“Lungs” are essential organs for respiration in humans and many animals, playing a crucial role in breathing and oxygen exchange. Understanding how to refer to this vital organ in various languages can be both interesting and educational. Here, we’ll explore how the word for “lungs” is expressed in 70 different languages around the world.
Here is a list of how to say “lungs” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Mushkëri | Pronunciation: Moosh-ke-ree
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – رئتين (Ri’atayn) | Pronunciation: Ree-a-tayn
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Թոքեր (T’oker) | Pronunciation: Toh-ker
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Ağciyərlər | Pronunciation: Ahj-jeh-ryar
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Birikak | Pronunciation: Bee-ree-kak
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Лёгкія (Lyoha) | Pronunciation: Lyo-hee-yah
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – ফুসফুস (Phusphus) | Pronunciation: Foos-foos
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Pluća | Pronunciation: Ploo-cha
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Бели дробове (Beli drobove) | Pronunciation: Beh-lee droh-boh-veh
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Pulmons | Pronunciation: Pool-mons
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Plíce | Pronunciation: Plee-tseh
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Lunger | Pronunciation: Loong-er
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Longen | Pronunciation: Lohn-gen
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Lungs | Pronunciation: Luhngs
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Kopsud | Pronunciation: Kohp-suud
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – ریهها (Riyeha) | Pronunciation: Ree-yeh-ha
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Keuhkot | Pronunciation: Keh-oo-kot
- French (🇫🇷) – Poumons | Pronunciation: Poo-mon
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ფილტვები (P’ilt’vebi) | Pronunciation: Pilt-veh-bee
- German (🇩🇪) – Lungen | Pronunciation: Loong-en
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Πνεύμονες (Pnévmones) | Pronunciation: Pnev-mo-nes
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – ריאות (Re’ot) | Pronunciation: Reh-oht
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – फेफड़े (Phephade) | Pronunciation: Phay-phu-ray
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Tüdők | Pronunciation: Tü-dohk
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Lungu | Pronunciation: Loon-goo
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Paru-paru | Pronunciation: Pah-roo pah-roo
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Scamhóga | Pronunciation: Skah-voh-gah
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Polmoni | Pronunciation: Pol-moh-nee
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 肺 (Hai) | Pronunciation: Hah-ee
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Өкпелер (Ökpe-ler) | Pronunciation: Ök-peh-ler
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ផ្នែក (Phnek) | Pronunciation: Phnek
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 폐 (Pye) | Pronunciation: Pye
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Pûl | Pronunciation: Pool
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Өпкө (Öpkö) | Pronunciation: Öp-kö
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ປອດ (Pod) | Pronunciation: Pod
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Plaušas | Pronunciation: Plau-shas
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Plaučiai | Pronunciation: Plau-chai
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Longen | Pronunciation: Lohng-en
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Бели дробови (Beli drobovi) | Pronunciation: Beh-lee dro-bo-vi
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Paru-paru | Pronunciation: Pah-roo pah-roo
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Pulmuni | Pronunciation: Pool-moo-nee
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 肺 (Fèi) | Pronunciation: Fay
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – फुफ्फुसे (Phuphphuse) | Pronunciation: Phu-phoo-say
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Уушиг (Uushig) | Pronunciation: Oo-shig
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – फोक्सो (Phokso) | Pronunciation: Phok-so
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Lunger | Pronunciation: Loong-er
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – سږي (Sangai) | Pronunciation: San-gay
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Płuca | Pronunciation: Pwut-sah
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Pulmões | Pronunciation: Pool-mohn-s
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Plămâni | Pronunciation: Pluh-mun
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Лёгкие (Lyogkiye) | Pronunciation: Lyoh-kee-ye
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Плућа (Pluća) | Pronunciation: Ploo-cha
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – හෘදය (Hridaya) | Pronunciation: Hri-day-ya
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Pľúca | Pronunciation: Plyu-tsa
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Pljuča | Pronunciation: Ploo-cha
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Sambabada | Pronunciation: Sam-ba-ba-da
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Pulmones | Pronunciation: Pool-mo-nes
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Mapafu | Pronunciation: Mah-pah-fu
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Lungor | Pronunciation: Loong-ohr
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Шушҳо (Shushho) | Pronunciation: Shoosh-ho
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – மூச்சுக்கொட்டை (Mūccukkoṭṭai) | Pronunciation: Moo-chook-ko-tay
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – ఊపిరితిత్తులు (Ūpiritittulu) | Pronunciation: Oo-pee-ree-tit-too-loo
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ปอด (P̄xd) | Pronunciation: Pawd
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Akciğerler | Pronunciation: Ahk-jee-er-ler
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Легені (Leheni) | Pronunciation: Le-he-ni
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – پھیپھڑے (Phephray) | Pronunciation: Phay-phu-ray
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – O’pkalar | Pronunciation: Ohp-ka-lar
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Phổi | Pronunciation: Foy
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Ysgyfaint | Pronunciation: Uh-sguh-vaint
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – Amaphaphu | Pronunciation: Ah-mah-pah-phoo