How to say “card” in 36 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 Persian, where کارت is the 260th most used word.
- Arabic بطاقة #605
- Basque txartel card, ticket #873
- Bosnian karta #2,027
- Catalan carta letter, card #1,008
- Chinese 信用卡 credit card #1,216
- Croatian karta #2,216
- Czech karty cards, card game #1,801
- Danish kortet #1,912
- Dutch kaart to play card games #992
- English card A playing card #950
- French carte #695
- Galician tarxeta #2,343
- Georgian ბარათი #1,197
- German karte #1,170
- Greek κάρτα #1,022
- Hebrew כרטיס #743
- Hindi कार्ड #831
- Indonesian kartu a playing card #662
- Korean 카드 #829
- Lithuanian kortelė #1,891
- Macedonian картичка #1,295
- Malay kad A card #624
- Malayalam ചീട്ട് #1,095
- Norwegian kortet a card #2,185
- Persian کارت #260
- Polish karty #1,609
- Portuguese cartão #1,198
- Russian карты cards, card game #2,087
- Serbian karta #2,070
- Slovak karta #1,504
- Spanish tarjeta #1,301
- Tamil கிளப் A playing card of the suit clubs featuring… #584
- Telugu పేకాట card game #820
- Turkish kartı #1,486
- Urdu کارڈ #396
- Vietnamese bài card, playing card, card game #439
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.