How to say “different” in 48 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.
- diferentes/difeˈɾentes/ Spanish
- 다른[ta̠ɾɯn] Korean
- განსხვავებული[ɡ̊änsχʷäve̞buli] Georgian
- വ്യത്യസ്ത/ʋjat̪jast̪a/ Malayalam
- مختلف/mʊx.t̪ə.lɪf/ Urdu
“different” in Spanish: diferentes · French: différent · Italian: diverso · Portuguese: diferente · Korean: 다른 · Turkish: farklı
It is commonest in Korean, where 다른 is the 48th most used word.
Different in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian ndryshme/ndɾyʃmɛ/ #683
- Arabic غير/ɣajr/ other than, different from, unlike #81
- Armenian ուրիշ/uˈɾiʃ/ other, different #198
- Basque desberdin/des̺berdin/ #1,002
- Bengali আলাদা/alad̪a/ separate, distinct, different; unconnected;… #363
- Bosnian drugačiji/druɡǎt͡ʃijiː/ #1,626
- Bulgarian различен[rɐzˈlit͡ʃɛn] different, differing, dissimilar #1,272
- Catalan diferent[di.fəˈɾen] #551
- Chinese 不同/pu⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵/ to be different; to differ; to disagree #139
- Croatian drugačiji/druɡǎt͡ʃijiː/ #1,698
- Czech jiný[ˈjɪniː] #525
- Danish forskellige/fɒˈsɡɛlˀˌiːˀə/ #981
- Dutch verschillende/vərsˈxɪləndə/ #1,131
- English change/ˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/ To become something different #386
- Esperanto malsama/malˈsama/ #2,389
- Estonian eriline/ˈeriline/ special, different #823
- Finnish eri/ˈeri/ different, other, another #474
- French différent/di.fe.ʁɑ̃/ #981
- Galician diferente/difeˈɾente/ #643
- Georgian განსხვავებული[ɡ̊änsχʷäve̞buli] #684
- German anderen[ˈʔandəʁən] other, different #213
- Greek διαφορετικό/ˌðiaˌforetiˈko/ dissimilar, different #1,158
- Hebrew השתנה/hiʃtaˈna/ to change, become different #1,109
- Hindi अन्य/ən.jə/ other, different #350
- Hungarian különböző[ˈkylømbøzøː] different, dissimilar #1,446
- Icelandic mismunandi[ˈmɪːsˌmʏːnantɪ] different, various #1,530
- Indonesian berbeda/bərˈbɛ.da/ to have difference; to be different #366
- Italian diverso/diˈvɛr.so/ different, diverse #912
- Korean 다른[ta̠ɾɯn] different, other #48
- Lithuanian kitaip[kʲɪ²ˈtɐɪˑp] differently, in a different way #314
- Macedonian различен[ˈrazlit͡ʃɛn] different, distinct #1,985
- Malay berbeza/bərˈbɛ.za/ to have difference; to be different #449
- Malayalam വ്യത്യസ്ത/ʋjat̪jast̪a/ #760
- Norwegian annerledes/ˈɑnəˌɭeːdəs/ #719
- Persian غیر[qejɹ] other than, different from, unlike #786
- Polish innego/inˈnɛ.ɡɔ/ different, another, other #387
- Portuguese diferente/d͡ʒi.feˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi/ #554
- Romanian diferit/di.feˈrit/ different, dissimilar, distinct #911
- Russian другой[drʊˈɡoj] other, another, different, next, else, second #331
- Serbian drugačiji/druɡǎt͡ʃijiː/ #1,442
- Slovenian drug/drúːk/ other, another, different #265
- Spanish diferentes/difeˈɾentes/ #1,217
- Tagalog iba/ʔiˈba/ another; different one #95
- Tamil வெவ்வேறு/ʋɛʋːeːrɯ/ separate, different, various #715
- Turkish farklı/faɾkˈɫɯ/ #309
- Ukrainian інакше[iˈnakʃe] differently, in a different way, otherwise #588
- Urdu مختلف/mʊx.t̪ə.lɪf/ #217
- Vietnamese khác[xaːk̚˧˦] different, other #127
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), 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.