How to say “role” in 30 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 Tagalog, where bilang is the 240th most used word.
- Afrikaans rol #558
- Armenian դեր #649
- Bosnian ulogu #1,570
- Bulgarian роля #1,731
- Catalan paper #933
- Chinese 角色 role; part; character #513
- Croatian ulogu #1,580
- Czech roli role, part #1,626
- Danish rolle a role, character, part #1,511
- Dutch rol role, function #1,303
- English nurse Anyone performing this role, regardless of… #1,538
- French rôle #1,176
- Greek ρόλο role, part #1,375
- Hebrew תפקיד function, role, job #1,383
- Hindi कर्तव्य duty, role, obligation #1,839
- Italian ruolo #2,008
- Lithuanian vaidmuo role, part #2,289
- Macedonian улога role, function #1,588
- Malayalam വേഷം #571
- Norwegian rolle a role #788
- Persian نقش role; part #679
- Romanian rol #2,031
- Russian роль role, part #1,478
- Serbian ulogu #1,509
- Swedish roll #568
- Tagalog bilang as; in the capacity of; in the role of #240
- Turkish rol #1,389
- Ukrainian роль role, part #1,095
- Urdu شرکت contribution, role #1,247
- Vietnamese phận a role #991
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.