How to say “health” in 44 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.
- salud/saˈlud/ Spanish
- здоровье[zdɐˈrov⁽ʲ⁾je] Russian
- صحة/sˤiħ.ħa/ Arabic
- 건강[ˈkɘ(ː)nɡa̠ŋ] Korean
- स्वास्थ्य/sʋɑːs.t̪ʰjə/ Hindi
- υγεία/iˈʝi.a/ Greek
“health” in Spanish: salud · French: santé · Italian: salute · Portuguese: saúde · Korean: 건강 · Russian: здоровье · Arabic: صحة · Hindi: स्वास्थ्य
It is commonest in Slovak, where zdravím is the 342nd most used word.
Health in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans gesondheid/χəˈsɔntˌɦəi̯t/ health, healthiness #447
- Albanian shëndet[ʃənˈdɛt] #2,394
- Arabic صحة/sˤiħ.ħa/ #1,994
- Armenian առողջություն/ɑroχt͡ʃʰuˈtʰjun/ #1,181
- Basque osasun/os̺as̺un/ #949
- Bengali স্বাস্থ্য/ʃast̪ʰːo/ #1,481
- Bosnian zdravlje/zdrâːʋʎe/ #1,979
- Bulgarian наздраве/nazdrɐˈvɛ/ cheers!, your health!, here's to you!, here's… #1,243
- Catalan salut[səˈlut] #812
- Chinese 身上/ʂən⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/ one's body; one's health #135
- Croatian zdravlje/zdrâːʋʎe/ #2,029
- Czech zdraví[ˈzdraviː] #981
- Dutch gezond/ɣəˈzɔnt/ healthy, being in good health #1,720
- English sick/ˈsɪk/ In poor health; ill #579
- Esperanto sano/ˈsano/ #1,129
- Estonian tervis/ˈtervis/ #2,426
- French santé/sɑ̃.te/ #955
- Galician saúde/saˈude/ #772
- Greek υγεία/iˈʝi.a/ #1,813
- Hebrew בריאות/bʁiˈʔut/ Health, healthiness, healthfulness #1,835
- Hindi स्वास्थ्य/sʋɑːs.t̪ʰjə/ #2,302
- Icelandic heilsa[ˈheilsa] #974
- Indonesian sehat/ˈsehat/ enjoying good health; well; free from disease… #998
- Italian salute/saˈlu.te/ health, wellbeing #1,064
- Korean 건강[ˈkɘ(ː)nɡa̠ŋ] #2,070
- Latvian veselību/ˈʋæsæliːbu/ #2,118
- Lithuanian sveikata[sʲʋʲɛɪkɐˈtɐ] #1,753
- Macedonian здравје[ˈzdravjɛ] #983
- Malay kesihatan/kəsiˈhatan/ #1,412
- Malayalam ആരോഗ്യം/aːɾoːɡjɐm/ #815
- Persian سلامتی[sæ.lɒː.mæ.t̪ʰíː] #1,636
- Polish zdrowie/ˈzdrɔ.vjɛ/ #1,682
- Portuguese saúde/saˈu.d͡ʒi/ #1,075
- Romanian sănătate[sənəˈtate] #2,222
- Russian здоровье[zdɐˈrov⁽ʲ⁾je] #1,867
- Serbian zdravlje/zdrâːʋʎe/ #1,857
- Slovak zdravím/zdraviːm/ #342
- Slovenian zdravje/zdráːʋjɛ/ #472
- Spanish salud/saˈlud/ #964
- Swedish hälsa/ˈhɛlsa/ #697
- Tagalog kalusugan/kaluˈsuɡan/ #2,004
- Tamil உடல்நிலை/ʊɖɐlnɪlɐɪ̯/ #793
- Turkish sağlık/saːˈɫɯk/ #1,214
- Urdu صحت/seː.ɦət̪/ #1,139
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