How to say “clearly” in 31 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.
- claramente/ˌklaɾaˈmente/ Spanish
- ясно[ˈjasnə] Russian
- 清楚/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²/ Chinese
- 분명[punmjʌ̹ŋ] Korean
- մեկին/meˈkin/ Armenian
- വ്യക്തമായി/ʋjɐkt̪ɐmaːji/ Malayalam
“clearly” in Spanish: claramente · French: clair · Portuguese: claro · Chinese: 清楚 · Korean: 분명 · Russian: ясно · Turkish: açık
It is commonest in Chinese, where 清楚 is the 101st most used word.
Clearly in other languages, A to Z
- Armenian մեկին/meˈkin/ clearly, intelligibly #291
- Bosnian jasno/jâsno/ clearly, obviously #473
- Bulgarian ясно[ˈja̟sno] #276
- Catalan clarament[ˌkla.ɾəˈmen] #1,882
- Chinese 清楚/t͡ɕʰiŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²/ #101
- Croatian jasno/jâsno/ clearly, obviously #430
- Czech jasně[ˈjasɲɛ] #186
- Danish tydeligvis[ˈtˢyːðəliˈviˀs] evidently, obviously, clearly #1,787
- Dutch duidelijk/ˈdœy̯.də.lək/ #484
- English fair/ˈfɛɚ/ Clearly, openly, frankly, civilly, honestly,… #829
- Esperanto klare/ˈklare/ #589
- Finnish selvästi/ˈselʋæstiˣ/ clearly, in a clear manner #1,472
- French clair/klɛʁ/ #818
- German deutlich/ˈdɔøtlɪç/ distinctly, clearly #2,311
- Hungarian tisztán[ˈtistaːn] cleanly, clearly #1,934
- Italian ovviamente/ov.vjaˈmen.te/ obviously, evidently, clearly #787
- Korean 분명[punmjʌ̹ŋ] clearly, certainly #334
- Latvian skaidri/ˈskaidri/ clear, clearly; adverbial form of skaidrs #954
- Lithuanian aiškiai[¹ˈɑˑɪʃʲkʲɛɪ] clearly, obviously #758
- Macedonian јасно[ˈjasnɔ] clearly, limpidly, plainly #375
- Malayalam വ്യക്തമായി/ʋjɐkt̪ɐmaːji/ #498
- Norwegian tydeligvis/ˈtyːdəlɪˌviːs/ evidently, obviously, clearly #1,437
- Polish najwyraźniej/naj.vɘˈraʑ.ɲɛj/ apparently, clearly, evidently #1,266
- Portuguese claro/ˈkla.ɾu/ #148
- Romanian clar[klar] clearly, evidently #613
- Russian ясно[ˈjasnə] #330
- Serbian jasno/jâsno/ clearly, obviously #469
- Spanish claramente/ˌklaɾaˈmente/ #1,985
- Swedish klart/ˈklɑːt/ #336
- Turkish açık/aˈt͡ʃɯk/ clearly, frankly #330
- Ukrainian ясно[ˈjasnɔ] #245
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).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.