“Storm” is a powerful and often awe-inspiring natural phenomenon characterized by strong winds, heavy rain, thunder, and lightning. The word for “storm” can vary significantly across different languages and cultures, providing a glimpse into the linguistic diversity of our world. In this article, we’ll explore how the word for “storm” is expressed in 70 different languages around the world, from the most widely spoken languages to some of the lesser-known ones.
Here is a list of how to say “storm” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Stuhi | Pronunciation: Stoo-hee
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – عاصفة (Aasifa) | Pronunciation: Aa-see-fah
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Փոթորիկ (P’otorik) | Pronunciation: Po-to-reek
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Fırtına | Pronunciation: Fır-tı-nah
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Ekaitz | Pronunciation: Eh-kay-ts
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Бура (Bura) | Pronunciation: Boo-rah
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – ঝড় (Jhaṛ) | Pronunciation: Jhawr
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Oluja | Pronunciation: Oh-loo-yah
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Буря (Burya) | Pronunciation: Boo-rya
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Tempesta | Pronunciation: Tem-pes-ta
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Bouře | Pronunciation: Booh-zhuh
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Storm | Pronunciation: Storm
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Storm | Pronunciation: Storm
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Storm | Pronunciation: Storm
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Torm | Pronunciation: Torm
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – طوفان (Toofan) | Pronunciation: Too-faan
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Myrsky | Pronunciation: Myr-skee
- French (🇫🇷) – Tempête | Pronunciation: Tom-pet
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ქარიშხალი (Karishkhali) | Pronunciation: Kah-ree-shkha-lee
- German (🇩🇪) – Sturm | Pronunciation: Shtoorm
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Καταιγίδα (Kataigida) | Pronunciation: Ka-tai-yee-da
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – סערה (Se’ara) | Pronunciation: Seh-ah-rah
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – तूफ़ान (Toofaan) | Pronunciation: Too-faan
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Vihar | Pronunciation: Vee-har
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Stormur | Pronunciation: Stor-mur
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Badai | Pronunciation: Bah-dai
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Stoirm | Pronunciation: Stur-im
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Tempesta | Pronunciation: Tem-pes-ta
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 嵐 (Arashi) | Pronunciation: Ah-ra-shee
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Дауыл (Dawyl) | Pronunciation: Dah-wyl
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ព្យុះ (Pyuh) | Pronunciation: Pee-yuh
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 폭풍 (Pokpoong) | Pronunciation: Pok-poong
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – توفان (Toofan) | Pronunciation: Too-faan
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Дауыл (Dawyl) | Pronunciation: Dah-wyl
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ພາຍຸ (Phāyu) | Pronunciation: Pha-yoo
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Vētra | Pronunciation: Veh-tra
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Audra | Pronunciation: Ow-dra
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Stuerm | Pronunciation: Shturm
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Бура (Bura) | Pronunciation: Boo-rah
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Ribut | Pronunciation: Ree-boot
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Maltemp | Pronunciation: Mal-temp
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 暴风雨 (Bàofēngyǔ) | Pronunciation: Bow-fuhng-yoo
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – वादळ (Vadhal) | Pronunciation: Vah-dhal
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Шуурга (Shuurgă) | Pronunciation: Shoor-guh
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – आँधी (Aandhi) | Pronunciation: Aan-dhee
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Storm | Pronunciation: Storm
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – طوفان (Toofan) | Pronunciation: Too-faan
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Burza | Pronunciation: Boo-zha
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Tempestade | Pronunciation: Tem-pes-tah-je
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Furtună | Pronunciation: Fur-too-nuh
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Шторм (Shtorm) | Pronunciation: Shtorm
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Олуја (Oluja) | Pronunciation: Oh-loo-ya
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – කුණාටුව (Kunātuva) | Pronunciation: Ku-naa-too-va
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Búrka | Pronunciation: Boor-kah
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Nevihta | Pronunciation: Ne-vee-ta
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Duufaan | Pronunciation: Doo-faan
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Tormenta | Pronunciation: Tor-men-ta
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Dhoruba | Pronunciation: Dho-roo-ba
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Storm | Pronunciation: Storm
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Тӯфон (Toofon) | Pronunciation: Too-fon
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – புயல் (Puyal) | Pronunciation: Poo-yal
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – తుఫాను (Tufaanu) | Pronunciation: Too-faa-noo
- Thai (🇹🇭) – พายุ (Phāyu) | Pronunciation: Pha-yoo
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Fırtına | Pronunciation: Fır-tı-nah
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Шторм (Shtorm) | Pronunciation: Shtorm
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – طوفان (Toofan) | Pronunciation: Too-faan
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Bo’ron | Pronunciation: Bor-on
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Bão | Pronunciation: Bow
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Storm | Pronunciation: Storm
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – Isiphepho | Pronunciation: Ee-see-peh-pho