How to say “planet” in 39 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.
- planeta/plaˈneta/ Spanish
- كوكب/kaw.kab/ Arabic
- 行星/ɕiŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/ Chinese
- 행성[hɛŋsʰʌ̹ŋ] Korean
- ग्रह/ɡɾəɦ/ Hindi
- πλανήτη/plaˈniti/ Greek
“planet” in Spanish: planeta · French: planète · German: planeten · Italian: pianeta · Portuguese: planeta · Chinese: 行星 · Korean: 행성 · Arabic: كوكب
It is commonest in Catalan, where món is the 208th most used word.
Planet in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans planeet/plɐˈniət/ planet, major satellite of a star #1,115
- Albanian planet[planɛt] #897
- Arabic كوكب/kaw.kab/ #1,195
- Bengali গ্রহ/ɡɾoho/ #913
- Bosnian planeta/planěːta/ #1,844
- Bulgarian планета[pɫɐˈnɛtɐ] #1,293
- Catalan món[ˈmon] #208
- Chinese 行星/ɕiŋ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/ #1,288
- Croatian planet/plǎneːt/ #1,717
- Danish planet/ˈplaːˀnəð/ a planet #1,642
- Dutch planeet/plaːˈneːt/ a planet #1,070
- Esperanto planedo/plaˈnedo/ #417
- Estonian planeet/plɑˈneːt/ #1,520
- French planète/pla.nɛt/ #1,228
- Galician planeta/plaˈneta/ #1,297
- German planeten/plaˈneːtn/ #1,407
- Greek πλανήτη/plaˈniti/ #1,032
- Hindi ग्रह/ɡɾəɦ/ #626
- Indonesian planet/ˈplanɛt/ #700
- Italian pianeta/pjaˈne.ta/ #1,359
- Korean 행성[hɛŋsʰʌ̹ŋ] #1,362
- Latvian planētas/ˈplanæːtas/ #1,617
- Lithuanian planeta[plɐneˈtɐ] #1,378
- Macedonian планета[pɫaˈnɛta] #1,005
- Malayalam ഗ്രഹം/ɡɾɐhɐm/ planet; a body which orbits a star #1,223
- Norwegian planeten/plɑˈneːtn̩/ a planet #1,907
- Persian سیاره[sej.jɒː.ɹé] #1,909
- Portuguese planeta/plaˈne.tɐ/ #1,002
- Romanian planetă/plaˈne.tə/ #1,682
- Serbian planeta/planěːta/ #1,797
- Slovak mesiac/mesɪ̯at͡s/ moon, a satellite of a planet #483
- Slovenian planet/planéːt/ #571
- Spanish planeta/plaˈneta/ #1,139
- Swedish planeten/ˈplɑːnɛtɛn/ #1,934
- Tagalog planeta/plaˈneta/ #448
- Tamil கிரகம்/ɡɾɐɡɐm/ #434
- Telugu గ్రహాలు/ˈɡrahaːlu/ #1,639
- Turkish gezegen/ɟe.zeˈɟen/ #2,200
- Urdu سیارہ/səj.jɑː.ɾɑ(ː)/ #1,507
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) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.