How to say “common” 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.
- común/koˈmun/ Spanish
- सामान्य/sɑːmɑːnjə/ Hindi
- საერთო[säe̞ɾtʰo̞] Georgian
- সাধারণ/ʃad̪ʱaɾon/ Bengali
- സാധാരണ/saːd̪(ʱ)aːɾɐɳɐ/ Malayalam
- مشترک[moʃ.t̪ʰæ.ɹǽkʰʲ] Persian
“common” in Spanish: común · French: commun · Portuguese: comum · Hindi: सामान्य
It is commonest in Malayalam, where സാധാരണ is the 206th most used word.
Common in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic صغار/sˤi.ɣaːr/ common plural of صَغِير #1,754
- Armenian սովորական/sovoɾɑˈkɑn/ usual, common, ordinary, customary, habitual,… #591
- Basque arrunt/arunt/ common, widespread, commonplace #846
- Bengali সাধারণ/ʃad̪ʱaɾon/ common, general, ordinary #413
- Bosnian običan/ǒbit͡ʃan/ common, usual #2,084
- Bulgarian чест[t͡ʃɛst] frequent, common, usual #682
- Catalan comú[kuˈmu] #1,509
- Chinese 感冒/kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/ cold; common cold #1,336
- Croatian običan/ǒbit͡ʃan/ common, usual #2,034
- Danish fælles[ˈfɛlˀəs] common, communal #1,733
- Dutch gemeen/ɣəˈmeːn/ in common #1,442
- English community/k(ə)ˈmju.nə.ti/ A group sharing common characteristics, such… #1,749
- Esperanto ordinara/ordiˈnara/ ordinary, common #1,466
- Estonian ühine/ˈyhine/ common, joint #1,532
- French commun/kɔ.mœ̃/ #1,952
- Galician común/koˈmuŋ/ #948
- Georgian საერთო[säe̞ɾtʰo̞] common, shared #899
- Hebrew מלח/mɛlħ/ salt, the common substance used as a condiment #1,727
- Hindi सामान्य/sɑːmɑːnjə/ common, general #689
- Hungarian közös[ˈkøzøʃ] common, joint, shared, collective, communal #1,012
- Indonesian umum/ˈumum/ usual; common: occurring or happening… #1,018
- Italian comune/koˈmu.ne/ mutual, common #1,275
- Korean 갈[ka̠ɭ] common reed #149
- Macedonian чест[t͡ʃɛst] common, frequent #626
- Malayalam സാധാരണ/saːd̪(ʱ)aːɾɐɳɐ/ #206
- Norwegian vanlig/ˈʋɑ̂nlɪ/ common, usual, typical #784
- Persian مشترک[moʃ.t̪ʰæ.ɹǽkʰʲ] common; joint #1,414
- Portuguese comum/koˈmũ/ common; frequent #1,307
- Romanian comun[koˈmun] common; communal #1,441
- Serbian običan/ǒbit͡ʃan/ common, usual #1,704
- Slovak bežný/beʒniː/ common, ordinary, everyday #2,022
- Spanish común/koˈmun/ common, ordinary #1,268
- Swedish vanligt/ˈvɑːnlɪkt/ common, usual #1,098
- Tagalog pangkaraniwan/paŋkaɾaˈniwan/ common; ordinary #1,000
- Tamil வாழ்த்துக்கள்/ʋɑːɻt̪ːʊkːɐɭ/ common misspelling of வாழ்த்துகள் #292
- Urdu عام/(ʔ)ɑːm/ #352
- Vietnamese chung[t͡ɕʊwŋ͡m˧˧] general; common; public #742
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