“Ordinary” is a word that describes something common, usual, or not special. The term “ordinary” can be translated differently across languages and cultures. In this article, we’ll explore how the word “ordinary” is expressed in 70 different languages, from the most widely spoken languages to some lesser-known ones.
Here is a list of how to say “ordinary” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – I zakonshëm | Pronunciation: Ee zah-kon-shum
- Arabic (🇸🇦) – عادي (Aadi) | Pronunciation: Ah-dee
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Սովորական (Sovorakan) | Pronunciation: So-vo-ra-kan
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Adi | Pronunciation: Ah-dee
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Arrunta | Pronunciation: Ah-roon-ta
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Звычайны (Zvyčajny) | Pronunciation: Zvi-chai-ny
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – সাধারণ (Sādhāraṇa) | Pronunciation: Saa-dha-raṇ
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Običan | Pronunciation: O-bi-chan
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Обикновен (Obiknoven) | Pronunciation: O-bik-no-ven
- Catalan (🇪🇸) – Ordinari | Pronunciation: Or-di-na-ri
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Obyčejný | Pronunciation: O-by-chei-ny
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Almindelig | Pronunciation: Al-min-de-lig
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Gewoon | Pronunciation: Ge-woon
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Ordinary | Pronunciation: Or-di-na-ry
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Tavaline | Pronunciation: Ta-va-li-ne
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – عادی (Aadi) | Pronunciation: Ah-dee
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Tavallinen | Pronunciation: Ta-val-li-nen
- French (🇫🇷) – Ordinaire | Pronunciation: Or-di-naire
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ჩვეულებრივი (Chveulebrivi) | Pronunciation: Chve-u-le-bri-vi
- German (🇩🇪) – Gewöhnlich | Pronunciation: Ge-wöhn-lich
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Κανονικός (Kanonikós) | Pronunciation: Ka-no-ni-kos
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – רגיל (Ragil) | Pronunciation: Ra-gil
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – साधारण (Sādhāraṇa) | Pronunciation: Saa-dha-raṇ
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Rendes | Pronunciation: Ren-des
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Venjulegur | Pronunciation: Ven-ju-le-gur
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Biasa | Pronunciation: Bi-a-sa
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Gnáth | Pronunciation: Gn-aw
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Ordinario | Pronunciation: Or-di-na-rio
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 普通の (Futsū no) | Pronunciation: Foo-tsoo no
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Қарапайым (Qarapayym) | Pronunciation: Ka-ra-pa-yim
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ទូទៅ (Tuteuv) | Pronunciation: Tu-teu
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 평범한 (Pyeongbeomhan) | Pronunciation: Pyong-bom-han
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – ئاسایی (Asayi) | Pronunciation: Ah-sa-yi
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Кадимки (Kadmki) | Pronunciation: Ka-dim-ki
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ທົ່ວໄປ (Thua pai) | Pronunciation: Thua pai
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Parasts | Pronunciation: Pa-rasts
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Paprastas | Pronunciation: Pa-pras-tas
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Gewéinlech | Pronunciation: Ge-wein-lech
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Обичен (Obichen) | Pronunciation: O-bi-chen
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Biasa | Pronunciation: Bi-a-sa
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ordinarju | Pronunciation: Or-di-nar-ju
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 普通的 (Pǔtōng de) | Pronunciation: Poo-tong de
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – साधारण (Sādhāraṇ) | Pronunciation: Saa-dha-raṇ
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Энгийн (Engiin) | Pronunciation: Eng-in
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – साधारण (Sādhāraṇa) | Pronunciation: Saa-dha-raṇ
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Vanlig | Pronunciation: Van-lig
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – عادي (Aadi) | Pronunciation: Ah-dee
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Zwykły | Pronunciation: Zvi-kwi
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Ordinário | Pronunciation: Or-di-nah-rio
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Obișnuit | Pronunciation: O-bi-shnuit
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Обычный (Obychnyy) | Pronunciation: O-bich-nyy
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Обичан (Običan) | Pronunciation: O-bi-chan
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – සාමාන්ය (Sāmānya) | Pronunciation: Saa-maa-nya
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Obyčajný | Pronunciation: O-by-chai-ny
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Navaden | Pronunciation: Na-va-den
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Caadi | Pronunciation: Aa-di
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Ordinario | Pronunciation: Or-di-na-rio
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Kawaida | Pronunciation: Ka-wai-da
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Vanlig | Pronunciation: Van-lig
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Одатӣ (Odati) | Pronunciation: O-da-ti
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – சாதாரணமான (Sādhāraṇamāṉa) | Pronunciation: Saa-dhaa-ra-na-maa-na
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – సాధారణ (Sādhāraṇa) | Pronunciation: Saa-dha-raṇa
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ปกติ (Pòkati) | Pronunciation: Po-ka-ti
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Sıradan | Pronunciation: Sı-ra-dan
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Звичайний (Zvychaynyy) | Pronunciation: Zvi-chai-ny
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – عام (Aam) | Pronunciation: Aam
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Oddiy | Pronunciation: O-di
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Bình thường | Pronunciation: Bing thuong
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Cyffredin | Pronunciation: Kə-fre-din
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – Okuvamile | Pronunciation: O-ku-va-mi-le