How to say “photograph” in 30 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 Chinese, where 照片 is the 141st most used word.
- Afrikaans foto photo; photograph #606
- Basque argazki photo, photograph #449
- Bosnian fotografija a photograph, picture #2,496
- Bulgarian снимка photograph, snapshot #768
- Catalan fotos #1,010
- Chinese 照片 photograph; picture #141
- Croatian fotografija a photograph, picture #2,262
- Dutch foto photo, photograph #407
- English photo A photograph #1,490
- Estonian foto photograph, photo #1,455
- Galician fotografía #1,148
- German bild digital photograph #935
- Hebrew תמונה photograph, photo, picture #721
- Indonesian foto photograph; photo #660
- Korean 사진 photograph, picture #417
- Lithuanian nuotrauka #951
- Macedonian фотографија #2,119
- Malayalam ഫോട്ടോ #256
- Persian عکس photograph, picture #349
- Polish zdjęcia photograph, picture #769
- Portuguese foto photo; photograph #1,155
- Romanian poze #1,399
- Russian фото photo, photograph #1,081
- Serbian fotografija a photograph, picture #2,350
- Slovenian fotografija #1,169
- Spanish foto photo, photograph #757
- Tagalog litrato alternative form of retrato: photograph;… #395
- Tamil புகைப்படம் photograph, still #604
- Ukrainian фото photo, photograph #730
- Urdu تصویر image, picture, photograph #408
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.