Literal
//ˈlɪt(ə)ɹəl//
Translations of "literal" (38 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | حَرْفِيّ(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), لَفْظِيّ(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation) | ḥarfiyy, lafẓiyy | |
| Aragonese | literal(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation) | — | |
| Armenian | բառացի(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), բառացի(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties) | baṙacʻi, baṙacʻi | |
| Asturian | lliteral(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation) | — | |
| Bulgarian | буквален(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), буквен(consisting of, or expressed by, letters), дословен(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties) | bukvalen, bukven, dosloven | |
| Catalan | literal(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 字面(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), 逐字逐句(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), 字面量(programming: value written in the source code), 直接量(programming: value written in the source code) | zìmiàn, zhúzìzhújù, zìmiànliàng, zhíjiēliàng | |
| Czech | doslovný(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), doslovný(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), literál(programming: value written in the source code) | — | |
| Danish | bogstavelig(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation) | — | |
| Dutch | letter(consisting of, or expressed by, letters), letterlijk(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), letterlijk(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), strikt(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), literaal(programming: value written in the source code) | — | |
| Esperanto | laŭvorta(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), laŭvorta(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties) | — | |
| Faroese | bókstavligur(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation) | — | |
| Finnish | kirjaimellinen(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), kirjaimellinen(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), sananmukainen(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), sananmukainen(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), sanatarkka(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), literaali(programming: value written in the source code) | — | |
| French | littéral(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), littéral(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), épistolaire(consisting of, or expressed by, letters), littéral(programming: value written in the source code), littéraux(programming: value written in the source code) | — | |
| Galician | literal(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), literal(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties) | — | |
| German | buchstäblich(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), buchstäblich(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), wörtlich(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation) | — | |
| Greek | κατά γράμμα(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), κυριολεκτικό(programming: value written in the source code) | katá grámma, kyriolektikó | |
| Hungarian | betű szerinti(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), szó szerinti(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), szó szerinti(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), szóról szóra történő(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties) | — | |
| Icelandic | bókstaflegur(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation) | — | |
| Indonesian | harfiah(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), literal(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation) | — | |
| Irish | beacht(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation) | — | |
| Italian | alla lettera(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), alla lettera(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), letterale(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), letterale(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), letterale(consisting of, or expressed by, letters) | — | |
| Japanese | 文字上の(consisting of, or expressed by, letters), 文字通り(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), 逐語的な(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation) | mojijō no, mojidōri, chikugoteki na | |
| Macedonian | буквален(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation) | bukvalen | |
| Māori | pūrite(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | ordrett(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | ordrett(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties) | — | |
| Old English | stæflīċ(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), stæflīċ(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), stæflīċ(consisting of, or expressed by, letters) | — | |
| Persian | تحتاللفظی(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation) | taht-ol-lafzi | |
| Polish | dosłowny(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), dosłowny(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), literalny(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), literał(programming: value written in the source code) | — | |
| Portuguese | literal(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), literal(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), constante(programming: value written in the source code), literal(programming: value written in the source code) | — | |
| Romanian | literală(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), literală(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), literală(consisting of, or expressed by, letters) | — | |
| Russian | бу́квенный(consisting of, or expressed by, letters), буква́льный(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), буква́льный(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), досло́вный(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), досло́вный(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), то́чный(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties) | búkvennyj, bukválʹnyj, bukválʹnyj, doslóvnyj, doslóvnyj, tóčnyj | |
| Slovak | doslovný(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation) | — | |
| Spanish | literal(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation) | — | |
| Swedish | bokstavlig(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), ordagrann(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties) | — | |
| Vietnamese | nghĩa đen(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation) | — | |
| Welsh | llythrennol(exactly as stated; read or understood without interpretation), llythrennol(following the letter or exact words, not taking liberties), llythrennol(consisting of, or expressed by, letters) | — |
literal
lliteral
literal
doslovný, doslovný, literál
bogstavelig
letter, letterlijk, letterlijk, strikt, literaal
laŭvorta, laŭvorta
bókstavligur
kirjaimellinen, kirjaimellinen, sananmukainen, sananmukainen, sanatarkka, literaali
littéral, littéral, épistolaire, littéral, littéraux
literal, literal
buchstäblich, buchstäblich, wörtlich
betű szerinti, szó szerinti, szó szerinti, szóról szóra történő
bókstaflegur
harfiah, literal
beacht
alla lettera, alla lettera, letterale, letterale, letterale
pūrite
ordrett
ordrett
stæflīċ, stæflīċ, stæflīċ
dosłowny, dosłowny, literalny, literał
literal, literal, constante, literal
literală, literală, literală
бу́квенный, буква́льный, буква́льный, досло́вный, досло́вный, то́чный
búkvennyj, bukválʹnyj, bukválʹnyj, doslóvnyj, doslóvnyj, tóčnyj
doslovný
literal
bokstavlig, ordagrann
nghĩa đen
llythrennol, llythrennol, llythrennol
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