Service in Different Languages
Discover 'Service' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Service
Afrikaans diens | ||
Albanian shërbimi | ||
Amharic አገልግሎት | ||
Arabic الخدمات | ||
Armenian ծառայություն | ||
Assamese সেৱা | ||
Aymara sirwisyu | ||
Azerbaijani xidmət | ||
Bambara cákɛda | ||
Basque zerbitzua | ||
Belarusian абслугоўванне | ||
Bengali পরিষেবা | ||
Bhojpuri नौकरी | ||
Bosnian usluga | ||
Bulgarian обслужване | ||
Catalan servei | ||
Cebuano serbisyo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 服务 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 服務 | ||
Corsican serviziu | ||
Croatian servis | ||
Czech servis | ||
Danish service | ||
Dhivehi ޚިދުމަތް | ||
Dogri नौकरी | ||
Dutch onderhoud | ||
English service | ||
Esperanto servo | ||
Estonian teenus | ||
Ewe dɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) serbisyo | ||
Finnish palvelu | ||
French un service | ||
Frisian betsjinning | ||
Galician servizo | ||
Georgian მომსახურება | ||
German bedienung | ||
Greek υπηρεσία | ||
Guarani tembiapopy | ||
Gujarati સેવા | ||
Haitian Creole sèvis | ||
Hausa sabis | ||
Hawaiian lawelawe | ||
Hebrew שֵׁרוּת | ||
Hindi सर्विस | ||
Hmong kev pab cuam | ||
Hungarian szolgáltatás | ||
Icelandic þjónusta | ||
Igbo ọrụ | ||
Ilocano serbisio | ||
Indonesian layanan | ||
Irish seirbhís | ||
Italian servizio | ||
Japanese サービス | ||
Javanese layanan | ||
Kannada ಸೇವೆ | ||
Kazakh қызмет | ||
Khmer សេវាកម្ម | ||
Kinyarwanda serivisi | ||
Konkani सेवा | ||
Korean 서비스 | ||
Krio savis | ||
Kurdish xizmetkar | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) خزمەتگوزاری | ||
Kyrgyz кызмат | ||
Lao ການບໍລິການ | ||
Latin officium | ||
Latvian apkalpošana | ||
Lingala mosala | ||
Lithuanian paslaugą | ||
Luganda empeereza | ||
Luxembourgish service | ||
Macedonian сервис | ||
Maithili सेवा | ||
Malagasy fanompoana | ||
Malay perkhidmatan | ||
Malayalam സേവനം | ||
Maltese servizz | ||
Maori ratonga | ||
Marathi सेवा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯦꯕꯥ | ||
Mizo thawhna | ||
Mongolian үйлчилгээ | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဝန်ဆောင်မှု | ||
Nepali सेवा | ||
Norwegian service | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ntchito | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସେବା | ||
Oromo tajaajila | ||
Pashto خدمت | ||
Persian سرویس | ||
Polish usługa | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) serviço | ||
Punjabi ਸੇਵਾ | ||
Quechua yanapakuy | ||
Romanian serviciu | ||
Russian оказание услуг | ||
Samoan tautua | ||
Sanskrit सेवा | ||
Scots Gaelic seirbheis | ||
Sepedi tirelo | ||
Serbian услуга | ||
Sesotho tšebeletso | ||
Shona service | ||
Sindhi خدمت | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සේවාව | ||
Slovak služby | ||
Slovenian storitev | ||
Somali adeeg | ||
Spanish servicio | ||
Sundanese palayanan | ||
Swahili huduma | ||
Swedish service | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) serbisyo | ||
Tajik хизматрасонӣ | ||
Tamil சேவை | ||
Tatar хезмәт | ||
Telugu సేవ | ||
Thai บริการ | ||
Tigrinya ግልጋሎት | ||
Tsonga vukorhokeri | ||
Turkish hizmet | ||
Turkmen hyzmaty | ||
Twi (Akan) asoɛeɛ | ||
Ukrainian обслуговування | ||
Urdu خدمت | ||
Uyghur service | ||
Uzbek xizmat | ||
Vietnamese dịch vụ | ||
Welsh gwasanaeth | ||
Xhosa inkonzo | ||
Yiddish דינען | ||
Yoruba iṣẹ | ||
Zulu insiza |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "diens" originates from the Middle Dutch, meaning "service" in English and "dienst" in modern Dutch. |
| Albanian | "Shërbim" comes from the Latin word "servire" which means "to serve" and also means "military duty" or "worship" in Albanian. |
| Amharic | "ኣግልግሎት" is also used to describe the process of serving coffee in Ethiopia, which involves roasting, grinding, and brewing the beans, as well as presenting the coffee to guests in a traditional manner. |
| Arabic | The word 'الخدمات' in Arabic, meaning 'service', originates from the verb 'خدم', meaning 'to work' or 'to serve' |
| Azerbaijani | "Xidmət" in Azerbaijani also means the provision of something such as a meal or a vehicle to a customer or guest. |
| Basque | The word 'zerbitzua' in Basque comes from the Latin 'servitium', meaning 'slavery or servitude'. |
| Belarusian | The word "абслугоўванне" in Belarusian derives from the Russian "обслуживание" which in turn derives from the French "service." |
| Bengali | The term 'পরিষেবা' is derived from the Sanskrit words 'परिषद' (assembly) and 'सेवा' (service), implying a collective act of assistance rendered to others. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "usluga" can also refer to a favor or an act of kindness performed for someone. |
| Bulgarian | The Russian word "обслуживание" also means "maintenance," "assistance," or "support." |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "servei" also means "department" or "office", akin to its French cognate "service". |
| Cebuano | Serbisyo shares cognate meanings with 'servio' or servant but it is only extended when used with the words, 'public,' 'gobyerno,' or 'militar'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 服务 (fúwù) is the Chinese translation of “service”, but also means “to assist” or “to wait upon”. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 服務 (service) also means 'to serve or wait on,' 'to provide,' and 'to carry out or execute'. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "serviziu" can also refer to the dishes used for serving food or drink. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, 'servis' also refers to a set of dishes designed to be served together. |
| Czech | Czech word "servis" also means a set of dishes for serving food. |
| Danish | The Danish word "service" is also used in a culinary context, referring to serving dishes on a plate. |
| Dutch | In the Dutch language, "onderhoud" also has the connotation of "maintenance" or "upkeep". |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's "servo" shares a linguistic root with the Latin "servus" (slave) and the Russian "serf" (peasant). |
| Estonian | In the Võro dialect, the meaning of "teenus" can expand to include "assistance". |
| Finnish | The word "palvelu" can also refer to a service or ceremony performed in honor of a deceased person. |
| French | The French word « un service » can also mean "a favor" (e.g. « rendre un service » = « to do someone a favor »). |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "betsjinning" can also mean "maintenance", "repair", "cleaning", "care" or "attendance". |
| Galician | The word "servizo" in Galician comes from the Latin word "servitium", meaning "condition of a slave". |
| German | Interestingly, the word "Bedienung" also refers to female waitstaff in German, likely due to the historical perception of women as primarily responsible for serving others. |
| Greek | 'Υπηρεσία' also means 'department' or 'ministry' in English. |
| Gujarati | The word is originally derived from Sanskrit (सेवा), originally denoting 'worshipping a God' |
| Haitian Creole | Sèvis derives from French "service" and in rural areas also refers to communal work. |
| Hausa | "Sabis" (service) also means "a person who provides a service" or "a place where a service is provided" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, the word "lawelawe" signifies not only "service" but also a reciprocal act of "support" or "assistance" within a community. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word 'שֵׁרוּת' ('service') is derived from the root 'שׁרת' ('to serve, to attend'), which also implies 'ministry' or 'worship'. |
| Hindi | The word "सर्विस" can also mean "worship" or "devotion." |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "kev pab cuam" can also refer to "work" or "job". |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word “szolgáltatás” originally meant a feudal duty or obligation to a lord, and it retained its archaic connotation of “servitude” until the 19th century. |
| Icelandic | In Old Norse, the word "þjónusta" could also refer to "military service" or "retinue of attendants". |
| Igbo | The verb "ọrụ" also has the alternate meaning "to work" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The word "layanan" can also mean "to serve" or "to attend to" in Indonesian. |
| Irish | The word 'seirbhís' derives from the Old Irish word 'seirb', meaning 'bondsman' or 'servant'. It can also refer to a meal or banquet. |
| Italian | "Servizio" derives from the Latin "servitium", which could mean either "slavery" or "public duty". |
| Japanese | In Japanese, the term "サービス" can also refer to a fee or charge for a service rendered. |
| Javanese | The word 'layanan' also refers to a Javanese dance form performed as an offering to a guardian spirit. |
| Kannada | The word "ಸೇವೆ" also means "worshipping" or "honoring" someone or a deity in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "қыызмет" is a loanword from the Arabic word " hizmet ", which means "service" and "work". |
| Khmer | The word "សេវាកម្ម" ("service") in Khmer is derived from the Sanskrit word "सेवा" (sevā), meaning "attendance" or "devotion". |
| Korean | 서비스 is cognate with the Chinese word "事". While both words originally meant "affairs" or "work", "事" primarily means "business" or "work" in Chinese while 서비스 primarily means "service" in Korean. |
| Kurdish | The word '*xizmetkar*' (service) also refers to a person who provides domestic services. |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, the word “кызмат” (“service”) derives from Arabic and Turkish, also referring to “employment” or “position”. |
| Latin | Officium has meanings ranging from 'religious obligation' to 'a civil or military service' to 'official duties'. |
| Latvian | The word "apkalpošana" comes from the verb "apkalpot", meaning "to care for" or "to serve" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The word "paslauga" can also mean "obligation" or "favor". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Service" can also refer to a set of dishes served together at a meal. |
| Macedonian | In Russian, the word 'Сервис' (service) can also refer to a toilet. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "fanompoana" originates from the root "fanompo" meaning "help" and the suffix "-ana" indicating an action, thus emphasizing the act of helping or rendering a service. |
| Malay | The word "perkhidmatan" originates from the Sanskrit word "sevaka", meaning "service" or "servant." |
| Malayalam | "സേവനം" also means "worship" in Sanskrit, and is used especially in the context of religious rituals and practices. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "servizz" is derived from the Italian word "servizio", which traces its roots back to the Latin word "servus", meaning "slave". |
| Maori | Ratonga also refers to a Maori war party or expedition. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "सेवा" (sēvā) shares a linguistic root with the Sanskrit word "सवन" (savana), meaning "act of pouring or offering". |
| Mongolian | үйлчилгээ is derived from the Mongolian root word "үйл" which can mean either "action" or "thing", and is used in a variety of constructions to convey different shades of meaning. |
| Nepali | The word "सेवा" can also mean "worship" or "devotion" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | The word "service" in Norwegian can also mean "worship" or "ritual". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Ntchito" in Chichewa also has meanings like "work" or "job," as in the English word "service". The origin of the word may be the Chichewa "kutchita" meaning "to do". |
| Pashto | The word "خدمت" in Pashto can also refer to "devotion" or "worship". |
| Persian | In Persian, "سرویس" originally meant "equipment of a horse." |
| Polish | The Polish word "usługa" is derived from the Latin word "usus", meaning "use" or "utility". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Brazil, "serviço" can also refer to a type of small sandwich or snack. |
| Punjabi | The term 'ਸੇਵਾ' (sevā) can also imply voluntary religious or charitable work done without expectation of reward. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "serviciu" ultimately derives from the Latin "servitium", meaning "slavery" or "service". |
| Russian | The English word "service" comes from the Latin word "servire," meaning "to serve" or "to be a slave." |
| Samoan | "Tau" means to "bind" and "tua" is "back". So "tautua" can mean either "service" in the helping sense, or "back service" as in the old days of feudal lordships. |
| Scots Gaelic | Seirbheis derives from Middle Irish 'servis', which is itself derived from the Latin 'servitium' (slavery). |
| Serbian | "Услуга" can also mean "favor" or "benefit". |
| Sesotho | The word "tšebeletso" can also mean "worship" or "prayer". |
| Shona | The Shona word "basa" can mean both "service" and "work". |
| Sindhi | The word "خدمت" in Sindhi can also mean "duty" or "obligation." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, the word "සේවාව" can also refer to a government department or agency. |
| Slovak | In addition to its meaning as "service", "služby" can also refer to public utilities or civil service. |
| Slovenian | The word "storitev" in Slovenian may also refer to a deed or act; duty; performance; task. |
| Somali | The word "adeeg" in Somali comes from the Arabic word "khidma" which also means "service" and "work". |
| Spanish | "Servicio" also means "set" in tennis or volleyball. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "palayanan" also means "obedience" in other Indonesian languages. |
| Swahili | Huduma's root "hud" also means a "presence" or "existence" in Arabic, connecting service to an underlying reality. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "service" comes from the Latin word "servitium" meaning "slavery". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "serbisyo" comes from the Spanish word "servicio", which also means "service". It can also refer to a favor or a task that is done for someone. |
| Tajik | Хизматрасонӣ is Persian in origin and literally means "work done for another person" (Pers. khidmat-rasānī "service: work for somebody"), the Persian phrase itself being an Arabic-Persian compound of the noun khidmat ("service") and the verbal noun suffix -rasāni ("providing, making available, performing"). |
| Tamil | "சேவை" (service) is derived from the root "சே" (join), implying a connection or bond between the provider and recipient. |
| Telugu | The word “సేవ” is a cognate of the Sanskrit word “सेवा”, which means “worship”, “adoration”, or “veneration”. |
| Thai | The word 'บริการ' can also refer to the act of providing a service or the department or organization that provides such services. |
| Turkish | The Turkish term "hizmet" is a derivative of the Arabic word "khidma", meaning "ministration" or "servitude". |
| Ukrainian | The word "обслуговування" is derived from the verb "обслуговувати" which means "to serve", and can also refer to "maintenance" or "care" in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | The word "خدمت" ("khidmat") originates from the Persian "khidmat" meaning "service" and "devotion"} |
| Uzbek | The word "xizmat" in Uzbek derives from the Persian "khidmat" meaning "ministry", "employment", or "service". |
| Vietnamese | The word "dịch vụ" also has the alternate meanings of "business" or "ministry" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The word "gwasanaeth" in Welsh is derived from the word "gwas" meaning "servant", and can also refer to a "religious service". |
| Xhosa | Inkonyana, "small cow," implies one who assists their parents in the home's operation, a kind of unpaid household "service." |
| Yiddish | "דינען" also means "to earn" in Yiddish. |
| Yoruba | "Iṣẹ" can also mean "work" or "occupation" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word 'insiza' in Zulu is derived from the verb 'enza', meaning 'to do' or 'to make', and thus also carries the implication of 'work' or 'labour'. |
| English | The word 'service' derives from Latin 'servitium' (slavery, servitude); a 'server' is a person who provides a service, and a 'serf' is a feudal farm laborer. |