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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth2? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-) Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *sodós? Proto-Hellenic *hodós Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós) Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos)bor. Latin methodusbor. Middle French methodebor. English method From Middle French methode, from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos). By surface analysis, met- + -hod. See also -ode and hodo-.

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249 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: metode — process by which a task is completed
• Albanian: metodë — process by which a task is completed
• Arabic: طَرِيقَة (ṭarīqa) — process by which a task is completed
• Arabic: مِنْهَج (minhaj) — process by which a task is completed
• Arabic: أُسْلُوب (ʔuslūb) — process by which a task is completed
• Arabic: طَرْز (ṭarz) — process by which a task is completed
• Armenian: եղանակ (eġanak) — process by which a task is completed
• Armenian: մեթոդ (metʻod) — process by which a task is completed
• Armenian: միջոց (miǰocʻ) — process by which a task is completed
• Armenian: կերպ (kerp) — process by which a task is completed
• Asturian: métodu — process by which a task is completed
• Azerbaijani: üsul — process by which a task is completed
• Azerbaijani: metod — process by which a task is completed
• Bashkir: ысул (ısul) — process by which a task is completed
• Basque: metodo — process by which a task is completed
• Belarusian: ме́тад (mjétad) — process by which a task is completed
• Belarusian: мэ́тад (métad) — process by which a task is completed
• Belarusian: спо́саб (spósab) — process by which a task is completed
• Belarusian: прыём (pryjóm) — process by which a task is completed
• Bengali: পদ্ধতি (poddhoti) — process by which a task is completed
• Bengali: প্রণালী (pronali) — process by which a task is completed
• Bhojpuri: विधि (vidhi) — process by which a task is completed
• Bulgarian: ме́тод (métod) — process by which a task is completed
• Bulgarian: на́чин (náčin) — process by which a task is completed
• Burmese: နည်း (nany:) — process by which a task is completed
• Burmese: နိဿယ (ni.ssa.ya.) — process by which a task is completed
• Burmese: နည်းစနစ် (nany:ca.nac) — process by which a task is completed
• Burmese: လုပ်နည်း (lupnany:) — process by which a task is completed
• Catalan: mètode — process by which a task is completed
• Chinese Cantonese: 方法 (fong1 faat3) — process by which a task is completed
• Chinese Cantonese: 方式 (fong1 sik1) — process by which a task is completed
• Chinese: 方法 (zh-min-nan) — process by which a task is completed
• Chinese: 方式 (zh-min-nan) — process by which a task is completed
• Chinese Mandarin: 方法 (fāngfǎ) — process by which a task is completed
• Chinese Mandarin: 方式 (fāngshì) — process by which a task is completed
• Wu Chinese: 方法 — process by which a task is completed
• Wu Chinese: 方式 (1faon-seq) — process by which a task is completed
• Czech: metoda — process by which a task is completed
• Czech: způsob — process by which a task is completed
• Danish: metode — process by which a task is completed
• Dutch: methode — process by which a task is completed
• Esperanto: metodo — process by which a task is completed
• Estonian: meetod — process by which a task is completed
• Estonian: viis — process by which a task is completed
• Finnish: menetelmä — process by which a task is completed
• Finnish: metodi — process by which a task is completed
• French: méthode — process by which a task is completed
• French: manière — process by which a task is completed
• Galician: método — process by which a task is completed
• Georgian: ხერხი (xerxi) — process by which a task is completed
• Georgian: მეთოდი (metodi) — process by which a task is completed
• German: Art und Weise — process by which a task is completed
• German: Methode — process by which a task is completed
• German: Verfahren — process by which a task is completed
• Greek: μέθοδος (méthodos) — process by which a task is completed
• Ancient Greek: μέθοδος (méthodos) — process by which a task is completed
• Hebrew: מֶתוֹדָה (metóda) — process by which a task is completed
• Hebrew: שיטה (shitá) — process by which a task is completed
• Hindi: विधि (vidhi) — process by which a task is completed
• Hindi: तरीक़ा (tarīqā) — process by which a task is completed
• Hindi: तरह (tarah) — process by which a task is completed
• Hindi: रीति (rīti) — process by which a task is completed
• Hindi: पद्धति (paddhati) — process by which a task is completed
• Hindi: ढंग (ḍhaṅg) — process by which a task is completed
• Hindi: प्रणाली (praṇālī) — process by which a task is completed
• Hindi: शेवा (śevā) — process by which a task is completed
• Hungarian: módszer — process by which a task is completed
• Hungarian: eljárás — process by which a task is completed
• Hungarian: metódus — process by which a task is completed
• Hungarian: mód — process by which a task is completed
• Hungarian: módozat — process by which a task is completed
• Icelandic: aðferð — process by which a task is completed
• Icelandic: háttur — process by which a task is completed
• Icelandic: skipulag — process by which a task is completed
• Indonesian: metode — process by which a task is completed
• Irish: slí — process by which a task is completed
• Italian: metodo — process by which a task is completed
• Italian: maniera — process by which a task is completed
• Japanese: 方法 (hōhō) — process by which a task is completed
• Japanese: 方式 (hōshiki) — process by which a task is completed
• Kazakh: әдіс (ädıs) — process by which a task is completed
• Kazakh: ғилаж (ğilaj) — process by which a task is completed
• Khmer: ពិធី (pithii) — process by which a task is completed
• Khmer: វិធី (vithii) — process by which a task is completed
• Korean: 방법 (bangbeop) — process by which a task is completed
• Korean: 방식 (bangsik) — process by which a task is completed
• Northern Kurdish: rebaz — process by which a task is completed
• Northern Kurdish: metod — process by which a task is completed
• Northern Kurdish: awa — process by which a task is completed
• Kyrgyz: усул (usul) — process by which a task is completed
• Kyrgyz: ыкма (ıkma) — process by which a task is completed
• Kyrgyz: метод (metod) — process by which a task is completed
• Lao: ວິທີ (wi thī) — process by which a task is completed
• Latin: via — process by which a task is completed
• Latin: methodus — process by which a task is completed
• Latin: disciplina — process by which a task is completed
• Latvian: metode — process by which a task is completed
• Lithuanian: metodas — process by which a task is completed
• Lü: ᦞᦲᧉᦌᦱ (vii2saa) — process by which a task is completed
• Macedonian: метод (metod) — process by which a task is completed
• Macedonian: мето́да (metóda) — process by which a task is completed
• Macedonian: начин (način) — process by which a task is completed
• Malay: kaedah — process by which a task is completed
• Malay: metode — process by which a task is completed
• Malay: manhaj — process by which a task is completed
• Māori: pēheatanga — process by which a task is completed
• Māori: pēwheatanga — process by which a task is completed
• Māori: aratuka — process by which a task is completed
• Marathi: पद्धत (paddhat) — process by which a task is completed
• Mongolian: арга (arga) — process by which a task is completed
• Norwegian Bokmål: metode — process by which a task is completed
• Norwegian Nynorsk: metode — process by which a task is completed
• Occitan: metòde — process by which a task is completed
• Pali: vidhi — process by which a task is completed
• Pashto: طريقه (tariqá) — process by which a task is completed
• Pashto: مېتود (metód) — process by which a task is completed
• Pashto: روش (rawéš) — process by which a task is completed
• Pashto: طرز (tarz) — process by which a task is completed
• Pashto: شيوه (šiwá) — process by which a task is completed
• Pashto: اسلوب (oslúb) — process by which a task is completed
• Pashto: نول (nol) — process by which a task is completed
• Iranian Persian: مِتُد (metod) — process by which a task is completed
• Iranian Persian: رَوِش (raveš) — process by which a task is completed
• Iranian Persian: شیوِه (šive) — process by which a task is completed
• Iranian Persian: طَریقِه (tariġe) — process by which a task is completed
• Iranian Persian: اُسْلوب (oslub) — process by which a task is completed
• Iranian Persian: راه (râh) — process by which a task is completed
• Iranian Persian: طَریق (tariġ) — process by which a task is completed
• Iranian Persian: طَرْز (tarz) — process by which a task is completed
• Plautdietsch: Wies — process by which a task is completed
• Polish: metoda — process by which a task is completed
• Polish: sposób — process by which a task is completed
• Portuguese: método — process by which a task is completed
• Romanian: metodă — process by which a task is completed
• Russian: ме́тод (métod) — process by which a task is completed
• Russian: спо́соб (spósob) — process by which a task is completed
• Russian: приём (prijóm) — process by which a task is completed
• Russian: мето́да (metóda) — process by which a task is completed
• Kinyarwanda: ukuntu class 15 — process by which a task is completed
• Sanskrit: मार्ग (mārga) — process by which a task is completed
• Sanskrit: विधि (vidhi) — process by which a task is completed
• Scottish Gaelic: cor — process by which a task is completed
• Scottish Gaelic: modh — process by which a task is completed
• Scottish Gaelic: dòigh — process by which a task is completed
• Serbo-Croatian: мето́да — process by which a task is completed
• Serbo-Croatian: метод — process by which a task is completed
• Serbo-Croatian: на́чин — process by which a task is completed
• Serbo-Croatian: metóda — process by which a task is completed
• Serbo-Croatian: metod — process by which a task is completed
• Serbo-Croatian: náčin — process by which a task is completed
• Slovak: metóda — process by which a task is completed
• Slovak: spôsob — process by which a task is completed
• Slovene: metoda — process by which a task is completed
• Slovene: način — process by which a task is completed
• Spanish: método — process by which a task is completed
• Swedish: metod — process by which a task is completed
• Swedish: tillvägagångssätt — process by which a task is completed
• Swedish: åtgärd — process by which a task is completed
• Swedish: tillvägagång — process by which a task is completed
• Tagalog: pamamaraan — process by which a task is completed
• Tajik: усул (usul) — process by which a task is completed
• Tajik: тарз (tarz) — process by which a task is completed
• Tajik: тариқ (tariq) — process by which a task is completed
• Tajik: метод (metod) — process by which a task is completed
• Tajik: равиш (raviš) — process by which a task is completed
• Tajik: шива (šiva) — process by which a task is completed
• Tajik: тариқа (tariqa) — process by which a task is completed
• Tajik: услуб (uslub) — process by which a task is completed
• Tamil: முறைமை (muṟaimai) — process by which a task is completed
• Tamil: முறை (muṟai) — process by which a task is completed
• Tatar: ысул (ısul) — process by which a task is completed
• Telugu: పద్ధతి (paddhati) — process by which a task is completed
• Thai: วิธี (wí-tii) — process by which a task is completed
• Tocharian B: upacār — process by which a task is completed
• Turkish: yöntem — process by which a task is completed
• Turkish: usul — process by which a task is completed
• Turkish: metod — process by which a task is completed
• Turkish: tarz — process by which a task is completed
• Ottoman Turkish: چیغیر (çığır) — process by which a task is completed
• Turkmen: usul — process by which a task is completed
• Turkmen: metod — process by which a task is completed
• Tuvan: арга (arga) — process by which a task is completed
• Ukrainian: ме́тод (métod) — process by which a task is completed
• Ukrainian: спо́сіб (spósib) — process by which a task is completed
• Ukrainian: прийо́м (pryjóm) — process by which a task is completed
• Urdu: طَرِیقَہ (tarīqa) — process by which a task is completed
• Urdu: طَرَح (tarah) — process by which a task is completed
• Urdu: طَرْح (tarh) — process by which a task is completed
• Urdu: طَرِیق (tarīq) — process by which a task is completed
• Urdu: اُسْلُوب (uslūb) — process by which a task is completed
• Urdu: رَوِش (raviś) — process by which a task is completed
• Urdu: طَرْز (tarz) — process by which a task is completed
• Urdu: شیوَہ (śeva) — process by which a task is completed
• Uyghur: تېرىقە (tëriqe) — process by which a task is completed
• Uyghur: مېتود (mëtod) — process by which a task is completed
• Uyghur: ئۇسۇل (usul) — process by which a task is completed
• Uzbek: usul — process by which a task is completed
• Uzbek: yoʻsin — process by which a task is completed
• Uzbek: metod — process by which a task is completed
• Uzbek: tariqa — process by which a task is completed
• Uzbek: tarz — process by which a task is completed
• Uzbek: uslub — process by which a task is completed
• Uzbek: yoʻl — process by which a task is completed
• Vietnamese: phương pháp — process by which a task is completed
• Vietnamese: phương thức — process by which a task is completed
• Volapük: metod — process by which a task is completed
• Welsh: dull — process by which a task is completed
• Yiddish: מעטאָד (metod) — process by which a task is completed
• Zazaki: metod — process by which a task is completed
• Zazaki: usul — process by which a task is completed
• Zazaki: uslub — process by which a task is completed
• Zulu: icebo — process by which a task is completed
• Zulu: indlela — process by which a task is completed
• Zulu: isu — process by which a task is completed
• Bashkir: ысул (ısul) — type of acting
• Finnish: metodinäytteleminen — type of acting
• French: La Méthode — type of acting
• Galician: método — type of acting
• Greek: μέθοδος (méthodos) — type of acting
• Italian: metodo — type of acting
• Korean: 메서드 연기 (meseodeu yeon'gi) — type of acting
• Korean: 메소드 연기 (mesodeu yeon'gi) — type of acting
• Northern Kurdish: rêbaz — type of acting
• Romagnol: régula — type of acting
• Romanian: metodă — type of acting
• Scottish Gaelic: cor — type of acting
• Spanish: method — type of acting
• Zazaki: uslub — type of acting
• Catalan: mètode — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• Czech: metoda — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• Danish: metode — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• Finnish: jäsenfunktio — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• Finnish: metodi — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• German: Methode — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• Greek: μέθοδος (méthodos) — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• Hebrew: פעולה (pe'ulah) — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• Hungarian: metódus — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• Hungarian: tagfüggvény — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• Icelandic: aðferð — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• Italian: metodo — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• Japanese: メソッド (mesoddo) — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• Korean: 메소드 (mesodeu) — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• Korean: 메서드 (meseodeu) — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• Mongolian: хэрэглүүр (xereglüür) — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• Polish: metoda — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• Portuguese: método — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• Spanish: método — programming: subroutine or function in object-oriented languages
• French: méthode — instruction book
• Finnish: käyttää menetelmää — to apply a method