How to say “cost” in 31 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 Malayalam, where വില is the 218th most used word.
- Armenian արժեք value, worth, cost, price #713
- Basque kostatu to cost #879
- Bengali দাম price, cost, value, worth #490
- Bulgarian цена price, worth, cost, value #1,200
- Dutch kost to cost #1,019
- English price The cost required to gain possession of… #1,161
- Esperanto kostas to cost #817
- French coûte to cost #2,148
- Galician valor price; cost #891
- Georgian ღირს to cost #863
- German kostet to cost #1,488
- Greek άξιζε to cost #1,837
- Hebrew מחיר A price, cost #1,030
- Hindi लागत expenditure, expense, cost #1,899
- Icelandic kostar to cost #717
- Indonesian berharga to cost, to have price #861
- Korean 경비 expenses; cost #1,344
- Macedonian чини to cost #449
- Malay harga price; cost #806
- Malayalam വില price; cost #218
- Norwegian koster to cost #1,244
- Persian خرج expense; expenditure; cost #882
- Portuguese custa to cost #2,097
- Romanian costa to cost #1,842
- Slovenian stoji to cost #597
- Swedish kostar to cost #1,248
- Tagalog halaga price; cost #589
- Tamil விலை price, rate, cost, charge #397
- Telugu విలువ price, value, cost #313
- Urdu لاگت expense; cost, price #1,498
- Vietnamese tốn to pay for, to spend; to cost, to consume #1,384
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.