How to say “effect” in 30 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.
- efecto/eˈfeɡto/ Spanish
- 效果/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese
- प्रभाव/pɾə.bʱɑːʋ/ Hindi
- результат[rezʊlʲˈtat] Ukrainian
“effect” in Spanish: efecto · French: effet · Italian: effetti · Portuguese: efeito · Chinese: 效果 · Hindi: प्रभाव · Turkish: etkisi
It is commonest in French, where effet is the 708th most used word.
Effect in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans effek/iˈfɛk/ #1,036
- Arabic من/min/ having partitive effect: of, some of, parts… #2
- Bengali ফলাফল/fɔlafɔl/ consequence, result, effect, outcome #915
- Bulgarian ефект[ɛˈfɛkt] #2,204
- Catalan efecte/əˈfektə/ #1,403
- Chinese 效果/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ effect; result; outcome #870
- Dutch schade/ˈsxaː.də/ damage, detrimental effect #1,508
- English him/ˈhɪm/ With dative effect or as an indirect object #54
- Esperanto efikas/eˈfikas/ to act, have effect, be effective #2,236
- Estonian toime/ˈtoi̯me/ #1,022
- Finnish vaikuttaa/ˈʋɑi̯kutːɑːˣ/ to influence, have an influence on, affect,… #734
- French effet/ɛ.fɛ/ #708
- Greek ισχύει/isˈçii/ to be valid, be in effect #1,530
- Hindi प्रभाव/pɾə.bʱɑːʋ/ effect, reaction, consequence #1,483
- Hungarian hatással[ˈhɒtaːʃːɒl] #2,128
- Icelandic áhrif[ˈauː.r̥ɪːv] influence, effect #664
- Italian effetti/efˈfɛt.ti/ #1,150
- Korean 효과[ˈço(ː)k͈wa̠] result, effect #1,511
- Polish wyniki/vɘˈɲi.ki/ result, outcome, effect #1,538
- Portuguese efeito/eˈfej.tu/ #1,823
- Romanian efect/eˈfekt/ #1,980
- Slovak účinky/uːt͡ʃinki/ #1,972
- Slovenian učinek/ut͡ʃíːnək/ #1,091
- Spanish efecto/eˈfeɡto/ #1,794
- Swedish resultat/rɛsɵlˈtɑːt/ A result, an effect #2,312
- Tagalog epekto/ʔeˈpekto/ #1,150
- Tamil பண்ணு/pɐɳːɯ/ to do, make, effect, produce, accomplish #830
- Telugu ఆస్తి/aːst̪i/ property, estate, effect, wealth, riches #442
- Turkish etkisi/et.ciˈsi/ effect, impact #1,620
- Ukrainian результат[rezʊlʲˈtat] effect, result, return, outcome #1,967
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