The mathematical concept of “squaring” a number is fundamental in various fields, from basic arithmetic to advanced calculus. Different languages have their own terms for this concept. Here’s how to say “square” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Katror | Pronunciation: Kat-ror
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – تربيع (Tarbee’) | Pronunciation: Tar-bee’
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – քառակուսի (Karrakusi) | Pronunciation: Ka-ra-ku-see
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Kvadrat | Pronunciation: Kvah-drat
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Karratu | Pronunciation: Ka-rra-too
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – квадрат (Kvadrat) | Pronunciation: Kvah-drat
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – বর্গ (Borgo) | Pronunciation: Bor-go
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Kvadrat | Pronunciation: Kvah-drat
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – квадрат (Kvadrat) | Pronunciation: Kvah-drat
- Catalan (🇪🇸) – Quadrat | Pronunciation: Kwah-drat
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Čtverec | Pronunciation: Sht-ve-rets
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Kvadrat | Pronunciation: Kvah-drat
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Vierkant | Pronunciation: Veer-kant
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Square | Pronunciation: Skwehr
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Ruut | Pronunciation: Root
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – مربع (Morabba’) | Pronunciation: Mo-rab-ba’
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Neliö | Pronunciation: Ne-li-ö
- French (🇫🇷) – Carré | Pronunciation: Ka-ray
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – კვადრატი (Kvadrati) | Pronunciation: Kva-dra-ti
- German (🇩🇪) – Quadrat | Pronunciation: Kva-drat
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Τετράγωνο (Tetrágono) | Pronunciation: Teh-tra-go-no
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – ריבוע (Reebua) | Pronunciation: Ree-boo-ah
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – वर्ग (Varg) | Pronunciation: Varg
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Négyzet | Pronunciation: Nay-dzhet
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Ferningur | Pronunciation: Fer-nin-gur
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Persegi | Pronunciation: Per-se-gi
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Cearnóg | Pronunciation: Kyarn-og
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Quadrato | Pronunciation: Kwa-dra-to
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 二乗 (Nijou) | Pronunciation: Nee-joh
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Шаршы (Sharshy) | Pronunciation: Shar-shi
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ការ៉េ (Ka-ray) | Pronunciation: Kah-ray
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 제곱 (Jegop) | Pronunciation: Jeh-gop
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – کڤادڕات (Kvadrat) | Pronunciation: Kvah-drat
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Төртбурчтук (Törtburchuk) | Pronunciation: Tort-bur-chuk
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ການແປງ (Kanpaeng) | Pronunciation: Kan-paeng
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Kvadrāts | Pronunciation: Kvah-drats
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Kvadratas | Pronunciation: Kva-dra-tas
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Quadrat | Pronunciation: Kva-drat
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Квадрат (Kvadrat) | Pronunciation: Kva-drat
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Petak | Pronunciation: Peh-tak
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Kwadrat | Pronunciation: Kwad-rat
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 平方 (Píngfāng) | Pronunciation: Ping-fahng
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – वर्ग (Varg) | Pronunciation: Varg
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Квадрат (Kvadrat) | Pronunciation: Kva-drat
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – वर्ग (Varg) | Pronunciation: Varg
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Kvadrat | Pronunciation: Kvah-drat
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – مربع (Morabba’) | Pronunciation: Mo-rab-ba’
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – مربع (Morabba’) | Pronunciation: Mo-rab-ba’
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Kwadrat | Pronunciation: Kva-drat
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Quadrado | Pronunciation: Kwa-dra-do
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Pătrat | Pronunciation: Puh-trat
- Russian (🇷🇺) – квадрат (Kvadrat) | Pronunciation: Kva-drat
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – квадрат (Kvadrat) | Pronunciation: Kva-drat
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – සතරැස් (Satharaes) | Pronunciation: Sa-tha-ra-es
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Štvorec | Pronunciation: Shtvo-rets
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Kvadrat | Pronunciation: Kva-drat
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Afar-geesle | Pronunciation: A-far-gees-le
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Cuadrado | Pronunciation: Kwa-dra-do
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Mraba | Pronunciation: M-rah-ba
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Fyrkant | Pronunciation: Fir-kant
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – квадрат (Kvadrat) | Pronunciation: Kva-drat
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – சதுரம் (Sathuram) | Pronunciation: Sa-thu-ram
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – చతురస్రం (Chaturasram) | Pronunciation: Cha-tu-ra-sram
- Thai (🇹🇭) – สี่เหลี่ยมจัตุรัส (Sī Līem Čattu Rats) | Pronunciation: See-leeyam-jat-too-rats
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Kare | Pronunciation: Kah-reh
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – квадрат (Kvadrat) | Pronunciation: Kva-drat
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – مربع (Morabba’) | Pronunciation: Mo-rab-ba’
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Kvadrat | Pronunciation: Kvah-drat
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Hình vuông | Pronunciation: Hin-voong
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Sgwâr | Pronunciation: Sgwar