How to say “color” in 44 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.
- color/koˈloɾ/ Spanish
- цветы[t͡svʲɪˈtɨ] Russian
- لون/lawn/ Arabic
- रंग/ɾəŋɡ/ Hindi
- צבע/ˈt͡seva(ʕ)/ Hebrew
- ფერი[pʰe̞ɾi] Georgian
“color” in Spanish: color · Italian: colore · Russian: цветы · Arabic: لون · Hindi: रंग · Turkish: renk
It is commonest in Hindi, where रंग is the 585th most used word.
Color in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans kleur/klɪør/ color; colour #984
- Albanian ngjyrë/ˈɲɟyɾə/ #1,056
- Arabic لون/lawn/ #825
- Armenian գույն/ɡujn/ #1,368
- Basque kolore/koˈloˌɾe/ color/colour #696
- Bengali রং/rɔŋ/ #615
- Bosnian boje/ˈboje/ color, tint #1,125
- Bulgarian цвят[t͡svʲa̟t] colour, color #1,495
- Catalan color[kuˈlo] color, colour #1,072
- Chinese 黑色/xeɪ̯⁵⁵ sɤ⁵¹/ the color black #712
- Croatian boje/ˈboje/ color, tint #1,066
- Czech barvu[ˈbarvu] #2,381
- Danish farve/ˈfɑːvə/ color, colour #1,865
- Dutch kleur/kløːr/ a color, colour #1,659
- English green/ˈɡɹin/ The color of grass and leaves; a primary… #1,009
- Esperanto verda/ˈverda/ green in color #1,041
- Estonian värv/ˈværv/ color/colour #1,710
- French blanc/blɑ̃/ white color #970
- Galician cor[ˈkoɾ] color, hue #676
- Georgian ფერი[pʰe̞ɾi] color, hue #848
- Greek χρώμα/ˈxɾoma/ colour, color #1,358
- Hebrew צבע/ˈt͡seva(ʕ)/ color, colour #1,057
- Hindi रंग/ɾəŋɡ/ #585
- Indonesian warna/ˈwarna/ colour/color #946
- Italian colore/koˈlo.re/ color/colour #1,528
- Korean 흰색[çinsʰɛk̚] The color white #2,378
- Latvian krāsa[krāːsa] #1,425
- Lithuanian spalva[spɐlˈvɐ] colour, color #1,162
- Macedonian боја[ˈbɔja] #999
- Malayalam നീല/n̪iːlɐ/ blue; the color of the clear sky and deep sea #612
- Norwegian farge/ˈfɑrɡə/ color / colour #2,285
- Persian سرخ[soɹx] scarlet, red color #1,113
- Polish kolor/ˈkɔ.lɔr/ #2,359
- Portuguese cor/ˈkoʁ/ colour, color #1,421
- Romanian culoare/kuˈlo̯a.re/ #1,479
- Russian цветы[t͡svʲɪˈtɨ] #1,921
- Serbian boje/ˈboje/ color, tint #1,131
- Slovak farba/farba/ color, colour #1,244
- Spanish color/koˈloɾ/ color / colour, hue #1,181
- Tagalog kulay/ˈkulaj/ #1,176
- Tamil வண்ண/ʋɐɳːɐ/ #758
- Turkish renk/ɾeɲc/ color, shade #1,757
- Ukrainian колір[ˈkɔlʲir] #2,013
- Vietnamese màu[maw˨˩] colour, color #651
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), 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.