How to say “number” in 52 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.
- número/ˈnumeɾo/ Spanish
- 번호[pʌ̹nβo̞] Korean
- সংখ্যা/ʃoŋ.kʰa/ Bengali
- எண்/ɛɳ/ Tamil
- సంఖ్య/ˈsankʰja/ Telugu
- شماره[ʃo.mɒː.ɹe] Persian
“number” in Spanish: número · French: numéro · German: nummer · Italian: numero · Portuguese: número · Korean: 번호 · Turkish: numara
It is commonest in Telugu, where సంఖ్య is the 29th most used word.
Number in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans nommer/ˈnɔ.mər/ #575
- Albanian numër/numəɹ/ #590
- Arabic رقم/raqm/ numeral, number, figure #216
- Basque zenbaki/s̻embaki/ #671
- Bengali সংখ্যা/ʃoŋ.kʰa/ #713
- Bosnian broj/brôːj/ #329
- Bulgarian номер[ˈnɔmɛr] #452
- Catalan prou[ˈpɾɔw] enough, an adequate number or amount #187
- Chinese 大量/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɑŋ⁵¹/ in a large quantity; in a large number #676
- Croatian broj/brôːj/ #359
- Czech číslo[ˈt͡ʃiːslo] #469
- Danish nummer[ˈnɔmˀɐ] #482
- Dutch nummer/ˈnʏ.mər/ number used as a means of identification #514
- English do/doʊ/ The cardinal number occurring after el and… #24
- Esperanto numero/nuˈmero/ number identifying one thing from another;… #994
- Estonian number/ˈnumb̥er/ number plate, licence plate, license plate #563
- Finnish numero/ˈnumero/ digit, number #908
- French numéro/ny.me.ʁo/ #492
- Galician número/ˈnumeɾo/ digit, numeral, number #384
- Georgian ნომერი[no̞me̞ɾi] number indicating the position of something… #980
- German nummer/ˈnʊmɐ/ number; see usage notes below #610
- Greek η/i/ The number eight in Greek numerals #12
- Hebrew פי/pi/ Multiplicative particle: followed by a number… #650
- Hindi लोग/loːɡ/ marks the plural number #148
- Hungarian szám[ˈsaːm] number, quantity #1,441
- Icelandic miklu/ˈmɪhklʏ/ large in quantity or number #332
- Indonesian grup/ˈɡrʊp̚/ group: a number of things or persons being in… #1,890
- Italian numero/ˈnu.me.ro/ #463
- Korean 번호[pʌ̹nβo̞] #1,006
- Latvian numurs/ˈnumurs/ #936
- Lithuanian numeris[ˈnʊmʲɛrʲɪs] #538
- Macedonian број[brɔj] #313
- Malay nombor/ˈnombo(r)/ #419
- Malayalam എണ്ണം/eɳːäm/ count, number #387
- Norwegian nummer/nʉ.mər/ a number #678
- Persian شماره[ʃo.mɒː.ɹe] #280
- Polish który/ˈktu.rɘ/ interrogative pronoun, referring to a number… #122
- Portuguese número/ˈnũ.me.ɾu/ #445
- Romanian numărul/ˈnumərul/ #571
- Russian номер[ˈnomʲɪr] nominal number #449
- Serbian broj/brôːj/ #352
- Slovak číslo/t͡ʃiːslɔ/ #268
- Slovenian številka/ʃtɛˈʋiːwka/ digit, number #360
- Spanish número/ˈnumeɾo/ #457
- Swedish nummer/¹nɵmɛr/ a number #594
- Tagalog numero/ˈnumeɾo/ #816
- Tamil எண்/ɛɳ/ #420
- Telugu సంఖ్య/ˈsankʰja/ a number; a numeral #29
- Turkish numara/nʊ.ma.ɾɐ/ #684
- Ukrainian номер[ˈnɔmer] ordinal number #333
- Urdu تعداد/t̪ɑː.d̪ɑːd̪/ quantity, amount, number #798
- Vietnamese số[so˧˦] #201
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), 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.