independence

See also: Independence

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French indépendance

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪndɪˈpɛndəns/

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• Hyphenation: in‧de‧pend‧ence

Noun

independence (countable and uncountable, plural independences)

1. The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.
2. The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.

Derived terms

• Independence County
• independentism
• independentist

Translations

state or quality of being independent

• Afrikaans: onafhanklikheid (af)
• Albanian: pavarësi (sq) f, pamvarësi f
• Arabic: اِسْتِقْلَال m (istiqlāl)
• Armenian: անկախություն (hy) (ankaxutʻyun)
• Asturian: independencia f
• Azerbaijani: istiqlal (az), istiqlaliyyət (az), müstəqillik (az)
• Bashkir: бойондороҡһоҙлоҡ (boyondoroqhoźloq)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: незале́жнасць f (njezaljéžnascʹ), самасто́йнасць f (samastójnascʹ)
• Bengali: স্বাধীনতা (bn) (śadhinota)
• Bulgarian: незави́симост (bg) f (nezavísimost)
• Burmese: ကိုယ့်မင်းကိုယ့်ချင်း (my) (kuiy.mang:kuiy.hkyang:), လွတ်လပ်ရေး (my) (lwatlap-re:)
• Catalan: independència (ca) f
• Chechen: лаамалла (laamalla) d, до̄зушцахилар (doozušcaxilar)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 獨立／独立 (yue) (duk⁶ laap⁶)

  Mandarin: 獨立／独立 (zh) (dúlì), 独立 (zh) (dúlì)

  Min Nan: 獨立／独立 (zh-min-nan) (to̍k-li̍p)

• Crimean Tatar: mustaqillik
• Czech: nezávislost (cs) f, samostatnost (cs) f
• Danish: uafhængighed c, selvstændighed c
• Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: onafhankelijkheid (nl) f, zelfstandigheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: sendependeco
• Estonian: iseseisvus
• Finnish: itsenäisyys (fi)
• French: indépendance (fr) f
• Gagauz: baamsızlık
• Galician: independencia (gl) f
• Georgian: დამოუკიდებლობა (damouḳidebloba)
• German: Unabhängigkeit (de) f
• Greek: ανεξαρτησία (el) f (anexartisía)

  Ancient Greek: αὐτονομία f (autonomía)

• Gujarati: સ્વતંત્રતા (svatantratā)
• Hebrew: עַצְמָאוּת (he) f (atsmaút)
• Hindi: स्वतंत्रता (hi) m (svatantratā)
• Hungarian: függetlenség (hu)
• Icelandic: sjálfstæði n, óhæði n
• Indonesian: kemerdekaan (id)
• Italian: indipendenza (it) f
• Japanese: 独立 (ja) (どくりつ, dokuritsu)
• Kannada: ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ (kn) (svātantrya)
• Kazakh: тәуелсіздік (kk) (täuelsızdık)
• Khmer: ឯករាជ្យ (km) (aikgareeich)
• Korean: 독립 (ko) (dongnip) (獨立 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سەربەخۆیی (serbexoyî)

  Northern Kurdish: serbixweyî (ku)

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• Kyrgyz: көз каранды эместик (köz karandı emestik), өзүнчөлүк (ky) (özüncölük), багынбоочулук (ky) (bagınbooculuk)
• Lao: ເອກະລາດ (lo) (ʼē ka lāt)
• Latin: lībertās (la) f
• Latvian: neatkarība f
• Lithuanian: nepriklausomybė (lt) f
• Macedonian: независност f (nezavisnost)
• Malay: kemerdekaan
• Malayalam: സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം (ml) (svātantryaṁ)
• Maltese: indipendenza f
• Maore Comorian: uhuru class 14
• Maori: mana motuhake (political), motuhaketanga
• Mongolian: бие даасан байдал (bije daasan bajdal), тусгаар тогтнол (tusgaar togtnol)
• Nahuatl: tlācaxoxouhcāyōtl, tlakaxoxoukayotl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uavhengighet (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: sjølvstende n

• Okinawan: ちゅいだち (cuidaci)
• Oriya: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: استقلال (fa) (esteqlâl), آزادی (fa) (âzâdi)
• Polish: niepodległość (pl) f
• Portuguese: independência (pt) f
• Romanian: independență (ro) f
• Russian: незави́симость (ru) f (nezavísimostʹ), самостоя́тельность (ru) f (samostojátelʹnostʹ)
• Sardinian: indipendentzia f
• Scots: unthirldom
• Scottish Gaelic: neo-eisimeileachd
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: не̏овисно̄ст f, неза́висно̄ст f

  Roman: nȅovisnōst (sh) f, nezávisnōst (sh) f

• Sinhalese: ස්වාධීනත්‍වය (swādhīnatwaya)
• Slovak: nezávislosť f
• Slovene: neodvisnost (sl) f
• Spanish: independencia (es) f
• Swedish: oavhängighet (sv)
• Tajik: истиқлол (istiqlol), озодӣ (tg) (ozodī)
• Tamil: சுதந்திரம் (ta) (cutantiram)
• Tatar: бәйсезлек (tt) (bäysezlek), мөстәкыйльлек (tt) (möstäkıyl’lek)
• Telugu: స్వాతంత్ర్యము (te) (svātantryamu)
• Thai: เอกราช (èek-gà-râat)
• Tibetan: རང་བཙན (rang btsan)
• Turkish: istiklal (tr), bağımsızlık (tr)
• Turkmen: garaşsyzlyk
• Ukrainian: незале́жність (uk) (nezaléžnistʹ), самості́йність f (samostíjnistʹ)
• Urdu: استقلال (istiqlāl), آزادی (ur) f (āzādī)
• Uzbek: mustaqillik (uz), ozodlik (uz), istiqlol (uz)
• Vietnamese: độc lập (vi) (獨立)
• Yiddish: אומאָפּהענגיקייט f (umophengikeyt), זעלבשטענדיקייט f (zelbshtendikeyt)

state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood

• Czech: nezávislost (cs) f, samostatnost (cs) f
• Danish: uafhængighed c, selvstændighed c
• Dutch: zelfstandigheid (nl) f, onafhankelijkheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: memstareco, sendependenco
• Estonian: sõltumatus
• Finnish: riippumattomuus (fi)
• German: Unabhängigkeit (de) f
• Greek: ανεξαρτησία (el) f (anexartisía)
• Hungarian: önállóság (hu)
• Icelandic: sjálfstæði n
• Italian: indipendenza (it) f
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• Latvian: neatkarība f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uavhengighet (no) m or f

• Polish: niezależność (pl) f
• Portuguese: independência (pt) f
• Romanian: independență (ro) f
• Russian: незави́симость (ru) f (nezavísimostʹ), самостоя́тельность (ru) f (samostojátelʹnostʹ)
• Scots: free staundin
• Serbo-Croatian: nȅovisnōst (sh) f, nezávisnōst (sh) f
• Spanish: independencia (es) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} indépendance (fr) f
• German: ^{(please verify)} Unabhängigkeit (de) f, ^{(please verify)} Selbständigkeit f
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} עַצְמָאוּת (he) f (a'tsmaot)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} kemerdekaan (id)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} indipendenza f
• Old English: ^{(please verify)} selfdom
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} självständighet (sv) c