How to say “particularly” in 31 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 English, where don is the 31st most used word.
- Albanian qytet city, particularly as a former administrative… #386
- Arabic خاصة especially, particularly, in particular #433
- Armenian գլխավոր especially, particularly #1,639
- Bosnian pogotovo especially, particularly, in particular #1,843
- Bulgarian особено especially, particularly #556
- Chinese 尤其 especially; particularly #508
- Croatian pogotovo especially, particularly, in particular #1,559
- Danish især especially, particularly #1,069
- Dutch speciaal specially, especially, particularly #1,218
- English don A university professor, particularly one at… #31
- Esperanto speciale particularly; specially #1,850
- Finnish varsinkin especially, particularly, notably #2,261
- German besonders especially, particularly #816
- Greek μάλιστα especially, particularly, in particular #312
- Hungarian különösen particularly, especially #1,383
- Icelandic einkum especially, particularly #1,461
- Italian specie especially, particularly #862
- Korean 정부 national government, particularly the… #911
- Lithuanian ypač especially, particularly #509
- Macedonian особено especially, particularly #1,123
- Malayalam മന A house, particularly the house of a Brahmin #1,609
- Norwegian amerikanere a person from the Americas, particularly the… #2,471
- Persian خصوص especially, particularly #2,028
- Polish szczególnie especially; particularly #1,794
- Portuguese especialmente especially, particularly #1,434
- Serbian naročito particularly, especially #1,498
- Slovenian grozdje raceme, cluster, particularly of grapes, thus… #1,871
- Swedish särskilt particularly; in particular #786
- Tamil குறிப்பாக particularly, specifically, especially #465
- Telugu ముఖ్యంగా especially, particularly, chiefly, specially #377
- Ukrainian особливо especially, particularly #969
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.