How to say “set” in 46 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.
“set” in Turkish: takımı
It is commonest in Dutch, where zet is the 367th most used word.
Set in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian lëviz/ləviz/ to move, set in motion, transfer #290
- Arabic أخر/ʔaxxara/ to postpone, to set back, to hold back, to… #334
- Armenian արձակել/ɑɾt͡sʰɑˈkel/ to release, to set free, to liberate #797
- Basque ipini/ipini/ to put, set #613
- Bengali ডজন/ɖɔd͡ʒɔn/ a set of twelve #1,337
- Bosnian kreni/ˈkrɛnɪ/ to move, set in motion #853
- Bulgarian тръгвам[ˈtrɤɡvɐm] to begin a journey, to set out, to set off,… #463
- Catalan milers/miˈles/ a set of one thousand #968
- Chinese 建立/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ li⁵¹/ to found; to set up; to establish #552
- Croatian krenuti/krěːnuti/ to move, set in motion #908
- Czech vyrazit[ˈvɪrazɪt] to set out, to depart #1,862
- Danish sæt/sɛt/ to put, place, set #387
- Dutch zet/zɛt/ to set, to put #367
- English what/wɑt/ Which, especially which of an open-ended set… #14
- Esperanto preta/ˈpreta/ ready, set #559
- Estonian panna/ˈpɑnːɑ/ to put, to place, to set #390
- Finnish laita/ˈlɑi̯tɑ/ to put, set, place #720
- French gens/ʒɑ̃/ set of people #178
- Galician parella/paˈɾeʎa/ pair; a set of two people or animals intended… #1,521
- German fernseher/ˈfɛʁnzeːɐ/ a television set, a TV #2,417
- Greek ξεκίνησε/kseˈciniˌse/ to start out, start off, set off, pull away #1,252
- Hebrew מערכת/maʔaˈʁeχet/ #592
- Hindi को/koː/ in some set phrases, indicates the Possessor:… #20
- Hungarian indul[ˈindul] to set off, set out, head somewhere #1,573
- Icelandic langar/ˈlauŋkar/ only used in set phrases #168
- Indonesian kantor[ˈkantɔr] a room, set of rooms, or building used for… #483
- Italian parte/ˈpar.te/ to depart; to leave; to set forth #145
- Korean 전화기[ˈt͡ɕɘ(ː)nβwa̠ɡi] telephone set #1,354
- Lithuanian parašyti[pɐrɐ¹ˈʃʲiːtʲɪ] to write, set out in writing #1,193
- Macedonian запали[ˈzapali] to ignite, set ablaze, set alight #1,048
- Malay terlepas/tər.lə.pas/ to be released; to be set free #610
- Norwegian stiller/ˈstɪlər/ to set #1,338
- Polish odłóż/ˈɔd.wuʂ/ to set aside; to put back #1,779
- Portuguese televisão/te.le.viˈzɐ̃w̃/ television; television set #1,183
- Romanian televizor/ˌteleviˈzor/ a television set #1,530
- Russian поставить[pɐˈstavʲɪtʲ] to put, to place, to set, to stand, to station #1,865
- Serbian kreni/ˈkrɛnɪ/ to move, set in motion #902
- Slovak vytvoriť/vitvɔric/ to establish, to set up #939
- Slovenian zahod/zaxɔ́t/ #955
- Tagalog katanungan/kataˈnuŋan/ question; set of questions #1,349
- Tamil புறப்படு/pʊrɐpːɐɖɯ/ to depart, leave, set out for a destination #1,209
- Telugu ఉంచు/uɲt͡ɕu/ to place, put, set, lay, let be, keep,… #933
- Turkish takımı/takɯˈmɯ/ set, suit #1,332
- Ukrainian піти[pʲiˈtɪ] to set off, to go off #331
- Urdu روانہ/ɾə.ʋɑː.nɑː/ departed, set off #1,969
- Vietnamese định[ʔɗïŋ˧˨ʔ] to fix; to appoint; to set; to assign #179
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), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.