A “switch” is a device used to turn something on or off, and the word for it can vary significantly across different languages. Here’s how to say “switch” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Ndërprerës | Pronunciation: Nder-prer-es
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – مفتاح (Miftāh) | Pronunciation: Mif-tah
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Անջատիչ (Anjatich) | Pronunciation: An-ja-tich
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Açarı | Pronunciation: Ah-cha-ri
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Eten | Pronunciation: Eh-ten
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Выключальнік (Vyklyuchal’nik) | Pronunciation: Vik-lyoo-chal-nik
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – সুইচ (Suic) | Pronunciation: Soo-ich
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Prekidač | Pronunciation: Pre-kee-dach
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Прекъсвач (Prekŭsvach) | Pronunciation: Pre-kŭs-vach
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Interruptor | Pronunciation: In-ter-ru-ptor
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Spínač | Pronunciation: Spee-nach
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Kontakt | Pronunciation: Kon-takt
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Schakelaar | Pronunciation: Scha-ke-laar
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Switch | Pronunciation: Switch
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Lüliti | Pronunciation: Lyu-li-tee
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – کلید (Kelid) | Pronunciation: Ke-lid
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Kytkin | Pronunciation: Koot-kin
- French (🇫🇷) – Interrupteur | Pronunciation: An-te-rup-teur
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – გამორთვის (Gamortvis) | Pronunciation: Ga-mor-tvis
- German (🇩🇪) – Schalter | Pronunciation: Schal-ter
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Διακόπτης (Diakoptis) | Pronunciation: Dee-a-kop-tees
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – מתג (Meteg) | Pronunciation: Meh-teg
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – स्विच (Svic) | Pronunciation: Switch
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Kapcsoló | Pronunciation: Kap-cho-lo
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Rofi | Pronunciation: Ro-fi
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Sakelar | Pronunciation: Sa-ke-lar
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Lasca | Pronunciation: Lah-ska
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Interruttore | Pronunciation: In-ter-rut-to-re
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – スイッチ (Suicchi) | Pronunciation: Su-ee-chee
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Ауыстырғыш (Auystrgysh) | Pronunciation: Ah-oo-ys-tur-ghysh
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ផ្លាស់ប្តូរ (Phlasa Pdau) | Pronunciation: Plah-sah Pdo
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 스위치 (Suwichi) | Pronunciation: Soo-wee-chee
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – کۆنەکە (Konaka) | Pronunciation: Ko-na-ka
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Өчүргүч (Öchürgüch) | Pronunciation: O-chür-güch
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ສະຫວ່າງ (Sa-hwang) | Pronunciation: Sa-hwang
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Slēdzis | Pronunciation: Slay-dzis
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Jungiklis | Pronunciation: Yoon-gik-lis
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Schalter | Pronunciation: Schal-ter
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Прекинувач (Prekinuvač) | Pronunciation: Pre-kee-noo-vach
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Suis | Pronunciation: Su-eess
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Swiċċ | Pronunciation: Switch
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 开关 (Kāiguān) | Pronunciation: Kie-gwan
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – स्विच (Svic) | Pronunciation: Switch
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Унтраалга (Untraalga) | Pronunciation: Oon-tra-al-ga
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – स्विच (Svic) | Pronunciation: Switch
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Bryter | Pronunciation: Br-ee-ter
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – سویچ (Swich) | Pronunciation: Switch
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – کلید (Kelid) | Pronunciation: Ke-lid
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Przełącznik | Pronunciation: Pshe-won-ch-nik
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Interruptor | Pronunciation: In-ter-ru-ptor
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Întrerupător | Pronunciation: Un-tre-ru-pa-tor
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Переключатель (Pereklyuchatel’) | Pronunciation: Pe-re-klyu-cha-tel’
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Прекидач (Prekidač) | Pronunciation: Pre-kee-dach
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ස්විච් (Svic) | Pronunciation: Switch
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Prepínač | Pronunciation: Pre-pee-nach
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Stikalo | Pronunciation: Stee-ka-lo
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Bedelka | Pronunciation: Be-del-ka
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Interruptor | Pronunciation: In-ter-ru-ptor
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Swichi | Pronunciation: Swee-chee
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Strömbrytare | Pronunciation: Strom-bree-ta-re
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Калид (Kalid) | Pronunciation: Kah-lid
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – மின்சார பலகை (Minsara Palakai) | Pronunciation: Min-sah-ra Pa-la-kai
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – స్విచ్ (Svic) | Pronunciation: Switch
- Thai (🇹🇭) – สวิตช์ (Swîtch) | Pronunciation: Switch
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Anahtar | Pronunciation: A-nahtar
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Вимикач (Vymykach) | Pronunciation: Vih-mih-kach
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – سوئچ (Swich) | Pronunciation: Switch
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Tugma | Pronunciation: Toog-ma
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Công tắc | Pronunciation: Kong-tak
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Switsh | Pronunciation: Switch