How to say “nature” in 31 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.
- naturaleza/natuɾaˈleθa/ Spanish
- طبيعة/tˤa.biː.ʕa/ Arabic
- 자연[t͡ɕa̠jʌ̹n] Korean
- प्रकृति/pɾək.ɾɪ.t̪iː/ Hindi
- φύση/ˈfisi/ Greek
- ბუნების[bunebis] Georgian
“nature” in Spanish: naturaleza · German: natur · Italian: natura · Portuguese: natureza · Korean: 자연 · Arabic: طبيعة · Hindi: प्रकृति · Greek: φύση
It is commonest in Tagalog, where kalikasan is the 546th most used word.
Nature in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans natuur/naˈtyr/ #728
- Albanian natyra/natyɾa/ #1,682
- Arabic طبيعة/tˤa.biː.ʕa/ nature, quality, essence #1,607
- Armenian խառնվածք/χɑrnəˈvɑt͡skʰ/ nature, character, temperament #1,593
- Bengali প্রকৃতি/pɾokɾit̪i/ #1,362
- Catalan dolor[duˈlo] pain of a continuing nature, especially that… #738
- Chinese 性格/ɕiŋ⁵¹ kɤ³⁵/ personality; nature; temperament; disposition #1,360
- Dutch natuur/naːˈtyr/ #2,006
- English natural/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹəl/ Existing in the nature of a person or thing;… #1,465
- Esperanto naturo/naˈturo/ #807
- Estonian loodus/ˈloːd̥us/ nature, the natural world #2,113
- Galician natureza/natuˈɾeθa/ #994
- Georgian ბუნების[bunebis] #1,478
- German natur[naˈtuːɐ̯] #1,727
- Greek φύση/ˈfisi/ #1,495
- Hebrew יצר/ˈje.t͡seʁ/ instinct, impulse, nature, urge #1,750
- Hindi प्रकृति/pɾək.ɾɪ.t̪iː/ #1,524
- Italian natura/naˈtu.ra/ #1,523
- Korean 자연[t͡ɕa̠jʌ̹n] #1,706
- Lithuanian gamta/ɡɐmˈtɐ/ #1,862
- Macedonian природа[ˈpriɾɔda] nature, environment #1,756
- Malay alam/ˈalam/ nature; the natural environment #734
- Malayalam പ്രകൃതി/prɐkrɨd̪i/ #912
- Portuguese natureza/na.tuˈɾe.zɐ/ #1,437
- Romanian fire/ˈfi.re/ essence, substance, nature #2,216
- Slovak príroda/priːrɔda/ #1,844
- Slovenian narava/naráːʋa/ #1,101
- Spanish naturaleza/natuɾaˈleθa/ #1,530
- Tagalog kalikasan/kaliˈkasan/ #546
- Tamil இயற்கை/ɪjɐrkɐɪ̯/ nature, disposition, inherent quality #909
- Urdu نہاد/nɪ.ɦɑːd̪/ disposition, nature #604
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.