How to say “stone” in 48 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.
- piedra/ˈpjedɾa/ Spanish
- камень[ˈkamʲɪnʲ] Russian
- पत्थर/pət̪.t̪ʰəɾ/ Hindi
- ქვა[kʰʷä] Georgian
- քարի/kʰaˈɹi/ Armenian
- পাথর/pat̪ʰoɾ/ Bengali
“stone” in Spanish: piedra · French: pierre · German: stein · Italian: pietra · Portuguese: pedra · Russian: камень · Hindi: पत्थर · Turkish: taş
It is commonest in Tamil, where கல் is the 410th most used word.
Stone in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans stene/ˈstiənə/ #976
- Albanian gurë/ɡuɾə/ stone, rock #1,471
- Armenian քարի/kʰaˈɹi/ stone, rock #762
- Basque haitz/hai̯t͡s̻/ stone, rock #2,051
- Bengali পাথর/pat̪ʰoɾ/ stone, rock #600
- Bosnian kamen/kâmeːn/ #1,464
- Bulgarian камък[ˈkamɐk] stone, rock #1,420
- Catalan pedra[ˈpe.ðɾə] #1,157
- Croatian kamen/kâmeːn/ #1,453
- Czech kámen[ˈkaːmɛn] #1,754
- Danish sten/steːn/ #1,192
- Dutch steen[steɪ̯n] #1,634
- English mark/mɑɹk/ A stone or post used to indicate position and… #877
- Esperanto ŝtonoj/ˈʃtonoi̯/ #1,008
- Estonian kivi/ˈkivi/ stone, rock #1,030
- French pierre/ˈpjɛ.ʁə/ #1,299
- Galician pedra/ˈpɛdɾa/ #1,089
- Georgian ქვა[kʰʷä] #710
- German stein/ʃtaɪn/ stone, rock #1,711
- Greek πέτρα/ˈpetra/ rock, stone #1,786
- Hebrew לשם/ˈleʃem/ A kind of stone #210
- Hindi पत्थर/pət̪.t̪ʰəɾ/ stone, rock #1,243
- Icelandic stein[ˈsteiːn] stone, rock #1,527
- Indonesian batu/ˈba.tu/ stone, rock #629
- Italian pietra/ˈpjɛ.tra/ #2,349
- Korean 돌[to̞(ː)ɭ] rock, stone; pebble #1,242
- Latvian akmens[ˈakmɛns] stone, rock #1,088
- Lithuanian akmuo[ɐ²ˈkmuɔ] #1,324
- Macedonian камен[ˈkamɛn] stone, rock #924
- Malay batu/batu/ stone; a hard earthen substance that form… #428
- Malayalam കല്ല്/kɐllɨ/ stone, rock #435
- Norwegian stein/stæɪn/ stone, rock #1,318
- Persian سنگ[sæɲɡʲ̥] stone, rock #581
- Portuguese pedra/ˈpɛ.dɾɐ/ #1,479
- Romanian piatră/ˈpja.trə/ #1,666
- Russian камень[ˈkamʲɪnʲ] stone, rock #2,093
- Serbian kamen/kâmeːn/ #1,346
- Slovak kameň/kameɲ/ #866
- Slovenian kamen/kàːmən/ #598
- Spanish piedra/ˈpjedɾa/ #1,719
- Swedish sten/steːn/ a stone; a rock #1,739
- Tagalog bato/baˈto/ #745
- Tamil கல்/kɐl/ stone; rock #410
- Telugu శిలలు/ˈɕilalu/ a stone #1,159
- Turkish taş/ˈtaʃ/ stone, rock #1,166
- Ukrainian камінь[ˈkamʲinʲ] stone, pebble #1,314
- Urdu پتھر/pət̪.t̪ʰəɾ/ stone, rock #550
- Vietnamese đá[ʔɗaː˧˦] rock, stone #568
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