How to say “information” in 46 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.
- información/infoɾmaˈθjon/ Spanish
- информация[ɪnfɐrˈmat͡sɨjə] Russian
- معلومات/maʕ.luː.maːt/ Arabic
- जानकारी/d͡ʒɑːn.kɑː.ɾiː/ Hindi
- πληροφορίες/ˌplirofoˈries/ Greek
- מידע/me(j)ˈda/ Hebrew
“information” in Spanish: información · Italian: informazioni · Portuguese: informação · Russian: информация · Arabic: معلومات · Hindi: जानकारी · Turkish: bilgi · Greek: πληροφορίες
It is commonest in Tamil, where தகவல் is the 216th most used word.
Information in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian informacion/infɔɾmat͡siɔn/ #1,104
- Arabic معلومات/maʕ.luː.maːt/ #495
- Armenian լուր/luɾ/ news; report; information; tidings #321
- Basque informazio/informas̻io/ #621
- Bengali তথ্য/t̪ɔt̪ʰːo/ information, data #374
- Bosnian informacija/informǎːt͡sija/ #1,423
- Bulgarian информация[inforˈmat͡sijɐ] #497
- Catalan informació[iɱ.fur.mə.siˈo] #616
- Chinese 消息/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi²/ message; news; information #169
- Croatian informacija/informǎːt͡sija/ #1,535
- Czech informace[ˈɪnformat͡sɛ] #780
- Danish information/enfɒmaˈɕoːˀn/ #1,593
- Dutch informatie/ɪn.fɔrˈmaː.(t)si/ #619
- English record/ˈɹɛk.ɚd/ An item of information put into a temporary… #901
- Estonian informatsioon/ˈinformɑtsio̯ːn/ #2,251
- French informations/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/ piece of information] #1,290
- Galician información/infoɾmaˈθjoŋ/ #820
- Georgian ცნობა[t͡sʰno̞bä] information, notice, news #1,105
- German bescheid/bəˈʃaɪ̯t/ notification, information #963
- Greek πληροφορίες/ˌplirofoˈries/ #691
- Hebrew מידע/me(j)ˈda/ Information, data #525
- Hindi जानकारी/d͡ʒɑːn.kɑː.ɾiː/ information, knowledge, data #671
- Hungarian hír[ˈhiːr] news, information #885
- Indonesian petunjuk/pəˈtʊɲ.d͡ʒʊʔ/ information which may lead one to a certain… #945
- Italian informazioni/in.for.matˈt͡sjo.ni/ #830
- Korean 보고[ˈpo̞(ː)ɡo̞] report, information #121
- Latvian informāciju/ˈinformaːt͡siju/ #767
- Lithuanian informacija[ɪnfɔr²ˈmɑːt͡sʲɪjɛ] #904
- Macedonian информација[iɱfɔrˈmat͡si(j)a] #942
- Malay maklumat/maʔ.lu.mat/ #460
- Malayalam നുണ/n̪uɳɐ/ lie, false information, intentional untruth #262
- Norwegian informasjon/ɪnfɔrmɑˈʃuːn/ #928
- Persian اطلاعات[ʔet̪ʰ.t̪ʰe.lɒː.ʔɒ́ːt̪ʰ] information, data #376
- Polish informacje/in.fɔrˈma.t͡sjɛ/ #1,082
- Portuguese informação/ĩ.foʁ.maˈsɐ̃w̃/ #812
- Russian информация[ɪnfɐrˈmat͡sɨjə] #1,562
- Serbian informacija/informǎːt͡sija/ #1,499
- Slovak informácia/infɔrmaːt͡sia/ #1,761
- Spanish información/infoɾmaˈθjon/ information, data #650
- Swedish information/ɪnfɔrmasˈxuːn/ #824
- Tagalog balita/baˈlitaʔ/ information; news; report; tidings #541
- Tamil தகவல்/t̪ɐɡɐʋɐl/ #216
- Telugu సమాచారము/samaːt͡ɕaːɾamu/ news, information, tidings, report,… #1,559
- Turkish bilgi/bilˈɟi/ #586
- Ukrainian дані[ˈdanʲi] data, facts, information #2,119
- Vietnamese thấy[tʰəj˧˦] to succeed in gathering information through… #61
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) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
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