Settle in Different Languages
Discover 'Settle' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Settle
Afrikaans vestig | ||
Albanian vendosen | ||
Amharic እልባት | ||
Arabic تسوية | ||
Armenian կարգավորել | ||
Assamese নিষ্পত্তি কৰা | ||
Aymara utjnuqasiña | ||
Azerbaijani yerləşmək | ||
Bambara ka sigin | ||
Basque finkatu | ||
Belarusian разлічыцца | ||
Bengali নিষ্পত্তি | ||
Bhojpuri बस जाईल | ||
Bosnian smiriti | ||
Bulgarian установявам се | ||
Catalan resoldre | ||
Cebuano paghusay | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 解决 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 解決 | ||
Corsican stallà si | ||
Croatian podmiriti | ||
Czech usadit | ||
Danish afregne | ||
Dhivehi ހަމަޖެހުން | ||
Dogri बस्सना | ||
Dutch settelen | ||
English settle | ||
Esperanto ekloĝi | ||
Estonian lahendama | ||
Ewe dze anyi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tumira | ||
Finnish asettua | ||
French régler | ||
Frisian regelje | ||
Galician acomodarse | ||
Georgian მოაგვაროს | ||
German sich niederlassen | ||
Greek εγκαθιστώ | ||
Guarani apañuãi jora | ||
Gujarati પતાવટ | ||
Haitian Creole rezoud | ||
Hausa shirya | ||
Hawaiian noho | ||
Hebrew לִשְׁקוֹעַ | ||
Hindi रुकना | ||
Hmong hais haum | ||
Hungarian rendezni | ||
Icelandic setjast að | ||
Igbo dozie | ||
Ilocano agtaeng | ||
Indonesian menetap | ||
Irish socrú | ||
Italian risolvere | ||
Japanese 解決する | ||
Javanese mapan | ||
Kannada ನೆಲೆಗೊಳ್ಳಲು | ||
Kazakh қоныстану | ||
Khmer ដោះស្រាយ | ||
Kinyarwanda gutuza | ||
Konkani निर्णय | ||
Korean 치르다 | ||
Krio sɛtul | ||
Kurdish xelaskirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) یەکلا کردنەوە | ||
Kyrgyz отурукташуу | ||
Lao ຕົກລົງ | ||
Latin crepidine | ||
Latvian nokārtot | ||
Lingala kobongisa | ||
Lithuanian atsiskaityti | ||
Luganda okutereera | ||
Luxembourgish nidderloossen | ||
Macedonian населат | ||
Maithili स्थिर | ||
Malagasy rindriny | ||
Malay menetap | ||
Malayalam സെറ്റിൽ ചെയ്യുക | ||
Maltese joqgħod | ||
Maori whakatau | ||
Marathi पुर्तता | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯌꯥꯁꯤꯟꯅꯕ | ||
Mizo inbengbel | ||
Mongolian суурьших | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အခြေချ | ||
Nepali बसोबास | ||
Norwegian avgjøre | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) khazikikani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସମାଧାନ କର | | ||
Oromo dubbii xumuruu | ||
Pashto حل کول | ||
Persian حل کن | ||
Polish rozstrzygać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) resolver | ||
Punjabi ਬੰਦੋਬਸਤ | ||
Quechua takyay | ||
Romanian stabili | ||
Russian селиться | ||
Samoan nofo lelei | ||
Sanskrit समीकरोति | ||
Scots Gaelic socraich | ||
Sepedi lefa ka botlalo | ||
Serbian нагодити се | ||
Sesotho rarolla | ||
Shona kugadzirisa | ||
Sindhi طئ ٿي ويو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පදිංචි වන්න | ||
Slovak vyrovnať sa | ||
Slovenian poravnati | ||
Somali dejiso | ||
Spanish asentar | ||
Sundanese netep | ||
Swahili tulia | ||
Swedish bosätta sig | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tumira | ||
Tajik ҳал кардан | ||
Tamil குடியேற | ||
Tatar урнаштыру | ||
Telugu స్థిరపడండి | ||
Thai ชำระ | ||
Tigrinya ተስማዕመዐ | ||
Tsonga tshamiseka | ||
Turkish yerleşmek | ||
Turkmen çözmek | ||
Twi (Akan) tena | ||
Ukrainian заселити | ||
Urdu آباد | ||
Uyghur ھەل قىلىڭ | ||
Uzbek joylashmoq | ||
Vietnamese giải quyết | ||
Welsh setlo | ||
Xhosa hlala | ||
Yiddish פאַרענטפערן | ||
Yoruba yanju | ||
Zulu hlala |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "vestig" is derived from the Dutch word "vestig", which means "establish" or "settle", and also refers to a place where someone settles down or establishes a permanent residence. |
| Albanian | The word "vendosen" is derived from the Latin verb "vēndō", meaning "to sell" or "to give", and is cognate with the French word "vendre". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "እልባት" also refers to a place where people stay overnight when travelling. |
| Arabic | In Arabic, the term "تسوية" also refers to a "compromise" or "agreement" reached between conflicting parties. |
| Azerbaijani | The verb "yerləşmək" can also mean "to be situated" or "to be located". |
| Basque | The Basque term 'finkatu' can also mean 'to establish' or 'to fix'} |
| Belarusian | The word "разлічыцца" has a different meaning than its English equivalent, instead meaning "calculate" or "make a calculation". |
| Bengali | নিষ্পত্তি can also mean 'solution' or 'termination' in legal contexts. |
| Bosnian | The verb “smiriti” can also mean “calm down” or “soothe down”. |
| Bulgarian | The word "установявам се" in Bulgarian has multiple meanings, including "to settle down" (in a place), "to set up" (a business), and "to become established" (in a profession). |
| Catalan | "Resoldre" also means "to release from obligation or dependence". |
| Cebuano | "Paghusay" can also mean "to lie down" or "to rest" in Cebuano. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 解决 (jiějué): literally “to explain” or “to untie” (i.e., the knot of a problem). |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "解決" can also mean "to resolve" or "to come to an agreement." |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "stallà si" is derived from the Latin verb "stabulare", meaning "to stable" or "to put in a stall". |
| Croatian | The word "podmiriti" in Croatian derives from the Slavic root "mir" meaning "peace", and can also mean "to reconcile". |
| Czech | "Usadit se" in Czech also means "to sit down" |
| Danish | The Danish word "afregne" can also mean "to pay one's debts." |
| Dutch | Dutch "settelen" originates from Old French "asetier" ("to place") via Middle Dutch "settelen" ("to establish domesticity"), or from Old French "aseteler" ("to sit") via Middle Dutch "settelen" ("to arrange") or "setten" ("to put") |
| Esperanto | The word "ekloĝi" is derived from the Greek word "ekloge", meaning "selection" or "choice". It can also refer to the act of settling somewhere or choosing a place to live. |
| Estonian | "Lahendama" also means to "solve" or "resolve". |
| Finnish | Asettua is derived from the Proto-Finnic verb *asittaa, meaning "to place" or "to situate". |
| French | The term "régler" can also imply solving an issue, adjusting something, or even setting the rules of a game |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "regelje" meaning "settle" may also refer to a settlement. |
| Galician | The verb "acomodarse" comes from the Latin verb "accommodare", meaning "to adapt, fit, or adjust". |
| Georgian | The word "მოაგვაროს" can also mean "to pay off a debt" or "to sort out a problem or issue" in Georgian. |
| German | "Sich niederlassen" can also mean "to sit down" or "to set up a new home" in German. |
| Greek | "Εγκαθιστώ" comes from "εν" ('in, on') and "κάθισμα" ('seat') and its synonyms are "εγκαθιδρύομαι" and "εγκατασταίνομαι." |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "પતાવટ" is also used to refer to the conclusion of a legal proceeding in English. |
| Haitian Creole | The term 'rezoud' may be derived from either French ('résoudre') or Spanish ('resolver'). |
| Hausa | In the Hausa language, “shiriya” means “to live on or in (a place)” as it was used in pre-colonial Hausa history referring to the settlement in cities by Hausa traders. |
| Hawaiian | The word "noho" can also mean "to sit" or "to reside." |
| Hebrew | The verb "לִשְׁקוֹעַ" comes from the word "שָׁקַע", meaning "to sink". |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "रुकना" can also mean to pause, stop, or come to a halt. |
| Hmong | The term "hais haum" in Hmong originates from two words: "hais," meaning "arrive," and "haum," implying "house" or "home." |
| Hungarian | The English word "rendezvous" comes from the French word "rendez-vous" which may also mean "date", "appointment" or "meeting". |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic the word "setjast að" not only means to "settle" somewhere but also to start a relationship. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'dozie', besides meaning 'settle', was also an early name for the Anambra river which originated from Dozie village near Aguleri. |
| Indonesian | "Menetap" has various other meanings, including "fixed residence" and "established home". |
| Irish | The Irish word "socrú" also means "to found" or "to establish". |
| Italian | The Italian word "risolvere" derives from the Latin "resolvere", meaning "to loose", "to untie" or "to destroy". |
| Japanese | The word "解決する" in Japanese can also mean "to solve" or "to resolve" a problem or issue. |
| Javanese | "Mapan" can also mean "to live" or "to get something for living". |
| Kazakh | Қоныстану means not only "to settle", but also "to live in a place" or "to stay overnight". |
| Korean | The word "치르다" can also mean "to play a game" or "to pay a price". This is because the word originally meant "to strike" or "to hit". |
| Kurdish | The word 'xelaskirin' in Kurdish, meaning 'settle', could also refer to the act of 'being settled' or 'residing'. |
| Lao | "ຕະການ" (settle) can also mean to agree on something or to make a decision. |
| Latin | The Latin word "crepidine" also means "sandal" or "slipper". |
| Latvian | "Nokārtot" originally meant "to kill, to butcher" (from "kārt" "to hang", "to punish"), but since has changed its meaning to "to settle, to resolve". |
| Lithuanian | The verb “atsiskaityti” may also refer to “to pay off a debt.” |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "nidderloossen" likely originates from the German word "niederlassen" or the French word "descendre", both meaning "to descend". |
| Macedonian | The word "населат" has Slavic roots and shares a common origin with the Russian word "население" (population). |
| Malagasy | "Rindriny" is also used in the context of putting down a boat anchor. |
| Malay | The word "menetap" is also used to refer to the process of colonizing a new land or territory. |
| Malayalam | (In certain contexts), "settel ചെയ്യുക" refers to settling as in a legal agreement or compromise, as per the English etymology of the word "settle". |
| Maltese | The word "joqgħod" is derived from the Arabic word "qa'ada", which means "to sit" or "to stay". |
| Maori | The word "whakatau" has several alternate meanings, including "to welcome" and "to negotiate". |
| Marathi | Derived from "पुर्त" which means "full" or "complete". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "суурьших" also means "to build a house" and "to set up a tent". |
| Nepali | The word 'बसोबास' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'वास', which means 'to live'. |
| Norwegian | "Avgjøre" can also refer to deciding or determining a question, matter or issue, or making a decision or judgment. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, "khazikikani" also means "to reside at a place for a long time or even permanently." |
| Pashto | The word "حل کول" (settle) in Pashto can also mean "to be calm" or "to be at rest". |
| Persian | In Arabic, 'حل کن' also means 'untie', 'solve', and 'release'. |
| Polish | The word "rozstrzygać" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *sъtrti, which means "to cut off" or "to decide". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Resolver" (to settle) comes from solving a mathematical problem, like a quadratic equation. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "stabili" can also mean "to become stable" or "to make stable." |
| Russian | "Селиться" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "*sědliti", which also means "to sit". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "nofo lelei" can also mean "to live well" or "to be at peace". |
| Scots Gaelic | The term "socraich" in Scots Gaelic is derived from the Old Irish word "sochraide", meaning "a company" or "a group of people". |
| Serbian | The word "нагодити се" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*nagoda" meaning "reconciliation" or "agreement". |
| Sesotho | The word "rarolla" can also mean "to be at peace". |
| Shona | In addition to meaning "settle," the word "kugadzirisa" can also mean "to put to rights" or "to repair." |
| Sindhi | The word "طئ ٿي ويو" can also mean "to be resolved" or "to be decided". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The term 'පදිංචි වන්න' in Sinhala can also refer to the act of setting down roots in a particular place or establishing oneself in a community. |
| Slovak | It also means to "straighten up" (as an object) or to "balance out" (an account). |
| Slovenian | The word "poravnati" in Slovenian can be derived from the Old Slavic "ravьnъ" meaning "flat" or "level". |
| Somali | The word "dejiso" in Somali can also mean "to make peace" or "to reconcile". |
| Spanish | "Asentar" also means "to establish" or "to agree". |
| Sundanese | The word "netep" also means "to land" or "to anchor" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The word "tulia" also means "calm down" or "be at peace" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The word "bosätta sig" in Swedish is derived from the Middle Low German word "beseten", meaning "to take possession". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "tumira" in Tagalog (Filipino) is derived from the root word "tira" which means "to leave" or "to depart". |
| Tajik | The word "ҳал кардан" in Tajik can also mean "to open" or "to solve". |
| Tamil | "குடியேற" is a Tamil verb that can also mean "to become a tenant" or "to establish a residence". |
| Thai | The Thai word "ชำระ" also has an alternate meaning of "to cleanse or purify". |
| Turkish | Yerleşmek (from Old Turkic *yerle- 'to live; lay down; to pitch a tent; to dwell' + -şmek, a denominal suffix): 1. to settle down, inhabit 2. to be situated or placed somewhere 3. to adapt or conform 4. to become fixed or established 5. to take up residence 6. to come to a place and stay there 7. to make oneself comfortable or at home 8. to acclimatize, become habituated 9. to get used to, become familiar with 10. to be at ease, feel relaxed 11. to be in control of the situation 12. to have one's affairs in order 13. to get organized, to arrange one's things 14. to establish a home, business, or household 15. to put down roots, to make a place one's own 16. to feel secure and comfortable 17. to feel at peace, to be calm and relaxed |
| Ukrainian | In Polish it also denotes 'seating a person'. |
| Urdu | The word "آباد" can also mean "to be prosperous" or "to be civilized." |
| Uzbek | "Joylashmoq" in Uzbek also means "be accommodated" or "have room for". |
| Vietnamese | "Giải quyết" (settle) in Vietnamese can also refer to solving a puzzle or riddle, or to eliminating an obstruction. |
| Welsh | The word "setlo" also means "to make a bed" or "to go to bed" in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | The word "hlala" in Xhosa can also mean "to stay" or "to dwell". |
| Yiddish | "פאַרענטפערן" can also mean "to take responsibility for" or "to atone for". |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "yanju" can also mean "to be present," "to witness," or "to look after." |
| Zulu | ‘Hlala’ is a Zulu word with alternate meanings like ‘sit’, ‘dwell’, ‘rest’ and ‘remain’ |
| English | The word "settle" can also mean to establish or found, such as to settle a colony or settle a dispute. |