“Doodle,” a casual form of drawing often done absentmindedly, is a creative outlet found in various cultures around the world. Whether it’s scribbles on the margins of a notebook or intricate sketches on a digital pad, doodling is a universal activity that transcends language barriers. Here’s how you say “doodle” in 70 different languages, highlighting this playful form of expression.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Vizatim i lirë | Pronunciation: Vee-za-teem ee lee-rë
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – رسم عفوي (Rasam ‘afwi) | Pronunciation: Ras-em af-wee
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Հանրագիր (Hanragir) | Pronunciation: Han-ra-geer
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Qaralama | Pronunciation: Gha-ra-la-ma
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Marrazki | Pronunciation: Mar-rahs-kee
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Малюнак (Malyunak) | Pronunciation: Ma-lyu-nak
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – অঙ্কন (Onkon) | Pronunciation: On-kon
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Škrabotina | Pronunciation: Shkra-bo-tee-na
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Рисунка (Risunka) | Pronunciation: Ree-soon-ka
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Garabat | Pronunciation: Ga-ra-bat
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Čmáranice | Pronunciation: Chma-ra-nit-se
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Doodle | Pronunciation: Doo-dle
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Krabbel | Pronunciation: Kra-bel
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Doodle | Pronunciation: Doo-dle
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Kritseldus | Pronunciation: Krit-sel-dus
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – خط خطی (Khat khati) | Pronunciation: Khat kha-tee
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Luonnos | Pronunciation: Loo-nos
- French (🇫🇷) – Gribouillage | Pronunciation: Gree-boo-ee-yazh
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ნახაზი (Nakhazi) | Pronunciation: Na-kha-zi
- German (🇩🇪) – Kritzelei | Pronunciation: Krit-zuh-lie
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Σκαραβαίος (Skaravaios) | Pronunciation: Ska-ra-vey-os
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – קודל (Kudl) | Pronunciation: Koo-dl
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – रेखाचित्र (Rekhachitra) | Pronunciation: Re-kha-chi-tra
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Firkálás | Pronunciation: Fir-kah-lash
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Drasl | Pronunciation: Dras-l
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Coretan | Pronunciation: Cho-re-tan
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Dúdláil | Pronunciation: Doo-dlal
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Scarabocchio | Pronunciation: Ska-ra-bok-kio
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – ラクガキ (Rakugaki) | Pronunciation: Ra-ku-ga-ki
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Сызба (Syzba) | Pronunciation: Siz-ba
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – គូរស្រមោល (Kuor sromol) | Pronunciation: Koo-or sro-mol
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 낙서 (Nakseo) | Pronunciation: Nak-seo
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Doole | Pronunciation: Doo-le
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Сызык (Syzyk) | Pronunciation: See-zyk
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຮ້ອງຮຽນ (Hong hian) | Pronunciation: Hong hee-an
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Čākstēšana | Pronunciation: Chaak-ste-sha-na
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Piešinys | Pronunciation: Pye-shee-nis
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Gekritzels | Pronunciation: Geh-kritz-els
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Шарлатанство (Sharlatanstvo) | Pronunciation: Shar-la-tanst-vo
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Melukis | Pronunciation: Me-lu-kis
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Tpinġija | Pronunciation: Tpin-jee-ya
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 涂鸦 (Túyā) | Pronunciation: Too-ya
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – कुरळणे (Kuraḷṇe) | Pronunciation: Koo-ral-ne
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Тэмдэглэл (Temdeglel) | Pronunciation: Tem-de-glel
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – कोर्नु (Kornu) | Pronunciation: Ko-rnu
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Krussedull | Pronunciation: Kruss-e-dull
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – ډولډول (Doldol) | Pronunciation: Dol-dol
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – خط خطی (Khat khati) | Pronunciation: Khat kha-tee
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Bazgroły | Pronunciation: Baz-groo-ly
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Rabisco | Pronunciation: Ha-bis-ko
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Schiță | Pronunciation: Skeet-sa
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Рисунок (Risunok) | Pronunciation: Ree-soo-nok
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Шврљ (Shvrlj) | Pronunciation: Shvrlj
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – චිත්රකිරීම (Chitrakireema) | Pronunciation: Chi-tra-ki-ree-ma
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Čmáranica | Pronunciation: Chma-ra-nee-tsa
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Čačka | Pronunciation: Cha-chka
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Sawir | Pronunciation: Sa-weer
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Garabato | Pronunciation: Ga-ra-ba-to
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Michoro | Pronunciation: Mee-cho-ro
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Klotter | Pronunciation: Klot-ter
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Хатхат (Khatkhat) | Pronunciation: Khat-khat
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – வரைபடம் (Varaipadam) | Pronunciation: Va-rai-pa-dam
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – రాతలు (Ratalu) | Pronunciation: Ra-ta-lu
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ระเกะระกะ (Rake-raka) | Pronunciation: Ra-keh-ra-ka
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Karalama | Pronunciation: Ka-ra-la-ma
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Малюнок (Malyunok) | Pronunciation: Ma-lyu-nok
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – خاکہ (Khaka) | Pronunciation: Khaa-ka
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Chiziq | Pronunciation: Chee-zeek
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Vẽ bậy | Pronunciation: Veh bay
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Sgriffig | Pronunciation: Sgrif-fig