How to say “possible” in 43 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.
- posible/poˈsible/ Spanish
- ممكن/mum.kin/ Arabic
- संभव/səm.bʱəʋ/ Hindi
- אפשרי/efʃaˈri/ Hebrew
- നടക്കുന്ന/n̪ɐɖɐkkun̪n̪ɐ/ Malayalam
“possible” in Spanish: posible · French: possible · German: möglich · Portuguese: possível · Arabic: ممكن · Hindi: संभव · Turkish: mümkün
It is commonest in Latvian, where iespējams is the 229th most used word.
Possible in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans moontlik/ˈmuə̯ntlək/ #313
- Albanian mundur/munduɾ/ #320
- Arabic ممكن/mum.kin/ #373
- Armenian արդյոք/ɑɾˈt͡sʰjokʰ/ whether, really?, is it possible? #178
- Bulgarian възможно[vɐzˈmɔʒno] as much as possible, the most possibly #357
- Catalan possible[puˈsib.blə] #473
- Chinese 能否/nɤŋ³⁵ foʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ whether or not; can it or can't it?; is it… #788
- Czech možný[ˈmoʒniː] #1,737
- Danish muligt/ˈmuːlid/ #540
- Dutch mogelijke/ˈmoːɣələkə/ #2,062
- English full/fʊl/ Containing the maximum possible amount that… #518
- Esperanto eblas/ˈeblas/ to be possible #188
- Estonian võimalik/ˈvɤi̯mɑlik/ #345
- Finnish mahdollista/ˈmahdolˌlista/ possible, contingent, incidental #728
- French possible/pɔ.sibl/ the possible, feasible, what can be done,… #417
- Galician posible/poˈsible/ #818
- Georgian შეიძლება[ʃe̞id͡zle̞bä] it is possible, it may be that #57
- German möglich/ˈmøːklɪç/ #594
- Greek πιθανό/ˌpiθaˈno/ likely, possible, potential, probable #1,451
- Hebrew אפשרי/efʃaˈri/ #474
- Hindi संभव/səm.bʱəʋ/ #716
- Hungarian lehetséges[ˈlɛhɛt͡ʃːeːɡɛʃ] #611
- Indonesian penuh/pəˈnuh/ containing the maximum possible amount that… #426
- Italian subito/ˈsu.bi.to/ at once, immediately, as soon as possible,… #273
- Korean 몹시[ˈmo̞(ː)pɕ͈i] Exceedingly; to the greatest possible extent #1,504
- Latvian iespējams/ˈiespeːjams/ #229
- Macedonian зарем[ˈzaɾɛm] really? is it possible that...? #203
- Malay kemungkinan/kəmuŋˈkenan/ The state of being possible #787
- Malayalam നടക്കുന്ന/n̪ɐɖɐkkun̪n̪ɐ/ #504
- Norwegian mulig/ˈmʉːlɪ/ #457
- Persian ممکن[mom.kʰʲén] #569
- Polish można/ˈmɔʐ.na/ it is possible; one can #233
- Portuguese possível/poˈsi.vew/ #471
- Russian возможно[vɐzˈmoʐnə] perhaps, possibly, as ... as possible #165
- Slovenian možen/mòːʒən/ #1,878
- Spanish posible/poˈsible/ #454
- Swedish möjligt/ˈmœjlɪkt/ #638
- Tagalog puwede/puˈede/ can; able; possible #113
- Tamil சாத்தியம்/tʃɑːt̪ːɪjɐm/ that which is possible, attainable #629
- Telugu సంభావ్య/ˈsanbʰaːʋja/ conceivable, possible #987
- Turkish mümkün/mymˈcyn/ #505
- Ukrainian невже[neu̯ˈʒɛ] really?, is it possible?, indeed #696
- Urdu ممکن/mʊm.kɪn/ #414
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