How to say “complete” in 41 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.
- صحيح/sˤa.ħiːħ/ Arabic
- 完成/wän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/ Chinese
- पूर्ण/puːɾɳ/ Hindi
- שלם/ʃaˈlem/ Hebrew
“complete” in Italian: completo · Chinese: 完成 · Arabic: صحيح · Hindi: पूर्ण · Turkish: tamam
It is commonest in Turkish, where tamam is the 28th most used word.
Complete in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans gaaf/ˈxɑːf/ whole, complete #297
- Albanian mbaruar/mbaɾuaɾ/ to complete, to finish #501
- Arabic صحيح/sˤa.ħiːħ/ complete, perfect, whole #65
- Basque osoa/oˈs̺oˌa/ complete, entire #190
- Bosnian svih/ˈsvih/ all, complete, whole #485
- Bulgarian пълен[ˈpɤlɛn] full, complete, integral #846
- Catalan acabat[ə.kəˈβat] to finish, complete #297
- Chinese 完成/wän³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/ to complete; to finish; to fulfill #143
- Croatian svih/ˈsvih/ all, complete, whole #485
- Czech dokončit[ˈdokont͡ʃɪt] to complete, to finish #1,813
- Danish hele/ˈheːlə/ whole, entire, complete, full #118
- Dutch hele/ˈɦeː.lə/ complete, full, whole #203
- English why/waɪ̯/ Introducing a complete question #73
- Esperanto plena/ˈplena/ full, complete #757
- Estonian täielik/tæi̯elˈik/ complete, entire, full, total #734
- French fini/fi.ni/ to finish, end, complete #305
- Galician total/toˈtal/ complete, entire #1,091
- German ganze/ɡantsə/ entire, whole, complete #282
- Greek ολόκληρη/oˈlokliˌri/ whole, entire, complete #1,155
- Hebrew שלם/ʃaˈlem/ complete, intact #958
- Hindi पूर्ण/puːɾɳ/ complete, whole, entire #1,304
- Hungarian végezni[ˈveːɡɛzni] to finish, to end, to complete #2,491
- Icelandic algjör[ˈal.cœːr] total, complete, absolute, dead #701
- Indonesian selesaikan/sələˈsai̯kan/ to finish; to complete; to done #1,095
- Italian completo/komˈplɛ.to/ complete, entire, full, whole #1,897
- Latvian pilnīgi/ˈpillniːɡi/ complete, full, completely, fully; adverbial… #373
- Malay sempurna/səmˈpurna/ perfect; complete; full #570
- Malayalam മുഴു/muɻu/ full, complete, perfect #2,176
- Persian تمام[t̪ʰæ.mɒ́ːm] #84
- Polish cały/ˈt͡sa.wɘ/ whole, complete, entire; all #225
- Portuguese terminar/teʁ.miˈna(ʁ)/ to finish; to complete #1,238
- Romanian termina/ter.miˈna/ to finish, complete #941
- Russian полный[ˈpoɫnɨj] full, complete #1,400
- Serbian svih/ˈsvih/ all, complete, whole #472
- Spanish completo/komˈpleto/ full, complete #1,204
- Tagalog ginawa/ɡinaˈwaʔ/ complete aspect of gawin #146
- Tamil முடியாது/mʊɖɪjɑːd̪ɯ/ to end, to conclude, to be complete, as in… #32
- Turkish tamam/tɑˈmɑːm/ complete, without defects #28
- Ukrainian закінчити[zɐˈkʲint͡ʃete] to end, to finish, to complete, to conclude #1,720
- Urdu مکمل/mʊ.kəm.məl/ #230
- Vietnamese xong[sawŋ͡m˧˧] to end, to complete #364
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