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.
If you know a correction or addition to the list, please email it to <web-translators@gnu.org>. Please stick to UTF-8 in your message. Thanks.
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 | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| af | Afrikaans | vrye sagteware | ||
| ar | Arabic | برمجيات حرة (barmagiyat ḥorrah) | ||
| be | Belarusian | свабоднае праграмнае забесьпячэньне (svabodnae pragramnae zabes'pjachen'ne) | ||
| bg | Bulgarian | свободен софтуер (svoboden softuer) | безплатен софтуер | |
| ca | Catalan | programari lliure | programari gratuït | |
| cs | Czech | svobodný software | bezplatný software | |
| cy | Welsh | meddalwedd rydd | ||
| da | Danish | fri software / frit programmel | ||
| de | German | freie Software | Gratis-Software / Kostenlose Software | |
| el | Greek | ελεύθερο λογισμικό (eleuthero logismiko) | ||
| eo | Esperanto | libera programaro / programo | ||
| es | Spanish | software libre | ||
| et | Estonian | vaba tarkvara | tasuta tarkvara | |
| fa | Persian (Farsi) | نرمافزارِ آزاد | ||
| fi | Finnish | vapaa ohjelmisto | ||
| fr | French | logiciel libre | logiciel gratuit | |
| ga | Irish | bog earraí saoire | ||
| he | Hebrew | תוכנה חופשית (tochna chofshit) | ||
| hi | Hindi | मुक्त सॉफ्टवेयर (mukt software) | ||
| hr / sr | Croatian / Serbian | slobodni softver / слободни софтвер | ||
| hu | Hungarian | szabad 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 (jiyuu software) | 無料ソフトウェア (muryou software) | |
| ko | Korean | 자유 소프트웨어 (ja-yu software) | ||
| lt | Lithuanian | laisva programinė įranga | nemokama programinė įranga | |
| mk | Macedonian | слободен софтвер (sloboden softver) | бесплатен софтвер | |
| ml | Malayalam | സ്വതന്ത്രസോഫ്റ്റ്വെയര് | ||
| 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 | software liber | programe gratuite | |
| ru | Russian | свободные программы (svobodnie programmi) | бесплатные программы (besplatnie programmi) | |
| sc | Sardinian | software liberu | ||
| si | Sinhala | නිදහස් මෘදුකාංග | ||
| sk | Slovak | slobodný softvér | ||
| sl | Slovenian | prosto programje | ||
| sq | Albanian | software i lirë | software falas | |
| sr / hr | Serbian / Croatian | слободни софтвер / slobodni softver | ||
| sv | Swedish | fri programvara / fri mjukvara | ||
| sw | Swahili | Programu huru za Kompyuta | ||
| ta | Tamil | கட்டற்ற மென்பொருள் | ||
| th | Thai | ซอฟต์แวร์เสรี | ||
| tl | Tagalog / Filipino | malayang software | ||
| tr | Turkish | özgür yazılım | ||
| uk | Ukrainian | вільне програмне забезпечення (vil'ne prohramne zabezpechennja) | ||
| vi | Vietnamese | phần mềm tự do | ||
| zh-cn | Chinese (Simplified) | 自由软件 (zi-you ruan-jian) | 免费软件 | |
| zh-tw | Chinese (Traditional) | 自由軟體 (zih-yo) | 免費軟體 | |
| zu | Zulu | Isoftware Ekhululekile |