See in Different Languages
Discover 'See' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
See
Afrikaans sien | ||
Albanian shiko | ||
Amharic ተመልከት | ||
Arabic نرى | ||
Armenian տեսնել | ||
Assamese চোৱা | ||
Aymara uñjaña | ||
Azerbaijani görmək | ||
Bambara ka ye | ||
Basque ikusi | ||
Belarusian бачыць | ||
Bengali দেখা | ||
Bhojpuri देखीं | ||
Bosnian vidi | ||
Bulgarian вижте | ||
Catalan veure | ||
Cebuano kitaa | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 看到 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 看到 | ||
Corsican vede | ||
Croatian vidjeti | ||
Czech vidět | ||
Danish se | ||
Dhivehi ފެނުން | ||
Dogri दिक्खो | ||
Dutch zien | ||
English see | ||
Esperanto vidu | ||
Estonian vaata | ||
Ewe kpɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tingnan mo | ||
Finnish katso | ||
French voir | ||
Frisian sjen | ||
Galician ver | ||
Georgian ნახე | ||
German sehen | ||
Greek βλέπω | ||
Guarani hecha | ||
Gujarati જુઓ | ||
Haitian Creole wè | ||
Hausa gani | ||
Hawaiian ʻike | ||
Hebrew לִרְאוֹת | ||
Hindi देख | ||
Hmong saib | ||
Hungarian lát | ||
Icelandic sjá | ||
Igbo lee | ||
Ilocano kitaen | ||
Indonesian lihat | ||
Irish féach | ||
Italian vedere | ||
Japanese 見る | ||
Javanese ndeleng | ||
Kannada ನೋಡಿ | ||
Kazakh қараңыз | ||
Khmer សូមមើល | ||
Kinyarwanda reba | ||
Konkani पळोवप | ||
Korean 보다 | ||
Krio si | ||
Kurdish dîtin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بینین | ||
Kyrgyz көрүү | ||
Lao ເບິ່ງ | ||
Latin videre | ||
Latvian redzēt | ||
Lingala kotala | ||
Lithuanian pamatyti | ||
Luganda okulaba | ||
Luxembourgish gesinn | ||
Macedonian види | ||
Maithili देखू | ||
Malagasy jereo ny | ||
Malay lihat | ||
Malayalam കാണുക | ||
Maltese ara | ||
Maori tirohia | ||
Marathi पहा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯎꯕ | ||
Mizo hmu | ||
Mongolian харах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကြည့်ပါ | ||
Nepali हेर्नुहोस् | ||
Norwegian se | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mwawona | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ | | ||
Oromo ilaaluu | ||
Pashto وګوره | ||
Persian دیدن | ||
Polish widzieć | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) vejo | ||
Punjabi ਵੇਖੋ | ||
Quechua qaway | ||
Romanian vedea | ||
Russian видеть | ||
Samoan vaai | ||
Sanskrit पश्यतु | ||
Scots Gaelic faic | ||
Sepedi bona | ||
Serbian види | ||
Sesotho bona | ||
Shona maona | ||
Sindhi ڏسو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) බලන්න | ||
Slovak viď | ||
Slovenian glej | ||
Somali eeg | ||
Spanish ver | ||
Sundanese tingali | ||
Swahili tazama | ||
Swedish ser | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tingnan mo | ||
Tajik дидан | ||
Tamil பார்க்க | ||
Tatar кара | ||
Telugu చూడండి | ||
Thai ดู | ||
Tigrinya ረአ | ||
Tsonga vona | ||
Turkish görmek | ||
Turkmen seret | ||
Twi (Akan) hwɛ | ||
Ukrainian подивитися | ||
Urdu دیکھیں | ||
Uyghur قاراڭ | ||
Uzbek qarang | ||
Vietnamese xem | ||
Welsh gwel | ||
Xhosa yabona | ||
Yiddish זען | ||
Yoruba wo | ||
Zulu bheka |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Sien" in Afrikaans has Germanic and Medieval Latin roots, and can also mean "face" or "sight". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "Shiko" (see) is also used to mean "understand" or "figure out" the meaning of something |
| Amharic | The verb 'ተመልከት' can also have the alternate meanings 'understand, realize, look upon, regard', 'look at, behold', and 'have an opinion' |
| Arabic | The verb نرى (see) in Quranic Arabic also holds meanings of "perceive," "know," "look at," and "think" |
| Armenian | "Տեսնել" (see) is derived from the Indo-European root "*derk-", also found in Greek "derkomai" (to see) and Latin "video" (to see). |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "görmək" not only means "to see", but can also mean "to experience", "to understand", or "to perceive". |
| Basque | The word "ikusi" in Basque also has the alternate meaning of "to understand" or "to perceive". |
| Belarusian | The word "бачыць" can also mean "to notice" or "to perceive". |
| Bengali | The word 'দেখা' in Bengali can also mean 'to meet' or 'to encounter' |
| Bosnian | It stems from the Latin word "vidēre" and Proto-Indo-European root *weyd- "to see". |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "вижте" can also mean "look" or "watch" |
| Catalan | Catalan 'veure' derives from Vulgar Latin 'vidēre' and can also mean 'to look', 'to inspect' or 'to perceive'. |
| Cebuano | The word "kitaa" is also used to refer to the "pupil of one's eye" in Cebuano. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "看到" can also mean "to experience" or "to understand". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "看到" (traditional: 看到, simplified: 看到) is a verb that means "to see" or "to look at." |
| Corsican | Vede, in Corsican, derives from the Latin verb "videre", meaning "to see" or "to look". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "vidjeti" derives from the Proto-Slavic word *viděti, which is also the origin of the English word "vision". |
| Czech | The Czech word "vidět" not only means "to see" but can also mean "to meet" or "to experience" something. |
| Danish | In Danish, "se" can also mean "look for" or "try to find". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "zien" is related to the Old English word "seon" and the German word "sehen", all of which mean "to see". |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's 'vidu' is etymologically related to Latin 'video' ('I see') and English 'video'. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "vaata" is also used to mean "appearance" or "look". |
| Finnish | The word "katso" in Finnish also means "to look at" or "to pay attention to". |
| French | The French word "voir" also has the alternate meanings of "to look" and "to seem". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "sjen” is derived from Old Frisian "sea" and means both "see" and "look". |
| Galician | In Galician, "ver" also means "spring" and is related to the Latin word "veris". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word 'ნახე' ('see') can also refer to 'watch', 'meet', 'read' or even 'experience'. |
| German | The German word "sehen" is related to the English word "see", with both derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱeh₁-("*see, look*"). |
| Greek | The Ancient Greek word 'βλέπω' also means 'look', and derives from the PIE root *bhel-, meaning 'to shine'. |
| Gujarati | જુઓ is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weḱ-, meaning "to look" or "to see". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "wè" in Haitian Creole, derived from the French "voir," can also mean "to look at" or "to visit." |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "gani" can also mean "to experience" or "to look at". |
| Hawaiian | ʻIke can also refer to knowledge, understanding, or wisdom in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "לִרְאוֹת" not only means "to see" but also "to have a vision" or "to experience." |
| Hindi | The word "देख" in Hindi comes from the Sanskrit root "drish," which also means "to see" and "to look," while in some contexts it may also mean "to appear."} |
| Hmong | The word "saib" in the Hmong language can also mean "look" or "observe". |
| Hungarian | In colloquial language, "lát" can also mean "experience", "meet" or "find". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word 'sjá' is cognate with the English word 'sea', due to their shared origin in the Proto-Indo-European root *seh₂-. |
| Igbo | Igbo word 'lee' comes from Proto-Benue-Congo '*ri' meaning 'look at' and is also used in Edo and Yoruba. |
| Indonesian | Lihat shares roots with the words "see" and "look" in English, which all stem from the Proto-Indo-European root *weik-, meaning "to see". |
| Irish | "Féach" in Irish likely shares a root etymology with "watch" in English and can be used either in the reflexive sense ("féachaint ort" is "to look in a mirror") or in a directive context ("féach thú" - "look"). |
| Italian | The Latin root of the Italian word 'vedere' can also mean 'to know'. |
| Japanese | "見" is often used in onomatopoeia, such as "キラキラ" (kirakira, sparkling) or "ぴかぴか" (pikapika, shiny). |
| Javanese | "Ndeleng" is derived from "ndelok" (see), which originated from "dela" (open), meaning to open one's eyes to see. |
| Kannada | "ನೋಡಿ" in Kannada also means "look at" or "consider". |
| Kazakh | "Қараңыз" in Kazakh shares a root with the word for "look" or "watch". |
| Khmer | The word "សូមមើល" can also be used to mean "examine" or "inspect". |
| Korean | 보다 also means “more than” in the sense of “better than” or “more significant than”. |
| Kurdish | The verb dîtin in Kurdish language is believed to be rooted in Indo-European dialects and possibly derived from the same root word of 'deiknuvai' in ancient Greek and 'dicere' in Latin, indicating the basic notion of 'showing' or 'displaying'. |
| Kyrgyz | The word “көрүү” is also used figuratively in Kyrgyz, for example to mean 'to experience' or 'to understand'. |
| Lao | The word ເບິ່ງ is derived from Pali "pekhati", which also means "to look". It can be used to describe the act of seeing something or to refer to a specific viewpoint. |
| Latin | The verb 'videre' in Latin is cognate with Greek 'idein', Sanskrit 'vid' and Slavic 'videti', all relating to seeing or knowing. |
| Latvian | The word "redzēt" in Latvian is cognate with the Lithuanian word "regėti" and the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁reǵ-. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "pamatyti" can also mean "to understand" or "to notice". |
| Macedonian | "Види" is a shortened form of the imperative "видите", which is the second person plural of the verb "видам" and means "to see with the eyes". |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, the word "JEREO NY" not only means "see" but also carries the connotation of "look" and "stare." |
| Malay | The word "lihat" in Malay is a cognate of the Proto-Austronesian word *li?at, meaning "to look at". |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "കാണുക" can also mean "to experience" or "to get to know." |
| Maltese | The Maltese word 'ara' can also mean 'look for' or 'examine'. |
| Maori | In formal Maori, tirohia also means 'observe', 'look at' or 'watch'. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "पहा" (paha) also means "to take care of" or "to look after". |
| Mongolian | The word "харах" is also used to describe "the center of something" such as the center of a circle or a target, as well as “the middle". |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "हेर्नुहोस्" (see) also means "look" and "watch". |
| Norwegian | The word "se" in Norwegian can also mean "ocean" or "lake". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Mwawona" can also mean "know" or "understand." |
| Pashto | In Pashto, the word "وګوره" can also be used to indicate "look at" or "consider". |
| Persian | The Persian word "دیدن" can also refer to "thinking", "experiencing", or "meeting" someone. |
| Polish | The Polish verb "widzieć" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weid-, meaning "to look" or "to know." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "vejo" can also mean "I foresee" or "I understand". |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਵੇਖੋ' ('see') in Punjabi can also mean 'look' or 'behold'. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "vedea" can also refer to a river in Romania or a municipality in Spain. |
| Russian | The verb "видеть" can also mean "to imagine" or "to understand". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word 'vaai' ('see') shares an etymological root with the Maori word 'whakahihi' ('display'). |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word 'faic' is also used in the phrase 'faic air ais', meaning 'look back'. |
| Serbian | The word 'види' can also refer to a type of vision or insight. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "bona" can also mean "to know" or "to understand." |
| Shona | The word "maona" in Shona also means "vision" or "perceptibility." |
| Sindhi | While 'ڏسو' in Sindhi mostly means 'to see', it can also mean 'to find out', 'to consider', or 'to recognize'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, බලන්න (balanə) also means "to watch, observe, look at" and "to notice, perceive". |
| Slovak | In some contexts, the Slovak word "viď" can mean something similar to "you know" or "right" in English. |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word 'glej' derives from the Old Slavic 'gledati', which also meant 'to seek, desire, or look for'. |
| Somali | The Somali word "eeg" is derived from the Cushitic root "*eg-/*ek-/, meaning "to see". |
| Spanish | The Spanish verb 'ver' (to see) comes from the Latin 'videre' (to see, to perceive), and is related to the English word 'vision'. |
| Sundanese | The word "tingali" is also used to refer to the concept of "knowing" or "understanding" |
| Swahili | The word 'tazama' is derived from the Proto-Bantu root '-tam-'. It also means 'to look at', 'to observe', or 'to examine'. |
| Swedish | The word "ser" in Swedish derives from the Old Norse word "sjá," meaning "to look" or "to observe." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Tingnan mo" can also refer to inspecting or observing something carefully. |
| Tajik | The word "дидан" is derived from the Persian word "ديدن" (dīdan), which also means "to see." |
| Tamil | பார்க்க (pārka) means "to see" in Tamil, but also has other meanings, such as "to look after," "to expect," or "to visit." |
| Telugu | The verb "చూడండి" is cognate with "to see" in English, and also has the alternate meaning "to look at". |
| Thai | The Thai word "ดู" can also mean "to look at" or "to watch". |
| Turkish | Görmek can also mean perceive, think, realize, recognize, and suppose in Turkish |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian verb "подивитися" comes from the Old East Slavic "подивити ся", meaning "to look around, to marvel". |
| Urdu | The word "دیکھیں" can also mean "look" or "watch" and is related to the Persian word "ديدن" (dīdan) meaning "to see". |
| Uzbek | The word "qarang" in Uzbek also means "consider" and "reflect". |
| Vietnamese | The word "xem" in Vietnamese can also mean "to consider" or "to think about". |
| Welsh | The word "gwel" originates from the Proto-Celtic word "*wekw-sloh2-", meaning "to see, to watch, to look at, to find". |
| Xhosa | In a wider sense, yabona also means 'to visit' someone. |
| Yiddish | The word "זען" ("see") in Yiddish has an alternate meaning related to vision and eyesight. |
| Yoruba | In some contexts, the verb 'wo' can mean 'to look for' or 'to inspect'. |
| Zulu | The word "bheka" can also mean "to look at" or "to stare at". |
| English | In addition to its primary meaning of "to perceive with the eyes", "see" can also refer to understanding, expecting, or envisioning something. |