How to say “course” in 44 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.
“course” in Portuguese: curso
It is commonest in Dutch, where lopen is the 461st most used word.
Course in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian mësim/məˈsim/ #1,153
- Arabic خلال/xi.laː.la/ during, in the course of #122
- Armenian ընթացք/ənˈtʰɑt͡sʰkʰ/ movement, course, development #775
- Basque ikastaro/ikas̺taɾo/ educational course #1,459
- Bosnian naravno/nǎːraʋno/ of course #128
- Catalan curs[ˈkurs] course, route, path #2,227
- Chinese 當然/tɑŋ⁵⁵ ɻän³⁵/ of course; surely #389
- Croatian naravno/nǎːraʋno/ of course #137
- Czech no[ˈno] certainly, indeed, of course #46
- Danish selvfølgelig[sɛlˈføljəli] of course, naturally, sure #237
- Dutch lopen/ˈloːpə(n)/ course, duration #461
- English course/kɔɹs/ Ellipsis of of course #214
- Esperanto kompreneble/kompreˈneble/ of course #242
- Estonian muidugi/ˈmui̯d̥uɡ̊i/ of course #156
- Finnish tietenkin/ˈtie̯teŋkin/ of course #505
- French évidemment/e.vi.da.mɑ̃/ of course, evidently, obviously #1,489
- German ja[jɑː] obviously; certainly; of course; as you know;… #17
- Greek βέβαια/ˈveveˌa/ certainly, of course #464
- Hebrew כמובן/kamuˈvan/ of course, naturally, certainly #196
- Hungarian persze[ˈpɛrsɛ] of course, naturally #106
- Icelandic leið[ˈleiːð] route, way, course #625
- Indonesian tentu/tənˈtu/ surely, certainly, of course #142
- Italian certo/ˈt͡ʃɛr.to/ certainly, of course, surely, definitely #129
- Korean 물론[muɭɭo̞n] of course, certainly, naturally #182
- Latvian kārta/ˈkaːrta/ layer, course, coating #1,073
- Lithuanian žinoma[ˈʒʲɪnoːmɐ] of course #106
- Macedonian тек[tɛk] current, flow, course, stream #1,429
- Malay tentu/tənˈtu/ certainly; surely; of course #210
- Malayalam തീരുമാനിക്കുക/t̪iːɾumaːnikkjuɡɐ/ to decide a plan, course, decision, etc #2,384
- Norwegian selvsagt/ˈsɛlˌsɑkt/ of course #454
- Persian البته[ʔæl.bæt̪ʰ.t̪ʰé] of course #134
- Polish jasne/ˈjas.nɛ/ of course, naturally, sure, sure thing #221
- Portuguese curso/ˈkuʁ.su/ #2,113
- Romanian desigur/deˈsiɡur/ of course; certainly #323
- Russian конечно[kɐˈnʲeʂnə] of course, certainly #115
- Serbian naravno/nǎːraʋno/ of course #125
- Slovenian seveda/sɛʋéːda/ of course, naturally #89
- Spanish claro/ˈklaɾo/ certainly, naturally, of course #165
- Swedish självklart/ˈsxɛlvklɑːt/ of course, self-evident, obviously #505
- Tagalog siyempre/siˈempɾe/ of course; certainly #329
- Tamil கரைப்பு/kɐɾɐɪ̯pːɯ/ sloping course in roofing #2,142
- Turkish tabii/taˈbiː/ of course #129
- Ukrainian звісно[ˈzʲʋʲisnɔ] surely, definitely, of course #320
- Vietnamese tất[tət̚˧˦] then surely; of course #117
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 Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 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.