How to say “event” 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.
- 事件/ʂɻ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ Chinese
- घटना/ɡʱəʈ.nɑː/ Hindi
- γεγονός/ʝe.ɣoˈnos/ Greek
- אירוע/(ʔ)eˈʁu.a/ Hebrew
- ঘটনা/ɡʰɔ.ʈo.na/ Bengali
- പരിപാടി/pɐɾibaːɖi/ Malayalam
“event” in Italian: accaduto · Chinese: 事件 · Hindi: घटना · Turkish: olay · Greek: γεγονός
It is commonest in Albanian, where ndodhi is the 193rd most used word.
Event in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans gebeurtenis/χəˈbɪør.tə.nəs/ #1,406
- Albanian ndodhi/ndɔði/ event, occurrence #193
- Arabic طارئة/tˤaːriʔa/ unforeseen event, emergency, casus maior vel… #1,665
- Armenian դեպքում/depˈkʰum/ incident, event, occurrence #279
- Basque gertaera/ɡertaeɾa/ event, episode #977
- Bengali ঘটনা/ɡʰɔ.ʈo.na/ #416
- Bosnian slučaj/slût͡ʃaːj/ case, occurrence, event, incident #497
- Bulgarian факт[fakt] fact, event, phenomenon #1,901
- Chinese 事件/ʂɻ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ event; incident; occurrence #349
- Croatian slučaj/slût͡ʃaːj/ case, occurrence, event, incident #421
- Czech každopádně[ˈkaʒdopaːdɲɛ] in any case, in any event, either way #1,411
- Danish smutter[ˈsmudʌ] an unfortunate incident or event #1,234
- English live/ˈlɪv/ Of an event, as it happens; in real time;… #275
- Estonian üritus/ˈyritus/ #2,067
- Finnish tapauksessa/ˈtapaukˌsessa/ event, incident, occurrence, occasion, episode #835
- German falls/fals/ if, in the event that #562
- Greek γεγονός/ʝe.ɣoˈnos/ event, fact, occurrence #903
- Hebrew אירוע/(ʔ)eˈʁu.a/ #1,506
- Hindi घटना/ɡʱəʈ.nɑː/ event, occurrence #1,482
- Hungarian esetben[ˈɛʃɛdbɛn] case, instance, event, occurrence #1,171
- Icelandic atvik[ˈaːt.vɪːk] event, occurrence, incident #2,364
- Indonesian kecelakaan/kət͡ʃəlaˈkaan/ an unexpected event with negative… #675
- Italian accaduto/ak.kaˈdu.to/ event, happening #2,059
- Korean 만약[ˈma̠(ː)ɲa̠k̚] if, in the event that #115
- Latvian jau[ˈjàu̯] used to indicate that an action or event has… #50
- Lithuanian įvykis[¹ˈiːʋʲiːkʲɪs] event, occurrence, happening #1,421
- Macedonian настан[ˈnastan] event, happening #2,000
- Malay kecelakaan[kə.t͡ʃə.la.kə.ʔan] An unexpected event with negative… #2,025
- Malayalam പരിപാടി/pɐɾibaːɖi/ #250
- Persian اتفاق[ʔet̪ʰ.t̪ʰe.fɒːɢ̥] occurrence, happening, event, accident,… #174
- Portuguese casos/ˈka.zus/ an actual event, situation or fact #1,571
- Romanian eveniment/ˌeveniˈment/ #2,049
- Serbian slučaj/slût͡ʃaːj/ case, occurrence, event, incident #470
- Slovak príbeh/priːbex/ event, incident, story #347
- Slovenian dogodek/dɔɡóːdək/ event, occurrence, happening, incident #832
- Tagalog pangyayari/paŋjaˈjaɾi/ event; happening; occurrence #884
- Turkish olay/oˈɫaj/ event, happening, incident, phenomenon #441
- Ukrainian випадок[ˈʋɪpɐdɔk] case, occurrence, event #848
- Urdu واقعہ/ʋɑː.qɪ.(ʔ)ɑ(ː)/ event, incident #1,459
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 Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.