Popcorn is a popular snack enjoyed by people all around the world, especially while watching movies. The word for “popcorn” varies across different languages and cultures. In this article, we’ll explore how the word for “popcorn” is expressed in 70 different languages, from the most commonly spoken languages to some of the lesser-known ones.
Here is a list of how to say “popcorn” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Kokoshka | Pronunciation: Ko-ko-shka
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – فشار (Fushar) | Pronunciation: Foo-shar
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Պոպկորն (Popkorn) | Pronunciation: Pop-korn
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Popkorn | Pronunciation: Pop-korn
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Krispetak | Pronunciation: Kris-peh-tak
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Папкорн (Papkorn) | Pronunciation: Pap-korn
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – পপকর্ন (Popcorn) | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Kokice | Pronunciation: Ko-kee-tse
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Пуканки (Pukanki) | Pronunciation: Poo-kan-ki
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Crispetes | Pronunciation: Kris-peh-tes
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Popcorn | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Popcorn | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Popcorn | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Popcorn | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Popkorn | Pronunciation: Pop-korn
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – پاپکورن (Papcorn) | Pronunciation: Pap-korn
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Popcorn | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- French (🇫🇷) – Pop-corn | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – პოპკორნი (Popkorni) | Pronunciation: Pop-kor-ni
- German (🇩🇪) – Popcorn | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Ποπκόρν (Popkorn) | Pronunciation: Pop-korn
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – פופקורן (Popcorn) | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – पॉपकॉर्न (Popcorn) | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Pattogatott kukorica | Pronunciation: Pat-toh-ga-tot koo-ko-ree-tsa
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Popp | Pronunciation: Pop
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Popcorn | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Grán rósta | Pronunciation: Grahn ro-sta
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Popcorn | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – ポップコーン (Poppukōn) | Pronunciation: Pop-poo-kohn
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Попкорн (Popkorn) | Pronunciation: Pop-korn
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ប៉ុបខន (Popkon) | Pronunciation: Pop-kon
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 팝콘 (Papkorn) | Pronunciation: Pap-korn
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – پۆپکۆرن (Popkorn) | Pronunciation: Pop-korn
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Попкорн (Popkorn) | Pronunciation: Pop-korn
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ປັອບຄອນ (Popkhon) | Pronunciation: Pop-khon
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Popkorns | Pronunciation: Pop-korns
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Spragėsiai | Pronunciation: Sprah-geh-see-eye
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Popcorn | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Пуканки (Pukanki) | Pronunciation: Poo-kan-ki
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Popcorn | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Popcorn | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 爆米花 (Bàomǐhuā) | Pronunciation: Bow-mee-hwa
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – पॉपकॉर्न (Popcorn) | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Попкорн (Popkorn) | Pronunciation: Pop-korn
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – पप्कर्न (Popcorn) | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Popcorn | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – پوپکورن (Popcorn) | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – پاپکورن (Papcorn) | Pronunciation: Pap-korn
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Popcorn | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Pipoca | Pronunciation: Pee-poh-kah
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Floricele de porumb | Pronunciation: Flo-ree-che-leh deh poh-rum
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Попкорн (Popkorn) | Pronunciation: Pop-korn
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Кокице (Kokice) | Pronunciation: Ko-kee-tse
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – පොප්කෝන් (Popkon) | Pronunciation: Pop-kon
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Popcorn | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Kokice | Pronunciation: Ko-kee-tse
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Popcorn | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Palomitas | Pronunciation: Pah-lo-mee-tahs
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Popcorn | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Popcorn | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Попкорн (Popkorn) | Pronunciation: Pop-korn
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – பாப்கார்ன் (Pāp kārṉ) | Pronunciation: Paap-kaarn
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – పాప్కార్న్ (Pāpkārn) | Pronunciation: Paap-kaarn
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ป๊อปคอร์น (Bpɔ́pkɔɔn) | Pronunciation: Bpop-kon
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Patlamış mısır | Pronunciation: Pat-lah-mish muh-sir
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Попкорн (Popkorn) | Pronunciation: Pop-korn
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – پاپکارن (Popcorn) | Pronunciation: Pop-corn
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Popkorn | Pronunciation: Pop-korn
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Bỏng ngô | Pronunciation: Bong-ngoh
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Popgorn | Pronunciation: Pop-gorn