Route in Different Languages
Discover 'Route' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Route
Afrikaans roete | ||
Albanian itinerari | ||
Amharic መንገድ | ||
Arabic طريق | ||
Armenian երթուղի | ||
Assamese পথ | ||
Aymara thakhi | ||
Azerbaijani marşrut | ||
Bambara sira | ||
Basque ibilbidea | ||
Belarusian маршрут | ||
Bengali রুট | ||
Bhojpuri रास्ता | ||
Bosnian ruta | ||
Bulgarian маршрут | ||
Catalan ruta | ||
Cebuano ruta | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 路线 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 路線 | ||
Corsican percorsu | ||
Croatian ruta | ||
Czech trasa | ||
Danish rute | ||
Dhivehi މަގު | ||
Dogri रस्ता | ||
Dutch route | ||
English route | ||
Esperanto itinero | ||
Estonian tee | ||
Ewe mɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ruta | ||
Finnish reitti | ||
French route | ||
Frisian rûte | ||
Galician ruta | ||
Georgian მარშრუტი | ||
German route | ||
Greek διαδρομή | ||
Guarani tapeguasu | ||
Gujarati માર્ગ | ||
Haitian Creole wout | ||
Hausa hanya | ||
Hawaiian ala hele | ||
Hebrew מַסלוּל | ||
Hindi मार्ग | ||
Hmong txoj kev taug | ||
Hungarian útvonal | ||
Icelandic leið | ||
Igbo ụzọ | ||
Ilocano ruta | ||
Indonesian rute | ||
Irish bealach | ||
Italian itinerario | ||
Japanese ルート | ||
Javanese rute | ||
Kannada ಮಾರ್ಗ | ||
Kazakh маршрут | ||
Khmer ផ្លូវ | ||
Kinyarwanda inzira | ||
Konkani मार्ग | ||
Korean 노선 | ||
Krio rod | ||
Kurdish rêk | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕێڕەو | ||
Kyrgyz маршрут | ||
Lao ເສັ້ນທາງ | ||
Latin route | ||
Latvian maršrutu | ||
Lingala nzela | ||
Lithuanian maršrutu | ||
Luganda ekkubo | ||
Luxembourgish wee | ||
Macedonian траса | ||
Maithili मार्ग | ||
Malagasy lalana | ||
Malay laluan | ||
Malayalam റൂട്ട് | ||
Maltese rotta | ||
Maori ara | ||
Marathi मार्ग | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯝꯕꯤ | ||
Mizo kawng | ||
Mongolian маршрут | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လမ်းကြောင်း | ||
Nepali मार्ग | ||
Norwegian rute | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) njira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ମାର୍ଗ | ||
Oromo karaa | ||
Pashto لار | ||
Persian مسیر | ||
Polish trasa | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) rota | ||
Punjabi ਮਾਰਗ | ||
Quechua ñan | ||
Romanian traseu | ||
Russian маршрут | ||
Samoan auala | ||
Sanskrit मार्ग | ||
Scots Gaelic slighe | ||
Sepedi tsela | ||
Serbian рута | ||
Sesotho tsela | ||
Shona nzira | ||
Sindhi رستو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මාර්ගය | ||
Slovak trasa | ||
Slovenian poti | ||
Somali wadada | ||
Spanish ruta | ||
Sundanese jalur | ||
Swahili njia | ||
Swedish rutt | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ruta | ||
Tajik масир | ||
Tamil பாதை | ||
Tatar маршрут | ||
Telugu మార్గం | ||
Thai เส้นทาง | ||
Tigrinya መንገዲ | ||
Tsonga ndlela | ||
Turkish rota | ||
Turkmen ugur | ||
Twi (Akan) kwan | ||
Ukrainian маршруту | ||
Urdu راسته | ||
Uyghur يول | ||
Uzbek marshrut | ||
Vietnamese lộ trình | ||
Welsh llwybr | ||
Xhosa indlela | ||
Yiddish מאַרשרוט | ||
Yoruba ipa ọna | ||
Zulu umzila |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word “roete” is derived from the Dutch word “route”, meaning “path” or “course.” |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "itinerari" is derived from the Latin word "iter" (meaning "journey") and the suffix "-arium" (meaning "place"), suggesting a place or means of traveling. |
| Amharic | In Amharic, "መንገድ" can mean a road, a path, and a way. It can also refer to a person's way of life. |
| Arabic | The word "طريق" can also refer to a method or approach. |
| Armenian | The word "երթուղի" in Armenian is derived from the Persian word "راه" (rah), meaning "road" or "way". |
| Azerbaijani | The term "marşrut" may also refer to a bus line or fixed-route taxi service in various Turkic languages and Russian, or a specific path followed by a military unit in Turkish. |
| Basque | The word "ibilbidea" comes from the Basque words "ibili" (to go) and "bidea" (path), and its literal meaning is "the way to go." |
| Belarusian | "Маршрут" in Belarusian comes from the German word "Marschroute", meaning "line of march". In the nautical context, it can also be used for "course." |
| Bengali | The word "রুট" can also mean "root" in Bengali, derived from the Sanskrit word "rūta". |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "ruta" is also a type of flower, commonly known as rue. |
| Bulgarian | The word “маршрут” derives from the French word “marcheroute,” which means a document describing a planned route. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, the word 'ruta' is a doublet of the Spanish word 'ruta', coming from the Latin word 'rupta' which means 'broken' and refers to a path that was opened by force. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word 'ruta' is derived from the Spanish word 'ruta', meaning 'route', and also refers to the leaves of the rue plant, used in traditional medicine. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character 路 can mean 'road' or 'pass' whereas 线 can mean 'thread' or 'line'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word “路線” literally means “line of thread” and is often used figuratively to refer to a course of action or development. |
| Corsican | The word "percorsu" in Corsican is derived from the Latin word "percursus", meaning "a journey or passage". |
| Croatian | The word 'ruta' in Croatian also means 'rue', a type of herb commonly used in cooking and medicine. |
| Czech | The word "trasa" also means "trace" in Czech. |
| Danish | As a noun in Danish, "rute" can also mean "diamond shape in a playing card suite" |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "route" can also refer to a path or itinerary, or to the direction someone or something is going. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word 'itinero' is derived from the Latin word 'itinerarium', which originally meant 'daily travel allowance' for Roman soldiers. |
| Estonian | The word "tee" in Estonian can also refer to a physical path or pathway. |
| Finnish | The word “reitti” is also used for a line of verse or the course of a life, likely from a Proto-Germanic word meaning “direction”. |
| French | The French word "route" can also mean "row" or "rank" in a military context. |
| Frisian | Rûte (Frisian) means both "route" and "path", but the word is likely of Latin origin, cognate with "route". |
| Galician | The word 'ruta' in Galician also refers to a medicinal herb known as rue |
| Georgian | The word "მარშრუტი" in Georgian originally meant "marching regiment" and is derived from the French word "marcher" (to walk). |
| German | The German word "Route" can also refer to a line on a map or in a diagram. |
| Greek | In the word 'Διαδρομή' (route), 'δρόμος' means 'road' and 'διά' means 'through' or 'across'. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "માર્ગ" (route) is derived from the Sanskrit word "मार्ग" (path), which is cognate with the English word "march" and means "to walk or journey". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "wout" in Haitian Creole also derives from the original meaning of "a detour or roundabout way" in French, which has influenced the alternate meanings of the word in Haitian Creole, such as "a roundabout way of doing something" or "a roundabout way of speaking about something." |
| Hausa | The word 'hanya' is derived from the Arabic word 'tarik' meaning 'path' |
| Hawaiian | The word "ala hele" also means "to walk" or "to travel" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | "מַסלוּל" also means "course of action" or "route of one's life" in Hebrew. |
| Hindi | मार्ग derives from the Sanskrit word "mārga" meaning "path" or "road" and also has meanings like "method" or "way" |
| Hmong | In some dialects, "txoj kev taug" can also refer to a "path, road, trail, or street." |
| Hungarian | "Útvonal" literally means "path", but it can also refer to "route" more broadly, especially in the context of transportation. |
| Icelandic | The word 'leið' can also mean 'fate' or 'destiny' in Icelandic, suggesting that our paths are predetermined. |
| Igbo | The word 'ụzọ' is also used figuratively to refer to the course or path of action taken in pursuing a goal. |
| Indonesian | "Rute" in Indonesian can also mean "pathway" or "way", while in English it refers specifically to a pre-determined course of travel. |
| Irish | The Irish word "bealach" can also refer to a mountain pass or gap. |
| Italian | The Italian word "itinerario" also means "trip" or "journey", and it derives from the Latin word "iter", which means "way" or "road". |
| Japanese | The word "ルート" (route) in Japanese can also refer to a square root or a music root. |
| Javanese | Rute (route) also refers to a type of traditional Javanese herbal drink made by boiling certain plants, flowers, and/or roots. |
| Kannada | The Kannada term "ಮಾರ್ಗ" can also refer to a path, way, or method. |
| Kazakh | The word "маршрут" also means "path", "course", or "direction" in Russian. |
| Khmer | The word "ផ្លូវ" can also refer to a path, a way, or a method. |
| Korean | "노선" in Korean derives from the Chinese word "路線", meaning "way to follow" or "route". |
| Kurdish | In some dialects of Kurdish, "rêk" can also refer to a path or a direction |
| Kyrgyz | The word "маршрут" comes from the French word "route" and can also mean "course" or "path" |
| Latin | "Rupti" in Latin, from which "route" is derived, also means "broken" and "interrupted." |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "maršrutu" derives from the French word "marcher," meaning "to walk" or "to travel." |
| Lithuanian | "Maršrutas" literally translates to "the route" or "the way" and is used to refer to the path taken by something. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Wee" in Luxembourgish is derived from the French word "voie", meaning "way" or "path". |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, "траса" can also refer to a trace or track left by a person or object. |
| Malagasy | "Lalana" in Malagasy also means 'road' or 'street' and traces its etymology to the Austronesian root *lelan- 'to move' or 'to go'. |
| Malay | The Malay word "laluan" also has the connotation of "escape" or "loophole" in some contexts. |
| Malayalam | The word "റൂട്ട്" in Malayalam can also mean "pathway" or "course of action". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "rotta" originates from the Sicilian word "rota," meaning "road" or "course." |
| Maori | The word "ara" also means "pathway" or "way" in Maori, and is used to describe physical routes as well as metaphorical ones. |
| Marathi | "मार्ग" also denotes the path of life or career. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "маршрут" (route) is derived from the Russian word "маршрут" (route) and can also mean "journey" or "itinerary". |
| Nepali | The word "मार्ग" derives from the Sanskrit word "मृग" (deer), as it originally referred to a deer path or trail. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "rute" can also mean "checkered pattern" or "regular schedule". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Swahili and other Bantu languages, “njira” refers to a path or route in a more general sense. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, the word "لار" ("route") also means "path," "way," and "road." |
| Persian | The Persian word "مسیر" (route) is derived from the Arabic word "سیر" (travel) and originally meant "way". It can also refer to the course of an event or the direction of a thought. |
| Polish | Polish "trasa" is cognate with Ukrainian "траса", Russian "трасса", Latin "transire" (to cross) and English "transverse" |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "rota" in Portuguese can also refer to a spinning wheel or a shift system. |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਮਾਰਗ' ('route') in Punjabi is derived from the Sanskrit word 'मार्ग', which also means 'path' or 'way'. |
| Romanian | The noun "traseu" is a Romanian word with two possible origins, one Slavic and one Latin. |
| Russian | "Маршрут" also means "menu" in restaurants. |
| Samoan | The word "auala" in Samoan can also mean "path" or "way". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "slighe" also means "way" or "track" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | "Ruta" can also mean the herb rue |
| Sesotho | The word "tsela" can also mean "way" or "method" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | In addition to "route", "nzira" can mean "law" or "way" in Shona, reflecting the concept that the path one follows guides their actions and destiny. |
| Sindhi | The word "رستو" may also refer to a custom where women wear colorful clothes during the month of Ramzan. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "මාර්ගය" can also mean "the path of life" or "the eightfold path" in Buddhism. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word trasa is derived from the German word Trasse, which means 'path' or 'route'. |
| Slovenian | The Slovene word "poti" is also related to the Slavic root "put-/*pout-" which means "way, path, journey", found in a number of other Slavic languages, such as Russian "put'" and Polish "droga". |
| Somali | In some Somali dialects, "wadada" also refers to a path made by animals. |
| Spanish | The word "ruta" in Spanish comes from the Latin word "rupta," meaning "broken" or "interrupted," suggesting that it originally referred to a path that had been broken through obstacles. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "jalur" can also refer to the boundary or edge of something. |
| Swahili | In the Swahili expression 'njia ya maisha', njia means 'lifestyle' and not 'route'. |
| Swedish | In Swedish "rutt" is also used to refer to a rut - a groove worn into the ground by repeated passage. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Ruta" can also refer to a plant used in folk medicine or a type of fish in Tagalog. |
| Tajik | "Масир" также может означать "путь" или "дорога". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "பாதை" also refers to a song or musical composition, often performed in religious or traditional contexts. |
| Telugu | The word "మార్గం" ("route") in Telugu also means "path", "way", or "course".} |
| Thai | The word "เส้นทาง" literally means "line of paths" in Thai, highlighting the interconnectedness of routes. |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "rota" can also refer to a "schedule" or a "shift". |
| Ukrainian | "Маршрут" (марш "пройти" + рут "дорога, путь") – путь, по которому надо пройти. |
| Urdu | The word "راسته" in Urdu is also a colloquial term for a main street or thoroughfare. |
| Uzbek | The word "marshrut" in Uzbek also refers to a public transportation route or a specific bus or tram line. |
| Vietnamese | The word "lộ trình" in Vietnamese literally means "the path that is exposed", suggesting its original meaning as a visible or well-known route. |
| Welsh | The word 'llwybr', meaning 'route' in Welsh, is thought to originate from the Proto-Celtic word '*ɸlowros', meaning 'stream' or 'course' |
| Xhosa | "Indlela" can also refer to the way or manner in which something is done in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The word “маршрут” is of French origin, and originally referred to a military path. |
| Yoruba | In some places, ìpà ònà refers to a footpath instead of the more common meaning, "highway." |
| Zulu | “Umzila“ also means “to be on the way” or “to be on a mission,” as in a journey or a campaign. |
| English | The word "route" originates from the Old French word "route," meaning "a way or path," and is related to the Latin word "rupta," meaning "broken." |