A knob is a rounded handle or a control switch used in various devices and contexts. Understanding how to say “knob” in different languages can provide interesting insights into the linguistic diversity and cultural significance of everyday objects. In this article, we’ll explore how to say “knob” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Dorezë | Pronunciation: Doh-reh-zuh
- Arabic (🇸🇦) – مقبض (Miqbad) | Pronunciation: Miq-bad
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – կոճակ (Kochak) | Pronunciation: Ko-chak
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Düyme | Pronunciation: Doo-yee-meh
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Bola | Pronunciation: Bo-la
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Ручка (Ruchka) | Pronunciation: Roosh-ka
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – নক (Nok) | Pronunciation: Nok
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Kvaka | Pronunciation: Kva-ka
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Дръжка (Drazhka) | Pronunciation: Dra-zhka
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Pomo | Pronunciation: Po-mo
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Knoflík | Pronunciation: Knoh-fleek
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Knop | Pronunciation: Knop
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Knop | Pronunciation: Knop
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Knob | Pronunciation: Nob
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Nupp | Pronunciation: Nupp
- Farsi (🇮🇷) – دستگیره (Dastgīreh) | Pronunciation: Dast-gee-reh
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Nuppi | Pronunciation: Nup-pi
- French (🇫🇷) – Bouton | Pronunciation: Boo-ton
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – სახელური (Sakheluri) | Pronunciation: Sa-khe-lu-ri
- German (🇩🇪) – Knopf | Pronunciation: Knopf
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Κουμπί (Koumbí) | Pronunciation: Koum-bee
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – ידית (Yadit) | Pronunciation: Ya-deet
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – घुंडी (Ghundi) | Pronunciation: Ghoon-di
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Gomb | Pronunciation: Gomb
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Hnappur | Pronunciation: Hnap-pur
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Tombol | Pronunciation: Tom-bol
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Cnaipe | Pronunciation: Knap-pe
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Manopola | Pronunciation: Ma-no-po-la
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – ノブ (Nobu) | Pronunciation: No-bu
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Түйме (Tüime) | Pronunciation: Tuy-meh
- Khmer (🇰🇭) – ប៊ូតុង (Butong) | Pronunciation: Boo-tong
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 손잡이 (Sonjabi) | Pronunciation: Son-ja-bi
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Şik | Pronunciation: Shik
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Түймө (Tüymö) | Pronunciation: Tuy-moh
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ປຸ່ມ (Poūm) | Pronunciation: Po-um
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Poga | Pronunciation: Po-ga
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Rankenėlė | Pronunciation: Ran-ke-ne-le
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Knäpp | Pronunciation: Knap
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Копче (Kopche) | Pronunciation: Kop-che
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Tombol | Pronunciation: Tom-bol
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Manku | Pronunciation: Man-ku
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 旋钮 (Xuánniǔ) | Pronunciation: Shuan-nyoo
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – बटन (Baṭan) | Pronunciation: Ba-tan
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Товч (Tovch) | Pronunciation: Tovch
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – घुंडी (Ghundi) | Pronunciation: Ghoon-di
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Knott | Pronunciation: Knott
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – دکنه (Dəkna) | Pronunciation: Da-kna
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Gałka | Pronunciation: Gaw-ka
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Puxador | Pronunciation: Poo-sha-dor
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Buton | Pronunciation: Boo-ton
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Ручка (Ruchka) | Pronunciation: Roosh-ka
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Дугме (Dugme) | Pronunciation: Dug-meh
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – කණුව (Kaṇuva) | Pronunciation: Ka-nu-va
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Gombík | Pronunciation: Gohm-beek
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Gumb | Pronunciation: Gumb
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Kubbad | Pronunciation: Kub-bad
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Perilla | Pronunciation: Pe-ree-ya
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Kifundo | Pronunciation: Ki-fun-do
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Knopp | Pronunciation: Knopp
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Тугмача (Tugmacha) | Pronunciation: Toog-ma-cha
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – கைப்பிடி (Kaippidi) | Pronunciation: Kai-pi-di
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – గుంపు (Gunpu) | Pronunciation: Gun-pu
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ลูกบิด (Lūkbit) | Pronunciation: Look-bit
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Topuz | Pronunciation: To-pooz
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Ручка (Ruchka) | Pronunciation: Roosh-ka
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – دستہ (Dasta) | Pronunciation: Das-ta
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Tutqich | Pronunciation: Tut-kich
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Núm | Pronunciation: Noom
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Pen | Pronunciation: Pen
- Yiddish (🇮🇱) – קנאָבל (Knobl) | Pronunciation: Kno-bl