How to say “husband” in 42 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.
- marido/maˈɾido/ Spanish
- муж[muʂ] Russian
- 丈夫/ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu¹/ Chinese
- 남편[na̠mpʰjʌ̹n] Korean
- पति/pə.t̪iː/ Hindi
- παντρεμένος/pan.dɾeˈme.nos/ Greek
“husband” in Spanish: marido · French: mari · Italian: marito · Portuguese: marido · Chinese: 丈夫 · Korean: 남편 · Russian: муж · Hindi: पति
It is commonest in Afrikaans, where man is the 84th most used word.
Husband in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans man/man/ #84
- Armenian ամուսին/ɑmuˈsin/ #481
- Basque senar/s̺enar/ #763
- Bengali স্বামী/ʃami/ #549
- Bosnian muž/mûːʒ/ #635
- Bulgarian съпруг[sɐˈpruk] #912
- Catalan marit[məˈɾit] #422
- Chinese 丈夫/ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹ fu¹/ #138
- Croatian muž/mûːʒ/ #638
- Czech manžel[ˈmanʒɛl] #771
- Dutch echtgenoot/ˈɛ(xt)xəˌnoːt/ #1,519
- Esperanto edzo/ˈed͡zo/ #403
- Estonian abikaasa/ˈɑb̥iˌkɑˑsɑ/ spouse, husband, wife #580
- French mari/ma.ʁi/ #402
- Georgian ქმარი[kʰmäɾi] #484
- German ehemann/ˈeːəˌman/ married man, husband #1,376
- Greek παντρεμένος/pan.dɾeˈme.nos/ husband, spouse #1,791
- Hindi पति/pə.t̪iː/ #499
- Hungarian férjhez[ˈfeːrçhɛz] #2,196
- Indonesian suami/ˈsua̯.mi/ #885
- Italian marito/maˈri.to/ #443
- Korean 남편[na̠mpʰjʌ̹n] #547
- Latvian vīrs[vīːɾs] #331
- Macedonian сопруг[ˈsɔpruk] husband, male spouse #622
- Malay suami/ˈsuami/ #638
- Malayalam ഭർത്താവ്/b(ʱ)ɐrt̪t̪aːʋɨ/ #639
- Norwegian ektemann/ˈɛktəˌmɑn/ a husband #2,315
- Persian شوهر[ʃow.hǽɹ] #763
- Polish mąż/ˈmɔw̃ʂ/ #619
- Portuguese marido/maˈɾi.du/ #424
- Russian муж[muʂ] #667
- Serbian muž/mûːʒ/ #601
- Slovak manžel/manʒel/ #477
- Slovenian soprog/sɔpróːk/ #1,675
- Spanish marido/maˈɾido/ #558
- Swedish män/mɛn/ #347
- Tagalog mister/ˈmisteɾ/ #531
- Tamil கணவன்/kɐɳɐʋɐn/ #1,600
- Telugu భర్త/bʱaɾt̪a/ husband, lord, master #216
- Ukrainian муж[muʒ] #817
- Urdu شوہر/ʃɔː.ɦəɾ/ #1,171
- Vietnamese chồng[t͡ɕəwŋ͡m˨˩] #631
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).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.