Secure in Different Languages
Discover 'Secure' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Secure
Afrikaans veilig | ||
Albanian i sigurt | ||
Amharic ደህንነቱ የተጠበቀ | ||
Arabic آمن | ||
Armenian ապահով | ||
Assamese সুৰক্ষিত | ||
Aymara chiqsapuni | ||
Azerbaijani təhlükəsiz | ||
Bambara ka lakana | ||
Basque segurua | ||
Belarusian бяспечны | ||
Bengali নিরাপদ | ||
Bhojpuri सुरक्षित | ||
Bosnian siguran | ||
Bulgarian сигурен | ||
Catalan segur | ||
Cebuano luwas | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 安全 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 安全 | ||
Corsican sicura | ||
Croatian siguran | ||
Czech zajistit | ||
Danish sikker | ||
Dhivehi ރައްކާތެރި | ||
Dogri सुरक्खत | ||
Dutch veilig | ||
English secure | ||
Esperanto sekura | ||
Estonian turvaline | ||
Ewe le dedie | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ligtas | ||
Finnish turvallinen | ||
French sécurise | ||
Frisian feilich | ||
Galician seguro | ||
Georgian უსაფრთხო | ||
German sichern | ||
Greek ασφαλής | ||
Guarani kyhyje'ỹ | ||
Gujarati સુરક્ષિત | ||
Haitian Creole sekirite | ||
Hausa amintattu | ||
Hawaiian paʻa | ||
Hebrew לבטח | ||
Hindi सुरक्षित | ||
Hmong ruaj ntseg | ||
Hungarian biztonságos | ||
Icelandic öruggur | ||
Igbo nọrọ ná nchebe | ||
Ilocano naimeng | ||
Indonesian aman | ||
Irish slán | ||
Italian sicuro | ||
Japanese 安全 | ||
Javanese aman | ||
Kannada ಸುರಕ್ಷಿತ | ||
Kazakh қауіпсіз | ||
Khmer មានសុវត្ថិភាព | ||
Kinyarwanda umutekano | ||
Konkani सुरक्षीत | ||
Korean 안전한 | ||
Krio sef | ||
Kurdish bicî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پارێزراو | ||
Kyrgyz коопсуз | ||
Lao ປອດໄພ | ||
Latin secure | ||
Latvian drošs | ||
Lingala libateli | ||
Lithuanian saugus | ||
Luganda okukuuma | ||
Luxembourgish sécher | ||
Macedonian безбеден | ||
Maithili सुरक्षित | ||
Malagasy fiarovana | ||
Malay selamat | ||
Malayalam സുരക്ഷിത | ||
Maltese sikur | ||
Maori haumaru | ||
Marathi सुरक्षित | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯦꯛꯁꯤꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo him | ||
Mongolian аюулгүй | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လုံခြုံတယ် | ||
Nepali सुरक्षित | ||
Norwegian sikre | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chitetezo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସୁରକ୍ଷିତ | ||
Oromo nageenya eegamaa | ||
Pashto خوندي | ||
Persian امن است | ||
Polish bezpieczne | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) seguro | ||
Punjabi ਸੁਰੱਖਿਅਤ | ||
Quechua harkasqa | ||
Romanian sigur | ||
Russian безопасный | ||
Samoan saogalemu | ||
Sanskrit उरुष्य | ||
Scots Gaelic tèarainte | ||
Sepedi boloka | ||
Serbian сигуран | ||
Sesotho se sireletsehileng | ||
Shona chengeteka | ||
Sindhi محفوظ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ආරක්ෂිතයි | ||
Slovak zabezpečiť | ||
Slovenian varno | ||
Somali aamin | ||
Spanish seguro | ||
Sundanese ngamankeun | ||
Swahili salama | ||
Swedish säkra | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ligtas | ||
Tajik бехатар | ||
Tamil பாதுகாப்பானது | ||
Tatar куркынычсыз | ||
Telugu సురక్షితం | ||
Thai ปลอดภัย | ||
Tigrinya ውሑስ | ||
Tsonga hlayisa | ||
Turkish güvenli | ||
Turkmen ygtybarly | ||
Twi (Akan) pampee | ||
Ukrainian безпечний | ||
Urdu محفوظ | ||
Uyghur بىخەتەر | ||
Uzbek xavfsiz | ||
Vietnamese đảm bảo | ||
Welsh diogel | ||
Xhosa ikhuselekile | ||
Yiddish זיכער | ||
Yoruba ni aabo | ||
Zulu kuvikelekile |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "veilig" is derived from the Dutch word "veilig", which also means "secure". |
| Albanian | The word "i sigurt" in Albanian also means "safe, protected, or certain". |
| Amharic | The word "secure" can also mean "safe" or "protected" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | Also used in the religious sense of belief in divine protection and providence, the word 'آمن' is derived from the root 'أمن', meaning 'to be at ease' or 'free from care'. |
| Armenian | "Ապահով" derives from "պահ" ("keep") and the negative prefix "ա-", thus having a meaning similar to English "unprotected" rather than "secure". |
| Azerbaijani | "Təhlükəsiz" originates from the Persian word "təhlükə" meaning "danger" and the negation suffix "-siz" meaning "without". |
| Basque | The word "segurua" can also mean "confident" or "certain" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The word "бяспечны" can also mean "careless" or "reckless" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | The word "নিরাপদ" (nirapad) originated from the Sanskrit word "निरापद्" (nirāpad), meaning "free from danger, misfortune, or adversity" |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, 'siguran' is borrowed from the Turkish word 'sağlam', which originally meant 'solid' or 'sound'. It is also related to the English word 'sure', which comes from the same Proto-Indo-European root. |
| Bulgarian | The word "сигурен" can also mean "certain" or "confident" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | In Catalan, the word "segur" comes from the Latin "securus", meaning "free from care or anxiety", and is related to the English word "secure". |
| Cebuano | The word "luwas" can also mean "safe" or "free from danger". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character "安" in "安全" also means "peace" or "stability". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 安全 (ànquán) is literally translated as 'safe peace'. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "sicura" can also refer to a type of bread baked in a traditional wood-fired oven. |
| Croatian | The word "siguran" derives from the Proto-Slavic word "sigъ", meaning "to bind" or "to tie up" |
| Czech | The word "zajistit" also means to "seize", "capture", or "arrest". |
| Danish | The word "sikker" in Danish comes from the Old Norse word "sikr", meaning "safe, secure" or "reliable." |
| Dutch | The word "veilig" is derived from the Old Dutch word "veilighe", which meant "safe" or "protected". |
| Esperanto | "Sekura" is the Esperanto cognate of the Latin "securus," meaning "free from care or anxiety." |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "turvaline" means "secure" but also refers to "confidence" and "reliability." |
| Finnish | The word "turvallinen" has Proto-Finnic roots and shares a root with the word "toivoa" ( |
| French | «Sécurisé» peut aussi signifier «conservé précieusement» (un secret) ou «mis en sûreté» (une créance). |
| Frisian | The word 'feilich' can also mean 'fortunate' or 'happy' in Frisian. |
| Galician | In Galician, the word "seguro" can also refer to a type of traditional insurance policy involving a group of people who contribute to a common fund to cover potential losses. |
| German | The German verb "sichern" also shares the meanings of "to back up" and "to provide with bail". |
| Greek | "ασφαλής" is also the Greek word for "safe" and "healthy." |
| Gujarati | સુરક્ષિત originates from the Sanskrit word "surakshit" which means "protected" or "guarded". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "sekirite" in Haitian Creole is derived from the French word "sûreté", meaning "safety". It can also mean "security" or "protection". |
| Hausa | The word "amintattu" in Hausa also translates to "tranquilize" and is related to the word "aminci", meaning "tranquility". |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "paʻa" also refers to a type of knot used to tie ropes securely in sailing. |
| Hebrew | "לבטח" (in Hebrew, meaning "secure") likely derives from the Akkadian word "batāqu," which refers to faith and reliance. |
| Hindi | The word "सुरक्षित" is derived from the Sanskrit word "surakshit," which means "well-guarded" or "protected from danger." |
| Hmong | "Ruaj ntseg" is a Hmong word that also means "to protect" and "to keep safe". |
| Hungarian | The word "biztonságos" also means "certain" or "reliable" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | Öruggur also means "surely" or "of course" in Icelandic while "safe" is "öruður". |
| Igbo | In Nsukka dialect, one of the alternate meanings of "nọrọ ná nchebe" is "to be calm and collected." |
| Indonesian | The word "aman" originates from the Sanskrit word "āman", meaning "peace, safety, or security". |
| Irish | The word 'slán' also means 'sound' or 'healthy' and is often used to say farewell or goodbye with the implication of well-being. |
| Italian | Sicuro also means "of course" or "indeed" in Italian. |
| Japanese | The word "安全" (anzen) is also used to describe a sense of security or peace of mind, suggesting a broader meaning than simply "secure". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word 'aman' (secure) is cognate with the Malay 'aman', Thai 'aman', and Vietnamese 'an toàn', all of which ultimately derive from Sanskrit 'kṣēma' (well-being). |
| Kannada | The word 'ಸುರಕ್ಷಿತ' (surakshitha) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'surkshi', which means 'well protected' or 'guarded'. |
| Kazakh | The term "қауіпсіз" emerged in the late 19th century from two distinct roots |
| Korean | The word '안전한' is derived from the Hanja '安全', which also means 'safety' or 'security'. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "bicî" is derived from the Persian word "basta", which also means "secure" or "firm". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "коопсуз" also means "unbeatable" or "unconquerable" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | The word "ປອດໄພ" in the Lao language is used to express a state of well-being, protection from danger, and freedom from worry. |
| Latin | "Secure" comes from the Latin "securus," meaning "free from care" or "untroubled," and is related to similar words in other Indo-European languages, like the Greek "askeres." |
| Latvian | Drošs is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *derǵʰ-, meaning "to hold", |
| Lithuanian | The word "saugus" in Lithuanian is derived from Germanic languages and may also refer to a place of safety or a person who provides protection. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "sécher" has other meanings besides "secure". It can also mean "dry" or "to dry". |
| Macedonian | In Bulgarian, the same word "безбеден" means "without pain". |
| Malagasy | The word "fiarovana" in Malagasy also means "protected" or "guarded". |
| Malay | The word 'selamat' can also mean 'peaceful' or 'safe'. |
| Malayalam | The word |
| Maltese | "Sikur" in Maltese, besides its usual meaning as "secure," also refers to a type of large, wooden chest used for storing valuables. |
| Maori | The Maori word 'haumaru' can also refer to a protected or sheltered place. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "सुरक्षित" (secure) also means "carefree" and is related to the word "सुख" (happiness). |
| Mongolian | 'Аюулгүй' ('secure') in Mongolian may also refer to the sense of 'safe' or 'free from danger'. |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "सुरक्षित" is derived from the Sanskrit word "सुरक्षा" (suraksha), meaning "protection". |
| Norwegian | The word “sikre” is derived from the Old Norse verb “síkra” meaning “to make safe” and the Old Norse noun “sikr” meaning “safe”. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'chitetezo' in Nyanja originally referred to a wooden lock used to secure doors and gates. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "خوندي" also has the alternate meaning of "shelter". |
| Persian | امن است can also mean 'trusted' when used to refer to a person. |
| Polish | The word "bezpieczne" in Polish also means "safe" and "certain". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Seguro, in Portuguese, comes from the Latin 'securus', meaning 'away from worry' |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "sigur" derives from the Latin term "securus", meaning "free from danger, care or doubt". |
| Russian | The word "безопасный" also means "safe" or "protected" in Russian. |
| Samoan | The word 'saogalemu' shares a root with 'sa'oga', meaning 'work', indicating a strong work ethic in the Samoan culture. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "tèarainte" also means "guaranteed" and "sure" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The word "сигуран" (secure) derives from the Slavic root "seg-", meaning to fasten or bind, and can also mean "certain" or "reliable". |
| Sesotho | The word "se sireletsehileng" in Sesotho literally means "to make oneself secure" or "to take cover". |
| Shona | An alternate meaning of the Shona word "chengeteka" is "to fasten; to tie up". |
| Sindhi | The word "محفوظ" in Sindhi also means "protected" or "well-guarded". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The verb ආරක්ෂා (arakṣā) comes from Sanskrit and originally meant to protect and preserve, but in Sinhala it also means to keep something secret. |
| Slovak | "Zabezpečiť" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *sъboriti, which means "to gather" or "to protect". |
| Slovenian | The word 'varno' also means 'safe' and 'sure' in Slovenian and is related to the Latin word 'verus' that means 'true'. |
| Somali | The Somali word "aamin" can also mean "to trust" or "to feel safe". |
| Spanish | "Seguro" also means "insurance" in Spanish, derived from the Latin word "securus" (free from care or anxiety). |
| Sundanese | The word "ngamankeun" can also mean "to protect" or "to keep safe" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "salama" is also used to mean "to be safe", "to be well", or "to be in good health." |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "säkra" can also mean "to protect" or "to make safe". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Ligtas may also be used to describe the act of saving or rescuing someone or something from danger. |
| Tajik | Persian "bekhatar" has the alternate meaning of "fearless" and is related to Tajik "ter" (fear). |
| Telugu | The word "సురక్షితం" (''surakshitam'') is also used as a noun in Telugu, denoting a fortified location or stronghold. |
| Thai | "ปลอดภัย" (secure) in Thai likely derives from Sanskrit "परोक्ष" (parokṣa) meaning "indirect", "hidden", or "out of sight". |
| Turkish | "Güvenli" is also used figuratively to mean reliable, trustworthy, or dependable. |
| Ukrainian | "Безпечний" (bezpechnyy) derives from the old word "беспека" (bespeka), meaning "freedom from worry". |
| Urdu | Alternate meanings "guarded" or "memorized" from the Arabic root "حفظه" for "memorize" or "protect". |
| Uzbek | The word "xavfsiz" also means "free from fear" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | Although the word "đảm bảo" usually means "secure", it can also have the meaning of "responsible", "ensure", or "guarantee". |
| Welsh | The word 'diogel' also has the meanings 'sheltered' and 'hidden' in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | The word "ikhuselekile" in Xhosa is derived from the root "khusela", which means "to guard, protect, or keep safe." |
| Yiddish | "זיךער" (zicher) in Yiddish also means "certain" or "sure". |
| Yoruba | "Ni aabo" also means "at peace" or "in harmony" in Yoruba, highlighting the connection between security and a sense of well-being. |
| Zulu | Kuvikelekile is derived from the root word 'vikelela', meaning 'to safeguard, watch, or protect'. |
| English | The word "secure" derives from the Latin word "securus," meaning "free from care or anxiety." |