How to say “aim” in 33 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
- लक्ष्य/lək.ʂjᵊ/ Hindi
- σκοπεύω/skoˈpe.vo/ Greek
- նպատակ/nəpɑˈtɑk/ Armenian
- ഉന്നം/unːɐm/ Malayalam
- منظور[mæn.zúːɹ] Persian
“aim” in French: propos · Italian: scopo · Hindi: लक्ष्य · Greek: σκοπεύω
It is commonest in French, where propos is the 435th most used word.
Aim in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans teiken/ˈtəi̯kən/ aim; target; goal #962
- Albanian qëllim/cəˈɫim/ goal, aim #922
- Armenian նպատակ/nəpɑˈtɑk/ #1,153
- Bosnian cilj/t͡sîːʎ/ aim, goal, purpose #1,206
- Bulgarian цел[t͡sɛɫ] goal, aim #963
- Croatian cilj/t͡sîːʎ/ aim, goal, purpose #1,173
- Czech míří[ˈmiːr̝iː] to aim #1,924
- Dutch bedoel/bəˈdul/ to intend, to have an aim #217
- English success/səkˈsɛs/ The achievement of one's aim or goal #1,779
- Esperanto celas/ˈt͡selas/ to aim for, aim at #484
- Estonian eesmärk/ˈeːsmærk/ purpose, aim, goal, objective, end #1,150
- Finnish aio/ˈɑi̯.oˣ/ to plan to do, intend to do, aim to do; to be… #617
- French propos/pʁɔ.po/ aim, intention #435
- Greek σκοπεύω/skoˈpe.vo/ to aim, take aim #2,347
- Hebrew מטרה/matˤ.tˤaːˈraː/ a target, aim #1,036
- Hindi लक्ष्य/lək.ʂjᵊ/ #703
- Icelandic beina[ˈpeiːna] to aim, to direct, to point #1,554
- Indonesian tujuan/tuˈd͡ʒuan/ goal, objective, aim, purpose #695
- Italian scopo/ˈskɔ.po/ aim, end, goal #1,615
- Lithuanian tikslas[ˈtʲɪkslɐs] aim, goal #817
- Macedonian цели[ˈt͡sɛli] goal, aim #1,256
- Malay tujuan/ˈtud͡ʒuan/ goal, objective, aim, purpose #705
- Malayalam ഉന്നം/unːɐm/ #677
- Persian منظور[mæn.zúːɹ] aim, intention, objective #925
- Polish cel/ˈt͡sɛl/ goal, aim, objective, target #1,067
- Portuguese propósito/pɾoˈpɔ.zi.tu/ purpose; target; aim; goal #1,133
- Russian цель[t͡sɛlʲ] goal, target, aim, end, object #1,228
- Serbian cilj/t͡sîːʎ/ aim, goal, purpose #1,191
- Tagalog pakay/ˈpakaj/ purpose; aim; intention; mission #1,586
- Tamil இலக்கு/ɪlɐkːɯ/ target, aim, scope #380
- Turkish amacı/amaˈd͡ʒɯ/ purpose, aim, goal #1,782
- Urdu نشانہ/nɪʃɑːnə/ aim, target #666
- Vietnamese hòng[hawŋ͡m˨˩] to intend; to aim #2,303
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.