How to say “vehicle” in 31 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 Vietnamese, where xe is the 172nd most used word.
- Arabic مركبة vehicle, carriage #2,013
- Basque ibilgailu #1,335
- Bosnian kola cart, wagon, vehicle #584
- Bulgarian прекарам to transport, to carry by vehicle #2,147
- Croatian kola cart, wagon, vehicle #960
- English car A wheeled vehicle that moves independently,… #245
- Esperanto veturu to go by vehicle; to ride; to travel #859
- Finnish keino means, way, vehicle #1,479
- Galician vehículo #2,362
- German wagen a car, an automobile, a vehicle #508
- Greek όχημα #1,920
- Hebrew רכב vehicle, chariot #891
- Hindi वाहन a vehicle #2,171
- Icelandic farartæki #2,327
- Indonesian mobil car, automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver #239
- Korean 차 #215
- Lithuanian važiuoti to go by vehicle, drive, ride #485
- Macedonian возило #1,583
- Malay kenderaan #978
- Malayalam വണ്ടി #235
- Persian بوق vehicle horn; klaxon #2,345
- Polish pociąg train vehicle carrying a large number of… #2,089
- Russian машина car, motor vehicle #670
- Serbian kola cart, wagon, vehicle #474
- Slovak vozidlo #1,618
- Slovenian voziti to drive vehicle #712
- Swedish kör to drive a vehicle #254
- Tagalog sasakyan vehicle; transportation #829
- Tamil வண்டி #798
- Turkish sürer To operate a wheeled vehicle; to drive, to… #1,396
- Vietnamese xe wheeled vehicle #172
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.