How to say “dress” 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.
- платье[ˈpɫatʲje] Russian
- فستان/fus.taːn/ Arabic
- 드레스[tɯɾe̞s͈ɯ] Korean
- φόρεμα/ˈforeˌma/ Greek
- კაბა[kʼäbä] Georgian
- շրջազգեստ/ʃəɾd͡ʒɑzˈɡest/ Armenian
“dress” in French: robe · German: kleid · Korean: 드레스 · Russian: платье · Arabic: فستان · Greek: φόρεμα
It is commonest in Malayalam, where വസ്ത്രം is the 337th most used word.
Dress in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans rok/rɔk/ A dress #425
- Albanian veshur/vɛʃuɾ/ to dress, clothe #592
- Arabic فستان/fus.taːn/ #1,960
- Armenian շրջազգեստ/ʃəɾd͡ʒɑzˈɡest/ dress, gown, frock #1,428
- Bengali সাজা/ʃad͡ʒa/ to dress up, to wear makeup and/or jewelry #1,312
- Bosnian haljinu/ˈxaʎɪnʊ/ #1,542
- Bulgarian рокля[ˈrɔklʲɐ] skirt, dress #1,301
- Catalan vestit[bəsˈtit] dress, apparel, clothing #762
- Chinese 裙子/t͡ɕʰyn³⁵ d͡z̥ɹ̩³/ skirt; dress #846
- Croatian haljinu/ˈxaʎɪnʊ/ #1,695
- Czech šaty[ˈʃatɪ] #932
- Danish kjole/ˈkjoːlə/ dress, gown #1,446
- Dutch jurk/jʏrk/ #1,277
- Esperanto robo/ˈrobo/ #2,347
- Estonian kleit/klei̯t/ #1,439
- Finnish asua/ˈɑsuɑˣ/ attire, dress, suit, raiment, costume, outfit #1,662
- French robe/ʁɔb/ dress, frock #1,085
- Georgian კაბა[kʼäbä] dress, frock #856
- German kleid/klaɪ̯t/ dress, gown #1,342
- Greek φόρεμα/ˈforeˌma/ #1,360
- Hebrew שלמה/salˈma/ clothes, dress #1,267
- Hindi पोशाक/poː.ʃɑːk/ attire, dress, clothing #1,603
- Indonesian gaun/ˈɡaʊn/ #1,513
- Italian camicia/kaˈmi.t͡ʃa/ shirt, dress shirt #2,356
- Korean 드레스[tɯɾe̞s͈ɯ] #981
- Latvian tualeti/ˈtualæti/ dress, outfit, dressing style #1,732
- Macedonian фустан[ˈfustan] #1,245
- Malay gaun/ˈɡaun/ dress, gown #1,662
- Malayalam വസ്ത്രം/ʋɐst̪rɐm/ #337
- Norwegian kle/kleː/ to dress, clothe #1,565
- Romanian rochie[ˈro.ki.e] #1,767
- Russian платье[ˈpɫatʲje] dress, gown, frock #1,237
- Serbian haljinu/ˈxaʎɪnʊ/ #1,598
- Slovak šaty/ʃati/ #506
- Slovenian obleka/ɔbléːka/ #573
- Swedish klä/ˈklɛː/ to clothe, to dress, to wear #1,608
- Tagalog damit/daˈmit/ clothes; clothing; dress #645
- Tamil ஆடை/ɑːɖɐɪ̯/ cloth, clothing, dress, garment #546
- Vietnamese diện[ziən˧˨ʔ] to dress up; to be well-dressed; to be decked… #833
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.