How to say “piece” in 51 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.
- штука[ˈʂtukə] Russian
- 一片/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/ Chinese
- भाग/bʱɑːɡ/ Hindi
- חתיכה/χa.tiˈχa/ Hebrew
- টুকরা/ʈukɽa/ Bengali
- துண்டு/t̪ʊɳɖɯ/ Tamil
“piece” in Italian: pezzo · Portuguese: pedaço · Chinese: 一片 · Russian: штука · Hindi: भाग
It is commonest in Tamil, where துண்டு is the 276th most used word.
Piece in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans plaas/plɑːs/ farm; a piece of land, usually used for… #439
- Albanian copa/ˈt͡sɔpa/ piece, part #1,391
- Arabic بضعة/bidˤ.ʕa/ a piece of something #420
- Armenian մասն/ˈmasən/ part, piece; bit, morsel #642
- Basque puska/ˈpus̺ka/ #760
- Bengali টুকরা/ʈukɽa/ piece, fragment, section #808
- Bosnian komad/kǒmaːd/ piece, part #1,269
- Bulgarian част[t͡ʃa̟st] part, piece, portion #243
- Catalan mica[ˈmi.kə] a bit, a small piece #156
- Chinese 一片/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/ piece, slice; one film #618
- Croatian komad/kǒmaːd/ piece, part #1,103
- Czech kousek[ˈkou̯sɛk] #954
- Danish stykke[ˈsd̥øɡ̊ə] #604
- Dutch stuk/stʏk/ a piece, part, share #586
- English bed/bɛd/ A piece of furniture, usually flat and soft,… #516
- Esperanto pecon/ˈpetson/ #2,159
- Estonian tükk/tykː/ #1,157
- Finnish paskiainen/ˈpɑskiɑi̯nen/ piece of shit #834
- French conseil/kɔ̃.sɛj/ piece of advice #905
- Galician anaco/aˈnako/ piece, fragment, portion #1,109
- German stück/ʃtʏk/ one, item, piece, unit #749
- Greek ειδήσεις/iˈðisis/ news item, piece of news, news story #1,815
- Hebrew חתיכה/χa.tiˈχa/ piece, chunk #1,454
- Hindi भाग/bʱɑːɡ/ piece, part, share #446
- 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 pezzo/ˈpɛt.t͡so/ piece, chunk #834
- Korean 글[kɯɭ] a piece of writing; a written work such as a… #1,489
- Latvian gabals/ˈɡabals/ #1,590
- Lithuanian gabalas[²ˈɡɑːbɐlɐs] piece, lump #1,486
- Macedonian парче[ˈpart͡ʃɛ] #868
- Malay cincin/ˈt͡ʃint͡ʃin/ A round piece of metal worn around the finger… #969
- Malayalam കഷണം/kɐʂɐɳɐm/ #1,326
- Norwegian ringer/ˈrɪŋər/ ring; a circular piece of material #375
- Persian داده[d̪ɒː.d̪é] piece of data, datum #167
- Polish wiadomość/vjaˈdɔ.mɔɕt͡ɕ/ message, piece of news, piece of information #563
- Portuguese pedaço/peˈda.su/ #1,902
- Romanian bucată/buˈka.tə/ piece, bit, fragment, morsel #1,458
- Russian штука[ˈʂtukə] piece, each #1,631
- Serbian komad/kǒmaːd/ piece, part #1,436
- Slovak kus/kus/ #716
- Slovenian kos/kóːs/ #513
- Spanish consejo/konˈsexo/ advice, counsel, piece of advice #979
- Swedish råd/roːd/ a piece of advice, counsel #757
- Tamil துண்டு/t̪ʊɳɖɯ/ piece, bit, fragment, slice #276
- Telugu ముక్క/mukːa/ bit, piece, fragment #375
- Turkish yatak/jaˈtak/ bed, a piece of furniture on which to rest or… #978
- Ukrainian штука[ˈʃtukɐ] #1,050
- Urdu حصہ/ɦɪs.sɑː/ part, share, piece #346
- Vietnamese hạt[haːt̚˧˨ʔ] a small hard piece; a seed, a grain, a nut,… #1,133
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), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
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Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.