How to say “gas” in 32 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.
- gas/ˈɡas/ Spanish
- गैस/ɡɛːs/ Hindi
- גז/ɡaz/ Hebrew
- গ্যাস/ɡæʃ/ Bengali
- ഗ്യാസ്/ɡjaːsɨ/ Malayalam
- газ[ɦaz] Ukrainian
“gas” in Spanish: gas · French: gaz · German: gas · Portuguese: gás · Hindi: गैस · Turkish: gaz
It is commonest in Malayalam, where ഗ്യാസ് is the 700th most used word.
Gas in other languages, A to Z
- Basque gas/ˈɡas̺/ #901
- Bengali গ্যাস/ɡæʃ/ #888
- Bulgarian газ[ɡas] #1,683
- Catalan gas[ˈɡas] #1,563
- Chinese 加油站/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ joʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/ filling station; gas station; petrol station;… #2,196
- Czech plyn[ˈplɪn] #2,263
- Danish gas/ˈɡas/ gas; a state of matter #1,486
- Dutch gas/ɣɑs/ liquefied petroleum gas #2,060
- Estonian gaas/ˈɡ̊ɑːs(ʲ)/ #2,080
- French gaz/ɡaz/ #1,844
- Galician gas/ɡas/ #1,554
- German gas/ɡaːs/ #2,454
- Hebrew גז/ɡaz/ #1,390
- Hindi गैस/ɡɛːs/ a gas #1,479
- Hungarian gáz[ˈɡaːz] #1,719
- Indonesian gas/ˈɡas/ gas, matter in an intermediate state between… #1,347
- Korean 확[ɸwa̠k̚] wind, gas, fire, or some kind of energy… #997
- Latvian gāzes/ˈɡaːzes/ gas, gaseous substance #2,302
- Lithuanian dujos/ˈdʊjoːs/ #1,942
- Macedonian гас[ɡas] #1,090
- Malayalam ഗ്യാസ്/ɡjaːsɨ/ #700
- Persian گاز[ɡ̥ɒːz] gas, vapour #700
- Portuguese gás/ˈɡa(j)s/ #1,850
- Romanian gaz/ɡaz/ #2,246
- Slovak plyn/plin/ #1,160
- Spanish gas/ˈɡas/ #1,991
- Tagalog gasolinahan/ˌɡasolinaˈhan/ gas station; petrol station; fuel station #2,442
- Tamil எரிவாயு/ɛɾɪʋɑːjɯ/ natural gas #918
- Telugu వాయువు/ʋaːjuʋu/ air, gas, wind #958
- Turkish gaz/ɡaz/ gas, matter in an intermediate state between… #1,421
- Ukrainian газ[ɦaz] #2,044
- Urdu گیس/ɡæːs/ gas, petrol #1,271
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), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0) and Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.