How to say “window” in 45 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.
- ventana/benˈtana/ Spanish
- окно[ɐkˈno] Russian
- 窗口/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese
- 창문[t͡ɕʰa̠ŋmun] Korean
- खिड़की/kʰɪɽ.kiː/ Hindi
- παράθυρο[paˈɾaθiɾɔ] Greek
“window” in Spanish: ventana · French: fenêtre · German: fenster · Italian: finestra · Portuguese: janela · Chinese: 窗口 · Korean: 창문 · Russian: окно
It is commonest in Tamil, where ஜன்னல் is the 340th most used word.
Window in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans venster/ˈfɛnstər/ #448
- Albanian dritarja/dɾiˈtaɾja/ #1,294
- Basque leiho/lei̯ho/ #942
- Bengali জানালা/d͡ʒanala/ #764
- Bosnian prozor/prǒːzor/ #958
- Bulgarian прозорец[proˈzɔrɛt͡s] #2,379
- Catalan finestra[fiˈnes.tɾə] #1,100
- Chinese 窗口/ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ #1,844
- Croatian prozor/prǒːzor/ #985
- Czech okna[ˈokna] #1,608
- Danish vinduet/ˈvenˌduːˀəð/ #1,332
- Dutch blind/blɪnt/ window shutter #1,989
- Esperanto fenestro/feˈnestro/ #1,211
- Estonian akna/ˈɑknɑ/ #1,318
- French fenêtre/fə.nɛtʁ/ #1,222
- Galician fiestra/fiˈɛstɾa/ #1,225
- German fenster/ˈfɛnstɐ/ #955
- Greek παράθυρο[paˈɾaθiɾɔ] #999
- Hebrew חלון/χaˈlon/ a window #1,741
- Hindi खिड़की/kʰɪɽ.kiː/ #1,671
- Icelandic glugga/ˈklʏka/ #1,555
- Italian finestra/fiˈnɛs.tra/ #1,390
- Korean 창문[t͡ɕʰa̠ŋmun] #932
- Latvian logu/ˈluoɡu/ #1,211
- Lithuanian langas[¹ˈlɑˑŋɡɐs] #1,932
- Macedonian прозорец[ˈprɔzɔɾɛt͡s] #2,353
- Malay tingkap/ˈtiŋkap/ #921
- Malayalam ജനാല/d͡ʒɐnaːlɐ/ #1,477
- Norwegian vinduet/ˈvɪndʉə/ a window #1,152
- Persian پنجره[pʰæn.d͡ʒæ.ɹe] window, lattice #698
- Polish okno/ˈɔk.nɔ/ #1,646
- Portuguese janela/ʒaˈnɛ.lɐ/ #1,121
- Romanian fereastră/feˈɾe̯as.t̪ɾə/ #1,721
- Russian окно[ɐkˈno] #1,619
- Serbian prozor/prǒːzor/ #949
- Slovak okno/ˈɔknɔ/ #817
- Slovenian okno/ɔ̀ːknɔ/ #456
- Spanish ventana/benˈtana/ #1,116
- Swedish fönstret/ˈfœnstrɛt/ a window #1,413
- Tagalog bintana/binˈtanaʔ/ #1,033
- Tamil ஜன்னல்/dʒɐnːɐl/ #340
- Telugu కిటికీ/ˈkiʈikiː/ #1,392
- Ukrainian вікно[ʋʲikˈnɔ] #1,326
- Urdu کھڑکی/kʰɪɽ.kiː/ #1,251
- Vietnamese cửa[kɨə˧˩] door or window #298
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), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.