hobby

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Shortened from hobby-horse, from Middle English hoby, hobyn, hobin (“small horse, pony”), from Old French hobi, *haubi, haubby, hobin ("a nag, hobby"; > Modern French aubin, Italian ubino), of Germanic origin: from Old French hober, ober (“to stir, move”), from Old Dutch hobben (“to toss, move up and down”); or from North Germanic origin related to Danish hoppe (“a mare”), Old Swedish hoppa (“a young mare”), North Frisian hoppe (“horse”); both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend; a bend, joint”). More at hop, hobble. The meaning of hobby-horse shifted from "small horse, pony" to "child's toy riding horse" to "favorite pastime or avocation" with the connecting notion being "activity that doesn't go anywhere". Possibly originally from a proper name for a horse, a diminutive of Robert or Robin (compare dobbin).

From Middle English hoby, hobeye, from Old French hobé, hobei, hobet, from Medieval Latin hopētus, diminutive of harpe.

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: stokperdjie — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Albanian: hobi — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Albanian: punë qejfi — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Arabic: هِوَايَة (hiwāya) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Arabic: هَوَس (hawas) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Arabic: تَفَنُّن (tafannun) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Arabic: شَوْق (šawq) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Armenian: հոբբի (hobbi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Azerbaijani: hobbi — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Basque: zaletasun — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Belarusian: хо́бі (xóbi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Belarusian: захапле́нне (zaxapljénnje) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Belarusian: захапле́ньне (zaxapljénʹnje) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Bengali: শখ (śokh) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Bulgarian: хо́би (hóbi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Bulgarian: увлече́ние (uvlečénie) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Burmese: ဝါသနာ (wasa.na) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Carpathian Rusyn: го́бі (hóbi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Catalan: passatemps — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Chinese Cantonese: 愛好 /爱好 (oi3 hou3) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Chinese Cantonese: 嗜好 (si3 hou3) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Chinese Cantonese: 趣味 (ceoi3 mei6) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Chinese: 趣味 (zh-min-nan) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Chinese: 愛好 /爱好 (ài-hòn) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Chinese Mandarin: 愛好 /爱好 (àihào) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Chinese Mandarin: 嗜好 (shìhào) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Chinese Mandarin: 趣味 (qùwèi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Czech: koníček — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Czech: hobby — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Danish: hobby — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Dutch: hobby — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Dutch: vrijetijdsbesteding — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Esperanto: ŝatokupo — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Esperanto: hobio — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Estonian: harrastus — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Finnish: harrastus — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Finnish: harraste — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• French: passe-temps — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• French: hobby — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Georgian: აჩემებული რამ (ačemebuli ram) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Georgian: ჰობი (hobi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Georgian: გატაცება (gaṭaceba) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• German: Hobby — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• German: Steckenpferd — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Greek: χόμπυ (chómpy) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Greek: χόμπι (chómpi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Greek: πάρεργο (párergo) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Ancient Greek: διατριβή (diatribḗ) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Gujarati: શોખ (śokh) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Hebrew: תַּחְבִּיב (takhbív) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Hindi: शौक़ (śauq) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Hindi: रुचि (ruci) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Hindi: सरगर्मी (sargarmī) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Hungarian: hobbi — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Hungarian: kedvtelés — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Hungarian: kedvenc időtöltés — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Icelandic: áhugamál — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Icelandic: tómstundagaman — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Icelandic: tómstundaiðja — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Icelandic: hobbí — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Indonesian: kegemaran — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Indonesian: hobi — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Interlingua: hobby — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Interlingua: passatempore — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Irish: caitheamh aimsire — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Italian: hobby — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Italian: passatempo — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Japanese: 趣味 (shumi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Kazakh: мұштақ (mūştaq) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Kazakh: хобби (xobbi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Kazakh: әуесқойлық (äuesqoilyq) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Kazakh: әуестік (äuestık) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Khmer: ចំណង់ចំណូលចិត្ត (cɑmnɑng cɑmnoulcət) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Khmer: ចំណូលចិត្ត (cɑmnoulcət) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Korean: 취미 (chwimi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Northern Kurdish: hobî — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Kyrgyz: хобби (hobbi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Lao: ພັກສມອງ (phak sa mǭng) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Latin: oblectatio — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Latin: voluptas — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Latin: delicium — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Latin: āvocāmentum — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Latvian: hobijs — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Latvian: vaļasprieks — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Lithuanian: hobis — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Lithuanian: pomėgis — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Macedonian: хоби (hobi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Malay: hobi — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Maltese: ħobi — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Maltese: passatemp — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Māori: mahi tākaro — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Māori: runaruna — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Mirandese: passatiempo — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Mirandese: antreten — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Mongolian: сонирхол (sonirxol) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Mongolian: хобби (xobbi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Norwegian Bokmål: hobby — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hobby — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Okinawan: 趣味 (sumi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Pannonian Rusyn: гоби (hobi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Pashto: شوق (šawq) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Dari: سَرْگَرْمِی (sargarmī) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Dari: تَفَنُّن (tafannun) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Dari: شَوق (šawq) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Iranian Persian: سَرْگَرْمی (sargarmi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Iranian Persian: تَفَنُّن (tafannon) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Iranian Persian: شُوق (šowġ) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Polish: hobby — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Portuguese: passatempo — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Portuguese: hobby — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Romanian: hobby — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Russian: хо́бби (xóbbi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Russian: увлече́ние (uvlečénije) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Russian: конёк (konjók) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Sanskrit: देवना (devanā) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Scots: habby — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Scottish Gaelic: cur-seachad — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Scottish Gaelic: fòidearachd — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Scottish Gaelic: gnàth-obair — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Serbo-Croatian: хо̏би — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Serbo-Croatian: hȍbi — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Slovak: koníček — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Slovak: hobby — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Slovene: konjiček — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Spanish: afición — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Spanish: hobby — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Spanish: jobi — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Swedish: hobby — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Tagalog: hilig — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Tajik: шавқ (šavq) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Tajik: саргармӣ (sargarmi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Thai: งานอดิเรก (ngaan-à-dì-rèek) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Tibetan: དགའ་པོ་བྱེད་ཡག (dga' po byed yag) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Turkish: hobi — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Turkish: merak — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Turkmen: güýmenje — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Turkmen: hobi — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Turkmen: hobbi — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Ukrainian: хо́бі (xóbi) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Ukrainian: захо́плення (zaxóplennja) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Urdu: مَشْغَلَہ (maśġala) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Urdu: شَوق (śauq) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Urdu: تَفَنُّن (tafannun) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Urdu: سَرْگَرْمی (sargarmī) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Uyghur: ھەۋەس (hewes) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Uzbek: xobbi — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Vietnamese: sở thích riêng — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Vietnamese: sở thích — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Volapük: löfäl — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Volapük: livüpajäf — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Walloon: passe-tins — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Walloon: pasmint d' tins — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Welsh: hobi — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Yiddish: פֿערדל (ferdl) — activity done for enjoyment in spare time
• Asturian: ferlamicu — Falco subbuteo
• Bulgarian: сокол орко (sokol orko) — Falco subbuteo
• Catalan: albanell — Falco subbuteo
• Czech: ostříž lesní — Falco subbuteo
• Danish: lærkefalk — Falco subbuteo
• Dutch: boomvalk — Falco subbuteo
• Faroese: vákasmyril — Falco subbuteo
• Finnish: nuolihaukka — Falco subbuteo
• French: hobereau — Falco subbuteo
• German: Baumfalke — Falco subbuteo
• Hungarian: kabasólyom — Falco subbuteo
• Italian: falco — Falco subbuteo
• Italian: falcone — Falco subbuteo
• Korean: 새홀리기 (saeholligi) — Falco subbuteo
• Manx: shirragh corranagh — Falco subbuteo
• Polish: kobuz — Falco subbuteo
• Portuguese: ógea — Falco subbuteo
• Russian: чегло́к (čeglók) — Falco subbuteo
• Scottish Gaelic: gearran-àrd — Falco subbuteo
• Scottish Gaelic: gormag — Falco subbuteo
• Scottish Gaelic: obag — Falco subbuteo
• Scottish Gaelic: seabhag nan uiseag — Falco subbuteo
• Spanish: alcotán — Falco subbuteo
• Swedish: lärkfalk — Falco subbuteo