How to say “part” in 53 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 Hindi, where के is the 2nd most used word.
- Afrikaans stuk A piece, part #550
- Albanian pjesë #273
- Arabic بعض some, part #62
- Armenian մասն part, piece; bit, morsel #642
- Basque aldera part, zone, side #592
- Bengali অংশ section, part #362
- Bosnian otišao to leave, part, depart #374
- Bulgarian част part, piece, portion #243
- Catalan peus foot, a part of the body #861
- Chinese 部分 part; section; segment; portion #388
- Croatian otići to leave, part, depart #284
- Czech část #682
- Danish mest mostly; for the most part #452
- Dutch buurt neighborhood, part of town #532
- English morning The early part of the day, especially from… #259
- Esperanto rolo #586
- Estonian osa #335
- Finnish osaa #338
- French plupart main part, majority #1,136
- Galician pé foot, part of the body #485
- Georgian ნაწილი part, segment, portion #512
- German teile part, piece #2,239
- Greek μέρος #188
- Hebrew האחרים hind part #689
- Hindi के part of, originating from #2
- Hungarian részt part, piece #911
- Icelandic hluti piece, part, share #302
- Indonesian bagian piece: a part of a larger whole #248
- Italian parti #987
- Korean 대부분 the majority, the better part #698
- Latvian daļa #487
- Lithuanian dalis #368
- Macedonian дел #199
- Malay anggota body part #656
- Malayalam ഭാഗം #229
- Norwegian deler part, portion, share #837
- Persian بخش lot; part; portion; section #326
- Polish u denotes a part belonging to a larger whole; of #176
- Portuguese pé foot, part of the human body #637
- Romanian parte #220
- Russian часть #493
- Serbian deo #351
- Slovak by Used as an independent part of some… #12
- Slovenian del #191
- Spanish partes part; section; portion; share; piece; bit;… #917
- Swedish del part; share #304
- Tagalog ibaba place under; underneath; under part #524
- Tamil பங்கு share, portion, part, quota #674
- Telugu సమస్య a part of a stanza proposed by one person to… #110
- Turkish bölüm #762
- Ukrainian частина #877
- Urdu کے part of, from #3
- Vietnamese biệt to part with; to leave; to separate #288
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.