How to say “daily” in 32 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.
- diario/ˈdjaɾjo/ Spanish
- يومي/jawmijj/ Arabic
- 맨날[ˈmɛ(ː)nna̠ɭ] Korean
- दैनिक/d̪ɛː.nɪk/ Hindi
- ყოველდღე[χʼo̞ve̞ldʁe̞] Georgian
- ദിവസേന/d̪iʋaseːna/ Malayalam
“daily” in Spanish: diario · Italian: giornali · Portuguese: diário · Korean: 맨날 · Arabic: يومي · Hindi: दैनिक
It is commonest in Polish, where dnia is the 310th most used word.
Daily in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans daagliks/ˈdɑːχləks/ #1,107
- Arabic يومي/jawmijj/ #1,836
- Bengali প্রতিদিন/pɾot̪id̪in/ every day, daily, day by day #535
- Bosnian dnevno/dnêːʋno/ daily, on a daily basis #1,818
- Catalan diari[diˈa.ɾi] #1,170
- Chinese 每天/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/ every day; daily #200
- Croatian dnevno/dnêːʋno/ daily, on a daily basis #2,111
- Czech denně[ˈdɛɲɛ] daily, every day #1,704
- Esperanto ĉiutage/t͡ʃiuˈtaɡe/ daily, each day #676
- Galician diario/diˈaɾjo/ #1,687
- Georgian ყოველდღე[χʼo̞ve̞ldʁe̞] daily, every day #1,013
- Hindi दैनिक/d̪ɛː.nɪk/ #1,878
- Hungarian napi[ˈnɒpi] daily, day-, everyday, day-to-day #2,386
- Icelandic daglega[ˈtaɣ.lɛːɣa] daily, every day #976
- Italian giornali/d͡ʒorˈna.li/ daily, everyday #2,397
- Korean 맨날[ˈmɛ(ː)nna̠ɭ] daily, every day #603
- Lithuanian kasdien/kɐsˈdiən/ #627
- Macedonian дневно[ˈdnɛvnɔ] daily, on a daily basis #2,285
- Malay diari/ˈdajri/ diary: A daily log of experiences, especially… #2,386
- Malayalam ദിവസേന/d̪iʋaseːna/ #1,720
- Persian خوراک[xo.ɹɒːkʰʲ] daily bread, eatables #2,284
- Polish dnia/ˈdɲa/ during a day; daily #310
- Portuguese diário/d͡ʒiˈa.ɾju/ #2,460
- Romanian zilnic[ˈzilnik] #2,241
- Serbian dnevno/dnêːʋno/ daily, on a daily basis #1,804
- Slovak denne/ɟenɲe/ #952
- Spanish diario/ˈdjaɾjo/ #1,862
- Tagalog araw-araw/ˌʔaɾaw ˈʔaɾaw/ daily; every day #648
- Tamil நாளும்/nɑːɭʊm/ every day, daily #545
- Turkish günde/ɟynˈde/ every day, daily #995
- Ukrainian щодня[ʃt͡ʃɔdʲˈnʲa] every day, daily #1,315
- Urdu روز/ɾoːz/ daily, everyday; always #510
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) and Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.