How to say “similar” 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.
- समान[s̪əˈmã(ː)n̪] Hindi
- דומה/doˈme/ Hebrew
- схожий[ˈsxɔʒei̯] Ukrainian
- شبیه[ʃæ.bíːʰ] Persian
“similar” in German: ähnlich · Italian: simile · Hindi: समान
It is commonest in Slovenian, where podoben is the 595th most used word.
Similar in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic تمثل/tamaθθala/ to make oneself similar, to assimilate oneself #1,928
- Basque berdintsu/berdint͡s̺u/ #2,144
- Bengali মত/mɔt̪/ like, similar to, resembling #78
- Catalan i/ˈi/ and; used to connect two similar words,… #7
- Chinese 同志/tʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɻ̩⁵¹/ someone sharing similar interests or… #484
- English lord/loɹd/ One possessing similar mastery over others;… #536
- Esperanto simila/siˈmila/ #1,522
- Estonian samasugune/ˈsɑmɑˌsuɡ̊une/ the same kind of, alike, similar #1,317
- Finnish tavoin/ˈtɑʋoi̯n/ like, in a similar way as #1,808
- Galician semellante/semeˈʎante/ similar, alike #1,733
- Georgian ანუ[anu] Used to connect words of similar meaning when… #190
- German ähnlich/ˈɛːnlɪç/ similar, alike, resembling #1,800
- Hebrew דומה/doˈme/ similar, resembling, alike #807
- Hindi समान[s̪əˈmã(ː)n̪] #1,841
- Hungarian hasonló[ˈhɒʃonloː] #1,159
- Icelandic líkur[ˈliːkʏr] alike, similar, like, resembling #1,076
- Indonesian seperti/səpərˈti/ Like; as though, similar to #33
- Italian simile/ˈsi.mi.le/ #1,034
- Korean 비슷한[pisʰɯtʰa̠n] to be similar #679
- Latvian līdzīgs/ˈliːdziːɡs/ similar, alike #1,412
- Lithuanian panašus[pɐnɐˈʃʊs] similar, alike #633
- Malay seperti/səpə(r)ˈti/ like, similar to #46
- Malayalam കൂട്ട്/kuːʈʈɨ/ like, similar #799
- Norwegian som/sɔm/ as; similar to, in the same way that #20
- Persian شبیه[ʃæ.bíːʰ] similar, resembling #717
- Portuguese tipo/ˈt͡ʃi.pu/ like; comparable to; similar to #151
- Slovenian podoben/pɔdòːbən/ #595
- Swedish damer/ˈdɑːmɛr/ a lady woman – similar tone to English in… #937
- Tagalog katulad/kaˈtulad/ like; similar to #262
- Telugu వంటి/ˈʋanʈi/ like, similar to #44
- Turkish gibi/ɡiˈbi/ like, similar to #23
- Ukrainian схожий[ˈsxɔʒei̯] similar, alike #1,217
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 Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.