How to say “security” in 35 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.
- أمان/ʔa.maːn/ Arabic
- सुरक्षा/sʊ.ɾək.ʂɑː/ Hindi
- ασφάλεια/aˈsfa.li.a/ Greek
- নিরাপত্তা/niɾapot̪ːa/ Bengali
“security” in French: sécurité · Portuguese: segurança · Arabic: أمان · Hindi: सुरक्षा · Turkish: güvenlik · Greek: ασφάλεια
It is commonest in Urdu, where تحفظ is the 286th most used word.
Security in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans veiligheid/ˈfəi̯.ləχˌɦəi̯t/ safety, security #729
- Arabic أمان/ʔa.maːn/ security, safety, peace #1,639
- Armenian գրավ/ɡəˈɾɑv/ pledge, security, surety #690
- Bengali নিরাপত্তা/niɾapot̪ːa/ security, safety #471
- Bosnian sigurnost/siɡǔːrnoːst/ #1,598
- Bulgarian сигурност[ˈsiɡornost] #495
- Catalan seguretat[sə.ɣu.ɾəˈtat] security, safety #470
- Chinese 治安/ʈ͡ʂɻ̩⁵¹ ˀän⁵⁵/ public security; public order; the peace #1,849
- Croatian sigurnost/siɡǔːrnoːst/ #1,297
- Czech bezpečnostní[ˈbɛspɛt͡ʃnostɲiː] #1,332
- Danish sikkerhed/ˈseɡɐˌheðˀ/ safety, security #612
- Dutch veiligheid/ˈvɛi̯ləxˌɦɛi̯t/ safety, security #1,279
- French sécurité/se.ky.ʁi.te/ security, safety #461
- Galician seguridade/seɡuɾiˈdade/ safety, security #672
- Greek ασφάλεια/aˈsfa.li.a/ security, safety #733
- Hindi सुरक्षा/sʊ.ɾək.ʂɑː/ #427
- Hungarian biztonsági[ˈbistonʃaːɡi] of or relating to safety, security #758
- Italian sicurezza/si.kuˈret.t͡sa/ safety, security #598
- Korean 보안[ˈpo̞(ː)a̠n] preservation of public security #697
- Lithuanian saugumas[sɒʊˈɡʊmɐs] safety, security #1,949
- Macedonian безбедност[ˈbɛzbɛdnɔst] safety, security #1,035
- Malay keamanan/kəaˈmanan/ safety; security #1,167
- Norwegian sikkerhet/ˈsikːeɾˌheːt/ #1,073
- Persian امنیت[ʔæm.ni.jǽt̪ʰ] #1,204
- Polish bezpieczeństwa/bɛs.pjɛˈt͡ʂɛɲ.stfa/ safety, security #1,358
- Portuguese segurança/si.ɡuˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/ security; safety #427
- Romanian securitate/se.ku.riˈta.te/ #1,074
- Serbian sigurnost/siɡǔːrnoːst/ #2,062
- Slovak bezpečnosť/bespet͡ʃnɔsc/ #831
- Spanish seguridad/seɡuɾiˈdad/ safety, security #527
- Swedish säkerhet/ˈsɛːkɛrˌheːt/ safety, security #1,032
- Tamil ஜாமீன்/dʒɑːmiːn/ surety, bail, security #1,092
- Telugu భద్రత/ˈbʰadrata/ security - the condition of not being… #483
- Turkish güvenlik/ɟyvenˈlic/ security, safety #527
- Urdu تحفظ/t̪ə.ɦəf.fʊz/ security, protection, safeguarding,… #286
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) and Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.