How to say “side” in 49 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.
- lado/ˈlado/ Spanish
- 쪽[t͡ɕ͈o̞k̚] Korean
- ओर/oːɾ/ Hindi
- πλευρά/pleˈvra/ Greek
- צד/t͡sad/ Hebrew
- կողմից/koʁˈmit͡sʰ/ Armenian
“side” in Spanish: lado · German: seite · Italian: lato · Portuguese: lado · Korean: 쪽 · Hindi: ओर · Greek: πλευρά
It is commonest in Urdu, where طرف is the 82nd most used word.
Side in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans linkerkant/ˈləŋkərˌkɐnt/ left-hand side #1,690
- Albanian këtu/kəˈtu/ here, on this side #37
- Arabic بجانب/bid͡ʒaːnibi/ along, side by side with #562
- Armenian կողմից/koʁˈmit͡sʰ/ side; direction #303
- Basque aldera/aldeɾa/ part, zone, side #592
- Bengali দিক/d̪ik/ direction, side #474
- Bosnian strane/ˈstranɛ/ #423
- Bulgarian страна[strɐˈna] side, facet #291
- Catalan costat[kusˈtat] #363
- Chinese 方面/fɑŋ⁵⁵ mi̯ɛn⁵¹/ aspect; side; hand; facet; respect #437
- Croatian bok/bôːk/ #223
- Czech straně[ˈstraɲɛ] #731
- Danish side/ˈsiːdə/ side; a bounding straight edge or surface #365
- Dutch kant/kɑnt/ to make/ give side, edge etc #343
- English right/ɹaɪt/ On the right side #49
- Esperanto flanko/ˈflanko/ #798
- Estonian külg/kylɡ̊/ #1,893
- French face/fas/ surface, side #647
- Galician lado/ˈlado/ #343
- Georgian მხრივ[mχɾiv] from the side #1,127
- German seite/ˈzaɪ̯tə/ #527
- Greek πλευρά/pleˈvra/ #664
- Hebrew צד/t͡sad/ A side #1,041
- Hindi ओर/oːɾ/ side, face, direction #255
- Hungarian oldalon[ˈoldɒlon] #1,707
- Icelandic framan[ˈfraːman] on the front side #433
- Indonesian kanan/ˈkanan/ the right side or direction #696
- Italian lato/ˈla.to/ #1,206
- Korean 쪽[t͡ɕ͈o̞k̚] #598
- Lithuanian šonas[¹ˈʃoːnɐs] side, flank #2,219
- Macedonian страна[ˈstrana] #231
- Malay sebelah/səbəˈlah/ side; direction #444
- Malayalam അപ്പുറത്ത്/ɐppurɐt̪t̪ɨ/ on that side of #785
- Persian طرف[t̪ʰæ.ɹǽf] #178
- Polish strony/ˈstrɔ.nɘ/ side; face #652
- Portuguese lado/ˈla.du/ #226
- Romanian dincolo[ˈdinkolo] over there; on the other side #1,240
- Russian рядом[ˈrʲadəm] alongside, beside, side by side, nearby #412
- Serbian strane/ˈstranɛ/ #428
- Slovak strane/ˈstraɲe/ #381
- Spanish lado/ˈlado/ #284
- Swedish sidan/ˈsiːdan/ side; a bounding straight edge or surface #577
- Tagalog baybay/bajˈbaj/ border; edge; side #1,520
- Tamil வலம்/ʋɐlɐm/ right side #1,681
- Telugu పక్క/pakːa/ a side, quarter, or direction #304
- Turkish üst/ˈyst/ something's face or side looking upwards or… #783
- Ukrainian боку[ˈbɔkʊ] side, flank #952
- Urdu طرف/t̪ə.ɾəf/ #82
- Vietnamese vệ[ve˧˨ʔ] edge, side #332
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) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
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Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.