How to say “choice” 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.
- выбор[ˈvɨbər] Russian
- اختيار/ix.ti.jaːr/ Arabic
- विकल्प/ʋɪ.kəlp/ Hindi
- επιλογή/epiloˈʝi/ Greek
- ברירה/bʁeˈʁa/ Hebrew
- ചോയ്സ്/t͡ʃoːjsɨ̆/ Malayalam
“choice” in French: choix · German: wahl · Russian: выбор · Arabic: اختيار · Hindi: विकल्प · Turkish: seçim · Greek: επιλογή
It is commonest in Basque, where aukera is the 178th most used word.
Choice in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian zgjedhje/zˈɟɛðjɛ/ choice, selection #853
- Arabic اختيار/ix.ti.jaːr/ #1,171
- Basque aukera/au̯keɾa/ choice, option #178
- Bengali বাছাই/bat͡ʃʰai̯/ selection, choice #950
- Bosnian izbor/ǐzbor/ #819
- Bulgarian избор[ˈizbor] #525
- Chinese 只能/ʈ͡ʂɻ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ nɤŋ³⁵/ having no other choice but; can only #147
- Croatian izbor/ǐzbor/ #847
- Czech volba[ˈvolba] #1,835
- Danish valg/valˀɣ/ #497
- Dutch keuze/ˈkøː.zə/ #907
- English vote/voʊt/ A formalized choice on legally relevant… #1,456
- Esperanto elekto/eˈlekto/ choice, election #1,548
- Estonian valik/ˈvɑlik/ #893
- Finnish vaihtoehtoja/ˈvaihtoˌehtoja/ option, choice, alternative #1,933
- French choix/ʃwa/ #519
- Georgian არჩევანი[äɾt͡ʃʰe̞väni] assortment, choice, option #459
- German wahl/vaːl/ choice, selection #732
- Greek επιλογή/epiloˈʝi/ choice, selection, pick #580
- Hebrew ברירה/bʁeˈʁa/ a choice #746
- Hindi विकल्प/ʋɪ.kəlp/ choice, alternative #643
- Hungarian választás[ˈvaːlɒstaːʃ] #2,388
- Icelandic val[ˈvaːl] #930
- Korean 선택[ˈsʰɘ(ː)ntʰɛk̚] selection; choice; option #1,952
- Macedonian избор[ˈizbɔr] #391
- Malay pilihan/piˈlihan/ choice; selection #385
- Malayalam ചോയ്സ്/t͡ʃoːjsɨ̆/ #1,907
- Polish wyboru/vɘˈbɔ.ru/ #1,062
- Romanian alegere/aˈle.d͡ʒe.re/ #1,649
- Russian выбор[ˈvɨbər] #891
- Serbian izbor/ǐzbor/ #837
- Slovak voľba/vɔʎba/ #1,014
- Slovenian izbira/izbíːra/ #629
- Turkish seçim/seˈt͡ʃim/ #1,081
- Ukrainian вибір[ˈʋɪbʲir] choice, selection #996
- Urdu مرضی/məɾ.ziː/ #848
- Vietnamese thà[tʰaː˨˩] used to signify a better choice or preference #1,665
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), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), 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.