How to say “meeting” in 45 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.
- reunión/reuˈnjon/ Spanish
- встреча[ˈfstrʲet͡ɕə] Russian
- συνάντηση/siˈnan.di.si/ Greek
- פגישה/pɡiˈʃa/ Hebrew
- შეხვედრა[ʃe̞χʷe̞dɾä] Georgian
- সভা/ʃɔbʱa/ Bengali
“meeting” in Spanish: reunión · French: réunion · Portuguese: reunião · Russian: встреча · Turkish: toplantı · Greek: συνάντηση
It is commonest in Danish, where møde is the 280th most used word.
Meeting in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian takim/takim/ #570
- Arabic حفلة/ħaf.la/ gathering, meeting, assembly #349
- Armenian ժամադրություն/ʒɑmɑdɾuˈtʰjun/ appointment; meeting; date #1,714
- Bengali সভা/ʃɔbʱa/ meeting, conference #1,700
- Bosnian susret/sǔsret/ #2,390
- Bulgarian среща[ˈsrɛʃtɐ] meeting, encounter #360
- Catalan reunió[rə.u.niˈo] meeting, gathering #829
- Chinese 主席/ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi³⁵/ chairperson; leader of meeting #914
- Croatian susret/sǔsret/ #1,932
- Danish møde[ˈmøːðə] #280
- Dutch vergadering/vərˈɣaː.də.rɪŋ/ meeting, gathering #1,665
- English hello/hɛˈloʊ/ A greeting said when meeting someone or… #199
- Esperanto rendevuon/ˌrendeˈvuon/ encounter, meeting #2,133
- Estonian kohtumine/kˈohtumine/ meeting, encounter #1,176
- French réunion/ʁe.y.njɔ̃/ #1,024
- Galician encontro/eŋˈkontɾo/ meeting, encounter #1,988
- Georgian შეხვედრა[ʃe̞χʷe̞dɾä] #1,335
- German hallo/ˈhalo/ a general greeting used when meeting someone #162
- Greek συνάντηση/siˈnan.di.si/ meeting, encounter #912
- Hebrew פגישה/pɡiˈʃa/ A meeting, an appointment, a date #756
- Hindi मिल/mɪl/ to meet, encounter; have a meeting #105
- Indonesian pertemuan/pərtəˈmuan/ #764
- Italian appuntamento/ap.pun.taˈmen.to/ appointment, meeting, rendezvous #818
- Korean 그동안[kɯdo̞ŋa̠n] since our last meeting or conversation #510
- Lithuanian susitikimas[sʊsʲɪtʲɪˈkʲɪmɐs] #1,001
- Macedonian состанок[ˈsɔstanɔk] meeting, appointment #483
- Malay majlis/ˈmad͡ʒlis/ meeting; assembly; council #783
- Malayalam കൂടിക്കാഴ്ച/kuːɖikkaːɻt͡ʃɐ/ meeting, conference #1,161
- Norwegian møte/ˈmøːtə/ a meeting #348
- Persian ملاقات[mo.lɒː.ʁɒ́ːt̪ʰ] meeting, appointment, encounter #377
- Polish spotkania/spɔtˈka.ɲa/ #1,799
- Portuguese reunião/ʁe.u.niˈɐ̃w̃/ meeting, reunion #853
- Romanian întâlnire/ˌɨntɨlˈniɾe/ #687
- Russian встреча[ˈfstrʲet͡ɕə] meeting, encounter #1,310
- Serbian susret/sǔsret/ #2,362
- Slovak stretnutie/ˈstrɛtnuci̯ɛ/ #494
- Slovenian srečanje/sréːt͡ʃanjɛ/ meeting, encounter #737
- Spanish reunión/reuˈnjon/ meeting, session, appointment #839
- Swedish möte/ˈmøːtɛ/ a meeting #923
- Tagalog pulong/ˈpuloŋ/ meeting; conference; forum #1,650
- Tamil கூட்டம்/kuːʈːɐm/ union, combination, meeting #479
- Telugu కలయిక/kalajika/ meeting, uniting #1,364
- Turkish toplantı/top.ɫanˈtɯ/ meeting, gathering #1,553
- Ukrainian зустріч[ˈzustʲrʲit͡ʃ] meeting, encounter #1,045
- Urdu ملاقات/mʊ.lɑː.qɑːt̪/ meeting, interview #404
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