How to say “effect” in 30 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.
It is commonest in Arabic, where من is the 2nd most used word.
- Afrikaans effek #1,036
- Arabic من having partitive effect: of, some of, parts… #2
- Bengali ফলাফল consequence, result, effect, outcome #915
- Bulgarian ефект #2,204
- Catalan efecte #1,403
- Chinese 效果 effect; result; outcome #870
- Dutch schade damage, detrimental effect #1,508
- English him With dative effect or as an indirect object #54
- Esperanto efikas to act, have effect, be effective #2,236
- Estonian toime #1,022
- Finnish vaikuttaa to influence, have an influence on, affect,… #734
- French effet #708
- Greek ισχύει to be valid, be in effect #1,530
- Hindi प्रभाव effect, reaction, consequence #1,483
- Hungarian hatással #2,128
- Icelandic áhrif influence, effect #664
- Italian effetti #1,150
- Korean 효과 result, effect #1,511
- Polish wyniki result, outcome, effect #1,538
- Portuguese efeito #1,823
- Romanian efect #1,980
- Slovak účinky #1,972
- Slovenian učinek #1,091
- Spanish efecto #1,794
- Swedish resultat A result, an effect #2,312
- Tagalog epekto #1,150
- Tamil பண்ணு to do, make, effect, produce, accomplish #830
- Telugu ఆస్తి property, estate, effect, wealth, riches #442
- Turkish etkisi effect, impact #1,620
- Ukrainian результат effect, result, return, outcome #1,967
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.