How to say “position” 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.
- posición/posiˈθjon/ Spanish
- положение[pəɫɐˈʐɛnʲɪje] Russian
- θέση/ˈθe.si/ Greek
- מעמד/maʔaˈmad/ Hebrew
“position” in Spanish: posición · French: position · Portuguese: posição · Russian: положение · Greek: θέση
It is commonest in Greek, where θέση is the 302nd most used word.
Position in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans sit/sət/ to sit; to be in a sitting position #107
- Arabic مكان/ma.kaːn/ place, location, position #90
- Bengali বজায়/bɔd͡ʒae̯/ in force, in position, intact #2,079
- Bosnian postoje/ˈpostoje/ to retain a position #624
- Bulgarian позиция[poˈzit͡sijɐ] position, stance #1,166
- Catalan posició[pu.zi.siˈo] #965
- Chinese 位置/weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɻ̩⁵¹/ location; position; place #257
- Croatian položaj/pôloʒaːj/ #1,431
- Czech pozice[ˈpozɪt͡sɛ] #1,820
- Danish stand[ˈsd̥anˀ] position, social status, station #954
- Dutch stel/stɛl/ to position; place #485
- English down/ˈdaʊ̯n/ From a higher position to a lower one;… #112
- Esperanto postenon/posˈtenon/ job, position #1,045
- Estonian üles/ˈyles/ From a lower position to an upper position #138
- French position/po.zi.sjɔ̃/ #1,124
- Galician posición/posiˈθjoŋ/ #888
- Georgian ნომერი[no̞me̞ɾi] number indicating the position of something… #980
- German job/dʒɔp/ job, position, employment #446
- Greek θέση/ˈθe.si/ #302
- Hebrew מעמד/maʔaˈmad/ position, status #669
- Hungarian ülj[ˈyjː] to sit, to be in a sitting position #852
- Indonesian jatuh/ˈd͡ʒatuh/ to move to a lower position under the effect… #343
- Italian situazione/si.tu.atˈt͡sjo.ne/ situation, position, condition, circumstances #642
- Latvian stāvoklī/ˈstaːʋuokliː/ position, location #1,001
- Lithuanian pozicija[pɔˈzʲɪt͡sʲɪjɛ] #2,058
- Macedonian позиција[pɔˈzit͡si(j)a] #816
- Malay duduk/ˈdudok/ location; position #252
- Malayalam പക്ഷം/pɐkʂɐm/ stance, position #924
- Norwegian posisjon/pʊsɪˈʃuːn/ #1,746
- Persian مکان[mæ.kʰɒ́ːn] place, location, position #615
- Portuguese posição/po.ziˈsɐ̃w̃/ #944
- Russian положение[pəɫɐˈʐɛnʲɪje] position, location #1,992
- Serbian postoje/ˈpostoje/ to retain a position #629
- Slovak postaviť/pɔstavic/ to place, to position #777
- Slovenian položaj/pɔlɔʒáːj/ position, location #452
- Spanish posición/posiˈθjon/ #1,109
- Swedish står/ˈstoːr/ stand; be in an upright position #206
- Tagalog posisyon/posisˈjon/ #964
- Tamil பதவி/pɐd̪ɐʋiː/ rank, position, situation, station #812
- Telugu పదవి/pad̪aʋi/ a position or rank #1,832
- Turkish aşağılık/a.ʃa.ɯˈɫɯk/ In the position of being low #1,457
- Vietnamese nổi[noj˧˩] be able to; to be capable of; to be in a… #449
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.