Trail in Different Languages
Discover 'Trail' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Trail
Afrikaans roete | ||
Albanian shteg | ||
Amharic ዱካ | ||
Arabic ممر المشاة | ||
Armenian արահետ | ||
Assamese গমনপথ | ||
Aymara thakhi | ||
Azerbaijani iz | ||
Bambara kiri | ||
Basque arrastoa | ||
Belarusian сцежка | ||
Bengali ট্রেইল | ||
Bhojpuri रास्ता | ||
Bosnian staza | ||
Bulgarian пътека | ||
Catalan corriol | ||
Cebuano agianan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 落后 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 落後 | ||
Corsican traccia | ||
Croatian trag | ||
Czech stezka | ||
Danish sti | ||
Dhivehi ޓްރެއިލް | ||
Dogri बत्त | ||
Dutch spoor | ||
English trail | ||
Esperanto spuro | ||
Estonian rada | ||
Ewe le megbe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) tugaygayan | ||
Finnish polku | ||
French piste | ||
Frisian paad | ||
Galician sendeiro | ||
Georgian ბილიკი | ||
German weg | ||
Greek μονοπάτι | ||
Guarani tapejehoha | ||
Gujarati પગેરું | ||
Haitian Creole santye | ||
Hausa sawu | ||
Hawaiian ala hele | ||
Hebrew שביל | ||
Hindi निशान | ||
Hmong txoj kev taug | ||
Hungarian nyom | ||
Icelandic slóð | ||
Igbo nzọ ụkwụ | ||
Ilocano sebbang | ||
Indonesian jejak | ||
Irish rian | ||
Italian sentiero | ||
Japanese トレイル | ||
Javanese tilase | ||
Kannada ಜಾಡು | ||
Kazakh із | ||
Khmer ផ្លូវលំ | ||
Kinyarwanda inzira | ||
Konkani खुबी | ||
Korean 꼬리 | ||
Krio rod | ||
Kurdish şop | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) شوێنەوار | ||
Kyrgyz из | ||
Lao ເສັ້ນທາງ | ||
Latin trahentium | ||
Latvian taka | ||
Lingala nzela | ||
Lithuanian takas | ||
Luganda okulinnya akagere | ||
Luxembourgish trail | ||
Macedonian патека | ||
Maithili पाछू | ||
Malagasy lalana | ||
Malay jejak | ||
Malayalam നടപ്പാത | ||
Maltese traċċa | ||
Maori ara | ||
Marathi पायवाट | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯔꯦꯡ | ||
Mizo hnu | ||
Mongolian мөр | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လမ်းကြောင်း | ||
Nepali ट्रेल | ||
Norwegian sti | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) njira | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଟ୍ରେଲ୍ | ||
Oromo mallattoo | ||
Pashto پلنه | ||
Persian دنباله دار | ||
Polish ślad | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) trilha | ||
Punjabi ਟ੍ਰੇਲ | ||
Quechua ñan | ||
Romanian poteca | ||
Russian след | ||
Samoan auala | ||
Sanskrit पादपद्धति | ||
Scots Gaelic slighe | ||
Sepedi goga | ||
Serbian стаза | ||
Sesotho tselana | ||
Shona nzira | ||
Sindhi پيچرو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මංපෙත් | ||
Slovak stopa | ||
Slovenian pot | ||
Somali raad | ||
Spanish sendero | ||
Sundanese jalan satapak | ||
Swahili njia | ||
Swedish spår | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tugaygayan | ||
Tajik гашти | ||
Tamil பாதை | ||
Tatar эз | ||
Telugu కాలిబాట | ||
Thai เส้นทาง | ||
Tigrinya ኣሰር | ||
Tsonga nkondzo | ||
Turkish iz | ||
Turkmen yz | ||
Twi (Akan) ti | ||
Ukrainian стежка | ||
Urdu پگڈنڈی | ||
Uyghur ئىز | ||
Uzbek iz | ||
Vietnamese đường mòn | ||
Welsh llwybr | ||
Xhosa umzila | ||
Yiddish שטעג | ||
Yoruba itọpa | ||
Zulu umzila |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Dutch, 'roete' can also mean 'route', suggesting a shared etymological origin |
| Albanian | "Shteg" is the word for "bridge" in certain dialects in Kosovo, while in South Albania it can refer to a "riverbed with little or no running water." |
| Amharic | "ዱካ" can also mean 'a kind of grass' or 'a type of grain' in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The word "ممر المشاة" can also refer to a "pedestrian crossing". |
| Armenian | The word "արահետ" in Armenian can also mean "path" or "way", and its root is the Persian word "rah" meaning "road". |
| Azerbaijani | In the Turkic languages of Central Asia, the word "iz" often refers to the mark left by an animal's foot or hoof. |
| Basque | The word "arrastoa" also means "dragging" or "pulling" in Basque, and is related to the verb "arrastatu" (to drag or pull). |
| Belarusian | The word "сцежка" is also used metaphorically to describe an easy or straightforward path to follow. |
| Bengali | The term 'trail' in Bengali can also denote a small village in remote hill areas |
| Bosnian | The word 'staza' is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *stazъ, meaning 'path' or 'way'. |
| Bulgarian | "Пътека" is an old word with various meanings: a narrow road, a river channel, a groove on an object and more |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "corriol" also refers to a narrow path or track, especially one used by animals. |
| Cebuano | The word "agianan" is also used to refer to the path of a river or stream. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "落后" in Chinese can also mean "backward" or "outdated". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 落後 ('trail') is also used to refer to the loss of a person's position, such as in a game or a race. |
| Corsican | Corsican tracca (pronounced tratch-a) derives from the Sardinian word |
| Croatian | The word "trag" can also mean a trace or a track. |
| Czech | The word "stezka" is derived from the Old Slavic word "stega", meaning "path" or "road". |
| Danish | "Sti" has many other meanings in Danish, including "path", "lane" and "alley." |
| Dutch | In Dutch, the word "spoor" can also refer to a railway track or a railway line. |
| Esperanto | The word "spuro" in Esperanto derives from the Latin word "spurium", meaning "illegitimate offspring" or "bastard". |
| Estonian | "Rada" also means "opening" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | "Polku" is cognate with Proto-Slavic *pъtь (path), and is related to Proto-Germanic *padaz (path) and Sanskrit पन्थास् (panthās) (path). |
| French | In French, "piste" can also mean "ski slope" or "clue" (in a mystery). |
| Frisian | The Frisian word 'paad' ultimately descends from the Proto-Indo-European word 'péds', which also gave rise to English 'path' and Sanskrit 'padá' |
| Galician | Sendeiro, 'trail' in Galician, also means 'small path' and comes from the Latin 'semita', with the same meaning. |
| Georgian | Old Georgian "ბილიკი" (biliki) refers to a small path rather than big road; "ბილი" (bili) means "way"; also, it might have derived from "მიპილკვა (mipilkva, to roll)" or "პილუკი (piluki, a ball)" as it refers to an uneven road with obstacles, or maybe as a way that has a steep slope and is slippery. |
| German | Although the word "Weg" means "path" in German, it can also refer to a journey or a route. |
| Greek | The word "μονοπάτι" derives from the Ancient Greek "μόνος" (alone) and "πάτος" (path), referring to a "solitary path". |
| Gujarati | While "પગેરું" primarily means "trail", it also has the alternate meaning of "footpath". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "santye" can also mean "neighborhood" or "district" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | In Hausa, the word "sawu" can also refer to a "scar". |
| Hawaiian | 'Ala hele' literally means 'walking path' and is a general term for any kind of trail. |
| Hebrew | The word "שביל" can also refer to a "row" or a "line" in Hebrew. |
| Hindi | In Hindi, the word "निशान" (trail) also means "sign" or "mark". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "txoj kev taug" literally means "path of walking" and can refer to either a trail or a path taken in life. |
| Hungarian | The word "nyom" in Hungarian can also refer to a footprint or a line of footsteps. |
| Icelandic | The word "slóð" is a derivation of the Proto-Germanic word "*slōdiðaz" meaning "path". It also has a secondary meaning of "lineage" or "family line". |
| Indonesian | "Jejak" comes from the Proto-Austronesian root *jaka, meaning "footprint". |
| Irish | "Rian" also means "path", "way" or "course". |
| Italian | The Italian word "sentiero" derives from the Latin "semita," meaning "path" or "way." |
| Japanese | トレイル (Trail) は、もともと「ひきずること」や「ロープの末端」を意味していましたが、後に「足跡」や「小道」を指すようになりました。 |
| Javanese | The Javanese word 'tilase' means "trail", "path", "trace" or "evidence". |
| Kannada | The word "ಜಾಡು" in Kannada can also refer to a clue, track, or trace. |
| Kazakh | "Із" also means "mark", "sign" or "trace" in the Kazakh language. |
| Korean | "꼬리" has the meaning of "a tail" in Korean, but it can also mean "a line" or "a row". |
| Kurdish | "Şop" means "trail" in Kurdish, but it can also refer to a "path" or "road". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "из" can also mean "way", "path", or "road" in Kyrgyz, indicating its broader significance beyond just a "trail". |
| Latin | The word "trahentium" can also refer to a hauling or pulling, or a kind of net or seine. |
| Latvian | The word "taka" can also mean "path", "road", or "journey" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word for trail, "takas," also refers to a path cleared through a forest, often used by animals. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "trail" can also refer to a path through the woods or a mark left by a person or animal. |
| Macedonian | The word "патека" may also refer to a small road or a path, particularly one used by animals, as in "патеката води до реката" (the path leads to the river). |
| Malagasy | The word 'lalana' can also refer to a 'pathway' or 'road' |
| Malay | "Jejak" also means "footprint" or "trace" in Malay. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "നടപ്പാത" (naṭappāṭa) is derived from the word "നടക്കുക" (naṭakkuka) meaning "to walk", signifying its primary function as a path for pedestrian movement. |
| Maltese | The word "traċċa" can also refer to a trace or vestige. |
| Maori | In Maori, "ara" also refers to a pathway or route, and is used in the phrase "ara whakahirahira" meaning "highway". |
| Marathi | 'पायवाट' is derived from the Marathi word 'पाय' meaning 'foot' and 'वाट' meaning 'path', representing a path meant for foot travel. |
| Mongolian | The word 'мөр' also means 'vein' or 'blood vessel' in Mongolian, reflecting its snake-like appearance. |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "ट्रेल" ultimately derives from the Sanskrit "त्रेल," meaning "a creeping plant," and is cognate with the English "trail," meaning "a beaten path." |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "sti" is cognate with the English word "style," both derived from the same Proto-Germanic word for "path". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "njira" in Nyanja (Chichewa) is also used to refer to a narrow strip of land between two bodies of water, such as a river and a lake, or a path between two villages. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "پلنه" can also refer to the path of a person or animal or a line or row. |
| Persian | دنباله دار also means "comet" because in Persian a comet is a star with a long "trail". |
| Polish | The word **ślad** also means 'vest' or 'track' in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "trilha" can also refer to a musical track or a path through a forest. |
| Punjabi | The word ਟ੍ਰੇਲ is a loanword from English, where it has additional meanings such as 'the scent left by an animal' or 'to follow behind'. |
| Romanian | The word "poteca" is derived from the Slavic word "poteka", meaning "brook". |
| Russian | "След" also means a footprint, a track, a trace or a mark denoting the passage of a person, animal or object. |
| Samoan | In some dialects of Samoan, "auala" can also mean "a way of doing something". |
| Scots Gaelic | Slighe is cognate to Irish slige 'way, road,' Welsh llwybr 'way' (whence English slough) and Breton hent 'way.' |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "стаза" (trail) is also used to describe a narrow passage or a path in a forest. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "tselana" also means "path", "route", "course", "way", or "manner". |
| Shona | In Manyika, 'nzira' also means 'a way of doing things'. In Karanga, it can mean 'a channel' or 'a path followed by water'. |
| Sindhi | The word "پيچرو" can also refer to a pathway followed by a large number of people or animals, similar to the English term "trail". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "stopa" also means "footprint" or "step". |
| Slovenian | Although "pot" literally means "trail," it can also be figuratively used to refer to a "situation," "state," or "path forward." |
| Somali | Raad also means a path or road in Somali, and comes from the Arabic word 'raad' which means 'a sign or trace'. |
| Spanish | The word 'sendero' originates from the Latin 'semita,' meaning 'path' or 'footpath,' and can also refer to a narrow path, route, or track. |
| Sundanese | Jalan satapak is a compound word meaning "hundred paces", reflecting the distance a person could walk through a forest. |
| Swahili | The word 'njia' also means 'way' or 'manner' in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "spår" can also mean "track", "rail", or "trace". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "tugaygayan" originally meant "meeting place", from the root word "tugay" meaning "to meet". |
| Tajik | In Uzbek, the word "гашти" also means "a walk, a stroll". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "பாதை" can also be used to refer to a method or a style of approach in Tamil. |
| Telugu | "కాళ్లు" (legs, feet) + "వాటు" or "బాట" (path, route) implies a narrow passage created through frequent use or by the feet of people and/or animals. |
| Thai | The word "เส้นทาง" can also refer to a "road" or "pathway". |
| Turkish | The word "iz" can also mean "mark" or "trace". |
| Ukrainian | The word "стежка" can also mean "stitch" in Ukrainian, as in a stitch in needlework. |
| Urdu | "پگڈنڈی" is a Persian word meaning "a footpath or pathway" and is often used in Urdu poetry to refer to a journey or a quest. |
| Uzbek | The word 'iz' also means 'scar' and 'track' in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | The word "đường mòn" also means a "small road" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | "Llwybr" is cognate with "limbo" and shares the literal meaning of "boundary". |
| Xhosa | Umzila also means 'to travel', 'to follow', or 'to go on a journey' in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | The word "שטעג" is also used to refer to a scaffold, a bridge, or a footbridge. |
| Yoruba | "Itọpa" can also mean "to follow in the footsteps of" or "to inherit". |
| Zulu | The word 'umzila' in Zulu can also refer to a path or route. |
| English | In addition to its meaning as a path, "trail" comes from the Old English "tragian" meaning "to drag" |