Step in Different Languages
Discover 'Step' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Step
Afrikaans stap | ||
Albanian hap | ||
Amharic ደረጃ | ||
Arabic خطوة | ||
Armenian քայլ | ||
Assamese পদক্ষেপ | ||
Aymara pasu | ||
Azerbaijani addım | ||
Bambara etapu | ||
Basque urratsa | ||
Belarusian крок | ||
Bengali পদক্ষেপ | ||
Bhojpuri कदम | ||
Bosnian korak | ||
Bulgarian стъпка | ||
Catalan pas | ||
Cebuano lakang | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 步 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 步 | ||
Corsican passu | ||
Croatian korak | ||
Czech krok | ||
Danish trin | ||
Dhivehi ފިޔަވަޅު | ||
Dogri गैं | ||
Dutch stap | ||
English step | ||
Esperanto paŝo | ||
Estonian samm | ||
Ewe afɔɖeɖe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) hakbang | ||
Finnish askel | ||
French étape | ||
Frisian stap | ||
Galician paso | ||
Georgian ნაბიჯი | ||
German schritt | ||
Greek βήμα | ||
Guarani pyrũ | ||
Gujarati પગલું | ||
Haitian Creole etap | ||
Hausa mataki | ||
Hawaiian ʻanuʻu | ||
Hebrew שלב | ||
Hindi कदम | ||
Hmong kauj ruam | ||
Hungarian lépés | ||
Icelandic stíga | ||
Igbo nzọụkwụ | ||
Ilocano addang | ||
Indonesian langkah | ||
Irish céim | ||
Italian passo | ||
Japanese ステップ | ||
Javanese langkah | ||
Kannada ಹಂತ | ||
Kazakh қадам | ||
Khmer ជំហាន | ||
Kinyarwanda intambwe | ||
Konkani पावल | ||
Korean 단계 | ||
Krio fut mak | ||
Kurdish gav | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) هەنگاو | ||
Kyrgyz кадам | ||
Lao ຂັ້ນຕອນ | ||
Latin gradus | ||
Latvian solis | ||
Lingala etambe | ||
Lithuanian žingsnis | ||
Luganda eddaala | ||
Luxembourgish schrëtt | ||
Macedonian чекор | ||
Maithili चरण | ||
Malagasy dingana | ||
Malay langkah | ||
Malayalam ഘട്ടം | ||
Maltese pass | ||
Maori taahiraa | ||
Marathi पाऊल | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯈꯣꯡꯀꯥꯞ | ||
Mizo rahbi | ||
Mongolian алхам | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ခြေလှမ်း | ||
Nepali चरण | ||
Norwegian steg | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) sitepe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପଦାଙ୍କ | ||
Oromo sadarkaa | ||
Pashto ګام | ||
Persian گام | ||
Polish krok | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) degrau | ||
Punjabi ਕਦਮ | ||
Quechua tatki | ||
Romanian etapa | ||
Russian шаг | ||
Samoan sitepu | ||
Sanskrit चरण | ||
Scots Gaelic ceum | ||
Sepedi kgato | ||
Serbian корак | ||
Sesotho mohato | ||
Shona nhanho | ||
Sindhi قدم | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පියවරක් | ||
Slovak krok | ||
Slovenian korak | ||
Somali tallaabo | ||
Spanish paso | ||
Sundanese lengkah | ||
Swahili hatua | ||
Swedish steg | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) hakbang | ||
Tajik қадам | ||
Tamil படி | ||
Tatar адым | ||
Telugu దశ | ||
Thai ขั้นตอน | ||
Tigrinya ደረጃ | ||
Tsonga goza | ||
Turkish adım | ||
Turkmen ädim | ||
Twi (Akan) anamɔn | ||
Ukrainian крок | ||
Urdu قدم | ||
Uyghur قەدەم | ||
Uzbek qadam | ||
Vietnamese bươc | ||
Welsh cam | ||
Xhosa inyathelo | ||
Yiddish שריט | ||
Yoruba igbese | ||
Zulu isinyathelo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "stap" can also refer to a "stop" or "halting point" in a journey or a "step" in a dance. |
| Albanian | Hap may also refer to 'fortune' or 'fate', originating from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱap- 'to seize'. |
| Amharic | Derived from Ge'ez ደርገ (däraga "to ascend"), it means both "step" and "rank". |
| Arabic | In Persian 'Khatveh' (خطوه) means move or stride and in Turkish its form 'adım' means one step ahead in a marching. |
| Armenian | "քայլ" (kayl) in Armenian is cognate with the English word "scale" and also means "ladder" or "staircase". |
| Azerbaijani | 'Addım' is a loanword from Persian and means both 'step' and 'pace'. |
| Basque | In Basque the word 'urratsa' not only refers to 'step', but also to the pace in music and a stage in theatre. |
| Belarusian | The term "крок" in Belarusian is also associated with a measure of length in old Belarusian, which amounted to about 0.71m, as the "step of an adult male." |
| Bengali | 'পদ' also means word while 'ক্ষেপ' means throwing making the literal meaning of 'পদক্ষেপ' throwing words which can be compared with the English idiom 'throwing words around' |
| Bosnian | In Serbian, "korak" means "step" and also "pace", while in Croatian it can mean "step", "pace", "stride" or "gait". |
| Bulgarian | The word "стъпка" in Bulgarian can also refer to the footprint or track of a person or animal. |
| Catalan | "Pas" also means "pace" in a more literal sense, like the paces of a horse. |
| Cebuano | The alternate meaning of "lakang" in Cebuano is "gait," and its etymology derives from the root word "lakad," meaning "to walk." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 步 can also mean "walk" or "pace". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 步 is also a type of dance. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "passu" is derived from the Latin word "passus", meaning "a step or pace", and also refers to a unit of measurement equal to five Roman feet. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "korak" is cognate with the Old Church Slavonic "kračiti," meaning "to walk," making it related to the English word "crawl." |
| Czech | KROK is both the Czech word for step and also an acronym for “Katedra Romanistiky, Orientálních a Klasických Studií” (Department of Romance, Oriental and Classical Studies). |
| Danish | Danish 'trin' also means 'degree' or 'rank'. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "stap" can also refer to a drinking establishment or a bar. |
| Esperanto | "Paŝo" is derived from the Latin word "passus", but it can also mean "measure", "interval", or "tread" |
| Estonian | In Southern Estonian dialects, "samm" can also refer to a measure of land corresponding to 0.75 hectares. |
| Finnish | The word "askel" also has a more formal meaning of "a motion or measure that is taken". |
| French | The French word "étape" derives from the Middle French "estape", which referred to a halting point on a journey, particularly for changing horses |
| Frisian | Frisian word 'stap' is cognate with English 'stop' but can also mean 'footprint' or 'mark'. |
| Galician | In Galician, "paso" can also refer to a footpath, a mountain pass, or a procession. |
| German | The word "Schritt" in German can also refer to a measurement of distance, as in "ein Schritt" (one pace) or "ein Meilenschritt" (one mile). |
| Greek | In Ancient Greek, the word "βήμα" also referred to a speaker's platform or a unit of length equal to about 60 cm. |
| Gujarati | The word "પગલું" can also mean "measure" or "degree" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | "Etap" in Haitian Creole comes from the French word "étape" and also means "stage" or "phase". |
| Hausa | In the Hausa language, the word "mataki" (step) also means "a unit of measurement equal to one foot". |
| Hawaiian | ʻAnuʻu in Hawaiian can also mean a "staircase" or "a place to rest while walking." |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "שלב" also means "phase" or "stage". |
| Hindi | "Kadamb" can also refer to a type of tree or a rhythm in classical Indian music. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "kauj ruam" can also refer to dancing or taking a journey. |
| Hungarian | "Lépés" has additional meanings like "action", "move", or "period" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | "stíga" can also mean to mount a horse, walk or go by foot, ascend, or embark on a ship |
| Igbo | The word "nzọụkwụ" in Igbo can also refer to a "stage" in a process or a "level" of achievement. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, the word "langkah" can also mean stride, pace, measure, or step taken. |
| Irish | "Céim" in Irish can also mean "degree", "rank", "pace" or "speed." |
| Italian | The word "passo" in Italian can also mean "mountain pass" or "gait". |
| Japanese | In Japanese, ステップ (step) can also refer to the first step in a dance or a series of movements. |
| Javanese | The word "langkah" in Javanese also has the meaning of "plan". |
| Kannada | The word "ಹಂತ" (step) is also used to refer to a stage, level, or phase in a process or journey. |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, "қадам" not only refers to a physical step, but also denotes a stage, measure, or initiative. |
| Khmer | The word "ជំហាន" not only means "step" but also "stage" or "phase" in Khmer. |
| Korean | The word 단계 (dan-gye) in Korean can also refer to a stage, level, or degree of something |
| Kurdish | The word "gav" can also refer to a "time" or a "portion" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, "кадам" can also refer to a unit of measurement for distance, typically equivalent to one stride. |
| Latin | The Latin word "gradus" derives from the Indo-European root "ghredh-," meaning "to walk" or "to stride." |
| Latvian | The word "solis" in Latvian is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*sel-", which also means "to jump", and is related to the English words "saunter", "saltation", "salient", "sally", "salve", and "saloon". |
| Lithuanian | The word "žingsnis" is etymologically related to the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰem- ("to go") and the Latin word "gradior" ("to step, walk") and is also a colloquial term for a drink of alcohol. |
| Luxembourgish | Besides its common meaning, "Schrëtt" can also mean a "foot" (unit of length), "pace", "stride", or "gait". |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "чекор" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *kъkorъ, which also meant "circle" or "wheel". |
| Malagasy | The word 'dingana' also means 'ladder' in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The word "langkah" in Malay can also refer to a measure of distance equal to the length of one's stride. |
| Malayalam | The word "ഘട്ടം" (ghaṭam) can also mean a "pot", "jar", or "pitcher", reflecting its original use as a ritual vessel. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "pass" can also mean "entrance" or "passageway" and comes from the Arabic word "bab", meaning "door" or "gate". |
| Maori | In the Maori dialect of New Zealand, "taahiraa" is also used to refer to a short, lively dance step. |
| Marathi | The word "पाऊल" can also mean "foot" or "footprint" in Marathi, and is derived from the Sanskrit word "पाद" (foot). |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "алхам" can also refer to a unit of measurement equivalent to 90 centimeters. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ပရိဌင ခမဌ ရမြဒငဝ ပာအ ဒ ခသိန်ခရစ္ အန စ ခမ ပ ိ |
| Nepali | The word "चरण" in Nepali can also refer to a foot, a stage, or a religious ritual. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "steg" can also refer to a section of a stairway or flight of stairs. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Chicheŵa word "sitepe" can also mean "a grade"} |
| Pashto | The word “ګام” can also mean “pace” or “gait”. |
| Persian | The word "گام" (step) in Persian also means "tone" or "note" in music. |
| Polish | "Krok" means "step" in Polish, but it can also refer to a type of dance, a sequence of steps, or a chess move. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Degrau (step) shares its root with the Spanish word degradar (degrade), both coming from the Late Latin degradare, from the Latin de (down) + gradus (step). |
| Punjabi | ਕਦਮ (step): from the Sanskrit पद (pad), meaning "foot" or "track". |
| Romanian | "Etapa" in Romanian can also refer to a phase, stage, or period of time |
| Russian | The word 'шаг' has an alternate colloquial meaning 'a measure of quantity' - e.g. 'шаг риса', 'шаг соли'. |
| Samoan | "Sitepu" is also a family name in Samoa and Tonga. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "ceum" not only means "step" but also refers to a measure of height equal to the length of a foot. |
| Serbian | The word "Корак" can also mean "a single instance or occurrence of an action" or a "measure taken to achieve a goal". |
| Sesotho | In certain contexts, "mohato" can also refer to a "stage" or "phase" in a process or journey. |
| Shona | It is thought to come from the Shona root -nanga, meaning 'stick' or 'bar' |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, "قدم" can also designate the length of a pace. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "පියවරක්" (piyawarak) is derived from the Sanskrit word "पाद" (pāda), which means "foot" or "step". It can also refer to a "pace" or "measure". |
| Slovak | The word „krok” also means the rhythm of music and a wooden shoe in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The word “korak” also means "to take a step", "a pace", and "a footfall" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The term "tallaabo" is derived from the verb "tallaalin," which means "to walk" or "to set foot on something." |
| Spanish | In bullfighting, a 'paso' is a movement or maneuver performed by the matador. |
| Sundanese | Sundanese "lengkah" means "step" but it is also used metaphorically to mean "degree" or "status" in society. |
| Swahili | The word Hatua can also refer to a unit of measurement (a pace), in traditional building and farming practices. |
| Swedish | The word 'steg' in Swedish also means 'bridge' or 'jetty'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Hakbang shares a root word with 'hakbangan' (action of stepping on) and 'hakbangin' (to set foot on; to tread on or set foot on). |
| Tajik | In Tajik, the word "қадам" can also mean "measure of length equal to the length of a human foot" |
| Tamil | The word "படி" in Tamil can also refer to "degree," "rank," or "level." |
| Telugu | The word "దశ" in Telugu has many other meanings like fortune, fate, destiny, condition, state, etc. |
| Thai | In Thai, the word "ขั้นตอน" (step) can also mean "procedure" or "method". |
| Turkish | The word "adım" can also refer to a foot (in length) or a pace (in walking). |
| Ukrainian | "Крок" (step) in Ukrainian also refers to a professional qualification exam taken by medical doctors and pharmacists |
| Urdu | قدم is also used as an idiom meaning 'to come forward', 'to advance', or 'to approach' in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word "qadam" also means "degree" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Bươc" in Vietnamese can also mean "phase" or "stage" in the context of a process or development. |
| Welsh | Welsh 'cam' also means 'crooked' and is related to 'cam' (in English) in the sense of 'eccentric' or 'odd'. |
| Xhosa | The word "inyathelo" can also be used to refer to a "dance" or "ritual" in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "שריט" derives from Medieval Dutch "schrede", which also means "stride". |
| Yoruba | The word "igbese" (step) in Yoruba can also refer to a type of dance or a traditional song for praising someone. |
| Zulu | Isinyathelo is also used to describe an occasion or situation. |
| English | "Step" derives from Old English "steppan," to walk by lifting the feet |