Similar in Different Languages
Discover 'Similar' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
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Afrikaans soortgelyk | ||
Albanian i ngjashëm | ||
Amharic ተመሳሳይ | ||
Arabic مماثل | ||
Armenian նման | ||
Assamese একেধৰণৰ | ||
Aymara niy kipka | ||
Azerbaijani oxşar | ||
Bambara ɲɔgɔn | ||
Basque antzekoa | ||
Belarusian падобныя | ||
Bengali অনুরূপ | ||
Bhojpuri एके निहन | ||
Bosnian slično | ||
Bulgarian подобен | ||
Catalan similar | ||
Cebuano parehas | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 类似 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 類似 | ||
Corsican simile | ||
Croatian sličan | ||
Czech podobný | ||
Danish lignende | ||
Dhivehi އެއްގޮތް | ||
Dogri इक्कै जनेहा | ||
Dutch vergelijkbaar | ||
English similar | ||
Esperanto simila | ||
Estonian sarnased | ||
Ewe sᴐ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) katulad | ||
Finnish samanlainen | ||
French similaire | ||
Frisian ferlykber | ||
Galician semellante | ||
Georgian მსგავსი | ||
German ähnlich | ||
Greek παρόμοιος | ||
Guarani joguaha | ||
Gujarati સમાન | ||
Haitian Creole menm jan an | ||
Hausa kama | ||
Hawaiian like | ||
Hebrew דוֹמֶה | ||
Hindi समान | ||
Hmong zoo sib xws | ||
Hungarian hasonló | ||
Icelandic svipað | ||
Igbo yiri | ||
Ilocano agpada ti | ||
Indonesian serupa | ||
Irish cosúil leis | ||
Italian simile | ||
Japanese 同様 | ||
Javanese padha | ||
Kannada ಹೋಲುತ್ತದೆ | ||
Kazakh ұқсас | ||
Khmer ស្រដៀងគ្នា | ||
Kinyarwanda bisa | ||
Konkani समान | ||
Korean 비슷한 | ||
Krio fiba | ||
Kurdish nêzbûn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) هاوشێوە | ||
Kyrgyz окшош | ||
Lao ຄ້າຍຄືກັນ | ||
Latin similis | ||
Latvian līdzīgi | ||
Lingala ndenge moko | ||
Lithuanian panašus | ||
Luganda okwefaananyiriza | ||
Luxembourgish ähnlech | ||
Macedonian слични | ||
Maithili समान | ||
Malagasy similar | ||
Malay serupa | ||
Malayalam സമാനമായത് | ||
Maltese simili | ||
Maori rite | ||
Marathi समान | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯥꯟꯅꯕ | ||
Mizo inang | ||
Mongolian ижил төстэй | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အလားတူ | ||
Nepali समान | ||
Norwegian lignende | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ofanana | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସମାନ | ||
Oromo walfakkaataa | ||
Pashto ورته | ||
Persian مشابه | ||
Polish podobny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) semelhante | ||
Punjabi ਸਮਾਨ | ||
Quechua kaqlla | ||
Romanian similar | ||
Russian аналогичный | ||
Samoan tali tutusa | ||
Sanskrit संरूप | ||
Scots Gaelic coltach | ||
Sepedi swanago | ||
Serbian слично | ||
Sesotho tšoanang | ||
Shona zvakafanana | ||
Sindhi ساڳيو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සමාන | ||
Slovak podobný | ||
Slovenian podobno | ||
Somali la mid ah | ||
Spanish similar | ||
Sundanese mirip | ||
Swahili sawa | ||
Swedish liknande | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) katulad | ||
Tajik монанд | ||
Tamil ஒத்த | ||
Tatar охшаш | ||
Telugu సారూప్యత | ||
Thai คล้ายกัน | ||
Tigrinya ተመሳሳሊ | ||
Tsonga fana | ||
Turkish benzer | ||
Turkmen meňzeş | ||
Twi (Akan) sɛ | ||
Ukrainian подібні | ||
Urdu اسی طرح | ||
Uyghur ئوخشىشىپ كېتىدۇ | ||
Uzbek o'xshash | ||
Vietnamese giống | ||
Welsh tebyg | ||
Xhosa ngokufanayo | ||
Yiddish ענלעך | ||
Yoruba iru | ||
Zulu okufanayo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "soortgelyk" is derived from the Dutch word "soortgelijk", which also means "similar", and is composed of the elements "soort" ("type, kind") and "gelijk" ("equal, like"). |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "i ngjashëm" comes from the Proto-Albanian word "*ng-shem", which also means "likeness" or "resemblance". |
| Amharic | The word 'ተመሳሳይ' is derived from the root 'መሰል' (to resemble), and is also used to describe something that is 'equal' or 'equivalent'. |
| Arabic | In geology, the term 'similar' refers to 'parallel' geological features. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word նման also refers to 'likeness' and 'image'. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "oxşar" in Azerbaijani is derived from the Persian word "hamšahr" meaning "fellow townsman" or "neighbor." |
| Basque | The Basque term "antzekoa" can be traced back to the root "antza," meaning "appearance" or "likeness." |
| Belarusian | The word падобныя also has an old meaning - "equal"} |
| Bengali | The word "অনুরূপ" in Bengali can also mean "appropriate" or "conforming to a standard". |
| Bosnian | Slično can also mean "similarly" or "like" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The word "подобен" also means "suitable" or "appropriate" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | Simil comes from the Latin simile, meaning "to compare (to)" or "to imitate". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word 'parehas' derives from Spanish 'parejar' ('to pair or match'). |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 类似 in Chinese also means 'similar in type, kind or nature'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The first character, 類, can also refer to "category" or "type" while the second character, 似, signifies "resemblance" |
| Corsican | In Corsican, the word "simile" also means "at the same time" or "together with". |
| Croatian | The word "sličan" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *sъlьnъ, meaning "beautiful" or "handsome". |
| Czech | The term 'podobný' has Slavic roots and is related to the words 'po' (after) and 'dobrý' (good), implying something that follows after or close to something that is good or desirable. |
| Danish | The word "lignende" in Danish can also mean "likeness" or "resemblance". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "vergelijkbaar" comes from the verbs "ver- ("to compare") and "gelijken" ("to resemble"). |
| Esperanto | The word 'simila' is derived from the Latin word 'similis'. |
| Estonian | "Sarna" in "sarnased" means similar, same or alike. "Nase" means face, nose or mouth. Therefore sarnased can also mean "having similar noses." |
| Finnish | The word "samanlainen" comes from the suffix "-lainen", which denotes similarity or belonging to a group. |
| French | "Similaire" is also a French word meaning "macaque" or "monkey." |
| Frisian | The word "ferlykber" also means "much" or "great" in the Frisian language. |
| Galician | In Galician, “semellante” also means “imitation” or “copy”. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "მსგავსი" (similar) may also mean "resembling" or "having the same characteristics". |
| German | "Ähnlich" comes from the Old High German word "analih", meaning "equal" or "alike". |
| Greek | The word “παρόμοιος” (“similar”) stems from the preposition “παρά” (“near”) and “όμοιος” (“the same”) and literally means “being near the same.” |
| Gujarati | The word "સમાન" is derived from the Sanskrit word "सम" (sama), meaning "equal" or "identical". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "menm jan an" can also be used in a figurative sense to refer to two similar things that complement each other. |
| Hausa | Hausa word **kama** is also used to express the idea of 'as if'. |
| Hawaiian | Like can also be used to express emotion, as in "Aloha wau ia 'oe," meaning "I love you." |
| Hebrew | The root of the Hebrew word "דוֹמֶה" ("similar") is "דמה" ("blood"), possibly referring to the shared genetic makeup of similar individuals. |
| Hindi | The word "समान" can also mean "equal" or "alike" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The phrase literally means “like each other” or “of the same kind.” |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "hasonló" (similar) comes from the Old Hungarian word " hasonlít " (to resemble), which is related to the Slavic word "spodobiti" (to compare). |
| Icelandic | The word "svipað" derives from the Old Norse word "svipr", meaning "appearance, likeness". |
| Igbo | Yiri, meaning 'similar', derives from the verb 'ri' ('to do'). |
| Indonesian | The word 'serupa' can also mean 'like' in Indonesian. |
| Irish | Cosúil leis can also mean 'seem, appear', which can give it a more speculative connotation |
| Italian | The Italian word "simile" derives from the Latin word "similis", meaning "similar", and has the same meaning in Italian. |
| Japanese | The word "同様" can also mean "in the same way" or "in the same manner". |
| Javanese | The term 'padha' (similar) may also refer to the concept of 'equality' in the Javanese language and culture. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "ұқсас" is ultimately derived from the Proto-Turkic word "*uqsak" and also means "to be in harmony" |
| Korean | "비슷하다" means to be close to something in terms of appearance, character, or quality. It also can mean to be nearly right or correct. |
| Kurdish | The word "nêzbûn" is derived from the Old Kurdish word "nêzbe", meaning "closeness, proximity". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "окшош" also means "matching" or "appropriate" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | "Similis" in Latin also refers to "a flattened image or imitation" or a "counterfeit coin." |
| Latvian | "Līdzīgi" comes from "līdz", meaning "together" or "equal". |
| Lithuanian | The word "panašus" in Lithuanian, meaning "similar", originates from the verb "panėti", which means "to put together". |
| Luxembourgish | It shares its Germanic roots with English "like" and is related to the Latin word "similis". |
| Macedonian | The word "слични" also has a connotation of "flattering" or "complimentary" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | "mitovy" is an alternative word with the same meaning, but is found in a smaller variety of grammatical situations. |
| Malay | The Indonesian word "serupa" also refers to something superficial and illusory |
| Malayalam | "സമാനമായത്" also means "alike, comparable, even, equal, equivalent, identical, like, matching, parallel, same, similar" |
| Maltese | Simili (similar) in Maltese comes from the Italian word "simile" with the same meaning, but also means "twin". |
| Maori | The Maori word 'rite' can also mean 'to be cooked' or 'to be heated'. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "समान" can also refer to "equal" or "uniform". |
| Nepali | समान also means "the beginning of the second half of a night" or "the middle of the night" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "lignende" originates from the Old Norse word "líkneski" meaning "resemblance". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Oifanana, or ofanana, may also be used to express closeness in time. |
| Pashto | The word "ورته" in Pashto can also mean "such", "like", or "as" and is related to the word "ورتو" which means "this kind". |
| Persian | The Persian word "مشابه" (similar) is derived from the Arabic root word "شبیه" (resemblance), which also refers to "copy" or "double" in some contexts. |
| Polish | The Polish word "podobny" also means "like" or "resembling". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "semelhante" originally meant "to resemble" or "to be like" in Old Portuguese, but has since evolved to mean "similar". |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਸਮਾਨ' in Punjabi can also refer to luggage or baggage. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "similar" comes from the Latin word "similis", meaning "like" or "resembling". |
| Russian | The word "аналогичный" comes from the Greek prefix "ана-" (meaning "similar") and the root "лог-" (meaning "word, reason, speech"). |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "tali tutusa" translates to "similar" in English and is also used to describe something that is "level" or "even". |
| Scots Gaelic | The archaic and rarely used word "coltach" can also mean "beautiful" or "handsome". |
| Serbian | The word "слично" in Serbian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *sъličьnъ, which originally meant "resembling" or "related". |
| Sesotho | “Tšoanang” can also mean “exactly like” (the original) in addition to meaning “similar.” |
| Shona | The word "zvakafanana" is also used to describe the similarity of two objects or situations that are analogous, or have comparable properties. |
| Sindhi | "ساڳيو" comes from the Sanskrit root "samya," meaning "even" or "same," and it can also indicate someone equal in status or a match in a competition. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, "සමාන" also means "equal," "identical," or "equivalent." |
| Slovak | The word "podobný" can also mean "inclined" or "prone". |
| Slovenian | The word "podobno" also means "similarly" and "likely" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word ''la mid ah'' can also refer to a mirror image or reflection. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "similar" comes from the Latin "similis," meaning "like" or "resembling" |
| Sundanese | The word "mirip" in Sundanese can also mean "to imitate" or "to resemble". |
| Swahili | As a noun, "sawa" additionally means "agreement"} |
| Swedish | Liknande comes from the Old Norse líkr and originally meant 'body' or 'form'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Katulad" in Tagalog can also mean "likeness", "resemblance", and "equivalent". |
| Tajik | Although the Tajik word "монанд" means "similar" in English, there are some alternate definitions that are more nuanced than a simple translation can convey. |
| Tamil | Etymology: From Proto-Dravidian *utti 'one, same'. Cognates include Kannada ottu 'one, same'. Alternate meaning: unity, agreement. |
| Telugu | సారూప్యత ('similar') ultimately stems from the Sanskrit term 'sārūpyam' ('of a similar form'), indicating a connection to 'rūpa' ('form'). |
| Thai | "คล้ายกัน" also means 'to embrace,' like in 'เธอโอบกอดฉัน' ('she embraced me'). |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "benzer" is related to the word "ben" meaning "I, me" and is also used to mean "resembles". |
| Ukrainian | The word "подібні" is also used in the sense of "alike" or "comparable". |
| Urdu | The word “اسی طرح” can also mean “in the same way” or “after all”. |
| Uzbek | The word 'o'xshash' also means 'comparable' in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Giống" can also mean "species", "kind", "race", or "group", and can be used in a variety of contexts, such as biology, botany, and sociology. |
| Welsh | Tebyg has additional uses referring to equality, as well as being comparable or of an equal value, in the sense of being appropriate or good enough to serve as a replacement for another. |
| Xhosa | Xhosa has several words for things that are similar; "ngokufanayo" is one, and it can also mean "in the same way." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word 'ענלעך' ('similar') originates from the Hebrew word 'עול' ('yoke'), referring to two things being joined together like a yoke. |
| Yoruba | The word 'iru' also means 'likeness' and 'image' in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | Okufanayo in Zulu can also mean 'the same' or 'alike'. |
| English | The word "similar" comes from the Latin word "similis," which means "like" or "resembling." |