Show in Different Languages
Discover 'Show' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Show
Afrikaans wys | ||
Albanian shfaqje | ||
Amharic አሳይ | ||
Arabic تبين | ||
Armenian ցուցադրում | ||
Assamese প্ৰদৰ্শনী | ||
Aymara uñachayaña | ||
Azerbaijani göstərmək | ||
Bambara k'a jira | ||
Basque ikuskizuna | ||
Belarusian паказаць | ||
Bengali দেখান | ||
Bhojpuri देखायीं | ||
Bosnian show | ||
Bulgarian шоу | ||
Catalan espectacle | ||
Cebuano ipakita | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 节目 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 節目 | ||
Corsican spettaculu | ||
Croatian pokazati | ||
Czech ukázat | ||
Danish at vise | ||
Dhivehi ދެއްކުން | ||
Dogri शो | ||
Dutch tonen | ||
English show | ||
Esperanto spektaklo | ||
Estonian saade | ||
Ewe ɖe fia | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) palabas | ||
Finnish näytä | ||
French spectacle | ||
Frisian sjen litte | ||
Galician espectáculo | ||
Georgian შოუ | ||
German show | ||
Greek προβολή | ||
Guarani hechauka | ||
Gujarati બતાવો | ||
Haitian Creole montre | ||
Hausa nuna | ||
Hawaiian hōʻike | ||
Hebrew הופעה | ||
Hindi प्रदर्शन | ||
Hmong qhia tau tias | ||
Hungarian előadás | ||
Icelandic sýna | ||
Igbo gosi | ||
Ilocano ipakita | ||
Indonesian menunjukkan | ||
Irish seó | ||
Italian mostrare | ||
Japanese 公演 | ||
Javanese nuduhake | ||
Kannada ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನ | ||
Kazakh көрсету | ||
Khmer បង្ហាញ | ||
Kinyarwanda kwerekana | ||
Konkani दाखोवचें | ||
Korean 보여 주다 | ||
Krio sho | ||
Kurdish rêdan | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) نیشاندان | ||
Kyrgyz көрсөтүү | ||
Lao ສະແດງໃຫ້ເຫັນ | ||
Latin ostende | ||
Latvian šovs | ||
Lingala kolakisa | ||
Lithuanian rodyti | ||
Luganda okulaga | ||
Luxembourgish weisen | ||
Macedonian шоу | ||
Maithili प्रदर्शन | ||
Malagasy fampisehoana | ||
Malay tunjuk | ||
Malayalam കാണിക്കുക | ||
Maltese juru | ||
Maori whakaatu | ||
Marathi दाखवा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯎꯠꯄ | ||
Mizo lantir | ||
Mongolian шоу | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပြ | ||
Nepali देखाउनु | ||
Norwegian vise fram | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) onetsani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଦେଖାନ୍ତୁ | | ||
Oromo agarsiisuu | ||
Pashto ښودل | ||
Persian نشان دادن | ||
Polish pokazać | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) mostrar | ||
Punjabi ਦਿਖਾਓ | ||
Quechua qawachiy | ||
Romanian spectacol | ||
Russian шоу | ||
Samoan faʻaali | ||
Sanskrit दर्शयतु | ||
Scots Gaelic taisbeanadh | ||
Sepedi bontšha | ||
Serbian прикажи | ||
Sesotho bontsha | ||
Shona ratidza | ||
Sindhi شو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පෙන්වන්න | ||
Slovak šou | ||
Slovenian oddaja | ||
Somali bandhig | ||
Spanish show | ||
Sundanese acara | ||
Swahili onyesha | ||
Swedish visa | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ipakita | ||
Tajik нишон додан | ||
Tamil காட்டு | ||
Tatar шоу | ||
Telugu చూపించు | ||
Thai แสดง | ||
Tigrinya አርኢ | ||
Tsonga kombisa | ||
Turkish göstermek | ||
Turkmen görkezmek | ||
Twi (Akan) da no adi | ||
Ukrainian шоу | ||
Urdu دکھائیں | ||
Uyghur show | ||
Uzbek ko'rsatish | ||
Vietnamese chỉ | ||
Welsh sioe | ||
Xhosa umboniso | ||
Yiddish ווייַזן | ||
Yoruba ifihan | ||
Zulu umbukiso |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word “Wys” derives from the 16th-century middle Dutch word |
| Albanian | The word "shfaqje" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wek-, meaning "to show" or "to make visible". |
| Amharic | "Assay", the root of "assay" in English and "አሳይ" in Amharic, means "test" in the context of alchemy and chemistry, and it was adopted into English from medieval Arabic. |
| Arabic | The word "تبين" can also mean "to become clear" or "to be clarified" in Arabic. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "göstərmək" also means "to display", "to present" or "to indicate". |
| Basque | The word "ikuskizuna" derives from the verb "ikusi" (to see) and the suffix "-tzuna" (quality or state), indicating the quality or state of being visible or observable. |
| Belarusian | The word "паказаць" can also mean "to indicate" or "to point out". |
| Bengali | "দেখান" can mean "to be seen" as well as "to show". |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian the word "show" can mean "to demonstrate" or "to exhibit," but it can also be used as a noun to refer to a "performance" or "spectacle." |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "шоу" originates from the English word "show" and is often used to refer to a stage performance. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "espectacle" comes from the Latin "spectaculum", meaning "a sight" or "something to be seen". It can also refer to a pair of eyeglasses. |
| Cebuano | "Ipakita" is also used to mean "give" in the context of showing something to someone |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "节目" also means the order of an event or a plan of action. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "節目" also means an item or a paragraph, especially in a document or a contract. |
| Corsican | The word "spettaculu" can also mean "spectacle" or "performance" in Corsican. |
| Croatian | The word "pokazati" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *k^eik- "to see". |
| Czech | Etymology: ukazovati "to show" (related to the Slavic word *kazati "to say, tell") |
| Danish | The word "at vise" in Danish can also mean "to present" or "to demonstrate". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "tonen" can also refer to a musical key or scale. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "spektaklo" means "show" but is also related to the verb "spekti" meaning "to look". |
| Estonian | Saade is an alternate meaning of "show" in the Estonian language |
| Finnish | In Finnish, "näytä" can also mean "to display" or "to demonstrate", and its root word "näky-" relates to "visibility" and "being seen". |
| French | The French word "spectacle" derives from the Latin "spectare", meaning "to look at", and can also refer to eyeglasses or a remarkable sight. |
| Frisian | "Sjen litte" in Frisian comes from the West Frisian phrase "sjen litte" ( |
| Galician | "Espectáculo" comes from the Latin "spectaculum", meaning "something to be seen". In Galician, it can also refer to a "spectacle" in the sense of something ridiculous or embarrassing. |
| Georgian | "შოუ" [show] derives from Persian "شو" [šaw] "nighttime performance" but in Georgian it can also mean "sight". Georgian "ღამე" [ḡame] "night" comes from the same root. |
| German | The German word "Show" can also refer to a "barn" or "shed". |
| Greek | The Greek word 'προβολή' has also been used in the sense of 'pretext', 'excuse', 'allegation', or 'charge'. |
| Gujarati | "બતાવો" is derived from the Sanskrit word "prakāś" (प्रकाश), meaning "to make clear or visible," or "to show or exhibit." |
| Haitian Creole | "Montre" is also used to refer to a television broadcast or a performance by a musician. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word 'nuna' also refers to a gathering of people for a specific purpose. |
| Hawaiian | In the Hawaiian language, hōʻike derives from the root word hoʻo-, meaning to cause, and ike, meaning to see or know; thus, literally “to cause to see or know.” |
| Hebrew | הופעה (show) is also a homophone of the Hebrew word for "appearance". |
| Hindi | "प्रदर्शन" (show) in Hindi is derived from Sanskrit "pra" (forth) and "darshan" (sight). It can also mean "evidence", "appearance", or "performance." |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "qhia tau tias" literally means "tell the mouth know". |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, the word "előadás" can also refer to a lecture or presentation, implying a more formal and informative context compared to a typical show. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "sýna" is cognate with the Old Norse "sýna" and the Old English "seon", both meaning "to show" or "to make visible." |
| Igbo | Igbo word "gosi" means "show" and is related to the verb "gosiri" (to show) and the noun "gosiputa" (display). |
| Indonesian | "Menunjukkan" can also mean "point" or "indicate". |
| Irish | The word 'seó' in Irish, meaning 'show', is derived from the Old Irish word 'siú', meaning 'manifest' or 'display'. |
| Italian | The word "mostrare" originates from Latin and also means "to demonstrate", "to indicate" or "to point out". |
| Japanese | The word "公演" (こうえん) also means "lecture" or "speech" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | The word "nuduhake" in Javanese can also mean "to point out" or "to indicate". |
| Kannada | The Kannada word 'ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನ' ('pradarshana') comes from the Sanskrit words 'pra' (forth) and 'darshan' (view), indicating a public viewing or display. |
| Kazakh | The word "көрсету" ("show") in Kazakh can also mean "indication" or "demonstration" |
| Khmer | "បង្ហាញ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "prajñapti" meaning "manifestation" or "declaration", and is cognate to the Thai word "phrakan" and the Lao word "phagna". |
| Korean | The word "보여 주다" can also mean "to prove," "to indicate," or "to let (someone) know." |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "rêdan" also means "to cause to show or appear" or "to expose to view". |
| Latin | The Latin word "ostende" also means "display" or "reveal". |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "šovs" is derived from the French word "show", and can also mean "performance" or "spectacle". |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "Rodyti" also refers to the action of pointing to something with one's finger. |
| Luxembourgish | Luxembourgish "weisen" (show) is derived from Old High German "wīsan" (guide) and also means "guide". |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "шоу" (show) comes from the French word "chou" (cabbage) and is related to the English word "showbread" (the bread of proposition offered to God in ancient Hebrew tradition). |
| Malagasy | "FAMPISEHOANA" also refers to any "spectacle" or "display" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The Malay word 'tunjuk' not only means to show, but also to appoint or indicate. |
| Malayalam | "കാണിക്കുക" can also mean "to offer a gift to a deity" or "to present something as evidence" |
| Maltese | The word "juru" is also used in Maltese to mean "prove" or "demonstrate". |
| Maori | Derived from the verb “whakaatuatu” and can also mean “to reveal” or “uncover”. |
| Marathi | "दाखवा" (show) in Marathi can also refer to a legal notice or summons. |
| Mongolian | "Шоу" in Mongolian also means "spectacle, performance, sight, exhibition, display, presentation, appearance, and exposure". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | "ပြ" (show) is derived from Proto-Tibeto-Burman "*praŋ" meaning "to look" or "to face". |
| Nepali | The etymology of 'देखाउनु' is related to 'देख', meaning 'to see', implying the act of making something visible or known. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "vise fram" can also mean "present" or "put forward". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "onetsani" in Nyanja can also refer to a public screening or performance. |
| Pashto | "ښودل" means "to show" in Pashto, but it can also mean "to demonstrate" or "to explain". |
| Persian | The Persian verb "نشان دادن" can also mean "to indicate" or "to point out." |
| Polish | The verb "pokazać" can be traced back to the Proto-Slavic "*kazati", meaning "to tell", "to say", or "to indicate". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Tupi, "mostrar" originally meant "to make clear, uncover." |
| Punjabi | ਦਿਖਾਓ (dikhao) shares its etymology with the Hindi word 'dikhavana' and the verb 'to show' in English. |
| Romanian | Spectacol's etymology is Latin spectaculum, "spectacle" (theatrical or sporting), from the verb specto, "look at, observe". |
| Russian | In Russian, "шоу" (show) may also refer to a theatrical production or performance |
| Samoan | The word "faʻaali" has multiple meanings in Samoan, including "to make visible" and "to make known". |
| Scots Gaelic | The verb "taisbeanadh" (show) also means "to reveal" or "to demonstrate" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | Прикажи is a Serbian verb that comes from the Proto-Slavic word *kazati, meaning |
| Sesotho | The word "bontsha" can also mean "to reveal" or "to uncover" |
| Shona | The word 'ratidza' can also mean 'to point out' or 'to demonstrate' something. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "شو" can also mean "look" or "sight". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "šou" (show) comes from the Hungarian "show", which in turn comes from the English "show". |
| Slovenian | The word "oddaja" in Slovenian can also mean "episode" or "broadcast". |
| Somali | The word “bandhig” in Somali can also refer to an act of worship, such as prayers or recitation of Quran verses. |
| Spanish | "Show" comes from the Old English word "sceawian," meaning "to look" or "to observe." |
| Sundanese | The word "acara" in Sundanese also means "event" or "activity". |
| Swahili | The word "onyesha" is derived from "nyesha", meaning "reveal"} |
| Swedish | Visa can also mean "certain" or "to stay" in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | 'Ipakita' derives from the Proto-Austronesian word *pakit, which also means 'to point out'. |
| Tajik | The word "нишон додан" can also mean "to point out" or "to indicate" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The word "காட்டு" can also mean "to display" or "to prove". |
| Telugu | చూపించు (chōpincu) in Telugu originates from Sanskrit, where 'chōp' refers to offering and 'naya' means lead or take, aligning with its purpose of 'indicating' or 'directing'. |
| Thai | แสดง can also mean "act" or "perform". |
| Turkish | The word 'göstermek' comes from the Persian verb 'guzāštan' meaning 'to cause to pass' or 'to present'. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "шоу" (show) is derived from the English word "show" and also means "spectacle" or "performance." |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "ko'rsatish" is derived from the verb "ko'r-" meaning "to see" and the suffix "-ish" indicating action or causing something to happen, resulting in the meaning "to cause to see" or "to show" |
| Vietnamese | "Chỉ" also means to point at, instruct or to indicate in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "sioe" (show) derives from the Old English word "sceawe" (shadow, shade). |
| Xhosa | 'U' in Xhosa often denotes an infinitive form of the verb, as in 'Ukutya' for 'to eat'; the '-boni' morpheme may derive from '-bona', 'to see', as in 'ukubona' 'to watch'; thus, 'umboniso' may have originally meant 'a seeing' |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, “ווייַזן” can also mean “to seem” or “to appear.” |
| Yoruba | "Ifohan" can also refer to an event or situation in which something is revealed, displayed, or made known. |
| Zulu | "Umbukiso" is also used to refer to "education" or "exhibit" in Zulu language. |
| English | In Old English, 'show' meant 'to look' or 'to appear' |