Shooting in Different Languages
Discover 'Shooting' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Shooting
Afrikaans skiet | ||
Albanian qitje | ||
Amharic መተኮስ | ||
Arabic اطلاق الرصاص | ||
Armenian կրակոցներ | ||
Assamese গুলীচালনা কৰা | ||
Aymara ch’axwaña | ||
Azerbaijani atəş | ||
Bambara marifaci | ||
Basque tiro egiten | ||
Belarusian стральба | ||
Bengali শুটিং | ||
Bhojpuri गोली चलावत बा | ||
Bosnian pucanje | ||
Bulgarian стрелба | ||
Catalan tir | ||
Cebuano pagpamusil | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 射击 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 射擊 | ||
Corsican tiru | ||
Croatian pucanje | ||
Czech střílení | ||
Danish skydning | ||
Dhivehi ބަޑިޖެހުމެވެ | ||
Dogri गोली मार दी | ||
Dutch schieten | ||
English shooting | ||
Esperanto pafado | ||
Estonian tulistamine | ||
Ewe tudada | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pagbaril | ||
Finnish ammunta | ||
French tournage | ||
Frisian sjitten | ||
Galician tiro | ||
Georgian სროლა | ||
German schießen | ||
Greek κυνήγι | ||
Guarani disparo rehegua | ||
Gujarati શૂટિંગ | ||
Haitian Creole tire | ||
Hausa harbi | ||
Hawaiian pana ʻana | ||
Hebrew צילומים | ||
Hindi शूटिंग | ||
Hmong tua pov tseg | ||
Hungarian lövés | ||
Icelandic skjóta | ||
Igbo agbapụ | ||
Ilocano panagpaltog | ||
Indonesian penembakan | ||
Irish lámhach | ||
Italian tiro | ||
Japanese 撮影 | ||
Javanese nembak | ||
Kannada ಶೂಟಿಂಗ್ | ||
Kazakh ату | ||
Khmer បាញ់ | ||
Kinyarwanda kurasa | ||
Konkani गोळीबार करप | ||
Korean 촬영 | ||
Krio we dɛn de shot | ||
Kurdish gulebaran kirin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) تەقەکردن | ||
Kyrgyz атуу | ||
Lao ຍິງ | ||
Latin dirigentes | ||
Latvian šaušana | ||
Lingala kobɛta masasi | ||
Lithuanian šaudymas | ||
Luganda okukuba amasasi | ||
Luxembourgish schéisserei | ||
Macedonian пукање | ||
Maithili गोली मारि रहल अछि | ||
Malagasy fitifirana | ||
Malay menembak | ||
Malayalam ഷൂട്ടിംഗ് | ||
Maltese sparar | ||
Maori pupuhi | ||
Marathi शूटिंग | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯨꯇꯤꯡ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo kah a ni | ||
Mongolian буудлага | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပစ်ခတ်မှု | ||
Nepali शुटि | ||
Norwegian skyting | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuwombera | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଶୁଟିଂ | ||
Oromo dhukaasaa jira | ||
Pashto ډزې کول | ||
Persian تیراندازی کردن | ||
Polish strzelanie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) tiroteio | ||
Punjabi ਸ਼ੂਟਿੰਗ | ||
Quechua disparaspa | ||
Romanian filmare | ||
Russian стрельба | ||
Samoan fanaina | ||
Sanskrit शूटिंग् | ||
Scots Gaelic losgadh | ||
Sepedi go thuntšha | ||
Serbian пуцање | ||
Sesotho ho thunya | ||
Shona kupfura | ||
Sindhi شوٽنگ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වෙඩි තැබීම | ||
Slovak streľba | ||
Slovenian streljanje | ||
Somali toogasho | ||
Spanish disparo | ||
Sundanese némbak | ||
Swahili risasi | ||
Swedish skytte | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pagbaril | ||
Tajik тирпарронӣ | ||
Tamil படப்பிடிப்பு | ||
Tatar ату | ||
Telugu షూటింగ్ | ||
Thai ยิง | ||
Tigrinya ምትኳስ ምዃኑ’ዩ። | ||
Tsonga ku duvula | ||
Turkish çekim | ||
Turkmen atyş | ||
Twi (Akan) a wɔtow tuo | ||
Ukrainian стрільба | ||
Urdu شوٹنگ | ||
Uyghur ئوق چىقىرىش | ||
Uzbek otish | ||
Vietnamese chụp | ||
Welsh saethu | ||
Xhosa ukudubula | ||
Yiddish שיסערייַ | ||
Yoruba ibon | ||
Zulu ukudubula |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Albanian | In some Tosk dialects, the word "qitje" may also refer to the act of shooting a gun or firing a weapon. |
| Amharic | The verb መተኮስ can also mean 'to hit a target' or 'to focus on something'. |
| Arabic | The term "اطلاق الرصاص" (literally "release of lead") in Arabic can refer not only to gunfire, but also to the granting of permission or authority. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "atəş" also means "fire" and is related to the Persian word for "fire" (آتش). |
| Basque | Tiro egiten is a Basque expression that not only means shooting but also drinking alcohol in large quantities. |
| Belarusian | "Стрэльба" in Belarusian also refers to the shooting gallery, a type of amusement found at parks or fairs. |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "শুটিং" (shooting) can also refer to filming or a photo shoot. |
| Bosnian | The word “pucanje” comes from the Proto-Slavic root *puk-, meaning “to strike”. It can also refer to the act of popping or cracking, such as the sound of a balloon bursting. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "стрелба" also refers to a type of folk dance. |
| Catalan | Catalan 'tir' derives from Frankish 'thīraz,' akin to modern German 'Tier,' meaning 'animal'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 射擊, also written 射手 (shùshè) or 射手座 (shèshǒuzù), can mean "Sagittarius" or "marksman". |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "tiru" also refers to a type of arrow or a bolt that is shot from a crossbow. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, "pucanje" can also refer to bursting, such as of a balloon or tire, or to cracking, such as of nuts or skin. |
| Czech | The word "Střílení" can also refer to "fireworks" or "shooting practice" in Czech. |
| Danish | In Danish, "skydning" also means "marksmanship" or "shooting as a sport". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "schieten" can also refer to "nailing" or "fastening" something in place. |
| Esperanto | The word "pafado" is also used to describe a person who is very angry or excited. |
| Estonian | The term |
| Finnish | The word "ammunta" can also refer to shooting sports or competitions. |
| French | In photography, « tournage » can also refer to the result of a photo shoot or a photographic series. |
| Frisian | In Frisian, the word "sjitten" can also mean "to fart" or "to defecate." |
| Galician | Galician "tiro" comes from Latin "tyro," meaning "novice," but it is a homonym of Spanish "tiro," meaning "shot, |
| Georgian | სროლა has an alternate meaning in Georgian as a synonym for the word "arrow". |
| German | Schießen derives from an Old High German word meaning "to throw," also seen in the English word "shoot," but came to mean "to shoot" in Middle High German |
| Greek | Κυνήγι shares the same root as the Greek word κύων, meaning "dog", alluding to the traditional use of dogs in hunting. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "શૂટિંગ" can also refer to the act of filming a movie or television show. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "tire" derives from the French word "tirer," meaning to pull or shoot. |
| Hausa | In addition to meaning "shooting," the word "harbi" in Hausa can also refer to a war, a fight, or an attack. |
| Hawaiian | The term "pana ʻana" can also refer to an exchange of words, a type of debate or dispute. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "צילומים" (shooting) has a double meaning, as it can also refer to "photographs." |
| Hindi | The word "शूटिंग" ("shooting") in Hindi can also mean "sprouts" or "new growth", as in the phrase "अंकुर की शूटिंग" ("sprouting of shoots"). |
| Hungarian | The word "lövés" in Hungarian is derived from the verb "lő" (to shoot), which is ultimately derived from the Proto-Uralic word "*śü" (to shoot). |
| Icelandic | "Sjóta" also means "to vomit" and "to send" in Icelandic. |
| Igbo | 'Agbapụ' also means 'the state of being chased away', 'running away' or 'banishment' |
| Indonesian | The word "penembakan" can also mean "firing" or "shooting (a movie scene)" in Indonesian. |
| Irish | The word "lámhach" in Irish also refers to a type of plant known as the "dock" or "sorrel". |
| Italian | The Italian word "tiro" also means "novice" or "beginner," derived from the Latin word "tiro," which had the same meaning. |
| Japanese | 撮影 can also mean "movie" or "film," not just "shooting." |
| Javanese | The word "nembak" in Javanese can also mean "to propose marriage." |
| Kannada | In Kannada, "shooting" is also known as "chithi" or "chithikarana," which originally referred to the process of drawing or painting. |
| Kazakh | The word "ату" also means "go for it" or "attack" in the context of hunting or warfare. |
| Khmer | "បាញ់" can also mean "to inject" or "to cast" in Khmer. |
| Korean | The word 촬영 (shooting) can also mean 'filming' or 'taking photographs'. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "gulebaran kirin" can also mean "to make peace" or "to celebrate". |
| Kyrgyz | "Атуу" can also mean "to throw" or "to push" in some contexts. |
| Lao | The Lao word ຍິງ also means to take a photo, to shoot a goal, or to inject something. |
| Latin | It can also refer to the act of directing something, such as a play or a film. |
| Latvian | The word "šaušana" in Latvian can also refer to the rapid growth of plants or the act of throwing sand at someone. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "Šaudymas" is also used in a figurative context to denote a verbal attack or criticism. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "пукање" also has the alternate meaning of "to burst" or "to crack". |
| Malagasy | The word "fitifirana" is derived from the French word "fusillade" meaning "volley of gunfire". |
| Malay | "Menembak" is a Malay word meaning "shooting" which originates from the word "nembak" which means "to strike". |
| Malayalam | The word ഷൂട്ടിംഗ് is a Malayalam word that can also mean "the act of taking photographs or making a film or video". It is derived from the English word “shoot”. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "sparar" is derived from the Italian word "sparare" and can also mean "to explode" or "to open fire". |
| Maori | The Maori word "pupuhi" can also refer to the act of blowing, spraying, or sprinkling liquid as well as the act of inflating or blowing into something. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "शूटिंग" can also refer to an archery practice or to growing new shoots (as in a plant). |
| Mongolian | The word |
| Nepali | The word "शुटि" also refers to a traditional Nepali archery competition. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "skyting" can also refer to a gathering of people for social purposes, similar to an English "shindig". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | “Kuwombera” in Nyanja is also used to mean "to give birth to". |
| Persian | The Persian verb 'تیراندازی کردن' has a broader meaning than 'shooting', as it can also mean 'attacking with arrows or guns' or 'fighting'. |
| Polish | The verb "strzelanie" can also refer to playing instruments with string or shooting the bow. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "tiroteio" derives from the Latin word "tirare," meaning "to pull" or "to draw." |
| Romanian | The word "filmare" in Romanian shares its origin with the English word "film", both ultimately deriving from the Latin word "filum", meaning "thread". |
| Russian | The Russian word "стрельба" (shooting) is also used to describe the firing of artillery or fireworks. |
| Samoan | The word “fanaina” can also be used to describe a type of fast running that is done by young men. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Losgadh" can also mean "burning" or "lighting up" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The word "пуцање" in Serbian can also refer to the act of splitting or tearing something apart. |
| Sesotho | The word 'ho thunya' is also used to describe the act of spraying or throwing water. |
| Shona | The Shona word "kupfura" can also refer to 'taking a picture' or 'the process of taking a photograph'. |
| Sindhi | The word "shooting" in Sindhi (شوٽنگ) has roots in Persian, where it means "an act of throwing or hunting". |
| Slovak | The word "Streľba" can also refer to a military drill or training exercise. |
| Slovenian | The word "streljanje" can also refer to "shooting" in the sense of "photography" or "filming". |
| Somali | Togasho is also a Somali dance performed when people are happy. |
| Spanish | The word 'disparo' also means 'misfire' or 'failure to ignite', a usage that's preserved in the modern Spanish word 'desparpajo' ('effrontery') and 'desparramar' ('to scatter') |
| Swahili | The Swahili word 'risasi' also refers to bullets, ammunition, or small fragments. |
| Swedish | "Skytte" comes from the Old Norse word "skjuta" meaning "to shoot" or "to push." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Filipino, "pagbaril" can also mean "salvo" or "volley", referring to multiple projectiles fired simultaneously. |
| Tajik | "Тирпарронӣ" (shooting) can have alternate meanings like "firing", "discharging" or "launching." |
| Tamil | ''படப்பிடிப்பு'' literally means capturing pictures, but in the context of filmmaking, it also refers to the process of shooting a film. |
| Telugu | "షూటింగ్" (Shooting) can also refer to a movie or television production process |
| Thai | In Thai, the word "ยิง" can also refer to launching a projectile other than a gun, such as throwing |
| Turkish | The word "çekim" in Turkish can also mean "pulling" or "attraction". |
| Ukrainian | The word "стрільба" can also refer to a shooting competition or practice. |
| Urdu | The word "شوٹنگ" can also refer to a still image captured on film or electronically. |
| Uzbek | "Otish" (or "otish-tutish") in Uzbek can also refer to an object or situation that is dangerous or unpredictable. |
| Vietnamese | In Vietnamese, "chụp" can also mean "to take a photo" or "to seize something swiftly from above". |
| Welsh | The word "saethu" initially meant "arrow" and can also refer to "emission" or "radiation" in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | Ukudubula also means 'to play a wind instrument' or 'to blow' in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "שיסערייַ" ("shooting") also refers to a type of argument or debate. |
| Yoruba | The word |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'ukudubula' also has connotations of 'piercing', 'puncturing', or 'stabbing' in addition to its primary meaning of 'shooting'. |
| English | The word "shooting" can also refer to the emergence of new plant growth, as in "green shoots of recovery". |