How to say “pair” in 40 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.
- пара[ˈparə] Russian
- जोड़ी/d͡ʒoː.ɽiː/ Hindi
- זוג/ˈzuɡ/ Hebrew
- զույգ/zujkʰ/ Armenian
- இரட்டை/ɪɾɐʈːɐɪ̯/ Tamil
- ജോഡി/d͡ʒoːɖi/ Malayalam
“pair” in Italian: paio · Portuguese: par · Russian: пара · Hindi: जोड़ी · Turkish: çift
It is commonest in Czech, where pár is the 180th most used word.
Pair in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans paar[pɑːɾ] #215
- Albanian çift[tʃift] pair, couple #1,674
- Arabic زوج/zawd͡ʒ/ one of a pair #694
- Armenian զույգ/zujkʰ/ pair, couple #962
- Bosnian par/pâːr/ pair, couple #276
- Croatian par/pâːr/ pair, couple #317
- Czech pár[ˈpaːr] pair, couple #180
- Danish par[ˈpʰɑ] #239
- Dutch paar/paːr/ pair, couple #252
- English partner/ˈpɑɹt.nɚ/ Either of a pair of people or things that… #1,071
- Esperanto okulvitrojn/ˌokulˈvitroɪn/ eyeglasses, spectacles, pair of glasses #2,410
- Estonian kahekesi/ˈkɑhekesi/ alone; of two people, as a pair #1,174
- Finnish parin/ˈparɪn/ pair, couple #1,437
- French jean/dʒin/ a pair of jeans #2,356
- Galician parella/paˈɾeʎa/ pair; a set of two people or animals intended… #1,521
- Greek ζευγάρι/zeˈvɣa.ri/ couple, pair #1,171
- Hebrew זוג/ˈzuɡ/ pair, couple, twosome #734
- Hindi जोड़ी/d͡ʒoː.ɽiː/ pair, duo #1,827
- Icelandic par[ˈpʰaːr] #1,086
- Indonesian pasangan/paˈsaŋan/ #1,006
- Italian paio/ˈpa.jo/ #542
- Latvian pāris/ˈpaːris/ #307
- Lithuanian pora/poːˈra/ #604
- Macedonian пар[par] pair, couple #1,156
- Malay pasang/ˈpasaŋ/ pair; couple #1,153
- Malayalam ജോഡി/d͡ʒoːɖi/ #869
- Norwegian par/ˈpɑːr/ a pair #365
- Persian جفت[d͡ʒoft̪ʰ] pair; couple #1,166
- Portuguese par/ˈpaʁ/ #1,220
- Romanian pereche/peˈɾeke/ #1,537
- Russian пара[ˈparə] pair, couple #1,086
- Serbian par/pâːr/ pair, couple #276
- Slovenian par/pàːr/ #294
- Spanish pareja/paˈɾexa/ couple, pair #1,295
- Swedish par/ˈpɑːr/ a pair, a couple #462
- Tamil இரட்டை/ɪɾɐʈːɐɪ̯/ #411
- Telugu జంట/d͡ʑaɳʈa/ a pair, couple #268
- Turkish çift[tʃift] #851
- Urdu جوڑا/d͡ʒoːɽɑː/ a pair #2,005
- Vietnamese cặp[kap̚˧˨ʔ] pair; duo; couple #1,123
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 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.