How to say “method” in 30 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.
- способ[ˈsposəp] Russian
- أسلوب/ʔus.luːb/ Arabic
- 方法/fɑŋ⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese
- τρόπο/ˈtropo/ Greek
- ճար/t͡ʃɑɾ/ Armenian
- രീതി/ɾiːd̪i/ Malayalam
“method” in French: moyen · Chinese: 方法 · Russian: способ · Arabic: أسلوب · Greek: τρόπο
It is commonest in Urdu, where طرح is the 41st most used word.
Method in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans metode/məˈtʊədə/ #1,871
- Arabic أسلوب/ʔus.luːb/ method, manner, mode, style, technique #1,616
- Armenian ճար/t͡ʃɑɾ/ method, manner, way #603
- Bengali উপায়/upae̯/ means, method, way #749
- Bosnian način/nǎːt͡ʃin/ way, method, approach, manner #270
- Bulgarian начин[ˈnat͡ʃin] way, method, approach #184
- Catalan manera[məˈne.ɾə] way; manner; method; style #199
- Chinese 方法/fɑŋ⁵⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ method; way; means; manner #214
- Croatian način/nǎːt͡ʃin/ way, method, approach, manner #241
- Danish måde[ˈmɔːðə] method, way #232
- English means/minz/ A method or course of action used to achieve… #408
- French moyen/mwa.jɛ̃/ method, way of doing #606
- Galician maneira[maˈnei̯ɾɐ] manner, method, way #500
- Greek τρόπο/ˈtropo/ method, manner, behaviour, conduct #300
- Hebrew מייל/ˈmejl/ Mail, e-mail: a method of exchanging messages… #1,877
- Hindi तौर/t̪ɔːɾ/ manner, mode, method #886
- Korean 줄[t͡ɕuɭ] ability, method; how to #70
- Lithuanian tvarka[tʋɐrˈkɐ] order, orderliness; method #1,002
- Macedonian начин[ˈnat͡ʃin] way, manner, method #195
- Malay cara/ˈt͡ʃara/ manner, means, method, way #178
- Malayalam രീതി/ɾiːd̪i/ #455
- Persian روش[ɹæ.veʃ] method; manner; way; procedure #290
- Portuguese modo/ˈmɔ.du/ mode; way; method #777
- Russian способ[ˈsposəp] method, means, manner, mode, way #657
- Serbian način/nǎːt͡ʃin/ way, method, approach, manner #257
- Spanish manera/maˈneɾa/ way; manner; method; style #307
- Swedish systemet/sysˈteːmɛt/ a system, a way or method of organizing items… #1,738
- Tagalog paraan/paɾaˈʔan/ method; system; means; way #247
- Tamil விதம்/ʋɪd̪ɐm/ way, manner, method #1,419
- Urdu طرح/t̪ə.ɾɑː/ method, manner, mode #41
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) and Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.