How to say “evening” in 44 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.
- 저녁[t͡ɕʌ̹ɲʌ̹k̚] Korean
- शाम/ʃɑːm/ Hindi
- საღამო[säʁämo̞] Georgian
- երեկո/jeɾeˈko/ Armenian
- সন্ধ্যা/ʃond̪ʱa/ Bengali
- சாயங்காலம்/tʃɑːjɐŋɡɑːlɐm/ Tamil
“evening” in French: soir · German: abend · Italian: sera · Korean: 저녁 · Hindi: शाम · Turkish: akşam
It is commonest in Tagalog, where gabi is the 116th most used word.
Evening in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans vanaand/fəˈnɑːnt/ tonight, this evening #291
- Albanian mbrëmë/mbɾəmə/ #581
- Arabic مساء/ma.saːʔ/ in the evening #481
- Armenian երեկո/jeɾeˈko/ #148
- Bengali সন্ধ্যা/ʃond̪ʱa/ evening, eve, dusk, twilight #718
- Bosnian večeras/ʋet͡ʃěras/ this evening #313
- Bulgarian вечер[ˈvɛt͡ʃɛr] in the evening #200
- Catalan vespre[ˈbes.pɾə] late evening #1,126
- Chinese 今晚/t͡ɕin⁵⁵ wän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ tonight; this evening #79
- Croatian večeras/ʋet͡ʃěras/ this evening #315
- Czech večer[ˈvɛt͡ʃɛr] evening, night #282
- Danish aften/ˈaftən/ #206
- Dutch vanavond/ˌvɑˈnaː.vɔnt/ tonight, this evening, the evening of the… #353
- Esperanto vesperon/vesˈperon/ #480
- Estonian õhtul/ˈɤhtul/ #354
- Finnish iltana/ˈiltana/ #671
- French soir/swɑːʁ/ #191
- Galician tardes/ˈtaɾdes/ afternoon or early evening, period between… #2,081
- Georgian საღამო[säʁämo̞] #507
- German abend/ˈaːbənt/ evening; the time from dusk until midnight #250
- Greek απόψε/aˈpopse/ tonight, this evening #289
- Hebrew הערב/haˈʔeʁev/ This evening, tonight #318
- Hindi शाम/ʃɑːm/ #857
- Hungarian este[ˈɛʃtɛ] in the evening #165
- Icelandic kvöld[ˈkʰvœlt] #141
- Italian sera/ˈse.ra/ #364
- Korean 저녁[t͡ɕʌ̹ɲʌ̹k̚] #338
- Latvian vakarā/ˈʋakaraː/ in the evening #895
- Lithuanian šįvakar[ʃʲiː²ˈʋɑːkɐr] this evening #408
- Macedonian вечер[ˈvɛt͡ʃɛr] #275
- Malayalam സായാഹ്നം/saːjaːhnɐm/ evening, eventide #1,355
- Norwegian kveld/kʋɛlː/ #182
- Polish wieczór/ˈvjɛ.t͡ʂur/ in the evening #666
- Romanian seara/ˈse̯ara/ in the evening #277
- Russian вечером[ˈvʲet͡ɕɪrəm] in the evening #470
- Serbian večeras/ʋet͡ʃěras/ this evening #283
- Slovak večer/vet͡ʃer/ #184
- Slovenian večer/ʋɛt͡ʃéːr/ #274
- Swedish kväll/kvɛlː/ #246
- Tagalog gabi/ɡaˈbi/ evening; night #116
- Tamil சாயங்காலம்/tʃɑːjɐŋɡɑːlɐm/ #2,145
- Turkish akşam[ɑkˈʃɑm] #294
- Ukrainian вечір[ˈʋɛt͡ʃʲir] #739
- Urdu شام/ʃɑːm/ evening, night #450
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