How to say “fine” in 35 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.
- 美好/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese
- მშვენივრად[mʃʷe̞nivɾätʰ] Georgian
- சரி/tʃɐɾiː/ Tamil
- പിഴ/piɻɐ/ Malayalam
- సరే/saɾeː/ Telugu
“fine” in Chinese: 美好
It is commonest in Tamil, where சரி is the 10th most used word.
Fine in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic حسنا/ħa.sa.nan/ well, fine, okay, good #37
- Armenian լավ/lɑv/ good, fine, OK #48
- Basque isun/is̺un/ #1,822
- Bosnian fin/fîːn/ fine, delicate #1,652
- Chinese 美好/meɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ fine; glorious; happy; good; wonderful #402
- Croatian fin/fîːn/ fine, delicate #2,341
- Danish fin/fin/ #877
- Dutch beste/ˈbɛstə/ fine, okay #284
- English eric/ˈɛɹɪk/ A fine paid as compensation for violent crimes #1,681
- Estonian hästi/ˈhæsti/ well, good, fine, all right #75
- Finnish hienoa/ˈhienoa/ #248
- French belle/bɛl/ handsome, fine, attractive #398
- Georgian მშვენივრად[mʃʷe̞nivɾätʰ] fine, beautifully, very well #860
- Greek ωραίο/oˈɾe.o/ good, fine, nice #418
- Hebrew טובה/tova/ good, fair, fine #153
- Hindi अच्छी/ət͡ʃt͡ʃʰiː/ good, nice, fine #199
- Hungarian jól[ˈjoːl] well, fine #39
- Icelandic fínt/fin̥t/ fine, nice #266
- Italian bella/ˈbɛl.la/ nice, fair, fine, pleasant; beautiful #295
- Korean 예술[ˈje̞(ː)sʰuɭ] art; fine art #2,372
- Latvian foršs/ˈforʃs/ cool, good, fine, great, attractive #1,984
- Lithuanian bauda fine, fee, monetary penalty #2,487
- Macedonian добро[ˈdɔbrɔ] well, alright, fine, okay #25
- Malay elok[e.loʔ] good, fine, excellent #1,213
- Malayalam പിഴ/piɻɐ/ fine, penalty #1,487
- Norwegian fint/ˈfiːnt/ #228
- Persian میده[mej.d̪é] fine wheat flour; sifted flour #447
- Russian хороший[xɐˈroʂɨj] good, nice, fine #454
- Serbian fin/fîːn/ fine, delicate #1,595
- Slovenian fin/fíːn/ fine, refined, high-class #1,952
- Tagalog mainam/maˈʔinam/ alright; fine; good #2,294
- Tamil சரி/tʃɐɾiː/ fine, okay, OK, yes #10
- Telugu సరే/saɾeː/ fine, okay, OK #35
- Turkish iyi/iˈji/ well, fine, decently #27
- Ukrainian гаразд[ɦɐˈrazd] well, fine, appropriately, properly #77
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 Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.