How to say “court” in 39 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.
- tribunal/tɾibuˈnal/ Spanish
- суд[sut] Russian
- محكمة/maħ.ka.ma/ Arabic
- 法庭/fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰiŋ³⁵/ Chinese
- 법원[pʌ̹bwʌ̹n] Korean
- δικαστήριο/ˌðikasˈtiriˌo/ Greek
“court” in Spanish: tribunal · French: tribunal · German: gericht · Italian: tribunale · Portuguese: tribunal · Chinese: 法庭 · Korean: 법원 · Russian: суд
It is commonest in Malayalam, where കോടതി is the 312th most used word.
Court in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian gjykatë/ɟyˈkaːt/ #2,238
- Arabic محكمة/maħ.ka.ma/ #1,680
- Armenian դատարան/dɑtɑˈɾɑn/ court, court of law/justice #1,677
- Bengali আদালত/ad̪alɔt̪/ court of law #1,197
- Bosnian sud/sûːd/ #1,150
- Bulgarian двор[dvɔr] court, courtyard, yard #2,385
- Chinese 法庭/fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰiŋ³⁵/ court; court of law; tribunal #504
- Croatian sud/sûːd/ #1,112
- Czech soudu[ˈsou̯du] #1,113
- Dutch rechtbank/ˈrɛxt.bɑŋk/ court of first instance #1,680
- Estonian kohtu/ˈkohtu/ #1,232
- French tribunal/tʁi.by.nal/ court, court of law #1,561
- Georgian სასამართლო[säsämäɾtʰɫo̞] #811
- German gericht/ɡəˈʁɪçt/ #1,187
- Greek δικαστήριο/ˌðikasˈtiriˌo/ #949
- Hebrew צו/ˈt͡sav/ decree, court order, injunction #968
- Hindi अदालत/ə.d̪ɑː.lət̪/ court of law #1,397
- Hungarian bíróság[ˈbiːroːʃaːɡ] #1,704
- Indonesian dewan/ˈdɛwan/ court, council #1,293
- Italian tribunale/tri.buˈna.le/ #1,508
- Korean 법원[pʌ̹bwʌ̹n] #1,999
- Latvian tiesa/ˈtiesa/ court, court of law #570
- Lithuanian teismas[²ˈtʲɛɪˑsmɐs] #1,278
- Macedonian суд[sut] #1,114
- Malay mahkamah/mahˈkamah/ court; tribunal #944
- Malayalam കോടതി/koːɖɐd̪i/ #312
- Persian دادگاه[d̪ɒːd̪.ɡɒ́ːʰ] #564
- Polish sądzie/ˈsɔɲ.d͡ʑɛ/ #1,052
- Portuguese tribunal/tɾi.buˈnaw/ #957
- Romanian curtea/ˈkurtea/ #1,562
- Russian суд[sut] #1,142
- Serbian sud/sûːd/ #1,114
- Slovak súd/suːt/ #687
- Spanish tribunal/tɾibuˈnal/ #1,971
- Tamil நீதிமன்றம்/niːd̪ɪmɐnrɐm/ #846
- Telugu కోర్టు/ˈkoːrʈu/ court, the hall, chamber, or place where… #1,081
- Turkish mahkeme/mah.ce.ˈme/ A court of law, court of justice, tribunal #1,236
- Ukrainian суд[sud] #933
- Urdu عدالت/ə.d̪ɑː.lət̪/ court; courtroom #497
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