Wide in Different Languages
Discover 'Wide' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Wide
Afrikaans wyd | ||
Albanian i gjerë | ||
Amharic ሰፊ | ||
Arabic واسع | ||
Armenian լայն | ||
Assamese বহল | ||
Aymara jach'a | ||
Azerbaijani geniş | ||
Bambara wagalen | ||
Basque zabal | ||
Belarusian шырокі | ||
Bengali প্রশস্ত | ||
Bhojpuri चाकर | ||
Bosnian širok | ||
Bulgarian широк | ||
Catalan ample | ||
Cebuano gilapdon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 宽 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 寬 | ||
Corsican largu | ||
Croatian širok | ||
Czech široký | ||
Danish bred | ||
Dhivehi ފުޅާ | ||
Dogri चौड़ा | ||
Dutch breed | ||
English wide | ||
Esperanto larĝa | ||
Estonian lai | ||
Ewe keke | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) malawak | ||
Finnish leveä | ||
French large | ||
Frisian wiid | ||
Galician de ancho | ||
Georgian ფართო | ||
German breit | ||
Greek πλατύς | ||
Guarani tuichakue | ||
Gujarati પહોળા | ||
Haitian Creole lajè | ||
Hausa fadi | ||
Hawaiian ākea | ||
Hebrew רָחָב | ||
Hindi चौड़ा | ||
Hmong dav | ||
Hungarian széles | ||
Icelandic breiður | ||
Igbo obosara | ||
Ilocano nalawa | ||
Indonesian lebar | ||
Irish leathan | ||
Italian largo | ||
Japanese ワイド | ||
Javanese jembar | ||
Kannada ಅಗಲ | ||
Kazakh кең | ||
Khmer ធំទូលាយ | ||
Kinyarwanda ubugari | ||
Konkani रुंद | ||
Korean 넓은 | ||
Krio big | ||
Kurdish bi ber | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) فراوان | ||
Kyrgyz кенен | ||
Lao ກ້ວາງ | ||
Latin lata | ||
Latvian plašs | ||
Lingala monene | ||
Lithuanian platus | ||
Luganda obugazi | ||
Luxembourgish breet | ||
Macedonian широк | ||
Maithili चौड़ा | ||
Malagasy maneran- | ||
Malay luas | ||
Malayalam വീതിയുള്ള | ||
Maltese wiesa ' | ||
Maori whanui | ||
Marathi रुंद | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯥꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo zau | ||
Mongolian өргөн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကျယ်ပြန့် | ||
Nepali फराकिलो | ||
Norwegian bred | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) lonse | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଚଉଡା | | ||
Oromo bal'aa | ||
Pashto پراخه | ||
Persian وسیع | ||
Polish szeroki | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) largo | ||
Punjabi ਚੌੜਾ | ||
Quechua kinray | ||
Romanian lat | ||
Russian широкий | ||
Samoan lautele | ||
Sanskrit विस्तृतः | ||
Scots Gaelic farsaing | ||
Sepedi -phara | ||
Serbian широка | ||
Sesotho ka bophara | ||
Shona yakafara | ||
Sindhi چوڻي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පුළුල් | ||
Slovak široký | ||
Slovenian široko | ||
Somali ballaaran | ||
Spanish amplio | ||
Sundanese rubak | ||
Swahili pana | ||
Swedish bred | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) malapad | ||
Tajik васеъ | ||
Tamil பரந்த | ||
Tatar киң | ||
Telugu విస్తృత | ||
Thai กว้าง | ||
Tigrinya ሰፊሕ | ||
Tsonga anama | ||
Turkish geniş | ||
Turkmen giň | ||
Twi (Akan) tɛtrɛɛ | ||
Ukrainian широкий | ||
Urdu چوڑا | ||
Uyghur كەڭ | ||
Uzbek keng | ||
Vietnamese rộng | ||
Welsh llydan | ||
Xhosa ububanzi | ||
Yiddish ברייט | ||
Yoruba fife | ||
Zulu ububanzi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "wyd" means "wide," but it can also be used to mean "far away" or "in the distance." |
| Albanian | Alternate meaning of "i gjerë" in Albanian is "vast, expansive, broad" |
| Amharic | The Amharic word ሰፊ not only means "wide" but also refers to the "expanse of the sky". |
| Arabic | The word "واسع" can also mean "spacious" or "free from constraints" in Arabic. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "լայն" is a cognate of "laten" in English, which also means "broad" or "thick". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "geniş" is an Old Persian loanword used both for "tall" and "broad," although its literal meaning is more accurately "long." |
| Basque | The root of zabal ('wide') can also mean 'a lot' or 'very' as in zabaldu ('to open wide') and zabalduta ('spread out'). |
| Belarusian | The word "шырокі" has similar roots to the Russian "широкий" and Ukrainian "широкий", all of which derive from the Proto-Slavic "*širokъ". |
| Bengali | The word "প্রশস্ত" is derived from the Sanskrit word "praśasta", meaning "excellent" or "praiseworthy" |
| Bosnian | The word "širok" in Bosnian also means "generous" or "broad-minded". |
| Bulgarian | The word "широк" can also refer to a person's broad-mindedness or generosity. |
| Catalan | "Ample" in Catalan derives from the Latin root "amplius," meaning "more," and shares etymology with the term "amphibious," which means "able to live both in water and on land." |
| Cebuano | Gilapdon can also mean "big" and "vast". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 寬 can also mean 'generous' or 'tolerant'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "寬" also refers to "relaxing", "tolerant", "forgiving", and "lenient." |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "largu" can also refer to someone who is liberal or generous. |
| Croatian | "Širok" also means "generous" or "magnanimous" and shares its root with the word for "cheese". |
| Czech | The word "široký" can also refer to liberality or generosity of mind and spirit. |
| Danish | The Danish word "bred" can also refer to a kind of fabric, or a type of bread. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "breed" is thought to be derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰreh₂- or *bʰerǵʰ-, meaning "to break apart" or "to divide." |
| Estonian | The Estonian word |
| Finnish | The word "leveä" can also mean "gentle" or "mild" in Finnish. |
| French | The word "large" in French shares its etymology with the English word "longitudinal", meaning "related to length". |
| Frisian | The word "wiid" can also mean "far", "distant", or "extensive" in Frisian. |
| Galician | "De ancho" in Galician also means "from side to side" or "across the width of something." |
| Georgian | The word "ფართო" also means "generous", "liberal", or "tolerant" in Georgian. |
| German | "Breit" can also mean "expansive" or "comprehensive" in German. |
| Greek | The word "πλατύς" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *plet-, meaning "to spread" or "to flatten." |
| Gujarati | The word "પહોળા" can also mean "generous" or "spacious" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | Haitian Creole "lajè" derives from Taino "lai" meaning grass-lined clearing |
| Hausa | "Fadi" also refers to an ample or extensive piece of cloth in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | Cognate in Samoan and Eastern Polynesian; also a name for a particular plant. |
| Hindi | चौड़ा also means spacious and extensive in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "dav" also refers to "flat" and "shallow". |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "széles" can also refer to a gap or space, such as a hole in a fence or a gap in a row of people. |
| Icelandic | In the 1980s, an Icelandic rock 'n' roll band was named Breiðablik, a word which translates literally into English as “Wideview”, but in Icelandic also has the alternate, informal, slangy meaning of ‘great, terrific, swell, or awesome’. |
| Igbo | In certain Igbo dialects, 'obosara' can also refer to a spacious or roomy place. |
| Indonesian | In archaic Javanese, "lebar" originally referred to a river's width, then to width in general. |
| Irish | Lea than translates directly to "half of a fire", a "fireside", "hearth" or "hall". |
| Italian | The Italian word "largo" can also refer to a large space or a slow tempo in music. |
| Javanese | "Jembar" is also used to describe a generous or tolerant person. |
| Kannada | In Kannada, the word "ಅಗಲ" not only means "wide" but also refers to "distance" and "remoteness". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "кең" can also mean "spacious", "roomy" or "generous." |
| Korean | 넓은 originated as an independent word, later becoming synonymous with its Sino-Korean equivalent "광" with the meaning of "light". |
| Kurdish | 'Bi ber' also means 'big' and 'vast' in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "кенен" ("wide") in Kyrgyz also means "calm" or "relaxed". |
| Lao | The Lao word “ກ້ວາງ” also means “generous”, but a “ກ້ວາງ” person is not someone who gives frequently, but only gives something substantial during times of extreme need. |
| Latin | "Latus" in Classical Latin (not to be confused with "laterus") originally meant a "side" or "flank" and was later extended to the meanings "broad", "extended", and "wide". |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "plašs" not only means "wide" but also "extensive", "roomy", and "spacious". |
| Lithuanian | Platus also refers to an open space in a wood. |
| Luxembourgish | Etymology and alternate meanings of the word 'breet' in Luxembourgish |
| Macedonian | The word "широк" also has the meaning of "generous" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | MANERAN- is related to the word MANARA 'to spread.' |
| Malay | The word 'luas' also has a derivative meaning of 'open' or 'free' in Malay, as seen in the term 'luas hati' ('open-hearted'). |
| Malayalam | "வீதி" in Tamil and "വീതി" in Malayalam both refer to width and are cognates derived from Sanskrit "विति" ('viti', meaning spread out). |
| Maltese | "Wiesa" is derived from the Arabic word "wasî'a" meaning "spacious" or "extensive". |
| Maori | 'Whanui' also refers to the concept of 'extended family' or 'wider community' in Māori culture. |
| Marathi | रुंद derives from the Sanskrit 'randh' or 'rudh' meaning 'to grow', 'to obstruct', or 'to close'. |
| Nepali | The word "फराकिलो" derives from the Sanskrit root "वृष्" (vrsh) meaning "to spread" or "to expand." |
| Norwegian | Bred also means "flat bread", originating from the old spelling "breð" of "brød" (bread) |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Lonse" can also refer to a broad or spacious area. |
| Pashto | The word "پراخه" can also mean "expanse" or "vastness". |
| Persian | The word "وسیع" ("wide") in Persian is derived from the Arabic root "وسع" (to be spacious) and is related to the English word "vast" |
| Polish | The word "szeroki" is derived from the Proto-Slavic "*širъka", meaning "broad" or "spacious". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "Largo" can also refer to a public square or a musical term indicating a slow tempo. |
| Punjabi | ਚੌੜਾ (चौड़ा) is also used to describe someone who is generous or liberal. |
| Romanian | "Lat" has the same Proto-Indo-European root as Latin "latus", German "breit", Dutch "breed", English "broad" and "latitude", Greek "platus", Russian "ploskiy"} |
| Russian | The word "широкий" is derived from the Old Russian word "ширь", which means "width, expanse". |
| Samoan | The term 'lautele' also refers to a 12-stringed instrument played in Samoa, made from a coconut shell and a bamboo fretboard. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word 'farsaing' not only means 'wide' but also 'spacious', 'extensive', or 'ample'. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "широка" can also mean "broad", "extensive", or "spacious". |
| Sesotho | The word "ka bophara" in Sesotho originated from a verb that means "to be spacious". |
| Shona | Yakafara is also used figuratively to mean 'unrestricted' or 'unlimited' |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "چوڻي" also has the alternate meaning of "abundance". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "široký" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *širokъ, which also means "wide" or "large". |
| Slovenian | The adjective "široko" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁rew-, meaning "to stretch, to be wide". |
| Somali | The word "ballaaran" in Somali can also mean "broad" or "spacious". |
| Spanish | Amplio's origins may be linked to the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂empl-, signifying 'full' or 'whole'. |
| Sundanese | The word "rubak" in Sundanese also means "open" or "clear". |
| Swahili | From Proto-Bantu /*pana/ "to spread." |
| Swedish | The word "bred" in Swedish has a feminine form ("breda") and is related to the word "breda" (spread out). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "malapad" can also mean "broad" or "extensive" when used to describe a physical space or an abstract concept. |
| Tajik | "Васеъ" is also a feminine personal name of Persian origin meaning "expansive" or "spacious". |
| Thai | The word "กว้าง" (wide) is derived from the Proto-Tai word *kwraŋ, which also means "large" or "spacious." |
| Turkish | Geniş is also related to the word `gönüş` meaning `soul` in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | "Широкий" also means "loose" in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | The word "چوڑا" is also used to refer to a type of bangle worn by women in South Asia. |
| Uzbek | The word "keng" can also refer to a spacious or roomy area. |
| Vietnamese | The word "rộng" also refers to being spacious, large-scale, or liberal in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word 'llydan' derives from 'llyd' meaning 'to extend', also found in 'llydw' ('expanded'). |
| Xhosa | Ububanzi can also mean 'openness', 'generosity', or 'hospitality'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "ברייט" (breit) is derived from the German word "breit," which also means "wide". |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, "fife" can also refer to a type of gourd or the space between two objects. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'ububanzi' is derived from the root word 'banz', meaning 'to be spread out' or 'to be broad'. |
| English | Wide stems from Old English word "wid" meaning "spacious or roomy" and has cognates in many Germanic languages. |