Translations of the term “free software”
This is a list of recommended unambiguous translations for the term “free software” (free as in freedom) into various languages.
We also provide translations of “gratis software” in a separate column to show how to make the contrast in various languages.
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The parenthesized phrases in Latin letters after some of the entries are transliterations (with vowels added where relevant). Please send any corrections or additions to those, too.
Language Code | Language Name | Free Software | Gratis Software |
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af | Afrikaans | vrye sagteware | gratis sagteware |
ar | Arabic | برمجيات حرة (barmajiyat ḥorrah) | |
be | Belarusian | свабоднае праграмнае забесьпячэньне (svabodnae pragramnae zabes'pjachen'ne) | |
bg | Bulgarian | свободен софтуер (svoboden softuer) | безплатен софтуер (bezplaten softuer) |
bn | Bengali | স্বাধীন সফটওয়্যার (swadhin software) | |
ca | Catalan | programari lliure | programari gratuït |
cs | Czech | svobodný software | bezplatný software |
cy | Welsh | meddalwedd rydd | |
da | Danish | fri software / frit programmel | gratis software |
de | German | Freie Software | Gratis-Software / Kostenlose Software |
el | Greek | ελεύθερο λογισμικό (elefthero logismiko) | δωρεάν λογισμικό (dorean logismiko) |
eo | Esperanto | libera programaro / programo | |
eu | Basque | software librea | doako softwarea |
es | Spanish | software libre | software gratuito |
et | Estonian | vaba tarkvara | tasuta tarkvara |
fa | Persian (Farsi) | نرمافزار آزاد (narmafzar azad) | نرمافزار رایگان (narmafzar raygan) |
fi | Finnish | vapaa ohjelmisto | ilmainen ohjelmisto |
fr | French | logiciel libre | logiciel gratuit |
ga | Irish | Saorbhogearraí | Bogearraí saora in aisce |
he | Hebrew | תוכנה חופשית (tochna chofshit) | תוכנה חינמית (tochna chinamit) |
hi | Hindi | मुक्त सॉफ्टवेयर (mukt software) | मुफ़्त सॉफ्टवेयर (muft software) |
hr | Croatian | slobodan softver | besplatan softver |
hu | Hungarian | szabad szoftver | ingyenes szoftver / ingyen szoftver |
hy | Armenian | ազատ ծրագիր/ծրագրեր (azat tsragir/tsragrer) | |
ia | Interlingua | libere programmage / libere programmario | |
id | Indonesian | perangkat lunak bebas | |
io | Ido | libera programaro | |
is | Icelandic | frjáls hugbúnaður | |
it | Italian | software libero | software gratuito |
ja | Japanese | 自由ソフトウェア (jiyū sofutouea) | 無料ソフトウェア (muryō sofutouea) |
ka | Georgian | თავისუფალი პროგრამები (tavisupali programebi) | უფასო პროგრამები (upaso programebi) |
ko | Korean | 자유 소프트웨어 (ja-yu software) | |
lt | Lithuanian | laisva programinė įranga | nemokama programinė įranga |
lv | Latvian | brīva programmatūra | bezmaksas programmatūra |
mk | Macedonian | слободен софтвер (sloboden softver) | бесплатен софтвер (besplaten softver) |
ml | Malayalam | സ്വതന്ത്രസോഫ്റ്റ്വെയര് (svatantrasophṯṯveyar) | സൗജന്യസോഫ്റ്റ്വെയര് (soujanyasophṯṯveyar) |
ms | Malay | perisian bebas | |
nl | Dutch | vrije software | gratis software |
no | Norwegian | fri programvare | |
pl | Polish | wolne oprogramowanie | darmowe oprogramowanie |
pt | Portuguese | software livre | |
ro | Romanian | programe libere | programe gratuite |
ru | Russian | свободные программы (svobodnie programmi) | бесплатные программы (besplatnie programmi) |
sc | Sardinian | software liberu | |
si | Sinhala | නිදහස් මෘදුකාංග (nidahas mṛdukāṅga) | |
sk | Slovak | slobodný softvér | |
sl | Slovenian | prosto programje | |
sq | Albanian | software i lirë | software falas |
sr | Serbian | слободни софтвер / slobodni softver | бесплатни софтвер / besplatni softver |
sv | Swedish | fri programvara / fri mjukvara | |
sw | Swahili | Software huru / Programu huru za Kompyuta | |
ta | Tamil | கட்டற்ற மென்பொருள் (kaṭṭaṟṟa meṉpoñaḷ) | இலவச மென்பொருள் (illavasa menporul) |
th | Thai | ซอฟต์แวร์เสรี (sofotwerseri) | |
tl | Tagalog / Filipino | malayang software | |
tr | Turkish | özgür yazılım | |
uk | Ukrainian | вільне програмне забезпечення (vil'ne prohramne zabezpechennja) | |
ur | Urdu | آزاد سافٹ ویئر (azad software) | مفت سافٹ ویئر (muft software) |
vi | Vietnamese | phần mềm tự do | |
zh-cn | Chinese (Simplified) | 自由软件 (zi-you ruan-jian) | 免费软件 (mian-fei ruan-jian) |
zh-tw | Chinese (Traditional) | 自由軟體 (zih-yo) | 免費軟體 (mien-fei) |
zu | Zulu | Isoftware Ekhululekile |