How to say “instance” in 38 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.
It is commonest in Bulgarian, where случай is the 308th most used word.
Instance in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans byvoorbeeld/bəiˈfʊərˌbɪəlt/ for example, for instance #981
- Arabic نظرة/naðˤra/ instance noun of نَظَرَ: a look #295
- Bengali যথা/d͡ʒɔt̪ʰa/ as for instance, as for example, namely; as… #2,474
- Bosnian primjer/prǐːmjer/ example, instance #1,392
- Bulgarian случай[ˈsɫut͡ʃɐj] instance, occasion, case #308
- Chinese 比如/pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɻu³⁵/ to take for example; for example; for… #455
- Croatian primjer/prǐːmjer/ example, instance #1,031
- Czech například[ˈnapr̝̊iːklat] for instance, for example #1,454
- Dutch geval/ɣəˈvɑl/ case, situation, instance #548
- English press/pɹɛs/ An instance of applying pressure; an instance… #1,140
- Estonian näiteks/ˈnæi̯teks/ for example, for instance #591
- Finnish esimerkiksi/ˈesiˌmerkiksi/ for example, for instance #2,075
- German wiedersehen/ˈviːdəʁˌzeːn/ reunion; seeing again; instance of seeing… #590
- Greek παράδειγμα/paˈɾa.ðiɣ.ma/ example, instance #1,262
- Hebrew פעם/ˈpa.(ʔ)am/ A time: an instance, an occurrence #86
- Hungarian például[ˈpeːldaːul] for example, for instance #700
- Icelandic tilfelli/ˈtʰɪlfɛtlɪ/ case, instance, circumstance #1,694
- Indonesian contoh/ˈt͡ʃɔntɔh/ example, instance #1,782
- Italian volte/ˈvɔl.te/ time, instance, occasion #286
- Latvian piemēram/ˈpiemæːram/ for example, for instance #676
- Lithuanian atvejis[²ˈɑːtʲʋʲɛjɪs] case, instance #1,470
- Macedonian пример[ˈprimɛr] example, instance #578
- Malayalam തവണ/t̪ɐʋɐɳɐ/ time; an instance or occurrence #159
- Norwegian tilfelle/ˈtɪlˌfɛlə/ a case or instance #1,216
- Persian مورد[mow.ɹéd̪̥] case; instance #79
- Romanian data/ˈdata/ an instance, occasion, time #346
- Russian например[nəprʲɪˈmʲer] for example, for instance, e.g #754
- Serbian primer/prǐːmer/ example, instance #884
- Slovak napríklad/ˈnapriːkɫat/ for example, for instance #479
- Spanish vez/ˈbeθ/ time, instance #71
- Swedish resa/ˈreːsa/ an instance of traveling, "a travel"; a trip,… #745
- Tagalog beses/ˈbeses/ time; instance; repetition #251
- Tamil தடவை/t̪ɐɖɐʋɐɪ̯/ time, instance, occurrence, turn #661
- Telugu సారి/saːɾi/ time, turn, instance, occasion, repetition #644
- Turkish örneğin/øɾneˈin/ for example, for instance #2,235
- Ukrainian спочатку[spɔˈt͡ʃatkʊ] first, at first, initially, in the first… #650
- Urdu مثال/mɪ.sɑːl/ example, instance, specimen, model, precedent #669
- Vietnamese chuyến[t͡ɕwiən˧˦] trip, instance of travel #758
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), Estonian (news (et_EE), 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.