How to say “bread” in 33 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 Galician, where pan is the 691st most used word.
- Afrikaans brood A loaf of bread #721
- Albanian bukë #1,627
- Basque ogi #948
- Bulgarian хляб a loaf of bread #1,919
- Catalan pa #1,328
- Croatian kruh #2,297
- Dutch brood #2,151
- English toast Bread that has been toasted #2,310
- Esperanto panon #1,368
- Estonian leiba bread, black bread #1,923
- French fric dosh, dough, bread #1,135
- Galician pan #691
- German brot #2,369
- Greek ψωμί #1,900
- Hebrew לחם #1,527
- Indonesian roti #1,210
- Italian pane #2,140
- Lithuanian duonos #1,254
- Macedonian леб #1,628
- Malay roti #1,038
- Malayalam റൊട്ടി #1,062
- Persian نون bread, including the kind called naan in… #1,240
- Portuguese pão #2,057
- Romanian pâine #1,887
- Serbian hleb #2,192
- Slovak chlieb #1,299
- Slovenian kruh #836
- Spanish pan #1,504
- Swedish bröt #1,282
- Tagalog tinapay #1,541
- Tamil ரொட்டி #1,381
- Turkish ekmek #1,576
- Urdu روٹی #748
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.