How to say “signal” in 33 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 Afrikaans, where teken is the 467th most used word.
- Afrikaans teken sign; signal #467
- Albanian sinjal #1,312
- Arabic إشارة sign, signal #790
- Bengali সঙ্কেত #2,372
- Bosnian signal #1,133
- Bulgarian сигнал signal, call #1,262
- Catalan senyal #795
- Croatian signal #1,182
- Czech signál #1,245
- Danish signal a signal #1,672
- Dutch signaal #1,671
- Esperanto signo sign, signal #1,720
- Estonian signaal #1,671
- French signal #1,520
- Galician marca mark, signal #1,879
- German signal #2,162
- Hindi संकेत signal, indication, hint #952
- Icelandic merki sign, signal, symbol #628
- Indonesian sinyal sign, signal #1,173
- Italian segnale signal, sign #1,419
- Korean 신호 signal; sign #1,046
- Lithuanian signalas #1,107
- Macedonian сигнал #1,059
- Malay tanda sign, mark, signal, spot, symbol #603
- Norwegian signal a signal #2,112
- Polish sygnał #1,612
- Romanian semnal #1,709
- Russian сигнал #1,528
- Serbian signal #1,229
- Swedish signal a signal #2,134
- Tagalog hudyat signal; warning; alert #767
- Turkish sinyal #1,715
- Ukrainian сигнал #949
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.