How to say “find” in 48 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.
- найти[nɐjˈtʲi] Russian
- وجد/wa.d͡ʒa.da/ Arabic
- 발견[pa̠ɭɡjʌ̹n] Korean
- βρω/ˈvro/ Greek
- מצא/maˈt͡sa/ Hebrew
- პოვნა[pʼo̞vnä] Georgian
“find” in French: trouvé · German: finden · Italian: trovato · Portuguese: acho · Korean: 발견 · Russian: найти · Arabic: وجد · Turkish: bulmak
It is commonest in Portuguese, where acho is the 98th most used word.
Find in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans vind/fənt/ to find #192
- Albanian gjej/ɟɛj/ to find #234
- Arabic وجد/wa.d͡ʒa.da/ to find, to hit upon, to come across #731
- Armenian գտնել/ɡətˈnel/ to find #555
- Basque aurkitu/au̯rkitu/ to find #102
- Bosnian naći/nǎːt͡ɕi/ to find, discover #312
- Bulgarian успея[oˈspɛjɐ] to have time, to find time #1,565
- Catalan trobar[tɾuˈβa] to find #221
- Chinese 發現/fä⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ to discover; to find; to find out #588
- Croatian naći/nǎːt͡ɕi/ to find, discover #261
- Czech najít[ˈnajiːt] to find #336
- Danish finde/fenə/ to find #153
- Dutch vinden/ˈvɪndə(n)/ to find #185
- English search/sɝt͡ʃ/ An attempt to find something #1,091
- Esperanto trovis/ˈtrovis/ to find, to retrieve #222
- Estonian leida/lˈei̯d̥ɑ/ to find #379
- Finnish löytää/ˈløy̯tæːˣ/ to find; to discover; to come across #402
- French trouvé/tʁu.ve/ to find; to retrieve something lost, turn up… #225
- Georgian პოვნა[pʼo̞vnä] to find #717
- German finden[ˈfɪndn̩] to find; to discover #216
- Greek βρω/ˈvro/ to find, discover, locate #334
- Hebrew מצא/maˈt͡sa/ to find #660
- Hungarian találtam[ˈtɒlaːltɒm] to find, come across, stumble upon #482
- Icelandic finna[ˈfɪn(ː)a] to find #167
- Indonesian menemukan/mənəˈmukan/ to find, to locate, to detect #157
- Italian trovato/troˈvato/ to find #248
- Korean 발견[pa̠ɭɡjʌ̹n] find; discovery #1,016
- Latvian atrast[atɾast] to find #346
- Lithuanian radau[rɐ²ˈdɒʊˑ] find, discover #342
- Macedonian најде[ˈnajdɛ] to find #270
- Malay mengetahui/məŋəˈtahuj/ to discover, to find out #601
- Malayalam കണ്ടെത്തുക/käɳʈet̪ːuɡä/ to find #930
- Norwegian fant/ˈfɑnt/ to find #209
- Polish znaleźć/ˈzna.lɛɕt͡ɕ/ to find #307
- Portuguese acho/ˈa.ʃu/ to find; to encounter #98
- Romanian găsit/ɡəˈsit/ to find #208
- Russian найти[nɐjˈtʲi] to find #235
- Serbian naći/nǎːt͡ɕi/ to find, discover #338
- Slovak nájsť/naːjsc/ to find, to discover, to locate #210
- Slovenian najti/nàːjti/ to find, to encounter #242
- Spanish averiguar/abeɾiˈɡwaɾ/ to find out, figure out, work out, determine #1,487
- Swedish hitta/ˈhɪtːˌa/ to find #204
- Tagalog alamin/ʔalaˈmin/ to find out; to investigate; to ascertain #1,938
- Tamil கண்டுபிடி/kɐɳɖʊbɪɖiː/ to find, discover, detect, figure out, spot,… #772
- Telugu కనుగొను/ˈkanuˌɡonu/ to see, observe, find out, discover, perceive #816
- Turkish bulmak/buɫ.mɑk/ to find #609
- Ukrainian знайти[znɐi̯ˈtɪ] to find #308
- Vietnamese lùng[lʊwŋ͡m˨˩] to search for, to find for #1,336
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