How to say “point” in 45 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 Bulgarian, where а is the 33rd most used word.
- Afrikaans piek A highest point; a peak #1,959
- Albanian tregoj to show, indicate, point at #276
- Arabic حتى until, as far as, to the point of, even up to #48
- Basque ikuspegi point of view, perspective #842
- Bosnian svrha purpose, point, goal #2,483
- Bulgarian а just, about to, on the point of, almost #33
- Catalan punt #264
- Chinese 就要 about to; on the point of; going to; soon; at… #117
- Czech ukaž to point, to point out #838
- Danish henne a point in time #1,282
- Dutch punt #660
- English come Used to indicate a point in time at or after… #58
- Esperanto montru to show, to indicate, to point out #518
- Estonian otsa tip, point #463
- Finnish osoittaa to point #2,151
- Galician punto #446
- Georgian აი Used to draw attention to, or to point out,… #108
- German zeigen to point #517
- Greek δείξω to indicate, point out, point to #708
- Hebrew כעת now, for the time being, at this point in… #313
- Hindi बिंदु dot; point #1,374
- Hungarian meddig how far? until what point? #1,107
- Icelandic dæmis example, case in point #989
- Indonesian pusat the point in the interior of a circle or… #817
- Italian ormai by now, by this time, now, at this point, by… #849
- Korean 점 point, spot; dot, period, full stop #1,139
- Latvian sākumā beginning, starting point *in time or space #785
- Macedonian точка point, dot #958
- Malay tajam terminating in a point or edge, especially… #1,597
- Malayalam കുത്ത് dot, point #1,343
- Norwegian poenget a point #1,069
- Persian نقطه point, dot, spot #723
- Polish pokaż to show; to point; sometimes with a gesture… #849
- Portuguese ponto point, a specific spot, location, or place #631
- Romanian punct #885
- Russian было nearly, on the point of, just about #49
- Slovak ukázať to point, to point out #496
- Slovenian preobrat turning point #1,946
- Spanish punto #392
- Swedish meningen a purpose, a point #1,280
- Tagalog punto #1,707
- Tamil சுட்டு to point out, show, designate, indicate #532
- Turkish puan #2,212
- Ukrainian от there, here, now. Used demonstratively to… #71
- Vietnamese giờ unit for specifying a point in time in terms… #59
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.