Season in Different Languages
Discover 'Season' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Season
Afrikaans seisoen | ||
Albanian sezoni | ||
Amharic ወቅት | ||
Arabic الموسم | ||
Armenian սեզոն | ||
Assamese ঋতু | ||
Aymara istasyuna | ||
Azerbaijani mövsüm | ||
Bambara wagati | ||
Basque denboraldia | ||
Belarusian сезон | ||
Bengali মৌসম | ||
Bhojpuri मौसम | ||
Bosnian sezona | ||
Bulgarian сезон | ||
Catalan temporada | ||
Cebuano panahon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 季节 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 季節 | ||
Corsican stagione | ||
Croatian sezona | ||
Czech sezóna | ||
Danish sæson | ||
Dhivehi މޫސުން | ||
Dogri रुत्त | ||
Dutch seizoen | ||
English season | ||
Esperanto sezono | ||
Estonian hooaeg | ||
Ewe ɣeyiɣi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) season | ||
Finnish kausi | ||
French saison | ||
Frisian seizoen | ||
Galician tempada | ||
Georgian სეზონი | ||
German jahreszeit | ||
Greek εποχή | ||
Guarani aravore | ||
Gujarati મોસમ | ||
Haitian Creole sezon | ||
Hausa kakar | ||
Hawaiian kau | ||
Hebrew עונה | ||
Hindi मौसम | ||
Hmong lub caij | ||
Hungarian évszak | ||
Icelandic árstíð | ||
Igbo oge | ||
Ilocano tiempo | ||
Indonesian musim | ||
Irish séasúr | ||
Italian stagione | ||
Japanese シーズン | ||
Javanese mangsane | ||
Kannada ಸೀಸನ್ | ||
Kazakh маусым | ||
Khmer រដូវកាល | ||
Kinyarwanda igihe | ||
Konkani हंगाम | ||
Korean 시즌 | ||
Krio sizin | ||
Kurdish demsal | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) وەرز | ||
Kyrgyz сезон | ||
Lao ລະດູການ | ||
Latin tempus | ||
Latvian gada sezonā | ||
Lingala eleko | ||
Lithuanian sezoną | ||
Luganda ebiro | ||
Luxembourgish saison | ||
Macedonian сезона | ||
Maithili ऋतु | ||
Malagasy vanim-potoana | ||
Malay musim | ||
Malayalam സീസൺ | ||
Maltese staġun | ||
Maori kaupeka | ||
Marathi हंगाम | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯨꯝ | ||
Mizo sik leh sa hun bi | ||
Mongolian улирал | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ရာသီ | ||
Nepali मौसम | ||
Norwegian årstid | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) nyengo | ||
Odia (Oriya) season ତୁ | ||
Oromo waqtii | ||
Pashto فصل | ||
Persian فصل | ||
Polish pora roku | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) temporada | ||
Punjabi ਸੀਜ਼ਨ | ||
Quechua pacha | ||
Romanian sezon | ||
Russian сезон | ||
Samoan vaitau | ||
Sanskrit ऋतु | ||
Scots Gaelic ràithe | ||
Sepedi sehla | ||
Serbian сезона | ||
Sesotho nako | ||
Shona mwaka | ||
Sindhi موسم | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සමය | ||
Slovak sezóna | ||
Slovenian sezono | ||
Somali xilli | ||
Spanish temporada | ||
Sundanese usum | ||
Swahili msimu | ||
Swedish säsong | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) panahon | ||
Tajik мавсим | ||
Tamil பருவம் | ||
Tatar сезон | ||
Telugu బుతువు | ||
Thai ฤดูกาล | ||
Tigrinya ወቕቲ | ||
Tsonga nguva | ||
Turkish mevsim | ||
Turkmen möwsüm | ||
Twi (Akan) berɛ | ||
Ukrainian сезон | ||
Urdu موسم | ||
Uyghur پەسىل | ||
Uzbek mavsum | ||
Vietnamese mùa | ||
Welsh tymor | ||
Xhosa ixesha | ||
Yiddish סעזאָן | ||
Yoruba akoko | ||
Zulu isizini |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "seisoen" derives from the Middle Dutch "saison", meaning "sowing time". |
| Albanian | The word "sezoni" in Albanian can also refer to a period of time during which something specific occurs, such as the planting season or the fishing season. |
| Amharic | The term 'ወቅት' derives from the verb 'ዋቀ', meaning 'to come', and connotes both a specific time period and an appropriate or favorable time. |
| Arabic | The word "الموسم" in Arabic has its roots in the trilateral verb "وسـم" (w-s-m), which means "to mark" or "to put a sign on something." |
| Armenian | The Armenian word **սեզոն** derives from the Old Armenian **sasan** meaning "time". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "Mövsüm" also means "time" or "period" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | Alternate meanings of "udaberria" are "flowering" and "prime of life" as the Basque word "udaberri" originates from "udaz" (spring) and "berri" (new). |
| Belarusian | The word "сезон" also means "time of year" or "period of time" in Belarusian, and is derived from the French word "saison", which in turn comes from the Latin word "satio" (sowing), implying a period of time in which certain activities are performed. |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "মৌসম" (mousom) can also refer to a type of fruit (Mosambi) and a particular variety of rice (Monsoon paddy). |
| Bosnian | The word "sezona" in Bosnian can also mean "period of time" or "era". |
| Bulgarian | The word "сезон" can also refer to a "series" or a "performance" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "temporada" derives from the Latin "tempus" (time), but can also refer to a period of festivities or a specific time of year associated with a particular activity or event. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "panahon" comes from the Sanskrit word "prana," meaning "breath" or "life force," and originally referred to the time of year when crops grew. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "季节" can also refer to the "atmosphere or mood" of a time or place. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "季節" (season) also means "period of time" or "customary period". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "stagione" can also refer to a specific type of dry sausage or the period when pigs are slaughtered to make the sausage. |
| Croatian | The word "sezona" in Croatian is derived from the Italian word "stagione" meaning "season", and can also refer to a theatrical performance or season. |
| Czech | Czech "sezóna" relates to the Latin "sessio" meaning "sitting" and "sessio" meaning "period of time", especially in the context of a court hearing. |
| Danish | "Sæson" can also mean "period". The seasons of the year are also known as "årstider". |
| Dutch | Seizoen is related to the German word 'saison' (season) and the French word 'saison' (season). |
| Esperanto | "Sezono" is derived from the Latin word "statio", meaning "a standing", "a stopping", or "a halting". |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "hooaeg" comes from the words "hoov" (current) and "aeg" (time). |
| Finnish | "Kausi" (season) derives from an old Baltic word "keusa" (turn, time), as do its Estonian and Karelian counterparts. |
| French | The French word "saison" can also refer to a type of beer or a theatrical season. |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "seizoen" also means "portion of food". |
| Galician | "Tempada" can also refer to a period between seasons (like autumn or spring in English), but more specifically a time of the year during which hunting/fishing is allowed. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "სეზონი" is derived from the French word "saison", which means "time of the year". |
| German | The German word "Jahreszeit" is a compound, with "Jahr" meaning "year" and "Zeit" meaning "time". |
| Greek | The word 'εποχή' has been used in the sense of a 'holding back' or suspension of judgment since the 4th century BC. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "મોસમ" is of Sanskrit origin, derived from the word "ऋतु" which means "cycle or period". In some contexts, it can also refer to the "weather or climate" during a particular period. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "sezon" can also refer to a period of intense activity or a particular time of year. |
| Hausa | The word 'kakar' can also mean 'time' or 'period'. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word 'kau' can also refer to a period of time, a harvest, or a cycle. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "עונה" has its origins in the Akkadian word "anū" and can also refer to "time" or "period". |
| Hindi | The Hindi word 'मौसम' comes from the Sanskrit word 'ऋतु' or 'र्तु', which means 'season' or 'time'. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "lub caij" can also mean "time" or "era". |
| Hungarian | The word "évszak" is derived from the Turkic word "yıl" meaning "year" and the suffix "-szak" meaning "part". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "árstíð" comes from the Old Norse words "ár" (year) and "tíð" (time), meaning "the time of year". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "oge" can also refer to a stage in life or the duration of an event. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "musim" has Arabic origins, ultimately deriving from the Arabic word for "time" or "duration." |
| Irish | "Séasúr" is a loanword from Latin, and is cognate with the French word "saison" and the English word "season". |
| Italian | The term "stagione" is used to indicate both a time of the year and the theatrical season. |
| Japanese | The word "season" in Japanese can also mean "a period of time allotted for a specific purpose" |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "mangsane" comes from the Sanskrit words "mangsa" and "ana", which mean "time" and "to come" respectively. |
| Kannada | The word "ಸೀಸನ್" also means "time" or "period". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "маусым" can also refer to the month of June or the period of summer. |
| Khmer | The word "រដូវកាល" can also refer to the "time" or "period" of something. |
| Korean | While its primary meaning is "season," "시즌" can also mean "turn" or "timing," as in "좋은 시즌에 왔네요" (You came at a good time). |
| Kurdish | The word "demsal" also means "harvest" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "сезон" also refers to the period of time between two religious holidays. |
| Lao | The Lao word ລະດູການ can also refer to a particular period of time, such as a festival or holiday. |
| Latin | Tempus derives from PIE root *tem- "to divide," hence its relation to "time," "temple," and "temperament." |
| Latvian | The word "gada sezonā" can also mean "yearly time" or "period of time" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The word "sezoną" in Lithuanian is derived from the Latin word "sectio", meaning "cut", and originally referred to the harvesting of crops. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Saison" refers to a specific type of beer typically consumed during summer. |
| Macedonian | Сезона (sezona) is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *sěti, meaning 'to sow'. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word |
| Malay | In the Malay language, "musim" can also refer to a monsoon or a time of year characterized by a certain weather pattern. |
| Malayalam | സീസൺ means both "season" and "seasoning" in English, and also has the alternate meaning of "curry powder" in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | "Staġun" is closely related to the Latin word "statio", meaning "stay" or "standstill", and originally referred to a period of time when ships had to remain in port. |
| Maori | In Maori, the word 'kaupeka' can also refer to the skin or peel of a fruit or vegetable. |
| Marathi | The word "हंगाम" is also used to refer to a period of great excitement or commotion, akin to its English counterpart "hubbub". |
| Mongolian | The word "улирал" can also refer to a particular time of year or to the period of time that a particular plant or animal is active. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ရာသီ (season) is derived from the Sanskrit word "rithu", which means "season" or "time." |
| Nepali | Nepali मौसम ('season') derives from Sanskrit मास (maaśa = month), hence its connection to time and to the monsoon (वर्षाঋतु). |
| Norwegian | The word is derived from the Old Norse word 'árstíð' ( |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "nyengo" in Nyanja can also refer to a period of time, such as a year or a month. |
| Pashto | The word can also appear in compounds such as "بھارت فصل" (harvest season). |
| Persian | فصل means both "season" as well as separation |
| Polish | The Polish word "pora roku" (season) also refers to the time of day (e.g. morning, noon, evening). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "temporada" may refer to a theatrical year, a television season, a tourist season, or a period of heavy rainfall. |
| Punjabi | In Punjabi, the word ਸੀਜ਼ਨ or "season" can also refer to the harvest season or agricultural produce. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "sezon" means 'season,' but it also means 'the act of sowing' |
| Russian | From the ancient Greek word “hora” meaning “certain time or period”. |
| Samoan | Vaitau derives from the Proto-Polynesian root word wā, meaning 'time' or 'season' and also 'boundary' or 'limit'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "ràithe" originates from an ancient Indo-European root word signifying "turning or cycle." |
| Serbian | In the context of a movie or TV show, it can also mean 'series'. |
| Sesotho | The word "nako" in Sesotho can also mean "time" or "period". |
| Shona | The word "mwaka" is also used to refer to a "year" or "annual event" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | موسم ('season') also refers to the annual migration of fish to breed and lay eggs. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, "සමය" means not only "season" but also "time" or "occasion". |
| Slovak | In Slovak, "sezóna" can also refer to a period of high demand or activity, such as a tourist season or a construction season. |
| Slovenian | Its etymology is unknown, but it is speculated to be of Proto-Indo-European origin. |
| Somali | The Somali word "xilli" also means "time" or "occasion". |
| Spanish | The word 'temporada' in Spanish, meaning 'season', also refers to the annual cycle of agricultural activities. |
| Sundanese | Usam also means "to taste" or "to savor" in Sundanese language |
| Swahili | The word "msimu" can also refer to a specific time period, such as the rainy season or the harvest season. |
| Swedish | In addition to "season", "säsong" can mean "period" and "duration" in Swedish |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "panahon" also means "time" or "period" in Tagalog, reflecting the cyclical nature of seasons and the passage of time. |
| Tajik | In Tajik, "мавсим" also refers to a period of time, such as a month or year, associated with a particular activity or event. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'பருவம்' ('season') also refers to 'age' or 'stage of life'. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "బుతువు" (season) is cognate with the Sanskrit "avasthā" and "bhāva" and has additional meanings of "status," "condition," and "phase." |
| Thai | ฤดูกาล comes from Sanskrit and has different alternate meanings, including "rain" and "a rainy season" |
| Turkish | "Mevsim" derives from the Persian word "mawsīm", originally meaning "due time", "proper time", "occasion", or "festival". |
| Ukrainian | The word "сезон" can also refer to a period of time, such as the "holiday season" or the "busy season." |
| Urdu | In Arabic, the word "موسم" can also refer to a religious pilgrimage, while in Persian, it can mean "time" or "period" |
| Vietnamese | The word "Mùa" (season) can have alternative meanings like "harvest" or "crop", depending on the context. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "tymor" (season) also refers to the agricultural cycle or a period of time marked by a particular event or activity. |
| Xhosa | There is a common belief that ixesha is related to the Zulu word “ixeshe” meaning “time, period, while” but this is not backed by any solid evidence. |
| Yiddish | סעזאָן comes from the French saison, from the Latin satiō, “sowing. |
| Yoruba | The word "akoko" means "season" and is used in both the general sense of "a period of time marked by distinct atmospheric conditions in a region" and the narrower sense of "a period of time marked by an activity or phenomenon". |
| Zulu | The word 'isizini' ('season') in Zulu also has connotations of 'time and occasion'. |
| English | The word 'season' originates from the Latin word 'sationem', meaning 'a sowing' and refers to the time of year most suitable for planting or harvesting. |