Unit in Different Languages
Discover 'Unit' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Unit
Afrikaans eenheid | ||
Albanian njësi | ||
Amharic አሃድ | ||
Arabic وحدة | ||
Armenian միավոր | ||
Assamese একক | ||
Aymara mayaki | ||
Azerbaijani vahid | ||
Bambara inite | ||
Basque unitatea | ||
Belarusian адзінка | ||
Bengali ইউনিট | ||
Bhojpuri इकाई | ||
Bosnian jedinica | ||
Bulgarian мерна единица | ||
Catalan unitat | ||
Cebuano yunit | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 单元 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 單元 | ||
Corsican unità | ||
Croatian jedinica | ||
Czech jednotka | ||
Danish enhed | ||
Dhivehi ޔުނިޓް | ||
Dogri यूनिट | ||
Dutch eenheid | ||
English unit | ||
Esperanto unuo | ||
Estonian üksus | ||
Ewe nu ɖeka | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) yunit | ||
Finnish yksikkö | ||
French unité | ||
Frisian ienheid | ||
Galician unidade | ||
Georgian ერთეული | ||
German einheit | ||
Greek μονάδα | ||
Guarani vorepeteĩ | ||
Gujarati એકમ | ||
Haitian Creole inite | ||
Hausa naúrar | ||
Hawaiian ʻāpana | ||
Hebrew יחידה | ||
Hindi इकाई | ||
Hmong chav nyob | ||
Hungarian mértékegység | ||
Icelandic eining | ||
Igbo nkeji | ||
Ilocano yunit | ||
Indonesian satuan | ||
Irish aonad | ||
Italian unità | ||
Japanese 単位 | ||
Javanese unit | ||
Kannada ಘಟಕ | ||
Kazakh бірлік | ||
Khmer ឯកតា | ||
Kinyarwanda igice | ||
Konkani युनिट | ||
Korean 단위 | ||
Krio pat | ||
Kurdish yekbûn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) یەکە | ||
Kyrgyz бирдик | ||
Lao ຫົວ ໜ່ວຍ | ||
Latin unit | ||
Latvian vienība | ||
Lingala eteni | ||
Lithuanian vienetas | ||
Luganda omunwe | ||
Luxembourgish eenheet | ||
Macedonian единица | ||
Maithili इकाई | ||
Malagasy vondrona | ||
Malay unit | ||
Malayalam യൂണിറ്റ് | ||
Maltese unità | ||
Maori kōwae | ||
Marathi युनिट | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯊꯥꯞ | ||
Mizo hlawm khat | ||
Mongolian нэгж | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ယူနစ် | ||
Nepali एकाइ | ||
Norwegian enhet | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) gawo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଏକକ | ||
Oromo safartuu | ||
Pashto واحد | ||
Persian واحد | ||
Polish jednostka | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) unidade | ||
Punjabi ਇਕਾਈ | ||
Quechua huñu | ||
Romanian unitate | ||
Russian единица измерения | ||
Samoan iunite | ||
Sanskrit इंकाईं | ||
Scots Gaelic aonad | ||
Sepedi yuniti | ||
Serbian јединица | ||
Sesotho yuniti | ||
Shona chikwata | ||
Sindhi يونٽ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඒකකය | ||
Slovak jednotka | ||
Slovenian enota | ||
Somali cutub | ||
Spanish unidad | ||
Sundanese hijian | ||
Swahili kitengo | ||
Swedish enhet | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) yunit | ||
Tajik воҳид | ||
Tamil அலகு | ||
Tatar берәмлек | ||
Telugu యూనిట్ | ||
Thai หน่วย | ||
Tigrinya ምዕራፍ | ||
Tsonga yuniti | ||
Turkish birim | ||
Turkmen birligi | ||
Twi (Akan) ɔfa | ||
Ukrainian од | ||
Urdu یونٹ | ||
Uyghur unit | ||
Uzbek birlik | ||
Vietnamese đơn vị | ||
Welsh uned | ||
Xhosa iyunithi | ||
Yiddish אַפּאַראַט | ||
Yoruba kuro | ||
Zulu iyunithi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans "eenheid" means "unit," but can also refer to "unity" or "uniformity". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "njësi" evolved from the Proto-Indo-European root "*ney-m̥-/", meaning "to bind" or "to tie". |
| Amharic | In addition to meaning "unit," አሃድ can also mean "the one" and is often used in a religious context (for example አሃዱ "the One," a reference to God). |
| Arabic | Derived from the root word 'w-h-d' (to be one or alone), it implies not only a singular entity but also oneness and completeness. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "vahid" in Azerbaijani originates from the Arabic word "wahad" meaning "one" and also refers to the "one" entity in a group or system. |
| Basque | Unitatea is also the Basque word for "unity", as in a group of people or things that are joined together. |
| Belarusian | In Belarusian, a "адзінка" can also refer to a small coin or a single piece of something. |
| Bengali | "ইউনিট" শব্দটি ল্যাটিন শব্দ "unitas" থেকে এসেছে যার অর্থ "একতা" বা "বিশেষতা"। |
| Bosnian | The word "jedinica" in Bosnian also means "cell" in a biological sense or "prison cell" when referring to a room in a prison. |
| Bulgarian | The word "мерна единица" comes from the French word "unité" and can also mean "uniformity" or "harmony" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "unitat" can also mean "unity" or "accordance." |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano term "yunit" is derived from the Spanish word "unidad" and can also refer to a military unit or a measurement. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "单元" (unit) originally referred to a single cell, but later its meaning expanded to include rooms and apartments. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In Chinese, the character "單" can also refer to "a single item" or "an individual entity". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, the word "unità" can also mean "unity" or "union". |
| Croatian | The word "jedinica" in Croatian can also mean a military unit or a monastic order. |
| Czech | Jednotka is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *edinъ, meaning "one" |
| Danish | "Enhed" means both "unit" and "coherence". This double meaning is also found in the German word "Einheit" and in the English word "unity". In all three languages, the primary meaning of the word is "unity", and the secondary meaning of "unit" is derived from this. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "eenheid" originally meant "agreement" or "unity" and is related to the word "een" meaning "one". |
| Esperanto | While Esperanto's "unuo" is typically translated to "unit," it also carries the connotation of "unity" and "oneness".} |
| Estonian | In chemistry, üksus can also refer to the "unit" of molar mass. |
| Finnish | "Yksikkö" also means "individual" in Finnish, which is related to its singular form "yksi," meaning "one." |
| French | The French word "unité" also means "unity" or "togetherness". |
| Frisian | It is likely that the word 'ienheid' in Frisian is derived from the Old Frisian word 'ienheed', meaning 'unity'. |
| Galician | The Galician word "unidade" derives from the Latin "unitas", meaning "oneness" or "singleness", and also has the meanings of "unity" and "agreement". |
| Georgian | "ერთეული" is a Georgian word with roots in the Old Georgian word "erti", meaning "one" and "euli" meaning "to gather". |
| German | The word "Einheit" in German also means "unity" or "conformity", signifying its broader connotation beyond numerical or military contexts. |
| Greek | The word 'μονάδα' can also mean 'unity' or 'singleness'. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "એકમ" comes from the Sanskrit word "एकता" (unity) and can also mean "element" or "factor". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, the word "inite" derives from the French "unité" and also refers to the organizational structure of the Haitian army and police. |
| Hausa | Hausa "naúrar" (unit) might derive from the Arabic "nawwar" (luminary), "nawwar" (to enlighten), or "nawwara" (fountain). |
| Hawaiian | 'Āpana' also refers to a section of land or plot of ground |
| Hebrew | יחידה, 'unit' or 'unique,' can also mean solitary or lonely, or an exceptional person or thing. |
| Hindi | The Sanskrit word "ekāyana," meaning "the sole path," is the etymological root of this word. |
| Hmong | The word "chav nyob" in Hmong also means "group," "gang," or "team." |
| Hungarian | The word comes from "mérték" meaning "measure" and "egység" meaning "essence", "being" or "existence". |
| Icelandic | The Old Norse term "eining" also means "accord" or "agreement" in modern Icelandic. |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the word "nkeji" can also mean "group", "set", or "category". |
| Indonesian | The word "satuan" in Indonesian shares its root with the Sanskrit word "ekata", meaning "together". It has also been used to refer to a "group of people" or a "set of things" in various historical contexts. |
| Irish | It is cognate with the English 'unit' and the Old English 'ānede' |
| Italian | In Italian, "unità" can also refer to a military unit or a political party, and its plural form is used to describe the sum total of all entities. |
| Japanese | 単位 (tan-i) is a loanword that comes from the Portuguese language, the word 'unidade'. It has meanings like 'individual', 'element' and also 'part'. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "unit" can also refer to a group of people or objects that are considered as a whole. |
| Kannada | ಘಟಕ can also mean an ingredient, constituent, or component. |
| Kazakh | The word "бірлік" also means "unity" in Kazakh, emphasizing the collective aspect of a group or organization. |
| Khmer | "ឯកតា" is also used to refer to unity or agreement within a group. |
| Korean | The Sino-Korean word "단위" can also mean "order of magnitude," "unit of quantity," and "degree of something." |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "yekbûn" (unit) derives from the Old Persian word "yauk-buna" (joined together). |
| Kyrgyz | The word "бирдик" also means "one" or "piece" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | "Houa noui" (head of ten) means "unit" and is derived from the Lao decimal counting system |
| Latin | The Latin word "unitus" also means "joined, united, or combined". |
| Latvian | "Vienība" can also mean "singularity" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | "Vienetas" (unit) derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *wei- "to separate, divide, weave, wind". |
| Macedonian | The word "единица" also means "one" in Macedonian and is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *edinъ, meaning "one". |
| Malagasy | The word "vondrona" comes from the root "vondro-," meaning "to be united." |
| Malay | The Malay word "unit" can also refer to a room inside a house or apartment. |
| Malayalam | The word "യൂണിറ്റ്" in Malayalam also means an organization or a group of people who work together. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "unità" can also mean "unity" or "union". |
| Maori | In Maori, "kōwae" can also refer to a battalion of soldiers or a group of people. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'युनिट' ('unit') derives from the English word 'unit', a measure of quantity or value. |
| Mongolian | The word “нэгж” comes from an old word meaning a single arrow, used as the basic measurement of distance or length during raids by Mongolian armies. |
| Nepali | The word 'एकाइ' also means 'entity' and is related to the Sanskrit word 'ैक्य' (aikya), meaning 'unity'. |
| Norwegian | The word 'enhet' (unit) derives from the Old Norse 'eining' meaning 'unity', 'agreement', and 'similarity' and is related to the modern Norwegian word for 'one' (en). |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "gawo" in Nyanja (Chichewa) also refers to a group of people or animals. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, 'واحد' can also mean 'one', 'single', or 'indivisible'. |
| Persian | The Persian word "واحد" ultimately derives from the Arabic word "واحد" meaning "one," implying a conceptual connection between "singleness" and "wholeness" in Persian culture. |
| Polish | The word "jednostka" in Polish can also refer to a type of military unit, a single dose of medicine, or a legal entity. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Unidade derives from the Latin word "unitas," meaning "oneness, unity." |
| Punjabi | The word "ਇਕਾਈ" ("unit") in Punjabi can also refer to a "single piece" or "an individual item". |
| Romanian | "Unitate" derives from the Latin "unitas" and may also mean "unity" or "union". |
| Russian | In Russian, “единица измерения” can mean either “unit” or “unit of measurement”, depending on the context. |
| Samoan | In Samoan, the word “iunite” refers also to the number one. |
| Scots Gaelic | Aonad is often used as a unit of time in Gaelic, for example in 'aonad deug' which means 'a fortnight'. |
| Serbian | The word "јединица" can also mean "a person who is the only child of their parents", or "a part of a whole that is considered separately". |
| Sesotho | The word "yuniti" in Sesotho is derived from the Latin word "unitas", meaning "oneness" or "unity". |
| Shona | Chikwata is also an old-school slang word for a dollar. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "يونٽ" also refers to a group of people united by a common purpose. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "ඒකකය" derives from the Sanskrit word "एक" meaning "one" and can also mean "part", "factor" or "portion" in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | The word "jednotka" also means "a single entity, individual or item" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian, "enota" also means "unity." |
| Somali | In Somali, the word "cutub" is cognate with Arabic "kutayb," meaning "small piece" or "loaf of bread," and can also refer to a small group of people, livestock, or plants. |
| Spanish | The word "unidad" can also refer to a political or social group that shares common goals or interests. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "hijian" is also used to refer to a small amount or piece of something. |
| Swahili | "Kitengo" can also refer to a section, division, or department within an organization or government. |
| Swedish | The word "enhet" can also refer to a musical note or a unit of measurement. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "yunit" can also refer to a "group of things" or a "set". |
| Tajik | The Persian word "wahid" from Arabic "واحد / wāḥid" ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *oinos, meaning one or alone. |
| Tamil | அலகு can also mean a beak, a type of measure, an elephant's trunk, an organ of the body, or even a fraction of something. |
| Telugu | The word "యూనిట్" is derived from the Latin word "unitas", meaning "unity" or "oneness". |
| Thai | In Thai, "หน่วย" can also refer to a person or group of people, or a place or location. |
| Turkish | The word "birim" ("unit") in Turkish, which originated from the Old Turkish word "bir" ("one"), also has alternate meanings such as "piece" or "example." |
| Ukrainian | In Proto-Indo-European, *h₁ews- meant "good" and produced words like "good" in English and "добрый" in Russian. |
| Urdu | In Urdu, the word "unit" (یونٹ) can also refer to a military regiment or division. |
| Uzbek | The word "birlik" in Uzbek can also refer to unity, friendship, or a group of people working together. |
| Vietnamese | The word "đơn vị" also has alternate meanings of "one" and "simple" |
| Welsh | In Old Welsh "uned" also referred to the number "one" |
| Xhosa | The word "iyunithi" (unit) is derived from the English word "unit" and can also be used in a military context, referring to a division or group of soldiers |
| Yiddish | From Late Latin apparātus ("equipment, accoutrements"), from the past participle of apparāre ("to prepare"), from ad ("to") + parāre ("to prepare") |
| Yoruba | The word “kurɔ́” meaning “a unit of 25” is related to “kó”, “gather”, “kóró” “join” (in the sense of attaching beads) and the suffix “-ró which is a diminutive form. |
| Zulu | The word 'iyunithi' can also refer to a 'unit of measurement' or a 'set of things' in Zulu. |
| English | The word "unit" comes from the Latin word "unitas," which means "oneness" or "singleness." It can also refer to a group of people or things that are united by a common purpose or goal. |