“December” marks the twelfth and final month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, known for its festive celebrations and as a time of reflection and family gatherings. Here’s how you say “December” in 70 different languages, highlighting the linguistic richness that surrounds this globally recognized month.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Dhjetor | Pronunciation: Dyet-or
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – ديسمبر (Dīsambir) | Pronunciation: Dee-sem-ber
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Դեկտեմբեր (Dektember) | Pronunciation: Dek-tem-ber
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Dekabr | Pronunciation: Deh-kabr
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Abendua | Pronunciation: Ah-ben-du-a
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Снежань (Snezan’) | Pronunciation: Snye-zan
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – ডিসেম্বর (Ḍisembar) | Pronunciation: Dee-shem-bor
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Decembar | Pronunciation: Deh-tsem-bar
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Декември (Dekemvri) | Pronunciation: Deh-kem-vree
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Desembre | Pronunciation: Deh-sam-bray
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Prosinec | Pronunciation: Pro-si-nets
- Danish (🇩🇰) – December | Pronunciation: Deh-sem-ber
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – December | Pronunciation: Deh-sem-ber
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – December | Pronunciation: Deh-sem-ber
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Detsember | Pronunciation: Deh-tsem-ber
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – دسامبر (Dey) | Pronunciation: Dey
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Joulukuu | Pronunciation: Yow-lu-kuu
- French (🇫🇷) – Décembre | Pronunciation: Day-sahm-bruh
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – დეკემბერი (Dek’emberi) | Pronunciation: Dek-em-beh-ree
- German (🇩🇪) – Dezember | Pronunciation: Deh-tsem-ber
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Δεκέμβριος (Dekémvrios) | Pronunciation: Dek-em-vree-os
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – דצמבר (Detsember) | Pronunciation: De-tsem-ber
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – दिसंबर (Disambar) | Pronunciation: Dis-am-bar
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – December | Pronunciation: Deh-tsem-ber
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Desember | Pronunciation: Deh-sem-ber
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Desember | Pronunciation: Deh-sem-ber
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Nollaig | Pronunciation: Nul-ig
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Dicembre | Pronunciation: Dee-chem-bray
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 12月 (Jūnigatsu) | Pronunciation: Joo-nee-gah-tsu
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Желтоқсан (Zheltoqsan) | Pronunciation: Zhel-tok-san
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ធ្នូ (Tnou) | Pronunciation: T-noo
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 12월 (Sibiwol) | Pronunciation: Shi-bee-wol
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Berfanbar | Pronunciation: Ber-fan-bar
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Декабрь (Dekabr) | Pronunciation: Deh-kabr
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ທັນວາ (Thanwa) | Pronunciation: Tan-wa
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Decembris | Pronunciation: De-tsem-bris
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Gruodis | Pronunciation: Gruo-dis
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Dezember | Pronunciation: Deh-tsem-ber
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Декември (Dekemvri) | Pronunciation: Deh-kem-vree
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Disember | Pronunciation: Dee-sem-ber
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Diċembru | Pronunciation: Dee-chem-brew
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 十二月 (Shí’èryuè) | Pronunciation: Shrr-ar-yueh
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – डिसेंबर (Ḍisēmbara) | Pronunciation: Di-sem-bar
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Арван хоёрдугаар сар (Arvan khoer dugaar sar) | Pronunciation: Ar-van hoy-er du-gar sar
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – डिसेम्बर (Ḍisembar) | Pronunciation: Di-sem-bar
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Desember | Pronunciation: Deh-sem-ber
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – دسمبر (Dasambar) | Pronunciation: Dah-sam-bar
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – دسامبر (Dey) | Pronunciation: Dey
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Grudzień | Pronunciation: Gru-jen
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Dezembro | Pronunciation: Deh-zem-bro
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Decembrie | Pronunciation: De-chem-bree
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Декабрь (Dekabr’) | Pronunciation: De-kabr
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Децембар (Decembar) | Pronunciation: De-tsem-bar
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – දෙසැම්බර් (Desambar) | Pronunciation: De-sam-bar
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – December | Pronunciation: De-sem-ber
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – December | Pronunciation: De-sem-ber
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Diseembar | Pronunciation: Dee-sem-bar
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Diciembre | Pronunciation: Dee-thee-em-bray
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Desemba | Pronunciation: De-sem-bah
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – December | Pronunciation: Deh-sem-ber
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Декабр (Dekabr) | Pronunciation: De-kabr
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – டிசம்பர் (Ṭicambar) | Pronunciation: Ti-sam-bar
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – డిసెంబర్ (Ḍisembar) | Pronunciation: Di-sem-bar
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ธันวาคม (Thanwaakhom) | Pronunciation: Tan-wa-kom
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Aralık | Pronunciation: A-ra-lik
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Грудень (Hruden’) | Pronunciation: Gru-den
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – دسمبر (Disambar) | Pronunciation: Di-sam-bar
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Dekabr | Pronunciation: De-kabr
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Tháng mười hai | Pronunciation: Tahng muoi hai
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Rhagfyr | Pronunciation: Rag-vir