How to say “part” in 53 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.
- partes/ˈpaɾtes/ Spanish
- часть[t͡ɕæsʲtʲ] Russian
- 部分/pu⁵¹ fən¹/ Chinese
- μέρος/ˈmeɾos/ Greek
- ნაწილი[nät͡sʼili] Georgian
- մասն/ˈmasən/ Armenian
“part” in Spanish: partes · German: teile · Italian: parti · Chinese: 部分 · Russian: часть · Turkish: bölüm · Greek: μέρος
It is commonest in Greek, where μέρος is the 188th most used word.
Part in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans stuk/stœk/ A piece, part #550
- Albanian pjesë/pjɛsə/ #273
- Arabic بعض/baʕdˤ/ some, part #62
- Armenian մասն/ˈmasən/ part, piece; bit, morsel #642
- Basque aldera/aldeɾa/ part, zone, side #592
- Bengali অংশ/ɔŋʃo/ section, part #362
- Bosnian otišao/ˈotɪˌʃɐo/ to leave, part, depart #374
- Bulgarian част[t͡ʃa̟st] part, piece, portion #243
- Catalan peus[ˈpɛws] foot, a part of the body #861
- Chinese 部分/pu⁵¹ fən¹/ part; section; segment; portion #388
- Croatian otići/otǐːt͡ɕi/ to leave, part, depart #284
- Czech část[ˈt͡ʃaːst] #682
- Danish mest/mest/ mostly; for the most part #452
- Dutch buurt/byːrt/ neighborhood, part of town #532
- English morning/ˈmoɹnɪŋ/ The early part of the day, especially from… #259
- Esperanto rolo/ˈrolo/ #586
- Estonian osa/ˈosɑ/ #335
- Finnish osaa/ˈosaː/ #338
- French plupart/ply.paʁ/ main part, majority #1,136
- Galician pé/ˈpɛ/ foot, part of the body #485
- Georgian ნაწილი[nät͡sʼili] part, segment, portion #512
- German teile/ˈtaɪ̯lə/ part, piece #2,239
- Greek μέρος/ˈmeɾos/ #188
- Hebrew האחרים/haaχeˈʁim/ hind part #689
- Hindi के/keː/ part of, originating from #2
- Hungarian részt[ˈreːst] part, piece #911
- Icelandic hluti[ˈl̥ʏːtɪ] piece, part, share #302
- Indonesian bagian/baˈɡian/ piece: a part of a larger whole #248
- Italian parti/ˈpar.ti/ #987
- Korean 대부분[ˈtɛ(ː)bubun] the majority, the better part #698
- Latvian daļa/ˈdaʎa/ #487
- Lithuanian dalis[dɐˈlʲɪs] #368
- Macedonian дел[dɛɫ] #199
- Malay anggota/aŋˈɡota/ body part #656
- Malayalam ഭാഗം/bʱaːɡɐm/ #229
- Norwegian deler/ˈdeːlər/ part, portion, share #837
- Persian بخش[bæxʃ] lot; part; portion; section #326
- Polish u/ˈu/ denotes a part belonging to a larger whole; of #176
- Portuguese pé/ˈpɛ/ foot, part of the human body #637
- Romanian parte/ˈpar.te/ #220
- Russian часть[t͡ɕæsʲtʲ] #493
- Serbian deo/dêo/ #351
- Slovak by/bi/ Used as an independent part of some… #12
- Slovenian del/dèːl/ #191
- Spanish partes/ˈpaɾtes/ part; section; portion; share; piece; bit;… #917
- Swedish del/ˈdeːl/ part; share #304
- Tagalog ibaba/ʔibaˈbaʔ/ place under; underneath; under part #524
- Tamil பங்கு/pɐŋɡɯ/ share, portion, part, quota #674
- Telugu సమస్య/ˈsamasja/ a part of a stanza proposed by one person to… #110
- Turkish bölüm/bøˈlym/ #762
- Ukrainian частина[t͡ʃɐˈstɪnɐ] #877
- Urdu کے/keː/ part of, from #3
- Vietnamese biệt[ʔɓiət̚˧˨ʔ] to part with; to leave; to separate #288
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