Shape in Different Languages
Discover 'Shape' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Shape
Afrikaans vorm | ||
Albanian formë | ||
Amharic ቅርፅ | ||
Arabic شكل | ||
Armenian ձեւավորել | ||
Assamese আকাৰ | ||
Aymara ukhama | ||
Azerbaijani forma | ||
Bambara ka labɛn | ||
Basque forma | ||
Belarusian форма | ||
Bengali আকৃতি | ||
Bhojpuri अकार | ||
Bosnian oblik | ||
Bulgarian форма | ||
Catalan forma | ||
Cebuano porma | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 形状 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 形狀 | ||
Corsican forma | ||
Croatian oblik | ||
Czech tvar | ||
Danish form | ||
Dhivehi ބައްޓަން | ||
Dogri शक्ल | ||
Dutch vorm | ||
English shape | ||
Esperanto formo | ||
Estonian kuju | ||
Ewe dzedzeme | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) hugis | ||
Finnish muoto | ||
French forme | ||
Frisian foarm | ||
Galician forma | ||
Georgian ფორმა | ||
German gestalten | ||
Greek σχήμα | ||
Guarani molde | ||
Gujarati આકાર | ||
Haitian Creole fòm | ||
Hausa siffar | ||
Hawaiian kinona | ||
Hebrew צוּרָה | ||
Hindi आकार | ||
Hmong duab | ||
Hungarian alak | ||
Icelandic lögun | ||
Igbo udi | ||
Ilocano sukong | ||
Indonesian bentuk | ||
Irish cruth | ||
Italian forma | ||
Japanese 形状 | ||
Javanese wujud | ||
Kannada ಆಕಾರ | ||
Kazakh пішін | ||
Khmer រូបរាង | ||
Kinyarwanda imiterere | ||
Konkani आकार | ||
Korean 모양 | ||
Krio shep | ||
Kurdish cins | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) شێوە | ||
Kyrgyz форма | ||
Lao ຮູບຮ່າງ | ||
Latin figura, | ||
Latvian forma | ||
Lingala forme | ||
Lithuanian figūra | ||
Luganda enkula | ||
Luxembourgish form | ||
Macedonian форма | ||
Maithili आकार | ||
Malagasy endrika | ||
Malay bentuk | ||
Malayalam ആകാരം | ||
Maltese forma | ||
Maori ahua | ||
Marathi आकार | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯑꯣꯡ ꯃꯇꯧ | ||
Mizo riruang | ||
Mongolian хэлбэр | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပုံသဏ္.ာန် | ||
Nepali आकार | ||
Norwegian form | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mawonekedwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଆକୃତି | | ||
Oromo boca | ||
Pashto ب .ه | ||
Persian شکل | ||
Polish kształt | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) forma | ||
Punjabi ਸ਼ਕਲ | ||
Quechua rikchay | ||
Romanian formă | ||
Russian форма | ||
Samoan foliga | ||
Sanskrit आकारः | ||
Scots Gaelic cumadh | ||
Sepedi sebopego | ||
Serbian облик | ||
Sesotho sebopeho | ||
Shona chimiro | ||
Sindhi شڪل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) හැඩය | ||
Slovak tvar | ||
Slovenian obliko | ||
Somali qaab | ||
Spanish forma | ||
Sundanese bentukna | ||
Swahili sura | ||
Swedish form | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) hugis | ||
Tajik шакл | ||
Tamil வடிவம் | ||
Tatar формасы | ||
Telugu ఆకారం | ||
Thai รูปร่าง | ||
Tigrinya ቅርፂ | ||
Tsonga xivumbeko | ||
Turkish şekil | ||
Turkmen görnüşi | ||
Twi (Akan) bɔbea | ||
Ukrainian форму | ||
Urdu شکل | ||
Uyghur شەكلى | ||
Uzbek shakli | ||
Vietnamese hình dạng | ||
Welsh siâp | ||
Xhosa imilo | ||
Yiddish פאָרעם | ||
Yoruba apẹrẹ | ||
Zulu isimo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "vorm" in Afrikaans can also mean "mold" or "pattern", and is cognate with the English word "form". |
| Albanian | The word "formë" is also used to refer to the appearance of an object or person. |
| Amharic | The noun ቅርፅ can also mean 'form', 'figure', 'format', 'type', or 'class'. |
| Arabic | The word "شكل" can also mean "form", "image", or "figure", and originates from the root "ش ك ل" meaning "to give form to". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "forma" also means "form" or "mold" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | "Forma" in Basque can also mean "appearance", "way" or "manner". |
| Belarusian | Belarusian форма can also refer to the military uniform of officers and soldiers |
| Bengali | আকৃতি originates from Sanskrit and refers to the outline, outline, or appearance of someone or something |
| Bosnian | The word "oblik" can also mean "form", "figure", or "contour". |
| Bulgarian | "Форма" (shape) originated from the Old Bulgarian word "формъ", which had a broader meaning, encompassing form, image, appearance, and even "law" or "statute". |
| Catalan | The word "forma" in Catalan can also refer to the size of paper used in bookmaking or other printed works. |
| Cebuano | The word "porma" also has the alternate meaning of "form" in the sense of a document, while in Spanish it means "demeanor". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 形状 (xíngzhuàng) literally means 'appearance' and can also refer to 'form', 'figure', or 'condition'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 形狀, 狀, 狀語, 狀況, 顯著, 表現, 狀態 |
| Corsican | Corsican "forma" can also mean "table". |
| Croatian | The word "oblik" in Croatian comes from the Proto-Slavic word "oblьkъ", which could also mean "image" or "face." |
| Czech | The word "tvar" in Czech also means "creature" and is closely related to the Russian word "tvar'" meaning "face." |
| Danish | The Danish word "form" can also refer to a school class or grade level. |
| Dutch | The Dutch "vorm" is thought to derive from the Indo-European root "wer-", meaning "to turn, bend", or "to cover, envelop." |
| Esperanto | The word "formo" in Esperanto is derived from the Latin word "forma" which also means "form". |
| Estonian | "Kuju" can also mean "image", "picture", or "statue" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | The word 'muoto' is likely derived from the Proto-Finnic word 'muotâ', meaning 'pattern' or 'mold'. |
| French | The Old French word "forme" has also given the words "form" (n.) and "form" (v.) in English. |
| Frisian | Frisian word 'foarm' is derived from Proto-Germanic *formanaz, meaning "shape, outward appearance". |
| Galician | The Galician word "forma" can also mean "manner", "way", or "style". |
| Georgian | ფორმა, as a Georgian word, has no alternate meanings and is derived from the Greek word "μορφή". |
| German | The word "gestalten" can also mean "to create" or "to form" in German, reflecting its original meaning of "to give shape to something." |
| Greek | In religious contexts, "σχήμα" has referred to a monk's habit. |
| Gujarati | The word "આકાર" (shape) is derived from the Sanskrit word "आकार" (outline, dimension), which is also the root of the English word "architecture". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "fòm" can also refer to a "type" or "kind" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | The word "siffar" in Hausa has its root in the Arabic word "zifera", meaning "nought", and can also be translated as "number" or "quantity". |
| Hawaiian | The word "kinona" can also refer to a mold, model, or form. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "צוּרָה" (tzurah) holds several additional meanings apart from "shape," including "form," "pattern," or "image." |
| Hindi | The word "आकार" (shape) derives from the Sanskrit word "आकृति" (appearance), and also means "size" or "form". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "duab" can mean either "shape" or "to make". |
| Hungarian | "Alak" also means "person" in the sense of "body" (e.g. "egy alak" can mean "an individual" or "a person"). |
| Icelandic | The word "lögun" in Icelandic can also refer to specific geometric shapes such as a hexagon or octagon. |
| Igbo | In an alternate usage, the Igbo word |
| Indonesian | Bentuk also refers to the form, format, or arrangement of something, such as a document, a piece of art, or a musical composition. |
| Irish | The Irish word "cruth" can also refer to a physical form, outline, or appearance. |
| Italian | The Italian word "forma" (shape) derives from the Latin verb "formare" (to form, to shape) and shares a root with "formula," "formation," "iform," and "formal." |
| Japanese | The second character of 「形状」 refers to one's personal appearance |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "wujud" also means "existence" or "being". |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಆಕಾರ" can also refer to a form or figure in mathematics. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh noun "пішін" ('shape') comes from the Proto-Turkic word "biç", meaning 'figure', 'appearance', 'shape', or 'image'. It is cognate with the Turkish noun "biçim", which has the same meanings. |
| Khmer | The word "រូបរាង" can also refer to the appearance or form of something. |
| Korean | The word "모양" (shape) in Korean is related to the word "모습" (form), which itself is derived from the verb "보다" (to see). This suggests that the concept of shape in Korean is closely tied to visual perception. |
| Kurdish | The word "cins" (shape) in Kurdish has an alternate meaning of "species" and it is a cognate with the English word "genus". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "форма" also means "form" or "uniform" in Russian, which is where it was borrowed from. |
| Latin | The Latin word "figura" also has the meanings of "image" or "trope." |
| Latvian | "Forma" is also used to refer to a mold or a form for casting or shaping. |
| Lithuanian | The word "figūra" in Lithuanian can also refer to a person, usually in a negative or contemptuous sense. |
| Luxembourgish | Luxembourgish "Form" comes from the German "Form" or Latin "Forma" and also means "formality" or "document". |
| Macedonian | The word "форма" in Macedonian is a cognate of the Russian word "форма" and the English word "form". |
| Malagasy | "Endrika" can refer to a form, style, appearance, or outline in Malagasy. |
| Malay | Bentuk is also used to refer to a form, a blueprint, or a model. |
| Malayalam | "ആകാരം" is derived from the Sanskrit word "ākāra" meaning "form, shape, figure, manner" and is also used to refer to the "shape" of a letter in the Malayalam alphabet. |
| Maltese | Maltese “forma” derives from Latin and originally denoted the “figure” (or contour, aspect, nature, etc.) of something. |
| Maori | "Ahua" also means "reflection" or "likeness" in Maori, conveying the idea of external form capturing an inner essence. |
| Marathi | The word "आकार" is also used to mean "figure", "size", "form", or "outline" in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | "хэлбэр" is derived from the word "хэв" meaning "form" and shares the same etymology with the word "хуви" meaning "proportion". |
| Nepali | The word "आकार" can also mean "size" or "form" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "form" can also refer to a tray or dish. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word "mawonekedwe" originally meant "the act of seeing or imagining something," while its current meaning of "shape" is a derived sense. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "ب .ه" can also mean "appearance" or "condition" in certain contexts. |
| Persian | The word "شکل" (shape) is also used to refer to "form", "appearance", or "figure" in Persian. |
| Polish | The word "kształt" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*stěltъ", which also meant "to spread" or "to lay down". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "forma" derives from Latin "forma" ("appearance, shape, form") and can refer to any external or internal mold, or the manner of something's existence. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸ਼ਕਲ" (shape) in Punjabi is derived from the Sanskrit word "शक्ल" (appearance or form). |
| Romanian | The word "formă" is cognate with the French, Spanish, and Portuguese word "forma" and can also refer to a mold, pattern, or matrix. |
| Russian | The Russian word "форма''" can also mean "a uniform" or "a mold to cast things in". |
| Samoan | The word foliga can also refer to an action, process, or event, as in "fafoliga" (the process of doing something). |
| Scots Gaelic | The Proto-Celtic root meaning "to make" underlies the word "cumadh" (shape). |
| Serbian | "Облик" is also used in the sense of "image" or "form" in the Orthodox Christian context. |
| Sesotho | The term |
| Shona | The word "chimiro" can mean "form" or "pattern" and is derived from the Proto Bantu word "*cima" meaning "to make, form, shape". |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word 'شڪل' can also refer to a person's appearance, form, or figure. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, the word "හැඩය" can also refer to the form or structure of something, or its appearance. |
| Slovak | The word "tvar" also means "creature" in Slovak, as in "divný tvar" (strange creature). |
| Slovenian | The word "obliko" can also mean "form", "figure", "pattern", or "design". |
| Somali | The word "qaab" can also refer to a person's appearance or physical form. |
| Spanish | "Forma" derives from the Latin word "forma" meaning "shape, appearance, model", which itself comes from the Greek word "μορφή" (morphē) meaning "form, shape, appearance." |
| Sundanese | The word "bentukna" can also mean "to form" or "to create" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "sura" can also mean "face" or "appearance". |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "form" comes from the Old Norse word "formr", meaning "appearance", "form", or "shape". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Hugis" is also sometimes used to refer to the physical appearance of someone or something. |
| Tajik | The word "шакл" can also mean "form, figure, appearance, or condition". |
| Tamil | "வடிவம்" (shape) also means "form" or "appearance" and is related to the Sanskrit word "विध" (vidh), meaning "to arrange". |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "ఆకారం" also refers to the "appearance" or "form of something". |
| Thai | "รูปร่าง" comes from the verb "รูป" (to form) and the noun "ร่าง" (body), hence "shape". |
| Turkish | The word "şekil" in Turkish also means "image", "form", and "manner". |
| Ukrainian | The etymology of "форму" originates from the same root as the Latin "forma", meaning "appearance" or "figure." |
| Urdu | "شکل" is the Urdu word for "shape", but it can also mean "figure", "image", or "form". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "shakli" also means "similar" and is derived from the Persian word "shakl" which has the same meaning. |
| Vietnamese | The word "hình dạng" can also mean "appearance" or "form" depending on the context. |
| Welsh | The word "siâp" has been suggested to be an early 19th-century loanword from Northern England dialect "shap" (meaning "shape"), but this remains inconclusive. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa term "imilo" has additional connotations of "form" and "image". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פאָרעם" can also refer to a mold or form used in casting. |
| Yoruba | The word "apẹrẹ" also means "form" or "pattern" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | "Isi" is a prefix used to denote language and "mo" is a prefix used to denote abstract nouns, so "isimo" is used for abstract shapes. |
| English | The word "shape" comes from the Old English word "sceape", meaning "form" or "figure", and is related to the German word "Schaffen", meaning "to create". |