How to say “means” in 41 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 Bengali, where করে is the 13th most used word.
- Afrikaans middel #683
- Albanian patjetër by all means, definitely #482
- Arabic طريقة manner, mode, means #194
- Armenian ամենևին in no way, by no means, at all #727
- Basque baliabide resource, means #1,395
- Bengali করে using; by means of; with #13
- Bosnian putem by means of, by way of, through #946
- Bulgarian чрез via, by means of, with help of #758
- Catalan mitjans means, way, method #2,002
- Chinese 方式 way; means; fashion; mode; style; pattern;… #144
- Croatian putem by means of, by way of, through #976
- Czech pomocí with the help of, by means of, using #1,430
- Dutch nummer number used as a means of identification #514
- English talk To communicate, usually by means of speech #163
- Esperanto per by means of, with #65
- Finnish mitenkään in any way, any way, any means; no way, no… #1,463
- German durch by means of; by; through #191
- Hebrew היינו that is, which means, in other words #273
- Hindi माध्यम medium, means #340
- Hungarian által by, by means of, by dint of, owing to #1,273
- Icelandic endilega by all means!, absolutely! #644
- Indonesian media the means, channel, or agency by which an aim… #1,771
- Korean 가지고 with; by; by means of #152
- Latvian rakstīts to write by means of writing; to make, form… #878
- Lithuanian niekaip in no way, by no means #779
- Macedonian средства means, instrument #2,043
- Malay cara manner, means, method, way #178
- Persian یعنی #412
- Polish poprzez through, by means of, by #2,058
- Romanian prin through; by, by means of #157
- Russian способ method, means, manner, mode, way #657
- Serbian putem by means of, by way of, through #962
- Slovak prostredníctvom by means of, through #1,718
- Slovenian z with, by means of, using #17
- Tagalog paraan method; system; means; way #247
- Tamil சாதனம் means, instrument, expedient #2,056
- Telugu ద్వారా by means of, through #64
- Turkish kesinlikle by all means, certainly, definitely, exactly,… #229
- Ukrainian спосіб way, means, manner #907
- Urdu اوقات means, capacity, ability #745
- Vietnamese bằng by; by means of #212
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.