How to say “wine” in 47 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 Persian, where می is the 26th most used word.
- Afrikaans wyn #402
- Albanian verë #852
- Arabic كأس a glass, especially a wine glass or arak glass #1,118
- Armenian գինի #582
- Basque ardo #719
- Bengali মদ alcohol, wine, spirits, liquor #642
- Bosnian vino #1,242
- Bulgarian вино #987
- Catalan vi #764
- Chinese 葡萄酒 #1,847
- Croatian vino #1,343
- Czech víno #1,436
- Danish vin #1,244
- Dutch wijn #1,149
- English champagne A sparkling white wine made from a blend of… #2,297
- Esperanto vino #1,780
- Estonian vein #1,788
- Finnish viiniä #1,916
- French vin #1,099
- Galician viño #762
- Georgian ღვინო #488
- German weinen #1,600
- Greek κρασί #1,001
- Hebrew יין #469
- Hungarian bort #2,120
- Icelandic vín #1,128
- Italian vino #1,246
- Korean 와인 #791
- Latvian vīnu #1,770
- Lithuanian vynas #1,794
- Macedonian вино #814
- Malayalam വീഞ്ഞ് wine; Fermented grape juice #1,140
- Norwegian vin #1,218
- Persian می #26
- Polish wina #469
- Portuguese vinho #1,213
- Romanian vinul #2,475
- Russian вино #2,104
- Serbian vino #1,206
- Slovak víno #783
- Slovenian vino #584
- Swedish vin #1,278
- Telugu సారా arrack, wine, intoxicating liquor #197
- Turkish şarap #980
- Ukrainian вино #1,198
- Urdu جام goblet; wine cup #729
- Vietnamese be wine flask #1,409
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.