How to say “prince” in 41 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.
- príncipe/ˈpɾinθipe/ Spanish
- принцесса[prʲɪnˈt͡sɛs(ː)ə] Russian
- 王子/wɑŋ³⁵ t͡sɹ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese
- 왕자[wa̠ŋd͡ʑa̠] Korean
- राजकुमार/ɾɑːd͡ʒ.kʊ.mɑːɾ/ Hindi
- נגיד/naˈɡid/ Hebrew
“prince” in Spanish: príncipe · French: prince · German: prinz · Italian: principe · Portuguese: príncipe · Chinese: 王子 · Korean: 왕자 · Russian: принцесса
It is commonest in Armenian, where արքայազն is the 424th most used word.
Prince in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans vors/ˈfɔrs/ prince, monarch #1,906
- Arabic سيد/saj.jid/ master, lord, prince #106
- Armenian արքայազն/ɑɾkʰɑˈjɑzən/ prince, son of a king #424
- Bengali রাজকুমার/rad͡ʒkumaɾ/ #1,302
- Bosnian princ/prînt͡s/ #1,580
- Bulgarian принц[print͡s] #1,430
- Catalan príncep[ˈpɾin.səp] #1,033
- Chinese 王子/wɑŋ³⁵ t͡sɹ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ #582
- Croatian princ/prînt͡s/ #1,950
- Czech princ[ˈprɪnt͡s] #2,167
- Danish prins/prenˀs/ #1,905
- Dutch prins/prɪns/ #1,660
- Esperanto princo/ˈprint͡so/ #772
- Estonian prints/prints/ #1,169
- French prince/pʁɛ̃s/ #1,430
- German prinz/pʁɪnt͡s/ #1,719
- Hebrew נגיד/naˈɡid/ a prince, leader, ruler, commander, chief #1,108
- Hindi राजकुमार/ɾɑːd͡ʒ.kʊ.mɑːɾ/ #2,188
- Hungarian herceg[ˈhɛrt͡sɛɡ] #1,705
- Icelandic prins[ˈpʰrɪns] #1,250
- Indonesian pangeran/paˈŋɛran/ #857
- Italian principe/ˈprin.t͡ʃi.pe/ #1,628
- Korean 왕자[wa̠ŋd͡ʑa̠] #2,169
- Latvian princis/ˈprint͡sis/ #2,335
- Macedonian принц[print͡s] #1,498
- Malay putera/ˌputəˈra/ #1,083
- Malayalam രാജകുമാരൻ/ɾaːd͡ʒɐkumaːɾɐn/ #1,241
- Norwegian prins/ˈprɪns/ a prince #1,951
- Persian شاهزاده[ʃɒːɦ.zɒː.d̪e] #691
- Polish książę/ˈkɕɔw̃.ʐɛ/ prince; duke #2,490
- Portuguese príncipe/ˈpɾĩ.si.pi/ #1,713
- Russian принцесса[prʲɪnˈt͡sɛs(ː)ə] prince, crown prince #2,336
- Serbian princ/prînt͡s/ #1,748
- Slovak princ/print͡s/ #968
- Slovenian princ/príːnt͡s/ #652
- Spanish príncipe/ˈpɾinθipe/ #1,560
- Swedish prins/ˈprɪns/ a prince #2,139
- Tamil இளவரசன்/ɪɭɐʋɐɾɐtʃɐn/ prince, son of a king or his close relative #981
- Turkish prens/piˈɾens/ #1,511
- Ukrainian принц[prɪnt͡s] #1,615
- Urdu شہزادہ/ʃəɦ.zɑːd̪.ɑ(ː)/ #517
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