Wheel in Different Languages
Discover 'Wheel' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Wheel
Afrikaans wiel | ||
Albanian timon | ||
Amharic ጎማ | ||
Arabic عجلة | ||
Armenian անիվ | ||
Assamese চকা | ||
Aymara ruyra | ||
Azerbaijani təkər | ||
Bambara sen | ||
Basque gurpila | ||
Belarusian кола | ||
Bengali চাকা | ||
Bhojpuri चक्का | ||
Bosnian točak | ||
Bulgarian колело | ||
Catalan roda | ||
Cebuano ligid | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 轮 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 輪 | ||
Corsican rota | ||
Croatian kotač | ||
Czech kolo | ||
Danish hjul | ||
Dhivehi ފުރޮޅު | ||
Dogri पेहिया | ||
Dutch wiel | ||
English wheel | ||
Esperanto rado | ||
Estonian ratas | ||
Ewe kekefɔti | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) gulong | ||
Finnish pyörä | ||
French roue | ||
Frisian tsjil | ||
Galician roda | ||
Georgian ბორბალი | ||
German rad | ||
Greek ρόδα | ||
Guarani apu'a | ||
Gujarati ચક્ર | ||
Haitian Creole wou | ||
Hausa dabaran | ||
Hawaiian huila | ||
Hebrew גַלגַל | ||
Hindi पहिया | ||
Hmong lub log | ||
Hungarian kerék | ||
Icelandic hjól | ||
Igbo wiil | ||
Ilocano kararit | ||
Indonesian roda | ||
Irish roth | ||
Italian ruota | ||
Japanese ホイール | ||
Javanese rodha | ||
Kannada ಚಕ್ರ | ||
Kazakh доңғалақ | ||
Khmer កង់ | ||
Kinyarwanda ipine | ||
Konkani चाक | ||
Korean 바퀴 | ||
Krio taya | ||
Kurdish teker | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) تایە | ||
Kyrgyz дөңгөлөк | ||
Lao ລໍ້ | ||
Latin rotam | ||
Latvian ritenis | ||
Lingala roues | ||
Lithuanian ratas | ||
Luganda nnamuziga | ||
Luxembourgish rad | ||
Macedonian тркало | ||
Maithili पहिया | ||
Malagasy kodia | ||
Malay roda | ||
Malayalam ചക്രം | ||
Maltese rota | ||
Maori wira | ||
Marathi चाक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯀꯥ | ||
Mizo ke bial | ||
Mongolian дугуй | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဘီး | ||
Nepali पा wheel्ग्रा | ||
Norwegian hjul | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) gudumu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଚକ | ||
Oromo goommaa | ||
Pashto څرخ | ||
Persian چرخ | ||
Polish koło | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) roda | ||
Punjabi ਚੱਕਰ | ||
Quechua tikrariq | ||
Romanian roată | ||
Russian рулевое колесо | ||
Samoan uili | ||
Sanskrit चक्र | ||
Scots Gaelic cuibhle | ||
Sepedi leotwana | ||
Serbian точак | ||
Sesotho lebili | ||
Shona vhiri | ||
Sindhi وهيل | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) රෝදය | ||
Slovak koleso | ||
Slovenian kolo | ||
Somali giraangiraha | ||
Spanish rueda | ||
Sundanese kabayang | ||
Swahili gurudumu | ||
Swedish hjul | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) gulong | ||
Tajik чарх | ||
Tamil சக்கரம் | ||
Tatar тәгәрмәч | ||
Telugu చక్రం | ||
Thai ล้อ | ||
Tigrinya መንኮርኮር | ||
Tsonga vhilwa | ||
Turkish tekerlek | ||
Turkmen tigir | ||
Twi (Akan) kankra | ||
Ukrainian колесо | ||
Urdu پہیا | ||
Uyghur چاق | ||
Uzbek g'ildirak | ||
Vietnamese bánh xe | ||
Welsh olwyn | ||
Xhosa ivili | ||
Yiddish ראָד | ||
Yoruba kẹkẹ | ||
Zulu isondo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "wiel" can also refer to a spinning top or the wheel of a ship. |
| Albanian | "Timon" also means "compass" in Albanian. |
| Amharic | The word "ጎማ" can also mean "a round object" or "a ball" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | "عجلة" also refers to haste or impatience, as in "لا تتسرع يا بني فالعجلة من الشيطان" (Don't rush, my son, for impatience is from the devil). |
| Azerbaijani | The word “təkər” in Azerbaijani originates from the Proto-Turkic word “teker”, meaning “to turn” or “to rotate”. |
| Basque | The Basque word |
| Belarusian | In the past, “кола” was also used to signify a rut made by the wheels of a cart during a ride through snow or dirt; and also, the trace it left when skidding along on a sleigh. |
| Bengali | The word "チャカ" (chakā) in Bengali can also refer to a "cycle" or a "spinning wheel". |
| Bosnian | The word "točak" is derived from the Proto-Slavic *tokъ, which also meant "flow". |
| Bulgarian | The word "колело" also means "fate" or "cycle" in Bulgarian, highlighting its pivotal role in ancient mythology and storytelling. |
| Catalan | The term 'roda' derives from the Latin term 'rota', which also meant 'wheel' and was used to refer to the wheels of carts, chariots, and watermills. |
| Cebuano | "Ligid" comes from the proto-Austronesian word *g(e)ligid, meaning "to roll, to turn". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese character "轮" can also mean "turn" or "take turns". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The character 輪 also means to take turns, as in 輪流 (to rotate) or 輪班 (to work in shifts). |
| Corsican | Corsican "rota" can refer to a wheel, a round dance, or a shift in a work schedule |
| Croatian | In Croatian, "kotač" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*kolto", meaning "wheel, circle" and is related to the Latin word "rota", also meaning "wheel". |
| Czech | In addition to its primary meaning of 'wheel,' 'kolo' can also refer to a bicycle in Czech. |
| Danish | The Danish word "hjul" can also mean "circle" or "hoop", and is related to the English word "wheel" and German "Rad" |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "wiel" can also refer to a ditch or a whirlpool. |
| Esperanto | The word "rado" is cognate with "wheel" in Slavic languages and "rota" in Latin. |
| Estonian | The archaic singular of the word |
| Finnish | In addition, pyörä, in colloquial language, can be used to refer to other circular objects, such as a circle or ring. |
| French | "Roue" also means "beat up" in informal French slang. |
| Frisian | The word "tsjil" also means "axle" and "nave" in Frisian. |
| Galician | The Galician word "roda" can also mean a "round table", |
| Georgian | The origin of the Georgian word for wheel, "ბორბალი," is unknown; it may be connected to the Proto-Kartvelian word for "round object" or the Indo-European root of the word "orb." |
| German | "Rad" (wheel) can also mean "a bicycle" or "crazy, cool, awesome" |
| Greek | The word ρόδα also has the alternate meaning of "cheek" in modern Greek, although this usage is considered non-standard. |
| Gujarati | In Hinduism, 'chakra' refers to energy centers located along the spine, each associated with different qualities and functions. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "wou" is also the name given to children's marbles or the circular stones used in the game of mancala. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "dabaran" also means "year" or "period of time." |
| Hawaiian | The word "huila" also means "to rest" in Hawaiian, suggesting the connection between wheels and relaxation. |
| Hebrew | The word גלגל (pronounced ga-gal) can also mean "circle" or "cycle". |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "पहिया" derives its name from Sanskrit word "प्रभि" meaning strength or support |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "lub log" can also mean "a wooden wheel used in a water mill for grinding rice". |
| Hungarian | Kerék (/kɛɾɛk/), Hungarian for 'wheel', originates from the Slavic word 'kolo', meaning 'a hoop' or 'a circle'. |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, hjól can also refer to a bicycle, a spinning wheel or a circle of people holding hands. |
| Igbo | The word 'wiil' also means 'thing' or 'object' |
| Indonesian | "Roda" in Indonesian can also refer to a group of people or animals moving together in a circular formation. |
| Irish | The word "roth" in Irish can also refer to a period of time. |
| Italian | The word "ruota" in Italian also refers to a spinning wheel used for spinning thread. |
| Japanese | The word "ホイール" also means "rat" in Japanese, potentially originating from the squeaky sounds made by both wheels and rats. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "rodha" also refers to the lower portion or base of an object. |
| Kannada | ಚಕ್ರ also refers to a wheel-shaped diagram with numerical values and symbols used for astrological calculations. |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, the word "доңғалақ" is also used to refer to a circular motion or a round object. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "កង់" is derived from the Sanskrit word "चक्र" (cakra), meaning "wheel" or "circle." |
| Korean | The word 바퀴, meaning 'wheel,' also refers to gears, cogs, and the rotating part of a mill. |
| Kurdish | In the southern Kurdish dialect, it also means 'a circular dance' or 'roundabout'. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "дөңгөлөк" in Kyrgyz also refers to a "circle", "round object", or "ring". |
| Lao | The Lao word ລໍ້ ('wheel') is derived from the Pali word cakra ('wheel'), which is used in Buddhism to represent the dharma wheel, the symbol of the Buddha's teachings. |
| Latin | "Rotam" also means "rout" in Latin, as a result of a military metaphor. |
| Latvian | The word "ritenis" comes from the German word "Rad", which also means "wheel". |
| Lithuanian | In Sanskrit, the cognate of "ratas" means "shining," suggesting a possible connection to the revolving motion of a wheel. |
| Macedonian | In the Macedonian dialect of the Slavic language, the word "тркало" can also refer to a hand-operated millstone used for grinding corn or other grains. |
| Malagasy | In Indonesian, the word 'kodia' also means 'cart'. In the Malagasy language, the term can also refer to 'to turn' or a 'turning movement'. |
| Malay | The Malay word 'roda' can also refer to a spinning top, a millstone, or a gear. |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, "ചക്രം" also denotes a "disc" or a "ring". |
| Maltese | The word "rota" is also used in Maltese with the alternate meaning "group of people or things that take turns doing a job". |
| Maori | The Maori word "wira", meaning "wheel," also refers to a type of traditional Polynesian weapon. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word for ``wheel'', ``चाक'', also refers to the chakra (चक्र) that Hindu and Buddhist deities sometimes hold, a circular symbol signifying power. |
| Mongolian | Derived from the Proto-Mongolic root *dügü, "to roll". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ဘီး" in Burmese language can also refer to a ring or crown for a king or prince. |
| Nepali | पा wheel्ग्रा comes from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra), which also means disk, circle, or ring. |
| Norwegian | In Old Norse, hjul could also refer to ship hulls or shields. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Gudumu" also signifies the circular nature of life, or the turning over of an age or generation. |
| Pashto | څرخ is also used figuratively to refer to a cycle or revolution. |
| Persian | The Persian word "چرخ" not only means "wheel" but also "vault of heaven," "sky," and figuratively, "fortune," or "luck". |
| Polish | "Koło" means "wheel" in Polish. It also means "circle" or "ring" and comes from the Proto-Slavic *kolo "wheel, circle". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Brazil, the term 'roda' also refers to a type of social gathering centered around music and dance. |
| Punjabi | The term "ਚੱਕਰ" in Punjabi can also refer to an orbit, a cycle or round, a coil or winding, a spiral or helix, or a state of disorientation or dizziness. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "roată" is derived from the Proto-Slavic *korta, meaning "wheel" or "circle". |
| Russian | In the Russian language, the word "рулевое колесо" (wheel) is derived from the verb "рулить" (to steer), indicating its primary function as a steering device. |
| Samoan | The word 'uili' also refers to a Samoan dance representing circular movements. |
| Scots Gaelic | Cuibhle shares a root with "coil" (of a rope), and its cognate in Welsh is "pwyll" (wheel), which comes from the Celtic root "kwet-", meaning "to turn, go round, spin". |
| Serbian | The word "точак" also means "gear" in Serbian, derived from the Proto-Slavic word *tokъ, meaning "turn" or "spin." |
| Sesotho | "Lebili" is a diminutive form of "leba" which means "circle" or a "round thing"} |
| Shona | The name "Vhiri" may have been borrowed from the Tonga term "Vwilira", which means to roll. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "وهيل" is a homophone with several meanings, including "wheel", "wind", and "direction". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | රෝදය can also refer to a cycle, or in a metaphorical sense, the cyclical nature of life, or a turning point or pivot. |
| Slovak | Koleso, meaning "wheel" in Slovak, has the same etymology as "kolo" (wheel in Czech), "колесо" (wheel in Russian), and "wheel" in English (via Old English "hweowol"). |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian, "kolo" can also refer to a circular dance, where dancers hold hands or lock arms and form a ring. |
| Somali | The Somali word |
| Spanish | In addition to its literal meaning, "rueda" in Spanish can also refer to a group of friends or a round of drinks. |
| Sundanese | "Kabayang" can also refer to a round object, such as a ball or the moon. |
| Swahili | "Gurudumu" can refer to both a "wheel" and a "steering wheel" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | Derived from the older word "hvul" meaning "cylinder" and related to the word for "vault" in the sense of an arched roof. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "gulong" also means "to roll" or "to move in a circular motion" in Tagalog. |
| Tajik | Derived from Old Iranian, it also refers to a potter's wheel, or figuratively a 'round' or 'circle'. |
| Tamil | "சக்கரம்" can also mean "circle" or "a ring-shaped object" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The word "చక్రం" (wheel) also denotes a spinning disc or the orb of the celestial bodies.} |
| Thai | The Thai word 'ล้อ' also means 'joke' |
| Turkish | "Teker" in "tekerlek" means "round" similar to "sphere" in "spherical" or "circle" in "circular". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "колесо" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *kolo, which could refer to a wheel, a circle, or a ring. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "g’ildirak" is also used in a figurative sense to describe someone who is constantly on the move or is very busy. |
| Vietnamese | Bánh xe, meaning "wheel" in Vietnamese, is also used to refer to a specific type of Vietnamese pastry. |
| Welsh | Olwyn in Welsh is an old compound word derived from 'or' meaning 'over' and 'wlwyn' meaning 'circle' or 'hoop'. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "ivili" is derived from a Zulu word that means "to carry a load," and also refers to a cart or wagon |
| Yiddish | ראָד also means "a bicycle" and is related to the Slavic term "rota" for "wheel". |
| Yoruba | The word "kẹkẹ" in Yoruba can also refer to a bicycle, tricycle, or other wheeled vehicle. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "isondo" can also refer to a grinding stone or a round dance. |
| English | The word "wheel" shares the same etymology as the Latin word for "whirl" and is related to the concept of circular motion. |