How to say “morning” in 45 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.
- 아침[a̠t͡ɕʰim] Korean
- πρωί/pɾoˈi/ Greek
- בוקר/ˈbo.keʁ/ Hebrew
- সকাল/ʃɔkal/ Bengali
- രാവിലെ/ɾaːʋile/ Malayalam
- صبح[sobʰ] Persian
“morning” in French: matin · Italian: mattina · Portuguese: manhã · Korean: 아침 · Greek: πρωί
It is commonest in Malayalam, where രാവിലെ is the 156th most used word.
Morning in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans goeiemôre/ˈxuɪəˌmɔːrə/ good morning #893
- Albanian mëngjes/mənɟɛs/ #333
- Arabic أصبح/ʔasˤ.baħ/ to enter upon morning #269
- Armenian առավոտյան/ɑrɑvoˈt͡sjɑn/ in the morning #489
- Basque goiz/ɡoi̯s̻/ #429
- Bengali সকাল/ʃɔkal/ #351
- Bosnian jutro/jûtro/ #420
- Bulgarian сутрин[ˈsutrin] in the morning #498
- Chinese 早上/t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʂɑŋ⁴/ early morning #193
- Croatian jutro/jûtro/ #410
- Czech ráno[ˈraːno] in the morning #286
- Danish morgen/ˈmɔr.ən/ #215
- Dutch goedemorgen/ˌɣu.dəˈmɔr.ɣə(n)/ good morning #868
- Esperanto matenon/maˈtenon/ #488
- Estonian hommikul/ˈhomːikul/ #419
- Finnish huomenta/ˈhuo̯mentɑ/ good morning #562
- French matin/ma.tɛ̃/ #374
- Georgian დილით[d̥ilitʰ] in the morning #566
- German morgens/ˈmɔʁɡəns/ in the morning, a.m #1,752
- Greek πρωί/pɾoˈi/ #355
- Hebrew בוקר/ˈbo.keʁ/ A morning, dawn #324
- Hindi सुबह/sʊ.bəɦ/ in the morning #362
- Hungarian reggel[ˈrɛɡːɛl] in the morning #336
- Icelandic morgun[ˈmɔrkʏn] a morning #178
- Indonesian pagi/ˈpaɡi/ #260
- Italian mattina/matˈti.na/ #796
- Korean 아침[a̠t͡ɕʰim] #286
- Latvian labrīt[labˈɾîːt] polite greeting, used in the morning; good… #503
- Lithuanian rytas[¹ˈrʲiːtɐs] #303
- Macedonian утро[ˈutrɔ] #346
- Malay pagi/ˈpaɡi/ #276
- Malayalam രാവിലെ/ɾaːʋile/ #156
- Norwegian morgen/ˈmoːrˌən/ #178
- Persian صبح[sobʰ] #198
- Polish rano/ˈra.nɔ/ in the morning #446
- Portuguese manhã/mɐ̃ˈɲɐ̃/ #371
- Russian утром[ˈutrəm] in the morning #492
- Serbian jutro/jûtro/ #402
- Slovenian zjutraj/zjùːtraj/ in the morning #231
- Swedish morgon/²mɔrː(ɡ)ɔn/ #247
- Tagalog umaga/ʔuˈmaɡa/ #242
- Turkish sabah/sa.ˈbah/ in the morning #302
- Ukrainian вранці[ˈwranʲt͡sʲi] in the morning #773
- Urdu صبح/sʊ.bəɦ/ in the morning #344
- Vietnamese sáng[saːŋ˧˦] #283
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), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 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.