How to say “horse” in 49 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.
- caballo/kaˈbaʝo/ Spanish
- حصان/ħi.sˤaːn/ Arabic
- घोड़े/ɡʱoː.ɽeː/ Hindi
- סוס/sus/ Hebrew
- ცხენის[t͡sʰχenis] Georgian
- ձի/d͡zi/ Armenian
“horse” in Spanish: caballo · French: cheval · German: pferd · Italian: cavallo · Portuguese: cavalo · Arabic: حصان · Hindi: घोड़े · Turkish: atın
It is commonest in Afrikaans, where perd is the 501st most used word.
Horse in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans perd/pæːrt/ #501
- Albanian at/at/ saddle horse, steed #697
- Arabic حصان/ħi.sˤaːn/ #1,367
- Armenian ձի/d͡zi/ #1,183
- Basque zaldi/s̻aldi/ #595
- Bengali ঘোড়া/ɡʱoɽa/ #1,600
- Bosnian konja/ˈkoɲɐ/ #1,181
- Bulgarian кон[kɔn] horse, steed #1,223
- Catalan cavall[kəˈβaʎ] #752
- Croatian konja/ˈkoɲɐ/ #1,027
- Czech koně[ˈkoɲɛ] #1,181
- Danish hest/ˈhɛsd/ #1,220
- Dutch paard/paːrt/ #1,020
- English maria/ˈmɑɹ.i.ə/ An adult female horse #1,810
- Esperanto ĉevalo/t͡ʃeˈvalo/ #1,147
- Estonian hobune/ˈhob̥une/ #1,364
- French cheval/ʃə.val/ #1,028
- Galician cabalo/kaˈbalo/ #692
- Georgian ცხენის[t͡sʰχenis] #692
- German pferd/pfeːrt/ #1,130
- Greek αμάξι/aˈmaksi/ horse carriage, trap #382
- Hebrew סוס/sus/ #1,123
- Hindi घोड़े/ɡʱoː.ɽeː/ #1,572
- Hungarian ló[ˈloː] #2,476
- Icelandic hest[ˈhɛst] #1,412
- Indonesian kuda/ˈkuda/ #733
- Italian cavallo/kaˈval.lo/ #1,187
- Latvian zirgu/ˈzirɡu/ #1,309
- Lithuanian arklys[ɐrʲ²ˈklʲiːs] #1,714
- Macedonian коњ[kɔɲ] #964
- Malay kuda/ˈkudə/ A horse #652
- Malayalam കുതിര/kud̪iɾɐ/ #719
- Norwegian hesten/ˈhɛstn̩/ a horse #1,327
- Persian اسب[ʔæsb̥] #642
- Polish konia/ˈkɔ.ɲa/ #2,056
- Portuguese cavalo/kaˈva.lu/ #1,043
- Romanian cal/kal/ #1,121
- Serbian konja/ˈkoɲɐ/ #1,007
- Slovak koňa/ˈkoɲa/ #943
- Slovenian konj/kɔ́n/ #687
- Spanish caballo/kaˈbaʝo/ #1,001
- Swedish häst/ˈhɛst/ a horse; a large mammal, Equus caballus #1,457
- Tagalog kabayo/kaˈbajo/ #1,482
- Tamil குதிரை/kʊd̪ɪɾɐɪ̯/ #1,239
- Telugu గుర్రము/ɡuramu/ #1,888
- Turkish atın/aˈtɯn/ #1,779
- Ukrainian коня[kɔˈnʲa] #1,797
- Urdu گھوڑے/ɡʱoː.ɽeː/ #519
- Vietnamese ngựa[ŋɨə˧˨ʔ] a horse #708
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), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
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Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.