How to say “field” in 38 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.
It is commonest in Vietnamese, where đồng is the 233rd most used word.
- Afrikaans veld A field, open country #960
- Albanian fushë #1,274
- Arabic مجال #741
- Armenian դաշտերը #800
- Basque alor #1,528
- Bengali এলাকা area; field #862
- Bosnian polje #1,781
- Bulgarian поле field, ground #1,462
- Catalan camp #515
- Croatian polje #1,801
- Czech pole #1,580
- Danish mark #1,112
- Dutch veld field, open country #1,684
- English prince Someone who is preeminent in their field; a… #1,239
- Esperanto kampo #1,951
- Estonian ee the section of a field that is being worked… #1,220
- Galician campo #383
- Greek πεδίο field, domain, range, plain #1,542
- Hebrew שדה #1,243
- Hindi क्षेत्र field, area of study #558
- Indonesian bidang field, as in a field of work, an academic… #1,961
- Italian campo #721
- Korean 들 meadow, field, plain #864
- Latvian lauku #2,349
- Lithuanian laukas #2,333
- Macedonian поле #1,279
- Malay lapangan #892
- Polish pole #2,325
- Romanian bob a type of bean, field bean, horse bean, broad… #1,073
- Serbian polje #1,788
- Slovak pole #1,176
- Slovenian polje #813
- Tagalog kabukiran farm; field under cultivation #1,420
- Tamil பண்ணை farm, agricultural field #1,368
- Telugu నేల land, ground, field #633
- Ukrainian поле #1,047
- Urdu میدان ground, field, arena #786
- Vietnamese đồng #233
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.