How to say “plan” in 42 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.
- план[pɫan] Russian
- 打算/tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯än⁵¹/ Chinese
- 계획[ˈkje̞(ː)βwe̞k̚] Korean
- योजना/joːd͡ʒ.nɑː/ Hindi
- পরিকল্পনা/poɾikɔlpona/ Bengali
- திட்டம்/t̪ɪʈːɐm/ Tamil
“plan” in Chinese: 打算 · Korean: 계획 · Russian: план · Hindi: योजना · Turkish: plan
It is commonest in Chinese, where 打算 is the 118th most used word.
Plan in other languages, A to Z
- Basque egitasmo/eɡitas̺mo/ project, plan #2,012
- Bengali পরিকল্পনা/poɾikɔlpona/ plan, design #433
- Bosnian plan/plâːn/ #493
- Bulgarian план[pɫan] plan, scheme #554
- Catalan programa[pɾuˈɣɾa.mə] program, plan, schedule #1,147
- Chinese 打算/tä²¹⁴⁻²¹ su̯än⁵¹/ to plan; to intend #118
- Croatian plan/plâːn/ #496
- Czech plán[ˈplaːn] #591
- Danish plan/ˈplaːˀn/ a plan #571
- Dutch plan/plɑn/ to plan #379
- English mean/min/ To intend, to plan; to have as one's intention #124
- Esperanto plano/ˈplano/ plan, design, scheme, diagram #1,155
- Estonian plaan/plˈɑːnʲ/ #558
- Finnish aio/ˈɑi̯.oˣ/ to plan to do, intend to do, aim to do; to be… #617
- Galician proxecto/pɾoˈʃekto/ project, plan #1,304
- Georgian ვაპირებ[väpʼiɾe̞pʰ] to plan on, be going to #579
- Greek σχέδιο/ˈsçeðiˌo/ design, plan, drawing, pattern #536
- Hebrew תכנית/toχˈnit/ A program, a plan #929
- Hindi योजना/joːd͡ʒ.nɑː/ plan, scheme, strategy #367
- Hungarian terv[ˈtɛrv] #974
- Icelandic ætla[ˈaihtla] to intend, to plan, to mean to, be going to #100
- Indonesian rencana/rənˈt͡ʃana/ #403
- Italian proposito/proˈpɔ.zi.to/ purpose, intention, plan, design #932
- Korean 계획[ˈkje̞(ː)βwe̞k̚] a plan #832
- Latvian plāns[ˈplāːns] plan, map, blueprint, layout #534
- Lithuanian planas[²ˈplɑːnɐs] #470
- Macedonian план[pɫan] #405
- Malay pelan[pə.lɛn] #1,132
- Malayalam തീരുമാനിക്കുക/t̪iːɾumaːnikkjuɡɐ/ to decide a plan, course, decision, etc #2,384
- Norwegian plan/ˈplɑːn/ a plan #768
- Persian طرح[t̪ʰæɹʰ] #1,262
- Polish zamierzam/zaˈmjɛ.ʐam/ to intend, to mean, to plan #941
- Russian план[pɫan] plan, scheme #600
- Serbian plan/plâːn/ #513
- Slovenian načrt/nat͡ʃə́rt/ #275
- Spanish proyecto/pɾoˈʝeɡto/ project, plan #1,526
- Swedish planen/ˈplɑːnɛn/ definite singular of plan c #1,146
- Tagalog plano/ˈplano/ plan; intent #523
- Tamil திட்டம்/t̪ɪʈːɐm/ plan, project, scheme #242
- Turkish plan/p(i)ˈlɑn/ #928
- Ukrainian план[pɫan] plan, scheme #432
- Urdu منصوبہ/mən.suː.bɑː/ plan, design, scheme, project #290
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