How to say “house” 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.
- 房子/fɑŋ³⁵ d͡z̥ɹ̩³/ Chinese
- घर/ɡʱəɾ/ Hindi
- σπίτι/ˈspiti/ Greek
- בית/ˈbajt/ Hebrew
- տուն/tun/ Armenian
- ঘর/ɡʱɔɾ/ Bengali
“house” in French: maison · German: hause · Italian: casa · Chinese: 房子 · Hindi: घर · Greek: σπίτι
It is commonest in Persian, where خونه is the 56th most used word.
House in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans huis/ɦœis/ A house, residence #148
- Albanian shtëpi[ʃtəˈpi] #128
- Arabic عند/ʕin.da/ near, with, at the house of #154
- Armenian տուն/tun/ house, building #152
- Basque etxera/et͡ʃeɾa/ #123
- Bengali ঘর/ɡʱɔɾ/ a house, building, residence #456
- Bosnian kuće/ˈkutɕɛ/ #358
- Bulgarian къща[ˈkɤʃtɐ] house, home #449
- Catalan cases[ˈka.zəs] #1,342
- Chinese 房子/fɑŋ³⁵ d͡z̥ɹ̩³/ house; home; apartment #105
- Croatian kuće/ˈkutɕɛ/ #353
- Czech dům[ˈduːm] #476
- Danish hus[ˈhuˀs] house, harbour #339
- Dutch kerk/kɛrk/ church, house of Christian worship #993
- English church/t͡ʃɝt͡ʃ/ A Christian house of worship; a building… #942
- Esperanto domo/ˈdomo/ #271
- Estonian ilma/ˈilmɑ/ free of charge, on the house #221
- Finnish talo/ˈtɑlo/ #887
- French maison/mɛ.zɔ̃/ #186
- Georgian სახლი[säχli] home, house, dwelling #289
- German hause[ˈhaʊ̯zə] house, building #245
- Greek σπίτι/ˈspiti/ house, home #94
- Hebrew בית/ˈbajt/ #212
- Hindi घर/ɡʱəɾ/ house, home; dwelling #107
- Hungarian ház[ˈhaːz] house, building #719
- Icelandic húsinu/ˈhuːsɪnʏ/ #458
- Indonesian gereja/ɡəˈred͡ʒa/ a Christian house of worship; a building… #1,022
- Italian casa/ˈka.sa/ #105
- Korean 집[t͡ɕip̚] home, house #256
- Latvian mājās/ˈmaːjaːs/ house, dwelling #157
- Lithuanian namuose[nɐmuɔˈsʲɛ] #311
- Macedonian куќа[ˈkuca] #256
- Malay rumah/ˈrumah/ home; house #119
- Malayalam വീട്/ʋiːɖɨ/ house, home #145
- Norwegian huset/ˈhʉːsət/ a house #318
- Persian خونه/xoːˈnæ/ #56
- Polish domu/ˈdɔ.mu/ #98
- Romanian casa/ˈkasa/ house, dwelling #259
- Russian домой[dɐˈmoj] home, homewards, to the house #220
- Serbian kuće/ˈkutɕɛ/ #323
- Slovak dom/dɔm/ #270
- Slovenian hiša/xìːʃa/ #327
- Spanish pared/paˈɾed/ wall, especially of a house or room #1,527
- Swedish huset/ˈhʉsɛt/ a house #387
- Tagalog bahay/ˈbahaj/ #123
- Tamil வீட்டில்/ʋiːʈːɪl/ house, abode, habitation #138
- Telugu ఇంటి/iɳʈi/ #226
- Ukrainian будинок[bʊˈdɪnɔk] #503
- Urdu گھر/ɡʱəɾ/ house, home #94
- Vietnamese nhà[ɲaː˨˩] house; home; dwelling #86
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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