How to say “peace” in 48 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.
- paz/ˈpaθ/ Spanish
- мир[mʲir] Russian
- سلام/sa.laːm/ Arabic
- 和平/xɤ³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/ Chinese
- 안녕[a̠nɲʌ̹ŋ] Korean
- शांति/ʃɑːn.t̪iː/ Hindi
“peace” in Spanish: paz · French: paix · German: frieden · Portuguese: paz · Chinese: 和平 · Korean: 안녕 · Russian: мир · Arabic: سلام
It is commonest in Korean, where 안녕 is the 100th most used word.
Peace in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans vrede/ˈfrɪə̯.də/ peace; tranquility #453
- Albanian paqe/pacɛ/ #785
- Arabic سلام/sa.laːm/ #1,176
- Armenian խաղաղություն/χɑʁɑʁuˈtʰjun/ #624
- Basque bake/bake/ #907
- Bengali শান্তি/ʃant̪i/ peace, tranquility, shanti #475
- Bosnian miru/ˈmirʊ/ #634
- Bulgarian мир[mir] #1,095
- Catalan pau[ˈpaw] #568
- Chinese 和平/xɤ³⁵ pʰiŋ³⁵/ #523
- Croatian miru/ˈmirʊ/ #644
- Czech mír[ˈmiːr] #1,873
- Danish fred/freð/ #562
- Dutch vrede/ˈvreːdə/ #1,141
- Esperanto paco/ˈpat͡so/ #622
- Estonian rahu/ˈrɑhu/ #525
- Finnish rauhassa/ˈrɑu̯hɑsːɑ/ in peace #1,017
- French paix/pɛ/ #770
- Galician paz/ˈpaθ/ #358
- Georgian მშვიდობისა[mʃʷidobisa] #381
- German frieden/ˈfʁiːdn̩/ #1,169
- Greek ησυχία/i.siˈçi.a/ calm, peace, quiet #925
- Hebrew שלום/ʃaːˈloːm/ #137
- Hindi शांति/ʃɑːn.t̪iː/ peace, tranquility, quiet, ease #587
- Hungarian békén[ˈbeːkeːn] #760
- Indonesian salam/ˈsalam/ #1,219
- Italian pace/ˈpa.t͡ʃe/ peace be with you; that's it; end of the story #661
- Korean 안녕[a̠nɲʌ̹ŋ] peace; tranquility #100
- Latvian mierā/ˈmieraː/ peace, tranquility, calm, quiet, rest #493
- Macedonian мир[mir] #579
- Malay kedamaian/kədaˈmajan/ #1,979
- Malayalam സമാധാനം/sɐmaːd̪(ʱ)aːnɐm/ #431
- Norwegian fred/freːd/ #526
- Persian صلح[solʰ] peace; conciliation #862
- Polish spokój/ˈspɔ.kuj/ calm, calmness, peace, tranquility #334
- Portuguese paz/ˈpa(j)s/ #536
- Romanian pace/ˈpat͡ʃe/ #519
- Russian мир[mʲir] #413
- Serbian miru/ˈmirʊ/ #626
- Slovak mier/mɪ̯er/ #881
- Slovenian mir/míːr/ #416
- Spanish paz/ˈpaθ/ #559
- Swedish fred/freːd/ #863
- Tagalog kalma/ˈkalma/ calmness; peace; stillness #997
- Tamil அமைதி/ɐmɐɪ̯d̪iː/ #657
- Turkish barış/baˈɾɯʃ/ #1,218
- Ukrainian мир[mɪr] #561
- Urdu امن/ə.mən/ peace, tranquility #424
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 Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.