How to say “example” in 50 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.
- ejemplo/eˈxemplo/ Spanish
- उदाहरण/ʊ.d̪ɑːɦ.ɾəɳ/ Hindi
- παράδειγμα/paˈɾa.ðiɣ.ma/ Greek
- முன்மாதிரி/mʊnmɑːd̪ɪɾiː/ Tamil
- نمونه[næ.muː.ne] Persian
“example” in Spanish: ejemplo · French: exemple · German: beispiel · Italian: esempio · Portuguese: exemplo · Hindi: उदाहरण · Greek: παράδειγμα
It is commonest in Slovenian, where primer is the 230th most used word.
Example in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans voorbeeld/ˈfʊə̯r.bɪə̯lt/ #539
- Albanian shembull/ˈʃɛmbuɫ/ #857
- Arabic مثلا/ma.θa.lan/ for example #2,378
- Armenian նմուշ/nəˈmuʃ/ specimen; sample; example #1,652
- Basque adibidez/adibides̻/ for example #441
- Bengali যেমন/d͡ʒɛmon/ for example, such as #300
- Bosnian govno/ɡǒːʋno/ when used in singular: turd Example: Posrao… #1,345
- Bulgarian например[nɐˈprimɛr] for example, e.g #754
- Catalan exemple[əɡˈzem.plə] #1,277
- Chinese 比如/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɻu³⁵/ to take for example; for example; for… #455
- Croatian primjer/prǐːmjer/ example, instance #1,031
- Czech například[ˈnapr̝̊iːklat] for instance, for example #1,454
- Danish eksempel/ɛksɛmpəl/ #1,441
- Dutch bijvoorbeeld/bɛi̯ˈvoːrbeːlt/ for example #1,741
- English a/eɪ̯/ An unspecified example of; the indefinite… #5
- Esperanto ekzemple/ekˈzemple/ for example #554
- Estonian näiteks/ˈnæi̯teks/ for example, for instance #591
- Finnish esimerkiksi/ˈesiˌmerkiksi/ for example, for instance #2,075
- French exemple/ɛɡ.zɑ̃pl/ #1,064
- Galician exemplo/ɛˈʃemplo/ #589
- Georgian მაგალითად[mäɡälitʰätʰ] for example #1,403
- German beispiel/ˈbaɪ̯ʃpiːl/ #1,061
- Greek παράδειγμα/paˈɾa.ðiɣ.ma/ example, instance #1,262
- Hebrew שורה/ʃuˈʁa/ A row; for example, a line of text #2,293
- Hindi उदाहरण/ʊ.d̪ɑːɦ.ɾəɳ/ #1,718
- Hungarian például[ˈpeːldaːul] for example, for instance #700
- Icelandic dæmis[ˈtaiːmɪs] example, case in point #989
- Indonesian contoh/ˈt͡ʃɔntɔh/ example, instance #1,782
- Italian esempio/eˈzɛm.pjo/ #1,113
- Latvian piemēram/ˈpiemæːram/ for example, for instance #676
- Lithuanian pavyzdžiui[²ˈpɑːʋʲiːʒʲd͡ʒʲʊ̟ɪ] for example #637
- Macedonian пример[ˈprimɛr] example, instance #578
- Malay contohnya/t͡ʃonˈtohɲə/ for example #1,885
- Malayalam മാതൃക/maːt̪ɾkɐ/ model; praiseworthy example #1,398
- Norwegian eksempel/ɛkˈsɛmpəl/ an example #1,310
- Persian نمونه[næ.muː.ne] example, sample #715
- Polish przykład/ˈpʂɘ.kwat/ #907
- Portuguese exemplo/eˈzẽ.plu/ #1,174
- Romanian exemplu[eɡˈzem.plu] #1,024
- Russian например[nəprʲɪˈmʲer] for example, for instance, e.g #754
- Serbian primer/prǐːmer/ example, instance #884
- Slovak napríklad/ˈnapriːkɫat/ for example, for instance #479
- Slovenian primer/priméːr/ #230
- Spanish ejemplo/eˈxemplo/ #1,125
- Swedish exempel/ɛkˈsɛmpɛl/ an example #1,431
- Tagalog halimbawa/halimˈbawaʔ/ for example #534
- Tamil முன்மாதிரி/mʊnmɑːd̪ɪɾiː/ example, precedent, model #1,668
- Turkish mesela/me.se.laː/ for example #739
- Ukrainian наприклад[nɐˈprɪkɫɐd] for example #857
- Urdu مثال/mɪ.sɑːl/ example, instance, specimen, model, precedent #669
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), 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).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.