Wood in Different Languages
Discover 'Wood' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Wood
Afrikaans hout | ||
Albanian druri | ||
Amharic እንጨት | ||
Arabic خشب | ||
Armenian փայտ | ||
Assamese কাঠ | ||
Aymara lawa | ||
Azerbaijani ağac | ||
Bambara yiri | ||
Basque egurra | ||
Belarusian дрэва | ||
Bengali কাঠ | ||
Bhojpuri लकड़ी | ||
Bosnian drvo | ||
Bulgarian дърво | ||
Catalan fusta | ||
Cebuano kahoy | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 木 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 木 | ||
Corsican legnu | ||
Croatian drvo | ||
Czech dřevo | ||
Danish træ | ||
Dhivehi ވަކަރު | ||
Dogri लक्कड़ी | ||
Dutch hout | ||
English wood | ||
Esperanto ligno | ||
Estonian puit | ||
Ewe ati | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kahoy | ||
Finnish puu | ||
French bois | ||
Frisian bosk | ||
Galician madeira | ||
Georgian ტყე | ||
German holz | ||
Greek ξύλο | ||
Guarani yvyra | ||
Gujarati લાકડું | ||
Haitian Creole bwa | ||
Hausa itace | ||
Hawaiian wahie | ||
Hebrew עץ | ||
Hindi लकड़ी | ||
Hmong ntoo | ||
Hungarian faipari | ||
Icelandic tré | ||
Igbo osisi | ||
Ilocano kayo | ||
Indonesian kayu | ||
Irish adhmad | ||
Italian legna | ||
Japanese 木材 | ||
Javanese kayu | ||
Kannada ಮರ | ||
Kazakh ағаш | ||
Khmer ឈើ | ||
Kinyarwanda inkwi | ||
Konkani लाकूड | ||
Korean 목재 | ||
Krio wud | ||
Kurdish text | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دار | ||
Kyrgyz жыгач | ||
Lao ໄມ້ | ||
Latin lignum | ||
Latvian koks | ||
Lingala libaya | ||
Lithuanian mediena | ||
Luganda enku | ||
Luxembourgish holz | ||
Macedonian дрво | ||
Maithili लकड़ी | ||
Malagasy hazo | ||
Malay kayu | ||
Malayalam മരം | ||
Maltese injam | ||
Maori rakau | ||
Marathi लाकूड | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯎ | ||
Mizo thing | ||
Mongolian мод | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သစ်သား | ||
Nepali काठ | ||
Norwegian tre | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) nkhuni | ||
Odia (Oriya) କାଠ | ||
Oromo muka | ||
Pashto لرګي | ||
Persian چوب | ||
Polish drewno | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) madeira | ||
Punjabi ਲੱਕੜ | ||
Quechua kullu | ||
Romanian lemn | ||
Russian дерево | ||
Samoan fafie | ||
Sanskrit काष्ठ | ||
Scots Gaelic fiodh | ||
Sepedi kota | ||
Serbian дрво | ||
Sesotho patsi | ||
Shona huni | ||
Sindhi ڪاٺ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දැව | ||
Slovak drevo | ||
Slovenian les | ||
Somali qoryo | ||
Spanish madera | ||
Sundanese kai | ||
Swahili kuni | ||
Swedish trä | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kahoy | ||
Tajik чӯб | ||
Tamil மரம் | ||
Tatar агач | ||
Telugu చెక్క | ||
Thai ไม้ | ||
Tigrinya ዕንጨይቲ | ||
Tsonga rihunyi | ||
Turkish odun | ||
Turkmen agaç | ||
Twi (Akan) dua | ||
Ukrainian дерево | ||
Urdu لکڑی | ||
Uyghur ياغاچ | ||
Uzbek yog'och | ||
Vietnamese gỗ | ||
Welsh pren | ||
Xhosa iinkuni | ||
Yiddish האָלץ | ||
Yoruba igi | ||
Zulu ukhuni |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "hout" in Afrikaans can also refer to a forest, a thicket, or a bush. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "druri" for "wood" derives from the Proto-Albanian root *deru-, meaning "tree". |
| Arabic | "خشبة خشبا، فهو خشيب: أي طاب، فهو طيب. و"الخشبية" القوة أو النشاط" |
| Azerbaijani | The word "ağac" in Azerbaijani is derived from the Persian word "āghach" which also means "wood" but is also used in some contexts to refer to "trees". |
| Basque | The Basque word "egurra" derives from the Proto-Basque word for "tree" and also means "wooden" and "wood-like". |
| Bengali | The word "কাঠ" (wood) can also refer to a small stool or a wooden frame. |
| Bosnian | "Drvo" in Bosnian can also refer to the material used to make paper or even a building's framework. |
| Bulgarian | The word "дърво" (wood) in Bulgarian also refers to a tree or a log, and its root is likely related to the Proto-Indo-European word "*deru-/*dru-", meaning "tree" or "wood". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "kahoy" derives from the Proto-Austronesian root “kayu”, meaning "tree". In some languages, "kahoy" refers to specific types of wood rather than wood in general. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Chinese, the character for "wood" (木) is also a radical element, meaning it forms part of the structure of other Chinese characters, and can mean "tree" or "plant". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In Chinese, the character "木" can also refer to Jupiter, "木星 (Mùyǔxīng)" or a surname "穆 (Mù)" and "沐 (Mù)". |
| Corsican | The word "legnu" derives from the Latin word "lignum", meaning wood, timber, and fuel, and is also related to "ligo", "to bind, join". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "drvo" is a cognate of the English word "tree," both derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *derwo-, meaning "tree, wood, timber." |
| Czech | In Old Czech, "dřevo" also meant "tree" or "forest". |
| Danish | The word 'træ' is also used to refer to a tree in Danish. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "hout" can also refer to a piece of wood, a forest, or a type of wood used for construction or furniture. |
| Estonian | Apuit is a plural form of the word puit, an old form that's still used in some dialects and compound words. |
| Finnish | The word "puu" can also refer to a tree or a trunk. |
| French | The French word "bois" derives from the Latin "boscus," also meaning "wood" but originally "meadow," hence the related word "bocage," meaning "grove." |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "bosk" can also refer to a "shrub" or "small bush" |
| Galician | The Galician word "madeira" also means "plank" and "stick". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "ტყე" derives from the Proto-Kartvelian *tqu̯i-, which possibly referred to the area beyond a village and the trees growing there. |
| German | The word "Holz" shares the same origin as the English "holt", meaning a small wood or forest, and also "to hold" |
| Greek | The Greek word 'ξύλο' (wood) is related to the Sanskrit word 'şilā' (stone), and can also mean 'club' or 'stick' in Greek. |
| Haitian Creole | "Bwa" also means "stick" and "tree" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | Hausa itace can also refer to the forest from which the wood was obtained, or collectively to the plants therein. |
| Hawaiian | The word 'wahie' can also refer to a specific type of hardwood used in Hawaiian construction. |
| Hebrew | The word "עץ" has an extended meaning of "family tree", as in the phrase "עץ חיים" which translates to "tree of life". |
| Hindi | The word "लकड़ी" can also be used figuratively to describe something that is stiff or rigid. |
| Hmong | "Ntoo" can also mean either a tree stump or firewood in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | Hungarian word "faipari" also refers to a wood-producing factory or enterprise. |
| Icelandic | Icelandic tré is also the word for a tree and is related to English 'tree'. |
| Igbo | The word |
| Indonesian | In Javanese, "kayu" can also mean the "body" or "trunk" of a person or animal. |
| Irish | The word 'adhmad' derives from the Celtic root 'ad-med-', meaning 'firewood,' and shares a common origin with words like 'ignis' in Latin and 'ignite' in English. |
| Italian | In Old Italian, "legna" could also refer to firewood, coal, or other fuel. |
| Japanese | In addition to "wood," "木材" can also mean "timber," "lumber," or "building materials." |
| Javanese | In addition to its literal meaning as "wood," "kayu" in Javanese can also refer to a wooden puppet or a type of Javanese dance. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word 'ಮರ' also refers to trees or a wooden plank, depending on the context. |
| Kazakh | "Ағаш" (wood) may also refer to a "tree" or a "forest" in Kazakh. |
| Korean | "목재" (wood) originated from Middle Korean "목재이" (mokjai), which in turn derived from Old Korean "모ᄁ" (moks) meaning "tree." |
| Kurdish | The word "text" (text) in Kurdish is also used to refer to the "book" or "manuscript". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "жыгач" in Kyrgyz language also means "a source of wood". |
| Lao | The word "ໄມ້" also means "tree" or "plant" |
| Latin | The Latin word **lignum**, meaning "wood," can also refer to a boat, ship's mast, or the wood used in a funeral pyre. |
| Latvian | In some contexts, 'koks' can also refer specifically to timber or firewood |
| Lithuanian | While the Lithuanian word "mediena" directly translates to "wood," its root "med-is" in Proto-Indo-European means "in the middle" or "between," possibly referring to trees growing between fields. |
| Luxembourgish | Holz is the German spelling of the Luxembourgish word "Holz" but it is also the name of many towns in Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany. |
| Macedonian | The word "дрво" in Macedonian also has the alternate meaning of "tree". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word 'HAZO' may also refer to a specific type of forest in which the dominant trees are 'TAMBAKA' (Dalbergia spp.). |
| Malay | "Kayu" can also mean "tree" or "plank" depending on context. |
| Maltese | "Injam" is derived from the Arabic word "najm" meaning "star" or "constellation", as wood was traditionally used in navigation to observe the stars. |
| Maori | The Maori word 'rakau' not only means 'wood' but also refers to weapons, tools, and even plants with woody stems. |
| Marathi | The word "लाकूड" (wood) is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*leğh-", meaning "to cut down, break, or split". |
| Mongolian | "Mod" in Mongolian can also refer to a type of tree or a unit of measurement for volume. |
| Nepali | "Kaath" means wood but is also colloquially used to refer to a stick or pole. |
| Norwegian | The word "tre" also has other related meanings in Norwegian, such as "a piece of timber" or "a log". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "nkhuni" can also refer to a specific type of leguminous tree (Acacia species) found in Malawi. |
| Pashto | The word "لرګي" can also refer to a small piece of wood or a stick. |
| Persian | The Persian word "چوب" can also mean "a walking stick" or "a piece of furniture." |
| Polish | The word "drewno" also means "timber" and is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*dьrvъ". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, the word "madeira" (wood) also refers to the Portuguese archipelago and autonomous region of Madeira, named after its abundant forests. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "lemn" has an ancient Indo-European root meaning "tree" or "timber" and is related to the English word "limb." |
| Russian | Дерево - род.п. мн.ч. от "древо" старослав. "дерево; деревянной изделие". Наряду с этимологическим значением "дерево" в совр. рус. яз. имеет и переносное значение: "представитель флоры (растение)" (ср. дуб, ель и т.п.). |
| Samoan | In Samoan, "fafie" also refers to a tree branch or log. |
| Scots Gaelic | Scots Gaelic "fiodh" derives from the Proto-Celtic "widus", meaning "forest" or "wild-land", a root also found in Irish "fíodh" and Welsh "gwydd". |
| Serbian | "Drvo", in addition to meaning "tree", can also mean "wood" in Serbian. |
| Shona | The Shona word 'huni' has a variant form 'muni' that can refer to a pestle used to pound grains in a mortar. |
| Sindhi | ڪاٺ is believed to be derived from the Proto-Indo-Iranian word "*kat-," meaning "tree" or "wood." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | දැව (wood) originates from the Indo-Aryan term davva via Prakrit dāru, denoting “wood, fuel, burning material”, ultimately from the PIE root dōr- (tree, wood). |
| Slovak | The Slavic word drevo originally meant 'tree' and 'wood', but in modern Slovak it only means 'wood'. |
| Slovenian | The word "les" is also used to refer to a clearing in a forest. |
| Somali | "Qoryo" can also be used to describe any hard or stiff object, such as a rock or a horn. |
| Spanish | Madera is also the name for a type of Spanish wine, as it was originally transported to England in wooden casks. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "kai" can also mean a person's dwelling or home. |
| Swahili | The word "kuni" can also refer to a "tree" or a "forest" in Swahili, highlighting its deep connection to the natural world. |
| Swedish | The word "trä" in Swedish means "wood", but it also comes from the Proto-Norse word "trai", meaning "beam" or "rafter". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word 'kahoy' originates from the Proto-Austronesian word 'kayu', which also means 'wood'. |
| Tajik | In addition to "wood," "чӯб" can mean "log," "stick" or "club" |
| Tamil | The word "மரம்" can also refer to a tree or a plank of wood. |
| Telugu | The word చెక్క can also refer to a wooden statue or doll |
| Thai | The word |
| Ukrainian | The root of "дерево" is the Proto-Slavic word *deru*, meaning "to split, to carve, |
| Urdu | The word "lakri" is likely derived from the Sanskrit word "lakshmi," which means "wood" and "wealth," reflecting the importance of wood as a valuable resource. |
| Uzbek | The word "yog'och" in Uzbek is derived from the Old Turkic word "oġuč", meaning "wood" or "forest." |
| Vietnamese | Gỗ can also refer to a type of Vietnamese traditional musical instrument made from wood. |
| Welsh | The Celtic word "pren" for "wood" is related to "bren" for "branch" in Middle Irish. |
| Xhosa | “Inkunzi” also refers to the “warrior of the circumcision lodge.” |
| Yoruba | "Igi" also means "tree" or "stick" in Yoruba, and is related to the word "igbo" which means "forest". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "ukhuni" can also refer to a wooden object or tool. |
| English | The word "wood" can also refer to a set of golf clubs or the material from trees used to make paper. |