How to say “alcohol” in 31 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.
It is commonest in Chinese, where 喝酒 is the 343rd most used word.
- Albanian alkool #2,008
- Basque alkohola #1,065
- Bengali মদ alcohol, wine, spirits, liquor #642
- Bosnian alkohol #2,205
- Bulgarian алкохол alcohol containing a hydroxyl functional group #1,541
- Catalan alcohol #2,127
- Chinese 喝酒 to drink alcohol #343
- Croatian alkohol #2,225
- Czech alkohol alcohol containing a hydroxyl functional group #2,375
- Danish alkohol #2,470
- Estonian alkoholi #1,691
- French alcool alcohol, especially domestic, medical,… #1,444
- German alkohol alcohol, ethanol #2,063
- Greek αλκοόλ #1,926
- Hebrew אלכוהול #1,326
- Hindi शराब #891
- Icelandic áfengi #1,345
- Macedonian алкохол #1,378
- Malay alkohol #1,595
- Malayalam മദ്യം #780
- Norwegian alkohol #2,364
- Persian الکل #1,597
- Portuguese bêbado drunk; under the influence of alcohol #2,047
- Romanian alcool #2,056
- Serbian alkohol #2,141
- Slovak alkohol #1,066
- Slovenian alkohol #978
- Tagalog alkohol #1,910
- Tamil மது #720
- Turkish alkol #1,849
- Urdu شراب alcohol; alcoholic drink; wine #904
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.