How to say “cost” in 31 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.
“cost” in French: coûte · German: kostet · Portuguese: custa · Greek: άξιζε
It is commonest in Macedonian, where чини is the 449th most used word.
Cost in other languages, A to Z
- Armenian արժեք/ɑɾˈʒekʰ/ value, worth, cost, price #713
- Basque kostatu/kos̺tatu/ to cost #879
- Bengali দাম/d̪am/ price, cost, value, worth #490
- Bulgarian цена[t͡sɛˈna] price, worth, cost, value #1,200
- Dutch kost/kɔst/ to cost #1,019
- English price/ˈpɹaɪ̯s/ The cost required to gain possession of… #1,161
- Esperanto kostas/ˈkostas/ to cost #817
- French coûte/ˈkut/ to cost #2,148
- Galician valor/baˈloɾ/ price; cost #891
- Georgian ღირს[ʁiɾs] to cost #863
- German kostet/ˈkɔstət/ to cost #1,488
- Greek άξιζε/ˈaksiˌze/ to cost #1,837
- Hebrew מחיר/meˈχiʀ/ A price, cost #1,030
- Hindi लागत/lɑː.ɡət̪/ expenditure, expense, cost #1,899
- Icelandic kostar/ˈkʰɔstar/ to cost #717
- Indonesian berharga[bərˈharɡa] to cost, to have price #861
- Korean 경비[kjʌ̹ŋbi] expenses; cost #1,344
- Macedonian чини[ˈt͡ʃini] to cost #449
- Malay harga/ˈharɡə/ price; cost #806
- Malayalam വില/ʋilɐ/ price; cost #218
- Norwegian koster/ˈkɔstər/ to cost #1,244
- Persian خرج[xæɹd͡ʒ̥] expense; expenditure; cost #882
- Portuguese custa/ˈkus.tɐ/ to cost #2,097
- Romanian costa/kosˈta/ to cost #1,842
- Slovenian stoji/ˈstoːji/ to cost #597
- Swedish kostar/ˈkɔstar/ to cost #1,248
- Tagalog halaga/halaˈɡa/ price; cost #589
- Tamil விலை/ʋɪlɐɪ̯/ price, rate, cost, charge #397
- Telugu విలువ/ˈʋiluʋa/ price, value, cost #313
- Urdu لاگت/lɑː.ɡət̪/ expense; cost, price #1,498
- Vietnamese tốn[ton˧˦] to pay for, to spend; to cost, to consume #1,384
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.