How to say “known” in 34 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.
- मालूम/mɑː.luːm/ Hindi
- γνωστό/ɣnosˈto/ Greek
- পরিচিত/poɾit͡ʃit̪o/ Bengali
- відомо[ʋʲiˈdɔmɔ] Ukrainian
- معلوم/mɑː.luːm/ Urdu
“known” in Hindi: मालूम · Turkish: belli · Greek: γνωστό
It is commonest in Urdu, where معلوم is the 128th most used word.
Known in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans bekend/bəˈkɛnt/ #670
- Albanian dihet/dihɛt/ to be known #1,464
- Arabic أشهر/ʔaʃ.hur/ to make known, to proclaim, to announce #355
- Armenian ծանոթ/t͡sɑˈnotʰ/ familiar, known #1,010
- Basque ezagun/es̻aɡun/ #1,020
- Bengali পরিচিত/poɾit͡ʃit̪o/ #459
- Bosnian poznat/pôznaːt/ well-known, known #1,469
- Bulgarian известно[izˈvɛsno] #841
- Chinese 叫做/t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/ to be known as; to be called #500
- Croatian poznat/pôznaːt/ well-known, known #1,495
- Czech známý[ˈznaːmiː] #2,189
- Danish kendte[ˈkɛnˀd̥ə] #584
- Dutch bekend/bəˈkɛnt/ #764
- English public/ˈpʌb.lɪk/ Able to be known or seen by everyone;… #908
- German halt/halt/ Indicating that something is generally known,… #311
- Greek γνωστό/ɣnosˈto/ known, familiar #1,891
- Hebrew ידע/ˈjeda/ Knowledge: that which is known #514
- Hindi मालूम/mɑː.luːm/ #1,124
- Indonesian data/ˈdata/ a fact known from direct observation #1,134
- Korean 주지[t͡ɕud͡ʑi] being generally known; especially in the… #421
- Latvian protams/ˈpruotams/ which can or should be known; indefinite… #116
- Lithuanian žinomas[ˈʒʲɪnoːmɐs] known; famous #1,392
- Macedonian познат[ˈpɔznat] known, familiar #951
- Malayalam പരസ്യം/pɐɾɐsjɐm/ an overt information known to the general… #1,471
- Romanian cunoscut/ku.nosˈkut/ #570
- Russian известно[ɪzˈvʲesnə] it is known #900
- Serbian poznat/pôznaːt/ well-known, known #1,478
- Slovenian poznan/ˈpoːznan/ known, familiar #1,537
- Swedish bekant/bəˈkant/ known, familiar #1,899
- Tagalog batid/baˈtid/ known; aware of; conscious of; with knowledge… #2,376
- Tamil கேடி/keːɖiː/ known depredator, old offender, thug #1,630
- Turkish belli/belˈli/ #514
- Ukrainian відомо[ʋʲiˈdɔmɔ] known, well known #1,084
- Urdu معلوم/mɑː.luːm/ #128
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) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.