How to say “full” in 50 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.
- lleno/ˈʝeno/ Spanish
- полный[ˈpoɫnɨj] Russian
- מלא/maˈle/ Hebrew
- სავსე[säfse̞] Georgian
- լի/li/ Armenian
- পুরা/puɾa/ Bengali
“full” in Spanish: lleno · Italian: pieno · Portuguese: cheio · Russian: полный · Turkish: dolu
It is commonest in Tamil, where முழு is the 157th most used word.
Full in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans vol/fɔl/ #339
- Albanian plotë/plɔtə/ #615
- Arabic كامل/kaː.mil/ complete, full #430
- Armenian լի/li/ full, packed #379
- Bengali পুরা/puɾa/ full, fully #878
- Bosnian pun/pûn/ full, filled #956
- Bulgarian него[ˈnɛɡo] full form of the third-person singular… #94
- Catalan ple[ˈplɛ] #875
- Chinese 全是/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ ʂɻ̩⁵¹/ to be full of; all; without exception #707
- Croatian pun/pûn/ full, filled #973
- Czech samé[ˈsamɛː] full of #879
- Danish fuld/fulˀ/ #503
- Dutch hele/ˈɦeː.lə/ complete, full, whole #203
- English dangerous/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/ Full of danger #822
- Esperanto feliĉa/feˈlit͡ʃa/ full of well-being, happy #506
- Estonian täis/tæi̯s/ #422
- Finnish täynnä/ˈtæy̯nːæ/ full of, replete with #699
- French point/pwɛ̃/ full stop, period #367
- Galician chea/ˈt͡ʃea̝/ #858
- Georgian სავსე[säfse̞] full, packed #697
- German voller[ˈfɔlɐ] full of #931
- Greek γεμάτο/jeˈmato/ full of, loaded with, plump #1,151
- Hebrew מלא/maˈle/ Full, filled #480
- Hindi भुगतान/bʱʊɡ.t̪ɑːn/ payment, paying in full #326
- Hungarian teljes[ˈtɛjːɛʃ] entire, full, total #472
- Icelandic fullur[ˈfʏtlʏr] #818
- Italian pieno/ˈpjɛ.no/ #911
- Korean 이름[iɾɯm] name; full name #384
- Latvian pilnīgi/ˈpillniːɡi/ complete, full, completely, fully; adverbial… #373
- Lithuanian išgerti/ɪʒʲˈɡʲæ̂ːrʲ.tʲɪ/ to drink up, drink dry, drink full entirety… #594
- Macedonian полна[ˈpɔɫna] #880
- Malay penuh/pəˈnuh/ #425
- Malayalam നിറഞ്ഞ/n̪irɐɲɲɐ/ #411
- Norwegian fru/ˈfrʉ/ Mrs even with her full name #958
- Persian پر[pʰoɹ] #298
- Polish pełne/ˈpɛw.nɛ/ #1,875
- Portuguese cheio/ˈʃej.u/ full, filled, completed #970
- Romanian plin/plin/ #867
- Russian полный[ˈpoɫnɨj] full, complete #1,400
- Serbian pun/pûn/ full, filled #904
- Slovak plný/pl̩niː/ #705
- Slovenian poln/pɔ́ːʋn/ #548
- Spanish lleno/ˈʝeno/ #1,148
- Swedish fyller/ˈfylɛr/ to fill, to make full #1,908
- Tagalog bundat/bunˈdat/ big-bellied, bloated; full, satiated #1,598
- Tamil முழு/mʊɻɯ/ full, entire, whole, complete #157
- Telugu వివరంగా/ˈʋiʋaˌranɡaː/ with full particulars, in detail #822
- Turkish dolu/doˈɫu/ #507
- Ukrainian повністю[ˈpɔu̯nʲisʲtʲʊ] fully, in full #956
- Vietnamese đầy[ʔɗəj˨˩] full, filled #619
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