How to say “manner” in 43 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 Urdu, where طرح is the 41st most used word.
- Afrikaans manier manner, way, mode #352
- Albanian mënyrë way, manner #216
- Arabic طريقة manner, mode, means #194
- Armenian ճար method, manner, way #603
- Basque modu way, manner #291
- Bengali ধরন way, manner, method #2,058
- Bosnian kul cool, in a cool manner #1,122
- Catalan manera way; manner; method; style #199
- Chinese 自然 naturally; in a natural manner #443
- Croatian engleski in an English manner, as an Englishman #1,425
- Czech takhle so, in this manner #195
- Dutch manier way, manner #316
- English really In a way or manner that is real, not unreal #98
- Esperanto tiamaniere in that manner #1,225
- Finnish tavallaan in a way, in a manner of speaking #1,150
- French façon way; manner; fashion #352
- Galician xeito way, manner or fashion #236
- Georgian ისე in that way, in that manner #86
- German weise way, manner #1,067
- Greek τρόπο method, manner, behaviour, conduct #300
- Hebrew אופן way, manner #643
- Hindi जैसे like, as; in the manner #216
- Indonesian bagaimana how, in what manner #45
- Italian modo manner, way #177
- Korean 제대로 properly, in the appropriate manner #226
- Macedonian начин way, manner, method #195
- Malay cara manner, means, method, way #178
- Malayalam അങ്ങനെ that way; in that manner #44
- Norwegian måte manner, way #355
- Persian روش method; manner; way; procedure #290
- Portuguese sério in a serious manner; in a manner concerning… #196
- Romanian stil style, manner #2,069
- Russian интересно interestingly, in an interesting manner #553
- Serbian kul cool, in a cool manner #892
- Slovak spôsob way, manner #317
- Spanish manera way; manner; method; style #307
- Swedish snabbt quickly; in a fast manner #605
- Tagalog kaya ably; in an able manner #46
- Tamil இப்படி in this way, manner #191
- Telugu స్పష్టంగా in a distinct manner; distinctly #264
- Turkish canlı In a lively manner #691
- Ukrainian спосіб way, means, manner #907
- Urdu طرح method, manner, mode #41
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.