How to say “notice” in 35 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 Armenian, where տեսնել is the 226th most used word.
- Afrikaans besef to realise, to notice #405
- Arabic ملاحظة observation, notice #1,324
- Armenian տեսնել to see; to notice; to look at, to examine #226
- Basque konturatu to realize, to notice #399
- Bengali এলান announcement; notice; proclamation #2,146
- Bosnian primetio to notice, observe #2,103
- Catalan adonat to take notice, to realise #1,494
- Croatian propustiti to miss, to fail to notice or do something #1,974
- Czech výpověď #2,246
- Esperanto rimarkis to notice #869
- Finnish huomaa to notice, take notice, take note, note, see,… #1,481
- Georgian ცნობა information, notice, news #1,105
- German bemerkt to notice, to perceive #1,841
- Hebrew הודעה #625
- Hindi परवाह care, heed, notice #456
- Hungarian felirat inscription, notice #2,154
- Indonesian perhatikan to notice #1,001
- Italian notato to notice; note #1,449
- Latvian ziņojums announcement, notice, notification, report #1,965
- Lithuanian pastebėjau to notice, to observe #1,240
- Malay perasan to notice, to remark #1,201
- Malayalam നോട്ടീസ് #1,002
- Persian اطلاع #961
- Polish zauważyłem to notice #2,483
- Romanian observat to observe; to perceive, to notice, to remark #1,012
- Serbian primetio to notice, observe #1,344
- Slovak oznámenie announcement, notice, notification #2,028
- Spanish noticias #668
- Swedish märker to notice #1,936
- Tagalog sabihan to notify; to give notice to #628
- Tamil அறிக்கை #441
- Turkish ilan announcement, notice #1,675
- Ukrainian попередження advance notice, advance notification #2,433
- Urdu اطلاع #1,277
- Vietnamese tinh quick to notice; sharp, keen, etc #488
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.