How to say “outside” in 51 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.
- fuera/ˈfweɾa/ Spanish
- خارج/xaː.rid͡ʒ/ Arabic
- 外面/waɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/ Chinese
- 바깥[pa̠k͈a̠t̚] Korean
- बाहर/bɑː.ɦəɾ/ Hindi
- החוצה/haˈχut͡sa/ Hebrew
“outside” in Spanish: fuera · French: dehors · German: draußen · Italian: fuori · Portuguese: fora · Chinese: 外面 · Korean: 바깥 · Arabic: خارج
It is commonest in Tamil, where வெளியே is the 40th most used word.
Outside in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans uit/œi̯t/ out; outside #74
- Albanian jashtë/jaʃtə/ out of; outside #125
- Arabic خارج/xaː.rid͡ʒ/ outside, out of #178
- Armenian դուրս/duɾs/ #147
- Bengali বাইরে/baiɾe/ #199
- Bosnian napolje/nâpoʎe/ #656
- Bulgarian навън[nɐˈvɤn] out, outside #506
- Catalan fora[ˈfɔ.ɾə] out, outside #165
- Chinese 外面/waɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/ outside; out #137
- Croatian vani/ʋǎni/ outside, outdoors, out #490
- Czech venku[ˈvɛŋku] #473
- Danish udenfor/ˈuːðənˌfɒ/ #573
- Dutch uit/œy̯t/ out, from the inside to the outside #60
- English outside/aʊtˈsaɪd/ To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an… #526
- Esperanto ekstere/eksˈtere/ #477
- Estonian väljas/ˈvæljɑs/ out, outside #359
- Finnish ulos/ˈulos/ out, outside; outdoors #162
- French dehors/də.ɔʁ/ #425
- Galician fóra/ˈfoɾa/ #199
- Georgian გარეთ[ɡ̊äɾe̞tʰ] #602
- German draußen/ˈdraʊ̯sən/ #405
- Greek έξω/ˈe.kso/ out, outside #133
- Hebrew החוצה/haˈχut͡sa/ outside, outwards #284
- Hindi बाहर/bɑː.ɦəɾ/ #71
- Hungarian kívül[ˈkiːvyl] outside, outdoors #653
- Icelandic úti[ˈuːtɪ] outside, outdoors #277
- Indonesian luar/ˈluar/ #186
- Italian fuori/ˈfwɔ.ri/ #140
- Korean 바깥[pa̠k͈a̠t̚] outside; outdoors #1,434
- Latvian ārā/ˈaːraː/ out, outside #189
- Lithuanian laukan[lɒʊ²ˈkɐnˑ] out, outside #1,632
- Macedonian надвор[ˈnadvɔr] #176
- Malayalam പുറത്ത്/purɐt̪t̪ɨ/ on the outside; outdoors #114
- Norwegian utenfor/ˈʉtn̩ˌfɔr/ #472
- Persian بیرون[biː.ɹúːn] outside, out #217
- Polish zewnątrz/ˈzɛ.vnɔntʂ/ #710
- Portuguese fora/ˈfɔ.ɾɐ/ #187
- Romanian afară/aˈfa.rə/ #232
- Russian снаружи[snɐˈruʐɨ] on the outside, from the outside, outwardly #1,349
- Serbian napolje/nâpoʎe/ #541
- Slovak vonku/vɔnku/ #278
- Slovenian zunaj/zùːnaj/ #217
- Spanish fuera/ˈfweɾa/ #159
- Swedish ute/²ʉːtɛ/ outside, outdoors #250
- Tagalog palabas/palaˈbas/ towards outside; outward #153
- Tamil வெளியே/ʋɛɭɪjeː/ outside, out #40
- Telugu బయట/bajaʈa/ on the outside, on the plain #296
- Turkish dışarı/dɯ.ʃaˈɾɯ/ #275
- Ukrainian поза[ˈpɔzɐ] outside, out of #1,266
- Urdu باہر/bɑː.ɦəɾ/ #55
- Vietnamese ngoài[ŋwaːj˨˩] #204
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