How to say “miss” in 35 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.
- мисс[mʲis] Russian
- 小姐/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese
- 아가씨[a̠ɡa̠ɕ͈i] Korean
- δεσποινίς/ˌðespiˈnis/ Greek
- גברתי/ɡviʁˈti/ Hebrew
- মিস/miʃ/ Bengali
“miss” in French: raté · German: vermisst · Chinese: 小姐 · Korean: 아가씨 · Russian: мисс · Greek: δεσποινίς
It is commonest in Chinese, where 小姐 is the 71st most used word.
Miss in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans mis/məs/ to miss #433
- Arabic فقد/fa.qa.da/ to lose, to misplace, to miss #218
- Basque andereño/andeɾeɲo/ young woman, Miss #543
- Bengali মিস/miʃ/ #230
- Bosnian gđica/ˈɡdʑitsɐ/ Miss, Ms #1,589
- Bulgarian пропусна[proˈpusnɐ] to miss #1,670
- Catalan fallat[fəˈʎat] to miss #2,097
- Chinese 小姐/ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ #71
- Croatian gđica/ˈɡdʑitsɐ/ Miss, Ms #1,318
- Czech slečna[ˈslɛt͡ʃna] #1,147
- Danish savner/ˈsɑwnɐ/ to miss #842
- Dutch mis/mɪs/ to miss #419
- Esperanto sinjorino/sinjoˈrino/ madam, miss #219
- Estonian preili/ˈprei̯li/ miss, an unmarried woman #527
- Finnish neiti/ˈnei̯ti/ #376
- French raté/ʁa.te/ to miss #1,488
- Georgian მომენატრე[mo̞me̞nätʼɾe̞] I miss you #822
- German vermisst/ferˈmɪst/ to miss #1,078
- Greek δεσποινίς/ˌðespiˈnis/ miss, young unmarried woman #777
- Hebrew גברתי/ɡviʁˈti/ miss, madam, my lady #521
- Hungarian kisasszony[ˈkiʃɒsːoɲ] miss, young lady #1,185
- Icelandic ungfrú/ˈuŋkfru/ miss, young lady #413
- Indonesian nona/ˈnona/ #454
- Korean 아가씨[a̠ɡa̠ɕ͈i] Miss, girl, young lady #400
- Macedonian мис[mis] #2,136
- Malay nona/ˈnona/ miss, lady #1,737
- Norwegian frøken/ˈfrøːkən/ Miss, miss #1,019
- Polish tęsknię/ˈtɛw̃sk.ɲɛ/ to miss #2,166
- Romanian miss/ˈmis/ #1,739
- Russian мисс[mʲis] #338
- Serbian gđica/ˈɡdʑitsɐ/ Miss, Ms #1,540
- Slovenian gospodična/ɡɔspɔdíːt͡ʃna/ #396
- Swedish miss/ˈmɪs/ a miss #563
- Tamil செல்வி/tʃɛlʋiː/ #2,156
- Turkish bayan/baˈjan/ Ms., Mrs., miss #125
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), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.