How to say “fact” in 41 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.
“fact” in French: faite · Hindi: तथ्य
It is commonest in Romanian, where fapt is the 249th most used word.
Fact in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic فعلا/fiʕ.lan/ indeed, in fact, actually, really, practically #419
- Armenian փաստորեն/pʰɑstoˈɾen/ so, actually, in actual fact #405
- Bosnian zapravo/zâpraʋo/ in fact, really, actually #335
- Bulgarian всъщност[ˈfsɤʃnost] actually, in reality, in fact #202
- Catalan fets[ˈfets] #1,321
- Chinese 其實/t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʂɻ̩³⁵/ actually; as a matter of fact; in fact #818
- Croatian zapravo/zâpraʋo/ in fact, really, actually #277
- Czech vlastně[ˈvlastɲɛ] actually, as a matter of fact #263
- Dutch feit/fɛi̯t/ #1,183
- English actually/ˈæk.t͡ʃ(u.)(ə.)li/ In act or in fact; really; in truth;… #277
- Esperanto fakte/ˈfakte/ actually, indeed, in fact, factually #378
- Finnish oikeastaan/ˈoi̯keɑstɑːn/ actually, in fact #706
- French faite/fɛt/ #1,303
- Georgian სინამდვილეში[sinämdʷile̞ʃi] in fact, in realty #390
- German sogar/zoˈɡaːɐ̯/ even, actually, in fact #436
- Greek γεγονός/ʝe.ɣoˈnos/ event, fact, occurrence #903
- Hebrew למעשה/lmaʔaˈse/ in fact, actually #279
- Hindi तथ्य/t̪ət̪ʰ.jᵊ/ fact, truth, reality #1,618
- Hungarian tulajdonképpen[ˈtulɒjdoŋkeːpːɛn] in fact, actually, practically #1,761
- Icelandic reyndar[ˈreintar] in fact, as a matter of fact, actually #329
- Indonesian sebenarnya/səbəˈnarɲa/ actually, in fact #202
- Italian davvero/davˈve.ro/ really, in fact #98
- Korean 사실[ˈsʰa̠(ː)ɕʰiɭ] in fact, actually #174
- Latvian patiesībā/ˈpatiesiːbaː/ in truth, in fact, as a matter of fact #359
- Lithuanian faktas[²ˈfɑːktɐs] #1,204
- Macedonian всушност[ˈfsuʃnɔst] actually, in fact #219
- Malay memang/ˈmemaŋ/ indeed; in fact; really #159
- Malayalam വസ്തുത/ʋɐst̪ut̪ɐ/ fact, reality #1,526
- Norwegian fakta/ˈfɑktɑ/ a fact #2,083
- Persian راستش[ɹɒ́ːs.t̪ʰeʃ] actually, in fact #347
- Polish fakt/ˈfakt/ that's a fact; the fact is #1,506
- Portuguese mesmo/ˈmez.mu/ really; actually; in fact #76
- Romanian fapt[fapt] #249
- Russian вообще-то[vɐɐpˈɕːe‿tə] as a matter of fact, in fact, actually,… #473
- Serbian zapravo/zâpraʋo/ in fact, really, actually #360
- Slovak fakt/fakt/ #253
- Swedish faktum/ˈfaktʉm/ a fact #1,729
- Tamil உண்மை/ʊɳmɐɪ̯/ truth, fact, reality #271
- Turkish asıl/aˈsɯɫ/ actually, in fact #578
- Ukrainian насправді[nɐˈsprau̯dʲi] in fact, in reality, really, actually, as a… #378
- Urdu دراصل/d̪ə.ɾə.səl/ in reality, in fact, actually, truly, in… #1,022
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Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.