How to say “manner” in 43 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.
“manner” in Italian: modo · Arabic: طريقة
It is commonest in Italian, where modo is the 177th most used word.
Manner in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans manier/məˈniːr/ manner, way, mode #352
- Albanian mënyrë/mənyɾə/ way, manner #216
- Arabic طريقة/tˤa.riː.qa/ manner, mode, means #194
- Armenian ճար/t͡ʃɑɾ/ method, manner, way #603
- Basque modu/modu/ way, manner #291
- Bengali ধরন/d̪ʱɔɾɔn/ way, manner, method #2,058
- Bosnian kul/kûːl/ cool, in a cool manner #1,122
- Catalan manera[məˈne.ɾə] way; manner; method; style #199
- Chinese 自然/t͡sɹ̩⁵¹ ɻän³⁵/ naturally; in a natural manner #443
- Croatian engleski/ěnɡleːskiː/ in an English manner, as an Englishman #1,425
- Czech takhle[ˈtaɡɦlɛ] so, in this manner #195
- Dutch manier/maːˈniːr/ way, manner #316
- English really/ˈɹɪl.i/ In a way or manner that is real, not unreal #98
- Esperanto tiamaniere/tiamaniˈere/ in that manner #1,225
- Finnish tavallaan/ˈtɑʋɑlːɑːn/ in a way, in a manner of speaking #1,150
- French façon/fa.sɔ̃/ way; manner; fashion #352
- Galician xeito/ˈʃejto̝/ way, manner or fashion #236
- Georgian ისე[ise̞] in that way, in that manner #86
- German weise/ˈvaɪ̯zə/ way, manner #1,067
- Greek τρόπο/ˈtropo/ method, manner, behaviour, conduct #300
- Hebrew אופן/ʔupʰn/ way, manner #643
- Hindi जैसे/d͡ʒɛː.seː/ like, as; in the manner #216
- Indonesian bagaimana/ˌbaɡaɪˈmana/ how, in what manner #45
- Italian modo/ˈmɔ.do/ manner, way #177
- Korean 제대로[t͡ɕe̞dɛɾo̞] properly, in the appropriate manner #226
- Macedonian начин[ˈnat͡ʃin] way, manner, method #195
- Malay cara/ˈt͡ʃara/ manner, means, method, way #178
- Malayalam അങ്ങനെ/ɐŋŋɐne/ that way; in that manner #44
- Norwegian måte/ˈmôːte/ manner, way #355
- Persian روش[ɹæ.veʃ] method; manner; way; procedure #290
- Portuguese sério/ˈsɛ.ɾju/ in a serious manner; in a manner concerning… #196
- Romanian stil/stil/ style, manner #2,069
- Russian интересно[ɪnʲtʲɪˈrʲesnə] interestingly, in an interesting manner #553
- Serbian kul/kûːl/ cool, in a cool manner #892
- Slovak spôsob/spu̯ɔsɔp/ way, manner #317
- Spanish manera/maˈneɾa/ way; manner; method; style #307
- Swedish snabbt/snapt/ quickly; in a fast manner #605
- Tagalog kaya/ˈkaja/ ably; in an able manner #46
- Tamil இப்படி/ɪpːɐɖiː/ in this way, manner #191
- Telugu స్పష్టంగా/ˈspaʂʈanɡaː/ in a distinct manner; distinctly #264
- Turkish canlı/d͡ʒanˈɫɯ/ In a lively manner #691
- Ukrainian спосіб[ˈspɔsʲib] way, means, manner #907
- Urdu طرح/t̪ə.ɾɑː/ method, manner, mode #41
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 Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0).
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Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.