How to say “normal” in 33 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.
- normal/noɾˈmal/ Spanish
- عادي/ʕaːdijj/ Arabic
- 正常/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/ Chinese
- φυσιολογικό/ˌfisjoˌlojiˈko/ Greek
- נורמלי/noʁˈmali/ Hebrew
- նորմալ/noɾˈmɑl/ Armenian
“normal” in Spanish: normal · Italian: normale · Portuguese: normal · Chinese: 正常 · Arabic: عادي · Greek: φυσιολογικό
It is commonest in Chinese, where 正常 is the 241st most used word.
Normal in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic عادي/ʕaːdijj/ normal, regular, ordinary, usual #947
- Armenian նորմալ/noɾˈmɑl/ #1,775
- Bosnian normalan/nôrmaːlan/ #1,770
- Bulgarian нормален[norˈmalɛn] normal, standard #1,679
- Catalan normal[nurˈmal] #788
- Chinese 正常/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/ normal; regular; ordinary #241
- Croatian normalan/nôrmaːlan/ #1,878
- Czech normální[ˈnormaːlɲiː] normal, usual, ordinary, regular #820
- Dutch normale/nɔrˈmaːlə/ normal, usual, in accordance with what is… #1,767
- English strange/stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of… #724
- Esperanto normala/norˈmala/ #1,883
- Estonian tavaline/ˈtɑvɑline/ normal, usual #810
- Finnish tavallinen/ˈtɑʋɑlːinen/ ordinary, usual, normal, conventional,… #2,018
- German normal/nɔrˈmaːl/ ordinarily, normally, in a normal fashion #1,087
- Greek φυσιολογικό/ˌfisjoˌlojiˈko/ normal, natural #2,021
- Hebrew נורמלי/noʁˈmali/ #1,138
- Hindi साधारण/sɑː.d̪ʱɑː.ɾəɳ/ ordinary, normal #1,691
- Hungarian normális[ˈnormaːliʃ] #971
- Icelandic venjulegur[ˈvɛnjʏˌlɛːɣʏr] usual, customary, normal #1,435
- Indonesian biasa/biˈasa/ normal, ordinary, regular #242
- Italian normale/norˈma.le/ #918
- Latvian parasti/ˈparasti/ usual, normal, ordinary, usually, normally,… #491
- Macedonian нормално[ˈnɔrmaɫnɔ] normally, in a normal way #641
- Malay biasa/ˈbiasə/ normal; usual; ordinary #268
- Norwegian normal/nʊrˈmɑːl/ normal, ordinary #2,069
- Persian عادی[ʔɒː.d̪íː] normal, ordinary, usual #1,594
- Portuguese normal/noʁˈmaw/ normal, standard, regular #744
- Serbian normalan/nôrmaːlan/ #1,676
- Spanish normal/noɾˈmal/ normal, standard, regular, fine #824
- Swedish normal/ˈnɔrmɑːl/ a normal #1,949
- Tagalog normal/noɾˈmal/ #778
- Turkish sıradan[sˈɯɾɑdɑn] ordinary, mediocre, normal #913
- Urdu عادی/ɑːd̪iː/ #1,754
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) and Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
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Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.