How to say “rule” in 41 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 Albanian, where rregull is the 56th most used word.
- Afrikaans reël #691
- Albanian rregull #56
- Armenian վճռել to adjudicate, to rule, to decide #1,218
- Basque erregela norm, rule #2,213
- Bengali শাসন reign. rule #1,186
- Bosnian pravila #693
- Bulgarian правило #1,757
- Catalan normes rule, regulation #1,673
- Croatian pravila #749
- Czech pravidlo #2,012
- Danish styr to head, govern, rule, manage, control #910
- English regular Bound by religious rule; belonging to a… #2,035
- Esperanto regas to rule, reign, govern, control #1,575
- Finnish sääntöjä rule, regulation #2,005
- French règles rule, regulation #1,104
- Georgian წესი #752
- German regeln #954
- Greek νόμο law, rule, code #1,543
- Hindi नियम rule, law, principle, observance #1,220
- Hungarian szabály #2,223
- Icelandic regla #1,220
- Indonesian aturan #867
- Italian regole rule, norm, code, principle, order #1,094
- Korean 규칙 #1,147
- Lithuanian valdyti to rule #909
- Macedonian правила #953
- Norwegian reglene a rule #1,274
- Polish zazwyczaj as a rule, at large, commonly, generally, in… #1,652
- Portuguese regras #1,021
- Romanian regulă #155
- Russian правило #2,113
- Serbian pravila #720
- Slovenian oblast rule, power #965
- Spanish reglas #1,222
- Swedish regler A rule or regulation #1,395
- Tamil சட்டம் rule, order, law, act, condition, regulation,… #404
- Telugu ఏర్పాటు an arrangement, settlement, rule #318
- Turkish kural #1,734
- Ukrainian правило #1,415
- Urdu ریاست rule, control #444
- Vietnamese pháp rule; law; standard; method #450
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.