How to say “bank” 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 Urdu, where بینک is the 322nd most used word.
- Albanian bankë #1,374
- Arabic بنك #1,739
- Armenian ափ coast, bank, shore #542
- Basque banku #955
- Bengali ব্যাঙ্ক #1,476
- Bosnian obale #2,031
- Bulgarian банка #1,682
- Chinese 銀行 #1,921
- Croatian obale #2,365
- Danish banke a bank #2,169
- Esperanto banko #1,834
- Estonian panka #1,562
- French banque #1,143
- Georgian ბანკს bank, bankers #644
- Greek τράπεζα #1,081
- Hebrew בנק #1,386
- Hindi बैंक #969
- Icelandic bankann #1,604
- Italian banca #1,339
- Korean 은행 a bank #868
- Latvian bankas #934
- Lithuanian banko #1,045
- Macedonian банка #1,212
- Malay tebing edge; bank #2,107
- Malayalam ബാങ്ക് #459
- Norwegian banken a bank #1,490
- Persian بانک #710
- Polish banku #1,770
- Portuguese banco #868
- Russian банк #2,161
- Serbian obale #2,153
- Slovak banky #971
- Slovenian banka #980
- Spanish banco #1,082
- Swedish banken a bank #1,684
- Tamil வங்கி #402
- Telugu బ్యాంకు #447
- Turkish banka #1,264
- Ukrainian банк #1,729
- Urdu بینک #322
- Vietnamese bãi shore; bank #1,179
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.