How to say “english” in 40 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.
- inglés/inˈɡles/ Spanish
- անգլիական/ɑnɡljɑˈkɑn/ Armenian
- ഇംഗ്ലീഷ്/iŋɡɭiːʂɨ/ Malayalam
- انگلیسی[ʔeŋɡʲ.liː.síː] Persian
“english” in Spanish: inglés · German: englisch · Italian: inglese
It is commonest in Malayalam, where ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് is the 373rd most used word.
English in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans engelse/ˈɛŋəlsə/ #489
- Albanian anglisht/anɡliʃt/ in English #1,033
- Armenian անգլիական/ɑnɡljɑˈkɑn/ #614
- Basque ingelesez/inˈɡeleˌs̺es̻/ an English person #795
- Bengali ইংরেজ/iŋɾed͡ʒ/ English person #1,926
- Bosnian engleski/ěnɡleːskiː/ in an English manner, as an Englishman #1,318
- Bulgarian английски[ɐŋˈɡlijski] in English #1,159
- Catalan milles/ˈmiʎəs/ mile, English unit of distance #1,709
- Chinese 英文/iŋ⁵⁵ wən³⁵/ English language #1,222
- Croatian engleski/ěnɡleːskiː/ in an English manner, as an Englishman #1,425
- Czech anglicky[ˈaŋɡlɪt͡skɪ] English, in English #2,152
- Danish engelsk/ˈɛŋˀəlsɡ/ #1,303
- Dutch kwijt/ˈkʋɛi̯t/ Translated into English with lose or be rid of #623
- Esperanto angla/ˈanɡla/ #2,373
- Estonian küll/ˈkylː/ An intensifier corresponding to the English… #57
- Finnish kyllä/ˈkylːæ/ an intensifier; corresponds to the English… #46
- French anglais/ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/ English language #1,168
- Galician inglés/iŋˈɡles/ #1,133
- German englisch/ˈɛŋ.lɪʃ/ #2,111
- Greek αγγλικά/ˌaŋɡliˈka/ in English, using the English language #1,606
- Hungarian angol[ˈɒŋɡol] #1,653
- Icelandic ensku[ˈɛnskʏ] #864
- Indonesian inggris/ˈiŋɡris/ English; Englishman #623
- Italian inglese/inˈɡle.ze/ #1,196
- Korean 영어[jʌ̹ŋʌ̹] the English language #1,217
- Latvian angliski/ˈaŋɡliski/ English, in English; adverbial form of… #2,138
- Lithuanian angliškai[¹ˈɑˑŋɡlʲɪʃkɐɪ] in English #948
- Macedonian ќе[cɛ] Future particle equivalent to "will" in… #9
- Malayalam ഇംഗ്ലീഷ്/iŋɡɭiːʂɨ/ #373
- Norwegian engelsk[ˈɛŋəlsk] English, someone or something from England,… #1,205
- Persian انگلیسی[ʔeŋɡʲ.liː.síː] #1,860
- Romanian engleză/eŋˈɡlezə/ #1,999
- Serbian engleski/ěnɡleːskiː/ in an English manner, as an Englishman #1,366
- Slovak angličtiny/anɡʎit͡ʃcini/ #2,431
- Slovenian angleško/anɡléːʃkɔ/ #736
- Spanish inglés/inˈɡles/ #1,391
- Swedish engelska/eŋelska/ #1,273
- Tagalog ingles/ʔiŋˈɡles/ #1,929
- Turkish lord[ɫoɾd] English lord or nobleman #1,435
- Urdu انگریزی/ə̃ŋ.ɡɾeː.ziː/ English; of or relating to the English… #556
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