How to say “dollar” in 36 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.
- dólares/ˈdolaɾes/ Spanish
- دولار/doː.laːr/ Arabic
- 달러[ta̠ɭɭʌ̹] Korean
- डॉलर/ɖɔ.ləɾ/ Hindi
- δολάρια/ðoˈlariˌa/ Greek
- דולר/ˈdolar/ Hebrew
“dollar” in Spanish: dólares · French: dollars · German: dollar · Italian: dollari · Portuguese: dólares · Korean: 달러 · Arabic: دولار · Hindi: डॉलर
It is commonest in Arabic, where دولار is the 186th most used word.
Dollar in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic دولار/doː.laːr/ #186
- Basque dolar/dolar/ #258
- Bengali ডলার/ɖɔlaɾ/ #404
- Bosnian dolar/ˈdolɑr/ #2,112
- Catalan dòlars/ˈdɔlərs/ #570
- Chinese 美元/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛn³⁵/ US dollar #405
- Croatian dolar/ˈdolɑr/ #2,405
- Danish dollars/ˈdɐlɑs/ a dollar #563
- Dutch dollar/ˈdɔlɑr/ #471
- English jackson/ˈd͡ʒæksən/ A U.S. 20-dollar banknote USD #2,370
- Esperanto dolarojn/doˈlaroɪn/ #1,949
- Finnish dollaria/ˈdollaˌria/ #451
- French dollars/dɔˈlaʁ/ dollar, usually the US dollar #567
- Galician dólares/ˈdolaɾes/ #581
- Georgian დოლარი[d̥o̞ɫäɾi] #1,185
- German dollar/ˈdɔlaʁ/ #634
- Greek δολάρια/ðoˈlariˌa/ #538
- Hebrew דולר/ˈdolar/ #280
- Hindi डॉलर/ɖɔ.ləɾ/ #834
- Hungarian dollár[ˈdolːaːr] #838
- Indonesian dolar/ˈdolar/ #648
- Italian dollari/ˈdɔllarɪ/ #420
- Korean 달러[ta̠ɭɭʌ̹] #749
- Latvian dolāru/ˈdolaːru/ #448
- Macedonian долари[ˈdɔɫaɾi] #298
- Norwegian dollar/ˈdɔlɑr/ a dollar #351
- Persian دلار[d̪o.lɒːɹ] #314
- Polish dolarów/dɔˈla.ruf/ #667
- Portuguese dólares/ˈdɔlɐɾis/ #409
- Romanian dolari/doˈlaɾʲʲ/ #446
- Russian баксов[ˈbaksəf] buck, dollar #1,648
- Serbian dolar/ˈdolɑr/ #2,257
- Spanish dólares/ˈdolaɾes/ #524
- Swedish dollar/ˈdɔlar/ #342
- Telugu డాలర్లు/ˈɖaːlarlu/ #637
- Turkish dolar/do.lɑɾ/ #344
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).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.