Space in Different Languages
Discover 'Space' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Space
Afrikaans ruimte | ||
Albanian hapësirë | ||
Amharic ቦታ | ||
Arabic الفراغ | ||
Armenian տարածություն | ||
Assamese স্থান | ||
Aymara ispasyu | ||
Azerbaijani yer | ||
Bambara yɔ́rɔ | ||
Basque espazioa | ||
Belarusian прасторы | ||
Bengali স্থান | ||
Bhojpuri जगह | ||
Bosnian svemir | ||
Bulgarian пространство | ||
Catalan espai | ||
Cebuano wanang | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 空间 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 空間 | ||
Corsican spaziu | ||
Croatian prostor | ||
Czech prostor | ||
Danish plads | ||
Dhivehi ސަރަހައްދު | ||
Dogri थाहर | ||
Dutch ruimte | ||
English space | ||
Esperanto spaco | ||
Estonian ruumi | ||
Ewe teƒe gbadza | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) space | ||
Finnish tilaa | ||
French espace | ||
Frisian rûmte | ||
Galician espazo | ||
Georgian სივრცე | ||
German raum | ||
Greek χώρος | ||
Guarani pa'ũ | ||
Gujarati જગ્યા | ||
Haitian Creole espas | ||
Hausa sarari | ||
Hawaiian hakahaka | ||
Hebrew מֶרחָב | ||
Hindi अंतरिक्ष | ||
Hmong qhov chaw | ||
Hungarian hely | ||
Icelandic rými | ||
Igbo oghere | ||
Ilocano espasio | ||
Indonesian ruang | ||
Irish spás | ||
Italian spazio | ||
Japanese スペース | ||
Javanese papan | ||
Kannada ಸ್ಥಳ | ||
Kazakh ғарыш | ||
Khmer ចន្លោះ | ||
Kinyarwanda umwanya | ||
Konkani अंतर | ||
Korean 우주 | ||
Krio spes | ||
Kurdish dem | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) مەودا | ||
Kyrgyz мейкиндик | ||
Lao ພື້ນທີ່ | ||
Latin locus | ||
Latvian telpa | ||
Lingala esika | ||
Lithuanian vietos | ||
Luganda ekifo | ||
Luxembourgish raum | ||
Macedonian простор | ||
Maithili जगह | ||
Malagasy toerana | ||
Malay ruang | ||
Malayalam ഇടം | ||
Maltese spazju | ||
Maori waahi | ||
Marathi जागा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯍꯥꯡꯕ | ||
Mizo awl | ||
Mongolian зай | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အာကာသ | ||
Nepali ठाउँ | ||
Norwegian rom | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) danga | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସ୍ଥାନ | ||
Oromo bakka | ||
Pashto ځای | ||
Persian فضا | ||
Polish przestrzeń | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) espaço | ||
Punjabi ਸਪੇਸ | ||
Quechua kiti | ||
Romanian spaţiu | ||
Russian пространство | ||
Samoan avanoa | ||
Sanskrit स्थानं | ||
Scots Gaelic àite | ||
Sepedi sekgoba | ||
Serbian свемир | ||
Sesotho sebaka | ||
Shona nzvimbo | ||
Sindhi جڳهه | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අවකාශය | ||
Slovak priestor | ||
Slovenian vesolja | ||
Somali boos | ||
Spanish espacio | ||
Sundanese rohangan | ||
Swahili nafasi | ||
Swedish plats | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) space | ||
Tajik фазо | ||
Tamil இடம் | ||
Tatar киңлек | ||
Telugu స్థలం | ||
Thai พื้นที่ | ||
Tigrinya ቦታ | ||
Tsonga xivandla | ||
Turkish uzay | ||
Turkmen boşluk | ||
Twi (Akan) kwan | ||
Ukrainian простору | ||
Urdu جگہ | ||
Uyghur بوشلۇق | ||
Uzbek bo'sh joy | ||
Vietnamese không gian | ||
Welsh lle | ||
Xhosa isithuba | ||
Yiddish פּלאַץ | ||
Yoruba aaye | ||
Zulu isikhala |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Ruimte" is etymologically related to the Latin "rumor" ("noise") and "rumpere" ("to break"), and also to the English "room." |
| Albanian | The word 'hapësirë' is derived from the Proto-Albanian word *hap-siɲ-r̥, meaning 'open air' or 'field' |
| Amharic | The word "ቦታ" can also mean "place", "location", or "room". |
| Arabic | In astronomy, 'الفراغ' (space) can also refer to an empty area within a galaxy or between multiple stars. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word for "space" derives from "tarm" ("place"), but is also cognate to "tarac" ("spread" or "stretch") |
| Azerbaijani | The term "yer" likely originates from the Persian word "zamin," meaning "earth" or "land". |
| Basque | In Basque, the word "espazioa" is thought to be derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*spekk-, meaning "look at" or "observe." |
| Belarusian | The word "прасторы" can also be used to refer to the vast expanses of the steppe or other open landscapes. |
| Bengali | The original meaning of "স্থান" ("space") is related to standing on the ground, similar to the English word "station". |
| Bosnian | The word "svemir" is derived from the Old Slavic word "sьvьmirъ", meaning "the whole world". |
| Bulgarian | The word "пространство" also means "freedom" or "opportunity" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | "Espai" is etymologically related to the word "expand". |
| Cebuano | The archaic root word of "wanang" is "walang," which means "none" or "there is nothing" in various regional dialects of the Philippines. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 空间 in Chinese can also refer to "room" or "dimension". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In Chinese, the word "空間" (space) also refers to "room" or "scope". |
| Corsican | Spaziu can also mean 'leisure time' or 'opportunity' in Corsican. |
| Croatian | Prostor's alternate meaning, "freedom," has its roots in "openness," a defining quality of space, which also relates to its connection to "time" in its etymological sense. |
| Czech | The Czech word "prostor" (Engl. "space") derives from the Proto-Slavic word "prostorъ", meaning "area" or "field". |
| Danish | The Danish word "plads" can also mean "room" or "place" and is cognate with the English word "place". |
| Dutch | The word "ruimte" also means "room", "area", or "space" in a more general sense. |
| Esperanto | "Spaco" is derived from the Latin word "spatium", meaning "room" or "area". |
| Estonian | The word "ruumi" can also refer to a room or an apartment. |
| Finnish | The word "tilaa" can also mean "room" or "area" in Finnish. |
| French | The French word "espace" can also refer to an indentation in a text or a blank area between elements on a web page. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "rûmte" is also used to refer to the "universe" and the "void". |
| Galician | In Galician, "espazo" can also refer to the surface of a mirror or the empty space between buildings in a village. |
| Georgian | სივრცე derives from the Persian word "ispas" or "ispasdan" (meaning "army" or "horse troop") and entered the Georgian language during the Sassanid era, eventually replacing the word "mezuri" (meaning "place"). |
| German | The German word "Raum" (space) is also used to refer to a room or a compartment in a building. |
| Greek | "Χώρος" (space) in Greek also implies room, place, or region, encompassing both physical and abstract concepts. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "jagya" is also used to refer to a "vacant lot," or an "open land area," in addition to its meaning of "space," highlighting the concept of emptiness or unused potential. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "espas" is a derivative of the French word "espace" (space) and is often used to refer to space in general, in a physical or conceptual sense. |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "sarari" also means "freedom" or "liberty." |
| Hawaiian | The word "hakahaka" can also refer to "a place", "distance", "area", or "gap" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "מֶרחָב" also means "freedom" or "wilderness". |
| Hindi | The word 'अंतरिक्ष' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'अन्तर' meaning 'inside' or 'within', and 'क्ष' meaning 'to dwell' or 'to inhabit'. |
| Hmong | The word "qhov chaw" can also mean "universe" or "world" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | The word "hely" can also mean "place", "room", or "location". |
| Icelandic | The word "rými" can also refer to other concepts such as the distance between objects and the distance from Earth to its moon. |
| Igbo | The word 'oghere' can also mean 'the space between two things' or 'the empty space in a container'. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "ruang" also has alternate meanings such as "room" or "place". |
| Irish | Cognate with Latin "spatium" (distance or stretch), possibly ultimately deriving from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to stretch, extend". |
| Italian | Italian "spazio" can mean "space" (noun) or "leisure time" (noun) or "empty" (adjective) |
| Japanese | The word "スペース" can also refer to a button or key on a keyboard that creates a blank space. |
| Javanese | In old Javanese, the word "papan" also refers to the base of a building |
| Kannada | The word "ಸ್ಥಳ" also means "situation" or "condition". |
| Kazakh | The word "ғарыш" is also used in Kazakh to refer to "the heavens" or "the sky". |
| Khmer | The word "ចន្លោះ" is also used in Khmer to mean "difference" or "gap". |
| Korean | The word "우주" can also mean "the universe" or "everything that exists". |
| Kurdish | Dem, meaning space in Kurdish, has its etymological roots in Sanskrit and Old Persian, where it signifies the earth's surface and an open terrain. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "мейкиндик" in Kyrgyz also means "vastness" or "width". |
| Latin | The word "locus" can also refer to a specific place known for a particular event or thing, serving as a point of reference or a place of interest. |
| Latvian | The word “telpa,” meaning “space,” derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *telp- (“to swell, grow”) and is related to words like “temple” (from Latin “templum,” meaning “a sacred space”) and the Sanskrit “talapa” (“flat surface”). |
| Lithuanian | The word "vietos" is a noun derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weiḱ-, which also gave rise to the English word "wick", meaning "a corner or recess." |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Raum" can also refer to a clearing in a forest. |
| Macedonian | The word "простор" can also mean "freedom" or "opportunity" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "toerana" is often translated as "space", but it can also refer to "place", "location", or "room". |
| Malay | Malay "ruang" can refer to a physical, mental, or conceptual place and is related to the Sanskrit "ru". |
| Malayalam | The word 'ഇടം' also means 'an opportunity' or 'a chance' in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "spazju" originally came from the Italian word "spazio", which itself derived from the Latin word "spatium", meaning "space" or "distance". |
| Maori | The word "waahi" also means "location" or "place" and is cognate with the Hawaiian word "wahi," meaning "a place or spot." |
| Marathi | "जागा" is a Sanskrit word that also means "place", "room" or "vacant land". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "зай" (space) also refers to the sky, the universe, and the void. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "အာကာသ" (space) in Myanmar (Burmese) derives from the Sanskrit word "akasha," meaning "ether" or "the element of space." |
| Nepali | The word "ठाउँ" can also mean "place" or "room" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | The word "rom" can also refer to a room, chamber, apartment, or compartment. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Chichewa word "danga" can refer to both a "space" and a "hut", which are related concepts, suggesting either the space occupied by a hut, or the space that was occupied by a now-removed hut. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "ځای" can also refer to a specific location or a time in the past. |
| Persian | The Persian word "فضا" (space) is also used in the context of "atmosphere", "environment", or "place". |
| Polish | Derived from the Old Polish "przystrzenie," from "przy" ("at") + "strzeć" ("to guard"), meaning "border, boundary, region" or "area, region, domain" |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Espaço" in Portuguese can also refer to a gap or an interval; the Spanish cognate "espacio" can additionally mean leisure time. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸਪੇਸ" (space) in Punjabi can also refer to the sky or the universe. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "spaţiu" can also mean "interval", "room", or "space between things" |
| Russian | The word "пространство" can also refer to "room", "area", or "capacity" in Russian. |
| Samoan | In Samoan, both 'avanoa' and its homonym 'vanoa' mean "space", though 'vanoa' more specifically refers to the space inside a building, as in a room, whereas 'avanoa' is the more general term for space. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'àite' derives from the Proto-Celtic *āstio-, meaning 'place, location'. |
| Serbian | The word "свемир" (space) in Serbian comes from the Old Slavic word "sъ-mirъ", meaning "world" or "universe". |
| Sesotho | Sebaka is derived from the verb baka, which means 'to carry' or 'to transport'. |
| Shona | In its archaic usage, 'nzvimbo' also means 'place', 'site' or 'area'. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi equivalent of space (جڳهه) derives from the Sanskrit word "sthala" meaning "to stand" or "ground". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'අවකාශය' ('space') in Sinhala has the alternate meaning of 'air' or 'atmosphere'. |
| Slovak | The word "priestor" can also mean "occasion" or "opportunity" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The Slavic word "vesolja" originally referred to the "totality of things", and in some contexts, it still retains this broader sense. |
| Somali | The word "boos" in Somali can also refer to various empty spaces, such as a gap, hole, or cavity. |
| Spanish | The word "espacio" in Spanish can also mean "room" or "leisure time". |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "rohangan" also means a place or a vessel. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "nafasi" also means "opportunity" or "chance". |
| Swedish | "Plats" is ultimately derived from the Germanic root "plat-", meaning "flat surface" or "place". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, "space" can also refer to an empty or vacant lot. |
| Tajik | The word "фазо" can also refer to a unit of measurement equal to 1000 paces. |
| Tamil | In Tamil, "இடம்" means not only "space" but also "place," "position," or "room." |
| Telugu | The word 'స్థలం' also means 'place' or 'location' in Telugu. |
| Thai | พื้นที่ (space) มาจากคำว่า ผี (ghost, spirit) เนื่องจากคนไทยโบราณเชื่อว่าพื้นที่ว่างๆ มีวิญญาณอาศัยอยู่ |
| Turkish | Uzay (space) in Turkish also means "far away" or "distant." |
| Ukrainian | Украинское слово “простору” означает не только космическое пространство, но и свободу, возможность для развития и действия. |
| Urdu | The word 'جگہ' can also mean 'room', 'place', or 'spot'. |
| Uzbek | Bo'sh 'empty' is also used as space in the context of an enclosed area as it is empty by nature in the context of it's use there. |
| Vietnamese | The word "không gian" also means "blank page" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | In Welsh, the word "lle" can also refer to "place", "room", "location", or "a place in time". |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, the word "isithuba" can also refer to a gap between two objects or an opportunity. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פּלאַץ" (platz) is derived from the German word "Platz", meaning "place" or "square". |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "aaye" has many meanings, including "world", "earth", and "environment". |
| Zulu | The word "isikhala" in Zulu is derived from the Proto-Bantu root "-tala", meaning "to be wide or open". |
| English | Besides its primary sense of a boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and dimensions, "space" can also refer to a specific region of this extent or to a particular interval of time. |