Type in Different Languages
Discover 'Type' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Type
Afrikaans tipe | ||
Albanian lloji | ||
Amharic ዓይነት | ||
Arabic اكتب | ||
Armenian տիպ | ||
Assamese প্ৰকাৰ | ||
Aymara kasta | ||
Azerbaijani növü | ||
Bambara ka sɛbɛen masin na | ||
Basque mota | ||
Belarusian тып | ||
Bengali প্রকার | ||
Bhojpuri किसिम | ||
Bosnian tip | ||
Bulgarian тип | ||
Catalan tipus | ||
Cebuano matang | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 类型 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 類型 | ||
Corsican tippu | ||
Croatian tip | ||
Czech typ | ||
Danish type | ||
Dhivehi ވައްތަރު | ||
Dogri किसम | ||
Dutch type | ||
English type | ||
Esperanto tajpu | ||
Estonian tüüp | ||
Ewe ƒomevi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) uri | ||
Finnish tyyppi | ||
French type | ||
Frisian type | ||
Galician tipo | ||
Georgian ტიპი | ||
German art | ||
Greek τύπος | ||
Guarani hesegua | ||
Gujarati પ્રકાર | ||
Haitian Creole kalite | ||
Hausa nau'in | ||
Hawaiian ʻano | ||
Hebrew סוּג | ||
Hindi प्रकार | ||
Hmong hom | ||
Hungarian típus | ||
Icelandic tegund | ||
Igbo pịnye | ||
Ilocano tipo | ||
Indonesian tipe | ||
Irish cineál | ||
Italian genere | ||
Japanese タイプ | ||
Javanese jinis | ||
Kannada ಮಾದರಿ | ||
Kazakh түрі | ||
Khmer ប្រភេទ | ||
Kinyarwanda ubwoko | ||
Konkani प्रकार | ||
Korean 유형 | ||
Krio kayn | ||
Kurdish awa | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) جۆر | ||
Kyrgyz түрү | ||
Lao ປະເພດ | ||
Latin genus | ||
Latvian tips | ||
Lingala lolenge | ||
Lithuanian tipo | ||
Luganda okuwandiika | ||
Luxembourgish typ | ||
Macedonian тип | ||
Maithili प्रकार | ||
Malagasy karazana | ||
Malay menaip | ||
Malayalam ടൈപ്പ് ചെയ്യുക | ||
Maltese tip | ||
Maori momo | ||
Marathi प्रकार | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯈꯜ | ||
Mizo lampang | ||
Mongolian төрөл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အမျိုးအစား | ||
Nepali प्रकार | ||
Norwegian type | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) lembani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଟାଇପ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ | | ||
Oromo akaakuu | ||
Pashto ډول | ||
Persian نوع | ||
Polish rodzaj | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) tipo | ||
Punjabi ਕਿਸਮ | ||
Quechua niraq | ||
Romanian tip | ||
Russian тип | ||
Samoan ituaiga | ||
Sanskrit प्रकारः | ||
Scots Gaelic seòrsa | ||
Sepedi mohuta | ||
Serbian тип | ||
Sesotho mofuta | ||
Shona mhando | ||
Sindhi قسم | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වර්ගය | ||
Slovak typu | ||
Slovenian tip | ||
Somali nooca | ||
Spanish tipo | ||
Sundanese ngetik | ||
Swahili aina | ||
Swedish typ | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) uri | ||
Tajik навъи | ||
Tamil வகை | ||
Tatar тибы | ||
Telugu రకం | ||
Thai ชนิด | ||
Tigrinya ዓይነት | ||
Tsonga muxaka | ||
Turkish tip | ||
Turkmen görnüşi | ||
Twi (Akan) korɔ | ||
Ukrainian типу | ||
Urdu قسم | ||
Uyghur تىپى | ||
Uzbek turi | ||
Vietnamese kiểu | ||
Welsh math | ||
Xhosa chwetheza | ||
Yiddish טיפּ | ||
Yoruba iru | ||
Zulu thayipha |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The archaic and regional form 'tipe' can be found in some South African dictionaries and is derived from Dutch. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "lloji" (type) is derived from the Latin word "locus" (place), suggesting its original meaning as "category" or "classification." |
| Amharic | The word "ዓይነት" (type) in Amharic comes from the Semitic root "ʕ-y-n" meaning "eye," and also refers to "species," "kind," and "variety." |
| Arabic | In classical Arabic, "اكتب" could also mean "to prescribe" or "to assign". |
| Armenian | The word "տիպ" in Armenian does not mean "type" but "kind". |
| Azerbaijani | Derived from Persian نو (now; new); also spelled növ |
| Basque | "Mota" also means "kind" or "manner" |
| Belarusian | In Belarusian, "тып" can refer to a stereotype or model. |
| Bengali | This word may also mean a sort or variety of something. |
| Bosnian | The word "tip" in Bosnian derives from the German word "tipp" and also means a "bet" or "game of chance". |
| Bulgarian | In Russian "Тип" (Type) can mean either a Type or a Character, a Personality |
| Catalan | In Catalan, 'tipus' also means 'class, variety, style, way, manner' and is derived from the French 'type' |
| Cebuano | Matang (type) comes from the Cebuano word "mata" (eye), signifying that something is visually evident or observable. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 类型 in Chinese can trace its roots to the idea of 'category' or 'model'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 類型, lit. 类題 ('pattern' + 'model'), can also refer to a stereotype in psychology. |
| Corsican | The word "tippu" is also used to describe a group of people who share similar characteristics. |
| Croatian | The word 'tip' also means a small gift of money given to someone in recognition of a service performed. |
| Czech | The Czech word "typ" can also mean "dude" or "guy" in an informal context. |
| Danish | Danish 'type' can mean 'maid' and 'typewriter'. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "type" comes from the French "type" originating from the Greek "typos" meaning "impression" or "mark". |
| Esperanto | The word "tajpu" is derived from the English word "type" and also has the alternate meaning of "kind" or "sort" in Esperanto. |
| Estonian | The word |
| Finnish | In computer science, "tyyppi" refers to a type system |
| French | Type can also refer to "caractère" or a printing block in French |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "type" can also mean "species of fish" or "kind of person." |
| Galician | "Tipo" can also mean "class, sort, species" in Galician. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "ტიპი" has an additional meaning beyond its primary definition of "type" - it can also be used to describe a person's characteristics or qualities. |
| German | Art in German means kind, type, or species, and can also refer to a medical condition or disorder. |
| Greek | Ancient Greek term "τύπος" could refer to any sort of mark or impression, a seal or other device for making such, and, especially from ca. 500 BCE, the imprint or seal of an authority, hence: type of unit of coinage or measure. |
| Haitian Creole | Kalite, derived from French qualité, originally referred to social "class". |
| Hausa | "Nau'in" also refers to a "kind," "class," or "group." |
| Hawaiian | ʻAno can also refer to rank or category. |
| Hebrew | Etymology: from the Latin "species"; also means "genre" or "kind."} |
| Hindi | In addition to 'type', 'प्रकार' can also mean 'manner', 'method', 'form', 'kind', 'sort', 'class', 'style', 'variety', 'design', 'pattern', 'model', 'plan', 'scheme', 'way', 'means', 'device', 'expedient', 'resource', 'trick', 'dodge', 'ruse', 'stratagem', 'subterfuge', 'wile', 'artifice', 'finess', 'intrigue', 'machination', 'maneuver', 'ploy', 'tactic', 'gambit', 'maneuver', 'stratagem', 'ruse', 'trick', 'wile', 'subterfuge', 'artifice', 'intrigue', 'machination', 'dodge', 'device', 'expedient', 'finess', 'gambit', 'intrigue', 'machination', 'maneuver', 'ploy', 'resource', 'ruse', 'scheme', 'stratagem', 'subterfuge', 'tactic', 'trick', 'wile', 'way', 'means', 'dodge', 'device', 'expedient', 'finess', 'gambit', 'intrigue', 'machination', 'maneuver', 'ploy', 'resource', 'ruse', 'scheme', 'stratagem', 'subterfuge', 'tactic', 'trick', 'wile', 'way', 'means', 'dodge', 'device', 'expedient', 'finess', 'gambit', 'intrigue', 'machination', 'maneuver', 'ploy', 'resource', 'ruse', 'scheme', 'stratagem', 'subterfuge', 'tactic', 'trick', 'wile', 'way', 'means', 'dodge', 'device', 'expedient', 'finess', 'gambit', 'intrigue', 'machination', 'maneuver', 'ploy', 'resource', 'ruse', 'scheme', 'stratagem', 'subterfuge', 'tactic', 'trick', 'wile', 'way', 'means', 'dodge', 'device', 'expedient', 'finess', 'gambit', 'intrigue', 'machination', 'maneuver', 'ploy', 'resource', 'ruse', 'scheme', 'stratagem', 'subterfuge', 'tactic', 'trick', 'wile', 'way', 'means', 'dodge', 'device', 'expedient', 'finess', 'gambit', 'intrigue', 'machination', 'maneuver', 'ploy', 'resource', 'ruse', 'scheme', 'stratagem', 'subterfuge', 'tactic', 'trick', 'wile', 'way', 'means', 'dodge', 'device', 'expedient', 'finess', 'gambit', 'intrigue', 'machination', 'maneuver', 'ploy', 'resource', 'ruse', 'scheme', 'stratagem', 'subterfuge', 'tactic', 'trick', 'wile', 'way', 'means', 'dodge', 'device', 'expedient', 'finess', 'gambit', 'intrigue', 'machination', 'maneuver', 'ploy', 'resource', 'ruse', 'scheme', 'stratagem', 'subterfuge', 'tactic', 'trick', 'wile', 'way', 'means', 'dodge', 'device', 'expedient', 'finess', 'gambit', 'intrigue', 'machination', 'maneuver', 'ploy', 'resource', 'ruse', 'scheme', 'stratagem', 'subterfuge', 'tactic', 'trick', 'wile', 'way', 'means', 'dodge', 'device', 'expedient', 'finess', 'gambit', 'intrigue', 'machination', 'maneuver', 'ploy', 'resource', 'ruse', 'scheme', 'stratagem', 'subterfuge', 'tactic', 'trick', 'wile', 'way', 'means', 'dodge', 'device', 'expedient', 'finess', 'gambit', 'intrigue', 'machination', 'maneuver', 'ploy', 'resource', 'ruse', 'scheme', 'stratagem', 'subterfuge', 'tactic', 'trick', 'wile', 'way', 'means', 'dodge', 'device', 'expedient', 'finess', 'gambit', 'intrigue', 'machination', 'maneuver', 'ploy', 'resource', 'ruse', 'scheme', 'stratagem', 'subterfuge', 'tactic', 'trick', 'wile', 'way', 'means', 'dodge', 'device', 'expedient', 'finess', 'gambit', 'intrigue', 'machination', 'maneuver', 'ploy', 'resource', 'ruse', 'scheme', 'stratagem', 'subterfuge', 'tactic', 'trick', 'wile', 'way', 'means', 'dodge', 'device', 'expedient', 'finess', 'gambit', 'intrigue', 'machination', 'maneuver', 'ploy', 'resource', 'ruse', 'scheme', 'stratagem', 'subterfuge', 'tactic', 'trick', 'wile', 'way', 'means', 'dodge', 'device', 'expedient', 'finess', 'gambit', 'intrigue', 'machination', 'maneuver', 'ploy', 'resource', 'ruse', 'scheme', 'stratagem', 'subterfuge', 'tactic', 'trick', 'wile', 'way', 'means' |
| Hmong | The word "hom" in Hmong can also mean "to create" or "to mold" |
| Hungarian | "Típus" (type) has multiple meanings, one of them is "kind" (of something). |
| Icelandic | The word "tegund" is derived from the Old Norse word "tegundr" meaning "kind" or "manner". |
| Igbo | The word "pịnye" in Igbo language has a double meaning, it can be used to refer to "type" or "kind" and also to refer to "the act of typing". |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "tipe" is derived from the Dutch "type", with alternate meanings including "category" and "kind". |
| Irish | From the Old Irish 'cineál' meaning 'tribe', 'race', or 'family'. Its Proto-Celtic root is 'kenetl̥os' meaning 'kind' or 'sort', from the Proto-Indo-European root 'gen-' meaning 'to beget' or 'generate'. |
| Italian | In Italian, "genere" derives from Latin genus, and it can also mean "kind" or "gender" (of a noun). |
| Japanese | "タイプ" can also mean blood type. |
| Javanese | The word "jinis" in Javanese also means "species" or "variety." |
| Kannada | The word "ಮಾದರಿ" can also mean "model" or "example" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "түрі" can also refer to "appearance", "form", or "kind". |
| Khmer | “ប្រភេទ” in Khmer also has a medical connotation, referring to symptoms of a disease. |
| Korean | "유형" is also the Korean word for the Chinese philosophical concept of the "categories of existence," which is written using the same characters. |
| Kurdish | In some dialects, "awa" can also refer to "manner" or "form." |
| Kyrgyz | The word "түрү" can also refer to a mold or form used to shape something. |
| Latin | In Latin, 'genus' originally referred to birth or descent, and hence to a group with common ancestry. |
| Latvian | The word "tips" in Latvian has the same root as "type" in English, meaning "to strike". |
| Lithuanian | The word "tipo" in Lithuanian comes from the same Latin root as the English word "type", and also means "pattern" or "model" |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Typ" can also mean "character" or "style" in Luxembourgish. |
| Macedonian | The word "tip" is also used in Macedonian to refer to the tip of something, such as a mountain or a finger. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "karazana" also means "race" in the context of taxonomy. |
| Malay | The word "menaip" comes from the Dutch word "typen" and can also mean "to tap" or "to strike." |
| Malayalam | The word "ടൈപ്പ് ചെയ്യുക" (type) in Malayalam can be traced back to the English word "type," which originated from the Greek word "τυπος" (typos), meaning "impression" or "mark." |
| Maltese | The word "tip" also means "end" or "point" in Maltese, reflecting its Latin root "tipus" (end). |
| Maori | The word "momo" can also refer to a type of Maori song or chant. |
| Marathi | In addition to denoting "type," the Marathi word "प्रकार" can refer to a wall or fortification. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "төрөл" also has meanings such as "kind" or "origin." |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | Etymology: the word comes from the Sanskrit word "prakar". |
| Nepali | In Sanskrit, "प्रकार" also means "fortification" or "wall", and has cognates in other Indo-Aryan languages. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, the word "type" has an alternate meaning of "kind" or "sort." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "lembani" also has the alternate meanings of "specimen" and "example" in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | The word "ډول" can also mean "manner" or "form" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The Persian word "نوع" originally meant "kind" or "sort" but took on the additional meaning of "type" under the influence of Western terminology. |
| Polish | In Old Polish, "rodzaj" also meant "gender" and "species". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "tipo" can also refer to a person's appearance, personality, or social class |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "tip" is also used to denote a "variety" or "kind" of something. |
| Russian | The word 'тип' in Russian also means 'guy' or 'dude' in an informal or slangy context. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "ituaiga" can also refer to family or relatives |
| Scots Gaelic | "Seòrsa" also means "Charles" in Gaelic, and comes from the Latin "Carolus". |
| Serbian | In Serbian, "тип" also means "style" or "mode". |
| Shona | The word "mhando" in Shona also refers to a type of traditional African drum. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word 'قسم' can also mean 'vow' or 'oath' in Arabic and 'part' in English. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "වර්ගය" also means class, category, genus and species in Sinhala |
| Slovak | The word "typu" in Slovak comes from the Greek word "typos", meaning "impression" or "mark." |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian, "tip" can also refer to a small, pointed object or a trick or prank. |
| Somali | Nooca is also used in Somali to refer to a particular breed or strain of animals or plants, such as a specific type of goat or a variety of fruit. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "tipo" can also mean "guy" or "character," derived from the Greek "typos," meaning "imprint" or "form." |
| Sundanese | The word "ngetik" in Sundanese can also refer to the process of writing or typing on a typewriter. |
| Swahili | The word "aina" can also mean "form" or "species" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, 'typ' can also refer to a pattern, model, or characteristic. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "uri" is derived from the Spanish word "uri" meaning "species" or "kind". |
| Tajik | The word "навъи" can also mean "fashion" or "style" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The word "வகை" can also mean "kind", "sort", or "class" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The word "రకం" is derived from the Sanskrit word "prakāra," which means "mode, manner, or kind." |
| Thai | In Thai, "ชนิด" not only means "type" but also can refer to "species" or "category". |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "tip" means "type" or "kind". It is also the imperative form of the verb "tipmek" meaning "to touch" or "to poke". |
| Ukrainian | The word "типу" can also be used as a dismissive interjection, similar to "pff" or "whatever" in English. |
| Urdu | The word قسم "type" in Urdu also means "vow", "oath" or "portion"} |
| Uzbek | The word "turi" can also mean "kind" or "category" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Kiểu" can also mean "fashion" or "style". |
| Welsh | The word "math" in Welsh can also refer to a "group", "crowd", or "troop". |
| Xhosa | The word "chwetheza" derives from the verb "ukuchwetha," meaning "to carve or print," indicating its connection to creating written text. |
| Yiddish | Although "טיפּ" means "type" in Yiddish, it can also refer to a "hint" or the "peak" of something. |
| Yoruba | The word "iru" in Yoruba can also refer to a species or category of something. |
| Zulu | The word "thayipha" also means "to speak" or "to talk" in the Nguni languages. |
| English | "Type" can also mean something that represents a class or group |