How to say “military” in 32 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.
- militar/miliˈtaɾ/ Spanish
- צבא/sˤaːˈbaːʔ/ Hebrew
- সৈন্য/ʃoi̯nːo/ Bengali
- இராணுவம்/ɪɾɑːɳʊʋɐm/ Tamil
- സൈനിക/sɐi̯niɡɐ/ Malayalam
“military” in Spanish: militar · French: militaire · Italian: militare · Portuguese: militar
It is commonest in Malayalam, where സൈനിക is the 615th most used word.
Military in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans veldtog/ˈfɛl.tɔχ/ military campaign #1,605
- Albanian kapiten/kapiten/ captain, a third grade military rank, officer… #474
- Arabic جيش/d͡ʒajʃ/ an army, a military force #1,173
- Armenian արշավ/ɑɾˈʃɑv/ military campaign, expedition #1,733
- Bengali সৈন্য/ʃoi̯nːo/ military, army #786
- Bosnian vojni/ʋôːjniː/ armed forces; military #2,229
- Bulgarian военен[voˈɛnɛn] war, army, military; martial #2,074
- Catalan militar[mi.liˈtar] #1,644
- Chinese 征服/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ fu³⁵/ to conquer using military force; to… #1,331
- Croatian vojni/ʋôːjniː/ armed forces; military #2,332
- Dutch kolonel/ˌkoː.loːˈnɛl/ colonel, the military rank #942
- French militaire/mi.li.tɛʁ/ military, militaristic #1,900
- Galician militar/miliˈtaɾ/ #811
- Greek στρατό/straˈto/ army, military force #1,088
- Hebrew צבא/sˤaːˈbaːʔ/ a military #1,113
- Hindi सेना/seː.nɑː/ army, military, body of troops #436
- Hungarian katonai[ˈkɒtonɒji] #1,601
- Icelandic her[ˈhɛːr] army, military #946
- Indonesian divisi/diˈvisi/ a large military unit, usually with over… #2,128
- Italian militare/mi.liˈta.re/ #1,986
- Korean 군인[kunin] military personnel; soldier #1,331
- Macedonian армија[ˈarmi(j)a] army, military #1,054
- Malayalam സൈനിക/sɐi̯niɡɐ/ military; relating to army #615
- Norwegian kaptein/kapˈtæɪn/ captain; a military officer rank between… #443
- Persian عملیات[ʔæ.mæ.li.jɒːt̪ʰ] operation, a military campaign #1,505
- Portuguese militar/mi.liˈta(ʁ)/ #1,706
- Serbian vojni/ʋôːjniː/ armed forces; military #2,455
- Spanish militar/miliˈtaɾ/ #1,851
- Swedish general/jɛn(ɛ)ˈrɑːl/ a general; a military title #1,040
- Tagalog militar/miliˈtaɾ/ soldier; military man #1,322
- Tamil இராணுவம்/ɪɾɑːɳʊʋɐm/ #1,073
- Vietnamese đồn[ʔɗon˨˩] military post #1,201
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) 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.