How to say “base” in 34 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.
- 基地/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/ Chinese
- 기지[kid͡ʑi] Korean
- βάση/ˈvasi/ Greek
- בסיס/baˈsis/ Hebrew
- ստոր/əsˈtoɾ/ Armenian
- پایگاه[pʰɒːj.ɡɒːʱ] Persian
“base” in French: base · Italian: base · Chinese: 基地 · Korean: 기지 · Greek: βάση
It is commonest in Armenian, where ստոր is the 371st most used word.
Base in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans gebaseer/xəbɐˈsiər/ to base #1,732
- Albanian bazë/bazə/ #966
- Arabic أساس/ʔa.saːs/ foundation, basis, base #1,873
- Armenian ստոր/əsˈtoɾ/ base, low, despicable #371
- Basque oinarri/oi̯nari/ foundation, base #1,465
- Bengali তো/t̪o/ oblique base of তুই #21
- Bulgarian база[ˈbazɐ] base, basis, foundation #1,570
- Chinese 基地/t͡ɕi⁵⁵ ti⁵¹/ #617
- Dutch basis/ˈbaː.zəs/ #1,255
- Estonian alus/ˈɑlus/ base, bottom #2,482
- Finnish alus/ˈɑlus/ underlay, base, under- #1,887
- French base/baz/ base, basis #1,058
- Galician base/ˈbase/ #1,073
- German kalt/kalt/ as base rent; excluding utilities #1,033
- Greek βάση/ˈvasi/ base, foundation #804
- Hebrew בסיס/baˈsis/ a base #1,203
- Hindi कमीना/kə.miː.nɑː/ bastardly, lowly, base #2,102
- Indonesian dasar/ˈdasar/ base, basis #385
- Italian base/ˈba.ze/ base, alkaline #978
- Korean 기지[kid͡ʑi] base, station #1,752
- Lithuanian pagrindas[²ˈpɑːɡrʲɪndɐs] base, foundation #2,433
- Macedonian основа[ˈɔsnɔva] base, basis #1,176
- Malay asas/ˈasas/ base, foundation #1,463
- Malayalam അടിസ്ഥാനം/ɐɖist̪(ʰ)aːnɐm/ foundation, base #1,685
- Norwegian basert/bɑˈseːʈ/ to base #2,293
- Persian پایگاه[pʰɒːj.ɡɒːʱ] #2,252
- Romanian baza/baˈza/ #957
- Slovenian baza/bàːza/ base, foundation #1,168
- Swedish basen/ˈbasɛn/ base; foundation #2,497
- Tagalog base/ˈbase/ base; basis #1,681
- Tamil அடித்தளம்/ɐɖɪt̪ːɐɭɐm/ foundation, base #2,079
- Telugu లే/ˈleː/ the base of the negative forms లేక, లేని, లేదు #584
- Urdu مبنی/məb.nɑː/ foundation, base, origin #1,089
- Vietnamese doanh[zwajŋ̟˧˧] military base, encampment #1,271
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).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.