Seem in Different Languages
Discover 'Seem' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Seem
Afrikaans lyk | ||
Albanian duken | ||
Amharic ይመስላል | ||
Arabic بدا | ||
Armenian թվալ | ||
Assamese এনে লাগিছে | ||
Aymara taripayaña | ||
Azerbaijani görünür | ||
Bambara i n'a fɔ | ||
Basque badirudi | ||
Belarusian здаецца | ||
Bengali মনে হয় | ||
Bhojpuri जान पड़ल | ||
Bosnian izgleda | ||
Bulgarian изглежда | ||
Catalan semblar | ||
Cebuano murag | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 似乎 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 似乎 | ||
Corsican parenu | ||
Croatian čini se | ||
Czech zdát se | ||
Danish synes | ||
Dhivehi ފެންނަގޮތުގައި | ||
Dogri लब्भना | ||
Dutch lijken | ||
English seem | ||
Esperanto ŝajnas | ||
Estonian näivad | ||
Ewe dze ame | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) parang | ||
Finnish näyttävät | ||
French sembler | ||
Frisian lykje | ||
Galician parecer | ||
Georgian ჩანს | ||
German scheinen | ||
Greek φαίνομαι | ||
Guarani jehu | ||
Gujarati લાગતું | ||
Haitian Creole sanble | ||
Hausa gani | ||
Hawaiian me he mea lā | ||
Hebrew נראה | ||
Hindi लगता है | ||
Hmong zoo li | ||
Hungarian látszik | ||
Icelandic virðast | ||
Igbo odika | ||
Ilocano kasla | ||
Indonesian terlihat | ||
Irish cosúil | ||
Italian sembrare | ||
Japanese 思われる | ||
Javanese koyone | ||
Kannada ತೋರುತ್ತದೆ | ||
Kazakh көрінеді | ||
Khmer ហាក់ដូចជា | ||
Kinyarwanda bisa | ||
Konkani दिसता | ||
Korean 보다 | ||
Krio tan lɛk | ||
Kurdish birikin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) لەوە دەچێت | ||
Kyrgyz көрүнөт | ||
Lao ເບິ່ງຄືວ່າ | ||
Latin videtur | ||
Latvian šķiet | ||
Lingala komonana neti | ||
Lithuanian atrodo | ||
Luganda okulabika | ||
Luxembourgish schéngen | ||
Macedonian се чини | ||
Maithili लगनाइ | ||
Malagasy toa | ||
Malay nampaknya | ||
Malayalam തോന്നുന്നു | ||
Maltese jidher | ||
Maori ahua | ||
Marathi दिसते | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯥꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo nia lang | ||
Mongolian бололтой | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ထင်ရတာ | ||
Nepali लाग्छ | ||
Norwegian synes | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zikuwoneka | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଦେଖାଯାଉଛି | | ||
Oromo itti fakkaachuu | ||
Pashto ښکاري | ||
Persian به نظر می رسد | ||
Polish wydać się | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) parece | ||
Punjabi ਲੱਗਦਾ ਹੈ | ||
Quechua rikchakuq | ||
Romanian par | ||
Russian кажется | ||
Samoan foliga mai | ||
Sanskrit भाति | ||
Scots Gaelic coltach | ||
Sepedi ka re | ||
Serbian чини се | ||
Sesotho bonahala | ||
Shona zvinoita | ||
Sindhi لڳي ٿو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පෙනේ | ||
Slovak zdá sa | ||
Slovenian zdi se | ||
Somali u muuqato | ||
Spanish parecer | ||
Sundanese sigana | ||
Swahili wanaonekana | ||
Swedish verka | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) parang | ||
Tajik ба назар мерасад | ||
Tamil தெரிகிறது | ||
Tatar кебек | ||
Telugu అనిపిస్తుంది | ||
Thai ดูเหมือน | ||
Tigrinya መሰለ | ||
Tsonga languteka | ||
Turkish görünmek | ||
Turkmen ýaly görünýär | ||
Twi (Akan) ayɛ sɛ | ||
Ukrainian здаватися | ||
Urdu لگ رہا ہے | ||
Uyghur قارىماققا | ||
Uzbek ko'rinadi | ||
Vietnamese hình như | ||
Welsh ymddangos | ||
Xhosa kubonakala | ||
Yiddish ויסקומען | ||
Yoruba dabi | ||
Zulu kubonakala |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans "lyk" comes from Dutch "lijken" (to appear), which itself came from Old High German "lihhhan" (to appear, to seem). |
| Albanian | In Albanian, the word "duken" can also mean "to appear" or "to look like" something. |
| Amharic | The verb ይመስላል (yimeslal) can also mean 'resemble, look like'. |
| Arabic | بدا could be a derivative of the root meaning “to come forth” which could explain some of the secondary meanings of the word such as “to appear or to become apparent” and could also explain the use of the word to mean “outward” as in the phrase “بدا الأمر” which means “the matter became apparent”. |
| Armenian | The word is probably derived from the Greek "thema" (θέμα), and is also used in the sense of "purpose" or "cause". |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "görünür" can also mean "to manifest" or "to appear." |
| Basque | The word "badirudi" can also mean "appears" or "looks like". |
| Belarusian | The word "здаецца" can also mean "it seems that" or "apparently". |
| Bengali | 'মনে হয়' is derived from the Sanskrit words 'manas' (mind) and 'kar' (to do), meaning 'to occur to the mind'. |
| Bosnian | The word “izgleda” (seem) also means “looks like”, “resembles” or “seems like”. |
| Bulgarian | Изглежда is derived from the Old Bulgarian word зъкати, meaning "to see" and also translates as "to appear." |
| Catalan | Catalan 'semblar' is ultimately derived from Latin 'similis', meaning 'similar'. |
| Cebuano | "Murag" can also mean "as if" or "like". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "似乎"一词还可表示"好像","仿佛","大概","也许","可能"之意 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 似乎 also means 'as if' and is a conjunction in Classical Chinese. |
| Corsican | The word 'parenu' in Corsican comes from the Latin word 'parere', meaning 'to appear' or 'to seem'. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word 'čini se' has roots in the Proto-Slavic word '*činiti*', which also meant 'make, do'. |
| Czech | The verb "zdát se" can also mean to "dream" or to "appear". |
| Danish | Synes is related to the English word 'seem' and has the alternate meaning of 'believe' or 'reckon'. |
| Dutch | "Lijken", meaning "seem", can also mean "corpse" in Dutch. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "ŝajnas" can also mean "appears" or "looks like". |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "näivad" also means "appearances" and "faces". |
| Finnish | "Näyttävät" also means "look" in the sense of "physical appearance". |
| French | The word "sembler" originally meant "to gather", giving rise to the related word "assemblée" (assembly). |
| Frisian | The word "lykje" in Frisian originates from the Old Frisian "likia" meaning "appear". It also has the meaning of "look at" or "observe". |
| Galician | The Galician word "parecer" derives from Latin "paraescere", meaning "to become visible" or "to show oneself". |
| Georgian | ჩანს shares roots with ჩანა, meaning "appearance," and has alternative meanings of "to appear" and "to look." |
| German | The word 'scheinen' can also mean 'to shine' or 'to appear'. |
| Greek | The word φαίνομαι also means “to appear” or “to be visible” and is related to the word φέγγος, meaning “light”. |
| Gujarati | In Gujarati, "લાગતું" can also refer to the sense of belonging or connection. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, the word 'sanble' originated from the French word 'semble' meaning 'seems' and also has alternate meanings like 'look like' and 'resemble'. |
| Hausa | Gani is also a surname of the Hausa ethnic people, derived from a title of a chief. |
| Hawaiian | "Me he mea lā" can also mean "it seems to be" or "it looks like," implying a subjective or speculative interpretation. |
| Hebrew | The word "נראה" has various homographs: one means "seem," another "look," the other "visible." |
| Hindi | The word "लगता है" is a cognate of the Sanskrit word "लक्ष्यते" (lakṣyate), meaning "to see" or "to observe." |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "zoo li" derives from an ancient Chinese loanword likely pronounced "yang li." |
| Hungarian | "Látszik" originally meant "to peek out" or "to be visible", and is related to the word "lát": to see |
| Icelandic | "Virðast" originally meant 'be worth' and its passive form 'verða virður' meant 'be thought valuable', 'be considered' |
| Igbo | Odika can also mean 'believe,' 'think,' or 'consider,' further highlighting its connection to perception and mental states |
| Indonesian | Terlihat's root word 'lihat' refers to the use of the eyes; it can also mean 'to witness' or 'to experience'. |
| Irish | Cosúil derives from the Old Irish con-suil 'look together,' cognate with Latin con-spicio 'behold,' Old English seon 'see' and Modern English 'spy' and 'discern'. |
| Italian | "Sembrare" derives from the Latin "similis," meaning not only "similar" but also "legal," reflecting a historical shift in the relationship between resemblance and legitimacy. |
| Japanese | 思われる is a passive verb form of 思う (omou), meaning "to think" or "to feel", and is often used to indicate a subjective opinion or perception. |
| Javanese | The word "koyone" is a contraction of the phrase "kaya koyone," which means "like to seem." |
| Kazakh | 'Көрінеді' is derived from the verb 'көру', which means 'to see', or 'to look'. In addition to the meaning 'seem', 'көрінеді' can also mean 'to appear'. |
| Korean | In Korean, '보다' ('seem') can also mean 'to see' or 'to view'. |
| Kurdish | Birikin is a Kurdish word derived from Persian "berikeedan". It can also mean "to be good at" or "to manage". |
| Kyrgyz | 'Көрүнөт' (seem) in Kyrgyz also means 'apparently' or 'looks like' in English. |
| Lao | The term "ເບິ່ງຄືວ່າ" in Lao can also be used to express feelings or perceptions that are not necessarily based on direct observation or evidence. |
| Latin | The Latin word "videtur" can also refer to appearances or external indications, rather than just internal beliefs. |
| Latvian | Latvian "šķiet" also means "it seems" and is derived from Proto-Indo-European *skei- "to split," and thus related to Latin "scindere" ("to cut, split"). |
| Lithuanian | The word atrodo is sometimes confused with the word atrodo, meaning „terrible“, as they sound nearly identical |
| Luxembourgish | The word "schéngen" can also refer to a type of visa that allows for travel within the Schengen Area. |
| Macedonian | The verb "се чини" also has a second person form, "чиниш се", which is sometimes used to mean "pretend to be". |
| Malagasy | The word 'toa' in Malagasy is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word 'tawu' meaning 'clear' or 'bright', which also carries the implication of 'clean' or 'proper'. |
| Malay | "Nampaknya" is a Malay word that is derived from the Sanskrit nampakam, which originally meant "visible", and then "appearance" or "sign". |
| Malayalam | The word 'തോന്നുന്നു' is derived from the Proto-Dravidian root *ton- ('to appear') and has a similar meaning in other Dravidian languages. |
| Maltese | The verb "jidher" also means "appear" or "show up". |
| Maori | In Maori, "ahua" also conveys notions of appearance, manner, form, and condition. |
| Marathi | The word 'दिसते' is also used to describe the appearance of something, as in 'ही वस्तू छान दिसते' (This object looks nice). |
| Mongolian | The verb "бололтой" in Mongolian also means "to become" or "to get". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ထင်ရတာ" (seem) in Myanmar is also commonly used to mean "think" or "believe." |
| Nepali | The word 'लाग्छ' can also mean 'to seem', 'to appear', or 'to feel like'. |
| Norwegian | The word "synes" in Norwegian can also mean "think" or "believe". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The verb "zikuwoneka" comes from the noun "kuoneka" which means "appearance". Therefore, "zikuwoneka" can also mean "to appear" or "to look like". |
| Pashto | The word "ښکاري" in Pashto comes from the Persian word "شکاری", which means "hunter". |
| Persian | The Persian word "به نظر می رسد" (seem) is also used to mean "it seems to me" or "in my opinion."} |
| Polish | "Wydać się" has an alternative archaic meaning of "pay" or "spend", like the word "issue" in English. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "parece" also means "look like" or "resemble". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਲੱਗਦਾ ਹੈ" can also mean "it is estimated" or "it is likely to happen". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "par" is derived from the Latin "pareo," meaning "to be visible" or "to be exposed to view." |
| Russian | The word "кажется" can also mean "it appears" or "it seems to be". |
| Samoan | The word 'foliga mai' may also refer to 'appear' or 'reveal' in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | Coltach derives from Proto-Celtic *kʷetlik-tos, whose original meaning may have been 'perceived' or 'imagined'. |
| Serbian | "Činiti se" can also mean "to appear" or "to make believe". |
| Sesotho | In addition to meaning "seem," "bonahala" can also mean "appear" or "look like." |
| Shona | The Shona word "zvinoita" is also used to refer to a type of tree known for its durability and resistance to pests. |
| Sindhi | The word "لڳي ٿو" is also used to express likelihood or probability in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word පෙනේ (penē) also means "to appear" and "to be visible" in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | The word "zdá sa" can also mean "it appears" or "it seems like". |
| Slovenian | Zdi se ('seem' in Slovene) may also refer to an imaginary character in Slovenian mythology. |
| Somali | The word "u muuqato" can also refer to the appearance or outward form of something. |
| Spanish | The word "parecer" also means "to look like" or "to resemble" in Spanish. |
| Sundanese | The word "sigana" can also mean "think" or "appear". |
| Swahili | The root word of “wanaonekana” is |
| Swedish | Verka is also used to refer to the production of fabrics in the textile industry. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Parang" is a Tagalog word that can also mean "to look like" or "to resemble" something. |
| Tajik | The word "ба назар мерасад" can also mean "pay attention" or "look at" in Tajik. |
| Telugu | "అనిపిస్తుంది" is derived from the Sanskrit word "अनुभवति" (anubhavati), meaning "to experience". It can also refer to a feeling or intuition. |
| Thai | The word "ดูเหมือน" (seem) in Thai can also mean "seemingly" or "to appear to be". |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "görünmek" can also mean "to appear" or "to look like". |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, "здаватися" also means to surrender, submit, or appear |
| Urdu | "لگ رہا ہے" is the present continuous form of "لگنا" which has several meanings depending on the context, including "to seem," "to attach," "to stick," "to take," "to apply," and "to get used to." |
| Uzbek | "Ko'rinadi" is derived from the verb "ko'r- " meaning "to see". In addition to "seem", it can also mean "to look like". |
| Vietnamese | The term "hình như" also means "maybe". |
| Welsh | While meaning "to appear" and "to look like" in modern Welsh, "ymddangos" originally meant "to put on appearance" in Middle Welsh. |
| Xhosa | The word 'kubonakala' also has connotations of 'visibility' or 'being evident'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "וויסקומען" (veyskummen) is derived from the German "scheinen" (to appear) and can also mean "happen" or "take place." |
| Yoruba | Yoruba word dabi derives from da 'appear' and bi 'same as, like', i.e., looking like something else. |
| Zulu | The word kubonakala in Zulu also refers to the act of being visible or noticeable. |
| English | The word "seem" comes from the Old English word "séman," meaning "to seem" or "to appear." |