How to say “test” in 41 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.
- попробовать[pɐˈprobəvətʲ] Russian
- اختبار/ixtibaːr/ Arabic
- 시험[ɕʰiɦʌ̹m] Korean
- परीक्षा/pə.ɾiːk.ʂɑː/ Hindi
- τεστ/ˈtest/ Greek
- מבחן/mivˈχan/ Hebrew
“test” in French: essaie · German: test · Portuguese: teste · Korean: 시험 · Russian: попробовать · Arabic: اختبار · Hindi: परीक्षा · Greek: τεστ
It is commonest in Norwegian, where prøver is the 225th most used word.
Test in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic اختبار/ixtibaːr/ #1,007
- Basque azterketa/as̻terketa/ examination, test #678
- Bengali পরীক্ষা/poɾikkʰa/ exam, examination, test #388
- Bosnian test/têst/ #1,028
- Bulgarian тест[tɛst] #1,346
- Catalan prova[ˈpɾɔ.βə] to try out, to test #668
- Croatian test/têst/ #1,095
- Czech test[ˈtɛst] #1,322
- Danish prøver/ˈpʁøːvɐ/ trial, test, examination #264
- Dutch test/tɛst/ to test, to try out #1,299
- English final/ˈfaɪn(ə)l/ A final examination; a test or examination… #1,117
- Esperanto ekzameno/ekzaˈmeno/ examination, test #1,192
- French essaie/e.sɛ/ to test, to try on #463
- Galician probas/ˈpɾobas/ #1,012
- German test/tɛst/ #1,859
- Greek τεστ/ˈtest/ #1,247
- Hebrew מבחן/mivˈχan/ a test, an examination #1,250
- Hindi परीक्षा/pə.ɾiːk.ʂɑː/ test, examination #1,967
- Icelandic raun[ˈrœiːn] trial, test, experiment #552
- Indonesian tes/ˈtɛs/ #1,046
- Italian prova/ˈprɔ.va/ to try, to try out, to test #536
- Korean 시험[ɕʰiɦʌ̹m] test, exam #912
- Lithuanian bandymas[²ˈbɐnʲˑdʲiːmɐs] a test, experiment #1,317
- Macedonian оглед[ˈɔɡlɛt] test, experiment #1,264
- Malay ujian/ud͡ʒian/ test; examination #611
- Malayalam ടെസ്റ്റ്/ʈesrrɨ/ #811
- Norwegian prøver/ˈprøːvər/ #225
- Persian تست/test/ #1,047
- Polish test/ˈtɛst/ examination, exam, test #1,690
- Portuguese teste/ˈtɛs.t͡ʃi/ #1,088
- Romanian test/ˈtest/ #1,433
- Russian попробовать[pɐˈprobəvətʲ] to test, to attempt, to try #1,145
- Serbian test/têst/ #1,034
- Spanish examen/eɡˈsamen/ exam, examination, test #1,949
- Swedish prov/ˈpruːv/ a test, a trial #2,438
- Tagalog testing/ˈtestiŋ/ trial; testing; test; attempt #2,187
- Tamil தேர்வு/t̪eːɾʋɯ/ examination, test #263
- Telugu పరీక్ష/pariːkʂa/ a test, trial, experiment #512
- Ukrainian перевірити[pereˈʋʲirete] to check, to verify, to test #1,310
- Urdu امتحان/ɪm.t̪ɪ.ɦɑːn/ exam, test #274
- Vietnamese thử[tʰɨ˧˩] for a test; for a tryout #381
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) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.