How to say “computer” in 43 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.
- computadora/komputaˈdoɾa/ Spanish
- компьютер[kɐm⁽ʲ⁾ˈp⁽ʲ⁾jʉtʲɪr] Russian
- حاسوب/ħaː.suːb/ Arabic
- कंप्यूटर/kəm.pjuː.ʈəɾ/ Hindi
- מחשב/maχˈʃev/ Hebrew
- কম্পিউটার/kɔmpiu̯ʈaɾ/ Bengali
“computer” in Spanish: computadora · French: ordinateur · German: computer · Italian: computer · Russian: компьютер · Arabic: حاسوب · Hindi: कंप्यूटर · Turkish: bilgisayar
It is commonest in Urdu, where کمپیوٹر is the 308th most used word.
Computer in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans rekenaar/ˈrɪə̯.kə.nɑːr/ #818
- Albanian kompjuter/komˈpjuteɾ/ #1,672
- Arabic حاسوب/ħaː.suːb/ #2,183
- Basque ordenagailu/ordenaɡai̯lu/ #1,230
- Bengali কম্পিউটার/kɔmpiu̯ʈaɾ/ #847
- Bosnian virus/ˈvirʊs/ computer virus #1,765
- Bulgarian компютър[komˈpʲu̟tɐr] #1,700
- Catalan ordinador[ur.di.nəˈðo] #1,236
- Croatian računalo/rat͡ʂǔnalo/ #1,606
- Czech počítač[ˈpot͡ʃiːtat͡ʃ] #1,710
- Danish computer[kʰʌmˈpʰj̊uːd̥ɐ] #1,436
- Dutch computer/kɔmˈpjutər/ to use the computer #1,069
- English data/ˈdeɪtə/ A representation of information in a computer… #2,008
- Esperanto komputilo/kompuˈtilo/ #2,325
- Estonian arvuti/ˈɑrvuti/ #1,154
- French ordinateur/ɔʁ.di.na.tœʁ/ a computer, a computing device #1,294
- German computer/kɔmˈpjuːtɐ/ #1,193
- Hebrew מחשב/maχˈʃev/ #1,248
- Hindi कंप्यूटर/kəm.pjuː.ʈəɾ/ #1,347
- Icelandic tölvu[ˈtʰœlvʏ] #1,959
- Indonesian komputer[kɔmˈputər] computer, a programmable electronic device… #938
- Italian computer/komˈpju.ter/ #1,068
- Korean 게임[k͈e̞im] game, especially computer games #574
- Latvian dators[ˈdatɔ̄ːɾs] #2,249
- Lithuanian kompiuteris[kɔmʲˈpʲʊ̟tʲɛrʲɪs] #1,491
- Macedonian компјутер[kɔmˈpjutɛr] #1,343
- Malay komputer/kɔmˈpu.tə(r)/ #726
- Malayalam കമ്പ്യൂട്ടർ/kampjuːʈːar/ #1,255
- Persian کامپیوتر[kʰɒːm.pʰi.juː.t̪ʰéɹ] #2,417
- Polish komputer/kɔmˈpu.tɛr/ #2,082
- Portuguese programa/pɾoˈɡɾɐ̃.mɐ/ computer instructions #817
- Romanian computer/komˈpjutər/ #2,153
- Russian компьютер[kɐm⁽ʲ⁾ˈp⁽ʲ⁾jʉtʲɪr] #1,966
- Serbian kompjuter/kompjǔter/ #1,900
- Slovak počítač/pɔt͡ʃiːtat͡ʃ/ #848
- Slovenian računalnik/rat͡ʃunáːlnik/ #538
- Spanish computadora/komputaˈdoɾa/ #2,159
- Swedish dator/²dɑːtɔr/ a computer #1,541
- Tagalog virus/ˈvajɾus/ computer virus #292
- Tamil கணினி/kɐɳɪniː/ #665
- Telugu కంప్యూటర్/kampjuːʈaɾ/ #609
- Turkish bilgisayar/bil.ɟi.saˈjaɾ/ #1,131
- Urdu کمپیوٹر/kəm.pjuː.ʈəɾ/ #308
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