How to say “unit” 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 English, where 're is the 32nd most used word.
- Albanian fshat village, especially as a unit of local… #1,303
- Arabic وحدة #727
- Bengali বাহিনী battalion, army unit #678
- Catalan milles mile, English unit of distance #1,709
- Czech baru bar, a non-SI unit of pressure equal to… #1,222
- Danish gruppe A group, a unit, a team #1,288
- English 're An accepted metric unit of area equal to 100… #32
- Galician unidade #1,217
- German wort word as an isolated unit #553
- Greek μονάδα unit of measurement, charge unit #1,496
- Hebrew יחידה A unit, an organizational unit: a component… #1,730
- Hindi मीटर metre, as a unit of measurement #1,389
- Hungarian egység #1,914
- Icelandic pund a traditional unit in Iceland, 12 merkur #1,031
- Indonesian menit a unit of time equal to sixty seconds #298
- Korean 되 A unit of volume equivalent to about 1.8 L #1,135
- Latvian vienība #1,518
- Lithuanian matas Unit of measurement #2,349
- Macedonian единица #1,075
- Malay minit unit of time #286
- Malayalam പൈസ paisa; a currency unit in India equal to… #239
- Norwegian mil mile; a unit of length, especially road… #2,286
- Portuguese palavra unit of language #552
- Romanian unitate #2,198
- Slovenian enota #752
- Spanish unidad #1,579
- Swedish mil Unit of length, equal to 10,000 meters #1,681
- Tamil மனை A unit of land area equal to 24 square feet #1,756
- Urdu پہر unit of time equalling three hours #2,102
- Vietnamese giờ unit for specifying a point in time in terms… #59
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.