Scientific in different languages

Scientific in Different Languages

Discover 'Scientific' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.

Scientific


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Afrikaans
wetenskaplik
Albanian
shkencore
Amharic
ሳይንሳዊ
Arabic
علمي
Armenian
գիտական
Assamese
বৈজ্ঞানিক
Aymara
cientificonakan uñt’atawa
Azerbaijani
elmi
Bambara
dɔnniya siratigɛ la
Basque
zientifikoa
Belarusian
навуковая
Bengali
বৈজ্ঞানিক
Bhojpuri
वैज्ञानिक के बा
Bosnian
naučni
Bulgarian
научна
Catalan
científic
Cebuano
syentipiko
Chinese (Simplified)
科学的
Chinese (Traditional)
科學的
Corsican
scientificu
Croatian
znanstveni
Czech
vědecký
Danish
videnskabelig
Dhivehi
ޢިލްމީ ގޮތުންނެވެ
Dogri
वैज्ञानिक
Dutch
wetenschappelijk
English
scientific
Esperanto
scienca
Estonian
teaduslik
Ewe
dzɔdzɔmeŋutinunya me nyawo
Filipino (Tagalog)
siyentipiko
Finnish
tieteellinen
French
scientifique
Frisian
wittenskiplik
Galician
científico
Georgian
სამეცნიერო
German
wissenschaftlich
Greek
επιστημονικός
Guarani
científico rehegua
Gujarati
વૈજ્ .ાનિક
Haitian Creole
syantifik
Hausa
kimiyya
Hawaiian
ʻepekema
Hebrew
מַדָעִי
Hindi
वैज्ञानिक
Hmong
kev kawm txuj ci
Hungarian
tudományos
Icelandic
vísindaleg
Igbo
sayensị
Ilocano
sientipiko nga
Indonesian
ilmiah
Irish
eolaíoch
Italian
scientifico
Japanese
科学的
Javanese
ngelmu
Kannada
ವೈಜ್ಞಾನಿಕ
Kazakh
ғылыми
Khmer
វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រ
Kinyarwanda
siyanse
Konkani
शास्त्रीय अशें
Korean
과학적
Krio
sayɛnsman dɛn
Kurdish
zanistî
Kurdish (Sorani)
زانستی
Kyrgyz
илимий
Lao
ວິທະຍາສາດ
Latin
scientific
Latvian
zinātniski
Lingala
ya siansi
Lithuanian
mokslinis
Luganda
ebya ssaayansi
Luxembourgish
wëssenschaftlech
Macedonian
научни
Maithili
वैज्ञानिक
Malagasy
siantifika
Malay
saintifik
Malayalam
ശാസ്ത്രീയമാണ്
Maltese
xjentifiku
Maori
pūtaiao
Marathi
वैज्ञानिक
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯁꯥꯏꯟꯇꯤꯐꯤꯛ ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯥ ꯃꯑꯣꯡꯗꯥ ꯁꯦꯃꯈꯤ꯫
Mizo
scientific lam hawi a ni
Mongolian
шинжлэх ухааны
Myanmar (Burmese)
သိပ္ပံနည်းကျ
Nepali
वैज्ञानिक
Norwegian
vitenskapelig
Nyanja (Chichewa)
sayansi
Odia (Oriya)
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Oromo
kan saayinsaawaa ta’e
Pashto
ساينسي
Persian
علمی
Polish
naukowy
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
científico
Punjabi
ਵਿਗਿਆਨਕ
Quechua
científico nisqa
Romanian
științific
Russian
научный
Samoan
faasaienisi
Sanskrit
वैज्ञानिक
Scots Gaelic
saidheansail
Sepedi
ya mahlale
Serbian
научни
Sesotho
saense
Shona
kwesainzi
Sindhi
سائنسي
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
විද්‍යාත්මක
Slovak
vedecký
Slovenian
znanstveni
Somali
cilmiyeysan
Spanish
científico
Sundanese
ilmiah
Swahili
kisayansi
Swedish
vetenskaplig
Tagalog (Filipino)
pang-agham
Tajik
илмӣ
Tamil
அறிவியல்
Tatar
фәнни
Telugu
శాస్త్రీయ
Thai
วิทยาศาสตร์
Tigrinya
ሳይንሳዊ ምዃኑ’ዩ።
Tsonga
swa sayense
Turkish
ilmi
Turkmen
ylmy
Twi (Akan)
nyansahu mu nsɛm
Ukrainian
науковий
Urdu
سائنسی
Uyghur
ئىلمىي
Uzbek
ilmiy
Vietnamese
thuộc về khoa học
Welsh
gwyddonol
Xhosa
yenzululwazi
Yiddish
וויסנשאפטלעכע
Yoruba
ijinle sayensi
Zulu
ngokwesayensi

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
Afrikaans"Wetenskaplik" in Afrikaans comes from the German word "wissenschaftlich", referring to scholarly pursuits.
AlbanianThe word "shkencore" derives from "shkencë," which itself originated as a Persian loan that means 'knowledge,' but has also taken on a more abstract sense of 'skill' or 'art.'
AmharicThe word "ሳይንሳዊ" can also be interpreted as "logical" or "rational".
Arabicعلمي' is used in Arabic to mean 'scientist' or 'scientific', as well as 'banner' or 'flag'.
AzerbaijaniThe word 'elmi' originates from the Arabic 'علم‎' meaning knowledge, science and may also refer to the Islamic religion.
BasqueThe word "zientifikoa" derives from the Greek word "epistēmē", meaning "knowledge".
BelarusianThe word "навуковая" can also be used figuratively to describe something that is meticulous or rigorous.
Bengaliবৈজ্ঞানিক শব্দটির উৎপত্তি ল্যাটিন শব্দ 'scientia' থেকে, যার অর্থ 'জ্ঞান'।
BosnianThe word "naučni" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *navъ, which also means "new, fresh".
BulgarianThe word “научна” originates from the Old Russian word “наука”, which originally meant "skill", "knowledge". Nowadays the latter sense can still be found in compounds, for example “наука за готвене” (skill of cooking).
CatalanThe word "científic" in Catalan can also mean "wise" or "learned".
CebuanoThe word "syentipiko" comes from the Spanish word "científico", which in turn comes from the Latin word "scientificus".
Chinese (Simplified)科学源于汉代儒家的经学,最初具有规律性、条理性等知识论意义,后经演变指研究规律、探求真理的学术活动。
Chinese (Traditional)"科學的"在中文另有系統的、條理的、有組織的、合乎科學規律的意思。
CorsicanIn Corsican the word "scientificu" derives from the Latin word "scientia", which means not only "science" but also "knowledge" and "ability".
CroatianThe adjective „znanstveni“ is derived from the noun „znanost“ (science), which in turn comes from the verb „znati“ (to know).
CzechThe word "vědecký" is derived from the Latin word "scientia," which means "knowledge."
Danish"Videnskabelig" is rooted in "viden" meaning "knowledge".
DutchThe Dutch word "wetenschappelijk" is derived from "wetenschap" (knowledge) and "schap" (art or craft), and originally referred to the organized and systematic study of any body of knowledge, not just the natural sciences.
Esperanto"Scienca" can also mean "knowledge-based" or "scientific,"
EstonianThe word "teaduslik" in Estonian can also refer to knowledge that is based on experience or expertise rather than scientific research.
FinnishThe word 'tieteellinen' comes from the Old Norse word 'tíðindi', meaning 'news' or 'information'.
FrenchThe French word "scientifique" can also mean "scholarly" or "learned".
FrisianIt can also mean a field of study or knowledge and is similar to the Dutch "wetenschap" and German "Wissenschaft".
GalicianIn Galician, "científico" not only means "scientific" but also "precise" or "exact"}
GermanIn addition to 'scientific', 'wissenschaftlich' also carries the meaning of 'scholarly' or 'academic'.
GreekThe term "επιστημονικός" originates from the Greek word "επιστήμη" (episteme), meaning "knowledge" or "understanding."
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Haitian CreoleThe Haitian Creole word "syantifik" can also refer to "miracle," "mystery," or "magic."
HausaThe word 'kimiyya' also refers to the study of Arabic grammar in Hausa.
HawaiianThe Hawaiian word ʻepekema, meaning 'scientific,' derives from the English word 'epitome,' which refers to a work that summarizes the main points of a subject.
HebrewThe word מַדָעִי can also refer to "something that is fictional or speculative," such as a made-up scientific theory or science fiction story.
HindiThe word "वैज्ञानिक" in Hindi comes from the Sanskrit word "विज्ञान" which means knowledge, understanding, science.
HmongThe term 'kev kawm txuj ci' was likely coined in the late 1950s by missionaries working at the Christian and Missionary Alliance press in Hong Kong.
HungarianThe Hungarian word "tudományos" originally meant "related to knowledge".
IcelandicThe word "vísindaleg" comes from the Old Norse phrase "vissa undir land", which means "sure knowledge about the land".
Igbo"Sayensị" is an Igbo word derived from the English word "science" and has various interpretations and applications in Igbo culture.
Indonesian"Ilmiah" is a loanword from Arabic "'ilmiyyah" and is semantically linked to "knowledge."
IrishThe term 'eolaíoch' also refers to 'skilled', 'learned', or 'knowledgeable' in a general sense.
ItalianThe Italian word "scientifico" also means "precise" or "exact".
JapaneseThe word 科学的 is a wasei-kango translation of the English word
JavaneseJavanese "ngelmu" (scientific) derives from Sanskrit "jñāna" (knowledge), and also means "occult knowledge" or "secret knowledge".
Kannadaವೈಜ್ಞಾನಿಕ is also used to describe 'a person having scientific knowledge' (noun) and 'scientifically done or studied' (adjective).
KazakhThe word "ғылыми" also has the secondary meaning of "evidence-based" in Kazakh.
KhmerThe word "វិទ្យាសាស្ត្រ" derives from Sanskrit and literally means "systematic knowledge" or "the study of the true nature of things."
KoreanThe word 과학적 (scientific) in Korean originated from the Chinese word 科學, which refers to the study of different branches of knowledge.
KurdishThe word "zanistî" is originally Persian and means "knowledge". It is sometimes used to refer to the natural sciences, while other times it is used more broadly to refer to all types of knowledge.
KyrgyzIn Old Turkic, the word "ilim" meant "knowledge" or "science."
LatinThe Latin word "scientificus" originates from the word "scientia", meaning "knowledge".
LatvianThe term "zinātniski" is also related to the Latvian word "zinātne," meaning "knowledge."
LithuanianThe word "mokslinis" is derived from the Lithuanian word "mokslas," which means "knowledge" or "science."
LuxembourgishThe word "wëssenschaftlech" derives from the German word "wissenschaftlich", which itself originates from the Latin word "scientia" (meaning "knowledge").
MacedonianThe word "научни" is derived from the Greek word "επιστημονικός" which means "of or relating to science"
MalagasyMalagasy derives "SIANTIFIKA" from French "scientifique," but also uses it to refer to "natural science" or "physics."
MalaySaintifik comes from the Arabic word 'ilm, which means 'knowledge'. It can also refer to the scientific method, a process of observation and experimentation used to test hypotheses and theories.
MalteseThe word 'xjentifiku' is derived from the Latin word 'scientia', meaning 'knowledge', and the Greek word 'logos', meaning 'word' or 'speech'.
MaoriThe term pūtaiao is also used when speaking about a person who has spiritual wisdom and special qualities.
MarathiThe word "वैज्ञानिक" can also refer to a scientist or an expert in a particular field of science.
MongolianThe Mongolian word "шинжлэх ухааны" is derived from the root "шинжлэх" meaning "to investigate" or "to study". It can also be translated as "academic" or "scholarly" in English.
NepaliThe word वैज्ञानिक (vaijñānik) originates from the Sanskrit word 'vijnana', meaning 'knowledge' or 'science'.
NorwegianThe word 'vitenskapelig' derives from 'vitenskap' ('science'), ultimately from Latin 'scientia' ('knowledge')
Nyanja (Chichewa)In Nyanja,
PashtoThe Pashto word "ساينسي" is derived from the Arabic word "علمي" which means "related to knowledge" or "based on knowledge".
Persianعلمی is also used to describe something that is based on or conforms to scientific principles.
PolishIn Old Polish, "naukowy" could also mean "poor" or "needy", reflecting the lack of academic stipends at the time.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)The Portuguese word "científico" also means "scholarly" or "academic."
RomanianThe Romanian word "științific" not only means "scientific", but also "knowledgeable" or "well-informed".
RussianThe word "научный" in Russian has a broader meaning than "scientific" in English, as it can also refer to anything related to scholarship or knowledge.
SamoanThe word "faasaienisi" is also used to refer to something that is strange, unusual, or absurd.
Scots GaelicSaidheansail derives from the Scottish Gaelic word 'saidheans' meaning 'science' or 'knowledge' and the suffix '-ail' meaning 'pertaining to'.
SerbianThe Serbian word "научни" comes from the Slavic root "научити", meaning "to learn".
SesothoThe word 'saense' comes from the French word 'science'
ShonaThe word "kwesainzi" is derived from the English word "science" and is used to describe anything related to the scientific method or scientific research.
Sindhiسائنسي is also used for describing an intellectual who uses a rigorous, evidence-based approach to understanding natural phenomena.
SlovakThe word "vedecký" is derived from the Slavic word "věd", meaning "knowledge".
SlovenianThe word "znanstveni" comes from the Old Slavic word "znati", meaning "to know".
SomaliThe term "cilmiyeysan" can also refer to someone who is knowledgeable or educated.
SpanishEl término "científico" en español proviene del latín "scientia" que significa "conocimiento", pero también puede referirse a alguien que realiza o tiene habilidades en una ciencia específica.
SundaneseThe word 'ilmiah' in Sundanese can also mean 'educated' or 'learned'.
SwahiliThe word also means "knowledge" in Swahili.
SwedishThe word 'vetenskaplig' comes from the Latin 'scientia' ('knowledge'), but its original meaning has shifted to refer specifically to the systematic study of nature.
Tagalog (Filipino)The word "pang-agham" is derived from the root word "agham," which means "knowledge" or "science."
TajikIn Arabic, the word "علم" (ʿilm), from which "илмӣ" is derived, originally meant "knowledge" or "science" in a broad sense, encompassing both religious and secular knowledge.
TamilIn Tamil, "அறிவியல்" (scientific) also refers to "knowledge gained through systematic study".
ThaiThe word 'วิทยาศาสตร์' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'विद्या' (vidya), meaning knowledge, and 'शास्त्र' (śāstra), meaning science. Therefore, it can also be translated as 'knowledge science'.
TurkishIlmi in Turkish also means "knowledge" or "scholarly", deriving from the Arabic word "ilm".
UkrainianThe Ukrainian word "науковий" ("scientific") comes from the Old Church Slavonic word "наука" ("knowledge"), which is also the root of the Russian word "наука" ("science").
UrduIn Urdu, 'سائنسی' ('scientific') derives from the Arabic 'صنع', meaning 'to make' or 'to construct', implying the active process of creating knowledge.
UzbekIn Uzbek, "ilmiy" can also mean "scholarly" or "academic."
VietnameseThe word "thuộc về khoa học" can also refer to the academic discipline of science.
XhosaThe word "yenzululwazi" can also refer to someone who is knowledgeable or wise, or something that is based on knowledge or understanding.
YiddishThe word "וויסנשאפטלעכע" also means "scholarly" or "academic" in Yiddish.
YorubaThe Yoruba word "ijinle sayensi" derives from the phrase "the knowledge that gives understanding" and was first coined by the 19th-century missionary Samuel Johnson.
ZuluThe Zulu word 'ngokwesayensi' can also mean 'according to knowledge'.
EnglishThe word "scientific" derives from the Latin word scientia, meaning "knowledge".

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