How to say “table” in 47 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 案子 is the 272nd most used word.
- Afrikaans tafel #468
- Arabic طاولة #1,239
- Armenian սեղանի #620
- Basque mahai #646
- Bengali টেবিল #1,033
- Bosnian stol #1,689
- Bulgarian маса #1,265
- Catalan taula #799
- Chinese 案子 long table; counter #272
- Croatian stol #1,044
- Czech stůl #1,266
- Danish bord table, desk #751
- Dutch tafel #920
- English desk A table, frame, or case, in past centuries… #1,683
- Esperanto tablo #1,034
- Galician mesa #768
- German tisch dining table, dinner table #906
- Greek τραπέζι #860
- Hebrew שולחן table, desk #1,158
- Hindi टेबल a table #2,335
- Icelandic borð #1,510
- Indonesian meja #792
- Italian tavolo table, board, desk #1,183
- Korean 테이블 #1,237
- Latvian galda #723
- Lithuanian stalas #1,718
- Macedonian маса #866
- Malay meja #732
- Malayalam മേശ #1,080
- Norwegian bord #835
- Persian خوان table or large tray particularly such one as… #761
- Polish stole #2,291
- Portuguese mesa #750
- Romanian masă #809
- Russian стол #1,569
- Serbian stol #2,419
- Slovak stôl #695
- Slovenian miza #1,023
- Spanish mesa #816
- Swedish bordet a table #1,332
- Tagalog lamesa #995
- Tamil மேசை #848
- Telugu సొరుగు the drawer of a table or box #1,425
- Turkish masa #1,721
- Ukrainian стіл #1,477
- Urdu میز #1,082
- Vietnamese bàn #477
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.