How to say “princess” in 38 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.
- princesa/pɾinˈθesa/ Spanish
- 公主/kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese
- 공주님[ko̞ŋd͡ʑunim] Korean
- πριγκίπισσα/pɾiŋˈɟipisa/ Greek
- პრინცესა[pʼɾint͡sʰe̞sä] Georgian
- இளவரசி/ɪɭɐʋɐɾɐtʃiː/ Tamil
“princess” in Spanish: princesa · French: princesse · German: prinzessin · Italian: principessa · Portuguese: princesa · Chinese: 公主 · Korean: 공주님 · Turkish: prenses
It is commonest in Afrikaans, where prinses is the 379th most used word.
Princess in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans prinses/prənˈsɛs/ #379
- Albanian princeshë/pɾint͡sɛʃə/ #1,487
- Arabic سيدة/sajjida/ mistress, princess #242
- Bosnian princeza/print͡sěːza/ #1,713
- Catalan princesa[pɾinˈsɛ.zə] #1,289
- Chinese 公主/kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ daughter of a monarch; princess #416
- Croatian princeza/print͡sěːza/ #2,065
- Czech princezna[ˈprɪnt͡sɛzna] #2,289
- Danish prinsesse/prensɛsə/ #1,789
- Dutch prinses/prɪnˈsɛs/ #1,713
- Esperanto princino/prinˈt͡sino/ #495
- Finnish prinsessa/ˈprinsesːɑ/ #2,236
- French princesse/pʁɛ̃.sɛs/ #1,525
- Georgian პრინცესა[pʼɾint͡sʰe̞sä] #1,062
- German prinzessin/pʁɪnˈt͡sɛsɪn/ #1,434
- Greek πριγκίπισσα/pɾiŋˈɟipisa/ #1,508
- Hebrew שרה/saˈʁa/ lady, princess, queen #552
- Hindi रानी/ɾɑː.niː/ queen, princess #868
- Hungarian hercegnő[ˈhɛrt͡sɛɡnøː] #1,856
- Icelandic prinsessa[ˈpʰrɪnsɛs(ː)a] #1,121
- Indonesian putri/ˈputri/ #484
- Italian principessa/prin.t͡ʃiˈpes.sa/ #1,732
- Korean 공주님[ko̞ŋd͡ʑunim] #830
- Latvian princese/ˈprint͡sese/ #1,443
- Macedonian принцеза[prinˈt͡sɛza] #1,922
- Malay puteri/ˌputəˈri/ #864
- Malayalam രാജകുമാരി/ɾaːd͡ʒɐɡumaːɾi/ #734
- Norwegian prinsesse/prɪnˈsɛsə/ a princess #2,015
- Portuguese princesa/pɾĩˈse.zɐ/ #1,642
- Serbian princeza/print͡sěːza/ #1,907
- Slovak princezná/print͡seznaː/ #910
- Slovenian princesa/print͡séːsa/ #670
- Spanish princesa/pɾinˈθesa/ #1,647
- Swedish prinsessan/ˈprɪnsɛˌsan/ a princess #2,335
- Tamil இளவரசி/ɪɭɐʋɐɾɐtʃiː/ princess, daughter of a king or his close… #1,476
- Telugu యువరాణి/ˈjuʋaˌraːɳi/ a young princess, especially the heir… #1,058
- Turkish prenses[pɾɛn.se̞s] #1,257
- Urdu شہزادی/ʃəɦ.zɑː.d̪iː/ #529
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