How to say “energy” 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.
- energía/eneɾˈxia/ Spanish
- 能量/nɤŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/ Chinese
- 에너지[e̞nʌ̹d͡ʑi] Korean
- ενέργεια/eˈner.ʝi.a/ Greek
- אנרגיה/(ʔ)eneʁɡia/ Hebrew
- ഊർജ്ജം/uːrd͡ʒd͡ʒɐm/ Malayalam
“energy” in Spanish: energía · French: énergie · German: energie · Italian: energia · Portuguese: energia · Chinese: 能量 · Korean: 에너지 · Turkish: enerji
It is commonest in Telugu, where శక్తి is the 287th most used word.
Energy in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans energie/ɛnərˈxi/ #1,699
- Albanian energji[ɛnɛɾɟʑi] #1,295
- Basque adore/adoɾe/ energy, vital force #1,672
- Bulgarian енергия[ɛˈnɛrɡijɐ] #1,111
- Catalan energia[ə.nərˈʒi.ə] energy, the capacity to do work #928
- Chinese 能量/nɤŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/ #657
- Czech energie[ˈɛnɛrɡɪjɛ] #1,327
- Danish energi/enɛɐ̯ˈɡiːˀ/ #1,520
- Dutch energie/ˌeː.nərˈʒi/ #1,242
- English heat/hit/ Thermal energy #1,609
- Esperanto energio/enerˈɡio/ #1,987
- Estonian energia/eˈnerɡ̊iɑ̯/ #1,342
- French énergie/e.nɛʁ.ʒi/ #1,298
- Galician enerxía/ɛnɛɾˈʃia/ #1,076
- German energie/eneʁˈɡiː/ #1,512
- Greek ενέργεια/eˈner.ʝi.a/ #1,238
- Hebrew אנרגיה/(ʔ)eneʁɡia/ #1,283
- Hindi शक्ति/ʃək.t̪iː/ power, energy, potency #574
- Indonesian energi/eˈnɛrɡi/ energy: a quantity that denotes the ability… #1,118
- Italian energia/e.nerˈd͡ʒi.a/ #1,295
- Korean 에너지[e̞nʌ̹d͡ʑi] #1,529
- Latvian enerģijas/ˈenerɟijas/ #1,791
- Lithuanian energija[ɛ²ˈnʲɛrʲˑɡʲɪjɛ] #1,575
- Macedonian енергија[ɛˈnɛrɡi(j)a] #916
- Malay tenaga/təˈnaɡa/ energy; power; strength #661
- Malayalam ഊർജ്ജം/uːrd͡ʒd͡ʒɐm/ #1,170
- Norwegian energi/ɛnərˈɡiː/ #1,946
- Persian انرژی[ʔe.neɹ.ʒíː] #1,917
- Polish energii/ɛˈnɛr.ɡji/ #1,976
- Portuguese energia/e.neʁˈʒi.ɐ/ #838
- Romanian energie/ˌenerdˈʒie/ #1,231
- Slovenian energija/ɛnɛrɡíːja/ #1,123
- Spanish energía/eneɾˈxia/ #1,023
- Swedish energi/ˌɛnːərˈɧiː/ #1,791
- Tagalog enerhiya/ʔeneɾˈhia/ energy; vigor; force #351
- Tamil சக்தி/tʃɐkt̪iː/ power, ability, energy, force, strength #644
- Telugu శక్తి/ˈɕakti/ #287
- Turkish enerji/æ.næɾ.ʒi/ #1,199
- Urdu توانائی/t̪ə.wɑː.nɑːj/ #992
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 Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
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