (pratisād), which has the same meaning and also refers to an echo or reverberation. |
| Mongolian | The word 'хариу' in Mongolian also refers to the act of explaining something. |
| Nepali | "प्रतिक्रिया" can also mean 'reaction' in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | "Respons" comes from Latin "responsum" and also means "(musical) answer" |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Nyanja 'yankho' originates from the root '-yankh-' meaning 'to answer' or 'to respond' |
| Pashto | The word "ځواب" in Pashto can also refer to a "reason" or "reply". |
| Persian | The word "واکنش" (response) in Persian is derived from the Arabic word "فعل" (action) and also means "reaction" or "effect". |
| Polish | The word "odpowiedź" comes from the Proto-Slavic root *otvědъ, meaning "answer, reply". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "resposta" in Portuguese derives from the Latin "responsum", meaning "an answer, a reply". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਜਵਾਬ" (response) in Punjabi is derived from the Persian word "جواب" (answer), which in turn comes from the Arabic word "جَوابٌ" (answer). |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "raspuns" originates from the Latin "responsum" meaning "answer" and also has the connotation of a solution to a problem. |
| Russian | "Ответ" derives from the Old Church Slavonic "вѣтъ", meaning "knowledge", "information". |
| Samoan | Tali is used both as an interjection to mean "wow" and as a noun meaning "response" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "freagairt" is ultimately derived from the Proto-Celtic root *werg-i-, meaning "to turn" or "to bend". |
| Serbian | "Одговор" is cognate to the Bulgarian word "отговор" and the Czech word "odpověď" and is derived from a Proto-Slavic root meaning "turn, reply". |
| Sesotho | The word "karabo" in Sesotho also means "a way of answering" or "a way of reacting to something". |
| Shona | The word "mhinduro" could come from the Proto-Bantu root "-ntuza", meaning "to reply" or "to give an answer". |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, 'جواب' can also mean 'solution', 'answer', or 'reply'. |
| Slovak | "Odpoveď" in Slovak is derived from the verb "odpovedať," which originally meant to "answer," "speak up" or "say something back." |
| Slovenian | The word "odziv" in Slovenian derives from the Proto-Slavic word "otъzъvъ," meaning "echo" or "sound back." |
| Somali | The word "jawaab" also means "reply" or "answer" in Somali. |
| Spanish | The word "respuesta" derives from the same Latin root as the word "reply," meaning to return or turn back. |
| Sundanese | Réspon also means 'answer' and 'reaction' in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The word 'majibu' also means 'reply', 'answer', or 'solution' in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The word svar is also used in Swedish to refer to the answer to a riddle or puzzle. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Tugon" comes from the Proto-Austronesian word *tugun which means "to respond" or "to call out." |
| Tajik | The word "посух" in Tajik can also refer to a staff or walking stick. |
| Tamil | In Tamil, "பதில்" can also mean "remedy" or "solution". |
| Telugu | ప్రతిస్పందన is also used to refer to a musical composition responding to or echoing another piece of music. |
| Thai | The word 'การตอบสนอง' can also refer to a physical reaction to a stimulus or a chemical reaction. |
| Turkish | The word 'tepki' comes from the Persian word 'tep', meaning 'to leap' or 'to move'. |
| Ukrainian | The word "відповідь" derives from the Proto-Slavic word *otъvětъ, meaning "answer" or "reply". |
| Urdu | The word "جواب" in Urdu comes from the Persian word "پاسخی" (pāsukh), meaning "answer" or "reply". |
| Uzbek | The word "javob" in Uzbek also means "answer" and derives from the Persian word "javāb". |
| Vietnamese | "Phản ứng" is a Sino-Vietnamese word composed of two Chinese characters: "反" (phản) meaning "opposite" and "ứng" (ứng) meaning "answer". Thus, "phản ứng" literally means "opposite answer" or "counter-answer", implying a response or reaction that is not in accordance with expectations or demands. |
| Welsh | While the English word "response" derives from the Latin "responsum," the Welsh word "ymateb" traces its roots to "ateb," referring to the act of returning, echoing, or answering. |
| Xhosa | The word "impendulo" can mean "answer" or "revenge" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "ענטפער" also means "answer" in English. |
| Yoruba | In Ekiti dialect of Yoruba, "idahun" means "thank you". |
| Zulu | In Xhosa, the term 'impendulo' also signifies 'reply' or 'answer', highlighting its semantic consistency across Nguni languages. |
| English | "Response" is related to the Latin word "respondere," meaning "to promise," and can also describe a reaction to an event or situation. |