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Map
English
Etymology
Latin mappa "napkin, signal cloth", via Old French mapemonde "map of the world".
Pronunciation
Noun
map (plural: maps)
- Visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary.
- mathematical name for a function that assigns a value to some other value
Synonyms
Related terms
- mapmaker
- mapmaking
- texture map
Translations
- Arabic: خريطة (kharīṭah)
- Breton: kartenn f -où pl
- Chinese, simplified: 地图 (dìtú)
- Chinese, traditional: 地圖 (dìtú)
- Dutch: kaart f, landkaart f
- Esperanto: mapo
- French: carte f
- German: Landkarte f (1), Abbildung f (2)
- Greek, Modern: χάρτης (khartis, m)
- Indonesian: peta, map, atlas
- Interlingua: mappa , carta (geographic ); plano (of a house, garden, town, etc.)
- Japanese: 地図 (ちず , chizu)
- Korean: 지도 (地圖 , jido)
- Portuguese: mapa m, carta (geográfica ) f
- Romanian: hartă f
- Russian: карта f (karta)
- Slovak: mapa f (all maps but city maps) (1), plán m (city map) (1)
- Spanish: mapa m
Verb
map (maps, mapped , mapping )
- To create a visual representation of a territory, etc. via cartography
- To inform someone of a particular idea.
Related terms
Translations
- German: abbilden
- Slovak: zmapovať (1); okresliť , opísať (2)
See also
Dutch
Noun
map f
- folder
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