“Bread” is one of the most basic and universally consumed foods, playing a key role in many cultural cuisines around the world. Here’s how to say “bread” in 70 different languages, showing both the diversity and the connection we share through food.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Buka | Pronunciation: Boo-kah
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – خبز (Khubz) | Pronunciation: Khubz
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Հաց (Hats) | Pronunciation: Hats
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Çörək | Pronunciation: Chor-ek
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Ogia | Pronunciation: Oh-gi-a
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Хлеб (Khleb) | Pronunciation: Khleb
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – পাউরুটি (Pauruti) | Pronunciation: Pow-ru-tee
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Kruh | Pronunciation: Krooh
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Хляб (Hlyab) | Pronunciation: Hlyab
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Pa | Pronunciation: Pah
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Chléb | Pronunciation: Khleb
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Brød | Pronunciation: Broed
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Brood | Pronunciation: Brohd
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Bread | Pronunciation: Bread
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Leib | Pronunciation: Layb
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – نان (Nan) | Pronunciation: Naan
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Leipä | Pronunciation: Lay-pa
- French (🇫🇷) – Pain | Pronunciation: Pahn
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – პური (Puri) | Pronunciation: Poo-ree
- German (🇩🇪) – Brot | Pronunciation: Broht
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Ψωμί (Psomi) | Pronunciation: Pso-mee
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – לחם (Lechem) | Pronunciation: Le-khem
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – रोटी (Roti) | Pronunciation: Ro-tee
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Kenyér | Pronunciation: Ke-nyer
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Brauð | Pronunciation: Broi-th
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Roti | Pronunciation: Ro-tee
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Arán | Pronunciation: Ah-rawn
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Pane | Pronunciation: Pah-neh
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – パン (Pan) | Pronunciation: Pan
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Нан (Nan) | Pronunciation: Nan
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – នំ (Nom) | Pronunciation: Nom
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 빵 (Ppang) | Pronunciation: Pahng
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Nan | Pronunciation: Nan
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Нан (Nan) | Pronunciation: Nan
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ເຂົ້າຈີ່ (Khao jee) | Pronunciation: Kao jee
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Maize | Pronunciation: My-zeh
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Duona | Pronunciation: Dwo-na
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Brout | Pronunciation: Broot
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Леб (Leb) | Pronunciation: Leb
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Roti | Pronunciation: Ro-tee
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ħobż | Pronunciation: Hobz
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 面包 (Miànbāo) | Pronunciation: Myen-bao
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – पाव (Pav) | Pronunciation: Paav
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Талх (Talkh) | Pronunciation: Tahlkh
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – रोटी (Roti) | Pronunciation: Ro-tee
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Brød | Pronunciation: Broed
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – خوږ (Khwor) | Pronunciation: Khow-rr
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – نان (Nan) | Pronunciation: Naan
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Chleb | Pronunciation: Hleb
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Pão | Pronunciation: Pown
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Pâine | Pronunciation: Pai-ne
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Хлеб (Khleb) | Pronunciation: Khleb
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Хлеб (Hleb) | Pronunciation: Hleb
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – පාන් (Paan) | Pronunciation: Paan
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Chlieb | Pronunciation: Hlieb
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Kruh | Pronunciation: Krooh
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Rooti | Pronunciation: Rooti
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Pan | Pronunciation: Pan
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Mkate | Pronunciation: Mka-te
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Bröd | Pronunciation: Brud
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Нон (Non) | Pronunciation: Non
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – ரொட்டி (Rotti) | Pronunciation: Roh-tee
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – రొట్టె (Rotte) | Pronunciation: Roh-tay
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ขนมปัง (Khanom pang) | Pronunciation: Kha-nom pang
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Ekmek | Pronunciation: Ek-mek
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Хліб (Khlіb) | Pronunciation: Khleeb
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – روٹی (Roti) | Pronunciation: Ro-tee
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Non | Pronunciation: Non
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Bánh mì | Pronunciation: Banh mee
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Bara | Pronunciation: Bah-ra