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Usually in Different Languages

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Afrikaans
gewoonlik
Albanian
zakonisht
Amharic
ብዙውን ጊዜ
Arabic
عادة
Armenian
սովորաբար
Assamese
সাধাৰণতে
Aymara
jilpachaxa
Azerbaijani
adətən
Bambara
ka caaya
Basque
normalean
Belarusian
звычайна
Bengali
সাধারণত
Bhojpuri
हमेशा जईसन
Bosnian
obično
Bulgarian
обикновено
Catalan
generalment
Cebuano
kasagaran
Chinese (Simplified)
通常
Chinese (Traditional)
通常
Corsican
di solitu
Croatian
obično
Czech
obvykle
Danish
som regel
Dhivehi
އާންމުކޮށް
Dogri
अमूमन
Dutch
meestal
English
usually
Esperanto
kutime
Estonian
tavaliselt
Ewe
zi geɖe
Filipino (Tagalog)
kadalasan
Finnish
yleensä
French
d'habitude
Frisian
gewoanwei
Galician
normalmente
Georgian
ჩვეულებრივ
German
meistens
Greek
συνήθως
Guarani
jepi
Gujarati
સામાન્ય રીતે
Haitian Creole
anjeneral
Hausa
yawanci
Hawaiian
maʻamau
Hebrew
בְּדֶרֶך כְּלַל
Hindi
आमतौर पर
Hmong
feem ntau
Hungarian
általában
Icelandic
venjulega
Igbo
na-emekarị
Ilocano
kadawyan
Indonesian
biasanya
Irish
de ghnáth
Italian
generalmente
Japanese
通常
Javanese
biasane
Kannada
ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ
Kazakh
әдетте
Khmer
ជាធម្មតា
Kinyarwanda
bisanzwe
Konkani
चड करून
Korean
보통
Krio
kin
Kurdish
fêrane
Kurdish (Sorani)
بەگشتی
Kyrgyz
адатта
Lao
ປົກກະຕິແລ້ວ
Latin
plerumque
Latvian
parasti
Lingala
mbala mingi
Lithuanian
paprastai
Luganda
buli kaseera
Luxembourgish
normalerweis
Macedonian
вообичаено
Maithili
साधारणतः
Malagasy
matetika
Malay
biasanya
Malayalam
സാധാരണയായി
Maltese
ġeneralment
Maori
te tikanga
Marathi
सहसा
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯑꯌꯥꯝꯕ ꯃꯇꯝꯗ
Mizo
atlangpuiin
Mongolian
ихэвчлэн
Myanmar (Burmese)
ပုံမှန်အားဖြင့်
Nepali
सामान्यतया
Norwegian
som oftest
Nyanja (Chichewa)
kawirikawiri
Odia (Oriya)
ସାଧାରଣତ। |
Oromo
yeroo hedduu
Pashto
معمولا
Persian
معمولا
Polish
zwykle
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
usualmente
Punjabi
ਆਮ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ
Quechua
sapa kuti
Romanian
obișnuit
Russian
как правило
Samoan
masani ai
Sanskrit
सामान्यतः
Scots Gaelic
mar as trice
Sepedi
ka tlwaelo
Serbian
обично
Sesotho
hangata
Shona
kazhinji
Sindhi
عام طور تي
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
සාමාන්යයෙන්
Slovak
zvyčajne
Slovenian
ponavadi
Somali
badanaa
Spanish
generalmente
Sundanese
biasana
Swahili
kawaida
Swedish
vanligtvis
Tagalog (Filipino)
kadalasan
Tajik
одатан
Tamil
பொதுவாக
Tatar
гадәттә
Telugu
సాధారణంగా
Thai
โดยปกติ
Tigrinya
ብልሙድ
Tsonga
hixitalo
Turkish
genelde
Turkmen
köplenç
Twi (Akan)
mpɛn pii
Ukrainian
зазвичай
Urdu
عام طور پر
Uyghur
ئادەتتە
Uzbek
odatda
Vietnamese
thông thường
Welsh
fel arfer
Xhosa
ngesiqhelo
Yiddish
יוזשאַוואַלי
Yoruba
nigbagbogbo
Zulu
ngokuvamile

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe word "gewoon" is also used to mean "ordinary" or "common".
AlbanianThe word "zakonisht" is derived from the Albanian word "zakon", meaning "law". It can also mean "ordinarily" or "customarily".
ArabicThe word "عادة" (usually) is also used to describe a habit or custom and is derived from the Arabic root "ع و د" (to repeat).
AzerbaijaniThe word "adətən" can also be used in the Azerbaijani language with the meaning of "often" or "generally".
BasqueThe word
Bengaliসাধারণত শব্দের মূল হলো সাধ + অর্থাৎ + অনুত, অর্থাৎ স্বভাবতঃ, প্রাকৃতিকভাবে, স্বতই
Bosnian"Obično" might derive from the Proto-Slavic word "oby" with the suffix "čьnь" that meant "habitual".
BulgarianIn Old Bulgarian "обикновено" meant "ordinarily", and in Russian "обыкновенно" means "average", "ordinary".
CatalanThe word "generalment" derives from the Latin "generalis" meaning "pertaining to a whole genus or kind".
Chinese (Simplified)"通常"也可指“平时的”或“惯常的”
Chinese (Traditional)通常在中文裡還有「普通」、「平庸」的意思。
CorsicanOriginally an expression of the Latin "De solito" meaning "as usual".
Croatian"Obično" in Croatian also means "commonly" and "ordinarily".
CzechThe Czech word "obvykle" derives from the Old Czech word "obyčej" meaning "custom" or "habit".
DanishThe word "som regel" in Danish is a combination of two words: "som" (which means "as") and "regel" (which means "rule").
DutchThe word "meestal" is derived from the Old Dutch word "maest", meaning "most".
EsperantoThe word "kutime" in Esperanto is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kew-, meaning "to cover, to hide". In addition to its primary meaning of "usually", it can also mean "customarily", "traditionally", or "habitually".
EstonianTavaliselt can be used to emphasize that an event or occurrence is the most typical or expected one, as in "Ta tuli tavaliselt õigel ajal", meaning that he usually arrives on time.
FinnishThe word 'yleensä' is derived from the Proto-Finnic root '*yle-' meaning 'top' or 'upper', indicating a general or overall perspective.
FrenchD'habitude, derived from the Latin de habitudine, also means by habit or from custom.
FrisianThe Frisian word "gewoanwei" originally meant "as is customary" or "according to habit".
GalicianEl término «normalmente» proviene del latín «normaliter» que significa «de acuerdo con las reglas».
German"Meistens" is etymologically related to the verb "meistern" ("to master") and the noun "Meister" ("master").
GreekThe word "συνήθως" is derived from the Greek root "συν-", meaning "with" or "together", and "ἦθος", meaning "custom" or "habit", hence "according to custom".
GujaratiNo available information
Haitian CreoleAnjeneral comes from the French word "en général" which means "in general" or "usually".
Hausa"Yawanci" can also mean "always" or "generally"
HawaiianMaʻamau, which translates to "usually," also means "to be accustomed."
HindiThe word "आमतौर पर" is derived from the Sanskrit word "आमतः" meaning "commonly".
Hmong"Feem ntau" is also used to express "always" or "constantly".
HungarianA "általában" szó régen "rendszerint"t jelentett, de az jelentése az idők során elhalványult, és átvett egy erősebb, határozottabb jelentést, a "nagyon gyakran"-t.
IcelandicVenjulega, the Icelandic word for "usually," derives from "venja," meaning "habit or custom," and the suffix "-leg(a)," which indicates a tendency or inclination.
IgboThe word 'na-emekarị' in Igbo also means 'according to custom' or 'as is normal'.
IndonesianThe Indonesian word "biasanya" can also refer to the main ingredients of a dish or the main focus of an event.
IrishDe ghnáth originates from the Old Irish word "gnáth", meaning "custom". It can also mean "regularly" or "habitually."
ItalianThe word "generalmente" derives from the Latin "generalis," meaning "of a general nature," and can also mean "almost always" or "in general."
JapaneseThe kanji in 通常 can also mean “custom” or “regularity”, so 通常 can also refer to something being customary.
JavaneseThe word "biasane" in Javanese is derived from the Sanskrit word "biasya", which means "custom" or "habit", and also has the alternate meaning of "normal" or "regular".
Kazakh"әдетте" is a loanword from Arabic (عادة) that can mean 'habit', 'custom', or 'routine'.
Khmer"ជាធម្មតា" means "ordinarily" or "generally" but can also be used to mean "naturally" or "of course."
KoreanThe word "보통" can also mean "ordinary" or "common"}
KurdishThe Kurdish word "fêrane" also means "perhaps" or "maybe" in some contexts.
KyrgyzThe word "адатта" can also mean "by custom" or "by nature" in Kyrgyz.
Lao" ปกติแล้ว " (ปกฺติแล้ว) แปลว่า ตามธรรมดา
LatinThe word "plerumque" derives from the Latin "plerusque," which may also mean "most people" or "the majority".
LatvianParasti is a contraction of “pareiz” + “asti,” or “right” + “is,” akin to “it is right” or “it is so”.
LithuanianThe word "paprastai" has the alternate meaning of "generally".
LuxembourgishThe word "normalerweis" is derived from the German word "normalerweise", which also means "usually".
MacedonianThe word "вообичаено" in Macedonian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *obъjь, and also has the meaning of "accustomed".
MalagasyThe word "matetika" can also mean "usually" or "always".
MalayBiasanya derives from Sanskrit "vyasanam" meaning "addiction, passion, or habit" but also means "usual" in Malay.
MalayalamIn Malayalam, it derives from a combination of words. "സാധാരണ" means "ordinary or common", and "യായി" is a suffix to form adverbs, so "സാധാരണയായി" translates to "ordinarily or in a common manner".
MalteseMaltese "ġeneralment" originates from the Late Latin word "generale", "common," but can also mean "mostly, or often."
MaoriThe word 'te tikanga' in Maori can also mean 'the natural way' or 'the correct way'.
Marathiसहसा (sahasā) is a Marathi word meaning 'suddenly', 'unexpectedly'
MongolianThe word "ихэвчлэн" can also mean "often" or "frequently" in Mongolian.
Nepaliसामान्यतया is derived from the Sanskrit word 'सामान्य' meaning 'common, general, or ordinary'.
NorwegianThe Norwegian word "som oftest" can also mean "as often as possible".
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word 'kawirikawiri' can also mean 'every' or 'each'
PashtoThe word "معمولا" is also used to refer to a "norm" or "standard" in Pashto.
Persian"معمولا" is a compound word in Persian consisting of "مع" ("with") and "موال" ("habit").
PolishEtymology: From Proto-Slavic *obъ-vьčъ ‘common, ordinary, frequent’, related to *vьčь ‘eternity’.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)In Portuguese, "usualmente" can also mean "normally", "habitually", or "customarily".
RomanianIn Romanian, the adjective "obișnuit" derives from the verb "a obișnui", meaning "to accustom" or "to get used to", indicating an action that becomes habitual.
RussianIn Russian, как правило can also mean "as a rule" or "generally speaking"
SamoanThe term 'masani ai' can also refer to 'generally' or 'normally'.
Scots Gaelic"Mar as trice" also means "as many times as" and "as a token" in Scots Gaelic.
Serbian"Обично" can also mean "commonly" or "customarily".
SesothoHangata, meaning "usually" in Sesotho, is often used in the phrase "hangata hangata", translating to "very often" or "for the most part."
ShonaThe word "kazhinji" is derived from the root word "kazi", which means "to do" or "to make".
SlovakThe word "zvyčajne" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *zvy* meaning "custom" or "habit".
SlovenianThe word "ponavadi" also has the alternate meanings of "normally" or "frequently".
SomaliThe word "badanaa" can also be used to mean "usually" or "generally."
SpanishThe word "generalmente" can also mean "in general" or "as a rule" in Spanish.
SundaneseThe Sundanese word "biasana" comes from the root word "bias", which means "custom" or "habit".
SwahiliSwahili 'kawaida' is etymologically related to 'kazi', meaning work; it originally meant 'according to custom'
SwedishThe word "vanligtvis" is derived from the Old Norse word "vanligr", meaning "habitual" or "customary."
Tagalog (Filipino)The word "kadalasan" can also mean "commonly"}
TajikThe word "одатан" can also mean "always" or "continuously" in Tajik.
ThaiThe Thai word "โดยปกติ" is derived from the Pali word "วิสย", which also means "regularly" or "ordinarily".
TurkishThe word "genelde" can also mean "in general" or "as a rule", similar to the English word "generally"
Ukrainian“Зазвичай” is derived from the Old Ukrainian word “звичай”, meaning “custom” or “habit”.
UzbekThe word "odatda" can also mean "generally" or "conventionally" in Uzbek.
VietnameseThường has a wider meaning in Vietnamese than usual and can mean everyday, normal, general, ordinary, and natural.
WelshThe word "fel arfer" can also mean "custom" or "habit" in Welsh.
XhosaThe word "ngesiqhelo" in Xhosa can also be used to mean "customarily", "ordinarily" or "habitually."
YiddishThe Yiddish word "יוזשאַוואַלי" is derived from the German "gewöhnlich" and can also mean "habitually" or "customarily."
YorubaThe word "nigbagbogbo" is also used to emphasize the certainty or frequency of an event.
ZuluThe word "ngokuvamile" in Zulu also means "by habit" and "in most cases."
EnglishThe word "usually" derives from the Middle English word "usuel," meaning "customary" or "common," and is related to the Latin word "usus," meaning "use" or "practice."

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