How to say “choice” in 37 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 Chinese, where 只能 is the 147th most used word.
- Albanian zgjedhje choice, selection #853
- Arabic اختيار #1,171
- Basque aukera choice, option #178
- Bengali বাছাই selection, choice #950
- Bosnian izbor #819
- Bulgarian избор #525
- Chinese 只能 having no other choice but; can only #147
- Croatian izbor #847
- Czech volba #1,835
- Danish valg #497
- Dutch keuze #907
- English vote A formalized choice on legally relevant… #1,456
- Esperanto elekto choice, election #1,548
- Estonian valik #893
- Finnish vaihtoehtoja option, choice, alternative #1,933
- French choix #519
- Georgian არჩევანი assortment, choice, option #459
- German wahl choice, selection #732
- Greek επιλογή choice, selection, pick #580
- Hebrew ברירה a choice #746
- Hindi विकल्प choice, alternative #643
- Hungarian választás #2,388
- Icelandic val #930
- Korean 선택 selection; choice; option #1,952
- Macedonian избор #391
- Malay pilihan choice; selection #385
- Malayalam ചോയ്സ് #1,907
- Polish wyboru #1,062
- Romanian alegere #1,649
- Russian выбор #891
- Serbian izbor #837
- Slovak voľba #1,014
- Slovenian izbira #629
- Turkish seçim #1,081
- Ukrainian вибір choice, selection #996
- Urdu مرضی #848
- Vietnamese thà used to signify a better choice or preference #1,665
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.