Scale in Different Languages
Discover 'Scale' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Scale
Afrikaans skaal | ||
Albanian shkallë | ||
Amharic ልኬት | ||
Arabic مقياس | ||
Armenian մասշտաբ | ||
Assamese মাপন | ||
Aymara makhataña | ||
Azerbaijani miqyaslı | ||
Bambara sumanikɛlan | ||
Basque eskala | ||
Belarusian маштаб | ||
Bengali স্কেল | ||
Bhojpuri पैमाना | ||
Bosnian skala | ||
Bulgarian мащаб | ||
Catalan escala | ||
Cebuano sukdanan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 规模 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 規模 | ||
Corsican scala | ||
Croatian ljestvica | ||
Czech měřítko | ||
Danish vægt | ||
Dhivehi ބަރުދަން ބަލާ ކަށި | ||
Dogri पैमाना | ||
Dutch schaal | ||
English scale | ||
Esperanto skalo | ||
Estonian kaal | ||
Ewe dudanu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) sukat | ||
Finnish mittakaavassa | ||
French échelle | ||
Frisian skaal | ||
Galician escala | ||
Georgian მასშტაბი | ||
German rahmen | ||
Greek κλίμακα | ||
Guarani pirapire | ||
Gujarati સ્કેલ | ||
Haitian Creole echèl | ||
Hausa sikelin | ||
Hawaiian pālākiō | ||
Hebrew סוּלָם | ||
Hindi स्केल | ||
Hmong nplai | ||
Hungarian skála | ||
Icelandic mælikvarði | ||
Igbo n'ọtụtụ | ||
Ilocano timbangan | ||
Indonesian skala | ||
Irish scála | ||
Italian scala | ||
Japanese 規模 | ||
Javanese ukuran | ||
Kannada ಪ್ರಮಾಣದ | ||
Kazakh масштаб | ||
Khmer ជញ្ជីង | ||
Kinyarwanda igipimo | ||
Konkani प्रमाण | ||
Korean 규모 | ||
Krio skel | ||
Kurdish pîvan | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) سکەیڵ | ||
Kyrgyz масштаб | ||
Lao ຂະ ໜາດ | ||
Latin scale | ||
Latvian mērogs | ||
Lingala emekeli kilo | ||
Lithuanian skalė | ||
Luganda minzaani | ||
Luxembourgish skala | ||
Macedonian скала | ||
Maithili पैमाना | ||
Malagasy ambaratonga | ||
Malay skala | ||
Malayalam സ്കെയിൽ | ||
Maltese skala | ||
Maori tauine | ||
Marathi स्केल | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯥꯎꯕꯒꯤ ꯆꯥꯡ | ||
Mizo bukna | ||
Mongolian масштаб | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စကေး | ||
Nepali स्केल | ||
Norwegian skala | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) sikelo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସ୍କେଲ | ||
Oromo safartuu | ||
Pashto کچه | ||
Persian مقیاس | ||
Polish skala | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) escala | ||
Punjabi ਪੈਮਾਨਾ | ||
Quechua ñiqi | ||
Romanian scară | ||
Russian шкала | ||
Samoan fua | ||
Sanskrit मापन | ||
Scots Gaelic sgèile | ||
Sepedi sekala | ||
Serbian скала | ||
Sesotho sekala | ||
Shona chikero | ||
Sindhi پيمانو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පරිමාණ | ||
Slovak mierka | ||
Slovenian lestvica | ||
Somali cabirka | ||
Spanish escala | ||
Sundanese skala | ||
Swahili wadogo | ||
Swedish skala | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) sukatan | ||
Tajik миқёс | ||
Tamil அளவு | ||
Tatar масштаб | ||
Telugu స్కేల్ | ||
Thai มาตราส่วน | ||
Tigrinya መለክዒ | ||
Tsonga xikalu | ||
Turkish ölçek | ||
Turkmen masştab | ||
Twi (Akan) susudua | ||
Ukrainian масштаб | ||
Urdu پیمانہ | ||
Uyghur كۆلەم | ||
Uzbek o'lchov | ||
Vietnamese tỉ lệ | ||
Welsh graddfa | ||
Xhosa isikali | ||
Yiddish וואָג | ||
Yoruba asekale | ||
Zulu isikali |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans the word 'skaal' derives from Dutch and has the alternate meaning of a bowl or cup, also used for toasting or drinking in a social setting. |
| Albanian | The word "shkallë" derives from Proto-Albanian *skal- and is a cognate of Latin scala 'ladder'. |
| Amharic | The word "ልኬት" can also mean "balance" or "equilibrium". |
| Arabic | The word "مقياس" (scale) in Arabic derives from the root "قوس" (bow), as scales were originally made from bent wood or metal. |
| Armenian | The word "մասշտաբ" (scale) likely originates from the Persian word "مقیاس" (meqyās), which means "measure, standard, or balance". |
| Azerbaijani | "Miqyaslı" also means "measured" and "calibrated". |
| Basque | "Eskala" can also mean "threshold" or "step", both literally and figuratively. |
| Belarusian | In Russian, "масштаб" can also refer to the "range" of something. |
| Bengali | The word "স্কেল" can also refer to a musical scale or a range of values. |
| Bosnian | Skala can also mean "ladder" or "hierarchy" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | "Мащаб" can also mean "size" or "proportion" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "escala" can also mean "staircase" or "stop" (in a journey or process). |
| Cebuano | Sukdanan is a Cebuano word that comes from the root word 'sukod', meaning 'to measure' or 'to weigh'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "规模" also means "scope" or "magnitude" in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "規模" is a borrowed word from Japanese, which itself borrowed it from Portuguese. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "scala" can also mean "stairs". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "ljestvica" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "lěstva", meaning "ladder", and is also related to the German word "Leiter" with the same meaning. |
| Czech | "Měřítko" is derived from the verb "měřit" (to measure) and the suffix "-ko", which denotes a tool or instrument. |
| Danish | The word "vægt" comes from the Old Norse word "vág" meaning "balance," similar to the English words "weight" and "weigh." |
| Dutch | Schaal (échelle in French and ladder in English) derives from the Latin word scala and the Greek word skála, meaning ladder. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "skalo" comes from the Latin word "scalae", meaning a ladder or flight of stairs. |
| Estonian | The word "kaal" can also refer to a "weighing machine" or a "balance" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | "Mittakaava" and its synonym "asteikko" are derived from older "mitta" and "astua", "to step". |
| French | The word "échelle" can also mean "ladder" or "hierarchy". |
| Frisian | In Frisian, the word "skaal" can also refer to a drinking vessel or a unit of measurement for length. |
| Galician | In Galician, "escala" can also refer to a landing stage or a stopover point on a journey. |
| German | The word "Rahmen" also refers to the border or frame of a picture or object, or to the framework of a building or piece of furniture. |
| Greek | The word "κλίμακα" in Greek can also refer to a staircase or a ladder. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "સ્કેલ" can also refer to a musical scale or a balance or weighing apparatus. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "echèl" is derived from the French word "échelle", which means "ladder, scale, or rung on a ladder". It can also refer to the "range or extent of a thing", or to a "set of grades or degrees". In Haitian Creole, "echèl" is often used to refer to a "musical scale" or to a "standard of measurement". |
| Hausa | Sikelin is originally a loanword from the English word "scale". |
| Hawaiian | The word "pālākiō" can also mean "balance" or "weighing instrument" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The word 'סולם' ('scale') in Hebrew shares a root with the word for 'ladder' and can also refer to a type of musical scale. |
| Hindi | In medicine, "स्केल" can refer to a set of graded markings used to measure symptoms or assess severity. |
| Hmong | The term 'nplai' in Hmong is derived from the Proto-Hmong-Mien root word 'blaj', meaning 'to spread out flat'. |
| Hungarian | Besides 'scale', 'skála' also means 'series of grades or values', 'spectrum', 'range' or 'line-up'. |
| Icelandic | The word "mælikvarði" can also refer to a landmark or boundary marker. |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the word "n'ọtụtụ" also means "many, much, or several". |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, 'skala' can also mean 'step', 'class', or 'level'. |
| Irish | The word "scála" in Irish can also refer to a ladder or a flock of birds. |
| Italian | The Italian word “scala” can refer to a flight of stairs or a scale (the musical term). |
| Japanese | The word "scale" in Japanese, "規模", can also mean "extent" or "size" in the sense of the scope or magnitude of something. |
| Javanese | The word "ukuran" ("scale") in Javanese can also mean "criterion", "standard", or "measure". |
| Kannada | In science, ಪ್ರಮಾಣದ can refer to the order of magnitude, which is not its dictionary meaning. |
| Kazakh | The word "масштаб" also means "size" or "scope" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The word "ជញ្ជីង" can also refer to a type of traditional Khmer musical instrument. |
| Korean | "규모" has the additional definition of "magnitude" or "size". |
| Kurdish | The word "pîvan" also means "balance" or "equanimity" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | Масштаб (Kyrgyz) can refer to both the concept of scale in music or the ratio between two maps. |
| Latin | In Latin, "scale" can also refer to a ladder or a staircase. |
| Latvian | Mērogs is also used in the context of a |
| Lithuanian | The word "skalė" also means "a series of degrees or values" in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, the word "Skala" comes from the French word "échelle" and can refer both to a scale (measuring) and a staircase. |
| Macedonian | In the Cyrillic script, the word “скала” also means “cliff”. In ancient Macedonian, “скала” also meant “stairs”. |
| Malagasy | The word 'ambaratonga' in Malagasy is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word '*imbang', meaning 'to measure'. |
| Malay | The Malay word "skala" can also refer to a ranking or level, as in "skala kesihatan" (health level) or "skala kesukaran" (difficulty level). |
| Malayalam | The word "സ്കെയിൽ" in Malayalam primarily means "scale" but can also refer to a "ladder" or a "stepped platform". |
| Maltese | Maltese "skala" may derive from Proto-Semitic *skal "to weigh" (as in Hebrew שקול) or Arabic "miqyas" (مقياس). |
| Maori | Tauine can also refer to a step, a layer of a building or a stage in a process. |
| Marathi | स्केल can also mean 'a range of variation'. For example, स्केल ऑफ पे (scale of pay). |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian term "масштаб" can also refer to a measuring tape or ruler. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "စကေး" ("scale") can also refer to a system of musical intervals. |
| Nepali | The word 'स्केल' ('scale') in Nepali can also mean a set of steps or a ladder. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "skala" can also mean "bowl" or "shell", and in biology it refers to the hard outer covering of certain animals. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "sikelo" can also mean "weight" or "importance" in Nyanja (Chichewa). |
| Pashto | "کچه" is derived from the Persian word "کچه" meaning "balance" or "level". |
| Persian | The Persian word "مقیاس" (scale) originates from the Greek word "skale" meaning "ladder" or "stepping stone", and can also refer to a standard of measurement or comparison. |
| Polish | The Polish word "skala" also refers to "cliff", likely derived from the Latin word "scala" meaning "stairs", due to their stepped appearance. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, 'escala' can mean 'scale', 'ladder', 'flight', 'port of call', 'layover', or 'scale of measurement'. |
| Punjabi | ਪੈਮਾਨਾ is derived from the Persian word |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "scară" is of Slavic origin, derived from the word "skala" meaning either a "fence" or a "ladder". |
| Russian | "Шкала" means "ladder" or "rank" in Russian. |
| Samoan | In the expression "fua o le i'a" (fish scales), "fua" refers to a specific type of scale called a ctenoid scale. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "sgèile" can also be used idiomatically to refer to a person's stature or bearing. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "Скала" (transliterated as "Skala") originates from the Greek word "Σκάλα" (transliterated as "Skala"), which means "stairway, ladder". |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho term sekala also refers to the rungs of a ladder and the vertebrae of an animal's spine. |
| Shona | The word "chikero" has alternate meanings of a small dish holding a few mouthfuls of relish or the quantity of relish it holds. |
| Sindhi | The word "پيمانو" (scale) in Sindhi, likely originates from the Sanskrit word "पमान" (measurement or standard), suggesting its connection to the concept of weighing and measuring. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "පරිමාණ" (scale) in Sinhala (Sinhalese) also refers to "proportion" or "amount". |
| Slovak | In addition to its primary meaning of "scale", "mierka" can also mean "measure" or "standard" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The word "lestvica" can also refer to a ranking or a list of items arranged in order of importance. |
| Somali | The word appears to be related to the Afar word "qarboka" meaning "weight, balance". |
| Spanish | Escala can also refer to a pitstop, a series of steps or gradations, or a scale on a map or blueprint. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "skala" also refers to a musical mode or a system of tuning a musical instrument. |
| Swahili | The word "wadogo" also means "thin material" in Swahili, reflecting its physical characteristics. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "skala" also means "shell" and "rind". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word “sukatan” can also refer to a measuring cup, a measuring spoon, or measurement in general. |
| Tajik | The word "миқёс" is also used to refer to a balance or a pair of scales. |
| Tamil | The word 'அளவு' ('scale') can also refer to 'amount', 'measure', 'rate', or 'degree'. |
| Telugu | The word "scale" can also refer to a musical scale or a ladder. |
| Thai | The word มาตราส่วน in Thai can also refer to a "standard" or "criterion". |
| Turkish | The word "ölçek" can also mean "measure" or "standard" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The word "масштаб" is also used figuratively to mean "the scope or extent of something" |
| Urdu | The word " پیمانہ" can also mean "measure" or "portion". |
| Uzbek | "O'lchov" also means "dimension" or "size" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | Tỉ lệ originated from the Chinese word "比例" (bǐlì), meaning "comparison of proportions" |
| Welsh | The word graddfa also means 'degree' and is related to 'graddio' meaning 'to climb' in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | The word "isikali" can also refer to a fish scale or a musical scale. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish term "וואָג" (scale) is derived from the German word "Wage" (balance, equilibrium) likely via Middle High German, and refers not only to a weighing device but also to the act of weighing. |
| Yoruba | "Asekale" also means "balance" or "equilibrium" in the context of weight measurement. |
| Zulu | The word "isikali" can also refer to a measuring device or a musical instrument. |
| English | The word 'scale' can refer to the covering of a fish, reptile, or bird, as well as a device used for weighing objects or measuring distances. |