How to say “rule” in 41 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.
- reglas/ˈreɣlas/ Spanish
- правило[ˈpravʲɪɫə] Russian
- 규칙[kjut͡ɕʰik̚] Korean
- नियम/nɪ.jəm/ Hindi
- წესი[t͡sʼe̞si] Georgian
- சட்டம்/tʃɐʈːɐm/ Tamil
“rule” in Spanish: reglas · French: règles · German: regeln · Italian: regole · Portuguese: regras · Korean: 규칙 · Russian: правило · Hindi: नियम
It is commonest in Albanian, where rregull is the 56th most used word.
Rule in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans reël/ˈriəl/ #691
- Albanian rregull/ˈrɛɡuɫ/ #56
- Armenian վճռել/vət͡ʃˈrel/ to adjudicate, to rule, to decide #1,218
- Basque erregela/ereɡela/ norm, rule #2,213
- Bengali শাসন/ʃaʃɔn/ reign. rule #1,186
- Bosnian pravila/ˈpravɪlɐ/ #693
- Bulgarian правило[ˈpraviɫo] #1,757
- Catalan normes[ˈnor.məs] rule, regulation #1,673
- Croatian pravila/ˈpravɪlɐ/ #749
- Czech pravidlo[ˈpravɪdlo] #2,012
- Danish styr/styːˀr/ to head, govern, rule, manage, control #910
- English regular/ˈɹɛɡjəlɚ/ Bound by religious rule; belonging to a… #2,035
- Esperanto regas/ˈreɡas/ to rule, reign, govern, control #1,575
- Finnish sääntöjä/ˈsæːntøjæ/ rule, regulation #2,005
- French règles/ʁɛɡl/ rule, regulation #1,104
- Georgian წესი[t͡sʼe̞si] #752
- German regeln/ˈʁeːɡl̩n/ #954
- Greek νόμο/ˈnomo/ law, rule, code #1,543
- Hindi नियम/nɪ.jəm/ rule, law, principle, observance #1,220
- Hungarian szabály[ˈsɒbaːj] #2,223
- Icelandic regla[ˈrɛkla] #1,220
- Indonesian aturan/aˈturan/ #867
- Italian regole/ˈrɛɡole/ rule, norm, code, principle, order #1,094
- Korean 규칙[kjut͡ɕʰik̚] #1,147
- Lithuanian valdyti[ʋɐlʲ¹ˈdʲiːtʲɪ] to rule #909
- Macedonian правила[ˈpraviɫa] #953
- Norwegian reglene/ˈrɛɡlənəə/ a rule #1,274
- Polish zazwyczaj/zaˈzvɘ.t͡ʂaj/ as a rule, at large, commonly, generally, in… #1,652
- Portuguese regras/ˈʁɛɡrɐs/ #1,021
- Romanian regulă/ˈre.ɡu.lə/ #155
- Russian правило[ˈpravʲɪɫə] #2,113
- Serbian pravila/ˈpravɪlɐ/ #720
- Slovenian oblast/ɔbláːst/ rule, power #965
- Spanish reglas/ˈreɣlas/ #1,222
- Swedish regler/rɛˈɡleːr/ A rule or regulation #1,395
- Tamil சட்டம்/tʃɐʈːɐm/ rule, order, law, act, condition, regulation,… #404
- Telugu ఏర్పాటు/ˈeːrpaːʈu/ an arrangement, settlement, rule #318
- Turkish kural/kuˈɾaɫ/ #1,734
- Ukrainian правило[ˈpraʋeɫɔ] #1,415
- Urdu ریاست/ɾɪ.jɑː.sət̪/ rule, control #444
- Vietnamese pháp[faːp̚˧˦] rule; law; standard; method #450
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