Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world’s population. It is consumed in various forms and has different names across cultures and languages. Learning how to say “rice” in different languages not only broadens our cultural understanding but also helps in appreciating the global significance of this essential grain.
Here is the list of how to say “rice” in 70 different languages, including their pronunciations:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Oriz | Pronunciation: Oh-reez
- Arabic (🇸🇦) – أرز (Aruzz) | Pronunciation: Ah-rooz
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Բրինձ (Brindz) | Pronunciation: Brinj
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Düyü | Pronunciation: Dew-yew
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Arroz | Pronunciation: Ah-ros
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Рыс (Rys) | Pronunciation: Rees
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – চাল (Chal) | Pronunciation: Chaal
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Riža | Pronunciation: Ree-zha
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Ориз (Oriz) | Pronunciation: Oh-rees
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Arròs | Pronunciation: Ah-ros
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Rýže | Pronunciation: Ree-zheh
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Ris | Pronunciation: Rees
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Rijst | Pronunciation: Rijst
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Rice | Pronunciation: Rys
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Riis | Pronunciation: Rees
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – برنج (Berenj) | Pronunciation: Beh-renj
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Riisi | Pronunciation: Ree-see
- French (🇫🇷) – Riz | Pronunciation: Reez
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ბრინჯი (Brinj) | Pronunciation: Brinj
- German (🇩🇪) – Reis | Pronunciation: Rys
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Ρύζι (Rýzi) | Pronunciation: Ree-zee
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – אורז (Orez) | Pronunciation: Oh-rez
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – चावल (Chāval) | Pronunciation: Chaa-vul
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Rizs | Pronunciation: Reezh
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Hrísgrjón | Pronunciation: Hreess-gryon
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Nasi | Pronunciation: Nah-see
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Rís | Pronunciation: Rees
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Riso | Pronunciation: Ree-so
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 米 (Kome) | Pronunciation: Koh-meh
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Күріш (Kúrish) | Pronunciation: Koo-reesh
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ស្រូវ (Srau) | Pronunciation: Srah-oo
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 쌀 (Ssal) | Pronunciation: Ssal
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Berç | Pronunciation: Berch
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Күрүч (Kürüch) | Pronunciation: Koo-ruch
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ເຂົ້າ (Khao) | Pronunciation: Khao
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Rīsi | Pronunciation: Ree-see
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Ryžiai | Pronunciation: Ree-zhy
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Räis | Pronunciation: Rys
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Ориз (Oriz) | Pronunciation: Oh-rees
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Nasi | Pronunciation: Nah-see
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ross | Pronunciation: Ross
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 米饭 (Mǐfàn) | Pronunciation: Mee-fahn
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – तांदूळ (Tānduḷ) | Pronunciation: Taan-dool
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Будаа (Budaa) | Pronunciation: Boo-dah
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – चामल (Chāmal) | Pronunciation: Chaa-mul
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Ris | Pronunciation: Rees
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – وریژې (Wriže) | Pronunciation: Wree-zhay
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Ryż | Pronunciation: Rizh
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Arroz | Pronunciation: Ah-rohz
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Orez | Pronunciation: Oh-rez
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Рис (Ris) | Pronunciation: Rees
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Пиринач (Pirinach) | Pronunciation: Pee-ree-nach
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – බත් (Bath) | Pronunciation: Bath
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Ryža | Pronunciation: Ree-zha
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Riž | Pronunciation: Reezh
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Bariis | Pronunciation: Bah-rees
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Arroz | Pronunciation: Ah-rohz
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Mchele | Pronunciation: M-che-leh
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Ris | Pronunciation: Rees
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Биринҷ (Birinch) | Pronunciation: Bee-reench
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – அரிசி (Arici) | Pronunciation: Ah-ree-see
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – బియ్యం (Biyyam) | Pronunciation: Bee-yam
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ข้าว (Khao) | Pronunciation: Khao
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Pirinç | Pronunciation: Pee-reench
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Рис (Rys) | Pronunciation: Rees
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – چاول (Chāval) | Pronunciation: Chaa-vul
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Guruch | Pronunciation: Goo-rooch
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Gạo | Pronunciation: Gah-ow
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Reis | Pronunciation: Rys
- Yoruba (🇳🇬) – Iresi | Pronunciation: Ee-re-si