String in Different Languages
Discover 'String' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
String
Afrikaans toutjie | ||
Albanian vargut | ||
Amharic ገመድ | ||
Arabic خيط | ||
Armenian լարային | ||
Assamese তাঁৰ | ||
Aymara karina | ||
Azerbaijani simli | ||
Bambara gaari | ||
Basque katea | ||
Belarusian радок | ||
Bengali স্ট্রিং | ||
Bhojpuri डोरी | ||
Bosnian string | ||
Bulgarian низ | ||
Catalan corda | ||
Cebuano hilo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 串 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 串 | ||
Corsican stringa | ||
Croatian niz | ||
Czech tětiva | ||
Danish snor | ||
Dhivehi ސްޓްރިންގ | ||
Dogri डोर | ||
Dutch draad | ||
English string | ||
Esperanto kordo | ||
Estonian string | ||
Ewe ka | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) string | ||
Finnish merkkijono | ||
French chaîne | ||
Frisian string | ||
Galician corda | ||
Georgian სიმებიანი | ||
German zeichenfolge | ||
Greek σειρά | ||
Guarani sã | ||
Gujarati તાર | ||
Haitian Creole fisèl | ||
Hausa kirtani | ||
Hawaiian kaula | ||
Hebrew חוּט | ||
Hindi तार | ||
Hmong txoj xov | ||
Hungarian húr | ||
Icelandic streng | ||
Igbo eriri | ||
Ilocano kuerdas | ||
Indonesian tali | ||
Irish sreangán | ||
Italian corda | ||
Japanese ストリング | ||
Javanese senar | ||
Kannada ಸ್ಟ್ರಿಂಗ್ | ||
Kazakh жіп | ||
Khmer ខ្សែអក្សរ | ||
Kinyarwanda umugozi | ||
Konkani माळ | ||
Korean 끈 | ||
Krio rop | ||
Kurdish ben | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕستە | ||
Kyrgyz сап | ||
Lao ຊ່ອຍແນ່ | ||
Latin filum | ||
Latvian virkne | ||
Lingala shene | ||
Lithuanian stygos | ||
Luganda akaguwa | ||
Luxembourgish string | ||
Macedonian жица | ||
Maithili डोरी | ||
Malagasy tady | ||
Malay tali | ||
Malayalam സ്ട്രിംഗ് | ||
Maltese sekwenza | ||
Maori aho | ||
Marathi स्ट्रिंग | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯔꯦꯡ | ||
Mizo hrui | ||
Mongolian мөр | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကြိုး | ||
Nepali स्ट्रि | ||
Norwegian streng | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chingwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଷ୍ଟ୍ରିଙ୍ଗ୍ | ||
Oromo hidhaa | ||
Pashto تار | ||
Persian رشته | ||
Polish strunowy | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) corda | ||
Punjabi ਸਤਰ | ||
Quechua qaytu | ||
Romanian şir | ||
Russian строка | ||
Samoan manoa | ||
Sanskrit सूत्र | ||
Scots Gaelic sreang | ||
Sepedi thapo | ||
Serbian низ | ||
Sesotho khoele | ||
Shona tambo | ||
Sindhi اسٽرنگ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) නූල් | ||
Slovak struna | ||
Slovenian vrvica | ||
Somali xarig | ||
Spanish cuerda | ||
Sundanese tali | ||
Swahili kamba | ||
Swedish sträng | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) lubid | ||
Tajik сатр | ||
Tamil லேசான கயிறு | ||
Tatar кыл | ||
Telugu స్ట్రింగ్ | ||
Thai สตริง | ||
Tigrinya ገመድ | ||
Tsonga ntambu | ||
Turkish dizi | ||
Turkmen setir | ||
Twi (Akan) ahoma | ||
Ukrainian рядок | ||
Urdu تار | ||
Uyghur string | ||
Uzbek mag'lubiyat | ||
Vietnamese chuỗi | ||
Welsh llinyn | ||
Xhosa umtya | ||
Yiddish שטריקל | ||
Yoruba okun | ||
Zulu intambo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "toutjie" can also refer to a bundle of yarn or thread. |
| Albanian | Vargut is also the root of the word "vargje" (thread) and the suffix "-varg" (made of string). |
| Amharic | "ገመድ" has alternate obsolete meanings in Amharic, including "a measure of weight". |
| Arabic | The word "خيط" (string) also refers to a "thread" in a discourse or narrative. |
| Armenian | The word "լարային" is derived from the Armenian word "լար" meaning "string" or "wire" and can also refer to "electricity" or "tension" in a metaphorical sense. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "simli" also means "wired" or "filigree" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The Basque word "katea" is derived from the Romance word "cateia", meaning "chain", due to the shared function of holding things together. |
| Belarusian | The word "радок" in Belarusian can also mean "line" or "row". |
| Bengali | In Bengali, the word "স্ট্রিং" is derived from the word "সট্রিং" and can also refer to a rope, cord, line, or chain. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "string" can also refer to the thread or yarn used in sewing or knitting. |
| Bulgarian | The word "низ" can also refer to a series of items arranged in a line or a row, such as a necklace or a queue. |
| Catalan | In medieval Latin "corda" refers to the strings of a musical instrument such as the harp. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "hilo" (string) is a cognate of the Indonesian word "tali" (rope, cord) and the Proto-Austronesian word "*tali" (to tie). |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "串" in Chinese can also refer to a performance consisting of a series of short sketches or a stand-up comedy routine. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The character 串 first appeared in oracle bone script where it signified the act of piercing something with a stick. |
| Corsican | The term “stringa” can also refer to a narrow strip of land, especially along a coastline or riverbank. |
| Croatian | "Niz" means "row" or "array" in mathematics and computer science. |
| Czech | Tětiva, the Czech word for "string", is also the name for the "bowstring", derived from the word "tětiva" meaning "tether" or "binding". |
| Danish | The word "snor" can also mean "a mustache" or "a small rope" in Danish. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "draad" can also refer to a wire or thread, particularly in a technical or scientific context. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word |
| Estonian | In Estonian, "string" ("keel") can also mean "language". |
| Finnish | "Merkkijono": literally "a line of characters". |
| French | Chaîne's other meanings include “chain,” “range,” “link,” and “channel.” |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "string" is also used to refer to a "beam", "rod", or "band". |
| Galician | "Corda" is also used in Galician to refer to musical instruments like the violin or guitar. |
| Georgian | In Georgian, "სიმებიანი" can also refer to a musical instrument with strings, such as a guitar or violin. |
| German | In German, the word "Zeichenfolge" not only means "a sequence of characters, such as a number, name, or text," but also "signaling" or "omen" |
| Greek | "Σειρά" is also a unit of measurement, equal to 24 or 25 inches; it's related to the word "σειρός" (a kind of long basket or box), from which it is derived. |
| Gujarati | તાર (string) also means a wire, a telegram, or a musical chord. |
| Haitian Creole | The word 'fisèl' can also mean 'thread' or 'yarn' in Haitian Creole |
| Hausa | The word "kirtani" also means "string of beads" in Hausa language. |
| Hawaiian | The word "kaula" also refers to "thread" and "line" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The root of חוּט ('string'), חוּת, also denotes the 'threading' of a needle and is cognate with the Greek 'κλώθω ('spin'). |
| Hindi | The word "तार" can also mean "wire" or "telegram" in Hindi and derives from the Persian word "tar" for "thread". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "txoj xov" can also refer to a conversation or a group of people. |
| Hungarian | The word "húr" in Hungarian means "string", and it also refers to the strings of a musical instrument, such as a violin or guitar. |
| Icelandic | The word "streng" in Icelandic can also refer to a strand of hair or a bowstring. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word “eriri” also means “the umbilical cord”. |
| Indonesian | "Tali" originates from the Proto-Austronesian word "taliq", meaning "rope" or "cable." |
| Irish | "Sreangán", meaning "string", is also used to refer to an argument or quarrel. |
| Italian | In Latin, 'corda' can also refer to a musical chord, a vocal cord, or a bond between two people. |
| Japanese | In music, the term string refers to both the physical strings of instruments such as guitars and violins and the string instruments themselves. |
| Javanese | Senar (string in Javanese) also means "sinew" and "fiber or string for a bow" in Old Javanese |
| Kannada | In Old English, 'string' meant a cord or rope made of twisted fibers, hence its use in musical instruments like the violin. |
| Kazakh | The word "жіп" in Kazakh also refers to a thread or yarn used in sewing or weaving. |
| Korean | The Korean word 끈 (string) can also refer to a connection or relationship, and is related to the word 끈기 (persistence). |
| Kurdish | The word "ben" also refers to the string of a musical instrument. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "сап" in Kyrgyz can also refer to the main element of a yurt, or a type of rope used for tying horses. |
| Lao | The Lao word "ຊ່ອຍແນ່" can also refer to a type of fishing net or a line of demarcation, such as a border. |
| Latin | The word "filum" originally meant "thread" in Latin, and is also the root of the word "filament". |
| Latvian | "Virve" may also mean „row", "thread", "sinew" or anything that is thin and long. |
| Lithuanian | The word "stygos" originates from the Proto-Indo-European root "*steǵʰo-," meaning "to cover." |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "String" is also used for the strings of an instrument or a ladder's rungs. |
| Macedonian | The word "жица" can also refer to electrical wire or nerve fibers. |
| Malagasy | The word "tady" also means "rope" or "cord" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | "Tali" in Malay can also mean "tie" as a noun or "to tie" as a verb. |
| Malayalam | The word "string" in Malayalam comes from the Sanskrit word "sūtra" meaning "thread" or "cord". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "sekwenza" is derived from the Italian word "sequenza," which in turn comes from the Latin word "sequentia. |
| Maori | "Aho" also refers to an ancestral line or connection, or to a period of time, as in the phrase "Te aho tuatahi o Hine-raumati," the first period of Hine-raumati (late spring and early summer). |
| Marathi | The word "स्ट्रिंग" in Marathi can also mean a series or a group, such as "a string of pearls". |
| Mongolian | The word "мөр" in Mongolian is a homonym that refers to both a "string" and a "mark" or "trace". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ကြိုး means "string" in Burmese, but it can also refer to a rope, cord, line, or thread. |
| Nepali | "Stri" can also be used to refer to a line or series, such as a row of soldiers, a string of beads, or a series of events. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "streng" can also mean a strand of hair or a line of text. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word "chingwe" is derived from the Proto-Bantu root *-kɛŋɡa, which also means "rope" or "cord". |
| Pashto | In some contexts, "تار" can also refer to a musical instrument, particularly a stringed instrument. |
| Persian | The Persian word 'رشته' ('string') originally meant 'thread' and is related to the word 'ریختن' ('to pour', 'to cast') |
| Polish | Strunowy also means "concerning strings", "connected to strings", or "related to strings" in Polish |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Corda" comes from the same root as "cor" (heart), perhaps because of the metaphorical connection between emotions and the heartstrings. |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਸਤਰ' in Punjabi can also refer to a line of poetry or a written text. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "şir" originates from the Latin word "serica", meaning "silk". |
| Russian | In addition to "string", "строка" can also mean "line" or "row". |
| Samoan | In Samoan, manoa can also refer to a necklace or a bond of kinship. |
| Scots Gaelic | The form 'srian' is recorded in the Book of Deer from the 12th C, and suggests an earlier form of 'srang', or a related word meaning 'string' |
| Serbian | The Serbian word 'низ' shares an etymology with 'низ' in old Church Slavonic (meaning 'row' or 'sequence'), and with 'нить' ('thread') and 'наниз' ('string of beads') in Russian. |
| Sesotho | The word "khoele" in Sesotho can also refer to a tendon or ligament. |
| Shona | The Shona word 'tambo' also means 'story' or 'tale'. |
| Sindhi | "اسٽرنگ" (string) is also used to refer to a group of related or connected things. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, "නූල්" also refers to a thread or yarn used in sewing or weaving. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "struna" is cognate with the Russian word "струна" (struna), which ultimately derives from the Proto-Slavic word *strъna, likely of Germanic origin. |
| Slovenian | The word "vrvica" is also used to refer to a type of fishing net in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word "xarig" is often used to refer to a shoelace, while "xuul" is more commonly used to refer to twine. |
| Spanish | "Cuerda" is also a unit of length, equivalent to roughly 10 meters |
| Sundanese | In the word 'tali', 'ta' has the meaning of 'to connect', and 'li' has the meaning of 'thing'. |
| Swahili | The word "kamba" in Swahili can also refer to a type of traditional woven cloth or a group of people from the Kamba ethnic group. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, the word "sträng" also means "severely strict" or "harsh". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "lubid" can also refer to a noose or a trap. |
| Tajik | The word "сатр" also means "thread" or "lace" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The term "string" can also refer to a series of connected items or a sequence of characters, such as a text string in computer programming. |
| Telugu | The word |
| Thai | In English, "string" can also refer to a sequence of characters, such as "Hello, world!" |
| Turkish | The word "dizi" in Turkish can also mean "channel" or "array" depending on the context. |
| Ukrainian | "Рядок" also means "line", "order" or "row" in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | Urdu word "تار" (string) comes from Sanskrit word "तन्तु" (thread) and also means "a hair"} |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "mag'lubiyat" also means "defeat" or "loss" in Persian and Arabic. |
| Vietnamese | The word "chuỗi" can also refer to a necklace, rosary, or chain of events. |
| Welsh | The word "llinyn" derives from the Proto-Celtic "*linion", meaning "thread, flax." |
| Xhosa | In the context of jewelry, "umtya" translates to "necklace" or "choker". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "שטריקל" (string) can also refer to a shoelace, a rope or a line. |
| Yoruba | While the primary meaning of "Okùn" is "string," it also means "thread," "cord," or even "wire." |
| Zulu | "Intambo" also refers to an initiation string that symbolizes a young Zulu man's transition to adulthood, and a "string" of pearls or beads. |
| English | String is derived from Old English "streng," meaning "cord" or "rope," and is related to the Old Scandinavian word "strengr," meaning "tight" or "rigid." |