How to say “safety” in 34 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.
- seguridad/seɡuɾiˈdad/ Spanish
- 안전[a̠ɲd͡ʑʌ̹n] Korean
- बचाव/bə.t͡ʃɑːʋ/ Hindi
- בטיחות/betiˈχut/ Hebrew
- ապահովություն/ɑpɑhovuˈtʰjun/ Armenian
- امان[ʔæ.mɒ́ːn] Persian
“safety” in Spanish: seguridad · Italian: sicurezza · Korean: 안전 · Hindi: बचाव
It is commonest in Malay, where keselamatan is the 453rd most used word.
Safety in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans veiligheid/ˈfəi̯.ləχˌɦəi̯t/ safety, security #729
- Arabic أمان/ʔa.maːn/ security, safety, peace #1,639
- Armenian ապահովություն/ɑpɑhovuˈtʰjun/ #1,247
- Bengali নিরাপত্তা/niɾapot̪ːa/ security, safety #471
- Bulgarian безопасност[bɛzoˈpasnost] safety, security #816
- Catalan seguretat[sə.ɣu.ɾəˈtat] security, safety #470
- Chinese 保安/pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀän⁵⁵/ to ensure public safety #778
- Czech bezpečí[ˈbɛspɛt͡ʃiː] #709
- Danish sikkerhed/ˈseɡɐˌheðˀ/ safety, security #612
- Dutch veiligheid/ˈvɛi̯ləxˌɦɛi̯t/ safety, security #1,279
- Estonian ohutus/ˈohutus/ #2,184
- French sécurité/se.ky.ʁi.te/ security, safety #461
- Galician seguridade/seɡuɾiˈdade/ safety, security #672
- Greek ασφάλεια/aˈsfa.li.a/ security, safety #733
- Hebrew בטיחות/betiˈχut/ #2,355
- Hindi बचाव/bə.t͡ʃɑːʋ/ safety, keeping safe; protection #1,302
- Hungarian biztonsági[ˈbistonʃaːɡi] of or relating to safety, security #758
- Icelandic öryggi[ˈœːrɪc(ː)ɪ] #1,016
- Indonesian keselamatan[kəsəlaˈmat̪an] #1,810
- Italian sicurezza/si.kuˈret.t͡sa/ safety, security #598
- Korean 안전[a̠ɲd͡ʑʌ̹n] #903
- Latvian drošības/ˈdruoʃiːbas/ #568
- Lithuanian saugumas[sɒʊˈɡʊmɐs] safety, security #1,949
- Macedonian безбедност[ˈbɛzbɛdnɔst] safety, security #1,035
- Malay keselamatan/kəsəlaˈmatan/ #453
- Malayalam കാവൽ/käːʋɐl/ guard, safety #1,313
- Persian امان[ʔæ.mɒ́ːn] safety, security #1,316
- Polish bezpieczeństwa/bɛs.pjɛˈt͡ʂɛɲ.stfa/ safety, security #1,358
- Portuguese segurança/si.ɡuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/ security; safety #427
- Slovenian varnost/ʋàːrnɔst/ #525
- Spanish seguridad/seɡuɾiˈdad/ safety, security #527
- Swedish säkerhet/ˈsɛːkɛrˌheːt/ safety, security #1,032
- Turkish güvenlik/ɟyvenˈlic/ security, safety #527
- Urdu سلامت/sə.lɑː.mət̪/ safety, peace #1,560
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) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.