How to say “member” in 40 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.
- miembro/ˈmjembɾo/ Spanish
- सदस्य/sə.d̪əs.jᵊ/ Hindi
- μέλος/ˈme.los/ Greek
- წევრები[t͡sʼevɾebi] Georgian
- সদস্য/sad̪asja/ Bengali
- உறுப்பினர்/ʊrʊpːɪnɐɾ/ Tamil
“member” in Spanish: miembro · French: membre · Italian: membro · Portuguese: membros · Hindi: सदस्य · Greek: μέλος
It is commonest in Slovenian, where član is the 658th most used word.
Member in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans lid[lət] #1,005
- Albanian anëtar/änəˈtäɾ/ #2,023
- Arabic أهلا/ʔah.lan/ as a kin, as a member of my kinfolk, in… #594
- Bengali সদস্য/sad̪asja/ #803
- Bosnian član/t͡ʃlâːn/ #1,633
- Bulgarian член[t͡ʃlɛn] #1,296
- Catalan membre[ˈmem.bɾə] #1,394
- Chinese 族人/t͡su³⁵ ɻən³⁵/ clan member; someone in a particular ethnic… #2,087
- Croatian član/t͡ʃlâːn/ #1,498
- Danish medlem/mɛðlɛmˀ/ #2,046
- Dutch mensen/ˈmɛnsə(n)/ human, any member of the species Homo sapiens #119
- English doctor/ˈdɑktɚ/ A physician; a member of the medical… #364
- Esperanto membroj/ˈmembroi̯/ #2,171
- Estonian liige/ˈliːɡ̊e/ #1,373
- French membre/mɑ̃bʁ/ #1,698
- Galician membro/ˈmembɾo/ #1,240
- Georgian წევრები[t͡sʼevɾebi] #1,389
- Greek μέλος/ˈme.los/ #1,183
- Hindi सदस्य/sə.d̪əs.jᵊ/ #1,486
- Indonesian dokter/ˈdoktər/ doctor, a physician; a member of the medical… #354
- Italian membro/ˈmem.bro/ #2,119
- Korean 대원[tɛwʌ̹n] team member #2,464
- Latvian loceklis[lùotseklis] limb, member #1,921
- Macedonian член[t͡ʃlɛn] #1,072
- Malay warga/ˈwarɡə/ #1,231
- Malayalam അംഗം/ɐŋɡɐm/ member; an individual #1,998
- Norwegian medlem/ˈmeːdˌlɛm/ a member #2,416
- Persian عضو[ʔozv] #803
- Polish jakieś/ˈja.kjɛɕ/ some; unspecified member of the category… #234
- Portuguese membros/ˈmeɪmbrus/ #1,911
- Russian скотт[skot] member of the Scoti tribe #2,054
- Serbian član/t͡ʃlâːn/ #1,469
- Slovenian član/t͡ʃláːn/ #658
- Spanish miembro/ˈmjembɾo/ #1,890
- Swedish president/ˈpreːsiːˌdɛnt/ a chairman, presiding member of an assembly,… #947
- Tagalog kasapi/kaˈsapiʔ/ #1,651
- Tamil உறுப்பினர்/ʊrʊpːɪnɐɾ/ member, subscriber #1,155
- Telugu కార్యకర్తలు/ˈkaːrjaˌkartalu/ member of a particular political party or… #1,324
- Ukrainian член[t͡ʃɫɛn] member, limb #981
- Vietnamese trúc[t͡ɕʊwk͡p̚˧˦] a member of the genus of bamboo, Phyllostachys #1,701
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), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 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.