How to say “noise” 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.
- ruido/ˈrwido/ Spanish
- шум[ʂum] Russian
- शोर/ʃoːɾ/ Hindi
- φασαρία/fasaˈɾia/ Greek
- רעש/ˈraʕʃ/ Hebrew
- ხმაური[χmäuɾi] Georgian
“noise” in Spanish: ruido · French: bruit · Italian: rumore · Portuguese: barulho · Russian: шум · Hindi: शोर · Turkish: gürültü · Greek: φασαρία
It is commonest in Georgian, where ხმაური is the 600th most used word.
Noise in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian zhurmë/ʒuɾmə/ #920
- Armenian աղմուկ/ɑʁˈmuk/ #610
- Basque zarata/s̻aɾata/ #602
- Bosnian šumu/ˈʃumʊ/ #2,231
- Bulgarian шум[ʃu̟m] noise, sound, noisiness #1,474
- Catalan soroll[suˈɾoʎ] #1,592
- Chinese 聲音/ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ in⁵⁵/ sound; noise; voice #1,417
- Croatian šumu/ˈʃumʊ/ #2,253
- English larry/ˈlæɹi/ A confused noise; an uproar; a hubbub #1,825
- Esperanto bruas/ˈbruas/ to make noise #1,652
- Estonian müra/ˈmyrɑ/ loud noise, unpleasant noise #1,976
- Finnish ääni/ˈæːni/ sound; noise #1,387
- French bruit/bʁɥi/ a noise #1,109
- Galician ruído/ruˈido/ #1,192
- Georgian ხმაური[χmäuɾi] #600
- Greek φασαρία/fasaˈɾia/ noise, racket #2,142
- Hebrew רעש/ˈraʕʃ/ noise, noisiness #1,480
- Hindi शोर/ʃoːɾ/ noise, din, clamor #1,621
- Italian rumore/ruˈmo.re/ noise, sound #1,464
- Latvian klusē/ˈkluseː/ To not make noise vocally either through… #1,963
- Lithuanian triukšmas[ˈtʲrʲʊ̟kʃmɐs] noise, racket #1,778
- Malayalam ഒച്ച/ot͡ːʃɐ/ sound, noise, voice #717
- Norwegian bråk/ˈbroːk/ loud noise, racket #1,550
- Portuguese barulho/baˈɾu.ʎu/ #1,539
- Romanian zgomot/ˈzɡomot/ #1,920
- Russian шум[ʂum] noise, radio static #2,483
- Serbian šumu/ˈʃumʊ/ #2,077
- Slovak hluk/ɦluk/ #1,212
- Slovenian hrup/xrúːp/ #954
- Spanish ruido/ˈrwido/ noise, racket, rattle, clatter, sound #1,482
- Tagalog ingay/ˈʔiŋaj/ #924
- Turkish gürültü/ɟy.ɾylˈty/ #2,230
- Ukrainian шум[ˈʃum] #1,829
- Urdu شور/ʃoːɾ/ #1,014
- Vietnamese thanh[tʰajŋ̟˧˧] sound; tone; noise #525
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 Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), 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.