How to say “fate” in 32 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.
- τύχη/ˈti.çi/ Greek
- পরিণতি/poɾinot̪i/ Bengali
- விதி/ʋɪd̪iː/ Tamil
- قسمت/qɪs.mət̪/ Urdu
“fate” in Portuguese: sorte · Greek: τύχη
It is commonest in Portuguese, where sorte is the 350th most used word.
Fate in other languages, A to Z
- Armenian ճակատագիր/t͡ʃɑkɑtɑˈɡiɾ/ destiny, fate #1,182
- Basque zori/s̻oɾi/ luck, chance, fate, fortune #1,844
- Bengali পরিণতি/poɾinot̪i/ fate, result, consequence, outcome #1,336
- Bosnian sudbina/sudbǐna/ fate, destiny #1,433
- Croatian sudbina/sudbǐna/ fate, destiny #1,520
- Czech osud[ˈosut] #1,296
- Dutch lot/lɔt/ destiny, fate, lot #1,214
- Esperanto sorto/ˈsorto/ fate, destiny #1,196
- Estonian saatus/ˈsɑːtus/ destiny, fate #1,015
- French destin/dɛs.tɛ̃/ destiny, fate #1,522
- Galician sorte/ˈsɔɾte̝/ fate, fortune #379
- German schicksal/ˈʃɪk.zaːl/ destiny, fate #1,294
- Greek τύχη/ˈti.çi/ fate, chance, luck #540
- Indonesian takdir/ˈtakdir/ destiny, fate #1,306
- Italian caso/ˈka.zo/ chance, fate #250
- Korean 운[un] luck, fortune, fate #936
- Latvian liktenis/ˈliktenis/ destiny, fate, fortune #1,626
- Lithuanian likimas[lʲɪˈkʲɪmɐs] fate, destiny #889
- Macedonian судбина[ˈsudbina] fate, destiny #935
- Malay nasib/ˈnasib/ fate, destiny, luck #654
- Norwegian skjebne/ˈʃɛbnə/ fate, destiny #1,701
- Persian سرنوشت[sæɹ.ne.veʃt̪ʰ] destiny; fate #847
- Polish los/ˈlɔs/ #1,178
- Portuguese sorte/ˈsɔʁ.t͡ʃi/ #350
- Russian судьба[sʊdʲˈba] destiny, fate, doom, fortune, predestination #1,949
- Serbian sudbina/sudbǐna/ fate, destiny #1,411
- Spanish destino/desˈtino/ destiny, fate #1,085
- Swedish ödet/ˈøːdɛt/ destiny, fate #2,299
- Tagalog kapalaran/kapaˈlaɾan/ fate; fortune #1,044
- Tamil விதி/ʋɪd̪iː/ fate, destiny #631
- Turkish kader/kaˈder/ destiny, fate #2,163
- Urdu قسمت/qɪs.mət̪/ fate, destiny #419
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) and Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.