Unique in Different Languages
Discover 'Unique' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Unique
Afrikaans uniek | ||
Albanian unike | ||
Amharic ልዩ | ||
Arabic فريد | ||
Armenian եզակի | ||
Assamese অনন্য | ||
Aymara mayaki | ||
Azerbaijani unikal | ||
Bambara kelenpe | ||
Basque bakarra | ||
Belarusian унікальны | ||
Bengali অনন্য | ||
Bhojpuri खास | ||
Bosnian jedinstven | ||
Bulgarian единствен по рода си | ||
Catalan únic | ||
Cebuano talagsaon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 独特 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 獨特 | ||
Corsican unicu | ||
Croatian jedinstven | ||
Czech unikátní | ||
Danish enestående | ||
Dhivehi ތަފާތު | ||
Dogri अनोखा | ||
Dutch uniek | ||
English unique | ||
Esperanto unika | ||
Estonian ainulaadne | ||
Ewe tɔxɛ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kakaiba | ||
Finnish ainutlaatuinen | ||
French unique | ||
Frisian unyk | ||
Galician único | ||
Georgian უნიკალური | ||
German einzigartig | ||
Greek μοναδικός | ||
Guarani ipeteĩva | ||
Gujarati અનન્ય | ||
Haitian Creole inik | ||
Hausa na musamman | ||
Hawaiian kū hoʻokahi | ||
Hebrew ייחודי | ||
Hindi अद्वितीय | ||
Hmong txawv | ||
Hungarian egyedi | ||
Icelandic einstök | ||
Igbo pụrụ iche | ||
Ilocano naidumduma | ||
Indonesian unik | ||
Irish uathúil | ||
Italian unico | ||
Japanese ユニーク | ||
Javanese unik | ||
Kannada ಅನನ್ಯ | ||
Kazakh бірегей | ||
Khmer ប្លែក | ||
Kinyarwanda idasanzwe | ||
Konkani अद्वितीय | ||
Korean 독특한 | ||
Krio in tu nɔ de | ||
Kurdish yekane | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بێهاوتا | ||
Kyrgyz уникалдуу | ||
Lao ເປັນເອກະລັກ | ||
Latin unique | ||
Latvian unikāls | ||
Lingala ya kokamwa | ||
Lithuanian unikalus | ||
Luganda eky'enjawulo | ||
Luxembourgish eenzegaarteg | ||
Macedonian уникатен | ||
Maithili अपूर्व | ||
Malagasy tsy manam-paharoa | ||
Malay unik | ||
Malayalam അദ്വിതീയമാണ് | ||
Maltese uniku | ||
Maori ahurei | ||
Marathi अद्वितीय | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯇꯣꯞ ꯇꯣꯞꯄ | ||
Mizo danglam | ||
Mongolian өвөрмөц | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ထူးခြား | ||
Nepali अद्वितीय | ||
Norwegian unik | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wapadera | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଅନନ୍ୟ | | ||
Oromo adda | ||
Pashto ځانګړی | ||
Persian منحصر بفرد | ||
Polish wyjątkowy | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) único | ||
Punjabi ਅਨੌਖਾ | ||
Quechua sapa | ||
Romanian unic | ||
Russian уникальный | ||
Samoan tulaga ese | ||
Sanskrit अद्वितीयः | ||
Scots Gaelic gun samhail | ||
Sepedi moswananoši | ||
Serbian јединствен | ||
Sesotho ikhethang | ||
Shona yakasarudzika | ||
Sindhi منفرد | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අද්විතීය | ||
Slovak jedinečný | ||
Slovenian edinstven | ||
Somali gaar ah | ||
Spanish único | ||
Sundanese unik | ||
Swahili kipekee | ||
Swedish unik | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) natatangi | ||
Tajik беназир | ||
Tamil தனித்துவமான | ||
Tatar уникаль | ||
Telugu ఏకైక | ||
Thai ไม่เหมือนใคร | ||
Tigrinya ዝተፈለየ | ||
Tsonga swo fana swoxe | ||
Turkish benzersiz | ||
Turkmen üýtgeşik | ||
Twi (Akan) soronko | ||
Ukrainian унікальний | ||
Urdu انوکھا | ||
Uyghur ئۆزگىچە | ||
Uzbek noyob | ||
Vietnamese độc nhất | ||
Welsh unigryw | ||
Xhosa eyahlukileyo | ||
Yiddish יינציק | ||
Yoruba oto | ||
Zulu ehlukile |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "uniek" is derived from the Latin word "unicus", meaning "one of a kind". |
| Albanian | In Albanian, unike means 'unique', and also 'one of a kind', 'special', or 'rare'. |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ልዩ" can also refer to "separate" or "different". |
| Arabic | The name Farid means "unique gem or pearl" in Arabic and is also associated with the idea of "excellence, distinction or superiority" |
| Armenian | Եզակի (ezaki) is a derivative of the Proto-Armenian word "*eza-kʿel" and its Indo-European cognate, Greek "αιόλος (aiolos)", which refers to varying or changing colors. |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, the word "unikal" can also mean "unusual" or "distinctive". |
| Basque | Bakarra also means “all” when used in plural form and in specific contexts. |
| Bengali | The word "অনন্য" (anonno) is derived from the Sanskrit word "अनन्य" (ananya), which means "without another" or "incomparable." |
| Bosnian | The Slavic origin of 'jedinstven' ('единствен') suggests a root denoting 'unity' or 'oneness'. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, the word "единствен по рода си" (unique) also means "the only one of its kind". |
| Catalan | Catalan "únic" and Spanish "único" both derive from the Latin word "ūnicus," meaning "single" or "one of a kind." |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "talagsaon" not only means "unique" but also refers to an event happening for the first time or an object existing in only one instance. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Japanese Kanji the character "独" can mean "alone", "solitude", a "bachelor" or an "individual", and "特" can mean "something special". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 獨特 (dútè) is composed of 獨 (dú) meaning "alone" and 特 (tè) meaning "special". |
| Corsican | Corsican "unicu" shares the same Latin origin as Italian "unico" and Spanish "único" but can also be used to mean "only one" or "just one". |
| Croatian | The word 'jedinstven' is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *edinъ, meaning 'one', and is also related to the words 'jedan' ('one') and 'jedinstvo' ('unity'). |
| Czech | The word "unikátní" is derived from the Latin word "unicus," meaning "sole, one and only," or "singular." |
| Danish | In an archaic sense, the word "enestående" refers to something located separately and isolated. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, the word "uniek" also means "odd" or "peculiar". |
| Esperanto | "Unika" has also been used to mean "one of many" |
| Estonian | The word "ainulaadne" is derived from the words "ainus" (only) and "laadne" (similar), and thus it means "one of a kind" or "matchless". |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "ainutlaatuinen" literally means "the only kind". |
| French | The French word "unique" originates from the Latin word "unicus", meaning "only one" or "single". |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "unyk" is of uncertain etymology, but it may come from the same root as the Dutch word "eenig," meaning "alone." |
| Galician | In Galician, "único" can also mean "alone" or "solitary."} |
| Georgian | ĎnĽėijăĺĸĹ Ĵİ ķİĩĺĸ ĥİšĺľİ IJİĦĺİij ťĦĮĴĥĮĴ, ťĦĴīĮĴ İĦ ŅİĬĹij ĭİ Ĩİ ĪĺĥĮİijŅ ņĨĨıĺĸĹ IJİĦĺİij ĴĥĩĥİĴ ġĮīĨĭĽĭĹ ĥĮħİ... |
| German | The German word "einzigartig" derives from the Middle High German "einec" ("alone") and "artig" ("of the same kind"), and can also have the connotation of "incomparable." |
| Greek | "Μοναδικός" is derived from the word "μονάς" (monas), meaning "one, single, alone". |
| Haitian Creole | Inik means "new" in Arawak language and "one" in English. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "na musamman" has several meanings, including "one of its kind" and "unmatched." |
| Hawaiian | "Kū hoʻokahi" literally translates to "standing alone", highlighting its distinct and unparalleled nature. |
| Hebrew | The term "ייחודי" (yichudi) is also used in Jewish mysticism to express a state of spiritual closeness or unity with God. |
| Hindi | The word "अद्वितीय" comes from Sanskrit and originally meant "having no second", but it can also be used to mean "matchless" or "unparalleled". |
| Hmong | The word "txawv" in Hmong can also mean "different" or "special". |
| Hungarian | The word "egyedi" in Hungarian is derived from the phrase "egyed egyedi," meaning "only one of its kind."} |
| Icelandic | "Einstök" also means "meanwhile", "for the moment", or even "until further notice". |
| Indonesian | "Unik" comes from the Javanese word "un" (one) and the Malay word "ik" (different), so it literally means "different from the others". |
| Irish | "Uathúil," meaning "solitary" in Gaelic, can be traced back to the Old Celtic "*oita-solios" or "apart from all". |
| Italian | Unico's origin lies in the Latin word 'unus,' signifying 'one' or 'single,' extending its meaning to 'unique' or 'incomparable'. |
| Japanese | The word "ユニーク" also means "outstanding" or "unusual" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, the word "unik" also refers to a type of traditional dance that depicts the struggles of two birds or two people. |
| Kannada | ಅನನ್ಯ originates from two Sanskrit words - 'an' meaning 'not' and 'anya' meaning 'other'. |
| Kazakh | The word "бірегей" originally meant "one-of-a-kind" or "singularity". |
| Khmer | The word 'ប្លែក' in Khmer can be etymologically linked to the Sanskrit term 'vidhvak,' which refers to a learned person or a Brahmin. |
| Korean | 독특한 (dok-teuk-han) is a combination of the words 독 (dok), meaning "poison," and 특 (teuk), meaning "special" or "exclusive." |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "yekane" (unique) shares its etymology with the Persian word "yekta" (one, unique), both originating from the Proto-Indo-European root *oino- ("one"). |
| Kyrgyz | The word "уникалдуу" originally meant "unparalleled" or "beyond compare" in Old Turkic. |
| Latin | In Latin, "unique" means both "unique" and "each". |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "unikāls" is ultimately derived from the Latin "unicus" (meaning "single" or "one of a kind") and has been borrowed via German. |
| Lithuanian | The word "Unikalus" is derived from the Polish word "unikalny". |
| Luxembourgish | The term 'eenzegaarteg' is not only unique in meaning but also in its spelling as it features the trigraph 'eez', which is only found in two other Luxembourgish words: 'eezelt' and 'eezent'. |
| Macedonian | The word "уникатен" in Macedonian has a wider meaning than the English word "unique", also encompassing the ideas of "distinctive" and "rare". |
| Malay | The Malay word "unik" is commonly used for "unique", but can also mean "strange" or "odd." |
| Malayalam | The word "അദ്വിതീയമാണ്" ('unique') literally means 'without a second one' or 'one of its kind' in Sanskrit and Malayalam. |
| Maltese | The word "uniku" in Maltese is derived from the Latin word "unicus", meaning "one of a kind" or "single". |
| Maori | The word "ahurei" can also mean "startled" or "surprised" in Māori. |
| Marathi | The word "अद्वितीय" in Marathi shares its etymological roots with the Sanskrit word "अद्वितीय" meaning "without a second", ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*h₂ewi- " meaning "to divide". |
| Mongolian | Өвөрмөц derives from овөр (excess), meaning 'exceeding' or 'unusually much'. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The root word "so" in "သီးခြား" means "to cut off" or "to separate", indicating something's distinct and separate nature. |
| Nepali | The word "अद्वितीय" also means "unmatched" or "incomparable" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | Norsk språk's "unik" is descended from the Medieval Latin word "unicus," meaning "single" or "only," and a cognate of English "unique." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word 'wapadera' is thought to be derived from the Proto-Bantu root '-pad-' meaning 'to separate'. |
| Pashto | The word "ځانګړی" in Pashto is derived from the Arabic word "خالص" and also means "pure." |
| Persian | The Persian word منحصر بفرد is derived from the Arabic word "naḥṣara" meaning "to enclose" and the Persian word "farad" meaning "single" or "individual" |
| Polish | The word "wyjątkowy" can also mean "exceptional" or "extraordinary" in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Único" comes from the Latin word "unus," meaning "one," and also means "the only one of its kind" or "exceptional." |
| Punjabi | The word "ਅਨੌਖਾ" (anokha) is derived from Sanskrit and originally meant "new" or "strange."} |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "unic" comes from the Latin word "unicus", meaning "single" or "one of a kind." |
| Russian | Russian "уникальный" initially meant "exceptional quality" rather than "one of a kind". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word, tulaga ese, can also refer to an object that is uncommon. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "gun samhail" also means "without parallel". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "јединствен" is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "единъ", meaning "one" or "only", and is related to the words "единство" (unity) and "јединка" (an individual). |
| Sesotho | The word "ikhethang" was used in the past to distinguish individuals who owned herds of cattle and was later adopted into standard Sesotho where it means "unique" when talking about anything. |
| Shona | The word yakasarudzika is composed of two terms, yaka meaning 'one' and sarudzika meaning 'to pick', and thus denotes something picked out uniquely or specifically. |
| Sindhi | "منفرد" can be derived from " منفراد" (separated), meaning "being on one's own" and having no one with whom to share something. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "අද්විතීය" is derived from Sanskrit and means "without a second", "matchless", or "unequalled". |
| Slovak | The word "jedinečný" is derived from the Slavic root "jedin", meaning "one" or "single", and also shares a root with the word "jednota", meaning "unity" or "oneness". |
| Slovenian | "Edinstven" is a Slovenian word borrowed from Croatian that also has a meaning "unique or one-of-a-kind". |
| Somali | The word "gaar ah" ("unique") in Somali also means "special," "particular," or "rare." |
| Spanish | "Único" derives from the Latin word "unicus," meaning "one, single, individual," and also relates to "unique" in English. |
| Sundanese | From Sanskrit "eka", "one", through Malay and Javanese, "unik" in Sundanese also means "one" when used in certain contexts, e.g. "anak unik" = "an only child". |
| Swahili | Swahili's "kipekee" means "exceptional," a term originally describing rare, exotic goods traded by the Swahili elite. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "unik" is derived from Latin "unicus" (sole, single, or only), and is unrelated to English "unique", which derives from French "unique" (single, or one of a kind). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "natatangi" originally referred to something that is exceptional, extraordinary, or outstanding, while its current usage as "unique" is a more recent development in the language. |
| Tajik | The word "беназир" also means "matchless," "peerless," and "unparalleled" in Tajik. |
| Telugu | The word "ఏకైక" can also mean "only one" or "one and only". |
| Thai | The word 'ไม่เหมือนใคร' is composed of three Thai words: 'ไม่' (not), 'เหมือน' (like), and 'ใคร' (who). |
| Turkish | The word "benzersiz" in Turkish not only means "unique," but also "incomparable," "unmatched," and "extraordinary." |
| Ukrainian | The word "унікальний" in Ukrainian has a broader meaning than "unique" in English, encompassing "exclusive" and "rare." |
| Urdu | The word "انوکھا" is derived from the Persian word "anokha", which means "different" or "unusual." |
| Uzbek | The word "noyob" is also used in the sense of "very", "really" or "very much" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Độc nhất" also means "poisonous" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | In a toponymic sense, “unigryw” can mean the hill or mountain that stands alone as a separate entity on the landscape, not forming part of a continuous range. |
| Yiddish | Derived from Old High German “einzug,” meaning “one entry,” “singularity” or "single, alone." |
| Yoruba | The word "oto" in Yoruba can also mean "a person who is alone" or "a single thing" |
| Zulu | The word "ehlukile" can also mean "strange" or "unusual" in Zulu. |
| English | Unique originally meant "one of a kind", but now it often means "very special" or "exceptional". |