How to say “season” in 33 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 Malayalam, where കാലം is the 166th most used word.
- Afrikaans seisoen season, time of year #674
- Arabic موسم #2,124
- Basque sasoi season, time #1,041
- Bosnian sezona #2,061
- Bulgarian сезон #1,063
- Catalan estació #1,879
- Croatian sezona #2,144
- Dutch seizoen a season, major part of the year #2,390
- Estonian hooaeg season, period, epoch #1,694
- French saison #1,709
- Galician época time, season #962
- Georgian სეზონი #883
- Greek εποχή age, epoch, season #1,076
- Hebrew עונה #473
- Hindi मौसम #1,187
- Hungarian évad #2,099
- Italian stagione #1,184
- Korean 철 #1,873
- Lithuanian sezonas #2,406
- Macedonian сезона #1,356
- Malay musim #675
- Malayalam കാലം #166
- Persian فصل #905
- Portuguese estação #1,310
- Russian сезон #1,348
- Serbian sezona #2,036
- Spanish temporada season, period, span of time #2,018
- Tamil வேனில் summer season #1,730
- Telugu వేసవి the summer, hot season #312
- Turkish sezon #1,442
- Ukrainian сезон #966
- Urdu گرما summer, the hot season #1,748
- Vietnamese vụ #171
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.