How to say “weapon” in 46 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 Chinese, where 家伙 is the 89th most used word.
- Afrikaans wapen weapon, arms #801
- Albanian armë #347
- Arabic سلاح weapon, arm #550
- Armenian զենք arm, weapon #947
- Basque arma #348
- Bengali অস্ত্র #323
- Bosnian oružje #528
- Bulgarian оръжие #653
- Catalan arma #543
- Chinese 家伙 tool; utensil; weapon #89
- Croatian oružje #491
- Czech zbraň #509
- Danish våben a weapon #442
- Dutch wapen #559
- English sword A long bladed weapon with a grip and… #1,675
- Esperanto armilo #1,717
- Estonian relv #544
- Finnish ase #692
- French arme #512
- Galician arma weapon, arm #723
- Georgian იარაღი #1,151
- German waffe weapon, arm #599
- Hindi हथियार weapon, arm #618
- Hungarian fegyvert #712
- Icelandic vopn #677
- Italian armi weapon, arms #809
- Korean 무기 weapon, arms #634
- Latvian ieroci #515
- Lithuanian ginklas weapon, arm #750
- Macedonian оружје weapon, weaponry, arm #363
- Malay senjata #254
- Malayalam ആയുധം #402
- Norwegian våpen a weapon; arms #537
- Persian اسلحه weapon, arms #301
- Polish broni #814
- Portuguese arma #358
- Romanian arma arm, weapon #559
- Russian оружие weapon, weaponry, arm #646
- Serbian oružje #542
- Spanish arma weapon, arm #521
- Swedish vapen #478
- Tagalog sandata weapon; arms #570
- Tamil ஆயுதம் weapon, instrument #813
- Turkish silah #458
- Ukrainian зброя weapon, armament, arms #1,247
- Urdu ہتھیار #389
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.