How to say “army” in 45 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 Georgian, where არმია is the 241st most used word.
- Albanian ushtri #997
- Arabic جيش an army, a military force #1,173
- Basque gudaroste #1,527
- Bengali বাহিনী battalion, army unit #678
- Bosnian vojska #1,222
- Bulgarian армия #1,257
- Catalan exèrcit #610
- Chinese 中士 sergeant of the army or air force #984
- Croatian vojska #1,260
- Czech armáda #1,696
- English lieutenant In the US Army, Air Force and Marines,… #979
- Esperanto armeo #873
- Estonian armee #1,023
- Finnish armeijan #1,922
- French armée #769
- Galician exército #322
- Georgian არმია #241
- German armee #1,264
- Greek στρατό army, military force #1,088
- Hindi सेना army, military, body of troops #436
- Hungarian hadsereg #2,101
- Icelandic her army, military #946
- Indonesian kapten an army or air force officer whose rank is… #436
- Italian esercito #1,079
- Korean 군 #402
- Lithuanian armija #872
- Macedonian војска #888
- Malay tentera #331
- Malayalam സൈന്യം #434
- Persian ارتش #502
- Polish armii #2,299
- Portuguese exército #864
- Romanian armată #1,387
- Serbian vojska #1,380
- Slovak vojsko #2,385
- Slovenian vojska #545
- Spanish ejército #915
- Swedish armén #1,516
- Tagalog hukbo army; troop; legion #1,105
- Tamil படை #635
- Telugu పరి An army #1,628
- Turkish ordu #1,392
- Ukrainian армія army, troops #1,626
- Urdu فوج #328
- Vietnamese quân troops, army #317
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.