Team in Different Languages
Discover 'Team' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Team
Afrikaans span | ||
Albanian ekipi | ||
Amharic ቡድን | ||
Arabic الفريق | ||
Armenian թիմ | ||
Assamese দল | ||
Aymara tama | ||
Azerbaijani komanda | ||
Bambara ekipu | ||
Basque taldea | ||
Belarusian каманда | ||
Bengali টীম | ||
Bhojpuri टीम | ||
Bosnian tim | ||
Bulgarian екип | ||
Catalan equip | ||
Cebuano tim | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 球队 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 球隊 | ||
Corsican squadra | ||
Croatian tim | ||
Czech tým | ||
Danish hold | ||
Dhivehi ޓީމު | ||
Dogri टीम | ||
Dutch team | ||
English team | ||
Esperanto teamo | ||
Estonian meeskond | ||
Ewe dɔwɔha | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pangkat | ||
Finnish tiimi | ||
French équipe | ||
Frisian ploech | ||
Galician equipo | ||
Georgian გუნდი | ||
German mannschaft | ||
Greek ομάδα | ||
Guarani aty | ||
Gujarati ટીમ | ||
Haitian Creole ekip | ||
Hausa tawaga | ||
Hawaiian kime | ||
Hebrew קְבוּצָה | ||
Hindi टीम | ||
Hmong pab neeg | ||
Hungarian csapat | ||
Icelandic lið | ||
Igbo otu | ||
Ilocano yasmang | ||
Indonesian tim | ||
Irish foireann | ||
Italian squadra | ||
Japanese チーム | ||
Javanese tim | ||
Kannada ತಂಡ | ||
Kazakh команда | ||
Khmer ក្រុម | ||
Kinyarwanda itsinda | ||
Konkani पंगड | ||
Korean 팀 | ||
Krio tim | ||
Kurdish kom | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) تیم | ||
Kyrgyz команда | ||
Lao ທີມງານ | ||
Latin bigas | ||
Latvian komanda | ||
Lingala ekipe | ||
Lithuanian komanda | ||
Luganda ekibinja | ||
Luxembourgish equipe | ||
Macedonian тим | ||
Maithili गुट | ||
Malagasy ekipa | ||
Malay pasukan | ||
Malayalam ടീം | ||
Maltese tim | ||
Maori tīma | ||
Marathi संघ | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯥꯉꯕꯨ | ||
Mizo pawl | ||
Mongolian баг | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အသင်းအဖွဲ့ | ||
Nepali टीम | ||
Norwegian team | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) gulu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଦଳ | ||
Oromo garee | ||
Pashto ډله | ||
Persian تیم | ||
Polish zespół | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) equipe | ||
Punjabi ਟੀਮ | ||
Quechua huñu | ||
Romanian echipă | ||
Russian команда | ||
Samoan 'au | ||
Sanskrit दल | ||
Scots Gaelic sgioba | ||
Sepedi sehlopha | ||
Serbian тим | ||
Sesotho sehlopha | ||
Shona timu | ||
Sindhi ٽيم | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කණ්ඩායම | ||
Slovak tím | ||
Slovenian ekipo | ||
Somali kooxda | ||
Spanish equipo | ||
Sundanese tim | ||
Swahili timu | ||
Swedish team | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) koponan | ||
Tajik даста | ||
Tamil அணி | ||
Tatar команда | ||
Telugu జట్టు | ||
Thai ทีม | ||
Tigrinya ጉጅለ | ||
Tsonga xipanu | ||
Turkish takım | ||
Turkmen topary | ||
Twi (Akan) ekuo | ||
Ukrainian команда | ||
Urdu ٹیم | ||
Uyghur team | ||
Uzbek jamoa | ||
Vietnamese đội | ||
Welsh tîm | ||
Xhosa iqela | ||
Yiddish מאַנשאַפֿט | ||
Yoruba egbe | ||
Zulu iqembu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "span" is derived from the Dutch word "span", meaning "a team of horses or oxen" |
| Albanian | The word "ekipi" in Albanian can also refer to a group of people working together on a task, or to a group of competitors in a competition. |
| Amharic | In Amharic, the word "ቡድን" can also mean "group", "company", or "band" (of musicians). |
| Arabic | The word "الفريق" originally meant a group of friends or allies in pre-Islamic Arabic. |
| Armenian | The word "թիմ" (team) in Armenian is derived from the Greek word "θύμος" (thymos), meaning "heart, spirit, or passion." |
| Azerbaijani | It also derives from the Turkish word "komanda" which means "order," "command," or "signal." |
| Basque | The word "taldea" is a loan word from Spanish "talle", meaning "workshop", but in Basque it has come to mean "team". |
| Belarusian | From French "commande," originally from Latin "commandare," meaning "to entrust." |
| Bengali | The word "টীম" in Bengali also refers to a group of people who work together towards a common goal. |
| Bosnian | The word 'tim' in Bosnian is used to describe a group of people working together, and is derived from the Old Slavic word 'tьma', meaning 'darkness'. |
| Bulgarian | The word "екип" in Bulgarian is related to the word "equestrian" in English, originating from the Latin "equus" meaning "horse". |
| Catalan | In Catalan, the word "equip" can also refer to an athletic team or group. |
| Cebuano | "Tim" in Cebuano also means "stick" or "small pole". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 球队 can also refer to a large group of people working together, such as a team of doctors or a team of scientists. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word “球隊” can also refer to a sports team. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word squadra originally meant 'the 12 oarsmen on the right-hand side of a galley', as opposed to irema, 'the 12 oarsmen on the left-hand side'. |
| Croatian | The word 'tim' in Croatian also has a colloquial meaning of 'group of friends' or 'party of people'. |
| Czech | The Czech word "tým" derives from the French word "équipe", ultimately tracing its roots to the Greek word "thymos", meaning "mind" or "spirit" |
| Danish | In Danish, "hold" literally means "group" or "team", and is derived from Proto-Germanic, like its English cognate "hold". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "team" can also mean "a group of people or animals pulling or carrying together." |
| Esperanto | Teamo is a homonym, having both the English and Esperanto meanings of team (group) and a variant spelling of 'tia mo' (his/her/its opinion). |
| Estonian | The word "meeskond" is derived from the words "mees" (man) and "kond" (group), and originally referred to a group of men working together, especially in a military context. |
| Finnish | The word "tiimi" is borrowed from the Swedish word "team", which in turn comes from the English word "team", meaning "a group of persons associated in a joint action or effort". |
| French | In French, the word "équipe" originates from the Middle Dutch word "scipe", meaning ship, and was first used in the context of a team of rowers. |
| Frisian | The word "ploech" comes from the French word "ploeg" for "group," which is itself derived from the Latin word "plebs" for "common people". |
| Galician | In Galician, equipo also means "gear", coming from the French word "equipement". |
| Georgian | The word |
| German | The word "Mannschaft" is a compound word derived from the German words "Mann" (man) and "schaft" (collection, group) |
| Greek | The word "ομάδα" originally meant "sworn band" or "oath-bound group" in ancient Greek, emphasizing the unity and loyalty of the team. |
| Gujarati | In Gujarati, the word "ટીમ" can also refer to a set of playing cards used in a traditional game called "teen patti." |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "ekip" comes from the French word "équipe", and can also mean "group" or "set". |
| Hausa | The word "tawaga" in Hausa language derives from the word "taga" which means "to follow" or "to accompany" |
| Hawaiian | "Kime" is a Hawaiian word that can also refer to a group of people who work together. |
| Hebrew | In Hebrew the word "קְבוּצָה" also has the meanings of "collective" or "group". |
| Hindi | The word "टीम" could also refer to a group of people working together on a project or task. |
| Hmong | "Pab neeg", meaning "team" in English, is a noun in the Hmong language that can also refer to a group of people working together or a group of people who share a common interest. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, the word "csapat" also means "group" and "band". |
| Icelandic | The word "lið" can also refer to a group of people working together for a common purpose, such as a committee or a task force. |
| Igbo | The word 'otu' can also refer to a group of people working together towards a common goal or a collective responsibility. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "tim" can also refer to a group of animals or a pile of objects. |
| Italian | The word 'squadra' originates from the Italian word 'squadrare', meaning 'to square', suggesting a team's cohesive and orderly formation. |
| Japanese | The word 「チーム」 derives from the English word "team" originally meaning a group of draft animals. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "tim" also refers to a specific part of a traditional house used for guests. |
| Kannada | "ತಂಡ" (team) in Kannada can also refer to a group of workers or a troupe of entertainers. |
| Kazakh | Despite being spelled the same, the Kazakh word "команда" is pronounced with a "kom" sound instead of a "ko" sound, unlike its Russian counterpart. |
| Khmer | The word "ក្រុម" also refers to a group, a crowd, a class, a category, a faction, a party, a company, a corporation, and a society. |
| Korean | 팀 (team) is derived from the Middle English word 'teme', meaning 'a brood of animals' or 'a group of people' |
| Kurdish | The word "kom" in Kurdish may derive from the same Indo-European root as the English word "comrade". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "команда" can also refer to an individual participant on a team, or to the set of participants as a whole. |
| Lao | The Lao word "ທີມງານ" comes from the English word "team" and has the alternate meaning of "group". |
| Latin | The Latin word "bigas" can refer to a horse-drawn chariot with two horses (a biga), a two-horse team, or a two-wheeled chariot. |
| Latvian | The word "komanda" has roots in French("commande") and Russian("команда"), with the original meaning of "command". |
| Lithuanian | Komanda in Lithuanian is derived from the French word |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Equipe" can have the additional meaning of "wedding party". |
| Macedonian | The word "тим" (team) is also used in Macedonian to refer to a group of people who work together on a project or activity. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word 'ekipa' is ultimately derived from the French "équipe" and can also refer to a group of people working together on a project. |
| Malay | The word "pasukan" can also refer to a military unit or a group of people performing a task together. |
| Malayalam | In informal Malayalam, "team" is used to refer to a set of people in general, not just in the context of sports or work. |
| Maltese | The word "tim" in Maltese also means "group" or "set". |
| Maori | Māori also uses the word tīma to describe a group of people working together in sport or business. |
| Marathi | In Sanskrit, "संघ" means "a crowd" or "an assembly", and in Buddhism, it refers to the monastic community. |
| Mongolian | The word "баг" in Mongolian, meaning "team," has the alternative meaning of "company" in the context of a military organization. |
| Nepali | In Hindi, "टीम" (team) also means "a group of persons joined for a particular purpose" |
| Norwegian | Team, an abbreviation of teamwork, can also refer to the set of horses pulling a vehicle |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "gulu" can also refer to a group of people working together for a common goal, or an association of people with a shared interest. |
| Pashto | In addition to meaning "team," "ډله" can also refer to a "herd," "group," or "crowd" in Pashto. |
| Persian | Persian تیم originates from the Persian word تیمه (timeh), meaning a group of people working together. |
| Polish | The word "zespół" in Polish also means "syndrome", coming from the Latin "syndroma" (combination). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "equipe" can also refer to a group of criminals working together. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਟੀਮ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "tīm," meaning "string; bond; chain;" |
| Romanian | The word "echipă" is derived from the Turkish word "çapı", meaning "band" or "side". |
| Russian | The word "команда" also means "command" or "order" in Russian. |
| Samoan | 'Au' also means 'current' or 'stream' in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | "sgìoba" means "swarm" or "crowd" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The word "тим" in Serbian can also refer to a group of people or a body of people elected to lead or represent an organization or a community. |
| Sesotho | The word "sehlopha" in Sesotho, which means "team," derives from the verb "ho lopa" (to gather or collect), suggesting a group of people working together. |
| Shona | The word "timu" is also used to refer to an individual who is part of a larger group or organization, and is cognate with the Nguni word "ithimu" meaning "clan". |
| Sindhi | The word ٽيم (team) may also refer to "a pile of something" (e.g., leaves) in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | Sinhala and Sanskrit words like "kāya"" and "kāyaṃ"" (kāya=body) are also cognate to "kāyaṃ"" (team), suggesting that its original meaning was "body (of persons)" or "group". |
| Slovak | In ancient Slovak, this word meant "yoke". |
| Slovenian | The word "ekipo" can also refer to a group of performers or a crew that works together on a project. |
| Somali | "Kooxda" also denotes a group of animals, especially of the same type. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "equipo" also means "gear" or "equipment," reflecting the idea that a team is a collection of individuals working together with specific tools or resources. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, tim is also used to refer to a group of animals, insects, or birds. |
| Swahili | The word "timu" in Swahili also means "group" or "band." |
| Swedish | The word "team" originally meant a horse-drawn carriage or a group of horses hitched together to pull a load. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "koponan" in Tagalog can also refer to a group of people who work together on a project or task. |
| Tajik | The word "даста" can also mean "part" or "fraction" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The word "அணி" can also refer to a group of people gathered for a specific purpose, such as a political party or a group of soldiers. |
| Telugu | The word 'జట్టు' in Telugu can also mean a group of people carrying a palanquin. |
| Thai | ทีม also means 'group' in Laotian. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "takım" also means "set" or "equipment", and is probably derived from Arabic "ta'qim", meaning "to put in order". |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, "команда" can also mean "command" or "order". |
| Urdu | The word 'ٹیم' also means a group of people who work together towards a common goal or objective. |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "jamoa" can also refer to a group of people who work together for a common goal, such as a team in a sports competition or a group of researchers working on a project. |
| Vietnamese | "Đội" can also mean "head" or "crown" in Vietnamese, relating to the traditional custom of wearing headpieces or crowns to represent group membership or authority. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "tîm" also means "a set of people who work together" or "a group of people who share a common goal or interest". |
| Xhosa | Iqela also means 'a group of friends or family' in Xhosa |
| Yiddish | מַנשאַפֿט can also refer to "crew" in Yiddish |
| Yoruba | The word 'egbe' also means 'club' and 'society' in Yoruba, and derives from the verb 'egbe,' meaning 'to join together.' |
| Zulu | "Iqembu" also refers to a group of friends, a family unit or a group of fighters |
| English | The word “team” has been used since the 14th century to mean a group of draft animals harnessed together, and since the 16th century to refer to a group of human beings working together. |