How to say “brain” in 42 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 Telugu, where మెదడు is the 390th most used word.
- Albanian tru #1,451
- Armenian ուղեղ #1,416
- Basque garun #1,410
- Bengali মস্তিষ্ক #1,121
- Bosnian mozak #840
- Bulgarian мозък brain, marrow #1,606
- Catalan cervell #809
- Croatian mozak #849
- Czech mozek #1,165
- Danish hjerne #1,134
- Dutch hersenen #1,449
- English memory The ability of the brain to record… #1,280
- Esperanto cerbo #1,298
- Estonian aju #977
- French cerveau #1,016
- German gehirn #1,637
- Greek μυαλό #449
- Hindi मस्तिष्क brain, cerebrum #990
- Indonesian memori the ability of the brain to record… #2,303
- Korean 뇌 #917
- Latvian smadzenes #1,044
- Lithuanian smegenys #980
- Macedonian мозок #1,023
- Malay otak #712
- Malayalam തലച്ചോറ് #1,565
- Norwegian hjernen #1,064
- Persian مغز #733
- Polish mózgu #1,346
- Portuguese cérebro brain, cerebrum #1,052
- Romanian creier #1,611
- Russian мозг brain; marrow #1,566
- Serbian mozak #825
- Slovak mozog #622
- Slovenian možgani #691
- Spanish cerebro #992
- Swedish hjärna a brain #1,326
- Tagalog utak brain; encephalon #620
- Tamil மூளை #666
- Telugu మెదడు #390
- Ukrainian мозок #1,443
- Urdu دماغ brain, cerebrum #590
- Vietnamese não brain, cerebrum #894
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.