How to say “mark” 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.
- 마크[ma̠kxɯ] Korean
- निशान/nɪ.ʃɑːn/ Hindi
- סימן/siˈman/ Hebrew
- പാട്/paːɖɨ/ Malayalam
- చిహ్నము/t͡ɕihnamu/ Telugu
“mark” in French: mark · Korean: 마크 · Hindi: निशान
It is commonest in Malayalam, where പാട് is the 301st most used word.
Mark in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic اه abbreviation of اِنْتَهَى: used to mark the… #335
- Armenian նշան/nəˈʃɑn/ sign, mark #605
- Basque marka/marka/ sign, mark #693
- Bengali চিহ্ন/t͡ʃinho/ sign, symbol, mark #686
- Croatian otisak/ǒtisak/ print, mark #2,434
- Danish mærke/mɛrkə/ mark, sign, label, tag #640
- Dutch mark/mɑrk/ a march, a mark #1,315
- English y/waɪ/ A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y #962
- Esperanto marko/ˈmarko/ mark, stamp #740
- Estonian mark/mɑrk/ tally mark #974
- Finnish n/n/ abbreviation of naiset, used to mark toilets… #227
- French mark/maʁk/ #1,575
- Galician marca/ˈmaɾka/ mark, signal #1,879
- Georgian ხოლმე[χolme] Used to mark repetitive or habitual action.… #223
- German m/ʔɛm/ abbreviation of Mark der DDR #1,427
- Greek σημείο/siˈmi.o/ sign, mark #661
- Hebrew סימן/siˈman/ #732
- Hindi निशान/nɪ.ʃɑːn/ mark, impression #657
- Icelandic mark[ˈmar̥k] sign, mark #516
- Indonesian tanda/ˈtanda/ sign, mark #537
- Korean 마크[ma̠kxɯ] #573
- Malay tanda/ˈtandə/ sign, mark, signal, spot, symbol #603
- Malayalam പാട്/paːɖɨ/ a mark, sign #301
- Norwegian merke/ˈmærkə/ a mark #1,016
- Persian اثر[ʔæ.sǽɹ] trace, sign, mark #645
- Polish oznacza/ɔˈzna.t͡ʂa/ to mark, to label, to tag #579
- Portuguese sinal/siˈnaw/ sign; mark; trace #677
- Russian знак[znak] sign, mark #1,669
- Slovenian vprašaj/ʋpraʃáːj/ question mark #488
- Swedish spår/spoːr/ a trail or trace; a mark left by something… #1,079
- Tagalog grado/ˈɡɾado/ grade; mark #580
- Tamil குறியீடு/kʊrɪjiːɖɯ/ symbol, mark #342
- Telugu చిహ్నము/t͡ɕihnamu/ mark, sign, symbol #1,562
- Urdu نشانی/nɪ.ʃɑː.niː/ memorial, mark of remembrance, keepsake,… #1,165
- Vietnamese dấu[zəw˧˦] mark, sign #570
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), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), 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.