How to say “wedding” in 40 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.
- boda/ˈboda/ Spanish
- زفاف/zi.faːf/ Arabic
- חתונה/χatuˈna/ Hebrew
- საქორწინო[säkʰo̞ɾt͡sʼino̞] Georgian
- весілля[ʋeˈsʲilʲːɐ] Ukrainian
“wedding” in Spanish: boda · German: hochzeit · Portuguese: casamento · Arabic: زفاف
It is commonest in Urdu, where شادی is the 317th most used word.
Wedding in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian dasma[dasma] #2,103
- Arabic زفاف/zi.faːf/ wedding, marriage feast #1,303
- Armenian հարսանեկան/hɑɾsɑneˈkɑn/ nuptial, bridal, wedding #1,541
- Bengali বিয়ে/bi̯e/ marriage, wedding #1,307
- Bosnian vjenčanje/ʋjent͡ʃǎːɲe/ #1,722
- Bulgarian сватба[ˈsvadbɐ] #1,448
- Catalan casament[kə.zəˈmen] #1,061
- Croatian vjenčanje/ʋjent͡ʃǎːɲe/ #1,158
- Czech svatební[ˈsvatɛbɲiː] #1,963
- Danish bryllup/brœlɔp/ #1,471
- Dutch bruiloft/ˈbrœy̯.lɔft/ wedding reception, wedding feast #1,408
- English bride/bɹaɪd/ A woman in the context of her own wedding;… #2,260
- Estonian pulma/ˈpulmɑ/ #1,581
- Galician voda/ˈboda/ #1,251
- Georgian საქორწინო[säkʰo̞ɾt͡sʼino̞] wedding, nuptial #744
- German hochzeit/ˈhɔxˌt͡saɪ̯t/ wedding, marriage #1,000
- Greek γάμο/ˈɣamo/ marriage, wedding #749
- Hebrew חתונה/χatuˈna/ #1,627
- Hindi शादी/ʃɑː.d̪iː/ marriage, wedding #195
- Hungarian esküvő[ˈɛʃkyvøː] #2,193
- Indonesian pernikahan/pərniˈkahan/ wedding; marriage ceremony #607
- Korean 결혼식[kjʌ̹ɾβo̞nɕʰik̚] wedding ceremony #729
- Latvian kāzas/ˈkaːzas/ #1,267
- Lithuanian vestuvės[ʋʲɛˈstʊʋʲeːs] #901
- Macedonian свадба[ˈsvadba] #1,921
- Malay perkahwinan/pərkahˈwinan/ marriage; wedding #702
- Norwegian bryllupet/ˈbrʏlʉpə/ a wedding #1,503
- Persian عروسی[ʔæ.ɹuː.síː] #1,785
- Portuguese casamento/ka.zaˈmẽ.tu/ #527
- Romanian nunta/ˈnun.ta/ #1,226
- Serbian venčanje/ʋent͡ʃǎːɲe/ marriage, wedding #1,310
- Slovak svadba/svadba/ wedding; marriage #1,083
- Slovenian poroka/pɔróːka/ #706
- Spanish boda/ˈboda/ #852
- Swedish bröllop/²brœˌlɔp/ a wedding #1,503
- Tagalog kasal/kaˈsal/ wedding; marriage #373
- Tamil திருமணம்/t̪ɪɾʊmɐɳɐm/ marriage, wedding, matrimony #172
- Turkish düğün/dyˈ(j)yn/ wedding ceremony #1,134
- Ukrainian весілля[ʋeˈsʲilʲːɐ] wedding, marriage ceremony #1,153
- Urdu شادی/ʃɑː.d̪iː/ wedding, marriage #317
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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