How to say “art” in 41 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 Tamil, where ஓவியம் is the 335th most used word.
- Afrikaans kuns #700
- Albanian art #1,786
- Arabic صناعة art, skill #1,854
- Armenian արվեստ #1,302
- Bengali শিল্প art, craft #1,658
- Bulgarian изкуство #2,019
- Croatian umjetnost #2,129
- Czech um skill, art #1,026
- Danish kunst #1,927
- Dutch kunst #1,732
- English artist A person who creates art #1,835
- Esperanto arto #1,638
- Estonian kunst #1,988
- French art #1,552
- Galician arte #817
- German kunst #1,958
- Greek μουσική the subject and art of music #710
- Hebrew אמנות #1,617
- Hindi कला #1,458
- Icelandic lista #1,160
- Indonesian seni #1,122
- Italian arte #1,415
- Korean 예술 art; fine art #2,372
- Lithuanian menas #1,668
- Macedonian уметност #2,003
- Malay seni #934
- Malayalam കല #1,470
- Norwegian kunst #2,269
- Persian هنر #1,307
- Polish sztuki #2,211
- Portuguese arte #1,356
- Romanian artă #1,815
- Serbian umetnost #2,094
- Slovak umenie #1,048
- Spanish arte #1,191
- Swedish konst an art #2,122
- Tamil ஓவியம் the art of painting #335
- Telugu కళ #398
- Turkish sanat #1,249
- Urdu فن art, craft, skill #1,980
- Vietnamese thuật art; craft; skill; technique #557
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.