How to say “chest” in 37 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.
- грудь[ɡrutʲ] Russian
- صندوق/sˤun.duːq/ Arabic
- 胸部/ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹/ Chinese
- 가슴[ka̠sʰɯm] Korean
- στήθος/ˈstiθos/ Greek
- חזה/χaˈze/ Hebrew
“chest” in French: coffre · German: kiste · Italian: petto · Portuguese: peito · Chinese: 胸部 · Korean: 가슴 · Russian: грудь · Arabic: صندوق
It is commonest in Arabic, where صندوق is the 551st most used word.
Chest in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans bors/bɔ(ː)rs/ #1,189
- Albanian gjoks/ˈɟɔks/ chest, thorax #1,933
- Arabic صندوق/sˤun.duːq/ chest, box, trunk, crate #551
- Basque bular/bular/ chest, breast #1,493
- Bengali বুক/buk/ chest, thorax, breast, bosom #918
- Bosnian grudi/ɡrûːdi/ thorax, chest, breast, bosom #1,450
- Chinese 胸部/ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹/ chest; thorax #1,187
- Croatian kutija/kǔtija/ box, chest #1,853
- Danish bringe/brenɡə/ #1,129
- Dutch kist/kɪst/ a box, chest #2,318
- Esperanto keston/ˈkeston/ box, chest #2,044
- Estonian kast/kɑst/ box, chest, crate #2,074
- French coffre/kɔfʁ/ chest, box #1,691
- German kiste/ˈkɪstə/ chest, box #2,237
- Greek στήθος/ˈstiθos/ chest, thorax #1,474
- Hebrew חזה/χaˈze/ chest, thorax #1,892
- Indonesian dada/ˈdada/ chest, thorax #1,918
- Italian petto/ˈpɛt.to/ #2,432
- Korean 가슴[ka̠sʰɯm] chest, breast #752
- Lithuanian krūtinės[kruːˈtʲɪnʲeːs] #1,523
- Macedonian гради[ˈɡradi] #1,306
- Malay peti/pəti/ box, chest, case #909
- Malayalam നെഞ്ച്/n̪eɲt͡ʃɨ/ #1,786
- Norwegian bringe/brinɡə/ #1,874
- Persian سینه[siː.ne] #1,717
- Portuguese peito/ˈpej.tu/ #1,741
- Romanian piept/pjept/ chest; breast; bosom #1,706
- Russian грудь[ɡrutʲ] #2,253
- Serbian grudi/ɡrûːdi/ thorax, chest, breast, bosom #1,472
- Slovak hrudi/ɦruɟi/ #1,821
- Tagalog dibdib/dibˈdib/ #1,380
- Tamil பெட்டி/pɛʈːiː/ chest, trunk, box, case #746
- Telugu ఛాతీ/t͡ɕʰaːt̪iː/ #971
- Turkish göğüs/ɟøˈ(j)ys/ #1,840
- Ukrainian груди[ˈɦrude] thorax, chest, breast, bosom #1,538
- Urdu بکس/bəks/ box, chest #1,768
- Vietnamese ngực[ŋɨk̚˧˨ʔ] #1,154
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 Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), 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.