How to say “place” in 53 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.
- место[ˈmʲestə] Russian
- 地方/ti⁵¹ fɑŋ¹/ Chinese
- जगह/d͡ʒə.ɡɑː/ Hindi
- ადგილი[ädɡili] Georgian
- տեղ/teʁ/ Armenian
- സ്ഥലം/st̪(ʰ)ɐlɐm/ Malayalam
“place” in Italian: posto · Portuguese: lugar · Chinese: 地方 · Russian: место · Hindi: जगह
It is commonest in Chinese, where 地方 is the 23rd most used word.
Place in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans geplaas/xəˈplɑːs/ to place; to put something down #1,126
- Albanian vend/vɛnd/ #144
- Arabic هنا/hu.naː/ here, in this place #17
- Armenian տեղ/teʁ/ place, location, locality, position #284
- Basque jarri/ɟari/ to put, place, lay down #106
- Bengali রাখা/rakʰa/ to put, to place, to lay #306
- Bosnian mjesta/ˈmjestɐ/ #653
- Bulgarian място[ˈmʲa̟sto] place, venue, spot, locale, site #163
- Catalan a/ə/ in, at; indicating a particular time or place #6
- Chinese 地方/ti⁵¹ fɑŋ¹/ place; region; area #23
- Croatian mjesta/ˈmjestɐ/ #515
- Czech přišel[ˈpr̝̊ɪʃɛl] to reach a place by walking; to come #301
- Danish sæt/sɛt/ to put, place, set #387
- Dutch waar/ʋaːr/ where, in which place #56
- English there/ðɛə(ɹ)/ In or at a place or location that is… #40
- Esperanto loko/ˈloko/ place; location; spot #273
- Estonian toimub/ˈtoi̯mub̥/ to happen, to take place, to come about #233
- Finnish tapahtui/ˈtapahtui/ to happen, take place, occur, come about,… #192
- French mettre/mɛtʁ/ to put; to place #325
- Galician lugar/luˈɡaɾ/ #174
- Georgian ადგილი[ädɡili] #406
- German hier/hiːr/ here; in this place; refers to an environment… #29
- Greek βάλω/ˈva.lo/ to put, place #638
- Hebrew כאן/kan/ Here, at this place #34
- Hindi जगह/d͡ʒə.ɡɑː/ place, site #190
- Hungarian innen[ˈinːɛn] from here, from this place, hence #209
- Icelandic hjá[çau] by, near, next to, at place #66
- Indonesian tempat/təmˈpat/ #94
- Italian posto/ˈpos.to/ place, spot #163
- Korean 이리[iɾi] to this place, hither, here #187
- Latvian kur[kùɾ] where? in what place? #46
- Lithuanian vieta[vʲɪəˈt̪ɐ] #254
- Macedonian стави[ˈstavi] to put, place #367
- Malay tempat/təmpat/ A certain place #97
- Malayalam സ്ഥലം/st̪(ʰ)ɐlɐm/ #111
- Norwegian helvete/ˈhɛlvətə/ Hell; a place of suffering for the damned #208
- Persian جا[d͡ʒɒː(j)] #161
- Polish miejsce/ˈmjɛj.st͡sɛ/ place, room, space #215
- Portuguese lugar/luˈɡaʁ/ #239
- Romanian loc/lok/ place, location #165
- Russian место[ˈmʲestə] place, spot #213
- Serbian staviti/stâʋiti/ to put, place #1,238
- Slovak postaviť/pɔstavic/ to place, to position #777
- Slovenian tukaj/túːkaj/ here, in this place #47
- Spanish dónde/ˈdonde/ where?; in what place? #99
- Swedish är/æːr/ to occupy a place, to be #3
- Tagalog lugar/luˈɡaɾ/ place; location #152
- Tamil இங்கு/ɪŋɡɯ/ here, in this place #71
- Telugu ఈ/iː/ this, these, as ఈ చోటున in this place; ఈ… #7
- Turkish nerede/ˈne.ɾe.de/ where, in what place #99
- Ukrainian місце[ˈmʲist͡se] place, spot #236
- Urdu جگہ/d͡ʒə.ɡɑ(ː)/ place, site #114
- Vietnamese đó[ʔɗɔ˧˦] that place over there #10
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