How to say “medicine” in 44 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 Tamil, where மருந்து is the 362nd most used word.
- Albanian ilaçet cure, medicine, medication, remedy #2,070
- Arabic الطب medicine, medical science #1,187
- Armenian դարման medicine, cure, remedy #1,044
- Bengali ওষুধ medicine, cure #763
- Bosnian lijek medicine, cure #1,623
- Bulgarian лекарство medicine, drug #2,016
- Catalan medicina #2,480
- Croatian lijek medicine, cure #1,201
- Czech lék medicine, cure, drug #2,283
- Danish medicin #1,131
- Dutch medicijnen medicine, cure, medication #1,454
- English medical Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine #1,324
- Estonian ravim drug, medicine #1,994
- French médicaments drug, medication, medicine, pharmaceutical,… #1,870
- Georgian წამალი #1,435
- German medizin #2,210
- Greek φάρμακα medicine, medication #1,521
- Hebrew תרופה medicine, medication, medicament, drug #1,375
- Hindi दवा medicine, treatment #1,007
- Icelandic lyf drug, medicine #1,001
- Indonesian obat #591
- Italian medicina #2,049
- Korean 의학 #1,742
- Latvian medicīnas #2,464
- Lithuanian vaistų medicine, medication #897
- Malay ubat #692
- Malayalam മരുന്ന് #413
- Norwegian medisin medicine, medication #1,840
- Persian دارو medicine, drug, medication #796
- Polish leki medicine, drug #2,219
- Romanian medicamente medicine, drug, medication #1,697
- Russian лекарство medicine, drug #2,173
- Serbian lek #1,394
- Slovak liek medicine, pharmaceutical drug #742
- Slovenian zdravilo medicine, medication #524
- Spanish medicina #1,773
- Swedish medicin #1,564
- Tagalog gamot medicine; remedy; cure #760
- Tamil மருந்து #362
- Telugu మందులు medicine, physic, drug #466
- Turkish ilaç #1,169
- Ukrainian ліки medicine, cure #1,537
- Urdu دوائی #1,086
- Vietnamese thuốc medicine; medicament; drug #393
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.