How to say “without” in 53 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.
- sin/ˈsin/ Spanish
- без[bʲɪs] Russian
- بدون/bi.duː.ni/ Arabic
- बिना/bɪ.nɑː/ Hindi
- χωρίς/xoˈɾis/ Greek
- בלי/ˈbli/ Hebrew
“without” in Spanish: sin · French: sans · Italian: senza · Russian: без · Arabic: بدون · Hindi: बिना · Greek: χωρίς
It is commonest in Basque, where gabe is the 65th most used word.
Without in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans sonder/ˈsɔn.dər/ #169
- Albanian pa/pa/ without, minus #97
- Arabic بدون/bi.duː.ni/ #150
- Armenian առանց/ɑˈrɑnt͡sʰ/ #185
- Basque gabe/ɡabe/ #65
- Bengali নিশ্চিত/niʃt͡ʃit̪o/ certainly, surely, without doubt, positively #183
- Bosnian bez/bêz/ without, excluding, not counting #123
- Bulgarian без[bɛs] #109
- Catalan sense[ˈsen.sə] #139
- Chinese 全都/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ toʊ̯⁵⁵/ all; without exception #311
- Croatian bez/bêz/ without, excluding, not counting #123
- Czech bez[ˈbɛs] #172
- Danish uden/ˈuðən/ #170
- Dutch zonder/ˈzɔn.dər/ #224
- English only/ˈoʊn.li/ Without others or anything further;… #116
- Esperanto sen/sen/ #122
- Estonian üksi/ˈyksi/ Without other people #392
- Finnish ilman/ˈilmɑn/ #191
- French sans/sɑ̃/ #134
- Galician sen/ˈsiŋ/ #83
- Georgian გარეშე[ɡ̊äɾe̞ʃe̞] without; out of #201
- German immer/ˈɪmɐ/ at all times without exception #89
- Greek χωρίς/xoˈɾis/ without, -less, -free #163
- Hebrew בלי/ˈbli/ #191
- Hindi बिना/bɪ.nɑː/ without, lacking #258
- Hungarian nélkül[ˈneːlkyl] #254
- Icelandic án/ˈaun.ðɛs/ #170
- Indonesian sedang/səˈdaŋ/ Progressive aspect without necessarily a… #102
- Italian senza/ˈsɛn.t͡sa/ #178
- Korean 바로[pa̠ɾo̞] truly, without lie or deception #88
- Latvian bez/ˈbez/ #142
- Lithuanian be[ˈbʲɛ] #104
- Macedonian без[bɛs] #109
- Malay tanpa/ˈtanpa/ #216
- Malayalam വെറുതെ/ʋerud̪e/ without reward or profit #113
- Norwegian uten/ʉː.ten/ #173
- Persian بدون[be.d̪úː.ne] sans, without #133
- Polish bez/ˈbɛs/ without, lacking #114
- Portuguese sem/ˈsẽj̃/ -less; without #133
- Romanian sigur/ˈsi.ɡur/ certainly, definitely, without a doubt #119
- Russian без[bʲɪs] without, aside from, except, minus, free… #136
- Serbian bez/bêz/ without, excluding, not counting #124
- Slovak bez/ˈbɛs/ #121
- Slovenian brez/brɛs/ #91
- Spanish sin/ˈsin/ #115
- Swedish utan/ˈʉːˌtan/ #150
- Tagalog tiyak/tiˈak/ sure; certain; without doubt #1,086
- Tamil இல்லாமல்/ɪllɑːmɐl/ #223
- Telugu తప్పకుండా/ˈtappaˌkunɖaː/ surely, without fail #842
- Turkish tamam/tɑˈmɑːm/ complete, without defects #28
- Ukrainian без[bɛz] #99
- Urdu بغیر/bə.ɣɛːɾ/ #132
- Vietnamese thừa[tʰɨə˨˩] without doubt; surely; certainly #908
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.