Hostage
//ˈhɒs.tɪd͡ʒ//
Translations of "hostage" (84 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | gyselaar(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Albanian | peng(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | ὅμηρος(person given as a pledge or security) | hómēros | |
| Arabic | رَهِينَة(person given as a pledge or security) | rahīna | |
| Armenian | պատանդ(person given as a pledge or security) | patand | |
| Assamese | ওল(person given as a pledge or security) | ül | |
| Azerbaijani | girov(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Bashkir | аманат(person given as a pledge or security) | amanat | |
| Belarusian | закла́днік(person given as a pledge or security), закла́дніца(person given as a pledge or security), зало́жнік(person given as a pledge or security), зало́жніца(person given as a pledge or security) | zakládnik, zakládnica, zalóžnik, zalóžnica | |
| Bulgarian | зало́жник(person given as a pledge or security), зало́жница(person given as a pledge or security), зало́жничка(person given as a pledge or security) | zalóžnik, zalóžnica, zalóžnička | |
| Burmese | ဓားစာခံ(person given as a pledge or security) | dha:cahkam | |
| Catalan | ostatge(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Chinese | 人質 /人质(person given as a pledge or security) | zh-min-nan | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 人質 /人质(person given as a pledge or security) | jan⁴ zi³ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 人質 /人质(person given as a pledge or security), 俘虜 /俘虏(person given as a pledge or security) | rénzhì, fúlǔ | |
| Czech | rukojmí(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Danish | gidsel(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Dutch | gijzelaar(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Esperanto | ostaĝo(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Estonian | pantvang(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Finnish | panttivanki(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| French | otage(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Galician | arrafén(person given as a pledge or security), refén(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Georgian | მძევალი(person given as a pledge or security) | mʒevali | |
| German | Geisel(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Greek | όμηρος(person given as a pledge or security) | ómiros | |
| Haitian Creole | otaj(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Hebrew | בֶּן עֲרֻבָּה(person given as a pledge or security), בַּת עֲרֻבָּה(person given as a pledge or security) | ben arubá, bat aruba | |
| Hindi | बंधक(person given as a pledge or security) | bandhak | |
| Hungarian | túsz(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Icelandic | gísl(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Indonesian | sandera(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Interlingua | hostage(person given as a pledge or security), ostage(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Irish | banna(person given as a pledge or security), brá(person given as a pledge or security), geall(person given as a pledge or security), giall(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Italian | ostaggio(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Japanese | 人質(person given as a pledge or security) | hitojichi | |
| Kazakh | аманат(person given as a pledge or security) | amanat | |
| Khmer | ចំណាប់ខ្មាំង(person given as a pledge or security) | cɑmnap khmang | |
| Korean | 볼모(person given as a pledge or security), 인질(person given as a pledge or security) | bolmo, injil | |
| Kyrgyz | аманат(person given as a pledge or security), барымта(person given as a pledge or security), заложник(person given as a pledge or security) | amanat, barımta, zalojnik | |
| Lao | ຕົວຈຳນຳ(person given as a pledge or security) | tūa cham nam | |
| Latin | obses(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Latvian | ķīlniece(person given as a pledge or security), ķīlnieks(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Lithuanian | įkaitas(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Macedonian | заложник(person given as a pledge or security), заложница(person given as a pledge or security), заложничка(person given as a pledge or security) | založnik, založnica, založnička | |
| Malay | orang tebusan(person given as a pledge or security), tebusan(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Manchu | ᡩᠠᠮᡨᡠᠨ(person given as a pledge or security) | damtun | |
| Manx | raane(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Māori | mauhere paremata(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Mongolian | барьцаа(person given as a pledge or security) | barʹcaa | |
| Northern Kurdish | rehîne(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | gissel(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | gissel(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Occitan | ostatge(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Old East Slavic | таль(person given as a pledge or security) | talĭ | |
| Old English | ġīsl(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Old Irish | gíall(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Old Polish | obsiadły(person given as a pledge or security), zastawca(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Pashto | يرغمل(person given as a pledge or security) | yarǧamal | |
| Persian | رَهین(person given as a pledge or security), گِروگان(person given as a pledge or security), یَرْغَمال(person given as a pledge or security) | rahin, gerogân, yarġamâl | |
| Polish | zakładniczka(person given as a pledge or security), zakładnik(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Portuguese | refém(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Romanian | ostatic(person given as a pledge or security), ostatică(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Russian | зало́жник(person given as a pledge or security), зало́жница(person given as a pledge or security) | zalóžnik, zalóžnica | |
| Serbo-Croatian | taokinja(person given as a pledge or security), tálac(person given as a pledge or security), та́лац(person given as a pledge or security), таокиња(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Slovak | rukojemník(person given as a pledge or security), rukojemníčka(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Slovene | talec(person given as a pledge or security), talka(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Spanish | rehén(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Swahili | ghanima(person given as a pledge or security), mateka(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Swedish | gisslan(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Tajik | гаравгон(person given as a pledge or security) | garavgon | |
| Tamil | கிரி(person given as a pledge or security), பிணைக்கைதி(person given as a pledge or security), பிணையாளி(person given as a pledge or security) | kiri, piṇaikkaiti, piṇaiyāḷi | |
| Tatar | тотык(person given as a pledge or security) | totıq | |
| Telugu | బందీ(person given as a pledge or security) | bandī | |
| Thai | ตัวประกัน(person given as a pledge or security) | dtuua-bprà-gan | |
| Turkish | rehine(person given as a pledge or security), tutak(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Turkmen | girew(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Ukrainian | зару́чник(person given as a pledge or security), зару́чниця(person given as a pledge or security) | zarúčnyk, zarúčnycja | |
| Urdu | رَہِین(person given as a pledge or security), یَرْغَمال(person given as a pledge or security) | rahīn, yarġamāl | |
| Uyghur | تۇتقۇن(person given as a pledge or security) | tutqun | |
| Uzbek | garov(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Vietnamese | con tin(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Welsh | gwystl(person given as a pledge or security) | — | |
| Yiddish | אָרעווניק(person given as a pledge or security) | orevnik |
gyselaar
peng
girov
ostatge
rukojmí
gidsel
gijzelaar
ostaĝo
pantvang
panttivanki
otage
arrafén, refén
Geisel
otaj
túsz
gísl
sandera
hostage, ostage
banna, brá, geall, giall
ostaggio
obses
ķīlniece, ķīlnieks
įkaitas
orang tebusan, tebusan
raane
mauhere paremata
rehîne
gissel
gissel
ostatge
ġīsl
gíall
obsiadły, zastawca
zakładniczka, zakładnik
refém
ostatic, ostatică
taokinja, tálac, та́лац, таокиња
rukojemník, rukojemníčka
talec, talka
rehén
ghanima, mateka
gisslan
rehine, tutak
girew
garov
con tin
gwystl
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.