Rust is a common phenomenon that occurs when metal is exposed to moisture and air, causing it to corrode. The word for “rust” varies greatly across different languages, reflecting the unique ways cultures describe this process. In this article, we’ll explore how to say “rust” in 70 different languages.
Here is a list of how to say “rust” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Gërdallë | Pronunciation: gər-da-llë
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – صدأ (Sada’) | Pronunciation: sa-da’
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – ժանգ (Zháng) | Pronunciation: zhang
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Pas | Pronunciation: pas
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Herdoila | Pronunciation: her-doi-la
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Іржа (Irža) | Pronunciation: eer-zha
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – মরচে (Morche) | Pronunciation: mor-che
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Rđa | Pronunciation: rdja
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Ръжда (Razhda) | Pronunciation: razh-da
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Rovell | Pronunciation: ro-vey
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Rez | Pronunciation: rez
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Rust | Pronunciation: rust
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Roest | Pronunciation: roost
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Rust | Pronunciation: rust
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Rooste | Pronunciation: roos-teh
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – زنگزدگی (Zang-zadegi) | Pronunciation: zang-za-de-gi
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Ruoste | Pronunciation: roo-oh-ste
- French (🇫🇷) – Rouille | Pronunciation: roo-ee
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ჟანგი (Zhángi) | Pronunciation: zhan-gi
- German (🇩🇪) – Rost | Pronunciation: rost
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Σκουριά (Skouria) | Pronunciation: skoo-ree-a
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – חלודה (Khaluda) | Pronunciation: kha-lu-da
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – जंग (Jang) | Pronunciation: jang
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Rozsda | Pronunciation: rozh-da
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Ryð | Pronunciation: rith
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Karat | Pronunciation: ka-rat
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Meirge | Pronunciation: mer-ee-ga
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Ruggine | Pronunciation: roo-jee-neh
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 錆 (Sabi) | Pronunciation: sa-bi
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Тат (Tat) | Pronunciation: tat
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – សំណប់ (Sámnóap) | Pronunciation: sahm-noap
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 녹 (Nok) | Pronunciation: nok
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Zang | Pronunciation: zang
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Дат (Dat) | Pronunciation: dat
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ເນົາ (Nao) | Pronunciation: nao
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Rūsa | Pronunciation: roo-sa
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Rūdys | Pronunciation: roo-dees
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Rost | Pronunciation: rost
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – ‘Рѓа (Rđa) | Pronunciation: r-ga
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Karat | Pronunciation: ka-rat
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Sadid | Pronunciation: sa-deed
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 锈 (Xiù) | Pronunciation: shyo
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – गंज (Ganj) | Pronunciation: ganj
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Зэв (Zev) | Pronunciation: zev
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – जंग (Jang) | Pronunciation: jang
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Rust | Pronunciation: roost
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – زنګ (Zang) | Pronunciation: zang
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Rdza | Pronunciation: rdza
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Ferrugem | Pronunciation: fe-roo-zhem
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Rugină | Pronunciation: roo-gee-na
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Ржавчина (Rzhavchina) | Pronunciation: rzhav-chi-na
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Рђа (Rđa) | Pronunciation: rdja
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – කොටු (Kotu) | Pronunciation: ko-tu
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Hrdza | Pronunciation: hr-dza
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Rja | Pronunciation: rya
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Daxal | Pronunciation: da-khal
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Óxido | Pronunciation: ox-ee-do
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Kutu | Pronunciation: koo-too
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Rost | Pronunciation: rost
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Занг (Zang) | Pronunciation: zang
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – காடுவாய் (Kaaduvaay) | Pronunciation: kaa-du-vaai
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – తుప్పు (Tuppu) | Pronunciation: tuppu
- Thai (🇹🇭) – สนิม (Sanìm) | Pronunciation: sa-nim
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Pas | Pronunciation: pas
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Іржа (Irzha) | Pronunciation: eer-zha
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – زنگ (Zang) | Pronunciation: zang
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Zang | Pronunciation: zang
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Rỉ sét | Pronunciation: ree-set
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Rhwd | Pronunciation: rhoo-d
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – Udweshu | Pronunciation: oo-dwe-shoo