Speed in Different Languages
Discover 'Speed' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Speed
Afrikaans spoed | ||
Albanian shpejtësia | ||
Amharic ፍጥነት | ||
Arabic سرعة | ||
Armenian արագություն | ||
Assamese বেগ | ||
Aymara jank'aki | ||
Azerbaijani sürət | ||
Bambara teliya | ||
Basque abiadura | ||
Belarusian хуткасць | ||
Bengali দ্রুততা | ||
Bhojpuri चाल | ||
Bosnian brzina | ||
Bulgarian скорост | ||
Catalan velocitat | ||
Cebuano tulin | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 速度 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 速度 | ||
Corsican vitezza | ||
Croatian ubrzati | ||
Czech rychlost | ||
Danish hastighed | ||
Dhivehi ސްޕީޑް | ||
Dogri रफ्तार | ||
Dutch snelheid | ||
English speed | ||
Esperanto rapideco | ||
Estonian kiirus | ||
Ewe dusisi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) bilis | ||
Finnish nopeus | ||
French la vitesse | ||
Frisian faasje | ||
Galician velocidade | ||
Georgian სიჩქარე | ||
German geschwindigkeit | ||
Greek ταχύτητα | ||
Guarani pya'eterei | ||
Gujarati ઝડપ | ||
Haitian Creole vitès | ||
Hausa gudu | ||
Hawaiian wikiwiki | ||
Hebrew מְהִירוּת | ||
Hindi गति | ||
Hmong nrawm | ||
Hungarian sebesség | ||
Icelandic hraði | ||
Igbo ọsọ | ||
Ilocano kapartak | ||
Indonesian kecepatan | ||
Irish luas | ||
Italian velocità | ||
Japanese 速度 | ||
Javanese kacepetan | ||
Kannada ವೇಗ | ||
Kazakh жылдамдық | ||
Khmer ល្បឿន | ||
Kinyarwanda umuvuduko | ||
Konkani वेग | ||
Korean 속도 | ||
Krio fas fas | ||
Kurdish zûbûnî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) خێرایی | ||
Kyrgyz ылдамдык | ||
Lao ຄວາມໄວ | ||
Latin celeritas | ||
Latvian ātrums | ||
Lingala vitesi | ||
Lithuanian greičiu | ||
Luganda supiidi | ||
Luxembourgish geschwindegkeet | ||
Macedonian брзина | ||
Maithili गति | ||
Malagasy hafainganam-pandeha | ||
Malay kepantasan | ||
Malayalam വേഗത | ||
Maltese veloċità | ||
Maori tere | ||
Marathi वेग | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯈꯣꯡꯖꯦꯜ | ||
Mizo chak | ||
Mongolian хурд | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မြန်နှုန်း | ||
Nepali गति | ||
Norwegian hastighet | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) liwiro | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଗତି | ||
Oromo saffisa | ||
Pashto سرعت | ||
Persian سرعت | ||
Polish prędkość | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) rapidez | ||
Punjabi ਗਤੀ | ||
Quechua paway | ||
Romanian viteză | ||
Russian скорость | ||
Samoan saosaoa | ||
Sanskrit गति | ||
Scots Gaelic astar | ||
Sepedi lebelo | ||
Serbian брзина | ||
Sesotho lebelo | ||
Shona kumhanya | ||
Sindhi رفتار | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වේගය | ||
Slovak rýchlosť | ||
Slovenian hitrost | ||
Somali xawaare | ||
Spanish velocidad | ||
Sundanese kagancangan | ||
Swahili kasi | ||
Swedish fart | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) bilis | ||
Tajik суръат | ||
Tamil வேகம் | ||
Tatar тизлек | ||
Telugu వేగం | ||
Thai ความเร็ว | ||
Tigrinya ፍጥነት | ||
Tsonga rivilo | ||
Turkish hız | ||
Turkmen tizlik | ||
Twi (Akan) ɔhare | ||
Ukrainian швидкість | ||
Urdu رفتار | ||
Uyghur سۈرئەت | ||
Uzbek tezlik | ||
Vietnamese tốc độ | ||
Welsh cyflymder | ||
Xhosa isantya | ||
Yiddish גיכקייט | ||
Yoruba iyara | ||
Zulu isivinini |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "spoed" can also refer to "urgency" or "haste". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "shpejtësia" originally referred to swiftness of foot, but now has a broader meaning encompassing speed in general. |
| Amharic | The word ፍጥነት may also refer to 'velocity'. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "سرعة" also has the connotation of "haste" or "hurry". |
| Armenian | The word arɑgut'yown comes from the root "wheel. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "sürət" in Azerbaijani also means "photograph" or "facial expression". |
| Basque | Some Basque dictionaries consider the word "abiadura" to be a derivative of the verb "abiatu," meaning "to move" or "to set in motion." |
| Belarusian | The word "хуткасць" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *chьskъ, meaning "swift". It is cognates with the Polish "chyżość" and the Russian "скорость". |
| Bengali | The word "দ্রুততা" (speed) in Bengali has a root in Sanskrit "dru" which means "to run". |
| Bosnian | "Brzina" is a Slavic word also used for "fever", which explains why its derivative "brzinati" means "to rush, hurry, be in a hurry." |
| Bulgarian | "Скорост" can mean "fast" as both an adjective and a noun. |
| Catalan | The word "velocitat" comes from the Latin word "velocitas", also meaning speed, velocity, haste, or swiftness in motion. |
| Cebuano | The word "tulin" can also refer to the quickening of the pulse or the sensation of excitement. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "速度" can also refer to "the rate of change of velocity" or "the rate of change of a physical quantity". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The original meaning of "速度" is "a rapid flow", it can also be used as a metaphor for the rapid development of things. |
| Corsican | The word "vitezza" in Corsican also means "anger" or "rage". |
| Croatian | The word 'ubrzati' is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *orz-, meaning 'to move quickly'. |
| Czech | Rychlost originates in the Proto-Slavic word for "leap" or "gallop". |
| Danish | The Danish word "hastighed" can also refer to a hurry or haste. |
| Dutch | "Snel" in "snelheid" also means "quick," "fast," or "sudden." Its original meaning was "to glide." |
| Esperanto | The word "rapideco" is derived from the Latin word "rapidus", meaning "swift" or "quick". |
| Estonian | "Kiirus" in Estonian can also mean "hurry" or "haste". |
| Finnish | The word "nopeus" (speed) in Finnish comes from the root word "nopea" (fast), which is related to the German word "schnell" (fast) and the English word "swift" |
| French | The word "la vitesse" is derived from the Latin word "velocitas," which means "swiftness" or "rapidity." |
| Frisian | Faasje is also the name of a bird which is associated with speed in Frisian folklore. |
| Galician | In Galician, "velocidade" can also refer to frequency, haste or rush hour, the latter being a Galicianism. |
| Georgian | The word სიჩქარე originally meant "agility" or "quickness" in Old Georgian and later acquired the extended meaning of "speed". |
| German | The German word "Geschwindigkeit" originally translates to "hastiness" and is related to the word "geschehen", meaning "to happen". |
| Greek | Ταχύτητα derives from the Ancient Greek noun "tachys," meaning "swift" or "fast." |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word ઝડપ can also refer to quickness in the sense of alertness or readiness. |
| Haitian Creole | In its alternate sense, the word "vitès" also means "intensity" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | The word "gudu" in Hausa also means "fast" or "rapid" |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian usage, the word wikiwiki has a broader meaning that includes 'fast', 'quick', 'swift', and even 'agile'. |
| Hebrew | The word "מְהִירוּת" ultimately derives from the root "מהר" (fast), but also has the homonymic meaning "hurry". |
| Hindi | The ancient Sanskrit root 'gam' from which Hindi word गति (speed) is derived also carries the idea of 'going from one place to another', thus hinting at motion |
| Hmong | In Hmong, "nrawm" also means "to go," "to come," "to run," or "to move." |
| Hungarian | The word “sebesség” means “speed” in Hungarian, but it can also refer to “velocity” or “pace”. |
| Icelandic | In Old Norse, hraði meant "quick", but it also referred to a measurement of time equal to about 15 minutes. |
| Igbo | "Ọsọ" is often used as a suffix in Igbo names to connote "quickness" or "speed". |
| Indonesian | "Kecepatan" is also used to refer to "intensity" and "strength". |
| Irish | Irish 'luas' also means 'force' or 'vigor' and is related to Latin 'validus' (strong). |
| Italian | In Italian, the word "velocità" not only means "speed," but also "swiftness" or "agility." |
| Japanese | The word "speed," while typically used to refer to velocity, can have different meanings depending on the subject it's applied to |
| Javanese | In Javanese, the word 'kacepetan' is a derivative of 'cepet' ('fast') and can also refer to the rate of change or the degree of acceleration. |
| Kannada | The word "ವೇಗ" also means "intensity" or "vehemence" in Kannada, highlighting its broad semantic range. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word жылдамдық (speed) also refers to the wind's velocity and the pace of a horse's run. |
| Khmer | In Old Khmer, "ល្បឿន" referred to a fast-moving animal, likely a leopard or tiger. |
| Korean | 속도 is also a Korean word for "rate," especially "growth rate." |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "zûbûnî" is derived from the Persian word "zubun", which means "fast" or "quick." |
| Latin | In Late Latin, “celeritas” also meant “briskness,” “quickness,” and “rapidity.” |
| Latvian | The word "ātrums" shares an etymological root with other Latvian words referring to quick or agile movement |
| Lithuanian | The word "greičiu" in Lithuanian is derived from the verb "greitai" which means "quickly" and is related to the word "greitis" which means "speed". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Geschwindegkeet" can also refer to a sense of urgency, a sudden rush, or a quick burst of activity. |
| Macedonian | The word "брзина" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *bordъ, which also means "struggle" or "warfare". |
| Malagasy | The word "hafainganam-pandeha" in Malagasy is also used to refer to a type of race or competition. |
| Malay | The word "kepantasan" in Malay can also refer to the suitability or appropriateness of a particular action or thing. |
| Malayalam | The word "വേഗത" is also used in Malayalam to describe the "intensity" or "volume" of a voice, sound, etc. |
| Maltese | Veloċità has a double etymology: from Latin *vēlox* "fast" (fem. vēlocis) and from Arabic *alwṣ* "pace". |
| Maori | The word 'tere' in Māori not only means 'speed' but also refers to 'flight' and 'swiftness'. |
| Marathi | 'वेग' derives from the Sanskrit root 'vegayati' ( |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word 'хурд' can also refer to 'anger' or 'haste'. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "myan nhun" can also mean "haste" or "hurry". |
| Nepali | "Gati" comes from the Sanskrit term 'gati' meaning movement |
| Norwegian | Hastighet shares a connection with the German word 'Hastigkeit', which has the same root, meaning 'speed' and is also used figuratively to mean 'anger' or 'hastiness'. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'liwiro' also means 'movement' or 'progress' in Nyanja, reflecting its broader connection to the concept of dynamics. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "سرعت" also means "the power of the soul", or "the power of the spirit." |
| Persian | The word "سرعت" ("speed") in Persian is derived from the Arabic word "سُرْعةٌ" ("rapidity, haste") and also has the alternate meaning of "velocity" in physics. |
| Polish | The word "prędkość" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *pьrdь, meaning "to move quickly". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "rapidez" comes from the Latin "rapidus," meaning "swift" or "quick." |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "viteză" (speed) derives from the Latin "velocitas" (swiftness, speed), which itself originates from "velox" (swift, rapid). |
| Russian | The word "скорость" also means "rate" or "velocity" in Russian. |
| Samoan | "Saosaoa" can also refer to a person who is swift or fast-moving in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "astar" can also refer to "briskness" or "the action of moving quickly." |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "брзина" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "bystrъ", which also means "quick", "swift", or "agile". |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "lebelo" also means "fastness" or "quickness". |
| Shona | Etymology unknown, but 'kunhanya' in Karanga means 'to be swift'. |
| Sindhi | 'رَفتار' Sindhi word is borrowed from Persian but is also related to the Sindhi word 'رفتي,' which means 'to walk fast.' |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "වේගය" is derived from Sanskrit "वेग" and can also refer to "rate", "velocity" or "force." |
| Slovak | The Slavic root word "rychl-", meaning "fast", is found in words for speed in many other Slavic languages like Polish, Russian, and Czech. |
| Slovenian | Although hitrost means speed in English, its etymological origin is related to the word quick wittedness. |
| Somali | In some parts of the Somali region, 'xawaare' is also used to describe the time between the afternoon and sunset. |
| Spanish | The word "velocidad" comes from the Latin "velocitas," meaning quickness or agility. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "kagancangan" can also refer to the rate of change or the intensity of a feeling or emotion. |
| Swahili | "Kasi" also means "strength" or "power" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | Fart (meaning “speed”) comes from the Old Norse word “fór,” which means “journey.” |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Bilis" also means "bile" in Tagalog, relating to the concept of "speed" as the flow of liquid. |
| Tajik | The word "суръат" can also mean "image" or "shape" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | வேகம் refers to the measurement of velocity but also means "fast" when used as an adjective in Tamil. |
| Telugu | "వేగం" is derived from the Sanskrit word "वेग" meaning "quickness" or "celerity". |
| Thai | The Thai word "ความเร็ว" can also be used figuratively to refer to "agility" or "quick-wittedness." |
| Turkish | The word "hız" in Turkish originates from the Persian word "tiz" meaning "fast or sharp" and also shares a relation with the Arabic word "sahih" meaning "fast or correct". |
| Ukrainian | Etymology: The Old Slavic word *скорость* may originally have meant “free”. |
| Urdu | The word "رفتار" comes from the Persian word "رفت" which means "walk" or "go". |
| Uzbek | The word "tezlik" can also refer to "urgency" or "haste" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Tốc độ" is a Vietnamese word derived from the Chinese word " tốc độ", meaning "fast". It can also refer to the rate of change of a quantity over time. |
| Welsh | Cyflymder derives from 'cyflym', meaning 'swift' or 'rapid', related to 'cyflymu', 'to move swiftly'. It can also refer to 'expedition', 'haste' or 'speed of thought' |
| Xhosa | Isantya, meaning "the one that brings speed" in Xhosa, also represents a powerful mythical snake. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "גיכקייט" can also refer to a quick-witted or agile person. |
| Yoruba | Yoruba word iyara can mean 'speed', 'agility', 'velocity', 'mobility' or 'quickness'. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "isivinini" also means "a quick-moving person or animal" |
| English | "Speed" shares an origin with "succeed," both coming from the Late Latin "expeditus," meaning "unhindered". |