How to say “operation” 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 Korean, where 작전 is the 807th most used word.
- Arabic تشغيل operating, operation #994
- Basque operazio surgery, operation #1,096
- Bosnian operacija #1,336
- Bulgarian операция #1,031
- Catalan operació An operation, the act or process of operating #1,220
- Chinese 手術 surgery; medical operation; procedure #1,421
- Croatian operacija #1,467
- Czech operace surgery, operation #1,373
- Danish operation an operation, undertaking #1,743
- Dutch operatie #1,007
- English proof An effort, process, or operation designed to… #1,622
- Estonian operatsioon #1,441
- French opération #1,088
- German operation #1,628
- Greek εγχείρηση operation, surgical procedure #2,423
- Hebrew ניתוח operation, surgery #913
- Hindi कार्यवाही operation, execution #1,371
- Indonesian pemikiran the operation by which mental activity arise… #1,849
- Italian operazione #1,313
- Korean 작전 operation, mission #807
- Latvian operācija #1,588
- Macedonian операција #856
- Malay pembedahan surgery, surgical operation #1,356
- Norwegian operasjon an operation #2,160
- Persian عملیات operation, a military campaign #1,505
- Polish operacji #1,738
- Portuguese contas operation, calculation #1,167
- Russian операция #1,948
- Serbian operacija #1,481
- Slovak chod #1,189
- Spanish operación #1,415
- Swedish operation an operation #1,928
- Tagalog operasyon #1,582
- Turkish ameliyat operation, surgery #1,281
- Ukrainian операція #2,407
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.