How to say “round” in 31 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.
- вокруг[vaˈkrux] Russian
- दौर/d̪ɔːɾ/ Hindi
- γύρο/ˈjiro/ Greek
- গোল/ɡol/ Bengali
- گرد[ɡʲeɹd̪̥] Persian
“round” in German: runde · Russian: вокруг · Hindi: दौर · Greek: γύρο
It is commonest in Bulgarian, where около is the 282nd most used word.
Round in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans rond/rɔnt/ #473
- Arabic تدور/tadawwara/ to become round, to become circular #1,621
- Armenian մարմնեղ/mɑɾmˈneʁ/ portly, round, plump #1,299
- Bengali গোল/ɡol/ round, spherical, circular #1,291
- Bulgarian около[ˈɔkoɫo] round, around #282
- Catalan maria[məˈɾi.ə] a type of round, flat biscuit #1,779
- Danish rundt[ˈʁɔnˀd̥] round, around #351
- Dutch draai/draːi̯/ to turn, to turn round #1,226
- English spot/spɑt/ A round or irregular patch on the surface of… #1,176
- Estonian ringi/ˈriŋɡ̊i/ about, around, round #425
- German runde[ˈʁʊndə] #1,691
- Greek γύρο/ˈjiro/ round, perimeter, rim #2,364
- Hindi दौर/d̪ɔːɾ/ round, stage, level #1,292
- Icelandic snúast/ˈstnuːast/ to go round, to rotate #1,323
- Italian intorno/inˈtor.no/ around, round #960
- Korean 한판[ha̠npʰa̠n] single round, one game #1,869
- Latvian ap/ˈap/ round, around #648
- Macedonian тура[ˈtuɾa] #2,491
- Malay cincin/ˈt͡ʃint͡ʃin/ A round piece of metal worn around the finger… #969
- Malayalam മുട്ട/muʈʈɐ/ egg; An oval or round structure produced by… #741
- Norwegian runde/ˈrʉndə/ a round #1,703
- Persian گرد[ɡʲeɹd̪̥] round, circular #1,671
- Portuguese bolas/ˈbɔ.lɐs/ ball, sphere, round object #962
- Russian вокруг[vaˈkrux] round, around, about #705
- Slovak kolo/kɔlɔ/ lap, round, track #1,355
- Slovenian okrogel/ɔkròːɡəʋ/ #2,400
- Tagalog bola/ˈbola/ ball; round object #529
- Turkish mermi[mæɾmi] bullet, round #1,997
- Ukrainian навколо[nɐu̯ˈkɔɫɔ] around, about, round #753
- Urdu چکر/t͡ʃəkkəɾ/ round, perimeter #1,018
- Vietnamese quanh[kwajŋ̟˧˧] around; round #650
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).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.