How to say “value” in 35 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.
- valor/baˈloɾ/ Spanish
- قيمة/qiː.ma/ Arabic
- 가치[ka̠t͡ɕʰi] Korean
- मूल्य/muːl.jᵊ/ Hindi
- ערך/ʕaːˈrak/ Hebrew
- արժեք/ɑɾˈʒekʰ/ Armenian
“value” in Spanish: valor · French: valeur · Portuguese: valor · Korean: 가치 · Arabic: قيمة · Hindi: मूल्य · Turkish: değer
It is commonest in Basque, where balio is the 256th most used word.
Value in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans waardeer/vɑːrˈdɪe̯r/ to appreciate, to value #824
- Albanian vlerë/vlɛɾə/ value, worth #969
- Arabic قيمة/qiː.ma/ value, worth #749
- Armenian արժեք/ɑɾˈʒekʰ/ value, worth, cost, price #713
- Basque balio/balio/ #256
- Bengali দাম/d̪am/ price, cost, value, worth #490
- Catalan preciosa/pɾəsiˈozə/ precious, of great value #1,089
- Chinese 珍惜/ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/ to treasure; to cherish; to value #1,607
- Croatian vrijednost/ʋrjěːdnoːst/ #2,426
- Dutch waardeer/ʋaːrˈdɪr/ to appreciate, to value #1,599
- English two/tu/ A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots #132
- Esperanto valoro/vaˈloro/ worth, value #2,479
- Estonian hindan/ˈhind̥ɑn/ to evaluate, to assess, to value #1,121
- Finnish arvostan/ˈarvostan/ to value, appreciate, think much of, hold in… #1,760
- French valeur/va.lœʁ/ value, worth #1,675
- Greek τιμή/tiˈmi/ price, value #715
- Hebrew ערך/ʕaːˈrak/ #959
- Hindi मूल्य/muːl.jᵊ/ value, worth #1,317
- Icelandic verð[ˈvɛrð] #468
- Indonesian harga/ˈharɡa/ price, value #906
- Italian apprezzo/apˈprɛt.t͡so/ to appreciate, to esteem, to value #2,034
- Korean 가치[ka̠t͡ɕʰi] #1,768
- Latvian vērts[ˈvǣːɾt͡s] #594
- Macedonian вреди[ˈvrɛdi] to be worth, have a value #650
- Malayalam മൂല്യം/muːljɐm/ #1,132
- Persian ارزش[ʔæɹ.zéʃ] value, worth #478
- Portuguese valor/vaˈloʁ/ #1,420
- Romanian valoare/vaˈlo̯are/ value, worth #1,478
- Slovenian vrednost/ʋrèːdnɔst/ value that renders something desirable or… #1,034
- Spanish valor/baˈloɾ/ #1,275
- Swedish värt/ˈvɛt/ worth; worthy; having a value #1,016
- Tagalog kahalagahan/kahalaɡaˈhan/ importance; value #1,052
- Telugu విలువ/ˈʋiluʋa/ price, value, cost #313
- Turkish değer/deˈjeɾ/ #815
- Urdu قدر/qəd̪ɾ/ value, worth #1,214
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), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.