How to say “several” in 32 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.
“several” in French: plusieurs · Italian: diversi
It is commonest in Hungarian, where több is the 145th most used word.
Several in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian disa[diˈsa] some; several #101
- Arabic مرات/marraːtin/ several times #458
- Bengali কয়েক/kɔek/ a few, several #1,134
- Bosnian nekoliko/nêkoliko/ some, several, a few #265
- Bulgarian няколко[ˈnʲa̟koɫko] several, a few, multiple #174
- Chinese 多次/tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ t͡sʰɹ̩⁵¹/ repeatedly; several #862
- Croatian nekoliko/nêkoliko/ some, several, a few #262
- Czech několik[ˈɲɛkolɪk] several, a few #696
- Dutch meerdere/ˈmeːr.də.rə/ more, several, multiple #1,667
- English pig/ˈpɪɡ/ Any of several mammalian species of the… #1,728
- Esperanto kelkaj/ˈkelkai̯/ a few, several #413
- Estonian mitu/ˈmitu/ #560
- Finnish useita/ˈuseita/ many, several, a lot #1,733
- French plusieurs/ply.zjœʁ/ several, many, a lot #838
- Georgian რამდენიმე[ɾämde̞nime̞] #214
- German mehrere/meːrərə/ multiple, several; more than one; a number of #2,097
- Hindi कई/kə.iː/ several things, several people #323
- Hungarian több[ˈtøbː] several, multiple #145
- Italian diversi/diˈvɛr.si/ #1,365
- Korean 수[sʰu] a few, several #6
- Latvian daži[ˈdaʒi] #485
- Macedonian неколку[ˈnɛkɔɫku] a few, several, some #142
- Malayalam കുറേ/kureː/ many, several, numerous #234
- Polish kilka/ˈkil.ka/ more than two but less than ten; several; few #217
- Serbian nekoliko/nêkoliko/ some, several, a few #275
- Slovak niekoľko/ɲɪ̯ekɔʎkɔ/ #414
- Spanish varios/ˈbaɾjos/ various, several #1,793
- Swedish flera/ˈfleːra/ multiple, many, several #510
- Tamil பல/pɐlɐ/ many, several, a lot #176
- Ukrainian кілька[ˈkʲilʲkɐ] several, a few, some #268
- Urdu چند/t͡ʃənd̪/ a few, some, several #359
- Vietnamese tàu[taw˨˩] one of several types of vehicle or craft,… #428
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), Estonian (news (et_EE), 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.