How to say “clock” in 33 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.
- reloj/reˈlox/ Spanish
- 시계[ɕʰiɡje̞] Korean
- घड़ी/ɡʱə.ɽiː/ Hindi
- ρολόι/ɾoˈlo.i/ Greek
- שעון/ʃaˈ(ʕ)on/ Hebrew
- ঘড়ি/ɡʱoɽi/ Bengali
“clock” in Spanish: reloj · Italian: orologio · Portuguese: relógio · Korean: 시계 · Hindi: घड़ी · Greek: ρολόι
It is commonest in Estonian, where kell is the 367th most used word.
Clock in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans klok/klɔk/ #1,044
- Basque erloju/erloɟu/ #1,391
- Bengali ঘড়ি/ɡʱoɽi/ #1,738
- Bosnian sat/sâːt/ clock, watch #441
- Bulgarian часовник[t͡ʃɐˈsɔvnik] timepiece, clock #1,967
- Catalan rellotge[rəˈʎɔ.d͡ʒə] clock, watch #1,638
- Croatian sat/sâːt/ clock, watch #438
- Czech hodiny[ˈɦoɟɪnɪ] #589
- Danish ur[ˈuɐ̯ˀ] #1,971
- Dutch klok/klɔk/ #2,288
- Esperanto horloĝo/horˈlod͡ʒo/ clock, watch, timepiece #1,909
- Estonian kell/kelː/ #367
- Galician reloxo/reˈlɔʃo̝/ clock, watch, timepiece #1,661
- Greek ρολόι/ɾoˈlo.i/ clock, timepiece #1,340
- Hebrew שעון/ʃaˈ(ʕ)on/ clock, watch #1,445
- Hindi घड़ी/ɡʱə.ɽiː/ clock, watch #1,137
- Hungarian óra[ˈoːrɒ] clock, watch #407
- Italian orologio/o.roˈlɔ.d͡ʒo/ clock, watch #1,913
- Korean 시계[ɕʰiɡje̞] a clock, a watch, a timepiece #1,184
- Latvian pulkstenis[pùlkstɛnis] clock, watch #1,266
- Lithuanian laikrodis[²ˈlɐɪˑkroːdʲɪs] clock, watch #1,260
- Macedonian саат[saːt] #1,465
- Malayalam ക്ലോക്ക്/kɭoːkkɨ/ #1,766
- Portuguese relógio/ʁeˈlɔ.ʒju/ #1,551
- Serbian sat/sâːt/ clock, watch #452
- Spanish reloj/reˈlox/ #1,485
- Swedish klockan/ˈklɔkːan/ clock, watch; an instrument used to measure… #492
- Tagalog orasan/ʔoɾaˈsan/ clock; timepiece #1,589
- Tamil கடிகாரம்/kɐɖɪɡɑːɾɐm/ clock, timepiece #931
- Telugu గడియారములు/ˈɡaɖiˌjaːraˌmulu/ a clock #1,201
- Turkish alarm/a.laɾm/ alarm clock #1,914
- Ukrainian годинник[ɦɔˈdɪnːek] #2,033
- Urdu گھڑی/ɡʱə.ɽiː/ clock, watch #574
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), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0) and Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.