noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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From Latin symmetria, from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría), from σύμμετρος (súmmetros, “symmetrical”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”). By surface analysis, sym- + -metry.
Across languages
Translations
73 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
تَنَاظُر
(tanāẓur)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Belarusian:
сіме́трыя
(simjétryja)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Bulgarian:
симе́трия
(simétrija)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Catalan:
simetria
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Chinese Mandarin:
對稱性 /对称性
(duìchènxìng, duìchèngxìng)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Chinese Mandarin:
對稱 /对称
(duìchèn, duìchèng)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Czech:
souměrnost
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Czech:
symetrie
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Danish:
symmetri
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Dutch:
symmetrie
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Esperanto:
simetrio
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Estonian:
sümmeetria
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Finnish:
symmetria
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
French:
symétrie
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Galician:
simetría
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Georgian:
სიმეტრია
(simeṭria)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
German:
Symmetrie
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Greek:
συμμετρία
(symmetría)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Ancient Greek:
συμμετρία
(summetría)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Hawaiian:
ʻālikelike
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Hindi:
सममिति
(sammiti)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Hungarian:
szimmetria
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Indonesian:
simetris
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Irish:
siméadracht
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Italian:
simmetria
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Japanese:
対称性
(taishōsei)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Japanese:
対称
(taishō)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Japanese:
シンメトリー
(shinmetorī)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Kazakh:
симметрия
(simmetriä)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Korean:
대칭성
(daechingseong)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Korean:
대칭
(daeching)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Latin:
symmetria
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Latvian:
simetrija
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Lithuanian:
simetrija
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Macedonian:
симе́трија
(simétrija)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Māori:
hangarite
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Norwegian Bokmål:
symmetri
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Norwegian Nynorsk:
symmetri
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Persian:
تقارن
(taqâron)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Polish:
symetria
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Portuguese:
simetria
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Romanian:
simetrie
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Russian:
симме́трия
(simmétrija)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Serbo-Croatian:
simètrija
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Sikkimese:
ཆ་མཉམ
(cha mnyam)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Slovak:
súmernosť
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Slovak:
symetria
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Slovene:
simetrija
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Spanish:
simetría
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Swedish:
symmetri
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Tagalog:
parianyo
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Telugu:
సౌస్టవం
(sausṭavaṁ)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Thai:
ความสมมาตร
(kwaam-sŏm-mâat)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Ottoman Turkish:
اعتدال
(i’tidâl)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Ukrainian:
симе́трія
(symétrija)
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Vietnamese:
sự đối xứng
— correspondence on either side of a dividing line, plane, center or axis
Chinese Mandarin:
平衡美
— satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole
Chinese Mandarin:
和諧 /和谐
(héxié)
— satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole
Finnish:
tasapaino
— satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole
French:
symétrie
— satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole
Galician:
simetría
— satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole
Georgian:
სიმეტრია
(simeṭria)
— satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole
Indonesian:
simetri
— satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole
Irish:
siméadracht
— satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole
Italian:
simmetria
— satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole
Macedonian:
симе́трија
(simétrija)
— satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole
Māori:
hangarite
— satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole
Polish:
symetria
— satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole
Portuguese:
simetria
— satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole
Russian:
симме́трия
(simmétrija)
— satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole
Serbo-Croatian:
simètrija
— satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole
Slovene:
simetrija
— satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole
Thai:
ความสมดุล
(kwaam-sà-má-dun)
— satisfying arrangement of a balanced distribution of the elements of a whole
