How to say “card” in 36 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.
- tarjeta/taɾˈxeta/ Spanish
- بطاقة/bi.tˤaː.qa/ Arabic
- 카드[kʰa̠dɯ] Korean
- कार्ड/kɑːɾɖ/ Hindi
- κάρτα/ˈkaɾ.ta/ Greek
- כרטיס/kaʁˈtis/ Hebrew
“card” in Spanish: tarjeta · French: carte · German: karte · Portuguese: cartão · Korean: 카드 · Arabic: بطاقة · Hindi: कार्ड · Turkish: kartı
It is commonest in Persian, where کارت is the 260th most used word.
Card in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic بطاقة/bi.tˤaː.qa/ #605
- Basque txartel/t͡ʃartel/ card, ticket #873
- Bosnian karta/kâːrta/ #2,027
- Catalan carta[ˈkar.tə] letter, card #1,008
- Chinese 信用卡/ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹ kʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ credit card #1,216
- Croatian karta/kâːrta/ #2,216
- Czech karty[ˈkartɪ] cards, card game #1,801
- Danish kortet/ˈkɒːdəð/ #1,912
- Dutch kaart/kaːrt/ to play card games #992
- English card/kɑɹd/ A playing card #950
- French carte/kaʁt/ #695
- Galician tarxeta/taɾˈʃeta/ #2,343
- Georgian ბარათი[b̥äɾätʰi] #1,197
- German karte/ˈkartə/ #1,170
- Greek κάρτα/ˈkaɾ.ta/ #1,022
- Hebrew כרטיס/kaʁˈtis/ #743
- Hindi कार्ड/kɑːɾɖ/ #831
- Indonesian kartu/ˈkartu/ a playing card #662
- Korean 카드[kʰa̠dɯ] #829
- Lithuanian kortelė #1,891
- Macedonian картичка[ˈkartit͡ʃka] #1,295
- Malay kad/ˈkad/ A card #624
- Malayalam ചീട്ട്/t͡ʃiːʈʈɨ/ #1,095
- Norwegian kortet/ˈkɔʈə/ a card #2,185
- Persian کارت[kʰɒːɹt̪ʰ] #260
- Polish karty/ˈkar.tɘ/ #1,609
- Portuguese cartão/kaʁˈtɐ̃w̃/ #1,198
- Russian карты[ˈkartɨ] cards, card game #2,087
- Serbian karta/kâːrta/ #2,070
- Slovak karta/karta/ #1,504
- Spanish tarjeta/taɾˈxeta/ #1,301
- Tamil கிளப்/kɪɭɐp/ A playing card of the suit clubs featuring… #584
- Telugu పేకాట/peːkaːʈa/ card game #820
- Turkish kartı/kaɾˈtɯ/ #1,486
- Urdu کارڈ/kɑːɾɖ/ #396
- Vietnamese bài[ʔɓaːj˨˩] card, playing card, card game #439
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 Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 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.