How to say “restaurant” in 35 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 Persian, where رستوران is the 798th most used word.
- Afrikaans restaurant #1,496
- Albanian restorant #1,715
- Arabic مطعم #824
- Basque jatetxe #810
- Bengali রেস্তোরাঁ #1,480
- Bosnian restoran #1,342
- Bulgarian ресторант #1,451
- Croatian restoran #1,475
- Czech restaurace #1,759
- Danish restaurant #1,972
- Dutch restaurant #1,376
- Estonian restoran #2,070
- Galician restaurante #2,418
- German restaurant #1,725
- Greek εστιατόριο #1,327
- Hebrew מסעדה #2,084
- Indonesian restoran #1,208
- Italian ristorante #1,409
- Korean 식당 #1,356
- Lithuanian restoranas #1,221
- Macedonian ресторан #1,494
- Malay restoran #1,063
- Norwegian restauranten a restaurant #2,254
- Persian رستوران #798
- Polish restauracji #1,964
- Portuguese restaurante #1,306
- Romanian restaurant #1,402
- Russian ресторан #2,277
- Serbian restoran #1,393
- Slovak reštaurácia #1,711
- Slovenian restavracija #1,156
- Spanish restaurante #1,444
- Swedish restaurang a restaurant #2,478
- Tamil உணவகம் restaurant, mess #1,843
- Ukrainian ресторан #1,437
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.