How to say “board” in 30 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.
- बोर्ड/boːɾɖ/ Hindi
- συμβούλιο/siɱˈvu.li.o/ Greek
- לוח/ˈluaχ/ Hebrew
- வாரியம்/ʋɑːɾɪjɐm/ Tamil
- ബോർഡ്/boːrɖɨ̆/ Malayalam
- బోర్డు/ˈboːrɖu/ Telugu
“board” in Portuguese: bordo · Hindi: बोर्ड · Turkish: tahta · Greek: συμβούλιο
It is commonest in Telugu, where బోర్డు is the 776th most used word.
Board in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic لوحة/law.ħa/ plank; board; blackboard; slate; sheet #876
- Basque taula/ˈtaʊla/ #1,333
- Bosnian odbor/ǒdbor/ committee, board #2,419
- Chinese 上船/ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än³⁵/ to board a ship; to embark #1,747
- Croatian odbor/ǒdbor/ committee, board #2,267
- Estonian laua/lɑu̯ɑ̯/ #1,041
- Galician bordo/ˈboɾdo/ board, plank used in ship making #2,438
- Georgian პირდაპირი[pʼiɾdäpʼiɾi] above board, burly, direct, downright, plump,… #871
- Greek συμβούλιο/siɱˈvu.li.o/ #1,416
- Hebrew לוח/ˈluaχ/ board, tablet, blackboard #1,078
- Hindi बोर्ड/boːɾɖ/ #1,643
- Italian tavolo/ˈta.vo.lo/ table, board, desk #1,183
- Korean 널[nɘ(ː)ɭ] panel, board, plank #72
- Latvian padome/ˈpaduome/ council, board #1,909
- Lithuanian taryba[tɐ¹ˈrʲiːbɐ] council, board #1,676
- Malayalam ബോർഡ്/boːrɖɨ̆/ #1,613
- Polish pokładzie/pɔˈkwa.d͡ʑɛ/ deck, board #2,228
- Portuguese bordo/ˈbɔʁ.du/ #1,635
- Serbian odbor/ǒdbor/ committee, board #2,369
- Slovak nastúpiť/nastuːpic/ to board, to get on #2,166
- Slovenian deska/də̀ska/ #1,968
- Spanish bordo/ˈboɾdo/ side, board #2,181
- Swedish ombord/ˈɔmbuːrd/ on board; being on ship #1,120
- Tagalog sumakay/sumaˈkaj/ to ride; to board #613
- Tamil வாரியம்/ʋɑːɾɪjɐm/ board, committee, office of supervision #1,616
- Telugu బోర్డు/ˈboːrɖu/ a board #776
- Turkish tahta/tahˈta/ #2,451
- Ukrainian борт[bɔrt] board, side #1,906
- Urdu تختہ/t̪əx.t̪ɑ(ː)/ board, plank, tablet #1,257
- Vietnamese ban[ʔɓaːn˧˧] group; band; board; squad; committee #582
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 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.