How to say “victory” in 39 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.
- victoria/biɡˈtoɾja/ Spanish
- 승리[sʰɯŋni] Korean
- जीत/d͡ʒiːt̪/ Hindi
- νίκη/ˈnici/ Greek
- ניצחון/nit͡saˈχon/ Hebrew
- ஜெயம்/dʒɛjɐm/ Tamil
“victory” in Spanish: victoria · French: victoire · German: sieg · Italian: vittoria · Portuguese: vitória · Korean: 승리 · Hindi: जीत · Turkish: zafer
It is commonest in Urdu, where جیت is the 433rd most used word.
Victory in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian fitore/fitɔɾɛ/ #1,271
- Basque garaipen/ɡaɾai̯pen/ #1,133
- Bengali জয়/d͡ʒoj/ win; victory; triumph #1,650
- Bulgarian победа[poˈbɛdɐ] victory, win, triumph #1,618
- Catalan victòria[bikˈtɔ.ɾi.ə] #1,599
- Croatian pobjeda/pôbjeda/ #2,172
- Czech vítězství[ˈviːcɛstviː] #1,548
- Danish sejr/sajˀr/ #2,088
- Dutch overwinning/ˌoːvərˈʋɪnɪŋ/ victory, triumph #2,294
- Estonian võit/vɤi̯t/ victory, win #1,287
- French victoire/vik.twaʁ/ victory; win #1,818
- Galician vitoria/biˈtɔɾja/ #976
- Georgian გამარჯვება[ɡ̊ämäɾd͡ʒʷe̞bä] win, victory #1,006
- German sieg/ziːk/ #1,949
- Greek νίκη/ˈnici/ #1,561
- Hebrew ניצחון/nit͡saˈχon/ victory, triumph #1,744
- Hindi जीत/d͡ʒiːt̪/ victory, win #471
- Icelandic sigra[ˈsɪɣra] #815
- Indonesian kemenangan/kəməˈnaŋan/ #1,245
- Italian vittoria/vitˈtɔ.rja/ #1,958
- Korean 승리[sʰɯŋni] #1,594
- Latvian uzvara/ˈuz-ʋara/ #1,593
- Lithuanian pergalė[¹ˈpʲæˑrɡɐlʲeː] victory, triumph #1,475
- Macedonian победи[ˈpɔbɛdi] #643
- Malayalam വിജയം/ʋid͡ʒɐjɐm/ #509
- Norwegian seier/ˈsæ͡ɪər/ a victory #2,106
- Persian غلبه[qæ.læ.bé] victory, triumph #2,128
- Portuguese vitória/viˈtɔ.ɾjɐ/ #1,923
- Romanian victorie/vikˈtoɾje/ #2,131
- Serbian pobeda/pôbeda/ #2,340
- Slovak víťazstvo/viːcastvɔ/ #1,102
- Slovenian zmaga/zmáːɡa/ #613
- Spanish victoria/biɡˈtoɾja/ #1,463
- Swedish seger/ˈseːɡɛr/ #2,499
- Tagalog tagumpay/taɡumˈpaj/ victory; triumph #555
- Tamil ஜெயம்/dʒɛjɐm/ #2,075
- Telugu జయము/ˈɟajamu/ conquest, victory, triumph, success #1,330
- Turkish zafer/za.fɛɾ/ victory, triumph, win #1,805
- Urdu جیت/d͡ʒiːt̪/ victory, win #433
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).
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