The concept of “double” plays a significant role in mathematics, language, and daily life, often representing a twofold increase or a pair of similar things. This term is widely used across various contexts, from sports to finance. Here, we’ll learn how to say “double” in 70 different languages, illustrating the global familiarity with this concept.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Dyfish | Pronunciation: Dee-fish
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – مضاعف (Mudaa’af) | Pronunciation: Moo-da-af
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Կրկնակի (Krk’naki) | Pronunciation: Kerk-na-kee
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – İkiqat | Pronunciation: Ee-kee-kat
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Bikoitza | Pronunciation: Bee-koy-tza
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Падвойны (Padvoyny) | Pronunciation: Pad-voy-nee
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – দ্বিগুণ (Dwigun) | Pronunciation: Dwi-goon
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Dvostruko | Pronunciation: Dvo-stru-ko
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Двоен (Dvoen) | Pronunciation: Dvo-en
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Doble | Pronunciation: Do-blay
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Dvojitý | Pronunciation: Dvo-yee-tee
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Dobbel | Pronunciation: Dob-el
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Dubbel | Pronunciation: Dub-el
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Double | Pronunciation: Duh-bul
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Topelt | Pronunciation: Toe-pelt
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – دوبرابر (Dobraber) | Pronunciation: Doh-bra-ber
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Kaksois | Pronunciation: Kahk-soys
- French (🇫🇷) – Double | Pronunciation: Doo-bluh
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ორმაგი (Ormagi) | Pronunciation: Or-ma-gee
- German (🇩🇪) – Doppelt | Pronunciation: Doh-pelt
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Διπλό (Diplo) | Pronunciation: Dee-plo
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – כפול (Kafoul) | Pronunciation: Ka-fool
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – दोगुना (Doguna) | Pronunciation: Do-goo-na
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Dupla | Pronunciation: Doo-pla
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Tvöfalt | Pronunciation: Tvee-falt
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Ganda | Pronunciation: Gan-da
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Dúbailte | Pronunciation: Doo-bal-teh
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Doppio | Pronunciation: Dop-pee-o
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 二重 (Nijuu) | Pronunciation: Nee-joo
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Екі есе (Eki ese) | Pronunciation: Eh-kee eh-seh
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ពីរដង (Pir dong) | Pronunciation: Peer dong
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 더블 (Deobeul) | Pronunciation: Doe-beul
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Dobl | Pronunciation: Doh-bl
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Эки эсе (Eki ese) | Pronunciation: Eh-kee eh-seh
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຫົກ (Hok) | Pronunciation: Hock
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Divkārš | Pronunciation: Div-karsh
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Dvigubas | Pronunciation: Dvi-goo-bas
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Duebel | Pronunciation: Due-bel
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Двоен (Dvoen) | Pronunciation: Dvo-en
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Berganda | Pronunciation: Ber-gan-da
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Doppju | Pronunciation: Dop-pyoo
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 双倍 (Shuāngbèi) | Pronunciation: Shuang-bay
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – दुहेरी (Duheri) | Pronunciation: Du-he-ree
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Хоёр дахин (Khoyor dakhin) | Pronunciation: Hoy-or dah-hin
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – दोब्बर (Dobbar) | Pronunciation: Doh-bbar
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Dobbel | Pronunciation: Dob-bel
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – دوه چنده (Dwah chanda) | Pronunciation: Dwa chan-da
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – دوبرابر (Dobraber) | Pronunciation: Do-bra-ber
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Podwójny | Pronunciation: Po-dvoy-ny
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Duplo | Pronunciation: Doo-plo
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Dublu | Pronunciation: Doo-bloo
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Двойной (Dvoynoy) | Pronunciation: Dvoy-noy
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Двоструки (Dvostruki) | Pronunciation: Dvo-stru-kee
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ද්විත්ව (Dvithva) | Pronunciation: Dvi-thva
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Dvojitý | Pronunciation: Dvo-yee-tee
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Dvojno | Pronunciation: Dvoj-no
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Labalaab | Pronunciation: La-ba-laab
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Doble | Pronunciation: Do-bleh
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Maradufu | Pronunciation: Ma-ra-du-foo
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Dubbel | Pronunciation: Dub-bel
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Дучанд (Duchand) | Pronunciation: Du-chand
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – இரட்டை (Irattai) | Pronunciation: I-ra-ttai
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – రెట్టింపు (Rettimpu) | Pronunciation: Re-ttim-pu
- Thai (🇹🇭) – สองเท่า (Song thao) | Pronunciation: Song tao
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Çift | Pronunciation: Cheeft
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Подвійний (Podviynyi) | Pronunciation: Pod-viyn-yi
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – دوگنا (Doguna) | Pronunciation: Do-gu-na
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Ikki karra | Pronunciation: Ik-ki kar-ra
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Gấp đôi | Pronunciation: Gap doi
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Dwbl | Pronunciation: Doub-l