How to say “front” in 47 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 Chinese, where 之前 is the 57th most used word.
- Afrikaans voordeur front door #1,468
- Albanian përballë in front, opposite, facing, against #1,394
- Arabic أمام before, in front of, in the presence of #340
- Armenian առջև before, in front of in space #636
- Basque aurrean in front of #200
- Bengali সামনে in front of #173
- Bosnian ispred in front of, before #570
- Bulgarian пред in front of, before #239
- Catalan davant ahead; in front #347
- Chinese 之前 before; in front of; ahead of #57
- Croatian ispred in front of, before #612
- Danish foran ahead, in front #547
- English ahead At or towards the front; in the direction one… #547
- Esperanto antaŭe in front, at the front #281
- Estonian eest from the front #79
- Finnish edessä in front of, ahead of #798
- Galician ante before, in front of #726
- Georgian წინა #760
- German vor in front of, ahead of #92
- Greek μπροστά in front, in front of #366
- Hindi सामने opposite; in front, facing #426
- Hungarian előtt in front of, ahead of, before #243
- Icelandic framan on the front side #433
- Indonesian muka the front part of the head of a human or… #1,595
- Italian davanti at the front; in front #595
- Korean 앞 fore, front #1,241
- Latvian priekšā in front of #323
- Lithuanian priešais opposite, in front of, across from #848
- Macedonian напред forward, ahead, in front #402
- Malay depan #280
- Malayalam മുന്നില് in front, before #224
- Norwegian foran ahead, in front #536
- Persian جلوی in front of #739
- Polish przed denotes location; before, in front of; ahead… #144
- Portuguese frente #292
- Romanian înaintea in front of #1,367
- Russian перед in front of, before #279
- Serbian ispred in front of, before #565
- Slovenian pred before, in front of #82
- Spanish delante in front of, before #922
- Swedish före in front of; ahead of #545
- Tagalog harap front; forefront #337
- Tamil முன்பு before, in front of #175
- Telugu ముందు #69
- Turkish önünde in front of #580
- Ukrainian перед just before, in front of #184
- Urdu سامنا front; facade #410
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.