How to say “vehicle” in 31 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.
- مركبة/mar.ka.ba/ Arabic
- 차[t͡ɕʰa̠] Korean
- वाहन/ʋɑː.ɦən/ Hindi
- όχημα/ˈoçiˌma/ Greek
- רכב/ˈreχev/ Hebrew
- வண்டி/ʋɐɳɖiː/ Tamil
“vehicle” in Korean: 차 · Arabic: مركبة · Hindi: वाहन · Greek: όχημα
It is commonest in Korean, where 차 is the 215th most used word.
Vehicle in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic مركبة/mar.ka.ba/ vehicle, carriage #2,013
- Basque ibilgailu/ibilɡai̯lu/ #1,335
- Bosnian kola/kôla/ cart, wagon, vehicle #584
- Bulgarian прекарам[prɛˈkarɐm] to transport, to carry by vehicle #2,147
- Croatian kola/kôla/ cart, wagon, vehicle #960
- English car/kɑɹ/ A wheeled vehicle that moves independently,… #245
- Esperanto veturu/veˈturu/ to go by vehicle; to ride; to travel #859
- Finnish keino/ˈkei̯no/ means, way, vehicle #1,479
- Galician vehículo/beˈikulo/ #2,362
- German wagen/ˈvaːɡən/ a car, an automobile, a vehicle #508
- Greek όχημα/ˈoçiˌma/ #1,920
- Hebrew רכב/ˈreχev/ vehicle, chariot #891
- Hindi वाहन/ʋɑː.ɦən/ a vehicle #2,171
- Icelandic farartæki[ˈfaːrar̥ˌtʰaiːcɪ] #2,327
- Indonesian mobil/ˈmobil/ car, automobile, a vehicle steered by a driver #239
- Korean 차[t͡ɕʰa̠] #215
- Lithuanian važiuoti[ʋɐ¹ˈʒʲu̟ɔtʲɪ] to go by vehicle, drive, ride #485
- Macedonian возило[ˈvɔziɫɔ] #1,583
- Malay kenderaan/kəndəˈraan/ #978
- Malayalam വണ്ടി/ʋɐɳɖi/ #235
- Persian بوق[buːɢ̥] vehicle horn; klaxon #2,345
- Polish pociąg/ˈpɔ.t͡ɕɔŋk/ train vehicle carrying a large number of… #2,089
- Russian машина[mɐˈʂɨnə] car, motor vehicle #670
- Serbian kola/kôla/ cart, wagon, vehicle #474
- Slovak vozidlo/vɔzidlɔ/ #1,618
- Slovenian voziti/ʋɔzìːti/ to drive vehicle #712
- Swedish kör/kœːr/ to drive a vehicle #254
- Tagalog sasakyan/sasakˈjan/ vehicle; transportation #829
- Tamil வண்டி/ʋɐɳɖiː/ #798
- Turkish sürer/syˈɾeɾ/ To operate a wheeled vehicle; to drive, to… #1,396
- Vietnamese xe[sɛ˧˧] wheeled vehicle #172
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 Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 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.