How to say “firm” in 34 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.
“firm” in German: fest · Italian: azienda · Turkish: sağlam
It is commonest in Afrikaans, where vas is the 380th most used word.
Firm in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans vas/fas/ firm, tight #380
- Arabic متن/matuna/ to be firm, to be solid, to be sturdy #780
- Armenian անսասան/ɑnsɑˈsɑn/ unshakable, firm #1,351
- Bengali কঠোর/kɔt̪ʰoɾ/ firm, stiff #971
- Bosnian tvrdi/ˈtvrdi/ hard, firm #1,847
- Bulgarian фирма[ˈfirmɐ] firm, company #1,886
- Chinese 公司/kʊŋ⁵⁵ sɹ̩⁵⁵/ company; firm; corporation #104
- Croatian tvrdi/ˈtvrdi/ hard, firm #1,574
- Danish fast/fast/ #475
- English fast/fæst/ In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such… #614
- Esperanto firmao/firˈmao/ #1,637
- Estonian firma/ˈfirmɑ/ firm, company #925
- Finnish pitävät/ˈpitævæt/ that holds, firm #1,132
- Georgian მაგარი[mäɡäɾi] hard, firm, strong #771
- German fest/fɛst/ firm; compact; hard #597
- Hebrew איתן/eˈtan/ strong, firm, enduring, permanent #1,197
- Hindi कंपनी/kəmp.niː/ company, firm #472
- Hungarian cég[ˈt͡seːɡ] firm, company #1,679
- Icelandic fyrirtæki[ˈfɪːrɪr̥ˌtʰaiːcɪ] company, firm #861
- Italian azienda/adˈd͡zjɛn.da/ firm, company, business, concern,… #1,889
- Korean 대지[ˈtɛ(ː)d͡ʑi] earth; Mother Earth; firm ground #1,978
- Lithuanian tvirtas[¹ˈtʲʋʲɪrtɐs] firm, sturdy, tough #1,683
- Macedonian компанија[kɔmˈpani(j)a] firm, company #944
- Malay tegas/təˈɡas/ firm; strict; resolute #2,037
- Norwegian fast/ˈfɑst/ solid, steady, firm, fixed, permanent #538
- Persian شرکت[ʃeɹ.kʰʲǽt̪ʰ] company, firm #337
- Serbian tvrdi/ˈtvrdi/ hard, firm #1,730
- Swedish slappna/ˈslapna/ to become less tense or firm, to loosen, to… #1,281
- Tagalog matatag/mataˈtaɡ/ stable, steady, firm; durable #2,352
- Tamil நிறுவனம்/nɪrʊʋɐnɐm/ establishment, firm, institution #256
- Turkish sağlam/saːˈɫam/ firm; strong; hard #991
- Ukrainian компанія[kɔmˈpanʲijɐ] company, firm #1,801
- Urdu مضبوط/məz.buːt̪/ #406
- Vietnamese cứng[kɨŋ˧˦] hard; firm; rigid #1,136
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).
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