How to say “gas” in 32 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 Malayalam, where ഗ്യാസ് is the 700th most used word.
- Basque gas #901
- Bengali গ্যাস #888
- Bulgarian газ #1,683
- Catalan gas #1,563
- Chinese 加油站 filling station; gas station; petrol station;… #2,196
- Czech plyn #2,263
- Danish gas gas; a state of matter #1,486
- Dutch gas liquefied petroleum gas #2,060
- Estonian gaas #2,080
- French gaz #1,844
- Galician gas #1,554
- German gas #2,454
- Hebrew גז #1,390
- Hindi गैस a gas #1,479
- Hungarian gáz #1,719
- Indonesian gas gas, matter in an intermediate state between… #1,347
- Korean 확 wind, gas, fire, or some kind of energy… #997
- Latvian gāzes gas, gaseous substance #2,302
- Lithuanian dujos #1,942
- Macedonian гас #1,090
- Malayalam ഗ്യാസ് #700
- Persian گاز gas, vapour #700
- Portuguese gás #1,850
- Romanian gaz #2,246
- Slovak plyn #1,160
- Spanish gas #1,991
- Tagalog gasolinahan gas station; petrol station; fuel station #2,442
- Tamil எரிவாயு natural gas #918
- Telugu వాయువు air, gas, wind #958
- Turkish gaz gas, matter in an intermediate state between… #1,421
- Ukrainian газ #2,044
- Urdu گیس gas, petrol #1,271
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.