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From Middle English bisy, busie, from Old English bisiġ (“busy, occupied, diligent”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisīg (“diligent; zealous; busy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian biesich (“active, diligent, hard-working, industrious”), Dutch bezig (“busy”), Low German besig (“busy”). The spelling with ⟨u⟩ represents the pronunciation of the West Midland and Southern dialects while the Modern English pronunciation with /ɪ/ is from the dialects of the East Midlands.

From Middle English bisien, from Old English bisgian (“to occupy, employ, trouble, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisīgōn. Cognate with Old Frisian bisgia (“to use”).

236 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَشْغُول (mašḡūl) — crowded with business or activities
• Bulgarian: оживен (oživen) — crowded with business or activities
• Bulgarian: натоварен (natovaren) — crowded with business or activities
• Catalan: ocupat — crowded with business or activities
• Chinese Cantonese: 忙 (mong4) — crowded with business or activities
• Chinese Cantonese: 唔得閒 /唔得闲 (m4 dak1 haan4) — crowded with business or activities
• Eastern Min Chinese: 忙 (mòng) — crowded with business or activities
• Chinese Mandarin: 忙 (máng) — crowded with business or activities
• Chinese Mandarin: 繁忙 (fánmáng) — crowded with business or activities
• Danish: befærdet — crowded with business or activities
• Dutch: druk — crowded with business or activities
• Esperanto: homplena — crowded with business or activities
• Finnish: vilkas — crowded with business or activities
• French: occupé — crowded with business or activities
• Galician: ocupado — crowded with business or activities
• German: beschäftigt — crowded with business or activities
• Greek: πολυσύχναστος (polysýchnastos) — crowded with business or activities
• Ancient Greek: ἄσχολος (áskholos) — crowded with business or activities
• Hebrew: עָמוּס ('amús) — crowded with business or activities
• Hebrew: סוֹאֵן (so'én) — crowded with business or activities
• Hebrew: הוֹמֶה (homé) — crowded with business or activities
• Hindi: व्यस्त (vyast) — crowded with business or activities
• Hungarian: forgalmas — crowded with business or activities
• Hungarian: “peak”) csúcs- — crowded with business or activities
• Indonesian: sibuk — crowded with business or activities
• Indonesian: ramai — crowded with business or activities
• Irish: broidiúil — crowded with business or activities
• Italian: indaffarato — crowded with business or activities
• Japanese: 繁華 (hanka) — crowded with business or activities
• Japanese: 賑やか (nigiyaka) — crowded with business or activities
• Latin: occupātus — crowded with business or activities
• Latin: celeber — crowded with business or activities
• Latvian: aizņemts — crowded with business or activities
• Malay: ramai — crowded with business or activities
• Māori: toritori — crowded with business or activities
• Persian: شلوغ (šoluġ) — crowded with business or activities
• Plautdietsch: drock — crowded with business or activities
• Plautdietsch: beschafticht — crowded with business or activities
• Portuguese: movimentado — crowded with business or activities
• Scots: thrang — crowded with business or activities
• Scottish Gaelic: trang — crowded with business or activities
• Slovak: rušný — crowded with business or activities
• Spanish: ocupado — crowded with business or activities
• Spanish: concurrido — crowded with business or activities
• Spanish: bisi — crowded with business or activities
• Swedish: livlig — crowded with business or activities
• Swedish: livligt trafikerad — crowded with business or activities
• Ottoman Turkish: مشغول (meşgul) — crowded with business or activities
• Uzbek: band — crowded with business or activities
• Welsh: prysur — crowded with business or activities
• Afrikaans: besig — doing a great deal
• Albanian: zënë — doing a great deal
• Arabic: مَشْغُول (mašḡūl) — doing a great deal
• Arabic: مشغول (mašḡūl) — doing a great deal
• Armenian: զբաղված (zbaġvac) — doing a great deal
• Azerbaijani: məşğul — doing a great deal
• Azerbaijani: əlində iş olan — doing a great deal
• Azerbaijani: başıqarışıq — doing a great deal
• Bashkir: мәшғүл (məşğül) — doing a great deal
• Belarusian: за́няты (zánjaty) — doing a great deal
• Bengali: মশগুল (mośgul) — doing a great deal
• Bulgarian: деен (deen) — doing a great deal
• Bulgarian: за́ет (záet) — doing a great deal
• Catalan: ocupat — doing a great deal
• Chinese Cantonese: 忙 (mong4) — doing a great deal
• Chinese Cantonese: 唔得閒 /唔得闲 (m4 dak1 haan4) — doing a great deal
• Eastern Min Chinese: 忙 (mòng) — doing a great deal
• Chinese Mandarin: 忙 (máng) — doing a great deal
• Chinese Mandarin: 繁忙 (fánmáng) — doing a great deal
• Czech: zaměstnaný — doing a great deal
• Czech: zaneprázděný — doing a great deal
• Danish: travl — doing a great deal
• Dutch: bezig — doing a great deal
• Esperanto: okupata — doing a great deal
• Estonian: toimekas — doing a great deal
• Finnish: kiireinen — doing a great deal
• Finnish: työntäyteinen — doing a great deal
• French: occupé — doing a great deal
• West-Frisian: beset — doing a great deal
• Galician: trang — doing a great deal
• Georgian: დაკავებული (daḳavebuli) — doing a great deal
• German: beschäftigt — doing a great deal
• Greek: πολυάσχολος (polyáscholos) — doing a great deal
• Ancient Greek: ἄσχολος (áskholos) — doing a great deal
• Hawaiian: paʻahana — doing a great deal
• Hebrew: עָסוּק ('asúq) — doing a great deal
• Hebrew: עסוקה ('asuqa) — doing a great deal
• Hindi: व्यस्त (vyast) — doing a great deal
• Hindi: मसरूफ़ (masrūf) — doing a great deal
• Hindi: मशग़ूल (maśġūl) — doing a great deal
• Hungarian: dolgos — doing a great deal
• Hungarian: tevékeny — doing a great deal
• Hungarian: szorgalmas — doing a great deal
• Hungarian: serény — doing a great deal
• Icelandic: upptekinn — doing a great deal
• Ido: okupata — doing a great deal
• Indonesian: sibuk — doing a great deal
• Irish: gnóthach — doing a great deal
• Italian: occupato — doing a great deal
• Japanese: 忙しい (isogashii) — doing a great deal
• Japanese: 使用中 (shiyō-chū) — doing a great deal
• Khmer: រវីរវល់ (rɔvʊəl) — doing a great deal
• Korean: 바쁜 (bappeun) — doing a great deal
• Korean: 바쁘다 (bappeuda) — doing a great deal
• Kumyk: машгъул (maşğul) — doing a great deal
• Lao: ຄາວຽກ (khā wīak) — doing a great deal
• Lao: ຫຍຸ້ງ (nyung) — doing a great deal
• Latin: occupātus — doing a great deal
• Latin: operosus — doing a great deal
• Latin: negotiosus — doing a great deal
• Latvian: nodarbināts — doing a great deal
• Lithuanian: užsiėmusiam — doing a great deal
• Macedonian: зафатен (zafaten) — doing a great deal
• Malay: sibuk — doing a great deal
• Māori: toritori — doing a great deal
• Mongolian: завгүй (zavgüj) — doing a great deal
• Norman: embarrassaï — doing a great deal
• Norwegian: travel — doing a great deal
• Norwegian: opptatt — doing a great deal
• Occitan: ocupat — doing a great deal
• Old English: bisiġ — doing a great deal
• Papiamentu: okupá — doing a great deal
• Pashto: بوخت (buxt) — doing a great deal
• Pashto: اخته (axta) — doing a great deal
• Persian: مشغول (mašġul) — doing a great deal
• Plautdietsch: drock — doing a great deal
• Plautdietsch: beschafticht — doing a great deal
• Polish: zajęty — doing a great deal
• Portuguese: ocupado — doing a great deal
• Romanian: harnic — doing a great deal
• Russian: занято́й (zanjatój) — doing a great deal
• Russian: за́нятый (zánjatyj) — doing a great deal
• Russian: де́ятельный (déjatelʹnyj) — doing a great deal
• Scots: thrang — doing a great deal
• Scottish Gaelic: trang — doing a great deal
• Serbo-Croatian: прометан — doing a great deal
• Serbo-Croatian: наметљив — doing a great deal
• Serbo-Croatian: prometan — doing a great deal
• Serbo-Croatian: nametljiv — doing a great deal
• Slovak: činný — doing a great deal
• Slovene: zaposlen — doing a great deal
• Spanish: ocupado — doing a great deal
• Spanish: bisi — doing a great deal
• Spanish: hasta las manos — doing a great deal
• Spanish: hasta las guachas — doing a great deal
• Spanish: hasta la huacha — doing a great deal
• Spanish: hasta la guacha — doing a great deal
• Swahili: bizi — doing a great deal
• Swedish: upptagen — doing a great deal
• Swedish: jäktig — doing a great deal
• Swedish: flitig — doing a great deal
• Tagalog: okupado — doing a great deal
• Tatar: мәшгуль (mäşğül) — doing a great deal
• Thai: ยุ่ง (yûng) — doing a great deal
• Turkish: meşgul — doing a great deal
• Ottoman Turkish: مشغول (meşgul) — doing a great deal
• Ottoman Turkish: دركار (derkâr) — doing a great deal
• Turkmen: meşgul — doing a great deal
• Ukrainian: за́йнятий (zájnjatyj) — doing a great deal
• Urdu: مصروف (masrūf) — doing a great deal
• Urdu: مشغول (maśġūl) — doing a great deal
• Uyghur: مەشغۇل (meshghul) — doing a great deal
• Uyghur: ئالدىراش (aldirash) — doing a great deal
• Uzbek: mashgʻul — doing a great deal
• Uzbek: band — doing a great deal
• Vietnamese: bận — doing a great deal
• Vietnamese: bận rộn — doing a great deal
• Welsh: prysur — doing a great deal
• Yiddish: פֿאַרנומען (farnumen) — doing a great deal
• Breton: oberiant — engaged or preoccupied
• Bulgarian: зает (zaet) — engaged or preoccupied
• Dutch: bezig — engaged or preoccupied
• Finnish: varattu — engaged or preoccupied
• French: occupé — engaged or preoccupied
• Galician: ocupado — engaged or preoccupied
• Georgian: დაკავებული (daḳavebuli) — engaged or preoccupied
• German: besetzt — engaged or preoccupied
• German: beschäftigt — engaged or preoccupied
• Ancient Greek: ἐνεργός (energós) — engaged or preoccupied
• Hebrew: עסוק — engaged or preoccupied
• Hindi: व्यस्त (vyast) — engaged or preoccupied
• Hungarian: elfoglalt — engaged or preoccupied
• Hungarian: foglalt — engaged or preoccupied
• Hungarian: dolga van — engaged or preoccupied
• Italian: occupato — engaged or preoccupied
• Italian: impegnato — engaged or preoccupied
• Italian: busy — engaged or preoccupied
• Latin: occupatus — engaged or preoccupied
• Māori: tāuteute — engaged or preoccupied
• Māori: korewātea — engaged or preoccupied
• Māori: arokē — engaged or preoccupied
• Norman: embarrassaï — engaged or preoccupied
• Norwegian: opptatt — engaged or preoccupied
• Norwegian: travel — engaged or preoccupied
• Pashto: بوخت (buxt) — engaged or preoccupied
• Pashto: اخته (axta) — engaged or preoccupied
• Polish: zajęty — engaged or preoccupied
• Portuguese: ocupado — engaged or preoccupied
• Russian: за́нятый (zánjatyj) — engaged or preoccupied
• Serbo-Croatian: zauzet — engaged or preoccupied
• Slovak: zaneprázdnený — engaged or preoccupied
• Spanish: ocupado — engaged or preoccupied
• Spanish: atareado — engaged or preoccupied
• Spanish: ajetreado — engaged or preoccupied
• Swedish: upptagen — engaged or preoccupied
• Ottoman Turkish: مشغول (meşgul) — engaged or preoccupied
• Ottoman Turkish: دركار (derkâr) — engaged or preoccupied
• Ukrainian: за́йнятий (zájnjatyj) — engaged or preoccupied
• Ukrainian: за́йнята (zájnjata) — engaged or preoccupied
• Ukrainian: за́йняті (zájnjati) — engaged or preoccupied
• Yiddish: פֿאַרנומען (farnumen) — engaged or preoccupied
• Czech: rušný — complicated
• Dutch: druk — complicated
• Finnish: levoton — complicated
• Finnish: sekava — complicated
• Hungarian: zsúfolt — complicated
• Hungarian: túlzsúfolt — complicated
• Hungarian: zavaros — complicated
• Hungarian: kusza — complicated
• Polish: skomplikowany — complicated
• Spanish: complicado — complicated
• Bulgarian: занимавам (zanimavam) — to keep busy with
• Czech: zaměstnávat — to keep busy with
• Finnish: puuhailla — to keep busy with
• Finnish: askaroida — to keep busy with
• Finnish: työllistää — to keep busy with
• French: se livrer — to keep busy with
• German: beschäftigen — to keep busy with
• Hungarian: elfoglal — to keep busy with
• Hungarian: lefoglal — to keep busy with
• Hungarian: leköt — to keep busy with
• Māori: w(h)aihanga — to keep busy with
• Norwegian: sysselsette — to keep busy with
• Norwegian Bokmål: beskjeftige — to keep busy with
• Portuguese: ocupar — to keep busy with
• Finnish: hoputtaa — to rush somebody