Afrikaans visueel | ||
Albanian vizuale | ||
Amharic ምስላዊ | ||
Arabic المرئية | ||
Armenian տեսողական | ||
Assamese চাক্ষুষ | ||
Aymara uñjata | ||
Azerbaijani əyani | ||
Bambara ye ko | ||
Basque bisuala | ||
Belarusian візуальны | ||
Bengali ভিজ্যুয়াল | ||
Bhojpuri दृश्य | ||
Bosnian vizuelni | ||
Bulgarian визуална | ||
Catalan visual | ||
Cebuano biswal | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 视觉的 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 視覺的 | ||
Corsican visuale | ||
Croatian vizualni | ||
Czech vizuální | ||
Danish visuel | ||
Dhivehi ފެންނަ | ||
Dogri द्रिश्श | ||
Dutch visueel | ||
English visual | ||
Esperanto vida | ||
Estonian visuaalne | ||
Ewe nukpɔkpɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) biswal | ||
Finnish visuaalinen | ||
French visuel | ||
Frisian fisueel | ||
Galician visual | ||
Georgian ვიზუალური | ||
German visuell | ||
Greek οπτικός | ||
Guarani ojehecháva | ||
Gujarati દ્રશ્ય | ||
Haitian Creole vizyèl | ||
Hausa na gani | ||
Hawaiian ʻike kiʻi | ||
Hebrew חָזוּתִי | ||
Hindi दृश्य | ||
Hmong kev pom | ||
Hungarian vizuális | ||
Icelandic sjónrænt | ||
Igbo visual | ||
Ilocano bisual | ||
Indonesian visual | ||
Irish amhairc | ||
Italian visivo | ||
Japanese ビジュアル | ||
Javanese visual | ||
Kannada ದೃಶ್ಯ | ||
Kazakh көрнекі | ||
Khmer មើលឃើញ | ||
Kinyarwanda amashusho | ||
Konkani दृश्य | ||
Korean 시각적 | ||
Krio si | ||
Kurdish çavî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بینراو | ||
Kyrgyz визуалдык | ||
Lao ສາຍຕາ | ||
Latin visual | ||
Latvian vizuāls | ||
Lingala ya komona | ||
Lithuanian vaizdinis | ||
Luganda ebifaananyi | ||
Luxembourgish visuell | ||
Macedonian визуелен | ||
Maithili दृश्य | ||
Malagasy maso | ||
Malay visual | ||
Malayalam വിഷ്വൽ | ||
Maltese viżwali | ||
Maori ataata | ||
Marathi व्हिज्युअल | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯤꯠꯅ ꯎꯕ | ||
Mizo hmuhtheih | ||
Mongolian харааны | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အမြင်အာရုံ | ||
Nepali दृश्य | ||
Norwegian visuell | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zowoneka | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଭିଜୁଆଲ୍ | ||
Oromo kan argamu | ||
Pashto لید | ||
Persian دیداری | ||
Polish wizualny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) visual | ||
Punjabi ਵਿਜ਼ੂਅਲ | ||
Quechua qawakuq | ||
Romanian vizual | ||
Russian визуальный | ||
Samoan vaʻaiga vaaia | ||
Sanskrit दृश्य | ||
Scots Gaelic lèirsinneach | ||
Sepedi bonegago | ||
Serbian визуелни | ||
Sesotho pono | ||
Shona zvinoonekwa | ||
Sindhi بصري | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දෘශ්ය | ||
Slovak vizuálne | ||
Slovenian vizualno | ||
Somali muuqaal ah | ||
Spanish visual | ||
Sundanese visual | ||
Swahili ya kuona | ||
Swedish visuell | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) biswal | ||
Tajik визуалӣ | ||
Tamil காட்சி | ||
Tatar визуаль | ||
Telugu దృశ్య | ||
Thai ภาพ | ||
Tigrinya ምስላዊ | ||
Tsonga xivono | ||
Turkish görsel | ||
Turkmen wizual | ||
Twi (Akan) anituadeɛ | ||
Ukrainian візуальний | ||
Urdu بصری | ||
Uyghur visual | ||
Uzbek ingl | ||
Vietnamese trực quan | ||
Welsh gweledol | ||
Xhosa ezibonakalayo | ||
Yiddish וויסואַל | ||
Yoruba iworan | ||
Zulu okubukwayo |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "visueel" in Afrikaans also means "visible" and is derived from Latin "vis", meaning "power of seeing". |
| Albanian | It derives from Latin 'visualis' ('visual'), from 'videre' ('to see', 'to look'); related to 'vizion, vizor' ('vision', 'visor' in English); and ultimately to 'vid' ('to see') as in 'video', 'view'. |
| Amharic | The word "ምስላዊ" also means "imaginary" or "figurative". |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "المرئية" (visual) comes from the word "رؤية" (vision), which also refers to the ability to think or imagine something. |
| Armenian | The word "տեսողական" can also refer to a person who is able to see, or to the faculty of sight. |
| Azerbaijani | In Turkish, “ayânî” also means “clear, obvious, visible” and is used in this sense in the phrase “âşikâre ayânî,” which means “plainly obvious.” |
| Basque | "Bisuala" "visual" is borrowed from the Latin "visualis" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "візуальны" comes from the Latin word "visualis" and can also mean "perceptible" or "visible". |
| Bosnian | Vizuelni does not have any other meanings than "visual" nor does it have any interesting etymology. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word 'визуална' comes from the Latin word 'visualis', which means 'relating to seeing' or 'perceptible by the eye'. |
| Catalan | The word “visual” comes from Latin, and is related to the words “videō” (which means “to see”) and “vīsus” (which means “sight”). |
| Cebuano | The word "biswal" can also refer to "spectacles" or "eyeglasses" in Cebuano. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "视觉的" (shì jué de) also means "to seem" or "it seems like" in a visual scene. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 「視覺的」在中文中的另一個意思是指『以視覺為主的』,例如「視覺藝術」指以視覺為主的藝術型態。 |
| Corsican | Corsican 'visuale' is derived from Latin 'visualis', also meaning 'perceptive' or 'intuitive'. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "vizualni" also means "visible" or "perceptible by sight". |
| Czech | Czech "vizuální" comes from Latin word "visualis", derived from "video" and referring to the sense of sight. |
| Danish | Ordet 'visuel' stammer fra fransk 'visuel' (latin 'visualis'), 'synlig', og er beslægtet med 'vision'. |
| Dutch | "Visueel" in Dutch can also refer to a person who is visually impaired, and to the process of visualizing something. |
| Esperanto | In Spanish, "vida" means "life", not "visual". |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "visuaalne" is derived from the Latin word "visualis", meaning "pertaining to sight". |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "visuaalinen" is ultimately borrowed from Latin "visualis", referring to sight and vision. |
| French | "Visuel" as a noun may also mean "model" or "advertising illustration" in French. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word “fisueel” also has the connotation of “perceptible”, especially when used in the context of something being mentally perceptible. |
| German | In German, "visuell" can also mean "pertaining to the face" or "facial". |
| Greek | Οπτικός comes from the Greek word 'οψις', meaning 'eye'. |
| Gujarati | The word "દ્રશ્ય" ("visual") also means "scene" or "sight" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "vizyèl" is also used to describe something that is bright or flashy. |
| Hausa | The word "na gani" also means "to see" or "to look at" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | ʻIke kiʻi also means 'to look at a picture,' reflecting the concept that a picture is a form of knowledge, a way of seeing. |
| Hebrew | חָזוּתִי shares a root with חָזָה, meaning 'see' or 'vision', but is also used to refer to appearance or presentation. |
| Hindi | The word "दृश्य" (visual) in Hindi also means "scene" or "spectacle", reflecting its connection to the concept of sight and perception. |
| Hmong | The word "kev pom" originates from the word "pom" meaning "see" or "look" and the prefix "kev" indicating an action or process. |
| Hungarian | The word "vizuális" in Hungarian originally meant "optical" or "pertaining to sight". |
| Icelandic | The word "sjónrænt" can also mean "intuitively", highlighting the close connection between perception and cognition in Icelandic. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "anya" means "eye" and can also refer to "sight" or "vision." |
| Indonesian | "Visual" can also mean "a person who is responsible for the visual aspects of a project," such as a photographer or graphic designer. |
| Irish | "Amhairc" is the Irish word for "visual" and can also refer to beauty or handsomeness. |
| Italian | The Italian word "visivo" also means "dreamlike" or "mystic". |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "ビジュアル" (visual) is derived from the English word "visual" and can also refer to physical appearance or style. |
| Javanese | The word "visual" in Javanese also means "appearance" or "face". |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ದೃಶ್ಯ" (drishya) can also refer to a "scene" or "spectacle". |
| Kazakh | 'Көрнекі' can also mean 'spectacular' or 'outstanding'. |
| Khmer | In old Khmer texts, the word "មើលឃើញ" also means "think" or "ponder". |
| Korean | The word '시각적' is derived from the Korean word '시각' (meaning 'sight'), and it can also mean 'optical' or 'visible'. |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, the word "çavî" (visual) can also mean "eye" or "appearance." |
| Kyrgyz | The word "визуалдык" can also mean "visual arts" or "visual aids" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | ສາຍຕາ ('visual') in Lao originated from the Sanskrit word (सन्ताना) 'santana' (a continuum, uninterrupted series). |
| Latin | The Latin word "visualis" can also mean "belonging to living things". |
| Latvian | In Latvian, the word "vizuāls" can also refer to a display of visual aids, such as images or diagrams. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "vaizdinis" is derived from the verb "vaizduoti", meaning "to represent" or "to depict". It can also refer to a "mental image" or a "concept". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Visuell" is used to describe something that can be perceived with the eyes. |
| Macedonian | The word "визуелен" in Macedonian literally means "visible" but can also refer to something that is "visual" in nature, such as an image or a video. |
| Malagasy | Malagasy "maso" means "to see" and is also an abbreviated form of "masom-bola" (eyeball). |
| Malay | The word "visual" can also refer to an art movement that emerged in France in the early 20th century. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "വിഷ്വൽ" can also refer to "knowledge" or "understanding". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "viżwali" derives from the Italian "visuale", meaning "related to sight". |
| Maori | Derived from the word "ata" meaning "light" and "ata ata" meaning "daybreak". |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'visual' has its roots in Sanskrit and is derived from 'viṣu' meaning 'visible' or 'perceptible'. |
| Nepali | दृश्य (drishya) is an abstract noun meaning a seen or observed thing and is derived from the Sanskrit root driś, meaning 'to see'. |
| Norwegian | Visuell can also mean a display, a view or an image in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word 'zowoneka' also means 'to be seen' or 'to appear'. |
| Pashto | The word "لید" in Pashto can also mean "image" or "photograph." |
| Persian | دیداری originates from the Arabic word "ظر" (to see) and can also mean "visit" or "date" in Persian. |
| Polish | The word "wizualny" comes from the Latin word "visus", meaning "sight". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "visual" comes from the Latin word "visus", meaning "sight". |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਵਿਜ਼ੂਅਲ" comes from the English word "visual", meaning "relating to seeing or sight". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "vizual" derives from the Latin "visualis," meaning "pertaining to what is perceived and not imagined." |
| Russian | The word "визуальный" (visual) derives from the Latin root "videre," meaning "to see," and also has alternate meanings such as "relating to the sense of sight" and "concerned with the visual arts. |
| Samoan | The word "vaʻaiga vaaia" can also mean "vision" or "appearance" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Lèirsinneach" is also a synonym for the Gaelic word "faicseach" which means "vision" or "sense of sight." |
| Serbian | The Serbian word 'vizuelni' comes from the Latin word 'visualis', which means "of or relating to vision". |
| Sesotho | Pono can also mean 'beautiful' or 'nice' in Sesotho. |
| Shona | "Zvinoonekwa" is derived from the Shona word "kuona," which means "to see" or "to perceive visually." |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "بصري" (basri) is derived from the Arabic word "بصير" (basir), meaning "seer" or "one who has insight." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | දෘශ්ය (dṛśya) means "visual," but can also mean "thing seen" or a "spectacle or show." |
| Slovak | "Vizuálne" in Slovak may also refer to a visual aid or a visual examination. |
| Slovenian | The word "vizualno" in Slovenian comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *weid-, meaning "to see". |
| Somali | The word 'muuqaal ah' is also used to describe something that is 'visible to the eye', making it an apt term for 'visual'. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "visual" refers to someone with impaired hearing or blindness, rather than being related to sight or perception. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "visual" also means "to look at" or "to see". |
| Swahili | The word 'ya kuona' in Swahili is derived from the verb 'kuona' meaning 'to see', and is also used to mean 'visible' or 'in sight'. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "visuell" is an adjective meaning "pertaining to sight or vision" and a noun meaning "a person with impaired vision". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, the word "biswal" can also mean "eyeball" or "eye lens". |
| Tajik | The word "визуалӣ" is an adjectival form of the noun "визуал", which is derived from the Latin "visualis" meaning "pertaining to the sense of sight" |
| Telugu | The word "దృశ్య" can refer to a visual image, or the ability to perceive images. |
| Thai | The word "ภาพ" (visual) is derived from the Pali word "bimba", meaning "image" or "reflection". |
| Turkish | The word "görsel" in Turkish shares the same origin with the words "görünür" and "görünüş" and has various meanings such as "spectacle", "exhibition", and "image". |
| Ukrainian | The word "візуальний" (visual) is derived from the Latin word "visus" (sight), and can also mean "visible" or "optical". |
| Urdu | In Urdu, the word "بصری" ("visual") also refers to a specific type of poetry that focuses on visual imagery. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "ingl" also has a secondary meaning of "reflection" in the context of water, such as a reflection or image on a calm surface of a lake. |
| Vietnamese | "Trực quan" is a Sino-Vietnamese word derived from the Chinese characters " trực" (direct) and "quan" (look), implying a direct and immediate perceptual experience. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "gweledol" originally derived from "gweled," meaning "to behold". It can also refer to an "apparition," "phantom," or "vision". |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "ezibonakalayo" is derived from the verb "ukubonakala", which means "to appear". It can also be used in a figurative sense to refer to something that is obvious or evident. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "וויסואַל" can also mean "vision" or "appearance". |
| Yoruba | Yoruba word for "iworan" also means "image" or even "sight" and derives from "ri" (to see) + "ran" (appearance). |
| Zulu | The Zulu word |
| English | The Latin root "visus" (sight) also gave rise to "view", "vision" and "video". |