How to say “target” in 33 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.
- στόχος/ˈstoxos/ Greek
- מטרה/matˤ.tˤaːˈraː/ Hebrew
- թիրախ/tʰiˈɾɑχ/ Armenian
- இலக்கு/ɪlɐkːɯ/ Tamil
- ലക്ഷ്യം/lɐkʂjɐm/ Malayalam
- هدف[hæ.d̪ǽf] Persian
“target” in French: cible · German: ziel · Portuguese: alvo · Turkish: hedef · Greek: στόχος
It is commonest in Tamil, where இலக்கு is the 380th most used word.
Target in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans teiken/ˈtəi̯kən/ aim; target; goal #962
- Armenian թիրախ/tʰiˈɾɑχ/ target, butt #731
- Bosnian meta/měːta/ #1,304
- Chinese 目的/mu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹/ objective; goal; target; aim; purpose;… #415
- Croatian meta/měːta/ #1,401
- Czech cíl[ˈt͡siːl] goal, objective, target #1,199
- Danish gange/ˈɡɑŋə/ Used between two or more sizes to specify a… #269
- Dutch doelwit/ˈdul.ʋɪt/ target, prey #1,615
- English wild/ˈwaɪ̯ld/ Inaccurately; not on target #1,313
- Finnish kohde/ˈkohdeˣ/ #1,819
- French cible/sibl/ #1,409
- German ziel/tsiːl/ #967
- Greek στόχος/ˈstoxos/ #1,343
- Hebrew מטרה/matˤ.tˤaːˈraː/ a target, aim #1,036
- Hindi निशाना/nɪʃɑːnɑː/ aim, target #2,453
- Hungarian célpont[ˈt͡seːlpont] #2,159
- Icelandic skotmark[ˈskɔːt.mar̥k] a target #1,424
- Indonesian to/ˈte.o/ initialism of target operasi #433
- Korean 목표[mo̞k̚pʰjo] goal, target, objective, aim, bullseye,… #2,081
- Latvian mērķis/ˈmeːrcis/ #768
- Macedonian мета[ˈmɛta] #1,479
- Malay sasaran/sasaran/ #596
- Malayalam ലക്ഷ്യം/lɐkʂjɐm/ #433
- Persian هدف[hæ.d̪ǽf] #394
- Portuguese alvo/ˈaw.vu/ #1,116
- Russian цель[t͡sɛlʲ] goal, target, aim, end, object #1,228
- Serbian meta/měːta/ #1,414
- Slovenian tarča/táːrt͡ʃa/ #621
- Swedish träffa/ˈtrɛfa/ to hit a target #266
- Tamil இலக்கு/ɪlɐkːɯ/ target, aim, scope #380
- Turkish hedef[he.ˈdef] #1,077
- Urdu ہدف/ɦə.d̪əf/ #507
- Vietnamese đích[ʔɗïk̟̚˧˦] #944
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