How to say “piece” in 51 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 Catalan, where mica is the 156th most used word.
- Afrikaans plaas farm; a piece of land, usually used for… #439
- Albanian copa piece, part #1,391
- Arabic بضعة a piece of something #420
- Armenian մասն part, piece; bit, morsel #642
- Basque puska #760
- Bengali টুকরা piece, fragment, section #808
- Bosnian komad piece, part #1,269
- Bulgarian част part, piece, portion #243
- Catalan mica a bit, a small piece #156
- Chinese 一片 piece, slice; one film #618
- Croatian komad piece, part #1,103
- Czech kousek #954
- Danish stykke #604
- Dutch stuk a piece, part, share #586
- English bed A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft,… #516
- Esperanto pecon #2,159
- Estonian tükk #1,157
- Finnish paskiainen piece of shit #834
- French conseil piece of advice #905
- Galician anaco piece, fragment, portion #1,109
- German stück one, item, piece, unit #749
- Greek ειδήσεις news item, piece of news, news story #1,815
- Hebrew חתיכה piece, chunk #1,454
- Hindi भाग piece, part, share #446
- Hungarian részt part, piece #911
- Icelandic hluti piece, part, share #302
- Indonesian bagian piece: a part of a larger whole #248
- Italian pezzo piece, chunk #834
- Korean 글 a piece of writing; a written work such as a… #1,489
- Latvian gabals #1,590
- Lithuanian gabalas piece, lump #1,486
- Macedonian парче #868
- Malay cincin A round piece of metal worn around the finger… #969
- Malayalam കഷണം #1,326
- Norwegian ringer ring; a circular piece of material #375
- Persian داده piece of data, datum #167
- Polish wiadomość message, piece of news, piece of information #563
- Portuguese pedaço #1,902
- Romanian bucată piece, bit, fragment, morsel #1,458
- Russian штука piece, each #1,631
- Serbian komad piece, part #1,436
- Slovak kus #716
- Slovenian kos #513
- Spanish consejo advice, counsel, piece of advice #979
- Swedish råd a piece of advice, counsel #757
- Tamil துண்டு piece, bit, fragment, slice #276
- Telugu ముక్క bit, piece, fragment #375
- Turkish yatak bed, a piece of furniture on which to rest or… #978
- Ukrainian штука #1,050
- Urdu حصہ part, share, piece #346
- Vietnamese hạt a small hard piece; a seed, a grain, a nut,… #1,133
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.