How to say “miracle” in 39 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.
- milagro/miˈlaɡɾo/ Spanish
- معجزة/muʕ.d͡ʒi.za/ Arabic
- चमत्कार/t͡ʃə.mət̪.kɑːɾ/ Hindi
- θαύμα/ˈθavma/ Greek
- נס/nes/ Hebrew
- അത്ഭുതം/ɐt̪b(ʱ)ud̪ɐm/ Malayalam
“miracle” in Spanish: milagro · French: miracle · German: wunder · Italian: miracolo · Portuguese: milagre · Arabic: معجزة · Hindi: चमत्कार · Turkish: mucize
It is commonest in Afrikaans, where wonder is the 386th most used word.
Miracle in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans wonder/ˈvɔnər/ miracle, wonder #386
- Albanian mrekulli/mɾɛkuɫi/ #535
- Arabic معجزة/muʕ.d͡ʒi.za/ #1,443
- Armenian հրաշք/həˈɾɑʃkʰ/ wonder, miracle, marvel #1,511
- Bosnian čudo/t͡ʃûdo/ wonder, miracle #1,167
- Bulgarian чудо[ˈt͡ʃu̟do] miracle, wonder, marvel #1,269
- Catalan miracle[miˈɾa.klə] #1,897
- Croatian čudo/t͡ʃûdo/ wonder, miracle #1,039
- Czech zázrak[ˈzaːzrak] #1,811
- Danish mirakel/miˈʁɑɡəl/ #2,111
- Dutch wonder/ˈʋɔn.dər/ wonder, miracle #1,462
- Esperanto miraklo/miˈraklo/ #1,481
- Estonian ime/ˈime/ #888
- French miracle/mi.ʁakl/ #2,052
- Galician milagre/miˈlaɡɾe/ #2,058
- German wunder/ˈvʊndəʁ/ #1,131
- Greek θαύμα/ˈθavma/ miracle, supernatural event #1,589
- Hebrew נס/nes/ a miracle #1,395
- Hindi चमत्कार/t͡ʃə.mət̪.kɑːɾ/ miracle, wonder, marvel #2,073
- Hungarian csoda[ˈt͡ʃodɒ] miracle, wonder #1,471
- Icelandic kraftaverk[ˈkʰraftaˌvɛr̥k] #963
- Italian miracolo/miˈra.ko.lo/ #2,488
- Latvian brīnums/ˈbriːnums/ #1,019
- Macedonian чудо[ˈt͡ʃudɔ] wonder, miracle #743
- Malayalam അത്ഭുതം/ɐt̪b(ʱ)ud̪ɐm/ #449
- Norwegian mirakel/mɪˈrɑːkəl/ #2,240
- Persian معجزه[moʔ.d͡ʒe.zé] #1,135
- Portuguese milagre/miˈla.ɡɾi/ #2,387
- Romanian minune/miˈnune/ wonder, marvel, miracle #1,765
- Russian чудесно[t͡ɕʉˈdʲesnə] miraculously, by a miracle #1,959
- Serbian čudo/t͡ʃûdo/ wonder, miracle #989
- Slovak zázrak/zaːzrak/ #899
- Spanish milagro/miˈlaɡɾo/ #2,398
- Swedish mirakel/ˈmiːrakɛl/ a miracle #2,112
- Tagalog himala/himaˈlaʔ/ #1,311
- Tamil அற்புதம்/ɐrpʊd̪ɐm/ wonder, marvel, miracle, anything beyond… #863
- Turkish mucize[muːdʒiˈzɛ] #1,778
- Ukrainian чудо[ˈt͡ʃudɔ] #2,133
- Urdu معجزہ/mʊ.(ʔ)d͡ʒɪ.zə/ #1,276
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