How to say “weapon” in 46 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.
- arma/ˈaɾma/ Spanish
- оружие[ɐˈruʐɨje] Russian
- سلاح/si.laːħ/ Arabic
- 무기[ˈmu(ː)ɡi] Korean
- हथियार/ɦə.t̪ʰɪ.jɑːɾ/ Hindi
- იარაღი[iäɾäʁi] Georgian
“weapon” in Spanish: arma · French: arme · German: waffe · Italian: armi · Portuguese: arma · Korean: 무기 · Russian: оружие · Arabic: سلاح
It is commonest in Malay, where senjata is the 254th most used word.
Weapon in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans wapen/ˈvɑːpən/ weapon, arms #801
- Albanian armë/aːɾm/ #347
- Arabic سلاح/si.laːħ/ weapon, arm #550
- Armenian զենք/zenkʰ/ arm, weapon #947
- Basque arma/arma/ #348
- Bengali অস্ত্র/ɔst̪ɾo/ #323
- Bosnian oružje/ǒruːʒje/ #528
- Bulgarian оръжие[oˈrɤʒiɛ] #653
- Catalan arma[ˈar.mə] #543
- Chinese 家伙/t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²/ tool; utensil; weapon #89
- Croatian oružje/ǒruːʒje/ #491
- Czech zbraň[ˈzbraɲ] #509
- Danish våben/vɔːbən/ a weapon #442
- Dutch wapen/ˈʋaː.pə(n)/ #559
- English sword/soɹd/ A long bladed weapon with a grip and… #1,675
- Esperanto armilo/arˈmilo/ #1,717
- Estonian relv/relv/ #544
- Finnish ase/ˈɑseˣ/ #692
- French arme/aʁm/ #512
- Galician arma/ˈaɾma/ weapon, arm #723
- Georgian იარაღი[iäɾäʁi] #1,151
- German waffe/ˈvafə/ weapon, arm #599
- Hindi हथियार/ɦə.t̪ʰɪ.jɑːɾ/ weapon, arm #618
- Hungarian fegyvert[ˈfɛɟvɛrt] #712
- Icelandic vopn[ˈvɔhpn̥] #677
- Italian armi/ˈar.mi/ weapon, arms #809
- Korean 무기[ˈmu(ː)ɡi] weapon, arms #634
- Latvian ieroci/ˈieruot͡si/ #515
- Lithuanian ginklas[²ˈɡʲɪŋˑklɐs] weapon, arm #750
- Macedonian оружје[ˈɔɾuʒjɛ] weapon, weaponry, arm #363
- Malay senjata/sənˈd͡ʒatə/ #254
- Malayalam ആയുധം/aːjud̪(ʱ)ɐm/ #402
- Norwegian våpen/ˈʋoːpən/ a weapon; arms #537
- Persian اسلحه[ʔæs.læ.ɦé] weapon, arms #301
- Polish broni/ˈbrɔ.ɲi/ #814
- Portuguese arma/ˈaʁ.mɐ/ #358
- Romanian arma/ˈarma/ arm, weapon #559
- Russian оружие[ɐˈruʐɨje] weapon, weaponry, arm #646
- Serbian oružje/ǒruːʒje/ #542
- Spanish arma/ˈaɾma/ weapon, arm #521
- Swedish vapen/¹vɑːpɛn/ #478
- Tagalog sandata/sanˈdata/ weapon; arms #570
- Tamil ஆயுதம்/ɑːjʊd̪ɐm/ weapon, instrument #813
- Turkish silah/siˈlah/ #458
- Ukrainian зброя[ˈzbrɔjɐ] weapon, armament, arms #1,247
- Urdu ہتھیار/ɦə.t̪ʰɪ.jɑːɾ/ #389
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) and Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.