How to Say Fire in 70 Different Languages

Fire, the primal force that has both mesmerized and terrified humanity since time immemorial. Across cultures and continents, the word for “fire” reflects our deep-seated relationship with this elemental phenomenon. Let’s delve into the linguistic hearth and discover how to say “fire” in 70 different languages:

Albanian (🇦🇱) – Zjarr | Pronunciation: Zjahr
Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – نار (Nar) | Pronunciation: Nar
Armenian (🇦🇲) – Այր (Ayr) | Pronunciation: Eye-r
Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Oğru | Pronunciation: Ogh-roo
Basque (🇪🇸) – Su | Pronunciation: Soo
Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Агонь (Ahon’) | Pronunciation: A-gon
Bengali (🇧🇩) – আগুন (Agun) | Pronunciation: A-goon
Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Vatra | Pronunciation: Vah-tra
Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Огън (Ogǎn) | Pronunciation: O-gan
Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Foc | Pronunciation: Fock
Czech (🇨🇿) – Oheň | Pronunciation: O-hehny
Danish (🇩🇰) – Ild | Pronunciation: Il
Dutch (🇳🇱) – Vuur | Pronunciation: Voor
English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Fire | Pronunciation: Fai-yer
Estonian (🇪🇪) – Tuli | Pronunciation: Too-lee
Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – آتش (Atash) | Pronunciation: A-tash
Finnish (🇫🇮) – Tuli | Pronunciation: Too-li
French (🇫🇷) – Feu | Pronunciation: Fuh
Georgian (🇬🇪) – ცხვი (Tskhvi) | Pronunciation: Ts-kh-vee
German (🇩🇪) – Feuer | Pronunciation: Foy-er
Greek (🇬🇷) – Φωτιά (Fotía) | Pronunciation: Foh-tee-ah
Hebrew (🇮🇱) – אש (Esh) | Pronunciation: Esh
Hindi (🇮🇳) – आग (Aag) | Pronunciation: Aag
Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Tűz | Pronunciation: Tü-z
Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Eldur | Pronunciation: El-thur
Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Api | Pronunciation: Ah-pee
Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Tine | Pronunciation: Tin-eh
Italian (🇮🇹) – Fuoco | Pronunciation: Fwoh-ko
Japanese (🇯🇵) – 火 (Hi) | Pronunciation: Hee
Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Ат (At) | Pronunciation: At
Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – កន្ត្រា (Kandtrah) | Pronunciation: Kan-tra
Korean (🇰🇷) – 불 (Bul) | Pronunciation: Bool
Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Aş | Pronunciation: Ahsh
Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Ат (At) | Pronunciation: At
Lao (🇱🇦) – ດົງ (Dong) | Pronunciation: Dong
Latvian (🇱🇻) – Uguns | Pronunciation: Oo-goons
Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Ugnis | Pronunciation: Oog-nees
Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Feier | Pronunciation: Fai-er
Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Оган (Ogan) | Pronunciation: O-gan
Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Api | Pronunciation: Ah-pee
Maltese (🇲🇹) – Nar | Pronunciation: Nar
Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 火 (Huǒ) | Pronunciation: Hwaw
Marathi (🇮🇳) – आग (Aag) | Pronunciation: Aag
Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Гал (Gal) | Pronunciation: Gal
Nepali (🇳🇵) – आगो (Aago) | Pronunciation: Aa-go
Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Ild | Pronunciation: Eel
Pashto (🇦🇫) – وړ (Wur) | Pronunciation: Wur
Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – آتش (Atash) | Pronunciation: A-tash
Polish (🇵🇱) – Ogień | Pronunciation: Og-yen
Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Fogo | Pronunciation: Foh-goo
Romanian (🇷🇴) – Foc | Pronunciation: Fock
Russian (🇷🇺) – Огонь (Ogon’) | Pronunciation: O-gon
Serbian (🇷🇸) – Ватра (Vatra) | Pronunciation: Vah-tra
Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ගිනි (Gini) | Pronunciation: Gee-nee
Slovak (🇸🇰) – Oheň | Pronunciation: O-hehny
Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Ogenj | Pronunciation: O-gain
Somali (🇸🇴) – Qorax | Pronunciation: Kor-akh
Spanish (🇪🇸) – Fuego | Pronunciation: Fweh-go
Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Moto | Pronunciation: Mo-to
Swedish (🇸🇪) – Eld | Pronunciation: El-d
Tajik (🇹🇯) – От (Ot) | Pronunciation: Oht
Tamil (🇮🇳) – தீ (Thee) | Pronunciation: Thee
Telugu (🇮🇳) – అగ్ని (Agni) | Pronunciation: Ag-nee
Thai (🇹🇭) – ไฟ (Fai) | Pronunciation: Fahy
Turkish (🇹🇷) – Ateş | Pronunciation: Ah-tesh
Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Вогонь (Vohon’) | Pronunciation: Vo-hon
Urdu (🇵🇰) – آگ (Aag) | Pronunciation: Aag
Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Olov | Pronunciation: O-lov
Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Lửa | Pronunciation: Loo-ah
Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Tân | Pronunciation: Tahn