The term “butler” conjures up images of a key household staff member, often responsible for overseeing the daily management of a home and tending to the needs of its occupants. This role varies widely around the world but maintains a position of respect and authority within household staff. Let’s discover how to say “butler” in 70 different languages, reflecting the cultural nuances and linguistic diversity globally.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Bulter | Pronunciation: Bool-ter
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – الخادم (Al-khadim) | Pronunciation: Al-kha-deem
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – բատլեր (Baatler) | Pronunciation: Baht-ler
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Butler | Pronunciation: But-ler
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Majordomo | Pronunciation: Ma-yor-do-mo
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Батлер (Batler) | Pronunciation: Bat-ler
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – বাটলার (Batlar) | Pronunciation: Baat-lar
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Batler | Pronunciation: But-ler
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Батлер (Batler) | Pronunciation: Bat-ler
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Majordom | Pronunciation: Ma-jor-dom
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Majordomus | Pronunciation: Ma-yor-do-mus
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Butler | Pronunciation: But-ler
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Butler | Pronunciation: But-ler
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Butler | Pronunciation: But-ler
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Majordoom | Pronunciation: Ma-jor-doom
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – خدمتگار ارشد (Khedmatgar ershad) | Pronunciation: Khehd-mat-gar er-shad
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Hovimestari | Pronunciation: Ho-vi-mes-ta-ri
- French (🇫🇷) – Majordome | Pronunciation: Ma-jor-dome
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – მაჟორდომი (Majordomi) | Pronunciation: Ma-jor-do-mi
- German (🇩🇪) – Butler | Pronunciation: But-ler
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Οικονόμος (Oikonomos) | Pronunciation: Ee-ko-no-mos
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – משרת (Mesharet) | Pronunciation: Me-sha-ret
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – खानसामा (Khansama) | Pronunciation: Khaan-sa-maa
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Komornyik | Pronunciation: Ko-mor-nyik
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Þjónn | Pronunciation: Thyonn
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Pelayan | Pronunciation: Pe-la-yan
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Giolla tí | Pronunciation: Gil-la tee
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Maggiordomo | Pronunciation: Ma-jor-do-mo
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 執事 (Shitsuji) | Pronunciation: Shee-tsu-ji
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Батлер (Batler) | Pronunciation: Bat-ler
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – អ្នកបម្រើ (Anak bomreu) | Pronunciation: Ah-nak bom-rew
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 집사 (Jibsa) | Pronunciation: Jib-sa
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Butlêr | Pronunciation: Boot-layr
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Батлер (Batler) | Pronunciation: Bat-ler
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຜູ້ຮັບເຊີນ (Phou hab xern) | Pronunciation: Poo hab sern
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Pavēlnieks | Pronunciation: Pa-veel-neeks
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Kamerdineris | Pronunciation: Ka-mer-di-ne-ris
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Butler | Pronunciation: But-ler
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Батлер (Batler) | Pronunciation: Bat-ler
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Juru Damai | Pronunciation: Ju-ru da-mai
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Butler | Pronunciation: But-ler
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 管家 (Guanjia) | Pronunciation: Gwan-jia
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – मेट्रे (Metre) | Pronunciation: Meh-tray
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Захирагч (Zakhiragch) | Pronunciation: Za-khi-ragch
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – खान्सामा (Khansama) | Pronunciation: Khaan-sa-maa
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Butler | Pronunciation: But-ler
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – خدمتګار (Khidmatgar) | Pronunciation: Khid-mat-gar
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – مهتر (Mehtar) | Pronunciation: Meh-tar
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Kamerdyner | Pronunciation: Ka-mer-dy-ner
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Mordomo | Pronunciation: Mor-do-mo
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Majordom | Pronunciation: Ma-jor-dom
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Дворецкий (Dvoretskiy) | Pronunciation: Dvor-et-skiy
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Батлер (Batler) | Pronunciation: Bat-ler
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – බැට්ලර් (Bætlar) | Pronunciation: Bat-lar
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Majordóm | Pronunciation: Ma-jor-doom
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Natakar | Pronunciation: Na-ta-kar
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Jeeble | Pronunciation: Jee-ble
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Mayordomo | Pronunciation: My-or-do-mo
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Mtumishi | Pronunciation: M-tu-mi-shi
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Butler | Pronunciation: But-ler
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Батлер (Batler) | Pronunciation: Bat-ler
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – பணியாளர் (Paniyalar) | Pronunciation: Pah-nee-ya-lar
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – పనివాడు (Panivadu) | Pronunciation: Pa-ni-va-du
- Thai (🇹🇭) – พ่อบ้าน (Phor ban) | Pronunciation: Por ban
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Uşak | Pronunciation: Oo-shak
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Батлер (Batler) | Pronunciation: Bat-ler
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – خانساماں (Khansama) | Pronunciation: Khan-sa-maan
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Хизматкор (Xizmatkor) | Pronunciation: Khi-zmat-kor
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Quản gia | Pronunciation: Kwan zia
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Bwtler | Pronunciation: Boot-ler