How to say “set” in 46 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 English, where what is the 14th most used word.
- Albanian lëviz to move, set in motion, transfer #290
- Arabic أخر to postpone, to set back, to hold back, to… #334
- Armenian արձակել to release, to set free, to liberate #797
- Basque ipini to put, set #613
- Bengali ডজন a set of twelve #1,337
- Bosnian kreni to move, set in motion #853
- Bulgarian тръгвам to begin a journey, to set out, to set off,… #463
- Catalan milers a set of one thousand #968
- Chinese 建立 to found; to set up; to establish #552
- Croatian krenuti to move, set in motion #908
- Czech vyrazit to set out, to depart #1,862
- Danish sæt to put, place, set #387
- Dutch zet to set, to put #367
- English what Which, especially which of an open-ended set… #14
- Esperanto preta ready, set #559
- Estonian panna to put, to place, to set #390
- Finnish laita to put, set, place #720
- French gens set of people #178
- Galician parella pair; a set of two people or animals intended… #1,521
- German fernseher a television set, a TV #2,417
- Greek ξεκίνησε to start out, start off, set off, pull away #1,252
- Hebrew מערכת #592
- Hindi को in some set phrases, indicates the Possessor:… #20
- Hungarian indul to set off, set out, head somewhere #1,573
- Icelandic langar only used in set phrases #168
- Indonesian kantor a room, set of rooms, or building used for… #483
- Italian parte to depart; to leave; to set forth #145
- Korean 전화기 telephone set #1,354
- Lithuanian parašyti to write, set out in writing #1,193
- Macedonian запали to ignite, set ablaze, set alight #1,048
- Malay terlepas to be released; to be set free #610
- Norwegian stiller to set #1,338
- Polish odłóż to set aside; to put back #1,779
- Portuguese televisão television; television set #1,183
- Romanian televizor a television set #1,530
- Russian поставить to put, to place, to set, to stand, to station #1,865
- Serbian kreni to move, set in motion #902
- Slovak vytvoriť to establish, to set up #939
- Slovenian zahod #955
- Tagalog katanungan question; set of questions #1,349
- Tamil புறப்படு to depart, leave, set out for a destination #1,209
- Telugu ఉంచు to place, put, set, lay, let be, keep,… #933
- Turkish takımı set, suit #1,332
- Ukrainian піти to set off, to go off #331
- Urdu روانہ departed, set off #1,969
- Vietnamese định to fix; to appoint; to set; to assign #179
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.