How to say “message” in 43 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.
- mensaje/menˈsaxe/ Spanish
- 消息/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi²/ Chinese
- 메시지[me̞ɕʰid͡ʑi] Korean
- संदेश/sən.d̪eːʃ/ Hindi
- μήνυμα/ˈmi.ni.ma/ Greek
- സന്ദേശം/sɐn̪d̪eːʃɐm/ Malayalam
“message” in Spanish: mensaje · French: message · German: botschaft · Italian: messaggio · Portuguese: mensagem · Chinese: 消息 · Korean: 메시지 · Hindi: संदेश
It is commonest in Chinese, where 消息 is the 169th most used word.
Message in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans boodskap/ˈbʊətskɐp/ #559
- Albanian mesazh[mɛˈsaʒ] #650
- Basque mezu/mes̻u/ #468
- Bosnian poruku/ˈporʊkʊ/ #558
- Bulgarian съобщение[sɐopʃˈtɛniɛ] announcement, message, communication #720
- Catalan missatge[miˈsa.d͡ʒə] #603
- Chinese 消息/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi²/ message; news; information #169
- Croatian poruku/ˈporʊkʊ/ #579
- Czech zprávy[ˈspraːvɪ] #691
- Danish besked/beskeːˀð/ #516
- Dutch boodschap/ˈboːtsxɑp/ #1,265
- Esperanto mesaĝon/meˈsad͡ʒon/ #1,984
- Estonian sõnum/ˈsɤnum/ #1,116
- Finnish viesti/ˈʋie̯sti/ #1,075
- French message/mɛ.saʒ/ #656
- Galician mensaxe/menˈsaʃe/ #929
- German botschaft[ˈboːt.ʃaft] #2,072
- Greek μήνυμα/ˈmi.ni.ma/ #597
- Hindi संदेश/sən.d̪eːʃ/ #568
- Hungarian üzenetet[ˈyzɛnɛtɛt] #918
- Icelandic skilaboð[ˈscɪːlaˌpɔːð] #1,863
- Italian messaggio/mesˈsad.d͡ʒo/ #700
- Korean 메시지[me̞ɕʰid͡ʑi] #1,036
- Latvian ziņu/ˈziɲu/ #499
- Lithuanian žinutė[ʒʲɪˈnʊtʲeː] #1,604
- Macedonian порака[ˈpɔɾaka] #432
- Malay pesanan/pəˈsanan/ #816
- Malayalam സന്ദേശം/sɐn̪d̪eːʃɐm/ #383
- Norwegian beskjed/bəˈʃeː/ #733
- Persian پیام[pʰæ.jɒ́ːm] alternative form of پیغام: message #1,432
- Polish wiadomość/vjaˈdɔ.mɔɕt͡ɕ/ message, piece of news, piece of information #563
- Portuguese mensagem/mẽˈsa.ʒẽj̃/ #680
- Romanian mesaj/meˈsaʒ/ #763
- Russian сообщение[sɐɐpˈɕːenʲɪje] report, communication, message #820
- Serbian poruku/ˈporʊkʊ/ #580
- Slovak správa/spraːva/ #525
- Slovenian sporočilo/spɔrɔt͡ʃìːlɔ/ #278
- Spanish mensaje/menˈsaxe/ #684
- Swedish sms/ˌɛˌsɛˈmɛs/ text message, an SMS message #1,856
- Tagalog mensahe/menˈsahe/ #1,130
- Turkish mesaj/meˈsaʒ/ #593
- Ukrainian повідомлення[pɔʋʲiˈdɔmɫenʲːɐ] #757
- Urdu پیغام/pɛː.ɣɑːm/ #338
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Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.