Vital in Different Languages
Discover 'Vital' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Vital
Afrikaans lewensbelangrik | ||
Albanian jetësore | ||
Amharic ወሳኝ | ||
Arabic مهم للغاية | ||
Armenian կենսական | ||
Assamese গুৰুত্বপূৰ্ণ | ||
Aymara wital | ||
Azerbaijani həyati | ||
Bambara ɲɛnama | ||
Basque ezinbesteko | ||
Belarusian жыццёва важны | ||
Bengali প্রাণবন্ত | ||
Bhojpuri अहम | ||
Bosnian vitalno | ||
Bulgarian жизненоважна | ||
Catalan vital | ||
Cebuano hinungdanon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 重要 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 重要 | ||
Corsican vitale | ||
Croatian vitalno | ||
Czech vitální | ||
Danish vital | ||
Dhivehi މުހިންމު | ||
Dogri जरूरी | ||
Dutch vitaal | ||
English vital | ||
Esperanto esenca | ||
Estonian eluline | ||
Ewe le veviẽ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mahalaga | ||
Finnish elintärkeää | ||
French vital | ||
Frisian fitaal | ||
Galician fundamental | ||
Georgian სასიცოცხლო | ||
German lebenswichtig | ||
Greek ζωτικής σημασίας | ||
Guarani tekotevẽite | ||
Gujarati મહત્વપૂર્ણ | ||
Haitian Creole vital | ||
Hausa muhimmanci | ||
Hawaiian mea nui | ||
Hebrew חִיוּנִי | ||
Hindi महत्वपूर्ण | ||
Hmong tseem ceeb heev | ||
Hungarian létfontosságú | ||
Icelandic lífsnauðsynlegt | ||
Igbo dị oke mkpa | ||
Ilocano napateg | ||
Indonesian vital | ||
Irish ríthábhachtach | ||
Italian vitale | ||
Japanese 重要 | ||
Javanese penting banget | ||
Kannada ಪ್ರಮುಖ | ||
Kazakh өмірлік | ||
Khmer សំខាន់ | ||
Kinyarwanda ingenzi | ||
Konkani म्हत्वाचें | ||
Korean 치명적인 | ||
Krio impɔtant | ||
Kurdish jiyangiran | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) گرنگ | ||
Kyrgyz маанилүү | ||
Lao ທີ່ ສຳ ຄັນ | ||
Latin vital | ||
Latvian vitāli svarīgi | ||
Lingala ntina | ||
Lithuanian gyvybiškai svarbus | ||
Luganda -a mugaso | ||
Luxembourgish vital | ||
Macedonian витално | ||
Maithili महत्वपूर्ण | ||
Malagasy zava-dehibe | ||
Malay penting | ||
Malayalam സുപ്രധാനം | ||
Maltese vitali | ||
Maori mahuinga | ||
Marathi जीवनावश्यक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯔꯨ ꯑꯣꯏꯕ | ||
Mizo pawimawh | ||
Mongolian амин чухал | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အရေးကြီးတယ် | ||
Nepali महत्वपूर्ण | ||
Norwegian viktig | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zofunika | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଗୁରୁତ୍ୱପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ | ||
Oromo murteessaa | ||
Pashto حياتي | ||
Persian حیاتی | ||
Polish istotny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) vital | ||
Punjabi ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਨ | ||
Quechua qullana | ||
Romanian vital | ||
Russian жизненно важный | ||
Samoan taua | ||
Sanskrit आवश्यक | ||
Scots Gaelic deatamach | ||
Sepedi bohlokwa | ||
Serbian витални | ||
Sesotho bohlokoa | ||
Shona zvakakosha | ||
Sindhi ضروري آهي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අත්යවශ්යයි | ||
Slovak vitálny | ||
Slovenian vitalno | ||
Somali muhiim ah | ||
Spanish vital | ||
Sundanese penting pisan | ||
Swahili muhimu | ||
Swedish avgörande | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mahalaga | ||
Tajik муҳим | ||
Tamil இன்றியமையாதது | ||
Tatar бик мөһим | ||
Telugu కీలకమైనది | ||
Thai สำคัญ | ||
Tigrinya መሰረታዊ | ||
Tsonga nkoka | ||
Turkish hayati | ||
Turkmen wajypdyr | ||
Twi (Akan) ɛhia | ||
Ukrainian життєво важливий | ||
Urdu اہم | ||
Uyghur ئىنتايىن مۇھىم | ||
Uzbek hayotiy | ||
Vietnamese quan trọng | ||
Welsh hanfodol | ||
Xhosa ibalulekile | ||
Yiddish וויטאַל | ||
Yoruba pataki | ||
Zulu kubalulekile |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "lewensbelangrik" in Afrikaans is derived from the Dutch word "levensbelangrijk", which means "essential for life". |
| Albanian | Albanian "jetësore" means "vital" but is derived from the word for "life" (jetë) and thus has connotations of "essential" or "important". |
| Amharic | "Wesanja" in Amharic (also spelled "wosenj" or "wosenja"), like the word "essential," is also based on a root related to "essence" (huleñ). |
| Arabic | The word 'مهم للغاية' literally means 'something that is weighty and has a lot of weight', hence its metaphorical meaning of 'vital' or 'important'. |
| Azerbaijani | "Həyati" shares the root "hayat" with Turkish and Persian, meaning "life". |
| Basque | The Basque word "ezinbesteko" (vital) etymologically means "that which is impossible to be without". |
| Bengali | প্রাণবন্ত in Bengali is a cognate of pranavāntika in Sanskrit, and comes from the words pran (vital air, life force) and vant (possessing). |
| Bosnian | The word "vitalno" comes from the Latin word "vitalis," meaning "pertaining to life". |
| Bulgarian | The word "жизненоважна" comes from the Old Church Slavonic root "жизнь" (life), and also means "essential" or "crucial". |
| Catalan | Catalan "vital" comes from Latin "vitalis" (related to life), also giving English "vital" (extremely important or essential). |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "重" (weight) and "要" (important) together mean something of utmost importance. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 重要, in Chinese, means "life-heavy," thus "essential" |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "vitale" comes from the Latin word "vita" meaning "life". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "vitalno" is derived from the Latin word "vita", meaning "life", and is related to the English word "vitality". |
| Czech | 'Vitální' comes from Latin 'vita' (life) and is also used to describe someone or something lively, spirited, or animated. |
| Danish | Den danske oversættelse af ordet "vital" er "væsentlig", "afgørende" eller "livsvigtig". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "vitaal" traces its roots to the Latin word "vita", meaning "life", reflecting its association with essential life functions. |
| Esperanto | "Esenca" is related to the word "essence" in English, and it can also refer to the "essence" of something, or its core nature. |
| Estonian | "Eluline" can also refer to something essential, necessary, or fundamental, or to an essential substance or element. |
| Finnish | "Elintärkeää" is composed of the words "elämä" (life) and "tärkeä" (important). |
| French | The French word "vital" can also refer to a screw or bolt. |
| Frisian | The word "fitaal" can also mean "important" or "essential". |
| Galician | In Galician, "fundamental" can also mean "the most essential part of something" or "the basic principles of something." |
| German | The German word "lebenswichtig" originates from "Lebens" (life) and "wichtig" (important). |
| Greek | The word "vital" comes from the Latin word "vita", meaning "life". It can also mean "essential" or "important". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "vital" can also mean "important" or "necessary". |
| Hausa | The word "muhimmanci" (vital) in Hausa is derived from the Arabic word "muhim" (important), which itself comes from the root "hamm" (to care for, to protect). |
| Hawaiian | Mea nui, "vital," derives from Polynesian terms meaning "big" or "important," as in its cognate in Māori, mea nui "important thing." The Hawaiian term can also describe strength, importance, or size; it may be used, for example, to describe a chief of rank or a particularly impressive natural or cultural feature. |
| Hebrew | The word "חִיוּנִי" also means "animal" in Hebrew, emphasizing the vital role animals play in our lives. |
| Hindi | "महत्वपूर्ण" is derived from Sanskrit roots "महत्" (great) and "त्व" (state), originally meaning "greatness, significance", and can also mean "essential, primary, or fundamental". |
| Hmong | In Hmong, "tseem ceeb heev" also encompasses notions of "inner strength, perseverance, and resilience." |
| Hungarian | The word "létfontosságú" combines two parts meaning "life" and "importance". |
| Icelandic | The word "lífsnauðsynlegt" literally means "necessary for life" in Icelandic. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "dị oke mkpa" translates literally to "has great weight" or "of great importance." |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, the word "vital" can also mean "essential" or "important". |
| Irish | The Irish word "ríthábhachtach" can also mean "vigorous, spirited, lively," which are all related to its primary meaning, "vital." |
| Italian | In Italian, "vitale" also means "belonging to life" or "essential to life". |
| Japanese | The word "重要" (jūyō) means "to have weight" or "to be worth." |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "penting banget" also means "very important". |
| Kazakh | The word "өмірлік" in Kazakh also means "for life" or "lifetime". |
| Korean | In Korean, "치명적인" can also refer to something being extremely important or indispensable. |
| Kurdish | The word 'jiyangiran' has an alternate translation as 'the life force'. |
| Latin | The Latin word 'vitalis' also means 'pertaining to life', 'essential', and 'important'. |
| Latvian | It is also used to mean “lively” or “important” in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "gyvybiškai svarbus" is related to the verb "gyventi" ("to live"). |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "vital" can also mean "essential" or "important". |
| Macedonian | The word "витално" is a borrowing from the Russian word "витальный", which is related to the Latin word "vita" which means "life". It has the additional meaning of being very important or essential. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "zava-dehibe" shares the etymology of "fahafohezan-dehibe" which translates to "the life essence" |
| Malay | **Penting** is cognate with the Javanese word **penting**, meaning "important" or "urgent". |
| Malayalam | The word 'സുപ്രധാനം' is derived from Sanskrit and literally means 'very important'. |
| Maltese | Maltese 'vitali' comes from Italian 'vitale' and could potentially also mean 'alive' in a narrower, more biological sense. |
| Maori | The word 'mahuinga' is also used by Maori to refer to the placenta after childbirth. |
| Marathi | The word "जीवनावश्यक" is derived from the Sanskrit word "जीवन" (life) and the suffix "-अवश्यक" (necessary), indicating its importance for sustaining life. |
| Mongolian | The word "амин чухал" can also mean "important," "essential" or "indispensable". |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "महत्वपूर्ण" (vital) is derived from the Sanskrit word "महत्त्व" (importance), which also means "greatness" or "significance." |
| Norwegian | "Viktig" is derived from the Old Norse word "víkja," meaning "to turn" or "to change direction," and originally referred to something that could potentially change the course of events. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "zofunika" also means "essential" or "necessary" in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "حياتي" also means "the main road of a city". |
| Persian | The word "حیاتی" can also mean "life-giving" or "essential". |
| Polish | The Polish word "istotny" derives from the Old Polish "istota" meaning "being" or "existence". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "vital" can also mean "essential" or "necessary". |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "vital" can also refer to the firstborn child or to the main nerve of a tooth |
| Russian | "Жизненно важный" (vital) comes from "жизнь" (life) and can also mean "essential" or "key". |
| Samoan | "Taua" also means "war" or "to fight". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "deatamach" can also mean "substantial" or "essential". |
| Serbian | "Vitali" is related to "vita" (life), while "vitan" means "skilled" (compare to "vitko", a synonym for "hero" in some Slavic dialects). |
| Shona | The Shona word "zvakakosha" originally meant "strong" or "important," but over time has come to primarily refer to things that are necessary for life. |
| Slovak | Slovník slovenského jazyka lists "vitalný" with the meaning of "very energetic or enthusiastic". |
| Slovenian | The word 'vitalno' also means 'vitally' and 'of great importance' in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word "muhiim ah," meaning "critical," also means "very" in colloquial usage, as in the phrase "muhiim ahaan," or "really." |
| Spanish | El término "vital" en español también puede referirse a órganos o funciones corporales esenciales para la vida. |
| Sundanese | "Penting pisan" also means "important indeed" and emphasizes the severity of something. |
| Swahili | There is no known Swahili root for the word “muhimu”, but it is thought to have been borrowed from Arabic “muhim”, meaning “important”. |
| Swedish | "Avgörande" in Swedish is not related to its English cognate "average" or Latin "adversarius" (antagonist), but rather derives from Proto-Germanic *afskarjananą (to cut off), akin to English "off". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "mahalaga" is derived from the root word "halaga," which means value or importance. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "муҳим" has Arabic origins, coming from the root word "hm", meaning "care" or "importance". |
| Thai | สำคัญ derives from the Sanskrit word "sarvatama" meaning "most important" and also means "essential" and "crucial". |
| Turkish | In Ottoman Turkish, 'hayati' also referred to the life span of a person. |
| Ukrainian | The word "життєво важливий" derives from the Proto-Slavic root *жити, meaning "to live", suggesting its centrality to sustaining life |
| Urdu | اہم (vital) is derived from Arabic 'aham' (important) or 'ahamm' (more important). |
| Uzbek | "Hayotiy" means "vital" in Uzbek, but it is also used to refer to something that is essential or necessary. |
| Vietnamese | "Quan trọng" means "important" or "essential" in Vietnamese, but it also means "heavy" or "difficult". |
| Welsh | In Welsh, the word 'hanfodol' is a compound term derived from 'hanfod' (meaning life or existence) and '-ol' (a suffix that denotes being or relating to). |
| Xhosa | The word "ibalulekile" can also refer to something that is active, lively, or energetic. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "וויטאַל" ("vital") is derived from the Latin word "vita" (life) and can also mean "important" or "essential". |
| Yoruba | The word "pataki" in Yoruba also means "to cut off" or "to make a decision." |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "kubalulekile" comes from the root "baluleka," meaning "to come to life," and suggests the idea of being in a state of well-being or having regained one's vitality. |
| English | The word "vital" derives from the Latin "vitae" (life) and was originally used to indicate the most important things for survival. |