How to say “meeting” in 45 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 Hindi, where मिल is the 105th most used word.
- Albanian takim #570
- Arabic حفلة gathering, meeting, assembly #349
- Armenian ժամադրություն appointment; meeting; date #1,714
- Bengali সভা meeting, conference #1,700
- Bosnian susret #2,390
- Bulgarian среща meeting, encounter #360
- Catalan reunió meeting, gathering #829
- Chinese 主席 chairperson; leader of meeting #914
- Croatian susret #1,932
- Danish møde #280
- Dutch vergadering meeting, gathering #1,665
- English hello A greeting said when meeting someone or… #199
- Esperanto rendevuon encounter, meeting #2,133
- Estonian kohtumine meeting, encounter #1,176
- French réunion #1,024
- Galician encontro meeting, encounter #1,988
- Georgian შეხვედრა #1,335
- German hallo a general greeting used when meeting someone #162
- Greek συνάντηση meeting, encounter #912
- Hebrew פגישה A meeting, an appointment, a date #756
- Hindi मिल to meet, encounter; have a meeting #105
- Indonesian pertemuan #764
- Italian appuntamento appointment, meeting, rendezvous #818
- Korean 그동안 since our last meeting or conversation #510
- Lithuanian susitikimas #1,001
- Macedonian состанок meeting, appointment #483
- Malay majlis meeting; assembly; council #783
- Malayalam കൂടിക്കാഴ്ച meeting, conference #1,161
- Norwegian møte a meeting #348
- Persian ملاقات meeting, appointment, encounter #377
- Polish spotkania #1,799
- Portuguese reunião meeting, reunion #853
- Romanian întâlnire #687
- Russian встреча meeting, encounter #1,310
- Serbian susret #2,362
- Slovak stretnutie #494
- Slovenian srečanje meeting, encounter #737
- Spanish reunión meeting, session, appointment #839
- Swedish möte a meeting #923
- Tagalog pulong meeting; conference; forum #1,650
- Tamil கூட்டம் union, combination, meeting #479
- Telugu కలయిక meeting, uniting #1,364
- Turkish toplantı meeting, gathering #1,553
- Ukrainian зустріч meeting, encounter #1,045
- Urdu ملاقات meeting, interview #404
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.