Signal in Different Languages
Discover 'Signal' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Signal
Afrikaans sein | ||
Albanian sinjalit | ||
Amharic ምልክት | ||
Arabic الإشارة | ||
Armenian ազդանշան | ||
Assamese সংকেত | ||
Aymara señal uñacht’ayaña | ||
Azerbaijani siqnal | ||
Bambara taamasiyɛn | ||
Basque seinalea | ||
Belarusian сігнал | ||
Bengali সংকেত | ||
Bhojpuri सिग्नल के संकेत दिहल गइल बा | ||
Bosnian signal | ||
Bulgarian сигнал | ||
Catalan senyal | ||
Cebuano signal | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 信号 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 信號 | ||
Corsican signal | ||
Croatian signal | ||
Czech signál | ||
Danish signal | ||
Dhivehi ސިގްނަލް | ||
Dogri सिग्नल | ||
Dutch signaal | ||
English signal | ||
Esperanto signalo | ||
Estonian signaal | ||
Ewe dzesi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) hudyat | ||
Finnish signaali | ||
French signal | ||
Frisian sinjaal | ||
Galician sinal | ||
Georgian სიგნალი | ||
German signal | ||
Greek σήμα | ||
Guarani señal rehegua | ||
Gujarati સિગ્નલ | ||
Haitian Creole siyal | ||
Hausa sigina | ||
Hawaiian hōʻailona | ||
Hebrew אוֹת | ||
Hindi संकेत | ||
Hmong teeb liab | ||
Hungarian jel | ||
Icelandic merki | ||
Igbo mgbaama | ||
Ilocano signal | ||
Indonesian sinyal | ||
Irish comhartha | ||
Italian segnale | ||
Japanese 信号 | ||
Javanese sinyal | ||
Kannada ಸಿಗ್ನಲ್ | ||
Kazakh сигнал | ||
Khmer សញ្ញា | ||
Kinyarwanda ikimenyetso | ||
Konkani संकेत दिवप | ||
Korean 신호 | ||
Krio signal | ||
Kurdish nîşan | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) سیگناڵ | ||
Kyrgyz белги | ||
Lao ສັນຍານ | ||
Latin signum | ||
Latvian signāls | ||
Lingala signal | ||
Lithuanian signalas | ||
Luganda akabonero | ||
Luxembourgish signaliséieren | ||
Macedonian сигнал | ||
Maithili संकेत | ||
Malagasy famantarana | ||
Malay isyarat | ||
Malayalam സിഗ്നൽ | ||
Maltese sinjal | ||
Maori tohu | ||
Marathi सिग्नल | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯤꯒꯅꯦꯜ ꯄꯤꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo signal a ni | ||
Mongolian дохио | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အချက်ပြ | ||
Nepali संकेत | ||
Norwegian signal | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chizindikiro | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସଙ୍କେତ | ||
Oromo mallattoo | ||
Pashto سيګنال | ||
Persian علامت | ||
Polish sygnał | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) sinal | ||
Punjabi ਇਸ਼ਾਰਾ | ||
Quechua señal | ||
Romanian semnal | ||
Russian сигнал | ||
Samoan faailo | ||
Sanskrit संकेतः | ||
Scots Gaelic comharra | ||
Sepedi pontšo | ||
Serbian сигнал | ||
Sesotho pontšo | ||
Shona chiratidzo | ||
Sindhi سگنل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සං .ාව | ||
Slovak signál | ||
Slovenian signal | ||
Somali signal | ||
Spanish señal | ||
Sundanese sinyal | ||
Swahili ishara | ||
Swedish signal | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) signal | ||
Tajik сигнал | ||
Tamil சமிக்ஞை | ||
Tatar сигнал | ||
Telugu సిగ్నల్ | ||
Thai สัญญาณ | ||
Tigrinya ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት ምልክት | ||
Tsonga xikombiso | ||
Turkish sinyal | ||
Turkmen signal | ||
Twi (Akan) sɛnkyerɛnne | ||
Ukrainian сигналу | ||
Urdu سگنل | ||
Uyghur سىگنال | ||
Uzbek signal | ||
Vietnamese tín hiệu | ||
Welsh signal | ||
Xhosa umqondiso | ||
Yiddish סיגנאַל | ||
Yoruba ifihan agbara | ||
Zulu isignali |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "sein" in Afrikaans can also mean "existence" or "being". |
| Albanian | The word "sinjalit" in Albanian is derived from the Latin "signalis", meaning "a sign or mark". |
| Amharic | The word "ምልክት" can also mean "sign", "indication", or "symptom" in Amharic. |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, "siqnal" can also refer to a "sign" or "evidence". |
| Basque | The word "seinalea" derives from the Latin word "signalis" meaning "sign". |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "сігнал" comes from the French word "signal", which in turn comes from the Latin word "signum", meaning "sign". |
| Bengali | In Bengali, "সংকেত" can also refer to a hint, clue, or symbol, and has Sanskrit roots meaning "to indicate" or "to point out". |
| Bosnian | The word "signal" in Bosnian can also refer to a traffic light or a signpost. |
| Bulgarian | The word "сигнал" in Bulgarian can also refer to a road sign or a traffic light. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "senyal" comes from the Latin word "signum", meaning a mark or indication, and also shares a root with words like "sign" and "signature" in other languages. |
| Cebuano | Signal derives from Old French "signal" from Latin "signalis", meaning "marked with a sign". It can also mean "to make known by a sign" or "to give notice of." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese characters 信号 can also mean "sign" or "omen". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In Chinese, 信號 (Traditional) can also refer to "a sign or indication of something" or "a written message sent by an official to a subordinate." |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "signal" can also refer to a place where shepherds gather their flocks. |
| Croatian | The word "signal" in Croatian can also mean "traffic light" or "sign". |
| Czech | Signál comes from the Latin "signum", meaning "sign" or "mark", and also shares a root with "significant". |
| Danish | Besides being an official signal to traffic, "signal" can also be a synonym for "message" or "notice" in Danish. |
| Dutch | The word signaal in Dutch (meaning signal) is derived from the French signal, from the Old French signe, from the Latin signum (a sign). |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "signalo" comes from the Latin word "signum," which means "mark" or "token." |
| Estonian | The word "signaal" in Estonian also shares its root with the word "signatuur", meaning "signature". |
| Finnish | "Signaali" also means "seal" in Finnish. |
| French | Le mot français « signal » provient du latin « signalis » et désigne à l'origine une marque ou un signe qui permet d'identifier ou de communiquer. |
| Frisian | The word "Sinjaal" may also refer to a specific type of buoy or beacon used in navigation. |
| Galician | The word "sinal" in Galician has an additional meaning of "birthmark" or "mole". |
| German | German word "Signal" comes from the Latin "signalis", meaning "pertaining to a sign", indicating a connection to communication and information. |
| Greek | Its ancient Greek meaning was 'grave, mound of earth marking a grave' (e. g. the famous 'Achilleion Sema' on the site of ancient Troy) |
| Gujarati | The word |
| Haitian Creole | The word "siyal" in Haitian Creole can also refer to a "sound" or "noise". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "sigina" can also mean "to beckon" or "to wave." |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "hoailona" also means "evidence, proof, or portent." |
| Hebrew | The word "אות" can also mean "letter of the alphabet" or "evidence supporting a claim" in Hebrew. |
| Hindi | The Sanskrit word 'संकेत' also means 'agreement', 'indication' or 'hint'. |
| Hmong | 'Teeb liab' can also mean 'to send a message' or 'to indicate' in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | Jel is also the root of the word 'jelen', meaning 'present' or 'current', as a signal can often be used to indicate the presence of something. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "merki" can also refer to a mark, boundary, or sign. |
| Igbo | Mgbaama also conveys "news," "hint" or "clue" and is sometimes used in relation to something hidden or secret. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, 'sinyal' can also mean 'evidence', reflecting its Latin root 'signum', meaning 'mark' or 'proof'. |
| Irish | The word "comhartha" is a compound of "comh" (together) and "artha" (meaning), suggesting shared or transmitted meaning. |
| Italian | The Italian word "segnale" can also mean "symptom", and it derives from the Latin "signalis", meaning "belonging to a sign". |
| Japanese | In Japanese, "信号" has an alternate meaning of "traffic light". |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "sinyal" also means "sign" or "indication." |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಸಿಗ್ನಲ್" can also refer to a sign or indication. |
| Kazakh | The word "сигнал" can also refer to an agreed-upon sound or gesture used as a warning or to communicate a message. |
| Khmer | The term "សញ្ញា" "(signal)" in Khmer is derived from the Sanskrit word "सङ्केत" "(saṃketa)", meaning "sign", "token", or "symbol". |
| Korean | "신호" means "signal," but originally meant "a sign to summon." |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "nîşan" can also refer to a target, mark, or indication. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "белги" also means "mark" or "sign" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | In medieval Latin, signum was used to refer to the mark of a cross, and specifically, the one made on the forehead during the sign of the cross. |
| Latvian | In Latvian, the word “signāls” also means a “traffic light”. |
| Lithuanian | The word 'signalas' is thought to originate from Proto-Baltic *sig-nalas, meaning 'a sign or omen'. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "signaliséieren" can also refer to the process of signing a document or making a sign or gesture. |
| Macedonian | The word "сигнал" comes from the Latin word "signalis", meaning "sign" or "token". |
| Malagasy | The word "famantarana" can also mean "evidence" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The Malay word "isyarat" comes from the Arabic word "ishara", which means "sign". |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, "സിഗ്നൽ" can also refer to a musical note or a sign of respect, such as a bow or gesture. |
| Maltese | The word "sinjal" is most likely derived from the Arabic word "isharah" meaning "sign" or "indication." |
| Maori | The term tohu can also refer to a 'symptom' or an 'omen'. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "सिग्नल" (signal) also means "indication" or "sign". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word “дохио” derives from Proto-Mongolic |
| Nepali | "संकेत" is also used in Nepali to refer to a gesture or sign |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "signal" can also mean "blessing" or "omen." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | “Chizindikiro” can also mean “sign,” “warning,” or “token.” |
| Pashto | The Pashto word for "signal" is derived from the English word "signal" and has the same meaning in both languages. |
| Persian | The word "علامت" in Persian can also mean "symptom" or "clue". |
| Polish | In Polish, the word "sygnał" comes from the Latin "signalum" meaning "standard" and also refers to a traditional type of bell-ringing in the countryside used for communication. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "sinal" in Portuguese originates from the Latin "signale" and can also mean "birthmark" or "mole". |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "semnal" also refers to a fire alarm or a traffic light. |
| Russian | The word "сигнал" can also refer to a device that gives a signal, such as a traffic light or a siren. |
| Samoan | This word shares its root with "faailoilo", which means to "call out" or "cry out" |
| Scots Gaelic | Scots Gaelic 'comharra' derives from Old Irish 'comarcu' - meaning both a 'signal' and 'territory'. |
| Serbian | In Serbian, “сигнал” can also refer to a person who informs others about something. |
| Sesotho | The word "pontšo" also means "to show" or "to point out" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | Chiratidzo means 'mark, indication, proof, token, beacon' and is related to chiratidza 'to point out; to show' and to chirata 'to trace a pattern'. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, "سگنل" also means "evidence" or "proof". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "සං .ාව" (signal) also means "a sign given to communicate with someone at a distance" in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "signál" means both "signal" and "traffic light". |
| Slovenian | Signal's other meaning in Slovenian is 'traffic light', derived from its role as a signal device. |
| Somali | "Signal", a word derived from Medieval Latin "signum", also refers to an agreed sign used by deaf individuals or as a military call. |
| Spanish | The word "señal" can also mean "sign" or "mark" in Spanish. |
| Sundanese | Sundanese "sinyal" can also mean "sound" or "news". |
| Swahili | The word "ishara" is derived from the Arabic word "isharah", meaning "sign" or "indication". |
| Swedish | "Signal" can also mean "sign" or "indication" in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "signal" is also used to refer to a traffic light. |
| Tajik | The word "сигнал" in Tajik can also refer to a "mark" or a "sign". |
| Tamil | "சமிக்ஞை" can also mean "indication" or "sign" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The word "సిగ్נల్" can also refer to a person who transmits signals, such as a telegraph operator or a flagman. |
| Thai | The word "สัญญาณ" can also refer to a "sign" or an "indication". |
| Turkish | In Turkish, the word "sinyal" can also refer to a traffic light, a gesture, or an indication of something. |
| Ukrainian | "Сигнал" is derived from the Latin "signum" (sign), which is related to the verb "signāre" (to mark). |
| Urdu | The word "سگنل" ("signal") comes from the Latin word "signum", meaning "sign" or "mark". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "signal" comes from the Russian word "сигнал" (signal) and the French word "signe" (sign). |
| Vietnamese | "Tín hiệu" also means "message" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'signal' is derived from Latin 'signalis', meaning 'sign' or 'omen', and can also refer to a radio or television broadcast in the context of communication. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word 'umqondiso' can also mean 'beacon' or 'landmark', and is related to the word 'qonda', meaning 'to point out'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word סיגנאַל (signal) comes from the Latin word signulum, meaning "sign" or "mark". |
| Yoruba | "Ifihan agbara" is a Yoruba word which also means "display of power." |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "isignali" can also mean "a sign" or "a mark". |
| English | The word 'signal' originates from the Latin word 'signum,' meaning 'mark' or 'sign,' and has been used in English since the 14th century. |