control
🔒 The real picture unlocks in the dictionary app.
The meaning (definition) of the word control
to make something move or work the way you want
The word control used in a sentence
“I control the toy car with a remote.”
How the word control is said around the world
| French | contrôler (kon-troh-LAY) |
| Spanish | controlar (kohn-troh-LAHR) |
| Mandarin | 控制 (kong jir) |
| Hindi | चलाना (chuh-LAH-nah) |
| Arabic | يَتَحَكَّم (ya-ta-HAK-kam) |
| Russian | управлять (oo-prahv-LYAHT) |
| Portuguese (EU) | controlar (koon-troo-LAR) |
| Portuguese (BR) | controlar (kohn-troh-LAR) |
| Japanese | そうさする (SOH-sah SOO-roo) |
| German | steuern (SHTOY-ern) |
| Urdu | قابو کرنا (KAA-boo KAR-naa) |
| Punjabi | ਕਾਬੂ ਕਰਨਾ (KAA-boo KAR-naa) |
| Korean | 조종하다 (joh-JOHNG-hah-dah) |
| Hebrew | לִשְׁלֹט (leesh-LOHT) |
| Greek | ελέγχω (e-LENG-kho) |
| Dutch | besturen (buh-STEW-run) |
| Tagalog | kontrolin (kohn-troh-LEEN) |
| Vietnamese | điều khiển (dyew KHYEN) |
| Turkish | kontrol etmek (kon-TROL et-MEK) |
| Persian | کنترل کردن (kon-TROL kar-DAN) |
| Polish | sterować (steh-ROH-vach) |
| Ukrainian | керувати (keh-roo-VAH-tee) |
| Bengali | নিয়ন্ত্রণ করা (NEE-yon-tron KOH-rah) |
| Swedish | styra (STUE-rah) |
| Italian | controllare (kohn-trohl-LAH-ray) |
Learn control with pictures, sound and writing practice
Hear control spoken aloud, trace how it is written, and explore it in 25 languages in the Little Wordsmiths dictionary.
Open the full dictionaryLittle Wordsmiths is a picture-first children's dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia in 25 languages.
Home · Dictionary · Sign in · Sign up