Single in Different Languages
Discover 'Single' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Single
Afrikaans enkellopend | ||
Albanian beqare | ||
Amharic ነጠላ | ||
Arabic غير مرتبطة | ||
Armenian սինգլ | ||
Assamese একক | ||
Aymara sapa | ||
Azerbaijani subay | ||
Bambara cɛganan | ||
Basque bakarra | ||
Belarusian адзінокі | ||
Bengali একক | ||
Bhojpuri अकेला | ||
Bosnian samac | ||
Bulgarian неженен | ||
Catalan solter | ||
Cebuano ulitawo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 单 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 單 | ||
Corsican unicu | ||
Croatian singl | ||
Czech singl | ||
Danish enkelt | ||
Dhivehi އެކަތި | ||
Dogri कल्ला | ||
Dutch single | ||
English single | ||
Esperanto sola | ||
Estonian üksik | ||
Ewe ɖeka | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) walang asawa | ||
Finnish yksittäinen | ||
French célibataire | ||
Frisian inkel | ||
Galician solteiro | ||
Georgian მარტოხელა | ||
German single | ||
Greek μονόκλινο | ||
Guarani imenda'ỹ | ||
Gujarati એકલુ | ||
Haitian Creole sèl | ||
Hausa mara aure | ||
Hawaiian ʻokahi | ||
Hebrew יחיד | ||
Hindi एक | ||
Hmong ib leeg | ||
Hungarian egyetlen | ||
Icelandic smáskífa | ||
Igbo otu | ||
Ilocano agmaymaysa | ||
Indonesian tunggal | ||
Irish singil | ||
Italian single | ||
Japanese シングル | ||
Javanese jomblo | ||
Kannada ಏಕ | ||
Kazakh жалғыз | ||
Khmer នៅលីវ | ||
Kinyarwanda ingaragu | ||
Konkani एकोडो | ||
Korean 단일 | ||
Krio nɔ mared | ||
Kurdish yekoyek | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) تاک | ||
Kyrgyz бойдок | ||
Lao ດຽວ | ||
Latin unum | ||
Latvian viens | ||
Lingala moko | ||
Lithuanian viengungis | ||
Luganda -wuulu | ||
Luxembourgish eenzel | ||
Macedonian сингл | ||
Maithili एकाकी | ||
Malagasy mpitovo | ||
Malay bujang | ||
Malayalam സിംഗിൾ | ||
Maltese waħdieni | ||
Maori takakau | ||
Marathi एकल | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯃꯈꯛ ꯑꯣꯏꯕ | ||
Mizo mal | ||
Mongolian ганц бие | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တစ်ယောက်တည်း | ||
Nepali एकल | ||
Norwegian enkelt | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wosakwatiwa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଏକକ | ||
Oromo qeenxee | ||
Pashto واحد | ||
Persian تنها | ||
Polish pojedynczy | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) solteiro | ||
Punjabi ਸਿੰਗਲ | ||
Quechua sapalla | ||
Romanian singur | ||
Russian не замужем | ||
Samoan nofofua | ||
Sanskrit एकैकः | ||
Scots Gaelic singilte | ||
Sepedi tee | ||
Serbian једно | ||
Sesotho masoha | ||
Shona vasina kuroora | ||
Sindhi اڪيلو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) තනි | ||
Slovak slobodný | ||
Slovenian samski | ||
Somali hal | ||
Spanish soltero | ||
Sundanese bujang | ||
Swahili moja | ||
Swedish enda | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) walang asawa | ||
Tajik муҷаррад | ||
Tamil ஒற்றை | ||
Tatar ялгыз | ||
Telugu సింగిల్ | ||
Thai โสด | ||
Tigrinya ነፀላ | ||
Tsonga xin'we | ||
Turkish tek | ||
Turkmen ýeke | ||
Twi (Akan) ankonam | ||
Ukrainian неодружений | ||
Urdu سنگل | ||
Uyghur بويتاق | ||
Uzbek bitta | ||
Vietnamese độc thân | ||
Welsh sengl | ||
Xhosa ongatshatanga | ||
Yiddish סינגל | ||
Yoruba nikan | ||
Zulu ongashadile |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "enkellopend" is derived from the Dutch word "enkel", meaning "ankle", and "lopend", meaning "walking". It originally referred to someone who was unmarried or had no children. |
| Albanian | "Beqare" can also mean "lonely" or "miserable." |
| Amharic | The word "ነጠላ" (single) has a similar root to "ነጠለ" (to be far), suggesting the meaning of being "distant" from a romantic relationship. |
| Arabic | In Arabic, "غير مرتبطة" (single) can also mean "not linked" or "not connected" in the context of technology. |
| Armenian | "Սինգլ" also means "full" in Armenian, which is derived from the Indo-European root *pl̥- "full, to fill". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "subay" in Azerbaijani can also refer to a "soldier" or "officer" in the military. |
| Basque | Bakarra can also refer to a person who is poor or without resources. |
| Belarusian | "Адзінокі" is derived from the Proto-Slavic adjectival form *edinъ meaning "one", similar etymology as in English "lonely". In Polish, there are two words with opposite meaning: "samotny" meaning "lonely", while "jednostny" means "united". Belarusian and Ukrainian "однієї крові" has a different meaning than its Russian cognate "одной крови", which means "of one blood". |
| Bengali | "একক" comes from the Sanskrit word "eka" and also means "unique" or "one of a kind". |
| Bosnian | Samac is also a fish, and shares the root with sam, meaning 'all' in Old Church Slavonic. |
| Bulgarian | В старобългарски език е имало и значение на „бездетен“ |
| Catalan | The word "solter" also refers to a type of dance in Catalan culture. |
| Cebuano | 'Ulitawo' or 'single' can refer to someone who is not in a relationship, but can also refer to the state of being unmarried, or without a spouse. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In addition to meaning "single," the Chinese character "单" can also mean "odd," "alone," or "bill." |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In the phrase 「單打獨鬥」, the first character serves as a verb meaning to fight alone. |
| Corsican | Corsican "unicu" may originally derive from the Latin "unus", meaning "one", although other theories propose a possible pre-Indo-European or Basque influence. |
| Croatian | Although the primary meaning of the Croatian word 'singl' is 'single', it can also refer to a musical record with just one track on each side. |
| Czech | "Singl" is also a Czech word for "singles" (a type of table tennis). |
| Danish | The Danish word "enkelt" is derived from the Old Norse "einkell" and also means "odd". |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "single" can also mean "single bed" or "one-bedroom apartment." |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "sola" (single) originates from the Latin word "solus" (alone), with a neutral ending added. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word “üksik” (“single”) originally meant “left over” and has been used in this sense since at least the 13th century. |
| Finnish | "Yksittäinen" is derived from "yksi", which means "one", and "täinen", a diminutive suffix. |
| French | The term “Célibataire” was first used in the 13th century, and is derived from the Latin phrase “caelebs” which means "unmarried." |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "inkel" is derived from the Old Frisian word "enkeld" and also means "unique" or "lonely". |
| Galician | In Galician, "solteiro" also means "lonely" or "unaccompanied". |
| Georgian | მარტოხელა, which is the Georgian translation of the English word "single," also carries the meaning of "lonely." |
| German | The German word "Single" can also mean a record with one song on each side, similar to the English word "single". |
| Greek | The word "μονόκλινο" also means "one bed" in Greek, and comes from the root "κλίνη" (bed). |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "એકલુ" can also refer to a person who is lonely or isolated. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "sèl" is derived from the French word "seul" (alone), and also has the meaning of "only" or "unique". |
| Hausa | The word "mara aure" also means "not shared" or "exclusive" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | 'Okahi' also means 'to make whole' and was the name given to the islands of the Hawaiian archipelago as a group. |
| Hebrew | The word "יחיד" derives from proto-Semitic "*ʾaḥadū" meaning "unit" or "one" and is found in other Semitic languages such as Arabic ("waḥd") with the same meaning. |
| Hindi | The word "एक" has several meanings in Hindi including, "the same", "only", "alone" and "unique." |
| Hmong | The word "ib leeg" in Hmong can also mean "alone" or "by oneself". |
| Hungarian | The word "egyetlen" can also mean "unique" or "one and only". |
| Icelandic | The word "smáskífa" in Icelandic originally meant "a small boat." |
| Igbo | "Otu" in Igbo, besides meaning "single," also means "unity," or "coming together," reflecting the belief that unity can lead to greatness. |
| Indonesian | The word 'tunggal' comes from the Proto-Austronesian word '*tuŋgal' ('one, unique'). |
| Irish | Singil (single) derives from Latin 'singularis', which means unique, or standing alone. |
| Italian | The Italian word 'single' can also mean 'unmarried'. |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "シングル" (shinguru) can also mean "unmarried" or "solo". |
| Javanese | Jomblo can also mean a person who is not yet married or does not have a partner. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word ಏಕ (eka) also means "solitude" and can refer to "emptiness" or "lacking complement." |
| Kazakh | 'Жалғыз' also has connotations of loneliness, solitude, and abandonment. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word នៅលីវ can also mean "free" or "available". |
| Korean | In Korean, the word "단일" (single) can also mean "simple" or "basic". This is due to the fact that the word is derived from the Chinese characters "單" (one) and "一" (simple). |
| Kurdish | The word "yekoyek" in Kurdish can also mean "every" or "each". |
| Kyrgyz | In the Kyrgyz language, "бойдок” is a word that can mean "single person" or "younger brother." |
| Lao | The Lao word "ດຽວ" can also mean "together" or "alone" depending on the context. |
| Latin | In Latin, "unum" also signifies unity, harmony, or completeness. |
| Latvian | In Latvian, the word "viens" can also mean "someone" or "a person". |
| Lithuanian | The word "viengungis" may be related to the Latin word "vincula", meaning "bonds" or "ties", suggesting that the concept of being single is rooted in the idea of breaking away from bonds or relationships. |
| Luxembourgish | "eenzel" has no alternate meaning, but in German, "einzeln" means "separate". |
| Macedonian | The word "сингл" (single) in Macedonian can also refer to a "one-way ticket" or "a single bed." |
| Malagasy | The root word 'pito' can also mean 'one of a pair.' |
| Malay | The Malay word "bujang" can also refer to a bachelor, an unmarried male, especially in rural areas. |
| Malayalam | The word "സിംഗിൾ" (single) in Malayalam is derived from the Sanskrit word "सिंह" (lion), which symbolizes strength, courage, and masculinity. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "waħdieni" originates from the Arabic word "waḥīd" meaning "one" and has extended to mean "single" in Maltese. |
| Maori | The Maori word "takakau" also refers to the single-stemmed cordyline tree found in New Zealand. |
| Marathi | The word "एकल" (single) in Marathi also means "alone" or "isolated". |
| Mongolian | The word "ганц бие" "ganc bie" can also refer to an independent person who is not married or in a relationship. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | Although ပ်ိခဌျ္ is often translated as "single" it is actually derived from an older term meaning "lonely or solitary". |
| Nepali | In Nepali, 'ekal' can also mean 'solitude' or 'isolation'. |
| Norwegian | "Enkelt" in Norwegian can also refer to something done with ease, without difficulty, or in a simple and straightforward manner. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Wosakwatiwa" also refers to a person who is not married or has never been married. |
| Pashto | واحد also denotes an important person and is occasionally employed for a deity. |
| Persian | In some regions of Persian-speaking areas, the word is used as the first part of compound nouns that imply 'one who does something alone'. |
| Polish | "Pojedynczy" derives from the Proto-Slavic word "*po-jedinь", meaning "by one", and is related to "jedyny" (only). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The term 'solteiro' stems from the Latin 'solidus', meaning 'whole' or 'entire', as unmarried persons were considered self-sufficient. |
| Punjabi | ਸਿੰਗਲ (single) is derived from the Latin word 'singulus' meaning 'one at a time'. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "singur" also means "the only one" or "a unique one" |
| Russian | The phrase "не замужем" literally means "not under marriage". |
| Samoan | In Samoan, the word "nofofua" can also mean "unbroken" or "unconquered". |
| Scots Gaelic | Despite the similarity, "singilte" is unrelated to the English "single". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "једно" is derived from the Proto-Slavic "*jьdino", meaning "alone" or "solitary". |
| Sesotho | The word "masoha" can also mean "alone" or "lonely" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word "vasina kuroora" in Shona can also refer to a person who is not married, or to a person who is single and looking for a partner. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, اڪيلو (akēlo) can also mean 'solitary', 'alone', or 'by oneself'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, තනි also can refer to a single item or unit. |
| Slovak | The word "slobodný" can also mean "free" or "independent" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | A synonym for samski is "neporočen", while the adjective "samski" is derived from the Slavic root "sam-", meaning "alone". |
| Somali | The Somali word "hal" can also mean "one", "only", or "sole". |
| Spanish | "Soltero" derives from the Latin "solitarius," and is related to the English word "solitary." |
| Sundanese | The word "bujang" also means "young man" or "bachelor" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | "Moja" also means "one" in Swahili and shares roots with "mume" (husband) and "mke" (wife), hinting at the idea of unity within a married couple. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word for "single", 'enda', also means 'the only' and used to refer to an object that was one-of-a-kind. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Filipino, "walang asawa" literally translates to "without a spouse" and implies legal marital status, unlike "binata/dalaga" which refers to biological/social readiness for marriage. |
| Tajik | The word "муҷаррад" can also mean "mere" or "absolute" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | "ஒற்றை" is also used in Tamil to refer to a spy or an informer. |
| Telugu | The word 'సింగిల్' ('single') in Telugu has its roots in the Sanskrit word 'सिङ्गलः' ('singalah'), meaning 'alone' or 'single'. |
| Thai | The word "โสด" originated from the Sanskrit word "svatantra" meaning "independent" or "free from obligations". |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "tek" derives from the Proto-Turkic root "tegi" meaning "alone," and also has meanings of "only" and "unique." |
| Ukrainian | The word "неодружений" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "neženiti sę", meaning "not to marry". |
| Urdu | The Urdu word 'سنگل' is also used to mean 'alone' or 'unmarried'. |
| Uzbek | The word “bitta” can also mean “each”, “one” or “per” depending on its context. |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "Độc thân" comes from Chinese, where it originally meant "a person who lives alone" or "a person who does not have a spouse or children." |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "sengl" can also refer to an odd number or the remainder when dividing by two. |
| Xhosa | The word "ongatshatanga" also means "complete" or "undivided" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "סינגל" is also used to refer to a type of record with only one song on each side. |
| Yoruba | "Nikan" can also refer to the only or unique instance or quality of something. |
| Zulu | "Ongashadile" also means 'a single person' (not married). |
| English | The word "single" originates from the Latin word "singularis," meaning "alone" or "unique." |