Afrikaans sigbaar | ||
Albanian e dukshme | ||
Amharic የሚታይ | ||
Arabic مرئي | ||
Armenian տեսանելի | ||
Assamese দৃশ্যমান | ||
Aymara uñjañjamawa | ||
Azerbaijani görünən | ||
Bambara yelen ye | ||
Basque ikusgai | ||
Belarusian бачны | ||
Bengali দৃশ্যমান | ||
Bhojpuri लउकत बा | ||
Bosnian vidljivo | ||
Bulgarian видими | ||
Catalan visible | ||
Cebuano makita | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 可见 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 可見 | ||
Corsican visibile | ||
Croatian vidljivo | ||
Czech viditelné | ||
Danish synlig | ||
Dhivehi ފެންނަން ހުރެއެވެ | ||
Dogri दिक्खने गी मिलदा ऐ | ||
Dutch zichtbaar | ||
English visible | ||
Esperanto videbla | ||
Estonian nähtav | ||
Ewe nukpɔkpɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) nakikita | ||
Finnish näkyvä | ||
French visible | ||
Frisian sichtber | ||
Galician visible | ||
Georgian ჩანს | ||
German sichtbar | ||
Greek ορατός | ||
Guarani ojehechakuaáva | ||
Gujarati દૃશ્યમાન | ||
Haitian Creole vizib | ||
Hausa bayyane | ||
Hawaiian ʻike ʻia | ||
Hebrew גלוי | ||
Hindi दिखाई | ||
Hmong pom tau | ||
Hungarian látható | ||
Icelandic sýnilegur | ||
Igbo anya | ||
Ilocano makita | ||
Indonesian terlihat | ||
Irish infheicthe | ||
Italian visibile | ||
Japanese 見える | ||
Javanese katon | ||
Kannada ಕಾಣುವ | ||
Kazakh көрінетін | ||
Khmer ដែលអាចមើលឃើញ | ||
Kinyarwanda bigaragara | ||
Konkani दिसपी | ||
Korean 명백한 | ||
Krio we pɔsin kin si | ||
Kurdish têdîtinî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دیارە | ||
Kyrgyz көрүнөө | ||
Lao ເບິ່ງເຫັນໄດ້ | ||
Latin visibilis | ||
Latvian redzams | ||
Lingala oyo emonanaka | ||
Lithuanian matomas | ||
Luganda ebirabika | ||
Luxembourgish sichtbar | ||
Macedonian видлив | ||
Maithili दृश्यमान | ||
Malagasy hita maso | ||
Malay kelihatan | ||
Malayalam ദൃശ്യമാണ് | ||
Maltese viżibbli | ||
Maori kitea | ||
Marathi दृश्यमान | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯎꯕꯥ ꯐꯪꯏ꯫ | ||
Mizo hmuh theih a ni | ||
Mongolian харагдана | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မြင်နိုင်သော | ||
Nepali देखिने | ||
Norwegian synlig | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuwonekera | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଦୃଶ୍ୟମାନ | ||
Oromo mul’atu | ||
Pashto څرګندیدل | ||
Persian قابل رویت | ||
Polish widoczny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) visível | ||
Punjabi ਦਿਸਦਾ ਹੈ | ||
Quechua rikukuq | ||
Romanian vizibil | ||
Russian видимый | ||
Samoan vaʻaia | ||
Sanskrit दृश्यमानम् | ||
Scots Gaelic ri fhaicinn | ||
Sepedi e bonagalago | ||
Serbian видљиво | ||
Sesotho bonahalang | ||
Shona zvinoonekwa | ||
Sindhi ظاهر آهي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දෘශ්යමාන වේ | ||
Slovak viditeľné | ||
Slovenian vidna | ||
Somali muuqda | ||
Spanish visible | ||
Sundanese katingali | ||
Swahili inayoonekana | ||
Swedish synlig | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) nakikita | ||
Tajik намоён | ||
Tamil தெரியும் | ||
Tatar күренеп тора | ||
Telugu కనిపించే | ||
Thai มองเห็นได้ | ||
Tigrinya ዝርአ እዩ። | ||
Tsonga swi vonaka | ||
Turkish gözle görülür | ||
Turkmen görünýär | ||
Twi (Akan) a wotumi hu | ||
Ukrainian видно | ||
Urdu مرئی | ||
Uyghur كۆرۈندى | ||
Uzbek ko'rinadigan | ||
Vietnamese có thể nhìn thấy | ||
Welsh gweladwy | ||
Xhosa ebonakalayo | ||
Yiddish קענטיק | ||
Yoruba han | ||
Zulu kuyabonakala |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "sigbaar" is derived from the Dutch word "zichtbaar", which means "visible" or "perceptible". It can also be used figuratively to mean "evident" or "noticeable". |
| Albanian | The word "e dukshme" is derived from the Latin "ducere" (to lead), and also means "conspicuous" or "prominent". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "የሚታይ" (visible) can also mean "that which can be seen" or "what is apparent." |
| Arabic | "مرئي" means visible, readable, seen, conspicuous, perceptible, or legible |
| Armenian | 'Տեսանելի' (visible) derives from the Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- 'to see' (cognate with Greek 'deiknumi' 'to show'), and was used in the sense of 'seen' in some Armenian dialects. |
| Basque | The word "ikusgai" in Basque can also mean "conspicuous" or "noticeable". |
| Belarusian | The word "бачны" derives from the Proto-Slavic root *obkъ, meaning "around, near, by, with, near, at, on, in". |
| Bosnian | "Vidljivo" comes from the Proto-Slavic root *viděti, which also means "to see". |
| Bulgarian | "Видими") is a form of "видим" (visible), which is derived from the Slavic root "vid-", meaning 'to see' or 'to know' |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "visible" comes from the Latin word "visibilis", meaning "able to be seen" or "perceptible to the eye". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 可見 (kě jiàn) is an adverb meaning "possibly" or "probably" in addition to its more common meaning of "visible" |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 可見 in Traditional Chinese can also be used as an adjective to describe something that is worthy of seeing. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "visibile" also means "demonstrable, evident". |
| Croatian | The word "vidljivo" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *viděti, meaning "to see". |
| Czech | The Czech word "viditelné" means not only "visible", but also "evident" or "obvious". |
| Danish | Synlig in Danish shares its root with the word 'sun' in English and German, and also means 'apparent' or 'obvious'. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word |
| Esperanto | It is derived from the Latin words "videre" (to see) and "abl" (fit). |
| Estonian | The word "nähtav" also means "understandable" in Estonian. |
| Finnish | It can also be used to describe something that is obvious or noticeable. |
| French | The French word "visible" comes from the Latin word "visibilis", which means "able to be seen". |
| Frisian | Besides "visible", "sichtber" can also mean "transparent" in Frisian. |
| Galician | The Galician word "visible" also means "noticeable" or "evident". |
| Georgian | The verb ჩანს (visible) is cognate with the Proto-Kartvelian *č'an, and relates to the concept of 'appearance' found in the related language Svan. |
| German | "Sichtbar" is cognate with English "sight" and the verb "sehen" (to see), originating from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweik- meaning "to see, watch, look". |
| Greek | The word "ορατός" can also mean "seen," "noticed," or "observable." |
| Gujarati | Its root in Sanskrit 'drishya' is also a term of Indian aesthetics that describes a sensory perception. |
| Haitian Creole | Vizib is derived from the French word "visible," which carries the same meaning in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | In the Sokoto Caliphate, the word 'bayyane' also had the meaning of 'public'. |
| Hawaiian | 'Ike ʻia can also mean to be found, known, or understood, coming from the root word ʻike meaning to know. |
| Hebrew | In modern Hebrew, "גלוי" ("visible") also means frank, open or revealed. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "दिखाई" also means "appearance" or "sight". |
| Hmong | In addition to its literal meaning of "visible," "pom tau" can also refer to a person's appearance or attractiveness. |
| Hungarian | "Látható" is a Hungarian word meaning 'visible', but it can also mean 'apparent' or 'evident'. |
| Icelandic | Sýnilegur derives from the Old Norse word "sýnligr" and also means "conspicuous". |
| Igbo | In many Igbo communities, the word "anya" also represents the left side. |
| Indonesian | The word |
| Irish | Cognate with Welsh gweled, meaning 'to see' |
| Italian | Visibile derives from visus (Latin for sight) and also means "conspicuous" and "manifest". |
| Japanese | "Miru" is the Sino-Japanese reading of 見える and means “to see,” while "mieru" is its native Japanese reading, meaning “to be visible." |
| Javanese | Katon is likely derived from the Proto-Austronesian root *ka-di-n, also found in the Malay and Philippine words for 'eye' and 'see'. |
| Korean | The word "명백한" can also mean "evident" or "obvious". |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word |
| Kyrgyz | The word "көрүнөө" can also mean "appearance" or "view" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | "Visibilis" in Latin also relates to "sight" or "vision". |
| Latvian | Redzams is derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *reg-, meaning to see or perceive. |
| Lithuanian | The word "matomas" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *men-, meaning "to think" or "to know." |
| Macedonian | In addition to its primary meaning, "видлив" can also mean "prominent" or "noticeable". |
| Malagasy | The word 'hita maso' also means 'open' in Malagasy, likely due to the commonality between what is seen and what is not hidden behind a barrier. |
| Malay | "Kelihatan" originates from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian root "*kita", meaning "to see" or "to appear." |
| Malayalam | A Malayalam word that can mean a movie or a television program |
| Maltese | "Viżibbli" is derived from the Latin word "visibilis" and it also means "evident". It can be used to describe something that can be seen or understood. |
| Maori | The Māori word "kitea" can also refer to a sighting, appearance, or vision, and is related to the word "kite" (to see). |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "दृश्यमान" means "visible", but also "visible to the mind" or "that which can be understood by reason". |
| Nepali | The word "देखिने" is also used in Nepali to refer to the aspect or appearance of something. |
| Norwegian | The word "synlig" stems from the Old Norse word "sýnligr", which means "capable of being seen". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "kuwonekera" in Nyanja can also mean "to be present" or "to be in attendance" |
| Pashto | څرګندیدل comes from the Persian word "zaahir shudan" meaning "to appear" or "to become visible". |
| Persian | The word "قابل رویت" (visible) is derived from the Arabic root word "راء" (to see). It can also mean "perceptible" or "observable." |
| Polish | "Widoczny" in Polish can also mean "clear, distinct" and is a synonym for "widowy" (publicly known). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Visível" comes from Latin "visibilis" and also means "noticeable" or "evident" in both Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil) |
| Romanian | "Vizibil" derives from Latin "videre" (to see) and Slavic "videti" (to appear), but it also means tangible or clear. |
| Russian | The word "видимый" can also mean "apparent" or "seeming" in Russian, conveying a sense of something that might not be as it appears. |
| Samoan | The word vaʻaia derives from the Proto-Austronesian word *paŋaŋa, meaning "view" or "look". |
| Serbian | The word 'видљиво' (''vidljivo'') in Serbian can also refer to 'appearance' or 'image', as in the phrase 'добар видљив' ('''dobar vidljiv'') meaning 'good appearance'. |
| Shona | The word "zvinoonekwa" can also mean "evident" or "clear". |
| Slovak | The word "viditeľné" is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *vid-, meaning "to see". |
| Slovenian | The word "vidna" also shares a root with "videti" (to see) and "videc" (seer). |
| Somali | The Somali word "muuqda" comes from the Arabic word "wujuh", meaning "face" or "countenance." |
| Spanish | "Visible" in Spanish can also mean "dressed up" or "evident." |
| Sundanese | In addition to its primary meaning of 'visible', 'katingali' also has a figurative meaning of 'obvious' or 'unmissable'. |
| Swahili | In addition to meaning "visible," "inayoonekana" can also mean "understood" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The word 'synlig' comes from the Old Norse word 'sjǫn' which means 'to see'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Nakikita" can also mean "to be caught" or "to be involved" in Tagalog. |
| Tajik | The word "намоён" in Tajik can also mean "clear" or "distinct". |
| Tamil | The word "தெரியும்" also means "to know" or "to be aware" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The word "కనిపించే" comes from the root "కను" (to see) and the suffix "-పించే" (causing to see), and can also mean "to appear" or "to become visible." |
| Thai | มองเห็นได้ can also mean 'noticeable', 'discernible', or 'evident'. |
| Turkish | "Gözle görülür" means "visible" in Turkish, but it also means "conspicuous" or "noticeable". |
| Ukrainian | "Видно" derives from the Proto-Slavic verb *viděti, meaning "to look, to behold; to know, to understand." |
| Urdu | The root مرأ (marʾa) means 'to see,' and is also found in the words مراة (mirʾāh, 'mirror') and منظَر (manẓar, 'view'). |
| Uzbek | The word "ko'rinadigan" is derived from the verb "ko'rin-" meaning "to be visible" or "to appear". |
| Vietnamese | "Có thể nhìn thấy" is also a phrase used to refer to the ability to see something or to be able to see something. |
| Xhosa | The word "ebonakalayo" in Xhosa also means "to be seen" or "to appear." |
| Yiddish | The root of 'קענטיק' in Yiddish can also be found in the English word 'recognize', meaning 'to make visible'. |
| Yoruba | The word "han" also means "to appear, to become known, to be revealed" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | "Kuyabonakala" is derived from the verb 'bona', which also means "see" or "perceive". |
| English | The word "visible" originates from the Latin "visibilis," meaning "able to be seen" or "clearly visible." |