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Widespread in Different Languages

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Afrikaans
wydverspreid
Albanian
e përhapur
Amharic
የተስፋፋ
Arabic
واسع الانتشار
Armenian
համատարած
Assamese
ব্যাপক
Aymara
wali jach’anchatawa
Azerbaijani
geniş yayılmışdır
Bambara
a jɛnsɛnnen don yɔrɔ bɛɛ
Basque
hedatua
Belarusian
шырока распаўсюджаны
Bengali
বিস্তৃত
Bhojpuri
व्यापक रूप से फइलल बा
Bosnian
rašireno
Bulgarian
широко разпространен
Catalan
estesa
Cebuano
kaylap
Chinese (Simplified)
广泛
Chinese (Traditional)
廣泛
Corsican
diffusa
Croatian
rašireno
Czech
rozšířený
Danish
udbredt
Dhivehi
ފުޅާދާއިރާއެއްގައި
Dogri
व्यापक रूप से फैलाया
Dutch
wijd verspreid
English
widespread
Esperanto
disvastigita
Estonian
laialt levinud
Ewe
kaka ɖe teƒe geɖe
Filipino (Tagalog)
laganap
Finnish
laajalle levinnyt
French
répandu
Frisian
wiidferspraat
Galician
xeneralizado
Georgian
ფართოდ გავრცელებული
German
weit verbreitet
Greek
διαδεδομένη
Guarani
ojeipysóva
Gujarati
વ્યાપક
Haitian Creole
toupatou
Hausa
tartsatsi
Hawaiian
pālahalaha
Hebrew
נָפוֹץ
Hindi
बड़े पैमाने पर
Hmong
thoob plaws
Hungarian
széles körben elterjedt
Icelandic
útbreidd
Igbo
gbasasịa
Ilocano
nasaknap
Indonesian
tersebar luas
Irish
forleathan
Italian
molto diffuso
Japanese
広く普及
Javanese
nyebar
Kannada
ವ್ಯಾಪಕ
Kazakh
кең таралған
Khmer
រីករាលដាល
Kinyarwanda
ikwirakwira hose
Konkani
व्यापकपणान पातळ्ळां
Korean
펼친
Krio
we de ɔlsay
Kurdish
bela
Kurdish (Sorani)
بەربڵاوە
Kyrgyz
жайылган
Lao
ແຜ່ຂະຫຍາຍຢ່າງກວ້າງຂວາງ
Latin
latissime
Latvian
plaši izplatīts
Lingala
epalangani mingi
Lithuanian
paplitęs
Luganda
ebunye wonna
Luxembourgish
verbreet
Macedonian
широко распространето
Maithili
व्यापक रूप से
Malagasy
miely patrana
Malay
meluas
Malayalam
വ്യാപകമാണ്
Maltese
mifruxa
Maori
whanui
Marathi
व्यापक
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯄꯥꯛ ꯁꯟꯅꯥ ꯁꯟꯗꯣꯀꯄꯥ꯫
Mizo
a darh zau hle
Mongolian
өргөн тархсан
Myanmar (Burmese)
ကျယ်ပြန့်
Nepali
व्यापक
Norwegian
utbredt
Nyanja (Chichewa)
kufalikira
Odia (Oriya)
ବ୍ୟାପକ
Oromo
bal’inaan kan mul’atudha
Pashto
پراخه
Persian
بطور گسترده
Polish
rozpowszechniony
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
generalizado
Punjabi
ਵਿਆਪਕ
Quechua
tukuyniqpi mast’arisqa
Romanian
larg răspândită
Russian
широко распространен
Samoan
salalau
Sanskrit
व्यापकः
Scots Gaelic
farsaing
Sepedi
e phatlaletšego
Serbian
раширено
Sesotho
atile
Shona
zvakapararira
Sindhi
وڏي پيماني تي
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
පුළුල්
Slovak
rozšírený
Slovenian
razširjena
Somali
baahsan
Spanish
extendido
Sundanese
nyebar
Swahili
kuenea
Swedish
utbredd
Tagalog (Filipino)
laganap
Tajik
васеъ паҳншуда
Tamil
பரவலாக
Tatar
киң таралган
Telugu
విస్తృతంగా
Thai
แพร่หลาย
Tigrinya
ሰፊሕ ምዃኑ’ዩ።
Tsonga
ku hangalakile
Turkish
yaygın
Turkmen
giňden ýaýrandyr
Twi (Akan)
a ɛtrɛwee
Ukrainian
широко поширений
Urdu
بڑے پیمانے پر
Uyghur
كەڭ تارقالغان
Uzbek
keng tarqalgan
Vietnamese
phổ biến rộng rãi
Welsh
eang
Xhosa
isasazeke ngokubanzi
Yiddish
וויידספּרעד
Yoruba
ibigbogbo
Zulu
kwandile

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe Afrikaans word 'wydverspreid' is derived from the Dutch word 'wijdverspreid' and can also mean 'far-reaching' or 'comprehensive'.
AlbanianE përhpur translates as "widespread" from Albanian but can also mean "scattered".
AmharicThe word "የተስፋፋ" can also mean "to spread out" or "to be dispersed".
AzerbaijaniIn Turkish, "yaygın" means "widespread", but it can also mean "common" or "ordinary".
BasqueThe verb
BengaliThe word "বিস্তৃত" can also mean "expansive" or "extensive" in the context of area or space.
BosnianThe word "rašireno" in Bosnian comes from the Proto-Slavic word "širъ", meaning "wide" or "broad".
BulgarianThe word "широко разпространен" is a compound adjective, composed of the words "широк" (wide) and "разпространен" (disseminated), and thus literally means "widely disseminated"
CatalanThe Catalan word "estesa" is also used to mean "range" or "scope" in Spanish, and "extent" in English.
CebuanoThe word 'kaylap' can also refer to something that is widely known.
Chinese (Simplified)"广泛"也可指"广泛的领域"或"广泛的用途"。
Chinese (Traditional)**廣泛** originated from **廣** (wide) and **泛** (overflow).
CorsicanDiffusa is Latin for 'spreading out', its original meaning is 'scattered', 'dispersed', 'spread' (of plants)
CroatianThe word 'rašireno' in Croatian is of Slavic origin and is used to describe something that is widely distributed or prevalent
CzechThe word "rozšířený" can also mean "extended" or "enlarged".
DanishThe word "udbredt" is also used in Danish to describe a physical distribution, such as the spread of a disease or the distribution of a population.
DutchThe word "wijd verspreid" can also mean "far-reaching" or "extensive".
EsperantoDisvastigita, meaning 'widespread' in Esperanto, is also used to describe a painful condition characterized by burning, stinging, or itching in different parts of the body.
EstonianThe word "laialt levinud" also means "widely spread" and is derived from the words "laialt" (widely) and "levinud" (spread).
FinnishLevinnyt is derived from the verb levittäytyä (to spread) and ultimately from the Proto-Uralic root *lewe- "to spread, scatter".
FrenchRépandu's alternate meaning is "of a liquid, spread out, diluted."
FrisianThe word 'wiidferspraat' comes from the Old Frisian word 'wiid' which means 'wide' and 'ferspraat' which means 'scattered'.
GalicianThe word "xeneralizado" in Galician derives from Latin "generalis," but can also refer to something common or ordinary.
German"Weit verbreitet" (widespread) goes back to Middle High German "wit varen", meaning "to travel widely".
GreekThe word διαδεδομένη also means "distributed" or "disseminated".
GujaratiThe Gujarati word "વ્યાપક" ("widespread") comes from the Sanskrit word "व्यापक" ("all-pervading"), which is derived from the prefix "वि" ("in all directions") and the root "आप्" ("to reach").
Haitian CreoleThe word "toupatou" in Haitian Creole originated from the French word "tout partout" meaning "everywhere" or "all over the place."
HausaTartsatsi can also mean 'large', 'broad' or 'vast'.
HawaiianThe Hawaiian word "pālahalaha" can also refer to a creeping vine, resembling the groundsel plant.
HebrewThe word 'נָפוֹץ' ('scattered') is derived from the verb נפץ ('to scatter').
HindiThe Hindi word 'बड़े पैमाने पर' (baṛe paimāne par) literally means 'on a large scale' and can also refer to 'extensive' or 'far-reaching' matters.
HmongThe Hmong word "thoob plaws" can also refer to the act of spreading out or opening up something.
HungarianThe term "széles körben elterjedt" is an idiomatic expression derived from the words széles (wide) and kör (circle).
Icelandic"Útbreidd" literally means "carried out", referring to the act of spreading something over a wide area.
IgboThe word "gbasasịa" in Igbo can also mean "to spread out" or "to scatter."
IndonesianThe Indonesian word "tersebar luas" can also mean "known everywhere" or "published everywhere".
IrishThe word "forleathan" in Irish has alternate meanings such as "very broad" and "extensively spread".
ItalianThe word 'molto diffuso', meaning 'widespread', originates from Latin verb 'diffundo', meaning spread out.
JapaneseThe word 全答共 is sometimes pronounced 傮答共, with a slightly different meaning.
JavaneseThe word "nyebar" has other meanings, such as "to move away" or "to disperse".
KannadaThe word "ವ್ಯಾಪಕ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "विपक" (vipak), meaning "consequences" or "effects".
KazakhIt also means
KhmerThe term is derived from Sanskrit, where ''rīkrālayah'' means "to stretch out."
Korean펼친 was originally written as 폔친 and comes from the Middle Chinese word 披陳 (pi-tyin).
KurdishThe Kurdish word "bela" is etymologically related to the Persian word "balā", meaning "disaster" or "calamity."
Latin"Latissime", meaning widespread, derives from Latin latus and is related to terms like latitude and lateral.
LatvianPlaši izplatīts literally means "widely spread out".
LithuanianIts stem, paplit-, shares the root with the verb plisti,
MacedonianThe word "широко распространето" in Macedonian can also mean "common" or "prevalent".
Malagasy"Miely patrana" literally means "scattered like the fruit of the patrana tree".
MalayThe word "meluas" comes from the Malay word "luas", meaning "wide" or "extensive".
Malayalam"വ്യാപകമാണ്" is a Malayalam word used to describe something common, prevalent or general.
MalteseThe word "mifruxa" is derived from the Arabic word "farakha", meaning "roomy" or "wide".
Maori"Whā" in "whānui" means "extend" or "stretch out" and "nui" means "big" or "great."
Marathi"व्यापक" also means "inclusive" or "comprehensive" in Marathi.
NepaliThe word "व्यापक" in Nepali is derived from Sanskrit and can also mean "comprehensive" or "extensive".
NorwegianThe Norwegian word "utbredt" can also mean "common", "abundant", or "extensive".
Nyanja (Chichewa)The word "kufalikira" also means "to spread out" or "to scatter" in Nyanja.
PashtoThe word "پراخه" in Pashto comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "per-", meaning "across" or "beyond".
Persianبطور گسترده is not only used to mean widespread but also in the meanings of comprehensive, general or most.
Polish"Rozpowszechniony" also means "commonly shared" or "frequently distributed".
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)"Generalizado" can also mean "universalized" or "absolute".
RomanianThe Romanian word "larg răspândită" (widespread) is used in the context of geographic areas, diseases, and ideas, reflecting its broad semantic range.
RussianШироко распространен, is derived from the root
SamoanSalalau can also refer to the act of distributing something evenly.
Scots GaelicThe Old Irish word farsuing ('extending') is the ancestor of the modern Gaelic word farsaing.
SerbianThe word "раширено" in Serbian can also mean "enlarged" or "dilated" in the context of a medical condition.
SesothoThe noun "atile" also means "an assembly of people called by a chief or other person in authority" in Sesotho.
Sinhala (Sinhalese)"පුළුල්" can also mean to be broad-reaching, comprehensive, extensive, or all-inclusive.
SlovakThe word "rozšírený" also means "common" or "well-known" in Slovak.
SlovenianThe word 'razširjena' is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *šir-, meaning 'wide' or 'broad'. It is also related to the Russian word 'широкий' (shirokiy), meaning 'wide' or 'broad', and the Polish word 'szeroki' (szeroki), meaning 'wide' or 'broad'.
Somali"Baahsan" also means "extensive" or "vast".
SpanishThe verb "extender" in Latin meant to stretch out, which is similar to its current meaning in Spanish of "to expand or spread out".
Sundanese"Nyebar" can also mean "scattered" or "dispersed".
SwahiliThe word "kuenea" in Swahili also means "to expand" or "to increase in size or number".
SwedishThe word "utbredd" is the past participle of the verb "utbreda", which means "to spread out" or "to disperse".
Tagalog (Filipino)The Tagalog word "laganap" originally described a plague or epidemic, but it later shifted to its modern meaning of "widespread".
TajikThe word "васеъ паҳншуда" is derived from the Persian word "گسترده" (gostardeh), which means "spread out" or "extended."
Tamil"பரவலாக" can also mean to spread, be propagated or be distributed.
ThaiThe term 'แพร่หลาย' (widespread) derives from the word 'แพร่' (spread), which can also refer to the dissemination of knowledge or information.
TurkishThe word "yaygın" is also used to describe something that is common or prevalent in a certain area or among a certain group of people.
Ukrainian"Широкий" comes from the Proto-Slavic root *širъ, meaning "wide" or "broad". "Поширений" comes from the Proto-Slavic root *širъ, meaning "to spread" or "to scatter".
Uzbek"Keng tarqalgan" is also the name of a variety of Bukharan grapes that is dark purple in color.
Vietnamese"Phổ biến rộng rãi" is a Vietnamese term that means "spread widely" or "be prevalent". It is derived from the Chinese term "普及", which has the same meaning.
WelshThe word "eang" in Welsh also means "a wide expanse" or "a plain".
XhosaThe word "isasazeke ngokubanzi" contains the root word "isasa", meaning "spread" or "space", and can also mean "all" or "everywhere" when used in other contexts.
YiddishThe Yiddish word "וויידספּרעד" ('veyshprayt') derives from the German word "weit" ('wide') and the Middle High German word "spreiten" ('to spread').
YorubaThe original sense of the word is "to be scattered abroad".
ZuluIn Nguni languages, the word 'kwandile' also means 'to be spread out' or 'to be scattered'.
English"Widespread" derives from "wide" and "spread" meaning "distributed over a wide area".

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