“Jade” is a precious stone highly valued for its beauty and cultural significance, particularly in East Asia. The word for “jade” varies across languages, reflecting the rich diversity of human cultures and their interactions with this stunning mineral. Below is a list of how to say “jade” in 70 different languages:
- Afrikaans (🇿🇦) – Jade | Pronunciation: Yah-deh
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Xhel | Pronunciation: Jel
- Amharic (🇪🇹) – ይድ (Yid) | Pronunciation: Yid
- Arabic (🇸🇦) – يشم (Yashm) | Pronunciation: Yah-shm
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Ջեյդ (Jeyd) | Pronunciation: Jeyd
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Jade | Pronunciation: Jah-deh
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Jadea | Pronunciation: Jah-deh-ah
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Нефрыт (Nefryt) | Pronunciation: Nef-rit
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – জেড (Jed) | Pronunciation: Jed
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Žad | Pronunciation: Zhad
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Нефрит (Nefrit) | Pronunciation: Nef-rit
- Catalan (🇪🇸) – Jade | Pronunciation: Jah-deh
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Jadeit | Pronunciation: Jah-dey-it
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Jade | Pronunciation: Yah-deh
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Jade | Pronunciation: Yah-deh
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Jade | Pronunciation: Jayd
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Jaa(d) | Pronunciation: Yahd
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – یشم (Yashm) | Pronunciation: Yah-shm
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Jade | Pronunciation: Yah-deh
- French (🇫🇷) – Jade | Pronunciation: Zhad
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ჯეიდი (Jeidi) | Pronunciation: Jey-di
- German (🇩🇪) – Jade | Pronunciation: Yah-deh
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Νεφρίτης (Nefritis) | Pronunciation: Ne-fri-tis
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – ירקן (Yarqan) | Pronunciation: Yar-kan
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – जेड (Jed) | Pronunciation: Jed
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Jade | Pronunciation: Yah-deh
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Jade | Pronunciation: Yah-deh
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Giok | Pronunciation: Gee-ok
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Seoid | Pronunciation: Shoyd
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Giada | Pronunciation: Jah-dah
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 翡翠 (Hisui) | Pronunciation: Hee-soo-ee
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Жад (Zhad) | Pronunciation: Zhad
- Khmer (🇰🇭) – ឈ្មោះ (Chhmaos) | Pronunciation: Chh-maos
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 비취 (Bichwi) | Pronunciation: Bee-chwee
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – ژاد (Zhâd) | Pronunciation: Zhahd
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Жадеит (Zhadeit) | Pronunciation: Zha-deyt
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຊິນສີໄຂຊີນ (Sinsii Khaysi) | Pronunciation: Sin-see Khai-see
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Žadeīts | Pronunciation: Zha-deyts
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Žadeitas | Pronunciation: Zha-dei-tas
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Jade | Pronunciation: Yah-deh
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Жад (Žad) | Pronunciation: Zhad
- Malay (🇲🇾) – Giok | Pronunciation: Gee-ok
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ġada | Pronunciation: Jah-da
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 玉 (Yù) | Pronunciation: Yoo
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – जेड (Jed) | Pronunciation: Jed
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Нефрит (Nefrit) | Pronunciation: Nef-rit
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – जेड (Jed) | Pronunciation: Jed
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Jade | Pronunciation: Yah-deh
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – يَشم (Yashm) | Pronunciation: Yah-shm
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Jadeit | Pronunciation: Yah-deyt
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Jade | Pronunciation: Zha-deh
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Jad | Pronunciation: Zhad
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Жадеит (Zhadeit) | Pronunciation: Zha-deyt
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Жадеит (Zhadeit) | Pronunciation: Zha-deyt
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ජේඩ් (Jed) | Pronunciation: Jed
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Jadeit | Pronunciation: Yah-deyt
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Žad | Pronunciation: Zhad
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Jeydi | Pronunciation: Jey-di
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Jade | Pronunciation: Hah-deh
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Jade | Pronunciation: Jah-deh
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Jade | Pronunciation: Yah-deh
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Жадеит (Zhadeit) | Pronunciation: Zha-deyt
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – ஜேடு (Jed) | Pronunciation: Jed
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – జేడ్ (Jed) | Pronunciation: Jed
- Thai (🇹🇭) – หยก (Yok) | Pronunciation: Yohk
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Yeşim | Pronunciation: Yeh-shim
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Жадеит (Zhadeit) | Pronunciation: Zha-deyt
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – يشم (Yashm) | Pronunciation: Yah-shm
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Jadeit | Pronunciation: Jah-deyt
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Ngọc | Pronunciation: Ngok