“Drip” is a term that describes the act of a liquid falling in small drops, and just like many simple actions, the term for it varies across languages. It’s intriguing to see how different languages convey this concept, reflecting their unique phonetics and cultural nuances. Here’s how to say “drip” in 70 different languages, highlighting the linguistic diversity around the globe:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Pika | Pronunciation: Pee-kah
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – قطرة (Qatra) | Pronunciation: Ka-tra
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – կաթիլ (K’at’il) | Pronunciation: Kah-teel
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Damcı | Pronunciation: Dam-jee
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Tanta | Pronunciation: Tan-ta
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Кропля (Kroplia) | Pronunciation: Krop-lya
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – ফোঁটা (Phōṇṭā) | Pronunciation: Foh-taa
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Kap | Pronunciation: Kap
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Капка (Kapka) | Pronunciation: Kap-ka
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Gota | Pronunciation: Go-ta
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Kapka | Pronunciation: Kap-ka
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Dråbe | Pronunciation: Draw-beh
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Druppel | Pronunciation: Druh-pel
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Drip | Pronunciation: Drip
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Tilk | Pronunciation: Till-k
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – چکه (Chekeh) | Pronunciation: Che-keh
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Tippa | Pronunciation: Tip-pah
- French (🇫🇷) – Goutte | Pronunciation: Goot
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – წვეთი (Tsveti) | Pronunciation: Tsvet-ee
- German (🇩🇪) – Tropfen | Pronunciation: Trop-fen
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Σταγόνα (Stagona) | Pronunciation: Sta-go-na
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – טיפה (Tipa) | Pronunciation: Tee-pah
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – बूंद (Boond) | Pronunciation: Boon-d
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Csepp | Pronunciation: Chep
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Dropi | Pronunciation: Dro-pee
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Tetes | Pronunciation: Teh-tes
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Braon | Pronunciation: Bree-on
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Goccia | Pronunciation: Go-chia
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 雫 (Shizuku) | Pronunciation: Shee-zoo-koo
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Тамшы (Tamshy) | Pronunciation: Tam-shee
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – តែង (Taeng) | Pronunciation: Ta-eng
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 물방울 (Mulbang-ul) | Pronunciation: Mul-bang-ool
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Qatra | Pronunciation: Qah-tra
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Тамчы (Tamchy) | Pronunciation: Tam-chy
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຕານ (Tān) | Pronunciation: Tahn
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Pilieni | Pronunciation: Pi-lien-i
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Lašas | Pronunciation: Lah-shas
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Drecken | Pronunciation: Dre-cken
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Капка (Kapka) | Pronunciation: Kap-ka
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Titisan | Pronunciation: Tee-tee-san
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Qatra | Pronunciation: Qah-tra
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 滴 (Dī) | Pronunciation: Dee
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – थेंब (Themb) | Pronunciation: Them-b
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Цус агшилт (Tsus agshilt) | Pronunciation: Tsus ag-shilt
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – थोपा (Thopa) | Pronunciation: Tho-pah
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Dryppe | Pronunciation: Drip-pe
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – څاڅکی (Chachkey) | Pronunciation: Cha-ch-key
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – چکیدن (Chekidan) | Pronunciation: Che-kee-dan
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Kropla | Pronunciation: Kro-pla
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Gota | Pronunciation: Go-tah
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Picătură | Pronunciation: Pee-cah-too-rah
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Капля (Kaplya) | Pronunciation: Kap-lya
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Кап (Kap) | Pronunciation: Kap
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – බිඳුම (Binduma) | Pronunciation: Bin-doo-mah
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Kvapka | Pronunciation: Kvap-ka
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Kaplja | Pronunciation: Kap-lya
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Dhibic | Pronunciation: Dhi-bic
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Gota | Pronunciation: Go-tah
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Tone | Pronunciation: Toh-neh
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Dropp | Pronunciation: Drop
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Қатра (Qatra) | Pronunciation: Qa-tra
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – துளி (Tuḷi) | Pronunciation: Thoo-lee
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – చుక్క (Chukka) | Pronunciation: Chook-ka
- Thai (🇹🇭) – หยด (Yot) | Pronunciation: Yot
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Damla | Pronunciation: Daml-a
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Крапля (Kraplya) | Pronunciation: Krap-lya
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – قطرہ (Qatra) | Pronunciation: Qat-rah
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Tomchi | Pronunciation: Tom-chee
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Giọt | Pronunciation: Yot
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Diferyn | Pronunciation: Dee-ver-in