How to say “wind” 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 Telugu, where గాలి is the 227th most used word.
- Afrikaans wind to wind #565
- Albanian erë #539
- Basque haize #865
- Bengali বাতাস air, wind #704
- Bosnian završio to end, end up, wind up #797
- Bulgarian вятър #2,454
- Catalan vent #1,384
- Chinese 放屁 to fart; to break wind #1,614
- Croatian završiti to end, end up, wind up #710
- Czech vítr #1,951
- Dutch storm storm; a wind scale for very strong wind,… #1,885
- English room Off from the wind #270
- Esperanto vento #561
- Estonian tuul #1,363
- French vent #1,368
- Galician vento #915
- Georgian ქარი #1,084
- German wind wind; the movement of air usually caused by… #1,529
- Hebrew רוח Wind, a wind: movement of atmospheric air #571
- Hindi हवा air, wind, breeze #502
- Hungarian szél #1,684
- Icelandic vindur #2,118
- Indonesian angin #896
- Italian vento #1,709
- Korean 바람 wind, air, draft #613
- Latvian vējš #1,342
- Lithuanian vėjas #1,077
- Macedonian ветер #2,456
- Malay angin #650
- Malayalam കാറ്റ് #532
- Norwegian vinden #2,032
- Persian باد #554
- Polish wiatr #2,456
- Portuguese vento #1,748
- Romanian aflat to find out, get wind of #585
- Russian ветер #2,447
- Serbian završio to end, end up, wind up #764
- Slovak vietor #926
- Slovenian veter #682
- Spanish viento #1,606
- Swedish vinden #1,946
- Tagalog hangin #279
- Tamil காற்று wind, air #249
- Telugu గాలి #227
- Ukrainian вітер #1,950
- Vietnamese gió #1,091
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.