How to say “faith” in 37 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.
- fe/ˈfe/ Spanish
- 믿음[midɯm] Korean
- πίστη/ˈpi.sti/ Greek
- אמון/eˈmun/ Hebrew
- რწმენა[ɾt͡sʼme̞nä] Georgian
- հավատ/hɑˈvɑt/ Armenian
“faith” in Spanish: fe · French: foi · Portuguese: fé · Korean: 믿음 · Greek: πίστη
It is commonest in Georgian, where რწმენა is the 505th most used word.
Faith in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic اعتقد/iʕ.ta.qa.da/ to believe in; to have faith in #153
- Armenian հավատ/hɑˈvɑt/ faith, belief #789
- Basque fede/fede/ #1,122
- Bengali বিশ্বাস/biʃːaʃ/ belief, faith, trust #117
- Bosnian vjerujem/ˈvjerʊjem/ to believe, have faith in #451
- Bulgarian вяра[ˈvʲa̟rɐ] faith, belief, confidence, trust #1,517
- Chinese 相信/ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ ɕin⁵¹/ to believe; to trust; to have faith #37
- Croatian vjerujem/ˈvjerʊjem/ to believe, have faith in #351
- Czech víru[ˈviːru] faith, belief #2,398
- Estonian usu/ˈusu/ to believe, to have faith in something #273
- Finnish usko/ˈusko/ to believe, have faith #228
- French foi/fwa/ #1,527
- Galician fe[fɛ] #1,107
- Georgian რწმენა[ɾt͡sʼme̞nä] faith, belief #505
- German glauben/ˈɡlaʊ̯bən/ belief, faith #280
- Greek πίστη/ˈpi.sti/ faith, creed, belief #1,197
- Hebrew אמון/eˈmun/ faith, confidence, trust #1,501
- Hindi विश्वास/ʋɪʃ.ʋɑːs/ belief, faith #244
- Icelandic trú[ˈtʰruː] #676
- Italian fiducia/fiˈdu.t͡ʃa/ trust, faith #1,403
- Korean 믿음[midɯm] faith, belief, acceptance, reliance #2,140
- Lithuanian tikėjimas[tʲɪ¹ˈkʲeːjɪmɐs] faith, trust #2,031
- Macedonian доверба[ˈdɔvɛrba] trust, faith #1,298
- Malay iman/ˈiman/ #2,227
- Norwegian tillit/ˈtɪlɪt/ confidence, faith, trust #2,084
- Persian ایمان[ʔiː.mɒ́ːn] #2,082
- Polish wiary/ˈvja.rɘ/ belief, faith, credence, creed #1,981
- Portuguese fé/ˈfɛ/ #1,456
- Romanian încredere/ɨn.ˈkre.de.re/ trust, faith #409
- Serbian vjerujem/ˈvjerʊjem/ to believe, have faith in #875
- Slovak vieru/vɪ̯eru/ faith, belief #1,089
- Spanish fe/ˈfe/ #1,434
- Tagalog tiwala/tiˈwalaʔ/ trust; faith #457
- Tamil விசுவாசம்/ʋɪtʃʊʋɑːtʃɐm/ trust, faith, belief #1,584
- Turkish inan/iˈnan/ to believe, have faith #1,614
- Urdu ایمان/iː.mɑːn/ faith; belief #727
- Vietnamese tin[tin˧˧] to believe; to trust; to have faith #104
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 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.