How to say “exit” in 34 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.
“exit” in French: sortir · Portuguese: sair · Russian: выйти · Arabic: مخرج
It is commonest in Portuguese, where sair is the 207th most used word.
Exit in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans uitgaan/ˈøytˌxɑːn/ go out; exit #816
- Albanian dal/dal/ to exit, go out #416
- Arabic مخرج/max.rad͡ʒ/ exit, place of issue #1,506
- Armenian ել/jel/ to go out; to leave; to exit #552
- Bosnian izlaz/îzlaːz/ #1,281
- Bulgarian изляза[izˈlʲa̟zɐ] to exit, to go out, to come out, to be out,… #1,194
- Chinese 退出/tʰu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵/ to withdraw; to leave; to exit; to abort; to… #750
- Croatian izlaz/îzlaːz/ #1,328
- Czech východ[ˈviːxot] #2,072
- Esperanto eliru/eˈliru/ to go out, exit #510
- Finnish lähdössä/ˈlæhdøssæ/ departure, leaving, exit #1,451
- French sortir/sɔʁ.tiʁ/ to exit, go out, come out #285
- Galician saír/saˈiɾ/ to exit, leave #341
- Greek βγει/ˈvji/ to go out, come out, exit #812
- Hebrew יצא/jaˈt͡sa/ To go out, come out, exit, leave, depart, get… #543
- Hindi निकल/nɪ.kəl/ to emerge, come out, exit #661
- Indonesian keluar/kəˈluar/ to go out, to get out, to exit #96
- Italian uscire/uʃˈʃi.re/ to go out, leave, exit #415
- Korean 출입[t͡ɕʰuɾip̚] entrance and exit #2,038
- Latvian iziet/ˈiziet/ to leave, to exit, to go out #1,609
- Lithuanian išeiti/ɪˈʃɛɪtɪ/ to exit, leave, go out #399
- Macedonian излезе[ˈizlɛzɛ] to exit, go out #416
- Malay keluar/kəˈlua(r)/ to go out, to exit #92
- Persian ترک[t̪ʰæɹkʰʲ] exit, leaving #334
- Polish wyjść/ˈvɘjɕt͡ɕ/ exit, way out #620
- Portuguese sair/saˈi(ʁ)/ to exit; to leave; to get out #207
- Romanian ies/ˈjes/ to exit, to get out #858
- Russian выйти[ˈvɨjtʲɪ] to exit, to go out #870
- Serbian izlaz/îzlaːz/ #1,356
- Slovak východ/viːxɔt/ #957
- Tagalog lumabas/lumaˈbas/ to leave; to exit; to go out #259
- Turkish çıktı/t͡ʃɯkˈtɯ/ to leave, exit, quit, get out #409
- Ukrainian вихід[ˈʋɪxʲid] departure, exit, leaving #1,147
- Vietnamese thoát[tʰwaːt̚˧˦] to escape, to exit #517
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 Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.