Beam
//biːm//
Translations of "beam" (80 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | balk(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| Albanian | koll(bar of a plow), rreze(large piece of timber or iron), shtijë(bar of a plow) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | δοκός(large piece of timber or iron), δοκός(principal horizontal beam in a building), ἀκτίς(ray) | dokós, dokós, aktís | |
| Arabic | خَشَبَة(large piece of timber or iron), شُعَاع(ray), كمرَة(principal horizontal beam in a building) | ḵašaba, šuʕāʕ | |
| Armenian | գերան(large piece of timber or iron), ճաճանչ(ray), ճառագայթ(ray), շող(ray) | geran, čačančʻ, čaṙagaytʻ, šoġ | |
| Ashkun | kaṭë(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| Azerbaijani | balka(large piece of timber or iron), diniş(large piece of timber or iron), dirək(large piece of timber or iron), tir(large piece of timber or iron), şüa(ray) | — | |
| Bashkir | нур(ray) | nur | |
| Bavarian German | Baam(large piece of timber or iron), Baam(principal horizontal beam in a building), Baam(transverse member of a ship's frame) | — | |
| Belarusian | брус(large piece of timber or iron), бэлька(large piece of timber or iron), бэлька(principal horizontal beam in a building), перакладзіна(principal horizontal beam in a building), праме́нь(ray) | brus, belʹka, belʹka, pjerakladzina, pramjénʹ | |
| Breton | lazh(bar of a plow) | — | |
| Bulgarian | балансьор(crossbar of a balance), бимс(maximum width of a vessel), греда(large piece of timber or iron), лъч(ray), стъбло(shank of an anchor), трегер(principal horizontal beam in a building), излъчвам(to emit light) | balansjor, bims, greda, lǎč, stǎblo, treger, izlǎčvam | |
| Catalan | cameta(bar of a plow) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 光束(ray), 光線 /光线(ray), 射線 /射线(ray), 梁(large piece of timber or iron), 橫梁(large piece of timber or iron), 符槓 /符杠(connector of notes) | guāngshù, guāngxiàn, shèxiàn, liáng, héngliáng, fúgàng | |
| Czech | břevno(large piece of timber or iron), oj(pole of a carriage), paprsek(ray), trám(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| Dalmatian | trua(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| Danish | bjælke(large piece of timber or iron), bjælke(principal horizontal beam in a building), drager(principal horizontal beam in a building), stråle(to emit light) | — | |
| Dutch | balk(large piece of timber or iron), balk(principal horizontal beam in a building), balk(connector of notes), biels(large piece of timber or iron), breedte(maximum width of a vessel), bundel(ray), dissel(pole of a carriage), ploegboom(bar of a plow), straal(ray), stralen(to smile broadly) | — | |
| Esperanto | radio(ray), trabo(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| Farefare | bãraaga(principal horizontal beam in a building) | — | |
| Finnish | aisa(pole of a carriage), kiertokanki(working beam), leveys(maximum width of a vessel), orsi(crossbar of a balance), palkki(large piece of timber or iron), palkki(principal horizontal beam in a building), palkki(transverse member of a ship's frame), palkki(connector of notes), poikittaispalkki(transverse member of a ship's frame), runko(bar of a plow), säde(ray), tyvi(principal stem of an antler), valin(shank of an anchor), varsi(crossbar of a balance), palkittaa(to furnish with beams), säteillä(to emit light), säteillä(to smile broadly), säteilyttää(scifi: to transmit over high-tech wireless mechanism) | — | |
| French | age(bar of a plow), faisceau(ray), lien(connector of notes), ligature(connector of notes), limon(pole of a carriage), madrier(large piece of timber or iron), merrain(principal stem of an antler), perche(principal stem of an antler), poutre(principal horizontal beam in a building), timon(pole of a carriage), briller(to emit light), rayonner(to emit light), rayonner(to smile broadly), téléporter(scifi: to transmit over high-tech wireless mechanism) | — | |
| Galician | bao(transverse member of a ship's frame), cabezalla(pole of a carriage), cambón(principal stem of an antler), lata(bar of a plow), manga(maximum width of a vessel), raio(ray), raza(ray), temón(bar of a plow), trabe(large piece of timber or iron), trabe(principal horizontal beam in a building), viga(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| German | Balken(large piece of timber or iron), Balken(principal horizontal beam in a building), Balken(connector of notes), Breite(maximum width of a vessel), Deichsel(pole of a carriage), Grindel(bar of a plow), Pflugbaum(bar of a plow), Strahl(ray), beamen(scifi: to transmit over high-tech wireless mechanism), beamen(weaving: to put on a beam), strahlen(to emit light), strahlen(to smile broadly) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐌰𐌽𐍃(large piece of timber or iron) | ans | |
| Greek | ακτίνα(ray), δοκάρι(large piece of timber or iron), ακτινοβολώ(to emit light), ακτινοβολώ(to smile broadly) | aktína, dokári, aktinovoló, aktinovoló | |
| Hebrew | אֲלֻמָּה(ray), קוֹרַת רֹחַב(transverse member of a ship's frame) | alumá, korat rokhav | |
| Hindi | किरण(ray), रश्मि(ray) | kiraṇ, raśmi | |
| Hungarian | gerenda(large piece of timber or iron), sugár(ray) | — | |
| Icelandic | bjálki(large piece of timber or iron), geisli(ray) | — | |
| Ido | radio(ray), trabo(large piece of timber or iron), trabo(principal horizontal beam in a building), traverso(principal horizontal beam in a building) | — | |
| Indonesian | balok(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| Ingrian | balkka(principal horizontal beam in a building) | — | |
| Irish | bíoma(large piece of timber or iron), giarsa(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| Italian | architrave(principal horizontal beam in a building), asse(large piece of timber or iron), barra timone(pole of a carriage), braccio(crossbar of a balance), bure(bar of a plow), corno principale(principal stem of an antler), raggio(ray), trave(large piece of timber or iron), traversa(transverse member of a ship's frame) | — | |
| Japanese | ビーム(ray), 光線(ray), 桁(large piece of timber or iron), 梁(large piece of timber or iron) | bīmu, kōsen, keta, hari | |
| Kamkata-vari | kaṭë(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| Kikai | 桁(large piece of timber or iron) | hita | |
| Korean | 광선(ray), 빔(ray), 빛줄기(ray) | gwangseon, bim, bitjulgi | |
| Kunigami | 桁(large piece of timber or iron) | khitā | |
| Latin | bura(bar of a plow), radius(ray), tignum(large piece of timber or iron), trabs(large piece of timber or iron), trabs(principal horizontal beam in a building) | — | |
| Latvian | sija(principal horizontal beam in a building) | — | |
| Luxembourgish | Dunn(large piece of timber or iron), Stral(ray) | — | |
| Malay | alang(large piece of timber or iron), alang(principal horizontal beam in a building), balak(large piece of timber or iron), galang(large piece of timber or iron), galang(principal horizontal beam in a building), pelancar(large piece of timber or iron), pelancar(transverse member of a ship's frame), rasuk(large piece of timber or iron), rasuk(principal horizontal beam in a building), sinaran(ray) | — | |
| Māori | haeata(ray), kauae(principal horizontal beam in a building), kauwae(principal horizontal beam in a building), kurupae(large piece of timber or iron), kurupae(principal horizontal beam in a building), aho(to emit light), mimingo kata(to smile broadly), mingo(mingo) kata(to smile broadly) | — | |
| Miyako | 桁(large piece of timber or iron) | kita | |
| Northern Amami Ōshima | 桁(large piece of timber or iron) | xeθa | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | bjelke(large piece of timber or iron), bjelke(principal horizontal beam in a building) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | bjelke(large piece of timber or iron), bjelke(principal horizontal beam in a building) | — | |
| Okinawan | 桁(large piece of timber or iron) | kita | |
| Old Czech | břevno(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| Old Galician-Portuguese | trave(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| Old Slovak | brvno(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | دیرك(large piece of timber or iron), مرتك(large piece of timber or iron) | direk, mertek | |
| Persian | بامه(ray), تیرک(large piece of timber or iron), شعاع(ray), فرسپ(large piece of timber or iron), میله(large piece of timber or iron), پرتو(ray) | bâme, tirak, šo'â', farasp, mile, partow | |
| Plautdietsch | Baulkjen(principal horizontal beam in a building) | — | |
| Polish | belka(large piece of timber or iron), promień(ray), belkować(to furnish with beams), obelkować(to furnish with beams) | — | |
| Portuguese | apo(bar of a plow), feixe(ray), raio(ray), temão(bar of a plow), timão(bar of a plow), trave(large piece of timber or iron), viga(large piece of timber or iron), viga(principal horizontal beam in a building) | — | |
| Prasuni | këṭë(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| Romanian | grindă(large piece of timber or iron), rază(ray) | — | |
| Russian | ба́лка(large piece of timber or iron), ба́лка(principal horizontal beam in a building), бимс(transverse member of a ship's frame), бревно́(large piece of timber or iron), брус(large piece of timber or iron), веретено́(shank of an anchor), гря́диль(bar of a plow), ды́шло(pole of a carriage), коромы́сло(crossbar of a balance), луч(ray), перекла́дина(principal horizontal beam in a building), тра́верз(transverse member of a ship's frame), шату́н(working beam) | bálka, bálka, bims, brevnó, brus, veretenó, grjádilʹ, dýšlo, koromýslo, luč, perekládina, tráverz, šatún | |
| Sanskrit | अक्तु(ray) | aktú | |
| Serbo-Croatian | brvno(large piece of timber or iron), greda(large piece of timber or iron), брвно(large piece of timber or iron), греда(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| Slovak | brvno(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| Slovene | tram(large piece of timber or iron), žarek(ray) | — | |
| Spanish | jácena(principal horizontal beam in a building), manga(maximum width of a vessel), radio(ray), timón(bar of a plow), travesaño(principal horizontal beam in a building), viga(large piece of timber or iron), viga(principal horizontal beam in a building) | — | |
| Swahili | boriti(transverse member of a ship's frame) | — | |
| Swedish | balk(large piece of timber or iron), balk(principal horizontal beam in a building), bjälke(principal horizontal beam in a building), stråle(ray), stråla(to emit light), stråla(to smile broadly), stråla(scifi: to transmit over high-tech wireless mechanism) | — | |
| Tagalog | barakilan(large piece of timber or iron), sepo(principal horizontal beam in a building), sinag(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| Tocharian B | swāñco(ray) | — | |
| Turkish | kiriş(large piece of timber or iron), kiriş(principal horizontal beam in a building), ışın(ray) | — | |
| Ukrainian | ба́лка(large piece of timber or iron), про́мінь(ray) | bálka, próminʹ | |
| Uzbek | sinch(large piece of timber or iron), to'sim(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| Vietnamese | tia(ray) | — | |
| Volapük | bem(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| Waigali | kāṭa(large piece of timber or iron) | — | |
| Welsh | arnodd(bar of a plow), paladr(ray) | — | |
| Yaeyama | 桁(large piece of timber or iron) | kita | |
| Yoron | 桁(large piece of timber or iron) | shita | |
| Zazaki | berq(ray), qetil(large piece of timber or iron) | — |
balk
koll, rreze, shtijë
kaṭë
balka, diniş, dirək, tir, şüa
Baam, Baam, Baam
lazh
балансьор, бимс, греда, лъч, стъбло, трегер, излъчвам
balansjor, bims, greda, lǎč, stǎblo, treger, izlǎčvam
cameta
光束, 光線 /光线, 射線 /射线, 梁, 橫梁, 符槓 /符杠
guāngshù, guāngxiàn, shèxiàn, liáng, héngliáng, fúgàng
břevno, oj, paprsek, trám
trua
bjælke, bjælke, drager, stråle
balk, balk, balk, biels, breedte, bundel, dissel, ploegboom, straal, stralen
radio, trabo
bãraaga
aisa, kiertokanki, leveys, orsi, palkki, palkki, palkki, palkki, poikittaispalkki, runko, säde, tyvi, valin, varsi, palkittaa, säteillä, säteillä, säteilyttää
age, faisceau, lien, ligature, limon, madrier, merrain, perche, poutre, timon, briller, rayonner, rayonner, téléporter
bao, cabezalla, cambón, lata, manga, raio, raza, temón, trabe, trabe, viga
Balken, Balken, Balken, Breite, Deichsel, Grindel, Pflugbaum, Strahl, beamen, beamen, strahlen, strahlen
gerenda, sugár
bjálki, geisli
radio, trabo, trabo, traverso
balok
balkka
bíoma, giarsa
architrave, asse, barra timone, braccio, bure, corno principale, raggio, trave, traversa
kaṭë
bura, radius, tignum, trabs, trabs
sija
Dunn, Stral
alang, alang, balak, galang, galang, pelancar, pelancar, rasuk, rasuk, sinaran
haeata, kauae, kauwae, kurupae, kurupae, aho, mimingo kata, mingo(mingo) kata
bjelke, bjelke
bjelke, bjelke
břevno
brvno
Baulkjen
belka, promień, belkować, obelkować
apo, feixe, raio, temão, timão, trave, viga, viga
këṭë
grindă, rază
ба́лка, ба́лка, бимс, бревно́, брус, веретено́, гря́диль, ды́шло, коромы́сло, луч, перекла́дина, тра́верз, шату́н
bálka, bálka, bims, brevnó, brus, veretenó, grjádilʹ, dýšlo, koromýslo, luč, perekládina, tráverz, šatún
brvno, greda, брвно, греда
brvno
tram, žarek
jácena, manga, radio, timón, travesaño, viga, viga
boriti
balk, balk, bjälke, stråle, stråla, stråla, stråla
barakilan, sepo, sinag
swāñco
kiriş, kiriş, ışın
sinch, to'sim
tia
bem
kāṭa
arnodd, paladr
berq, qetil
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