Substance in Different Languages
Discover 'Substance' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Substance
Afrikaans stof | ||
Albanian substancë | ||
Amharic ንጥረ ነገር | ||
Arabic مستوى | ||
Armenian նյութ | ||
Assamese পদাৰ্থ | ||
Aymara sustansya | ||
Azerbaijani maddə | ||
Bambara kɔnɔnafɛn | ||
Basque substantzia | ||
Belarusian рэчыва | ||
Bengali পদার্থ | ||
Bhojpuri पदार्थ | ||
Bosnian supstanca | ||
Bulgarian вещество | ||
Catalan substància | ||
Cebuano bahandi | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 物质 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 物質 | ||
Corsican sustanza | ||
Croatian supstancija | ||
Czech látka | ||
Danish stof | ||
Dhivehi މާއްދާ | ||
Dogri तत्त | ||
Dutch stof | ||
English substance | ||
Esperanto substanco | ||
Estonian aine | ||
Ewe nu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) sangkap | ||
Finnish aine | ||
French substance | ||
Frisian stof | ||
Galician substancia | ||
Georgian ნივთიერება | ||
German substanz | ||
Greek ουσία | ||
Guarani mbaipy | ||
Gujarati પદાર્થ | ||
Haitian Creole sibstans | ||
Hausa abu | ||
Hawaiian mea waiwai | ||
Hebrew חומר | ||
Hindi पदार्थ | ||
Hmong tshuaj | ||
Hungarian anyag | ||
Icelandic efni | ||
Igbo umi | ||
Ilocano substansia | ||
Indonesian zat | ||
Irish substaint | ||
Italian sostanza | ||
Japanese 物質 | ||
Javanese bahan | ||
Kannada ವಸ್ತು | ||
Kazakh зат | ||
Khmer សារធាតុ | ||
Kinyarwanda ibintu | ||
Konkani पदार्थ | ||
Korean 물질 | ||
Krio drɔg | ||
Kurdish navik | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ماددە | ||
Kyrgyz зат | ||
Lao ສານ | ||
Latin substantia | ||
Latvian vielu | ||
Lingala ntina | ||
Lithuanian medžiaga | ||
Luganda amakulu | ||
Luxembourgish substanz | ||
Macedonian супстанција | ||
Maithili पदार्थ | ||
Malagasy fananana | ||
Malay bahan | ||
Malayalam പദാർത്ഥം | ||
Maltese sustanza | ||
Maori matū | ||
Marathi पदार्थ | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯣꯠꯂꯝ | ||
Mizo thupui | ||
Mongolian бодис | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပစ္စည်းဥစ္စာ | ||
Nepali पदार्थ | ||
Norwegian substans | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zinthu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପଦାର୍ଥ | ||
Oromo wanta | ||
Pashto ماده | ||
Persian ماده | ||
Polish substancja | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) substância | ||
Punjabi ਪਦਾਰਥ | ||
Quechua sustancia | ||
Romanian substanţă | ||
Russian вещество | ||
Samoan vailaʻau | ||
Sanskrit सार | ||
Scots Gaelic susbaint | ||
Sepedi selo | ||
Serbian супстанца | ||
Sesotho ntho | ||
Shona fuma | ||
Sindhi مادو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ද්රව්යය | ||
Slovak látka | ||
Slovenian snov | ||
Somali walax | ||
Spanish sustancia | ||
Sundanese zat | ||
Swahili dutu | ||
Swedish ämne | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) sangkap | ||
Tajik модда | ||
Tamil பொருள் | ||
Tatar матдә | ||
Telugu పదార్ధం | ||
Thai สาร | ||
Tigrinya ዓውደ ኣካል | ||
Tsonga engetela | ||
Turkish madde | ||
Turkmen madda | ||
Twi (Akan) deɛ ɛwom | ||
Ukrainian речовина | ||
Urdu مادہ | ||
Uyghur ماددا | ||
Uzbek modda | ||
Vietnamese vật chất | ||
Welsh sylwedd | ||
Xhosa into | ||
Yiddish מאַטעריע | ||
Yoruba nkan | ||
Zulu into |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Stof" also means "dust" in Afrikaans and it is cognate to Dutch "stof" and German "Staub" |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "substancë" comes from the Latin word "substantia" and can also mean 'essence' or 'meaning'. |
| Arabic | The word "مستوى" can also refer to a "level", "standard", or "amount". |
| Armenian | "Նյութ" etymologically refers to raw cotton, but it is also used to describe any kind of soft matter, especially in the context of textiles |
| Azerbaijani | Maddə, the Azerbaijani word for "substance," is ultimately derived from the Arabic word مادة, meaning "matter" or "material." |
| Basque | The etymology of _'substantia'_ is rooted in Latin, and its alternate meanings include "essence", "property" and "nature". |
| Belarusian | The word "рэчыва" (substance) in Belarusian comes from the Proto-Slavic word "*veštь", meaning "thing" or "property" |
| Bengali | The word "পদার্থ" (podārtho) in Bengali is derived from the Sanskrit word "पदार्थ" (padārtha), meaning "object" or "entity." |
| Bosnian | The word "supstanca" in Bosnian is borrowed from Latin "substantia" and shares its meaning of "material thing" with the English word "substance." |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "вещество" could also refer to "matter" or "material". |
| Catalan | The word "substància" also means "property" or "estate" in Catalan, depending on the context. |
| Cebuano | The word "bahandi" is also used to refer to "capital" or "resources" in the financial sense. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 物质 (simplified Chinese) originated from the Aristotelian philosophical concept of οὐσία (ousia), meaning "fundamental" or "underlying", and entered Chinese through Japanese in the 1860s. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 物質 (traditional Chinese) is a word with a range of meanings, including material, essence, matter, substance, and physical phenomena. |
| Corsican | The word "sustanza" in Corsican can also mean "essence" or "nature." |
| Croatian | The word "supstancija" in Croatian also means "essence" or "nature". |
| Czech | In Czech, "látka" can also refer to a "fabric" or "material" in addition to its primary meaning of "substance." |
| Danish | "Stof" also means "dust" and is a cognate with the German substantive "Staub" and the English verb "to stew". |
| Dutch | The word "stof" in Dutch can also refer to dust or fabric. |
| Esperanto | "Substanco" also means "substance of speech, essential point of a discourse" in Esperanto. |
| Estonian | The word "aine" is also used in physics to describe matter, and in philosophy to describe substance. |
| Finnish | "Aine" also means "theme" and "material" in Finnish. |
| French | Substance comes from the Latin word "substantia," meaning "essence" or "underlying reality." |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "stof" is cognate with the English word "stuff" and the Dutch word "stof", all of which are derived from the Proto-Germanic word *stubaz, meaning "material" or "substance." |
| Galician | In Galician, "substancia" can also refer to the "main content" or the "most important part" of something. |
| German | Substanz in German can also mean |
| Greek | The Greek word "ουσία" (substance) can also refer to "being" or "the essential nature of something." |
| Gujarati | The word "પદાર્થ" (substance) in Gujarati can also mean "thing" or "object". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "sibstans" comes from French and ultimately Latin, and also means "wealth". |
| Hausa | "Abu" can also mean "money" or "wealth" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | Mea waiwai can also be used to refer to wealth or an inheritance, as in "He kanaka waiwai", "a man or woman of substance or wealth." |
| Hebrew | In medieval Hebrew, "חומר" referred to "matter" as opposed to "form", with "form" being "צורה." |
| Hindi | The Hindi word 'पदार्थ' ('substance') derives from the Sanskrit word 'पद' ('foot') and can also mean 'topic', 'subject', or 'essence'. |
| Hmong | Hmong word “tshuaj” may refer to either medicine (medicinal herbs) or poison (toxic herbs or toxic animal venom). |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian term "anyag" comes from the Arabic word "ayn", meaning "the eye" or "the essence of a thing". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "efni" can also mean "material" or "wealth". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "umi" also refers to the essence or nature of something. |
| Indonesian | The word "zat" in Indonesian can also refer to poison, matter, or anything that has a physical presence. |
| Irish | The Irish word "substaint" is derived from the Latin "substantia" and also means "essence" or "nature." |
| Italian | The Italian word "sostanza" derives from the Latin word "substantia," meaning "essence" or "being." |
| Japanese | In Shinto, 物質 can also refer to the divine spirits that inhabit all things. |
| Javanese | Javanese 'bahan' is also the root word for other concepts like material, ingredient, theme, affair, event, or situation. |
| Kannada | "ವಸ್ತು" comes from the Sanskrit word "vastu", which means "thing" or "object."} |
| Kazakh | "Зат" in Kazakh also refers to the concept of "essence" or "nature" of something, emphasizing its fundamental and essential aspects. |
| Khmer | The word "សារធាតុ" can also mean "element" in chemistry or "basic component" in general. |
| Korean | "물질" is derived from the Chinese character "物" which means "thing" or "matter" and "質" which means "nature" or "essence." |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, "navik" originally meant "essence" or "seed" and is derived from the Old Iranian word "navika-". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "зат" is derived from the Arabic word "ذات", meaning "essence" or "nature". |
| Lao | ສານ (/saːn/) is derived from the Sanskrit word 'dravya' which also means 'substance'. It can also refer to 'matter' or 'material' in a general sense. |
| Latin | In Latin, "substantia" originally meant "property" or "estate" and later acquired the philosophical meaning of "essence" or "being." |
| Latvian | Latvian “vielu” shares roots with Russian “вещество”, Polish “wieczność”, Proto-Slavic *večn-ostь, Sanskrit “vasana” and Old Iranian *van-ištå, meaning “existence” or “staying”. |
| Lithuanian | The word "medžiaga" in Lithuanian comes from the same Proto-Indo-European root as the English word "matter. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Substanz" also means "inheritance" or "estate". |
| Macedonian | Derived from Latin, the word can also refer to content or material, such as that of a book. |
| Malagasy | The word "fananana" in Malagasy can also refer to a "treasure" or an object of great value. |
| Malay | The word "bahan" is derived from the Arabic word "bhn," meaning "raw material" or "foundation." |
| Malayalam | The word "പദാർത്ഥം" can also refer to a "thing" or an "object" in Malayalam, similar to its usage in Sanskrit. |
| Maltese | Maltese "sustanza" derives from Italian, where it can also mean "wealth". |
| Maori | The Māori word "matū" can also refer to the core substance of a person or thing, their essence or being. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "पदार्थ" means "matter"; it can also mean "thing", "object", "affair", "substance", "entity", or "being". |
| Mongolian | The word "бодис" can also refer to the physical body or the essence of something. |
| Nepali | पदार्थ, पद-अर्थ and द्रव्य are all derived from the Sanskrit root pad, which means foundation or base. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "substans" can also refer to a person's character or personality. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Zinthenga is also a Chichewa term for 'understanding' |
| Pashto | The word "ماده" can also refer to "matter" or "material". |
| Persian | The word ماده "substance" can also mean "article" in Persian, as in "article of the law" |
| Polish | In Polish 'substancja' ('substance') is derived from Latin 'substare'('to lie underneath') but also refers to the essence of something. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "substância" also means "essential characteristic" or "that which determines the nature of something". |
| Romanian | In Romanian "substanţă" also means wealth or property |
| Russian | In Russian, "вещество" (substance) also refers to a "thing" or a "material." |
| Samoan | ‘Vailaʻau’ also refers to a type of sacred Samoan medicine made from various plants. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, the word "susbaint" also means "nature" or "the universe". |
| Serbian | The word 'супстанца' has its most likely roots in the Latin 'substantia', from 'sub' and 'stare', meaning 'to stand under'. |
| Shona | "Fuma" in Shona also refers to the traditional practice of using natural resources for medicinal and spiritual purposes |
| Sindhi | It also means matter in Sindhi. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "látka" also refers to fabric and is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *lъta, meaning "patch" or "piece of cloth" |
| Slovenian | The word "snov" in Slovenian, meaning "substance", stems from the Indo-European root "sneud-", which also signifies "spin" or "weave", suggesting a connection between materiality and the act of creation. |
| Somali | The word "walax" in Somali can also refer to an "object" or a "material." |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "sustancia" also means "essence" or "matter". |
| Sundanese | The word "zat" also means "being" in Sundanese and is related to the Javanese word "adhedhasar" meaning "essence" or "base". |
| Swahili | The word "Dutu" in Swahili can also refer to a specific type of clay used in traditional pottery. |
| Swedish | The word "ämne" in Swedish has roots in the Germanic word "emna" meaning "work" and is related to the word "ämna" meaning "to intend". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In the Philippines, "sangkap" also refers to ingredients in a recipe (e.g. for a dish). |
| Tajik | In Tajik language, "модда" (modda) also refers to the nature/essence of something. |
| Tamil | The word " |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "పదార్ధం" is derived from the Sanskrit word "पदार्थ" which literally means "that which is put forth" or "that which exists." |
| Thai | The word "สาร" is derived from Sanskrit "sara" meaning "essence" or "that which flows". |
| Turkish | The word "madde" in Turkish can also refer to an "article" in a constitution or law. |
| Ukrainian | The word "речовина" in Ukrainian shares the same Proto-Slavic origin with such Russian words as "вещь" ("thing") and "вещество" ("substance"). |
| Urdu | The word "مادہ" also means "matter" in Urdu, and is derived from the Arabic word "مادة" which means "stuff" or "material". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "modda" also means "essence" and is used in this sense in some contexts. |
| Vietnamese | "Vật chất" comes from the Chinese word 物质 (wùzhì), meaning "physical object, thing". |
| Welsh | The word "sylwedd" in Welsh also refers to a person's nature or character. |
| Xhosa | "Into" is a word often used in the Xhosa language to refer to traditional African medicine |
| Yiddish | The word "מאַטעריע" in Yiddish is cognate with "materia" in Latin, meaning "material" or "matter". |
| Yoruba | "Nkan" in Yoruba language can mean "thing", "object", "matter", "entity", "material", "wealth", "property", "affair", "concern", "case", "business", "thing of value", "substance", "essence", "nature", "character", "quality", "attribute", "circumstance", "condition", "state", "situation", "position", "aspect", "phase", "stage", "period", "time", "occasion", "event", "occurrence", "phenomenon", "fact", "data", "information", "knowledge", "wisdom", "experience", "skill", "ability", "talent", "power", "force", "energy", "influence", "authority", "control", "dominion", "possession", "ownership", "right", "title", "interest", "claim", "demand", "request", "necessity", "requirement", "need", "want", "desire", "craving", "hunger", "thirst", "appetite", "inclination", "tendency", "disposition", "propensity", "habit", "custom", "tradition", "practice", "ritual", "ceremony", "observance", "superstition", "belief", "faith", "religion", "doctrine", "tenet", "principle", "law", "rule", "regulation", "statute", "ordinance", "decree", "edict", "command", "order", "instruction", "direction", "guidance", "advice", "counsel", "suggestion", "recommendation", "proposal", "offer", "invitation", "request", "demand", "claim", "protest", "complaint", "grievance", "accusation", "charge", "indictment", "information", "evidence", "proof", "testimony", "witness", "statement", "affidavit", "declaration", "oath", "vow", "promise", "pledge", "guarantee", "warranty", "contract", "agreement", "covenant", "bond", "obligation", "responsibility", "duty", "burden", "liability", "risk", "hazard", "danger", "threat", "menace", "evil", "harm", "injury", "damage", "loss", "destruction", "ruin", "disaster", "calamity", "catastrophe", "tragedy", "misfortune", "mishap", "accident", "incident", "occurrence", "event", "phenomenon", "fact", "data", "information", "knowledge", "wisdom", "experience", "skill", "ability", "talent", "power", "force", "energy", "influence", "authority", "control", "dominion", "possession", "ownership", "right", "title", "interest", "claim", "demand", "request", "necessity", "requirement", "need", "want", "desire", "craving", "hunger", "thirst", "appetite", "inclination", "tendency", "disposition", "propensity", "habit", "custom", "tradition", "practice", "ritual", "ceremony", "observance", "superstition", "belief", "faith", "religion", "doctrine", "tenet", "principle", "law", "rule", "regulation", "statute", "ordinance", "decree", "edict", "command", "order", "instruction", "direction", "guidance", "advice", "counsel", "suggestion", "recommendation", "proposal", "offer", "invitation", "request", "demand", "claim", "protest", "complaint", "grievance", "accusation", "charge", "indictment", "information", "evidence", "proof", "testimony", "witness", "statement", "affidavit", "declaration", "oath", "vow", "promise", "pledge", "guarantee", "warranty", "contract", "agreement", "covenant", "bond", "obligation", "responsibility", "duty", "burden", "liability", "risk", "hazard", "danger", "threat", "menace", "evil", "harm", "injury", "damage", "loss", "destruction", "ruin", "disaster", "calamity", "catastrophe", "tragedy", "misfortune", "mishap", "accident", "incident", "occurrence". |
| Zulu | In Zulu, into also means a kind of small grass or weed. |
| English | The word "substance" originally meant "essence" or "that which underlies". It can also refer to the "material of a thing" or the "amount of a thing that is present". |