How to say “bank” in 41 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.
- banco/ˈbanko/ Spanish
- банк[bank] Russian
- بنك/bank/ Arabic
- 銀行/in³⁵ xɑŋ³⁵/ Chinese
- 은행[ɯnɦɛŋ] Korean
- बैंक/bæŋk/ Hindi
“bank” in Spanish: banco · French: banque · Italian: banca · Portuguese: banco · Chinese: 銀行 · Korean: 은행 · Russian: банк · Arabic: بنك
It is commonest in Urdu, where بینک is the 322nd most used word.
Bank in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian bankë/bankə/ #1,374
- Arabic بنك/bank/ #1,739
- Armenian ափ/ɑpʰ/ coast, bank, shore #542
- Basque banku/ˈbanku/ #955
- Bengali ব্যাঙ্ক/bæŋk/ #1,476
- Bosnian obale/ˈobɐlɛ/ #2,031
- Bulgarian банка[ˈbaŋkɐ] #1,682
- Chinese 銀行/in³⁵ xɑŋ³⁵/ #1,921
- Croatian obale/ˈobɐlɛ/ #2,365
- Danish banke/ˈbɑŋɡə/ a bank #2,169
- Esperanto banko/ˈbanko/ #1,834
- Estonian panka/ˈpɑŋkɑ/ #1,562
- French banque/bɑ̃k/ #1,143
- Georgian ბანკს[b̥äŋkʼs] bank, bankers #644
- Greek τράπεζα/ˈtrapeˌza/ #1,081
- Hebrew בנק/ˈbank/ #1,386
- Hindi बैंक/bæŋk/ #969
- Icelandic bankann/ˈpauŋ̊kan/ #1,604
- Italian banca/ˈban.ka/ #1,339
- Korean 은행[ɯnɦɛŋ] a bank #868
- Latvian bankas/ˈbaŋkas/ #934
- Lithuanian banko[¹ˈbɑˑŋkoː] #1,045
- Macedonian банка[ˈbaŋka] #1,212
- Malay tebing/təˈbiŋ/ edge; bank #2,107
- Malayalam ബാങ്ക്/baːŋkɨ/ #459
- Norwegian banken/ˈbɑŋkən/ a bank #1,490
- Persian بانک[bɒːŋkʰʲ] #710
- Polish banku/ˈbaŋ.ku/ #1,770
- Portuguese banco/ˈbɐ̃.ku/ #868
- Russian банк[bank] #2,161
- Serbian obale/ˈobɐlɛ/ #2,153
- Slovak banky/ˈbaŋki/ #971
- Slovenian banka/báːnka/ #980
- Spanish banco/ˈbanko/ #1,082
- Swedish banken/ˈbaŋkɛn/ a bank #1,684
- Tamil வங்கி/ʋɐŋɡiː/ #402
- Telugu బ్యాంకు/ˈbjaːnku/ #447
- Turkish banka/ˈban.ka/ #1,264
- Ukrainian банк[bank] #1,729
- Urdu بینک/bɛːŋk/ #322
- Vietnamese bãi[ʔɓaːj˦ˀ˥] shore; bank #1,179
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 Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
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