How to say “journey” in 35 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.
- यात्रा/jɑːt̪.ɾɑː/ Hindi
- מסע/maˈsa/ Hebrew
- მგზავრობა[mɡzävɾo̞bä] Georgian
- பயணம்/pɐjɐɳɐm/ Tamil
- സഞ്ചാരം/sɐɲt͡ʃaːɾɐm/ Malayalam
- యాత్ర/ˈjaːtra/ Telugu
“journey” in German: reisen · Hindi: यात्रा · Turkish: sefer
It is commonest in Tamil, where பயணம் is the 274th most used word.
Journey in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans reis[rə̟i̯s] journey, trip, voyage #400
- Albanian udhëtim/uðətim/ travel, journey #774
- Arabic سفر/sa.far/ departure, journey, travel #1,822
- Bengali যাত্রা/d͡ʒa.t̪ɾa/ trip, journey #659
- Bulgarian тръгвам[ˈtrɤɡvɐm] to begin a journey, to set out, to set off,… #463
- Catalan viatge[biˈa.d͡ʒə] #677
- Chinese 旅程/ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/ trip; journey; excursion #1,106
- Danish rejse[ˈʁɑjsə] #572
- English trip/tɹɪp/ A journey; an excursion or jaunt #906
- Estonian seiklus/ˈsei̯klus/ adventure, journey #2,388
- Finnish matkalla/ˈmatkalla/ journey, trip, voyage, travel #811
- French voyage/vwa.jaʒ/ trip, journey, voyage #747
- Georgian მგზავრობა[mɡzävɾo̞bä] journey, voyage, trip, drive, ride #993
- German reisen/ˈʁaɪ̯sn̩/ journey, travel #1,835
- Greek ταξίδι/taˈksiði/ trip, journey, voyage #702
- Hebrew מסע/maˈsa/ journey, trip, voyage #1,275
- Hindi यात्रा/jɑːt̪.ɾɑː/ journey, voyage #494
- Icelandic túr[ˈtʰuːr] trip, short journey, tour #2,487
- Italian andate/anˈda.te/ outward journey, journey there #658
- Latvian ceļojums/ˈt͡seʎuojums/ trip, journey, travel #1,970
- Lithuanian kelionė[kʲɛ²ˈlʲo̟ːnʲeː] journey, trip, voyage #881
- Macedonian патување[paˈtuvaɲɛ] journey, trip, travel, voyage #823
- Malay perjalanan/pərd͡ʒaˈlanan/ journey; trip; travel; voyage #399
- Malayalam സഞ്ചാരം/sɐɲt͡ʃaːɾɐm/ journey, travel, tour #2,181
- Norwegian reise/ˈræ͡ɪsə/ #628
- Persian مسافرت[mo.sɒː.fe.ɹǽt̪ʰ] trip, journey #1,628
- Portuguese viagem/viˈa.ʒẽj̃/ trip, journey, voyage #708
- Spanish viaje/biˈaxe/ to travel, journey #620
- Swedish tur/ˈtʉr/ a tour; a journey through a building, estate,… #370
- Tagalog biyahe/biˈahe/ journey; trip; voyage #851
- Tamil பயணம்/pɐjɐɳɐm/ journey, travel, voyage #274
- Telugu యాత్ర/ˈjaːtra/ a journey, march, expedition, voyage #1,118
- Turkish sefer/seˈfeɾ/ journey, trip #541
- Ukrainian подорож[ˈpɔdɔrɔʒ] journey, travel #1,472
- Urdu سفر/sə.fəɾ/ travel, trip, journey, voyage #374
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) and Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
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