How to say “contact” in 36 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.
It is commonest in Persian, where تماس is the 251st most used word.
- Afrikaans kontak #604
- Arabic اتصل to be in contact with; to be connected with,… #403
- Bengali যোগাযোগ #455
- Bosnian kontakt #1,249
- Bulgarian контакт #1,464
- Catalan contacte #941
- Chinese 交往 to have contact; to socialize; to associate #796
- Croatian kontakt #1,307
- Czech kontakt #1,612
- Danish kontakt to contact #847
- Dutch contact physical contact, touching #663
- English touch To make physical contact with; to bring the… #590
- Esperanto kontakto #2,217
- Estonian piire The line of contact or transition area of… #2,166
- French contact contact; contact #1,054
- German kontakt #1,204
- Greek επαφή touch, contact #881
- Hebrew מגע contact, touch #1,736
- Hindi संपर्क #730
- Indonesian kontak #1,315
- Italian contatto #1,072
- Korean 연락 contact, connection, liaison #691
- Macedonian контакт #815
- Malay menyentuh To make physical contact with; to bring the… #984
- Norwegian kontakt to contact #717
- Persian تماس #251
- Polish kontakt #1,606
- Romanian contact #1,364
- Russian связаться to communicate, to get in contact #2,211
- Serbian kontakt #1,305
- Spanish contacto #930
- Swedish kontakt #953
- Tamil தொடர்பு #423
- Turkish temas #2,105
- Ukrainian контакт #2,045
- Urdu رابطہ contact, in touch #375
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.