How to say “ring” 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.
- кольцо[kɐlʲˈt͡so] Russian
- अंगूठी/əŋ.ɡuː.ʈʰiː/ Hindi
- আংটি/aŋʈi/ Bengali
- حلقه[hæl.ɢe] Persian
“ring” in French: bague · German: klingt · Italian: anello · Portuguese: anel · Russian: кольцо · Hindi: अंगूठी · Turkish: yüzük
It is commonest in Icelandic, where hringja is the 293rd most used word.
Ring in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans ring/rəŋ/ ring, hollow circular object #630
- Albanian unaza/unaza/ #1,529
- Arabic طرق/tˤa.ra.qa/ to beat, to knock, to ring, to hammer #1,026
- Basque eraztun/eˈɾas̻ˌtun/ #940
- Bengali আংটি/aŋʈi/ #1,020
- Bosnian prsten/pr̩̂steːn/ #1,062
- Bulgarian пръстен[ˈprɤstɛn] #1,676
- Catalan anell[əˈneʎ] #1,647
- Chinese 戒指/t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹ ɖ͡ʐ̥ɻ̩¹/ finger ring; ring #623
- Croatian prsten/pr̩̂steːn/ #1,053
- Czech prsten[ˈpr̩stɛn] #1,481
- Dutch bel/bɛl/ to ring, like using a bell #354
- Estonian helistama/ˈhelistɑmɑ/ to ring #1,087
- French bague/baɡ/ #1,937
- Galician anel/aˈnel/ #1,678
- Georgian რეკვა[ɾe̞kʼʷä] to phone, to toll, to ring, to telephone #594
- German klingt/ˈklɪŋt/ to ring; to clink #602
- Greek δαχτυλίδι/ˌðaxtiˈliði/ ring for the finger #1,444
- Hebrew טבעת/taˈbaʔat/ ring circular and hollow, looking like an… #1,271
- Hindi अंगूठी/əŋ.ɡuː.ʈʰiː/ #1,264
- Icelandic hringja[ˈr̥iɲca] to ring #293
- Italian anello/aˈnɛl.lo/ #1,510
- Korean 반지[pa̠ɲd͡ʑi] finger ring, ring #1,124
- Latvian gredzenu/ˈɡrædzænu/ #1,212
- Lithuanian ratas[²ˈrɑːtɐs] wheel, ring, circle #1,525
- Malayalam മോതിരം/moːd̪iɾɐm/ ring worn around finger #429
- Norwegian ringer/ˈrɪŋər/ ring; a circular piece of material #375
- Persian حلقه[hæl.ɢe] #676
- Polish zadzwonić/zaˈd͡zvɔ.ɲit͡ɕ/ to ring, jangle, clink #878
- Portuguese anel/aˈnɛw/ #1,654
- Romanian sun/ˈsun/ to ring or produce a sound in general #565
- Russian кольцо[kɐlʲˈt͡so] #1,482
- Serbian prsten/pr̩̂steːn/ #1,080
- Slovak prsteň/pr̩sceɲ/ #728
- Slovenian prstan/pə̀rstan/ #487
- Spanish suena/ˈswena/ to sound, to ring #632
- Swedish ringer/ˈrɪŋɛr/ to ring; to make a bell produce a sound #390
- Tagalog singsing/siŋˈsiŋ/ #1,068
- Tamil வட்டம்/ʋɐʈːɐm/ circle, ring, halo #1,312
- Turkish yüzük/jyˈzyc/ ring, a round piece of metal worn around the… #2,098
- Ukrainian подзвонити[pɔd͡zwɔˈnɪte] to ring, to clang #1,489
- Urdu انگوٹھی/əŋ.ɡuː.ʈʰiː/ a ring #1,787
- Vietnamese vòng[vawŋ͡m˨˩] circle; ring #576
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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