universe

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From Middle English universe, from Old French univers, from Latin universum (“all things, as a whole, the universe”), neuter of universus (“all together, whole, entire, collective, general, literally turned or combined into one”), from uni-, combining form of unus (“one”) + versus (“turned”), perfect passive participle of vertō (“to turn”). Analyzable as uni- + -verse through backformation of -verse.

From Middle English, directly or via Old French univers, from Latin universum. See universe.

386 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chamorro: ch — sum of everything that exists
• Czech: vesmír — sum of everything that exists
• Dutch: heelal — sum of everything that exists
• Finnish: maailmankaikkeus — sum of everything that exists
• Finnish: universumi — sum of everything that exists
• Finnish: kosmos — sum of everything that exists
• French: Univers — sum of everything that exists
• Georgian: სამყარო (samq̇aro) — sum of everything that exists
• German: Universum — sum of everything that exists
• Macedonian: все́лена (vsélena) — sum of everything that exists
• Macedonian: униве́рзум (univérzum) — sum of everything that exists
• Macedonian: ко́смос (kósmos) — sum of everything that exists
• Malayalam: പ്രപഞ്ചം (prapañcaṁ) — sum of everything that exists
• Portuguese: universo — sum of everything that exists
• Santali: ᱚᱣᱟᱝ (ôvaṅ) — sum of everything that exists
• Sinhalese: විශ්වය (wiśwaya) — sum of everything that exists
• Spanish: universo — sum of everything that exists
• Turkish: evren — sum of everything that exists
• Abaza: дуна́й (dunáj) — the Universe
• Abkhaz: адунеи (adunej) — the Universe
• Afrikaans: heelal — the Universe
• Afrikaans: universum — the Universe
• Albanian: gjithësi — the Universe
• Southern Altai: ак айазы (ak ayazï) — the Universe
• Southern Altai: ак айас — the Universe
• Amharic: ጠፈር (ṭäfär) — the Universe
• Arabic: كَوْن (kawn) — the Universe
• Arabic: الْكَوْن (al-kawn) — the Universe
• Arabic: عَالَم (ʕālam) — the Universe
• Arabic: كون (kūn) — the Universe
• Arabic: أكوان (ʔakwān) — the Universe
• Arabic: كون (kōn) — the Universe
• Arabic: عَالَم (ʕālam) — the Universe
• Aragonese: universo — the Universe
• Armenian: տիեզերք (tiezerkʻ) — the Universe
• Assamese: বিশ্বব্ৰহ্মাণ্ড (bissobrohmando) — the Universe
• Assamese: মহাজগত (mohazogot) — the Universe
• Asturian: universu — the Universe
• Aymara: pacha — the Universe
• Azerbaijani: kainat — the Universe
• Bambara: diɲɛ — the Universe
• Bambara: duniya — the Universe
• Bashkir: ғәләм (ğələm) — the Universe
• Basque: unibertso — the Universe
• Belarusian: сусве́т (susvjét) — the Universe
• Belarusian: сусьве́т (susʹvjét) — the Universe
• Belarusian: Сусве́т (Susvjét) — the Universe
• Bengali: মহাবিশ্ব (mohabiśśo) — the Universe
• Bengali: ব্রহ্মাণ্ড (brohmanḍo) — the Universe
• Bengali: কায়েনাত (kaẏenat) — the Universe
• Bengali: আলম (alom) — the Universe
• Breton: hollved — the Universe
• Bulgarian: вселе́на (vseléna) — the Universe
• Burmese: စကြဝဠာ (ca.kra.wa.la) — the Universe
• Burmese: လောကဓာတ် (lau:ka.dhat) — the Universe
• Carpathian Rusyn: весмір (vesmir) — the Universe
• Catalan: univers — the Universe
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ddunit — the Universe
• Chechen: тӏурнене (tʼurnene) — the Universe
• Cheyenne: mȧhoo'ōme — the Universe
• Chichewa: mlengalenga — the Universe
• Chinese Cantonese: 宇宙 (jyu5 zau6) — the Universe
• Eastern Min Chinese: 宇宙 (ṳ̄-dêu) — the Universe
• Hakka Chinese: 宇宙 (yí-chhiu) — the Universe
• Chinese: 宇宙 (zh-min-nan) — the Universe
• Chinese Mandarin: 宇宙 (yǔzhòu) — the Universe
• Wu Chinese: 宇宙 (6yu-zeu) — the Universe
• Chukchi: ӈаргынэн (ṇargynėn) — the Universe
• Chuvash: ҫут тӗнче (śut tĕnč̬e) — the Universe
• West Circassian: дунаир (dunajir) — the Universe
• Cornish: ollvys — the Universe
• Cornish: ollves — the Universe
• Corsican: universu — the Universe
• Crimean Tatar: dünya — the Universe
• Crimean Tatar: alem — the Universe
• Crimean Tatar: дюнйа (dünya) — the Universe
• Crimean Tatar: алем (alem) — the Universe
• Czech: vesmír — the Universe
• Danish: univers — the Universe
• Dutch: heelal — the Universe
• Dutch: universum — the Universe
• Dzongkha: འཇིག་རྟེན། ('jig rten) — the Universe
• East Futuna: atulaulau — the Universe
• East Futuna: malamanei — the Universe
• Emilian: univêrs — the Universe
• Erzya: менельть-масторт (menelť-mastort) — the Universe
• Erzya: масторава (mastorava) — the Universe
• Esperanto: universo — the Universe
• Estonian: universum — the Universe
• Estonian: maailmakõiksus — the Universe
• Faroese: alheimur — the Universe
• Fiji Hindi: sansaar — the Universe
• Finnish: kaikkeus — the Universe
• Finnish: kosmos — the Universe
• Finnish: maailma — the Universe
• Finnish: maailmankaikkeus — the Universe
• Finnish: universumi — the Universe
• French: univers — the Universe
• French: Univers — the Universe
• Old French: univers — the Universe
• North Frisian: åål — the Universe
• Saterland Frisian: Al — the Universe
• West-Frisian: hielal — the Universe
• Friulian: univiers — the Universe
• Galician: universo — the Universe
• Georgian: სამყარო (samq̇aro) — the Universe
• German: Universum — the Universe
• German: Weltall — the Universe
• German: Ünivärsum — the Universe
• Bavarian German: Wödall — the Universe
• German: Weldall — the Universe
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍈𐌿𐍃 (fairƕus) — the Universe
• Greek: σύμπαν (sýmpan) — the Universe
• Ancient Greek: σύμπαν (súmpan) — the Universe
• Gujarati: બ્રહ્માંડ (brahmā̃ḍ) — the Universe
• Haitian Creole: linivè — the Universe
• Hawaiian: ao holoʻokoʻa — the Universe
• Hebrew: יְקוּם (yekúm) — the Universe
• Hindi: ब्रह्मांड (brahmāṇḍ) — the Universe
• Hindi: ब्रह्माण्ड (brahmāṇḍ) — the Universe
• Hindi: विश्व (viśva) — the Universe
• Hindi: जगत (jagat) — the Universe
• Hindi: जग (jag) — the Universe
• Hindi: दुनिया (duniyā) — the Universe
• Hindi: जहान (jahān) — the Universe
• Hindi: कायनात (kāynāt) — the Universe
• Hindi: प्रपंच (prapañc) — the Universe
• Hindi: आलम (ālam) — the Universe
• Hungarian: világegyetem — the Universe
• Hungarian: univerzum — the Universe
• Hungarian: világmindenség — the Universe
• Hungarian: mindenség — the Universe
• Icelandic: alheimur — the Universe
• Ido: universo — the Universe
• Ilocano: law-ang — the Universe
• Indonesian: alam semesta — the Universe
• Ingush: ӏайлам (ˀajlam) — the Universe
• Interlingua: universo — the Universe
• Irish: cruinne — the Universe
• Italian: universo — the Universe
• Japanese: 宇宙 (uchū) — the Universe
• Javanese: alam semesta — the Universe
• Kabyle: ameɣṛad — the Universe
• Kabyle: ameghrad (neo) — the Universe
• Kalmyk: орчлң (orçlñ) — the Universe
• Kannada: ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾಂಡ (brahmāṇḍa) — the Universe
• Kapampangan: sikluban — the Universe
• Karachay-Balkar: дуния (duniya) — the Universe
• Karachay-Balkar: алам (alam) — the Universe
• Kashubian: swiatnica — the Universe
• Kashubian: wszechswiat — the Universe
• Kazakh: әлем (älem) — the Universe
• Khakas: чайаан-чалбах (çayaan-çalbax) — the Universe
• Khakas: чир-чалбах (çir-çalbax) — the Universe
• Khakas: тилекей (tilekey) — the Universe
• Khmer: សកលលោក (saʼkɑllook) — the Universe
• Khmer: ចក្រវាល (cak viəl) — the Universe
• Korean: 우주 (uju) — the Universe
• Central Kurdish: گەردوون (gerdûn) — the Universe
• Northern Kurdish: gerdûn — the Universe
• Northern Kurdish: kinyat — the Universe
• Northern Kurdish: karîgeh — the Universe
• Northern Kurdish: unîvers — the Universe
• Kyrgyz: аалам (aalam) — the Universe
• Ladin: univers — the Universe
• Lao: ຈັກກະວານ (chak ka wān) — the Universe
• Latgalian: vysaine — the Universe
• Latin: ūniversum — the Universe
• Latvian: visums — the Universe
• Lezgi: дуьнья (dün’ä) — the Universe
• Ligurian: universo — the Universe
• Limburgish: hielal — the Universe
• Limburgish: universum — the Universe
• Lithuanian: visata — the Universe
• Lombard: univèrs — the Universe
• Low German: hielal — the Universe
• Luxembourgish: Universum — the Universe
• Macedonian: вселена (vselena) — the Universe
• Malagasy: erana — the Universe
• Malay: alam semesta — the Universe
• Malay: jagat raya — the Universe
• Malayalam: പ്രപഞ്ചം (prapañcaṁ) — the Universe
• Maltese: univérs — the Universe
• Maltese: holqién — the Universe
• Northern Mansi: то̄рум-ма̄ (tōrum-mā) — the Universe
• Manx: dowan — the Universe
• Māori: ao tukupū — the Universe
• Māori: ao tukipū — the Universe
• Marathi: विश्व (viśva) — the Universe
• Mingrelian: ოქიანუ (okianu) — the Universe
• Mirandese: ouniberso — the Universe
• Moksha: мастор (mastor) — the Universe
• Moksha: масторланга (mastorlanga) — the Universe
• Mongolian: орчлон (orčlon) — the Universe
• Mongolian: ертөнц (jörtönc) — the Universe
• Mongolian: ᠣᠷᠴᠢᠯᠠᠩ (orčilang) — the Universe
• Mongolian: ᠶᠢᠷᠲᠢᠨᠴᠦ (yirtinčü) — the Universe
• Nahuatl: cemānāhuac — the Universe
• Classical Nahuatl: cemānāhuac — the Universe
• Navajo: yágháhookáán — the Universe
• Neapolitan: nevèrzo — the Universe
• Nepali: विश्व (viśwa) — the Universe
• Nogai: дунья (dun’ya) — the Universe
• Cotentinais: eunivers — the Universe
• Norman: univers — the Universe
• Norman: unnivèrs — the Universe
• Norwegian Bokmål: univers — the Universe
• Norwegian Bokmål: verdensrom — the Universe
• Norwegian Nynorsk: univers — the Universe
• Norwegian Nynorsk: verdsrom — the Universe
• Norwegian Nynorsk: himmelrømd — the Universe
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rømd — the Universe
• Occitan: univèrs — the Universe
• Odia: ବ୍ରହ୍ମାଣ୍ଡ (brahmāṇḍa) — the Universe
• Church Slavic: въселенаꙗ (vŭselenaja) — the Universe
• Papiamentu: universo — the Universe
• Pashto: کيهان (kayhān) — the Universe
• Pashto: کاينات (kāyenāt) — the Universe
• Pashto: عالم ('ālam) — the Universe
• Iranian Persian: کِیْهان (keyhân) — the Universe
• Iranian Persian: هَسْتی (hasti) — the Universe
• Iranian Persian: کائِنات (kâ'enât) — the Universe
• Iranian Persian: عالَم (âlam) — the Universe
• Piedmontese: univers — the Universe
• Plautdietsch: Weltaul — the Universe
• Plautdietsch: Weltommfank — the Universe
• Polish: wszechświat — the Universe
• Portuguese: universo — the Universe
• Punjabi: ਵਿਸ਼ਵ (viśva) — the Universe
• Punjabi: ਦੁਨੀਆ (dunīā) — the Universe
• Punjabi: ਜਹਾਨ (jahān) — the Universe
• Punjabi: ਬ੍ਰਹਿਮੰਡ (brhimaṇḍ) — the Universe
• Quechua: ch'askancha — the Universe
• Romanian: univers — the Universe
• Romansh: univers — the Universe
• Russian: вселе́нная (vselénnaja) — the Universe
• Russian: Вселе́нная (Vselénnaja) — the Universe
• Russian: всесве́т (vsesvét) — the Universe
• Samogitian: vėsatuos — the Universe
• Sanskrit: ब्रह्माण्ड (brahmāṇḍa) — the Universe
• Sanskrit: विश्व (viśva) — the Universe
• Sanskrit: जगत् (jagat) — the Universe
• Santali: ᱚᱣᱟᱝ (ôvaṅ) — the Universe
• Sardinian: univérsu — the Universe
• Scots: univers — the Universe
• Scottish Gaelic: domhan — the Universe
• Scottish Gaelic: cruinne-cè — the Universe
• Scottish Gaelic: saoghal — the Universe
• Serbo-Croatian: све̏мӣр — the Universe
• Serbo-Croatian: васио́на — the Universe
• Serbo-Croatian: васелена — the Universe
• Serbo-Croatian: васељена — the Universe
• Serbo-Croatian: svȅmīr — the Universe
• Serbo-Croatian: vasióna — the Universe
• Serbo-Croatian: vaselena — the Universe
• Serbo-Croatian: vaseljena — the Universe
• Shan: လုမ်ႈၽႃႉ (lūm phâ̰a) — the Universe
• Shona: rudunhumwe — the Universe
• Sicilian: universu — the Universe
• Silesian: wszechświat — the Universe
• Sinhalese: විශ්වය (wiśwaya) — the Universe
• Slovak: vesmír — the Universe
• Slovene: vesolje — the Universe
• Somali: koon — the Universe
• Lower Sorbian: swětnišćo — the Universe
• Lower Sorbian: uniwersum — the Universe
• Upper Sorbian: swětnišćo — the Universe
• Sotho: legôhlê — the Universe
• Spanish: universo — the Universe
• Sumerian: 𒀭𒆠 (an-ki) — the Universe
• Swahili: ulimwengu — the Universe
• Swedish: universum — the Universe
• Tabasaran: аьлам (a̱lam) — the Universe
• Tagalog: sansinukob — the Universe
• Tagalog: uniberso — the Universe
• Tajik: коинот (koyinot) — the Universe
• Tajik: олам (olam) — the Universe
• Tajik: кайҳон (kayhon) — the Universe
• Tamil: அண்டம் (aṇṭam) — the Universe
• Tashelhit: ddunit — the Universe
• Tatar: галәм (ğäläm) — the Universe
• Telugu: విశ్వం (viśvaṁ) — the Universe
• Thai: จักรวาล (jàk-grà-waan) — the Universe
• Thai: เอกภพ (èek-gà-póp) — the Universe
• Thai: เอกภาพ (èek-gà-pâap) — the Universe
• Tibetan: འཇིག་རྟེན ('jig rten) — the Universe
• Tigrinya: ዓለማት (ʿalämat) — the Universe
• Turkish: uzay — the Universe
• Turkish: evren — the Universe
• Turkish: cihan — the Universe
• Turkish: kâinat — the Universe
• Turkmen: älem-jahan — the Universe
• Turkmen: älem — the Universe
• Tuvan: октаргай (oktargay) — the Universe
• Tuvan: бүдүмел (büdümel) — the Universe
• Ukrainian: все́світ (vsésvit) — the Universe
• Ukrainian: Все́світ (Vsésvit) — the Universe
• Urdu: کائِنات (kāināt) — the Universe
• Urdu: گَیہان (gaihān) — the Universe
• Urdu: عالَم ('ālam) — the Universe
• Urdu: دُنْیا (dunyā) — the Universe
• Urdu: دُنِیا (duniyā) — the Universe
• Uyghur: ئالەم (alem) — the Universe
• Uyghur: كائىنات (ka'inat) — the Universe
• Uzbek: olam — the Universe
• Uzbek: borliq — the Universe
• Uzbek: koinot — the Universe
• Venetan: universo — the Universe
• Veps: mir — the Universe
• Vietnamese: vũ trụ — the Universe
• Võro: ilm — the Universe
• Wallisian: 'atulaulau — the Universe
• Wallisian: mālama — the Universe
• Wallisian: malamanei — the Universe
• Waray-Waray: sangkalibutan — the Universe
• Waray-Waray: universo — the Universe
• Welsh: bydysawd — the Universe
• Yiddish: אוניווערס (univers) — the Universe
• Yiddish: אַלוועלט (alvelt) — the Universe
• Yoruba: ayé — the Universe
• Yoruba: àgbáyé — the Universe
• Yucatec Maya: yóok’ol kaab — the Universe
• Zulu: umkhathi — the Universe
• Aragonese: universo — an entity similar to our universe
• Bashkir: ғәләм (ğələm) — an entity similar to our universe
• Catalan: univers — an entity similar to our universe
• Danish: univers — an entity similar to our universe
• Finnish: maailmankaikkeus — an entity similar to our universe
• Finnish: universumi — an entity similar to our universe
• French: univers — an entity similar to our universe
• German: Universum — an entity similar to our universe
• Greek: σύμπαν (sýmpan) — an entity similar to our universe
• Ido: universo — an entity similar to our universe
• Italian: universo — an entity similar to our universe
• Japanese: 宇宙 (uchū) — an entity similar to our universe
• Korean: 우주 (uju) — an entity similar to our universe
• Macedonian: вселена (vselena) — an entity similar to our universe
• Portuguese: universo — an entity similar to our universe
• Russian: вселе́нная (vselénnaja) — an entity similar to our universe
• Russian: мир (mir) — an entity similar to our universe
• Scottish Gaelic: domhan — an entity similar to our universe
• Scottish Gaelic: saoghal — an entity similar to our universe
• Scottish Gaelic: cruinne-cè — an entity similar to our universe
• Serbo-Croatian: vasióna — an entity similar to our universe
• Serbo-Croatian: vaseljena — an entity similar to our universe
• Slovene: vesolje — an entity similar to our universe
• Spanish: universo — an entity similar to our universe
• Aragonese: universo — everything under consideration
• Danish: univers — everything under consideration
• Finnish: avaruus — everything under consideration
• Greek: σύμπαν (sýmpan) — everything under consideration
• Hindi: ब्रह्माण्ड (brahmāṇḍ) — everything under consideration
• Japanese: 森羅万象 (shinrabanshō) — everything under consideration
• Macedonian: вселена (vselena) — everything under consideration
• Portuguese: universo — everything under consideration
• Russian: вселе́нная (vselénnaja) — everything under consideration
• Russian: мир (mir) — everything under consideration
• Scottish Gaelic: domhan — everything under consideration
• Scottish Gaelic: saoghal — everything under consideration
• Scottish Gaelic: cruinne-cè — everything under consideration
• Bulgarian: вселе́на (vseléna) — an imaginary collection of worlds
• Danish: univers — an imaginary collection of worlds
• Finnish: maailma — an imaginary collection of worlds
• Finnish: maailmat — an imaginary collection of worlds
• German: Universum — an imaginary collection of worlds
• Greek: σύμπαν (sýmpan) — an imaginary collection of worlds
• Italian: universo — an imaginary collection of worlds
• Macedonian: вселена (vselena) — an imaginary collection of worlds
• Iranian Persian: کِیْهان (keyhân) — an imaginary collection of worlds
• Polish: uniwersum — an imaginary collection of worlds
• Portuguese: universo — an imaginary collection of worlds
• Russian: вселе́нная (vselénnaja) — an imaginary collection of worlds
• Russian: мир (mir) — an imaginary collection of worlds
• Scottish Gaelic: domhan — an imaginary collection of worlds
• Scottish Gaelic: saoghal — an imaginary collection of worlds
• Scottish Gaelic: cruinne-cè — an imaginary collection of worlds
• Bashkir: донъя (donʺya) — intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting
• Danish: univers — intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting
• Greek: σύμπαν (sýmpan) — intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting
• Italian: universo — intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting
• Macedonian: вселена (vselena) — intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting
• Portuguese: universo — intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting
• Russian: вселе́нная (vselénnaja) — intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting
• Scottish Gaelic: domhan — intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting
• Scottish Gaelic: saoghal — intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting
• Scottish Gaelic: cruinne-cè — intense form of world in the sense of perspective or social setting