Similarly in Different Languages
Discover 'Similarly' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Similarly
Afrikaans insgelyks | ||
Albanian në mënyrë të ngjashme | ||
Amharic በተመሳሳይ | ||
Arabic بالمثل | ||
Armenian նմանապես | ||
Assamese একেদৰে | ||
Aymara ukhamaraki | ||
Azerbaijani oxşar | ||
Bambara o cogo kelen na | ||
Basque antzera | ||
Belarusian аналагічна | ||
Bengali একইভাবে | ||
Bhojpuri ठीक ओही तरह से | ||
Bosnian slično | ||
Bulgarian по същия начин | ||
Catalan de la mateixa manera | ||
Cebuano parehas | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 类似地 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 類似地 | ||
Corsican simule | ||
Croatian slično | ||
Czech podobně | ||
Danish på samme måde | ||
Dhivehi ހަމަ އެފަދައިންނެވެ | ||
Dogri इसी तरह | ||
Dutch op dezelfde manier | ||
English similarly | ||
Esperanto simile | ||
Estonian sarnaselt | ||
Ewe nenema ke | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) katulad | ||
Finnish samoin | ||
French de même | ||
Frisian similarly | ||
Galician do mesmo xeito | ||
Georgian ანალოგიურად | ||
German ähnlich | ||
Greek ομοίως | ||
Guarani upéicha avei | ||
Gujarati એ જ રીતે | ||
Haitian Creole menm jan an tou | ||
Hausa kamar haka | ||
Hawaiian like | ||
Hebrew באופן דומה | ||
Hindi उसी प्रकार | ||
Hmong zoo sib xws | ||
Hungarian hasonlóképpen | ||
Icelandic svipað | ||
Igbo dika | ||
Ilocano umasping iti dayta | ||
Indonesian demikian pula | ||
Irish mar an gcéanna | ||
Italian allo stesso modo | ||
Japanese 同様に | ||
Javanese kajaba iku | ||
Kannada ಅದೇ ರೀತಿ | ||
Kazakh сол сияқты | ||
Khmer ស្រដៀងគ្នា | ||
Kinyarwanda kimwe | ||
Konkani तेच प्रमाण | ||
Korean 비슷하게 | ||
Krio na di sem tin | ||
Kurdish bi heman rengî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بە هەمان شێوە | ||
Kyrgyz окшош | ||
Lao ຄ້າຍຄືກັນ | ||
Latin similiter | ||
Latvian līdzīgi | ||
Lingala ndenge moko mpe | ||
Lithuanian panašiai | ||
Luganda mu ngeri y’emu | ||
Luxembourgish ähnlech | ||
Macedonian слично | ||
Maithili तहिना | ||
Malagasy toy izany koa | ||
Malay sama | ||
Malayalam സമാനമായി | ||
Maltese bl-istess mod | ||
Maori rite | ||
Marathi त्याचप्रमाणे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯁꯤꯒꯥ ꯃꯥꯟꯅꯅꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo chutiang bawkin | ||
Mongolian үүнтэй адил | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အလားတူ | ||
Nepali त्यस्तै | ||
Norwegian på samme måte | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chimodzimodzi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସମାନ ଭାବରେ | ||
Oromo haaluma walfakkaatuun | ||
Pashto ورته | ||
Persian به طور مشابه | ||
Polish podobnie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) similarmente | ||
Punjabi ਇਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ | ||
Quechua chaynallataq | ||
Romanian în mod similar | ||
Russian так же | ||
Samoan faʻapena foi | ||
Sanskrit तथैव | ||
Scots Gaelic mar an ceudna | ||
Sepedi ka mo go swanago | ||
Serbian слично | ||
Sesotho ka mokhoa o ts'oanang | ||
Shona zvakafanana | ||
Sindhi ساڳي طرح | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඒ හා සමානව | ||
Slovak podobne | ||
Slovenian podobno | ||
Somali si la mid ah | ||
Spanish similar | ||
Sundanese sami-sami | ||
Swahili vivyo hivyo | ||
Swedish liknande | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) katulad | ||
Tajik ба ҳамин монанд | ||
Tamil இதேபோல் | ||
Tatar шулай ук | ||
Telugu అదేవిధంగా | ||
Thai ในทำนองเดียวกัน | ||
Tigrinya ብተመሳሳሊ መንገዲ | ||
Tsonga hi ndlela leyi fanaka | ||
Turkish benzer şekilde | ||
Turkmen edil şonuň ýaly | ||
Twi (Akan) saa ara nso na | ||
Ukrainian так само | ||
Urdu اسی طرح | ||
Uyghur ئوخشاشلا | ||
Uzbek xuddi shunday | ||
Vietnamese tương tự | ||
Welsh yn yr un modd | ||
Xhosa ngokufanayo | ||
Yiddish סימילאַרלי | ||
Yoruba bakanna | ||
Zulu ngokufanayo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Insgelyks" is the adverb form of "inglyke," which meant "similar" in Middle Dutch. The word "insgelyks" also has the connotation of "in the same way" or "likewise." |
| Albanian | Në mënyrë të ngjashme is an adverb that signifies that something is similar to something else or that two or more things are alike in form or nature. |
| Amharic | The word በተመሳሳይ is derived from the root word ተመሠለ, which means "to resemble" or "to be like." |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "بالمثل" also denotes "reciprocally" as in the "Law of Retaliation" which suggests equal punishment |
| Azerbaijani | 'Oxşar' is a cognate of 'okşar', the present tense conjugation of 'oxşamaq' ('to resemble'), and also means 'to caress' (in Azerbaijani Turkish). |
| Basque | The word "antzera" comes from the Basque verb "antze" (to resemble), and it can also mean "in the same way" or "accordingly". |
| Belarusian | The word "аналагічна" is derived from the Greek word "analogia", which means "proportion" or "correspondence". |
| Bengali | The word "একইভাবে" (similarly) can also mean "in the same manner" or "with the same characteristics". |
| Bosnian | The word "slično" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *sъličenъ, which also means "fitting" or "appropriate". |
| Bulgarian | The word “по същия начин” can be used either as an adverb or as a prepositional phrase in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | ``De la mateixa manera'' is the translation of the English expression ``in the same way''. |
| Cebuano | Derived from the Spanish word "parecer", meaning "to seem" or "to appear". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 类似地(leisi de)是一个汉语单词，由“类似”和“地”组成，意思是“以类似的方式”或“同样地”。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "類似地" can also mean "similar type of land" and is used in legal contexts. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "simule" is derived from the Latin word "similis" meaning "similar" and also means "equally" or "in the same way". |
| Croatian | The word "slično" in Croatian is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *sъlika, meaning "image" or "likeness." |
| Czech | "Podobně" is used to express not only similarity but also to show a causal relationship, which can be translated as "thus". |
| Danish | The word "på samme måde" is a combination of the preposition "på" (on) and the noun "samme måde" (same way). |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "op dezelfde manier" also means "in the same way" or "in the same manner". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "simile" (similarly) derives from the Latin "similis" (similar), which also gave rise to the English word "similar" |
| Estonian | The word "sarnaselt" is derived from the Proto-Finnic word "*sarna" meaning "similar" and the suffix "-(i)selt" indicating manner or means. |
| Finnish | "Samoin" is a conjunction in Finnish that can also mean "too", "also", or "likewise". |
| French | Literally 'of same', 'De même' can also mean 'in the same way', 'likewise' or 'in the same place'. |
| Frisian | The Frisian term "gelykjendich" is not only used as an adverb, meaning "similarly", but also as an adjective with a meaning similar to the English word "similar". |
| Galician | The expression "do mesmo xeito" in Galician also means "in the same way" or "in the same manner". |
| German | The word "ähnlich" is derived from the Middle High German word "ænelich", which means "equal" or "alike". |
| Greek | The word "ομοίως" is derived from the Ancient Greek words "ὁμός" (homos) meaning "same" and "εἶδος" (eidos) meaning "form" or "kind". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole phrase "menm jan an tou" is derived from the French phrase "de la même manière," meaning "in the same manner." |
| Hausa | The word "kamar haka" also means "such that" or "in such a way" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | Like in Hawaiian, me ke like, can mean the shape of a thing, its likeness or image. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word באופן דומה, meaning "similarly" in English, also has the alternate meaning of "in the same manner" or "in a similar way". |
| Hindi | उसी प्रकार, is derived from the Sanskrit word 'tasya prakarah', meaning 'of that kind' or 'in that manner'. |
| Hmong | The word "zoo sib xws" is a compound word composed of "zoo" (manner), "sib" (similar), and "xws" (same). |
| Hungarian | The word "hasonlóképpen" is derived from the words "hasonló" (similar) and "képpen" (manner, way). |
| Icelandic | The word "svipað" is derived from the Old Norse word "svípa", meaning "to turn" or "to change direction". |
| Igbo | Dika can also mean 'likewise', 'in the same manner', or 'in like manner'. |
| Indonesian | Demikian pula, derived from Sanskrit 'tatha-api', has additional meanings such as 'however' or 'nevertheless'. |
| Irish | The word "mar an gcéanna" can also mean "likewise" or "in the same way". |
| Italian | The Italian phrase "allo stesso modo" can also mean "in the same way" or "in the same manner". |
| Japanese | 同様に (dōyōni) also means "in the same manner" or "likewise". |
| Javanese | The word "Kajaba iku" can also be used to express the idea of "in the same way" or "in a similar manner". |
| Kazakh | "Сол сияқты" in Kazakh has Turkic origins from "sol" meaning "side" or "wing", indicating a "likewise" or "corresponding" meaning. |
| Kurdish | The phrase 'bi heman rengî' in Kurdish has roots in the Indo-European languages, and can also mean 'with the same color'. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "окшош" can also be used to mean "to imitate", "to mimic", or "to follow someone's example". |
| Latin | The suffix -iter is a comparative, meaning more similar than something else |
| Latvian | Līdzīgi, which means "similarly" in Latvian, also means "alike" and "in the same way". |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "panašiai" shares a root with the Sanskrit word "samāna" meaning "equal, similar". |
| Luxembourgish | "Ähnlech" means "similarly" in Luxembourgish, but it can also mean "as if" or "it seems that". |
| Macedonian | "Сли́чно" derives from the Old Church Slavonic word "слѣдъ" (trace, footprint), indicating a relation to "следуя" (following) and "подобный" (similar). |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "Toy izany koa" can also mean "in the same way" or "likewise". |
| Malay | The word "sama" also has connotations of equality, unity, and harmony in Malay culture. |
| Malayalam | In Sanskrit, "समान" means "equal" or "same," so "സമാനമായി" can also mean "equally" or "in the same way." |
| Maltese | The term "bl-istess mod" can also mean "in the same way" or "likewise". |
| Maori | In Māori, rite also means 'a hundred'. |
| Marathi | त्याचप्रमाणे is also an adverb that means "in the same way" or "likewise". |
| Mongolian | Үүнтэй адил means “in the same way” or “by the same token” in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | Tyastai's root comes from the Sanskrit word 'tatha' meaning 'thus' or 'so'. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "på samme måte" originates from the Old Norse word "samr" meaning "same". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'chimodzimodzi' can be used to refer either to something that has been created in a similar way or to a concept that has been explained in the same manner. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "ورته" is also used to mean "parallel" or "alongside". |
| Persian | “به طور مشابه” is a Persian phrase meaning “analogously" or “in the same manner”. |
| Polish | The word "podobnie" in Polish has Latin roots, similar to the English word "similar". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "similarmente" in Portuguese has the same etymology as in English, stemming from the Latin root "similis" ("similar"). |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "în mod similar" has Latin and French roots, with "similar" deriving from the Latin "similis" and "în mod" from the French "en mode." |
| Russian | The word "так же" can also mean "the same way" or "in the same manner". |
| Samoan | The phrase "faʻapena foi" is also used to mean "and so on" or "and so forth". |
| Scots Gaelic | "Mar an ceudna" can also mean "likewise" or "in a similar way" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The word 'слично' can also be translated as 'similarly'. |
| Sesotho | The term 'ka mokhoa o ts'oanang' is derived from the word 'ts'oana', which means 'to adhere to'. |
| Shona | The 'fana' or 'pana' stem of the word 'zvakafanana' ('similarly') also means 'to resemble', 'to follow suit' or 'to join'. |
| Sindhi | The word "ساڳي طرح" can also mean "in the same way"} |
| Slovak | "Podoben" also means "comparable" and is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "podobъ" meaning "similar" or "like". |
| Slovenian | The Slavic word podobno is a cognate of English "double," with the common Proto-Indo-European root *deub- meaning "two" |
| Somali | 'Si la mid ah' is also used to introduce a new topic not previously discussed. |
| Spanish | "similar" originates from the Latin "similis" and shares a connection with "simile" and "dissimilis" in Spanish, emphasizing resemblance and contrast. |
| Sundanese | In some contexts, "sami-sami" can also refer to "more or less." |
| Swahili | The word "vivyo hivyo" can also mean "in the same manner" or "in the same way". |
| Swedish | Liknande's literal translation is 'corpse-like,' but it's used figuratively to mean 'similarly.' |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word “katulad” in Tagalog (Filipino) is derived from the root word “tula” which means 'to imitate' or 'to copy'. |
| Tajik | In Persian, "ba hamin manand" is often used to mean "as such" or "therefore". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'இதேபோல்' also has the meaning 'in the same way' or 'in a similar manner'. |
| Telugu | The word "అదేవిధంగా" comes from the Sanskrit word "तथैव" which means "in the same way" or "likewise". |
| Thai | In Thai, "ในทำนองเดียวกัน" means "similarly" or "in the same manner" (ทำนอง means "manner") |
| Turkish | "Benzer şekilde" can also mean "consequently" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | The phrase "так само" is borrowed from Russian and is often used in place of the native Ukrainian "також". This practice is more typical in colloquial speech. |
| Urdu | In Urdu, "اسی طرح" also means "in the same way" or "by the same token". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek phrase "xuddi shunday" can also mean "similarly" or "in the same way". |
| Vietnamese | The word "tương tự" originates from the Chinese phrase "相 similar + 似 like + 如 as; like," and can also mean "analogy" or "metaphor." |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "yn yr un modd" is a compound phrase that literally translates to "in the same manner" or "in the one way." |
| Xhosa | The word "ngokufanayo" can also mean "as usual" or "by the same token". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "סימילאַרלי" ultimately derives from the Latin "similis", meaning "alike" or "similar". |
| Yoruba | The term “bakanna,” when used in a Yoruba phrase, connotes “likewise, in addition to,” not just mere “similarity. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "ngokufanayo" also means "in the same way" and "in a similar manner". |
| English | "Similarly" can also mean "in the same manner" or "in like fashion". It can also be used as an adverb meaning "in a similar way". |