Telescope in Different Languages
Discover 'Telescope' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Telescope
Afrikaans teleskoop | ||
Albanian teleskopi | ||
Amharic ቴሌስኮፕ | ||
Arabic تلسكوب | ||
Armenian աստղադիտակ | ||
Assamese টেলিস্কোপ | ||
Aymara telescopio ukampi | ||
Azerbaijani teleskop | ||
Bambara teleskɔpi (telescope) ye | ||
Basque teleskopioa | ||
Belarusian тэлескоп | ||
Bengali দূরবীণ | ||
Bhojpuri दूरबीन से देखल जा सकेला | ||
Bosnian teleskop | ||
Bulgarian телескоп | ||
Catalan telescopi | ||
Cebuano teleskopyo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 望远镜 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 望遠鏡 | ||
Corsican telescopiu | ||
Croatian teleskop | ||
Czech dalekohled | ||
Danish teleskop | ||
Dhivehi ޓެލެސްކޯޕެވެ | ||
Dogri दूरबीन दा | ||
Dutch telescoop | ||
English telescope | ||
Esperanto teleskopo | ||
Estonian teleskoop | ||
Ewe didiƒekpɔmɔ̃ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) teleskopyo | ||
Finnish teleskooppi | ||
French télescope | ||
Frisian teleskoop | ||
Galician telescopio | ||
Georgian ტელესკოპი | ||
German teleskop | ||
Greek τηλεσκόπιο | ||
Guarani telescopio rehegua | ||
Gujarati દૂરબીન | ||
Haitian Creole teleskòp | ||
Hausa madubin hangen nesa | ||
Hawaiian teleskopa | ||
Hebrew טֵלֶסקוֹפּ | ||
Hindi दूरबीन | ||
Hmong lub tsom iav raj | ||
Hungarian távcső | ||
Icelandic sjónauka | ||
Igbo teliskop | ||
Ilocano teleskopio | ||
Indonesian teleskop | ||
Irish teileascóp | ||
Italian telescopio | ||
Japanese 望遠鏡 | ||
Javanese teleskop | ||
Kannada ದೂರದರ್ಶಕ | ||
Kazakh телескоп | ||
Khmer កែវយឹត | ||
Kinyarwanda telesikope | ||
Konkani दुर्बिणींतल्यान मेळटा | ||
Korean 망원경 | ||
Krio tɛliskɔp | ||
Kurdish lûla dûrdîtinê | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) تەلەسکۆپ | ||
Kyrgyz телескоп | ||
Lao ກ້ອງສ່ອງທາງໄກ | ||
Latin telescopio | ||
Latvian teleskops | ||
Lingala telescope na nzela ya télescope | ||
Lithuanian teleskopas | ||
Luganda eky’okulaba ewala | ||
Luxembourgish teleskop | ||
Macedonian телескоп | ||
Maithili दूरबीन | ||
Malagasy teleskaopy | ||
Malay teleskop | ||
Malayalam ദൂരദർശിനി | ||
Maltese teleskopju | ||
Maori waea karu | ||
Marathi दुर्बिणी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯦꯂꯤꯁ꯭ꯀꯣꯞ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo telescope hmanga siam a ni | ||
Mongolian дуран | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တယ်လီစကုပ် | ||
Nepali टेलिस्कोप | ||
Norwegian teleskop | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) telesikopu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଦୂରବୀକ୍ଷଣ ଯନ୍ତ୍ର | ||
Oromo teleskooppii | ||
Pashto دوربین | ||
Persian تلسکوپ | ||
Polish teleskop | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) telescópio | ||
Punjabi ਦੂਰਬੀਨ | ||
Quechua telescopio nisqawan | ||
Romanian telescop | ||
Russian телескоп | ||
Samoan teleskope | ||
Sanskrit दूरबीन | ||
Scots Gaelic teileasgop | ||
Sepedi thelesekoupu ya thelesekoupu | ||
Serbian телескоп | ||
Sesotho sebonela-hōle | ||
Shona teresikopu | ||
Sindhi دوربين | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දුරේක්ෂය | ||
Slovak ďalekohľad | ||
Slovenian teleskop | ||
Somali telescope | ||
Spanish telescopio | ||
Sundanese teleskop | ||
Swahili darubini | ||
Swedish teleskop | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) teleskopyo | ||
Tajik телескоп | ||
Tamil தொலைநோக்கி | ||
Tatar телескоп | ||
Telugu టెలిస్కోప్ | ||
Thai กล้องโทรทรรศน์ | ||
Tigrinya ቴለስኮፕ | ||
Tsonga theleskopu | ||
Turkish teleskop | ||
Turkmen teleskop | ||
Twi (Akan) afiri a wɔde hwɛ akyirikyiri | ||
Ukrainian телескоп | ||
Urdu دوربین | ||
Uyghur تېلېسكوپ | ||
Uzbek teleskop | ||
Vietnamese kính thiên văn | ||
Welsh telesgop | ||
Xhosa iteleskopu | ||
Yiddish טעלעסקאָפּ | ||
Yoruba imutobi | ||
Zulu isibonakude |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "teleskoop" in Afrikaans comes from the Greek word "tele" (far) and "skopein" (to view). |
| Amharic | The word ቴሌስኮፕ originates from the Greek word 'tele' (far) and 'skopeein' (to look at), which together mean 'to look far'. |
| Arabic | In Moroccan Arabic, "تلسكوب" can also refer to a type of long, thin candy. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "teleskop" can also refer to a type of musical instrument similar to a clarinet or oboe in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The word 'teleskopioa' in Basque is a compound word consisting of 'tele' (meaning 'far') and 'ikusi' (meaning 'see'), making it literally translate as 'far-seeing'. |
| Belarusian | The word "тэлескоп" is derived from the Greek words "τηλε" (meaning "far") and "σκοπος" (meaning "observer"). |
| Bengali | দূরবীণ is also an optical instrument used in surveying to measure angles. |
| Bosnian | Bosnian word 'teleskop' is also used to refer to a type of hairstyle where the hair is pulled back tightly and pinned up on top of the head. |
| Bulgarian | В българския език думата „телескоп“ се използва и за обозначаване на устройство за търсене на предмети под вода, като например във водолазен шлем. |
| Catalan | Telescopi comes from the Greek word “tele” meaning “far” and “skopeein” meaning “to look or see.” |
| Cebuano | The word "teleskopyo" is derived from the Greek word "tele" meaning "far" and "skopein" meaning "to look or observe." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 望远镜一词最早在西汉《淮南子》中出现，原指观察远方的仪器，包括指南车等 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 除了「望遠鏡」，「望遠鏡」在中文中還可以指「觀察遠方的事物」或「有遠見卓識」 |
| Corsican | The Corsican word 'telescopiu' derives from the Greek 'tele', meaning 'far', and 'skopein', meaning 'to look'. Thus, 'telescopiu' means 'far-seeing', i.e., 'telescope'. |
| Croatian | The root of the word "teleskop" in Croatian, "teloskop", derives from the Greek roots for "far" and "see". |
| Czech | The word "dalekohled" in Czech is derived from the German word "Fernrohr" and means "far-seer". |
| Danish | Teleskop in Danish also means a piece of chewing gum, derived from its resemblance to a rolled-up telescope. |
| Dutch | The word 'telescoop' derives from the Greek words 'tele' (far) and 'skopein' (to look or see), meaning 'far-seeing' |
| Esperanto | "Teleskopo" is derived from the Greek words "tele" (far) and "skopein" (to view), and can also refer to the organ of vision. |
| Estonian | Teleskoop is a loanword from German "Teleskop" and French "télescope", coming from Greek "tele" (far) and "skopeein" (to observe). |
| Finnish | The word "teleskooppi" is derived from the Greek words "tele" (far) and "skopeein" (to observe), and also refers to a part of an ear or a type of fish. |
| French | En grec, le mot télescope signifie « voir au loin ». |
| Frisian | It can also mean 'look into the distance' or 'view at a distance'. |
| Galician | "Telescopio" en gallego comparte raíz etimológica con "telescopio" en español, y también puede significar "anteojos" o "gafas". |
| German | The German word "Teleskop" originally referred to an opera glass. |
| Greek | Ancient Greek τηλεσκόπιον "a far-viewing instrument" is the noun (or adjective) form related to the verb τηλεσκοπέω."to look from afar," (τηλο- tele- "afar-, far-off" in Ancient Greek, a cognate with the English preposition from Old English "fram" which is cognate with the Greek preposition πρό "forth, further") + -σκοπέω "-scope" " to examine, observe, watch, view " (σκοπος "a mark "). |
| Haitian Creole | The word "teleskòp" can also refer to a spyglass or a periscope. |
| Hausa | The word 'madubin hangen nesa' literally translates to 'pipe for viewing the moon'. |
| Hawaiian | It can also refer to a species of Hawaiian land snail. |
| Hebrew | The word "טֵלֶסקוֹפּ" is derived from the Greek words "τηλε" (tele), meaning "far," and "σκοπεῖν" (skopein), meaning "to look" or "to observe." |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "दूरबीन" is derived from the Sanskrit words "दूर" (meaning "far") and "बीक्ष" (meaning "to see"), hence literally meaning "something to see far with". |
| Hmong | The word refers to the eye's pupil in its original Mongolian language. |
| Hungarian | The word "távcső" is composed of two Hungarian words: "táv" and "cső", meaning "distance" and "pipe", respectively. |
| Icelandic | The word sjónauka is a compound of the Icelandic words "sjón" and "auka", meaning "to see" and "to increase" respectively. |
| Igbo | In Igbo, "teliskop" can also mean "a long, thin object." |
| Indonesian | The word 'teleskop' also means 'peephole' or 'binoculars' in Indonesian. |
| Irish | In Irish Gaelic, the word teileascóp is derived from the Greek words "tele" (far) and "skopeein" (to look). |
| Italian | In Italian, the word "telescopio" can also refer to a type of small, foldable telescope used for observing animals or distant objects. |
| Japanese | The first 望遠鏡 (telescope) was reportedly imported to Japan in 1608. |
| Javanese | The word "teleskop" in Javanese also means "to see something from afar". |
| Kannada | The word "ದೂರದರ್ಶಕ" literally means "the one who sees far" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "телескоп" (telescope) is an adapted borrowing of the Russian word "телескоп", which in turn comes from the Greek words "τῆλε" (tēle) meaning "far" and "σκοπεῖν" (skopeîn) meaning "to look" or "to examine". |
| Khmer | "កែវយឹត" also means "magnifying glass" or "eyeglasses" in Khmer. |
| Korean | The term "망원경" is a Sino-Korean word and its characters literally mean "far" and "view". |
| Kurdish | The word 'lûla dûrdîtinê' is derived from the Persian words 'lûleh' (pipe) and 'dûrbin' (far-seeing), meaning 'instrument for distant viewing'. It can also refer to other optical devices like microscopes and binoculars. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "телескоп" in Kyrgyz can also refer to a type of traditional musical instrument, similar to a tambourine. |
| Latin | Telescopio comes from the Greek word "tēle" (far) and the Latin word "scopia" (to view). |
| Latvian | The word "teleskops" can also mean "eyeglass" or "lorgnette" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The word "teleskopas" is derived from two Greek stems: tele ("distant") and skopein ("to observe"). |
| Luxembourgish | An alternative word for the telescope in Luxembourgish is "Räitzill". The word stems from astronomer and priest Jean-François Reckinger and combines the German word "Reichen" (reaching) and the Latin word "stella" (star). |
| Macedonian | The word "телескоп" (telescope) is derived from the Greek words "tele" (far) and "skopein" (to look), and its alternate meaning in Macedonian is "spyglass". |
| Malagasy | The word "teleskaopy" is derived from the Greek words "tele" (meaning "far") and "skopeein" (meaning "to look"), and originally referred to any instrument used for viewing distant objects. |
| Malay | "Teleskop" is derived from the Greek word "tele" (far) and "skopeein" (to look), referring to its ability to observe distant objects. |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, the word "ദൂരദർശിനി" can also refer to a "spyglass" or an antique "pair of spectacles" used to correct vision, reflecting its broader meanings "device for observing distant objects" or "aids to see clearly". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "teleskopju" comes from the Greek word "τηλεσκόπος" (tēleskopos), meaning "far-seeing". |
| Maori | "Waea karu" can also mean "window" or "frame". |
| Marathi | दुर्बिणी also means 'window' in Marathi |
| Mongolian | The word "дуран" also means "distant" in Mongolian, reflecting its ability to observe faraway objects. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word တယ်လီစကုပ် is derived from the Greek words "tele," meaning "far," and "skopeein," meaning "to look or see." |
| Nepali | The word "टेलिस्कोप" is derived from the Greek words "tele" (far) and "skopeein" (to look), and was first used in the 17th century to describe a device that allowed for the observation of distant objects. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "teleskop" can also refer to a retractable part of a car antenna, a sliding lens on a camera, or a type of artificial leg. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'telesikopu' is derived from the Greek words 'tele' (meaning 'far') and 'skopeein' (meaning 'to view'). |
| Pashto | The word "دوربین" can also mean "spyglass" or "microscope" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "تلسکوپ" is derived from the Greek word "τηλεσκόπος" (teleskopos), meaning "far-seeing". |
| Polish | The Polish word "teleskop" is derived from the ancient Greek words "tele" meaning "far" and "skopeein" meaning "to look at". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Brazilian Portuguese, "telescópio" can also mean a kind of stage in a theater. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "telescop" can also refer to a type of musical instrument resembling a panpipe. |
| Russian | The word "телескоп" (telescope) in Russian also refers to a device used in theater to magnify the image of a distant object. |
| Samoan | Teleskope is also used to refer to a person who is farsighted. |
| Scots Gaelic | Teileasgop means 'telescope', from 'teil' meaning 'distant' and 'sgop' meaning 'eye' or 'view'. |
| Serbian | The word "телескоп" ("telescope") in Serbian is a loanword from Greek, derived from "τηλε" ("far") and "σκοπέω" ("to look at"). |
| Sesotho | A more accurate word for "telescope" might be "sebonela-hōle" (literally "the one that shows the stars"). |
| Shona | The Shona word "teresikopu" is derived from the Greek word "τηλεσκόπος" (teleskopos), meaning "far-seeing." |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, "دوربين" can also refer to a camera lens or a magnifying glass. |
| Slovak | The word "ďalekohľad" in Slovak literally translates to "farsightedness", referring to its ability to magnify distant objects. |
| Slovenian | V slovenščini beseda "teleskop" lahko pomeni tudi "naprava za opazovanje oddaljenih predmetov na morju ali kopnem". |
| Somali | The Somali word "telescope" (durbir) originally referred to a type of traditional Arab dhow boat. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "telescopio" can also refer to a type of magnifying glass used in watchmaking and jewelry. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word 'teleskop' can also refer to a type of long-sleeved shirt or the stem of a banana plant. |
| Swahili | The word 'darubini' is derived from the Arabic word 'durbin', which means 'a viewing instrument' and primarily refers to binoculars. |
| Swedish | The word "teleskop" can also refer to a type of folding opera glass. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "teleskopyo" is derived from the Greek word "tele", meaning "far," and "skopio", meaning "to view," hence its meaning as an optical instrument used to view distant objects. |
| Tajik | Слово «телескоп» в таджикском языке также может означать «подзорная труба». |
| Tamil | The word தொலைநோக்கி can also refer to an imaginary instrument with the ability to see far distances. |
| Telugu | The word "telescope" is derived from the Greek word "tele" meaning "far" and "skopeein" meaning "to look at". |
| Thai | The word กล้องโทรทรรศน์ means both "telescope" and "microscope" in Thai. |
| Turkish | "Teleskop" kelimesi Yunancada "uzağı görmek" anlamına gelen "tele" ve "skopeein" (görmek) sözcüklerinin birleşiminden oluşur. |
| Ukrainian | "Телескоп" is a foreign word borrowed from French |
| Urdu | دوربین in Urdu means “the eye of the distance” and comes from the Persian “दूर” (dūr) meaning “distant” and “بین” (bīn) meaning “eye”. |
| Vietnamese | Kính thiên văn is borrowed from Chinese and literally translates to "instrument to observe space." |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "telesgop" is derived from the Greek "tele" meaning "far" and "skopeein" meaning "to look at". |
| Xhosa | The word "iteleskopu" is derived from the Greek word "teleskopos" which means "far-seeing". It is also related to the Latin word "specula" which means "watchtower". |
| Yiddish | טעלעסקאָפּ derives from the Greek words "tele" (far) and "skopein" (to look). |
| Yoruba | The word "imutobi" originally meant "to look far" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word 'isibonakude' is a combination of the Zulu words 'sibona' (we see) and 'ikude' (distance), which accurately describes the purpose of a telescope. |
| English | The term 'telescope' was coined by Greek mathematician Giovanni Demisiani and stems from the Greek words 'tele' meaning 'far' and 'skopein' meaning 'to look or see'. |