“Green” is a vibrant and ubiquitous color, symbolizing growth, renewal, and nature. Just as this color appears all around us in the environment, the word for “green” varies across languages, offering a fascinating glimpse into linguistic diversity. Here, we explore how to say “green” in 70 different languages. This compilation might serve as a handy reference for travelers, linguists, or anyone curious about language.
Here’s how to say “green” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Jeshil | Pronunciation: Yeh-sheel
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – أخضر (Akhḍar) | Pronunciation: Ahk-dar
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Կանաչ (Kanach) | Pronunciation: Ka-nach
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Yaşıl | Pronunciation: Yah-shil
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Berde | Pronunciation: Ber-deh
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Зялёны (Zialiony) | Pronunciation: Zya-lyo-ny
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – সবুজ (Sobuj) | Pronunciation: Sho-boo-j
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Zelen | Pronunciation: Ze-len
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Зелен (Zelen) | Pronunciation: Ze-len
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Verd | Pronunciation: Vehrd
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Zelený | Pronunciation: Zeh-leh-nee
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Grøn | Pronunciation: Grurn
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Groen | Pronunciation: Groon
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Green | Pronunciation: Green
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Roheline | Pronunciation: Ro-he-line
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – سبز (Sabz) | Pronunciation: Sabz
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Vihreä | Pronunciation: Veeh-rey-ah
- French (🇫🇷) – Vert | Pronunciation: Vair
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – მწვანე (Mtsvane) | Pronunciation: Mts-vah-neh
- German (🇩🇪) – Grün | Pronunciation: Groon
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Πράσινο (Prasino) | Pronunciation: Prah-see-no
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – ירוק (Yarok) | Pronunciation: Ya-rok
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – हरा (Hara) | Pronunciation: Huh-rah
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Zöld | Pronunciation: Zuld
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Grænn | Pronunciation: Grai-nn
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Hijau | Pronunciation: Hee-jow
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Glas | Pronunciation: Glas
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Verde | Pronunciation: Vehr-deh
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 緑 (Midori) | Pronunciation: Mee-doh-ree
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Жасыл (Jasyl) | Pronunciation: Jah-suhl
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – បៃតង (Baitang) | Pronunciation: Bai-tong
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 초록 (Chorok) | Pronunciation: Cho-rok
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Kesk | Pronunciation: Kesk
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Жашыл (Jashyl) | Pronunciation: Jah-shil
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຂຽວ (Khiao) | Pronunciation: Kee-ow
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Zaļš | Pronunciation: Zahls
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Žalias | Pronunciation: Zha-lyas
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Gréng | Pronunciation: Greng
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Зелена (Zelena) | Pronunciation: Zeh-leh-nah
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Hijau | Pronunciation: Hee-jow
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Aħdar | Pronunciation: Ah-dar
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 绿色 (Lǜsè) | Pronunciation: Lyoo-seh
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – हिरवा (Hirvā) | Pronunciation: Hir-vah
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Ногоон (Nogoon) | Pronunciation: No-goon
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – हरियो (Hariyo) | Pronunciation: Ha-ree-yo
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Grønn | Pronunciation: Grun
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – شین (Shin) | Pronunciation: Sheen
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – سبز (Sabz) | Pronunciation: Sabz
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Zielony | Pronunciation: Zee-lo-ny
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Verde | Pronunciation: Vehr-jee
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Verde | Pronunciation: Vehr-deh
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Зелёный (Zelyony) | Pronunciation: Zeh-lyo-ny
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Зелена (Zelena) | Pronunciation: Zeh-leh-nah
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – කොළ (Kola) | Pronunciation: Koh-la
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Zelený | Pronunciation: Zeh-leh-nee
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Zelen | Pronunciation: Zeh-len
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Cagaar | Pronunciation: Chah-gahr
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Verde | Pronunciation: Vehr-deh
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Kijani | Pronunciation: Kee-jah-nee
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Grön | Pronunciation: Groon
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Сабз (Sabz) | Pronunciation: Sabz
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – பச்சை (Pachchai) | Pronunciation: Patch-eye
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – ఆకుపచ్చ (Ākupacca) | Pronunciation: Ah-koo-patch-cha
- Thai (🇹🇭) – สีเขียว (S̄ī k̄hī̂yw) | Pronunciation: See-khee-yow
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Yeşil | Pronunciation: Yeh-shil
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Зелений (Zelenyy) | Pronunciation: Ze-leh-neey
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – سبز (Sabz) | Pronunciation: Sabz
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Yashil | Pronunciation: Yah-shil
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Xanh | Pronunciation: Sahnh
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Gwyrdd | Pronunciation: Gweerth