Versus in Different Languages
Discover 'Versus' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Versus
Afrikaans versus | ||
Albanian kundrejt | ||
Amharic ከ ... ጋር | ||
Arabic مقابل | ||
Armenian ընդդեմ | ||
Assamese বনাম | ||
Aymara ukat juk’ampinaka | ||
Azerbaijani qarşı | ||
Bambara ni ɲɔgɔn cɛ | ||
Basque aurka | ||
Belarusian супраць | ||
Bengali বনাম | ||
Bhojpuri बनाम के बा | ||
Bosnian protiv | ||
Bulgarian срещу | ||
Catalan contra | ||
Cebuano kontra | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 与 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 與 | ||
Corsican versus | ||
Croatian protiv | ||
Czech proti | ||
Danish imod | ||
Dhivehi ވާސަސް އެވެ | ||
Dogri बनाम | ||
Dutch versus | ||
English versus | ||
Esperanto kontraŭ | ||
Estonian versus | ||
Ewe tsɔtsɔ sɔ kple wo nɔewo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) laban sa | ||
Finnish vastaan | ||
French contre | ||
Frisian tsjin | ||
Galician contra | ||
Georgian წინააღმდეგ | ||
German gegen | ||
Greek εναντίον | ||
Guarani versus rehegua | ||
Gujarati વિરુદ્ધ | ||
Haitian Creole kont | ||
Hausa a kan | ||
Hawaiian vs. | ||
Hebrew נגד | ||
Hindi बनाम | ||
Hmong tiv tiag | ||
Hungarian ellen | ||
Icelandic á móti | ||
Igbo vesos | ||
Ilocano kontra | ||
Indonesian melawan | ||
Irish in aghaidh | ||
Italian contro | ||
Japanese 対 | ||
Javanese lawan | ||
Kannada ವಿರುದ್ಧ | ||
Kazakh қарсы | ||
Khmer ប្រឆាំងនឹងទល់នឹង | ||
Kinyarwanda bitandukanye | ||
Konkani विरुद्ध | ||
Korean 대 | ||
Krio versus | ||
Kurdish beramber | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەرامبەر بە | ||
Kyrgyz каршы | ||
Lao ທຽບກັບ | ||
Latin contra | ||
Latvian pret | ||
Lingala versus | ||
Lithuanian prieš | ||
Luganda okusinziira ku | ||
Luxembourgish géint | ||
Macedonian против | ||
Maithili बनाम | ||
Malagasy mifampitaha amin'ny | ||
Malay lawan | ||
Malayalam എതിരായി | ||
Maltese kontra | ||
Maori vs. | ||
Marathi विरुद्ध | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯚꯦꯔꯁꯦꯁ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ ꯌꯥꯏ꯫ | ||
Mizo versus a ni | ||
Mongolian эсрэг | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) နှင့် | ||
Nepali विरुद्ध | ||
Norwegian mot | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) molimbana ndi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପ୍ରତିଦ୍ୱନ୍ଦୀ | ||
Oromo wal bira qabamee yoo ilaalamu | ||
Pashto په مقابل کې | ||
Persian در مقابل | ||
Polish przeciw | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) versus | ||
Punjabi ਬਨਾਮ | ||
Quechua versus nisqapi | ||
Romanian impotriva | ||
Russian против | ||
Samoan feteenai | ||
Sanskrit विरुद्धम् | ||
Scots Gaelic an aghaidh | ||
Sepedi go bapetšwa le | ||
Serbian наспрам | ||
Sesotho khahlano | ||
Shona maringe | ||
Sindhi بمقابلہ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) එදිරිව | ||
Slovak proti | ||
Slovenian proti | ||
Somali ka soo horjeedka | ||
Spanish versus | ||
Sundanese lawan | ||
Swahili dhidi | ||
Swedish mot | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) laban sa | ||
Tajik рӯ ба рӯи | ||
Tamil எதிராக | ||
Tatar каршы | ||
Telugu వర్సెస్ | ||
Thai เทียบกับ | ||
Tigrinya ኣንጻር | ||
Tsonga ku hambana na | ||
Turkish karşı | ||
Turkmen garşy | ||
Twi (Akan) versus | ||
Ukrainian проти | ||
Urdu بمقابلہ | ||
Uyghur ئەكسىچە | ||
Uzbek ga qarshi | ||
Vietnamese đấu với | ||
Welsh yn erbyn | ||
Xhosa ukuqobisana | ||
Yiddish אנטקעגן | ||
Yoruba dipo | ||
Zulu kuqhathaniswa |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "versus" can also mean "facing" or "opposite" in a physical sense. |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "kundrejt" has multiple meanings and etymological origins, including opposition, in return for, and across from. |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ከ ... ጋር" can also mean "with" or "in comparison to". |
| Arabic | In Arabic, "مقابل" also means "opposite" or "exchange rate". |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "ընդդեմ" is cognate with the Persian "اندهم" which means "opposite, in contrast". |
| Azerbaijani | "Qarşı" also translates to "opposite" or "in front of". |
| Basque | The Basque word "aurka" can also mean "in front of" or "facing". |
| Belarusian | Супраць (supracʹ) is a preposition in Belarusian that can also mean 'against' or 'opposite'. |
| Bengali | The word |
| Bosnian | The word "protiv" in Bosnian can also mean "opposite" or "in opposition to". |
| Bulgarian | "Срещу" also denotes "against, opposite, facing". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "contra" can also mean "against" or "opposite". |
| Cebuano | The word "kontra" in Cebuano can also mean "against" or "opposite". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character 与 means "and" when used within words but "versus" only when in isolation. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In Chinese, the character 與 can also refer to 'and', 'with', or 'participate'. |
| Corsican | Corsican's "versu" can also mean "towards"} |
| Croatian | In Croatian, "protiv" has a hidden meaning derived from a Slavic root meaning "opposite". |
| Czech | The word “proti” has an alternate meaning of “against”. |
| Danish | The word |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "versus" can also be an abbreviation for "vereniging", meaning "association". |
| Esperanto | "Kontraŭ" was originally a preposition meaning "against," and it is still used that way in poetry. |
| Estonian | Eesti keeles on sõnal "versus" ka tähendused "võrreldes", "jõudmas", "suunas". |
| Finnish | The word "vastaan" comes from the Proto-Finnic root "*wastana" meaning "to oppose". |
| French | The word "contre" originates from the Latin word "contra", meaning "against", hence its use in opposition to something. |
| Frisian | "Tsjin" originates from the Old Frisian word "teghin", which means "towards" or "against". |
| Galician | Galician "contra" derives from Latin and shares an etymology with its English cognate "counter" which means "against or opposite of". |
| German | In its original sense, "gegen" means "in return for". |
| Greek | The Greek "εναντίον" derives from the verb εναντιόω, meaning "to oppose". Today, it's used to compare two things. |
| Gujarati | The word "વિરુદ્ધ" comes from the Sanskrit word "विरुद्ध" meaning "opposite, contrary, contradictory" and can also mean "adverse, against, hostile". |
| Haitian Creole | Kont, meaning 'versus' in Haitian Creole, may also refer to an account or a dispute. |
| Hausa | "A kan" also means "on" or "regarding". |
| Hawaiian | Hawaiian also uses “vs.” as an abbreviation for the word “vis-à-vis,” which means “opposite” or “facing.” |
| Hebrew | "נגד" can also mean "protector", such as in the phrase: "מגן ונגד" (shield and protector). |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "बनाम" (banaam) can also mean "in the name of" or "in memory of". |
| Hmong | The word "tiv tiag" in Hmong can also mean "in relation to" or "compared to". |
| Hungarian | The word "ellen" in Hungarian is derived from the Proto-Uralic word "elə", meaning "forefront" or "before". |
| Icelandic | The word “á móti” in Icelandic can also mean “against” or “in opposition to”. |
| Igbo | The word "vesos" in Igbo can also refer to a type of traditional dance or music. |
| Indonesian | The second alternate meaning of 'melawan' can refer to a fight between two opposing forces. |
| Irish | In aghaidh derives from the Old Irish preposition oc or ag, meaning 'at' or 'near', and the noun agaid, meaning 'face' or 'presence'. |
| Italian | The Italian word "contro" is derived from the Latin "contra" and can also mean "against", "opposite", or "in resistance to". |
| Japanese | The word "対" (originally pronounced "つい") also means "to confront" and is the origin of the word "罪" (crime). |
| Javanese | "Lawan" also means "to face or confront". |
| Kannada | The word 'viruddha' in Kannada is derived from the Sanskrit word 'viparīta', meaning 'opposite' or 'contrary'. |
| Kazakh | The word "қарсы" can also mean "opposite", "against", or "facing". |
| Korean | The word "대" can also mean "instead" or "in place of" in some contexts. |
| Kurdish | The word 'beramber' is also used in Kurdish to refer to a 'competition'. |
| Kyrgyz | In Uzbek, the word "qarşi" originated from the Persian word "qarshi," meaning "opposite" or "facing. |
| Latin | Latin 'contra' meant 'opposite' or 'against', not only 'versus' |
| Latvian | The word "pret" can also mean "opposite" or "against" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | "Prieš" also means "ago" or "before" in the context of time. |
| Macedonian | Спрема словенска митологија, против није нико други осим Световидово божанско возило, односно његова митска кочија. |
| Malagasy | The word "mifampitaha amin'ny" can also mean "in comparison to" or "in contrast to". |
| Malay | The word "lawan" originally meant "enemy" or "opponent" in Malay. |
| Malayalam | The word "എതിരായി" in Malayalam can also mean "against" or "in opposition to". |
| Maltese | "Kontra" is an adverb meaning "in opposition" in Maltese, derived from the Italian "contro" |
| Maori | The Maori word for "vs." is "ki" and can also mean "to" or "toward". |
| Mongolian | In chess, «эсрэг» (versus) is used instead of «хөрөг» (against) to indicate a game between two players who are not on the same team. |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "विरुद्ध" primarily means "opposite" or "contrast" and is a cognate of the Latin word "versus". |
| Norwegian | "Mot" in Norwegian can also mean "towards" or "against". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Molimbana ndi can mean 'against' in a physical or adversarial sense. |
| Polish | Etymology of "przeciw": "przeciwko" (against), "przeciwko" (opposite), "przeciwko" (against) |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Originating from the Latin word “versus”, it can also mean “in honor of” or “against”. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਬਨਾਮ" is derived from the Persian word "بنام" (banām), which means "against" or "in the name of." |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "impotriva" is derived from the Latin word "contra", meaning "against" or "opposite." |
| Russian | The word "против" can also mean "in contrast to", indicating opposition but not necessarily a contest. |
| Samoan | The word "feteenai" can also mean "to turn" or "to be turned." |
| Scots Gaelic | In 1706, 'an aghaidh' was used in Scots Gaelic to describe the side that was 'facing something' and also to mean 'in opposition to'. |
| Serbian | The word "наспрам" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "proti", meaning "against" or "opposite". |
| Shona | Maringe also means 'on the other hand' or 'moreover' in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The word "بمقابلہ" also means "in comparison with". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "එදිරිව" can also mean 'compared to', 'opposite to', or 'facing'. |
| Slovak | The word "proti" in Slovak can also mean "against" or "opposite". |
| Slovenian | The Slovene word "proti" has the same origin as the German word "gegen" and both derive ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰenti-, meaning "against" or "opposite". |
| Somali | The Somali word "ka soo horjeedka" also means "opponent" or "adversary". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "versus" can also mean "facing" or "near". |
| Sundanese | The word 'lawan' in Sundanese also has alternative meanings such as 'companion' or 'opponent' in a game. |
| Swahili | "Dhidi" can also mean 'opposite' or 'in front of,' and is derived from the Proto-Bantu word *diːdi, meaning 'to stand opposite or in front of.' |
| Swedish | The word "mot" also has a secondary meaning in Swedish, namely "towards" or "in the direction of". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "laban sa" in Tagalog is derived from the root word "laban," which means "fight" or "battle." |
| Tajik | The word "рӯ ба рӯи" is also used in Tajik to mean "face to face" or "opposite". |
| Tamil | The word "எதிராக" also translates to "in comparison with" in certain contexts. |
| Thai | The Thai word "เทียบกับ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "tulyata" meaning "comparison". |
| Turkish | The word 'karşı' also means 'opposite' or 'facing' in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | "проти" means "against" in Ukrainian but can also relate to spatial location or opposition to an idea. |
| Uzbek | The word "ga qarshi" can also mean "in the direction of" or "towards" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | "Ngoài ra, đấu với còn có thể dùng để chỉ sự đối chọi, cạnh tranh giữa hai người hay hai vật." |
| Xhosa | Ukuqobisana is also used to mean 'argument', 'conflict' or 'dispute'. |
| Yiddish | The word "אנטקעגן" can also refer to "towards" or "in favor of" something or someone. |
| Yoruba | The word 'dipo' can also mean 'in place of', 'instead of', or 'in the midst of' in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | Kuqhathaniswa can also mean to compare or to contrast two or more things. |
| English | Versus can also mean "facing" or "opposite to" in addition to "against". |