How to say “natural” 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 Vietnamese, where sát is the 206th most used word.
- Afrikaans stokke stick, whether natural or artificial #2,042
- Albanian natyrale #2,272
- Arabic طبيعي #700
- Bengali স্বাভাবিক natural, innate; instinctual; instinctive #576
- Catalan natural native, natural #1,845
- Chinese 自然 naturally; in a natural manner #443
- Dutch tanden natural tooth, more specifically incisor #1,568
- English star Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky,… #889
- Esperanto natura #2,248
- Estonian loomulik #1,639
- Galician natural native, natural #1,437
- Greek φυσιολογικό normal, natural #2,021
- Hebrew טבעי #1,104
- Hindi प्राकृतिक #2,289
- Hungarian természetes #1,613
- Icelandic enda "which is natural, since ..." #482
- Indonesian alami #1,253
- Italian luna a natural satellite #1,239
- Malay alam nature; the natural environment #734
- Malayalam സ്വാഭാവിക natural, self-generated, spontaneous #1,459
- Norwegian naturlig #2,076
- Persian بکار #2,057
- Polish zasady law; natural law #1,322
- Romanian natural #2,144
- Russian умереть to die of natural causes #926
- Slovenian naraven #1,965
- Swedish råkar a long, natural crack in the ice cover of the… #1,893
- Tagalog likas natural; inborn; innate #675
- Tamil எரிவாயு natural gas #918
- Telugu ప్రకృతి the original or natural form of anything,… #688
- Turkish doğal #942
- Vietnamese sát to have a natural ability with catching #206
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.