How to say “means” in 41 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.
It is commonest in Persian, where یعنی is the 412th most used word.
Means in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans middel/ˈmədəl/ #683
- Albanian patjetër/paˈtjɛtəɾ/ by all means, definitely #482
- Arabic طريقة/tˤa.riː.qa/ manner, mode, means #194
- Armenian ամենևին/ɑmeneˈvin/ in no way, by no means, at all #727
- Basque baliabide/baliabide/ resource, means #1,395
- Bengali করে/kɔɾe/ using; by means of; with #13
- Bosnian putem/pǔːtem/ by means of, by way of, through #946
- Bulgarian чрез[t͡ʃrɛs] via, by means of, with help of #758
- Catalan mitjans/midˈʒans/ means, way, method #2,002
- Chinese 方式/fɑŋ⁵⁵ ʂɻ̩⁵¹/ way; means; fashion; mode; style; pattern;… #144
- Croatian putem/pǔːtem/ by means of, by way of, through #976
- Czech pomocí[ˈpomot͡siː] with the help of, by means of, using #1,430
- Dutch nummer/ˈnʏ.mər/ number used as a means of identification #514
- English talk/tɔk/ To communicate, usually by means of speech #163
- Esperanto per/per/ by means of, with #65
- Finnish mitenkään/ˈmiteŋkæːn/ in any way, any way, any means; no way, no… #1,463
- German durch/dʊʁç/ by means of; by; through #191
- Hebrew היינו/ˈhajnu/ that is, which means, in other words #273
- Hindi माध्यम/mɑːd̪ʱ.jəm/ medium, means #340
- Hungarian által[ˈaːltɒl] by, by means of, by dint of, owing to #1,273
- Icelandic endilega[ˈɛntɪˌlɛːɣa] by all means!, absolutely! #644
- Indonesian media/meˈdia/ the means, channel, or agency by which an aim… #1,771
- Korean 가지고[ka̠d͡ʑiɡo̞] with; by; by means of #152
- Latvian rakstīts/ˈrakstiːts/ to write by means of writing; to make, form… #878
- Lithuanian niekaip[²ˈnʲiɛkɐɪp] in no way, by no means #779
- Macedonian средства[ˈsrɛtstva] means, instrument #2,043
- Malay cara/ˈt͡ʃara/ manner, means, method, way #178
- Persian یعنی[jæʔ.niː] #412
- Polish poprzez/ˈpɔ.pʂɛs/ through, by means of, by #2,058
- Romanian prin/prin/ through; by, by means of #157
- Russian способ[ˈsposəp] method, means, manner, mode, way #657
- Serbian putem/pǔːtem/ by means of, by way of, through #962
- Slovak prostredníctvom/prɔstredɲiːt͡stvɔm/ by means of, through #1,718
- Slovenian z/z/ with, by means of, using #17
- Tagalog paraan/paɾaˈʔan/ method; system; means; way #247
- Tamil சாதனம்/tʃɑːd̪ɐnɐm/ means, instrument, expedient #2,056
- Telugu ద్వారా/d̪ʋaːɾaː/ by means of, through #64
- Turkish kesinlikle/cesinlicˈle/ by all means, certainly, definitely, exactly,… #229
- Ukrainian спосіб[ˈspɔsʲib] way, means, manner #907
- Urdu اوقات/ɔː.qɑːt̪/ means, capacity, ability #745
- Vietnamese bằng[ʔɓaŋ˨˩] by; by means of #212
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), 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.