How to say “sole” in 30 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 Chinese, where 唯一 is the 109th most used word.
- Armenian միակ only, sole #275
- Bosnian jedini sole, only #422
- Chinese 唯一 only; sole; unique #109
- Croatian jedini sole, only #442
- Czech jediný only, sole #553
- Danish eneste only, sole #214
- Esperanto sola lone, alone, only, sole #205
- Estonian ainus only, sole #363
- Finnish ainoa only, sole, lone #323
- Galician solar to sole #2,331
- Georgian ერთადერთი only, sole #323
- German einzige only, sole #421
- Greek μοναδική unique, sole #1,696
- Hindi एकमात्र only, sole, single #1,528
- Hungarian egyetlen only, sole, single #224
- Icelandic einasta only, sole #1,028
- Italian unico only, sole, one, single #550
- Lithuanian vieni one, only, sole, alone, single #592
- Macedonian единствен sole, only #1,033
- Norwegian eneste only, sole #211
- Romanian singur single, only, sole #257
- Russian единственный sole, only, unique #664
- Serbian jedini sole, only #444
- Slovak jediný only, sole #341
- Slovenian sam alone, sole #112
- Spanish único only; single; sole #387
- Swedish enda only, sole; also in the masculine form ende #215
- Tagalog nag-iisa sole; only #1,100
- Ukrainian єдиний only, sole #791
- Vietnamese đế #1,159
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.