Useful in Different Languages
Discover 'Useful' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Useful
Afrikaans nuttig | ||
Albanian e dobishme | ||
Amharic ጠቃሚ | ||
Arabic مفيد | ||
Armenian օգտակար | ||
Assamese উপযোগী | ||
Aymara wakiskiri | ||
Azerbaijani faydalıdır | ||
Bambara nàfaman | ||
Basque erabilgarria | ||
Belarusian карысна | ||
Bengali দরকারী | ||
Bhojpuri उपयोगी | ||
Bosnian korisno | ||
Bulgarian полезен | ||
Catalan útil | ||
Cebuano nga mapuslanon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 有用 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 有用 | ||
Corsican utile | ||
Croatian koristan | ||
Czech užitečný | ||
Danish nyttig | ||
Dhivehi ބޭނުންތެރި | ||
Dogri लाहकारी | ||
Dutch nuttig | ||
English useful | ||
Esperanto utila | ||
Estonian kasulik | ||
Ewe ɖe vi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kapaki-pakinabang | ||
Finnish hyödyllinen | ||
French utile | ||
Frisian brûkber | ||
Galician útil | ||
Georgian სასარგებლო | ||
German nützlich | ||
Greek χρήσιμος | ||
Guarani purupykuaáva | ||
Gujarati ઉપયોગી | ||
Haitian Creole itil | ||
Hausa amfani | ||
Hawaiian pono | ||
Hebrew מוֹעִיל | ||
Hindi उपयोगी | ||
Hmong pab tau | ||
Hungarian hasznos | ||
Icelandic nothæft | ||
Igbo bara uru | ||
Ilocano kasapulan | ||
Indonesian berguna | ||
Irish úsáideach | ||
Italian utile | ||
Japanese 有用 | ||
Javanese migunani | ||
Kannada ಉಪಯುಕ್ತ | ||
Kazakh пайдалы | ||
Khmer មានប្រយោជន៍ | ||
Kinyarwanda ingirakamaro | ||
Konkani उपेगाचें | ||
Korean 유능한 | ||
Krio de ɛp | ||
Kurdish bikartê | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەسوود | ||
Kyrgyz пайдалуу | ||
Lao ເປັນປະໂຫຍດ | ||
Latin utilis | ||
Latvian noderīga | ||
Lingala ya ntina | ||
Lithuanian naudinga | ||
Luganda -a mugaso | ||
Luxembourgish nëtzlech | ||
Macedonian корисно | ||
Maithili उपयोगी | ||
Malagasy ilaina | ||
Malay berguna | ||
Malayalam ഉപയോഗപ്രദമാണ് | ||
Maltese utli | ||
Maori whaihua | ||
Marathi उपयुक्त | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯥꯟꯅꯕ | ||
Mizo tangkai | ||
Mongolian ашигтай | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အသုံးဝင်သည် | ||
Nepali उपयोगी | ||
Norwegian nyttig | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zothandiza | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଉପଯୋଗୀ | | ||
Oromo kan nama fayyadu | ||
Pashto ګټور | ||
Persian مفید | ||
Polish przydatny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) útil | ||
Punjabi ਲਾਭਦਾਇਕ | ||
Quechua hapinalla | ||
Romanian util | ||
Russian полезный | ||
Samoan aoga | ||
Sanskrit उपयुक्त | ||
Scots Gaelic feumail | ||
Sepedi nago le mohola | ||
Serbian корисно | ||
Sesotho e na le thuso | ||
Shona inobatsira | ||
Sindhi ڪارآمد | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ප්රයෝජනවත් | ||
Slovak užitočné | ||
Slovenian koristno | ||
Somali waxtar leh | ||
Spanish útil | ||
Sundanese gunana | ||
Swahili muhimu | ||
Swedish användbar | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kapaki-pakinabang | ||
Tajik муфид | ||
Tamil பயனுள்ளதாக இருக்கும் | ||
Tatar файдалы | ||
Telugu ఉపయోగకరంగా ఉంటుంది | ||
Thai มีประโยชน์ | ||
Tigrinya ጠቃሚ | ||
Tsonga tirhiseka | ||
Turkish kullanışlı | ||
Turkmen peýdaly | ||
Twi (Akan) bɛyɛ yie | ||
Ukrainian корисний | ||
Urdu مفید | ||
Uyghur پايدىلىق | ||
Uzbek foydali | ||
Vietnamese hữu ích | ||
Welsh yn ddefnyddiol | ||
Xhosa iluncedo | ||
Yiddish נוציק | ||
Yoruba wulo | ||
Zulu ewusizo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Nuttig is a Dutch dialectical word meaning 'necessary', a meaning retained by the Afrikaans word but replaced by 'nodig' in Southern Dutch. |
| Albanian | The word "e dobishme" is derived from the Proto-Albanian word "*dobs" meaning "to do, make, obtain". |
| Amharic | The word 'ጠቃሚ' originates from the Ge'ez root word 'ተቃመየ', which means 'to be helpful' or 'to be of assistance,' highlighting its inherent association with usefulness. |
| Arabic | The word "مفيد" ( المفيد ) in Arabic also means "beneficial" or "advantageous". |
| Azerbaijani | "Faydalı" has two meanings in Azerbaijani: 1) useful, beneficial, and 2) interest on a loan. |
| Basque | The word "erabilgarria" derives from the Basque verb "erabili" (to use), and also means "usable" or "serviceable". |
| Bengali | The word 'দরকারী' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'दरकार' (darakāra), which means 'need' or 'requirement'. |
| Bosnian | The Bosnian word "korisno" comes from the Slavic root "korist," which means "benefit" or "advantage." |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "полезен" ("useful") is derived from the Old Slavonic word "polьza" ("benefit"), which is also the root of the words "польза" ("benefit") and "пользоваться" ("to use") in Russian. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "útil" comes from the Latin "utilis", meaning "of use", and has the alternate meaning of "implement" or "tool". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | “有用”的本义为“有效”，指能发挥应有的作用。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The second character in 有用 is "用", which also means "to use", "to make use of", or "to utilize". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "utile" also means "convenient" or "handy". |
| Croatian | The word "koristan" in Croatian can also mean "beneficial" or "advantageous". |
| Czech | The word "užitečný" is derived from the Slavic root "užit", meaning "to use" or "to be of use". |
| Danish | The word "nyttig" is derived from the Old Norse word "nýtr", which means "useful, beneficial, or valuable." |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "utila" can also mean "advantageous" or "beneficial." |
| Estonian | The word "kasulik" in Estonian is derived from the Proto-Finnic verb *käyt- "to use". |
| Finnish | Hyödyllinen also refers to a type of painting depicting Finnish rural life. |
| French | The French word "utile" can also mean "necessary" or "indispensable". |
| Frisian | The word "brûkber" is a compound word and consists of the verb "brûke" (to use) and the suffix "-ber" (carrying, bearing). |
| Galician | The Galician word "útil" can also mean "profitable" or "advantageous". |
| German | The word "nützlich" comes from the Old High German word "nut", meaning "use", and is related to the English word "need". |
| Greek | Χρήσιμος also refers to an instrument that was used to check the purity of metals (χρυσός, χαλκός, σίδηρος). |
| Haitian Creole | The word "itil" in Haitian Creole originated from the French word "utile". |
| Hausa | The word "amfani" is derived from the Arabic word "manfa'a", which means "benefit" or "advantage". |
| Hawaiian | In Polynesian languages, "pono" also means "righteous" or "to do the right thing." |
| Hebrew | מוֹעִיל, from the root ע-ו-ל (enter), originally meant "beneficial for entry," hence "useful". |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "उपयोगी" (useful) has alternate meanings such as "beneficial" or "serviceable" in English. |
| Hmong | "Pab tau" can also mean "useful" in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "hasznos" also refers to something beneficial for health. |
| Icelandic | The word is derived from the Proto-Norse *naðuhafta-, meaning "grasping" or "useful." |
| Igbo | 'Bara uru' means 'useful' or 'helpful' in Igbo, derived from the verb 'bara' meaning 'to do, to work' and the noun 'uru' meaning 'value, importance'. |
| Indonesian | In Old Javanese, berguṇa means 'good luck'. |
| Italian | The word 'utile' in Italian can also mean 'beneficial' or 'advantageous'. |
| Japanese | The Kanji for 'useful' also means 'to make use of', and 'to serve'. |
| Javanese | "Migunani" in Javanese means not only "useful," but also refers to a person who is reliable and dependable. |
| Kazakh | The word "пайдалы" derives from the Persian word "فایده" (fāyeda), which means "benefit, gain, profit, or advantage". |
| Korean | The word "유능한" also has the nuanced meanings of "capable", "competent", "skillful", and "proficient". |
| Kurdish | The word "bikartê" derives from the Kurdish root *bî* ("without") and the Persian suffix *-kart* ("action"), meaning literally "without action" or "inactive". |
| Latin | "Utilis" also means "fit", "suitable", "advantageous", "serviceable", "wholesome", "good", "expedient", and "convenient". |
| Latvian | Noderīga in Latvian also means |
| Lithuanian | "Naudinga" is borrowed from Old Church Slavonic and is related to "nauti" (to get used to) in Sanskrit. |
| Luxembourgish | "Nëtzlech" (useful) is derived from the Old High German word "nuzzi", meaning "useful" or "advantageous." |
| Macedonian | The word "корисно" can also mean "beneficial" or "good for you". |
| Malagasy | The word "ilaina" also means "useful thing" in Malagasy |
| Malay | The word "berguna" in Malay is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *beRguna, which also means "to work" or "to function". |
| Malayalam | The word for 'useful' in Malayalam also means 'handy' or 'practical' in English. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "utli" comes from the Sicilian word "ùtili", which in turn derives from the Latin word "utilis". "Ùtili" can also mean "healthy" or "good for you". |
| Maori | The term "whaihua" has been variously glossed as "pertaining to work and skill" and as "relating to that which is practical and useful" |
| Marathi | The word "उपयुक्त" in Marathi is derived from the Sanskrit word "उप + युक्त" meaning "joined with" or "used for a particular purpose." |
| Mongolian | Mongolian word ашигтай means "useful", but also "benefit" and "profit". |
| Nepali | The word 'उपयोगी' also derives from 'उप' meaning 'below' or 'near', and 'योग' meaning 'to join' or 'to connect', thus emphasizing the idea of something being within reach, available, or accessible for use. |
| Norwegian | "Nyttig" is etymologically related to the English word "need" and also connotes being "thrifty" or "economical". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word 'zothandiza' shares a root word meaning 'help' with both the Zulu word 'sizathandwa' (to be loved) and the Tswana word 'sego' (help, support). |
| Pashto | The word "ګټور" is also used to refer to something that is beneficial or advantageous. |
| Persian | The Persian word "مفید" originally meant "healthy" or "beneficial," and is related to the Sanskrit word "medh," which means "intelligence" or "knowledge." |
| Polish | "Przydatny" can also mean "handy" or "convenient" in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Útil, in Portuguese, comes from the Latin word "utilis", meaning "of use" or "suitable." |
| Romanian | The word "util" in Romanian is not related to the English word "util" or "utility"; instead, it comes from the Latin word "utilis," which means "abundant" or "rich." |
| Russian | "Полезный" can also mean "beneficial" or "wholesome" in Russian. |
| Samoan | "Aoga" is a Proto-Polynesian word that can also means "to teach or to learn". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "feumail" also has the alternate meaning of "useful". |
| Serbian | The word "корисно" can also mean "healthy" or "beneficial" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "e na le thuso" literally translates to "it has a use", highlighting its practical usefulness. |
| Sindhi | ڪارآمد is also used to describe something that is effective or efficient. |
| Slovak | The word "užitočné" in Slovak derives from the Proto-Slavic "*ǫžiti", meaning "to make use of". It can also refer to something that is "serviceable" or "beneficial". |
| Slovenian | The word 'koristno' can also mean 'beneficial' or 'advantageous'. |
| Somali | In Maay, “waxtar leh” specifically means “well suited” for a purpose rather than something merely useful. |
| Spanish | "Útil" comes from the Latin word "utilis", which means "serviceable, profitable, advantageous, expedient", and is related to the word "uti", which means "to use or employ." |
| Sundanese | Gunana can also mean 'to be able to' or 'can do something'. |
| Swahili | Swahili word "muhimu" also means "important, essential, necessary," with alternate stems including "uhim-," "him-," and "-himu." |
| Swedish | Användbar is cognate with the Danish and Norwegian ordbrugbar, and can also mean "usable" or "practical" in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | 'Kapaki-pakinabang' is derived from the Spanish word 'capaz' which also means 'useful'. |
| Tajik | The word "муфид" in Tajik originally derived from the Arabic "مفيد", meaning "beneficial" or "advantageous." |
| Thai | The word "มีประโยชน์" literally means "having benefit" in Thai and is also used to describe things that are advantageous or helpful. |
| Turkish | The word "kullanışlı" in Turkish can also mean "functional" or "handy". |
| Ukrainian | The word "корисний" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "koristiti", meaning "to be of use". |
| Urdu | The word "مفید" is derived from the Arabic word "فائدة" meaning "benefit" or "advantage." |
| Uzbek | The word "foydali" is derived from the Persian word "fayda", meaning "benefit" or "advantage". |
| Vietnamese | "Hữu ích" can also mean "having good fortune". |
| Xhosa | The word "iluncedo" is likely derived from the root "-lunco", meaning "to help" or "to assist". It carries the extended connotation of something or someone that is conducive to a desirable outcome or provides aid in attaining a goal. |
| Yiddish | The Hebrew root of נוציק is נוץ and means 'to shine', thus נוציק is literally means something useful that 'shines' or 'projects' or can also mean something beautiful. |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, 'wulo' can also refer to 'good', 'suitable', or 'appropriate' beyond its primary meaning of 'useful'. |
| Zulu | The word "ewusizo" can also refer to a tool or instrument. |
| English | The word "useful" derives from Middle English "usel," meaning "convenient or advantageous"} |