How to say “wine” in 47 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.
- вино[vʲɪˈno] Russian
- 葡萄酒/pʰu³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese
- 와인[wa̠in] Korean
- κρασί/kɾaˈsi/ Greek
- יין/ˈja(j)in/ Hebrew
- ღვინო[ʁʷino̞] Georgian
“wine” in French: vin · German: weinen · Italian: vino · Portuguese: vinho · Chinese: 葡萄酒 · Korean: 와인 · Russian: вино · Turkish: şarap
It is commonest in Persian, where می is the 26th most used word.
Wine in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans wyn/vəi̯n/ #402
- Albanian verë/ˈvɛɾə/ #852
- Arabic كأس/kaʔs/ a glass, especially a wine glass or arak glass #1,118
- Armenian գինի/ɡiˈni/ #582
- Basque ardo/ardo/ #719
- Bengali মদ/mɔd̪/ alcohol, wine, spirits, liquor #642
- Bosnian vino/ʋǐːno/ #1,242
- Bulgarian вино[ˈvino] #987
- Catalan vi[ˈbi] #764
- Chinese 葡萄酒/pʰu³⁵ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ #1,847
- Croatian vino/ʋǐːno/ #1,343
- Czech víno[ˈviːno] #1,436
- Danish vin/viːˀn/ #1,244
- Dutch wijn/ʋɛi̯n/ #1,149
- English champagne/ʃæmˈpeɪn/ A sparkling white wine made from a blend of… #2,297
- Esperanto vino/ˈvino/ #1,780
- Estonian vein/ˈvei̯n/ #1,788
- Finnish viiniä/ˈviːnɪæ/ #1,916
- French vin/vɛ̃/ #1,099
- Galician viño/ˈbiɲo/ #762
- Georgian ღვინო[ʁʷino̞] #488
- German weinen/ˈvaɪ̯nən/ #1,600
- Greek κρασί/kɾaˈsi/ #1,001
- Hebrew יין/ˈja(j)in/ #469
- Hungarian bort[ˈbort] #2,120
- Icelandic vín[ˈviːn] #1,128
- Italian vino/ˈvi.no/ #1,246
- Korean 와인[wa̠in] #791
- Latvian vīnu/ˈʋiːnu/ #1,770
- Lithuanian vynas[²ˈʋʲiːnɐs] #1,794
- Macedonian вино[ˈvinɔ] #814
- Malayalam വീഞ്ഞ്/ʋiːɲɲɨ/ wine; Fermented grape juice #1,140
- Norwegian vin/ʋiːn/ #1,218
- Persian می[mej] #26
- Polish wina/ˈvi.na/ #469
- Portuguese vinho/ˈvĩ.ɲu/ #1,213
- Romanian vinul/ˈvinul/ #2,475
- Russian вино[vʲɪˈno] #2,104
- Serbian vino/ʋǐːno/ #1,206
- Slovak víno/viːnɔ/ #783
- Slovenian vino/ʋìːnɔ/ #584
- Swedish vin/viːn/ #1,278
- Telugu సారా/ˈsaːraː/ arrack, wine, intoxicating liquor #197
- Turkish şarap/ʃaˈɾap/ #980
- Ukrainian вино[ʋeˈnɔ] #1,198
- Urdu جام/d͡ʒɑːm/ goblet; wine cup #729
- Vietnamese be[ʔɓɛ˧˧] wine flask #1,409
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.