Science in Different Languages
Discover 'Science' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Science
Afrikaans wetenskap | ||
Albanian shkenca | ||
Amharic ሳይንስ | ||
Arabic علم | ||
Armenian գիտություն | ||
Assamese বিজ্ঞান | ||
Aymara sinsya | ||
Azerbaijani elm | ||
Bambara dɔnniya | ||
Basque zientzia | ||
Belarusian навук | ||
Bengali বিজ্ঞান | ||
Bhojpuri बिग्यान | ||
Bosnian nauka | ||
Bulgarian наука | ||
Catalan ciència | ||
Cebuano syensya | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 科学 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 科學 | ||
Corsican scienza | ||
Croatian znanost | ||
Czech věda | ||
Danish videnskab | ||
Dhivehi ސައިންސު | ||
Dogri विज्ञान | ||
Dutch wetenschap | ||
English science | ||
Esperanto scienco | ||
Estonian teadus | ||
Ewe dzᴐdzᴐme ŋuti nusᴐsrɔ̃ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) agham | ||
Finnish tiede | ||
French science | ||
Frisian wittenskip | ||
Galician ciencia | ||
Georgian მეცნიერება | ||
German wissenschaft | ||
Greek επιστήμη | ||
Guarani tembikuaa | ||
Gujarati વિજ્ઞાન | ||
Haitian Creole syans | ||
Hausa kimiyya | ||
Hawaiian ʻepekema | ||
Hebrew מַדָע | ||
Hindi विज्ञान | ||
Hmong kev tshawb fawb | ||
Hungarian tudomány | ||
Icelandic vísindi | ||
Igbo sayensị | ||
Ilocano siensia | ||
Indonesian ilmu | ||
Irish eolaíocht | ||
Italian scienza | ||
Japanese 理科 | ||
Javanese ngelmu | ||
Kannada ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ | ||
Kazakh ғылым | ||
Khmer វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រ | ||
Kinyarwanda siyanse | ||
Konkani विज्ञान | ||
Korean 과학 | ||
Krio sayɛns | ||
Kurdish zanist | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) زانست | ||
Kyrgyz илим | ||
Lao ວິທະຍາສາດ | ||
Latin scientia | ||
Latvian zinātne | ||
Lingala siansi | ||
Lithuanian mokslas | ||
Luganda sayansi | ||
Luxembourgish wëssenschaft | ||
Macedonian наука | ||
Maithili विज्ञान | ||
Malagasy science | ||
Malay sains | ||
Malayalam ശാസ്ത്രം | ||
Maltese xjenza | ||
Maori pūtaiao | ||
Marathi विज्ञान | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯥꯏꯅ꯭ꯁ | ||
Mizo science | ||
Mongolian шинжлэх ухаан | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သိပ္ပံပညာ | ||
Nepali विज्ञान | ||
Norwegian vitenskap | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) sayansi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବିଜ୍ଞାନ | ||
Oromo saayinsii | ||
Pashto ساینس | ||
Persian علوم پایه | ||
Polish nauka | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) ciência | ||
Punjabi ਵਿਗਿਆਨ | ||
Quechua ciencia | ||
Romanian ştiinţă | ||
Russian наука | ||
Samoan saienisi | ||
Sanskrit विज्ञानम् | ||
Scots Gaelic saidheans | ||
Sepedi saentshe | ||
Serbian наука | ||
Sesotho saense | ||
Shona sainzi | ||
Sindhi سائنس | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) විද්යාව | ||
Slovak veda | ||
Slovenian znanosti | ||
Somali sayniska | ||
Spanish ciencias | ||
Sundanese elmu | ||
Swahili sayansi | ||
Swedish vetenskap | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) agham | ||
Tajik илм | ||
Tamil விஞ்ஞானம் | ||
Tatar фән | ||
Telugu సైన్స్ | ||
Thai วิทยาศาสตร์ | ||
Tigrinya ሳይንስ | ||
Tsonga sayense | ||
Turkish bilim | ||
Turkmen ylym | ||
Twi (Akan) saense | ||
Ukrainian наук | ||
Urdu سائنس | ||
Uyghur ئىلىم | ||
Uzbek fan | ||
Vietnamese khoa học | ||
Welsh gwyddoniaeth | ||
Xhosa inzululwazi | ||
Yiddish וויסנשאַפֿט | ||
Yoruba sayensi | ||
Zulu isayensi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Wetenskap in Afrikaans is derived from the Dutch word "wetenschap" meaning "knowledge" and is equivalent to "science" in English. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "shkenca" derives from the Latin word "scientia", meaning "knowledge." |
| Amharic | The word 'ሳይንስ' can also refer to 'knowledge' or 'skill' in Amharic. |
| Arabic | 'علم' in Arabic can also mean 'banner' or 'flag', a sense that is still preserved in the phrase 'علم البلاد' ('national flag'). |
| Armenian | The Armenian word for |
| Azerbaijani | The word "Elm" in Azerbaijani also has the meaning of "knowledge" or "education". |
| Basque | The Basque word "zientzia" comes from the Latin word "scientia", meaning "knowledge". It can also refer to a specific field of study, such as physics or chemistry. |
| Belarusian | The word "навук" can also mean "teaching" or "learning" in Belarusian, reflecting its historical connection to educational institutions. |
| Bengali | বিজ্ঞান (Bijñān) derives from Sanskrit and can also mean "knowledge", "wisdom", or "learning". |
| Bosnian | "Nauka" can also refer to "teaching," "knowledge," or "learning" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, „наука” can mean both “science” and “learning.” |
| Catalan | The origin of the word ‘ciència’ (‘science’ in English) is the Latin noun ‘scientia’ (‘knowledge’ in English) which means ‘skill, experience’. |
| Cebuano | The word "syensya" (science) in Cebuano is derived from the Spanish word "ciencia", which in turn comes from the Latin word "scientia", meaning "knowledge". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 科学 originally meant 'knowledge about things' in Chinese and referred to any systematic knowledge, not just natural sciences. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "科學" in Chinese is derived from "Ke Xue" (格物致知), which means "the investigation of things to know their principles." |
| Corsican | In Corsican, 'scienza' can also refer to witchcraft, magic or the occult. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "znanost" also means "knowledge" and derives from the verb "znati" (to know). |
| Czech | "Věda" is a false cognate of "veda" (Sanskrit for "knowledge, wisdom") as it derives from Old Church Slavonic "vědъti" ("to know"), a root cognate to English "wit" and "wisdom." |
| Danish | The Danish word "videnskab" is derived from the Latin word "scientia", which means "knowledge". |
| Dutch | The word "wetenschap" in Dutch not only means "science" but also "conscience" |
| Esperanto | The word "scienco" comes from the Latin word "scientia", meaning "knowledge". In Esperanto, it can also refer to any body of knowledge that is organized and studied methodically or any branch of knowledge or study. |
| Estonian | The word "teadus" in Estonian is derived from "teada", meaning "to know", and "-us", a suffix denoting an activity or process. |
| Finnish | Tiede (science) derives from the word tieto (knowledge). |
| French | The French word "science" originally meant "knowledge" and comes from the Latin word "scientia," which is derived from the verb "scire," meaning "to know." |
| Frisian | The word "wittenskip" is etymologically related to the Dutch word "wetenschap" and the English word "wisdom". |
| Galician | The Galician word "ciencia" is derived from the Latin word "scientia," meaning "knowledge" or "learning." |
| Georgian | The term მეცნიერება in Georgian is derived from the word "motsna", which means "wisdom" or "knowledge", and is also related to the word "motsneba", which means "teaching" or "instruction." |
| German | The German word "Wissenschaft" finds its roots in "wissen" (to know), with the suffix "-schaft" indicating a skill or practice, and has historically also embraced fields such as history and theology. |
| Greek | Greek "επιστήμη" (science) relates to knowledge of any kind, and can refer to the art of any particular craft. |
| Gujarati | In Gujarati, the word “વિજ્ઞાન” can also refer to knowledge or learning in general. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "Syans" derives from the French word "sciences," a broad term encompassing both natural and social sciences. |
| Hausa | "Kimiyya" is also the name of a dye obtained from the tree Nauclea latifolia. |
| Hawaiian | The word ʻepekema in Hawaiian is derived from the English word "experiment" and also means "test" or "trial" |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "מַדָע" (science) also denotes knowledge acquired through empirical research, and specifically scientific knowledge based on the formal principles of scientific method. |
| Hindi | The word "विज्ञान" (vijñāna) comes from the Sanskrit root "vijñā", meaning "to know, perceive, recognize, or understand." |
| Hmong | The word "kev tshawb fawb" can also mean "knowledge" or "learning" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | It is derived from the word 'tudom' which means 'to know'. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word for 'science', 'vísindi', originally referred to knowledge gained from experience or reading. |
| Igbo | This Igbo word can also be interpreted as "to test" or "to experiment with". |
| Indonesian | The word 'ilmu' is derived from Arabic and can refer to knowledge, skill, learning, or wisdom. |
| Irish | The Irish word eolaíocht derives from the Old Irish word eolas, meaning "knowledge," and is cognate with the English word "lore." |
| Italian | The word "scienza" is derived from the Latin "scientia," meaning "knowledge" or "understanding." |
| Japanese | In Chinese, "理" also means "theory," "principle," or "reason," and "科" means "branch" or "category." |
| Javanese | Javanese ngelmu ('science') derives from ngelmi ('to know') and also refers to traditional Javanese esoteric knowledge. |
| Kannada | The word 'ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ' ('science') in Kannada also has the alternate meaning of 'knowledge of Vedas'. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "ғылым" also means "knowledge" and "study". |
| Korean | 과학 (科學) is a hanja word derived from two Chinese characters, 과 (科) meaning 'category' or 'field of knowledge', and 학 (學) meaning 'study' or 'learning'. |
| Kurdish | The word "zanist" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European word "*ǵʰnéh₂s-ti-s", meaning "knowledge" or "understanding". |
| Kyrgyz | Илим is also used to refer to knowledge or learning, particularly in a religious or spiritual context. |
| Latin | In Latin, "scientia" originally meant "knowledge", especially acquired through study and experience. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "zinātne" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*ǵnē", meaning "to know" or "to understand". |
| Lithuanian | The word "mokslas" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mek-, meaning "to create" or "to make". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Wëssenschaft" is derived from the Old High German word "wizzan", meaning "to know". |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "наука" (nauka) derives from the Old Church Slavonic word "наукъ" (naukŭ), which meant knowledge, learning, or scholarship. |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, the word "siansa" can also mean "knowledge" or "education". |
| Malay | "Sains" is of Arabic origin and can also be used to refer to "magic", particularly the black arts or sorcery |
| Malayalam | The Sanskrit root of the word "ശാസ്ത്രം" is "शास," meaning "to command, control, or instruct," and it can also refer to "knowledge" or "instruction" in a general sense. |
| Maltese | The word "xjenza" is derived from the Latin "scientia", meaning "knowledge" or "understanding". In Maltese, it also has the alternate meaning of "study" or "research". |
| Maori | In Maori, the word "pūtaiao" refers to a process of investigating and understanding the natural and cultural world. |
| Marathi | The Sanskrit word 'विज्ञान' ('vigyan') means 'knowledge' or 'cognition', and can also refer to 'science' in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word шинжлэх ухаан (/ʃɪŋdʒəlx uxaːŋ/) is a loanword from the Sanskrit word श़न (‘’sās̄tra’’). |
| Nepali | The word विज्ञान (vijñāna) originates from the Sanskrit words विज् (vij) meaning 'to know' and आन (āna) meaning 'to know or understand'. |
| Norwegian | The word "vitenskap" originally meant "knowledge" or "learning" in Old Norse, and still retains this meaning in some contexts. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "sayansi" is borrowed from the English word "science" and is still used in Nyanja today. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "ساینس" is derived from the Persian word "علم" (ilm), which means "knowledge". |
| Persian | The word "علوم پایه" can also mean "positive science" or "natural science" in English. |
| Polish | Nauka also means 'teaching' and comes from the word 'nauczyć', meaning 'to teach' or 'to learn'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "Ciência" in Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) comes from the Latin word "scientia", meaning "knowledge". |
| Romanian | "Ştiinţă" comes from the Romanian verb "şti" ("to know"). |
| Russian | "Наука" derives from the Proto-Indo-European "*sneud-ti-," meaning knowledge and skill |
| Samoan | Saienisi is the Samoan word for "science", derived from the Greek word "episteme", meaning "knowledge". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'saidheans' derives from the Irish word 'saidh' meaning 'knowledge', and is cognate with the Welsh word 'gwyddor' meaning 'science'. |
| Serbian | The word "Наука" in Serbian also means "skill", "scholarship", and "knowledge". |
| Sesotho | The word 'saense' in Sesotho has origins in the English word 'science', but also means 'knowledge' or 'understanding'. |
| Shona | The word `sainzi` in Shona is borrowed from English, where it originally meant `knowledge`. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word 'سائنس' (science) is derived from the Arabic word 'علم' (knowledge) and also refers to wisdom or learning. |
| Slovak | The word "veda" in Slovak comes from the Proto-Slavic word "*vědъ", which also means "knowledge" or "lore". |
| Slovenian | The word 'znanosti' comes from the verb 'znati', which means 'to know', and is related to the word 'znanje', which means 'knowledge'. |
| Somali | The word 'sayniska' is derived from the Arabic word 'ilm', which means 'knowledge', and the Somali verb '-u-saab', meaning 'to inquire'. |
| Spanish | Ciencias, a term used in Spanish, originates from the Latin word 'scientia', meaning 'knowledge' and 'expertise'. |
| Sundanese | "Elmu" also refers to "knowledge". |
| Swahili | The word 'sayansi' is also used to refer to medicine or magical rituals. |
| Swedish | The word 'vetenskap' is derived from the Latin word 'scientia', meaning 'knowledge'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Agham also means 'lore' or 'knowledge' in Tagalog, and comes from the Malay word 'ilmu', meaning 'knowledge' or 'science'. |
| Tajik | The word "илм" in Tajik can also refer to knowledge, learning, or scholarship. |
| Telugu | The word "సైన్స్" can also refer to a system of knowledge or a branch of learning. |
| Thai | Thai word "วิทยาศาสตร์" (science) derives from Sanskrit, composed of "วิทยา" (knowledge) and "ศาสตร์" (science or discipline), referring to a body of knowledge gained through observation and experimentation. |
| Turkish | "Bilim" shares its etymology with the Arabic word "ilm" which also means "knowledge". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "наук" can also refer to "teaching" or "education."} |
| Uzbek | The word "fan" in Uzbek also means "wing" |
| Vietnamese | 'Khoa học' is a Vietnamese word that is derived from the Chinese word '科学', which means 'knowledge of the principles of nature'. It can also be used to refer to the study of a particular field of knowledge, such as 'physics' or 'biology'. |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, the word "inzululwazi" also refers to traditional knowledge and wisdom. |
| Yiddish | "וויסנשאַפֿט" is an alternate Yiddish spelling of the German word "Wissenschaft", meaning "knowledge" or "scholarship." |
| Yoruba | Sayensi in Yoruba also means 'knowledge' or 'wisdom' and is derived from the verb 'sa' (to know) and the noun 'eni' (person). |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'isayensi' also refers to 'knowledge, understanding, wisdom, or skill' in more general terms. |
| English | The word 'science' comes from the Latin word 'scientia', meaning 'knowledge' or 'understanding'. |