How to say “number” in 52 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 Greek, where η is the 12th most used word.
- Afrikaans nommer #575
- Albanian numër #590
- Arabic رقم numeral, number, figure #216
- Basque zenbaki #671
- Bengali সংখ্যা #713
- Bosnian broj #329
- Bulgarian номер #452
- Catalan prou enough, an adequate number or amount #187
- Chinese 大量 in a large quantity; in a large number #676
- Croatian broj #359
- Czech číslo #469
- Danish nummer #482
- Dutch nummer number used as a means of identification #514
- English do The cardinal number occurring after el and… #24
- Esperanto numero number identifying one thing from another;… #994
- Estonian number number plate, licence plate, license plate #563
- Finnish numero digit, number #908
- French numéro #492
- Galician número digit, numeral, number #384
- Georgian ნომერი number indicating the position of something… #980
- German nummer number; see usage notes below #610
- Greek η The number eight in Greek numerals #12
- Hebrew פי Multiplicative particle: followed by a number… #650
- Hindi लोग marks the plural number #148
- Hungarian szám number, quantity #1,441
- Icelandic miklu large in quantity or number #332
- Indonesian grup group: a number of things or persons being in… #1,890
- Italian numero #463
- Korean 번호 #1,006
- Latvian numurs #936
- Lithuanian numeris #538
- Macedonian број #313
- Malay nombor #419
- Malayalam എണ്ണം count, number #387
- Norwegian nummer a number #678
- Persian شماره #280
- Polish który interrogative pronoun, referring to a number… #122
- Portuguese número #445
- Romanian numărul #571
- Russian номер nominal number #449
- Serbian broj #352
- Slovak číslo #268
- Slovenian številka digit, number #360
- Spanish número #457
- Swedish nummer a number #594
- Tagalog numero #816
- Tamil எண் #420
- Telugu సంఖ్య a number; a numeral #29
- Turkish numara #684
- Ukrainian номер ordinal number #333
- Urdu تعداد quantity, amount, number #798
- Vietnamese số #201
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.