How to say “military” in 32 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 सेना is the 436th most used word.
- Afrikaans veldtog military campaign #1,605
- Albanian kapiten captain, a third grade military rank, officer… #474
- Arabic جيش an army, a military force #1,173
- Armenian արշավ military campaign, expedition #1,733
- Bengali সৈন্য military, army #786
- Bosnian vojni armed forces; military #2,229
- Bulgarian военен war, army, military; martial #2,074
- Catalan militar #1,644
- Chinese 征服 to conquer using military force; to… #1,331
- Croatian vojni armed forces; military #2,332
- Dutch kolonel colonel, the military rank #942
- French militaire military, militaristic #1,900
- Galician militar #811
- Greek στρατό army, military force #1,088
- Hebrew צבא a military #1,113
- Hindi सेना army, military, body of troops #436
- Hungarian katonai #1,601
- Icelandic her army, military #946
- Indonesian divisi a large military unit, usually with over… #2,128
- Italian militare #1,986
- Korean 군인 military personnel; soldier #1,331
- Macedonian армија army, military #1,054
- Malayalam സൈനിക military; relating to army #615
- Norwegian kaptein captain; a military officer rank between… #443
- Persian عملیات operation, a military campaign #1,505
- Portuguese militar #1,706
- Serbian vojni armed forces; military #2,455
- Spanish militar #1,851
- Swedish general a general; a military title #1,040
- Tagalog militar soldier; military man #1,322
- Tamil இராணுவம் #1,073
- Vietnamese đồn military post #1,201
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.