Wooden in Different Languages
Discover 'Wooden' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Wooden
Afrikaans hout | ||
Albanian druri | ||
Amharic እንጨት | ||
Arabic خشبي | ||
Armenian փայտե | ||
Assamese কাঠৰ | ||
Aymara lawanaka | ||
Azerbaijani taxta | ||
Bambara jiriw ye | ||
Basque zurezkoa | ||
Belarusian драўляныя | ||
Bengali কাঠের | ||
Bhojpuri लकड़ी के बा | ||
Bosnian drveni | ||
Bulgarian дървени | ||
Catalan de fusta | ||
Cebuano kahoy | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 木 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 木 | ||
Corsican di legnu | ||
Croatian drveni | ||
Czech dřevěný | ||
Danish træ- | ||
Dhivehi ލަކުޑިން ހަދާފައި ހުރެއެވެ | ||
Dogri लकड़ी दा | ||
Dutch houten | ||
English wooden | ||
Esperanto ligna | ||
Estonian puust | ||
Ewe atiwo ƒe ƒuƒoƒo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kahoy | ||
Finnish puinen | ||
French en bois | ||
Frisian houten | ||
Galician de madeira | ||
Georgian ხის | ||
German hölzern | ||
Greek ξύλινος | ||
Guarani yvyra rehegua | ||
Gujarati લાકડાની | ||
Haitian Creole an bwa | ||
Hausa katako | ||
Hawaiian lāʻau | ||
Hebrew מעץ | ||
Hindi लकड़ी का | ||
Hmong ntoo | ||
Hungarian fa | ||
Icelandic tré | ||
Igbo osisi | ||
Ilocano kayo a kayo | ||
Indonesian kayu | ||
Irish adhmaid | ||
Italian di legno | ||
Japanese 木製 | ||
Javanese kayu | ||
Kannada ಮರದ | ||
Kazakh ағаш | ||
Khmer ឈើ | ||
Kinyarwanda ibiti | ||
Konkani लांकडी | ||
Korean 활기 없는 | ||
Krio we dɛn mek wit wud | ||
Kurdish textîn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دار | ||
Kyrgyz жыгач | ||
Lao ໄມ້ | ||
Latin ligneus | ||
Latvian koka | ||
Lingala ya mabaya | ||
Lithuanian medinis | ||
Luganda eby’embaawo | ||
Luxembourgish hëlzent | ||
Macedonian дрвено | ||
Maithili लकड़ीक | ||
Malagasy hazo | ||
Malay kayu | ||
Malayalam തടി | ||
Maltese injam | ||
Maori rakau | ||
Marathi लाकडी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯎꯒꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo thinga siam | ||
Mongolian модон | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သစ်သား | ||
Nepali काठ | ||
Norwegian tre | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) matabwa | ||
Odia (Oriya) କାଠ | ||
Oromo muka irraa kan hojjetame | ||
Pashto لرګي | ||
Persian چوبی | ||
Polish z drewna | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) de madeira | ||
Punjabi ਲੱਕੜ | ||
Quechua k’aspimanta ruwasqa | ||
Romanian de lemn | ||
Russian деревянный | ||
Samoan laupapa | ||
Sanskrit काष्ठा | ||
Scots Gaelic fiodha | ||
Sepedi ya kota | ||
Serbian дрвени | ||
Sesotho lehong | ||
Shona matanda | ||
Sindhi ڪاٺ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ලී | ||
Slovak drevený | ||
Slovenian lesena | ||
Somali alwaax | ||
Spanish de madera | ||
Sundanese kai | ||
Swahili mbao | ||
Swedish trä- | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kahoy | ||
Tajik чӯбӣ | ||
Tamil மர | ||
Tatar агач | ||
Telugu చెక్క | ||
Thai ไม้ | ||
Tigrinya ዕንጨይቲ | ||
Tsonga ya mapulanga | ||
Turkish ahşap | ||
Turkmen agaç | ||
Twi (Akan) nnua a wɔde yɛ | ||
Ukrainian дерев'яні | ||
Urdu لکڑی | ||
Uyghur ياغاچ | ||
Uzbek yog'och | ||
Vietnamese bằng gỗ | ||
Welsh pren | ||
Xhosa ngomthi | ||
Yiddish ווודאַן | ||
Yoruba onigi | ||
Zulu ngokhuni |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "hout" (wooden) in Afrikaans can also refer to trees, wood, timber, or a type of Dutch ship. |
| Albanian | The word "druri" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*dreu-", meaning "tree", and is related to the Latin "robur" (oak), Irish "drui" (oak tree), and Welsh "derw" (oak). |
| Amharic | The word እንጨት can also refer to a particular type of tree or wood known as the "cordia africana" tree or its wood. |
| Arabic | The word "خشبي" can also refer to a person who is clumsy or awkward. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "փայտե" can also mean "made of cardboard", "cardboard", "worthless", "false", or "fake". |
| Azerbaijani | "Taxta" means both "wooden" and "board, plank" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | Zurezkoa is also used as a synonym of "useless" or "worthless", as in "zurezko gauzak" (useless things). |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "драўляныя" is cognate with the Russian word "деревянный" and the Polish word "drewniany", all of which derive from the Proto-Slavic word *dьrьvьnъ, meaning "wooden". |
| Bengali | "কাঠের" also means something clumsy or dull-witted or a wooden doll |
| Bosnian | The Slavic word “drveni” can be derived from the adjective “dreven” ( |
| Bulgarian | The word "дървени" in Bulgarian can also refer to objects made of wood, such as furniture or toys. |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "de fusta" also means "pretending" or "play-acting", perhaps originating from the use of wooden props on stage. |
| Cebuano | 'Kahoy' originally meant 'tree', and came to mean 'wood' as a material only later. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The Chinese character for wood (木) also means tree, and is used as the radical of many characters related to plants or wood. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The character "木" (mù) can also mean "tree" or "wood" in Chinese. |
| Corsican | The term "di legnu" can also refer to objects or concepts that lack substance, value, or intelligence. |
| Croatian | The word 'drveni' in Croatian can also refer to a musical instrument made of wood, such as a xylophone or a dulcimer. |
| Danish | The word træ- (wooden) in Danish is also used to mean 'difficult' or 'slow-moving'. |
| Dutch | Houten, a Dutch place name and surname, also means "secret" or "hidden". |
| Esperanto | "Ligna" also means "the material from which something is made." |
| Finnish | In Finnish, the word "puinen" also has an idiomatic meaning, referring to something that is very simple, basic, or unadorned. |
| French | En bois is a term used in the arts to describe a style characterized by the use of wood, particularly in sculpture or furniture. |
| Frisian | "Houten" (wooden) can also mean 'hollow' or 'deaf', e.g. "Hy is d'r net mear by, hy is houten" (he's no longer there, he's deaf). |
| Galician | The Galician phrase de madeira (wooden) derives from medieval Latin "de materia" (of timber) and has the colloquial meaning "not very bright; dimwitted." |
| Georgian | The root word "ხე (khe) " is related to the word "ხის" ("khis" - wooden), so "khis" means “made from the trunk of a tree.” |
| German | In German, the word "hölzern" can also mean "awkward" or "mechanical." |
| Gujarati | In Gujarati, "ลาકડાની" (lakadani) can also refer to a large wooden beam or a wooden plank. |
| Haitian Creole | 'An bwa' in Haitian Creole can also mean 'made of wood' or 'related to wood'. |
| Hausa | The word "katako" also means "stubborn" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "lāʻau" may refer to "wood" as a material, a "stick", or a "plant" used for medicinal purposes. |
| Hebrew | The word "מעץ" can also refer to "from a tree" or "from the wood". |
| Hindi | The Hindi word 'लकड़ी का' can also refer to something that is clumsy or foolish. |
| Hmong | "Ntoo" is also a measure word for the quantity or amount of cloth or other soft materials in Hmong. |
| Hungarian | The word "fa" also denotes a |
| Icelandic | "Tré" can also mean "tree" or "wood" in Icelandic, reflecting its roots in the Old Norse word "tré". |
| Igbo | The word "osisi" can also refer to a wooden bed frame or a wooden plank used for building. |
| Indonesian | The word "kayu" also means "tree" or "wood" in Indonesian. |
| Irish | "Adhmaid" also refers to "timbers" as part of a building structure. |
| Italian | Di legno, besides indicating something made of wood, can also mean something stiff or clumsy. |
| Japanese | 木製 also means “made of wood”. |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "kayu" also has connotations of strength, resilience, and wisdom. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word 'ಮರದ' not only means 'wooden' but it also refers to 'made of wood' or 'constructed of wood'. |
| Kazakh | "Ағаш" in Kazakh has its origins in the Proto-Turkic word *ağač "tree," and also has the meaning of "forest". |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "ឈើ" ("wooden") derives from the Proto-Austroasiatic word */ʈɔːŋ/ meaning "tree". In Lao, this word is still used to mean "tree" and "wood". |
| Korean | The word "활기 없는" (wooden) in Korean can also mean "dull" or "lacking vitality." |
| Kurdish | "Textîn" can also mean "made of wood", "wood", or "tree trunk" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The Turkic word |
| Latin | The word 'ligneus' also means 'made of flax' in Latin. |
| Latvian | In some dialects, the word "koka" can also refer to a "wooden cup" or a "trough for feeding animals." |
| Lithuanian | "Medinis" is also an archaic term for "clay", and is related to the word "mėdis" meaning "tree". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "hëlzent" shares the same root with "Holz", the German word for "wood/timber". |
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| Malagasy | The word "hazo" also means "tree" in Malagasy, as trees are typically made of wood. |
| Malay | "Kayu" can refer to both the material wood and a tree. |
| Maltese | In the Maltese language, the word "injam" can also mean "material" or "substance" in a general sense. |
| Maori | The word "rakau" in Maori can also refer to a weapon or a tool made of wood. |
| Marathi | The word 'लाकडी' can also refer to a doll or puppet in Marathi, often used in traditional dance and theatre performances. |
| Mongolian | The word "модон" can also mean "tree" or "wood" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | "काठ" refers to both "wood" and "hardness" in Nepali, implying its intrinsic resilience. |
| Norwegian | In some areas in Vestland, "tre" can also refers to a barn. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'matabwa' is also used to describe things made of other materials that resemble wood, such as plastic or metal. |
| Pashto | لرګي can also mean 'a stick' or 'a piece of wood'. |
| Persian | In Farsi, "چوبی" can also refer to a naive or gullible person. |
| Polish | "Z drewna" can also refer to wooden objects, forests, or the wood industry. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "De madeira" can also mean "from outside" or "non-indigenous" when referring to a person or thing, although this usage is more common in Brazil than in Portugal. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਲੱਕੜ" can also refer to a type of tree or firewood in Punjabi. |
| Romanian | »De lemn« (»wooden«) also means »of a person who is inflexible or has a wooden expression«. |
| Russian | The word "деревянный" also carries connotations of being clumsy, slow, or old-fashioned in Russian. |
| Samoan | Laupapa is also used to describe something tough, strong or firm, or a person who is strong and has a good character. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Irish, 'fiodha' also means 'growth' or 'increase'. |
| Serbian | The word дрвени can also refer to a type of folk dance popular in Serbia. |
| Sesotho | Lehōng is derived from the Proto-Bantu root *lenge, meaning "tree" or "wood." |
| Shona | The word "matanda" also means "old" or "ancient" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word ڪاٺ (wooden) is derived from the Sanskrit word काष्ठ (kāṣṭha), which also means 'wood' or 'timber'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "ලී" in Sinhalese can also refer to the wood of a tree, or to a wooden object. |
| Slovenian | The word lesena in Slovenian can also refer to a type of wooden architectural element that projects from a wall. |
| Somali | While the word "alwaax" primarily means "wooden" in Somali, it can also refer to any type of tree or wood. |
| Spanish | The term "de madera" can be used to describe something that is rigid or inflexible in addition to referring to something made of wood. |
| Sundanese | The word "kai" in Sundanese can also refer to a bamboo mat used for sleeping. |
| Swahili | Mbao can also mean 'tree' or 'timber' in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The word "trä-" can also refer to trees or wood in the sense of a forest material. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "kahoy" is also used to refer to a boat or ship, which is also made of wood, and the phrase "puno ng kahoy" means "a lot of wood". |
| Tajik | The word "чӯбӣ" may also mean "uneducated" or "illiterate" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | In Tamil, 'மர' is used to describe a type of tree known as a 'maram', which is characterized by its medicinal properties. |
| Telugu | The word "చెక్క" ("wooden") in Telugu can also refer to a type of wood used in construction, or to the act of carving or engraving. |
| Thai | The word "ไม้" can also mean "trees" or "wood" in Thai. |
| Turkish | The word 'ahşap' also refers to a wooden frame used to hold a window or door in place. |
| Urdu | The word "لکڑی" also refers to "timber" and "wood" in Urdu. |
| Vietnamese | In Vietnamese, the word "bằng gỗ" can also be used figuratively to describe something that is inflexible or rigid. |
| Welsh | "Pren" is thought to be derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pr̥h₂, meaning "to cut" or "to carve." |
| Xhosa | The word "ngomthi" originally referred to a large wooden shield used in battle. |
| Yiddish | "ווודאַן" (wooden) can sometimes mean "crazy" when used in a humorous Yiddish expression. |
| Yoruba | "O ni gidi" also means "it is a lie" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word 'ngokhuni' in Zulu can also mean 'without hesitation' or 'determinedly'. |
| English | The word "wooden" can also mean "dull" or "lacking vitality". |