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Word of the day
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- amigo Spanish
- arkadaş Turkish
- Người bạn Vietnamese
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Turkish
VietnameseSpanish is spoken in Spain, among other places.
81 words, 176 languages
One word in many languages
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- Age62
- Animal94
- Bird84
- Black73
- Blue70
- Bread93
- Brown60
- Cat95
- City25
- Clothes71
- Darkness47
- Desert72
- Dog96
- Dream62
- Drink60
- Drinking35
- Earth175
- Eating45
- Education81
- Family79
- Father69
- Fire78
- Fish98
- Flower22
- Food84
- Forest78
- Free (of charge)25
- Freedom55
- Friend37
- Give13
- God81
- Going11
- Grandparents82
- Grey62
- Green71
- Heart88
- Human87
- Lake75
- Language91
- Learn52
- Light72
- Mind59
- Moon119
- Mother71
- Mountain86
- Name75
- Orange66
- Partner53
- Peace71
- People59
- Pink61
- Product47
- Rain83
- Red74
- Road24
- School73
- Sea81
- Sky64
- Sleeping62
- Snow72
- Soul62
- Speak51
- Sport127
- Star87
- Street20
- Sun95
- Take14
- Talk29
- Teal22
- Think60
- Time71
- Tomorrow29
- Tree86
- War76
- Water99
- White73
- Wind72
- Wish31
- Yellow75
- Yesterday34
- Youth73
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Writing systems
The same word, written in different alphabets and scripts.
- Latin120
- Cyrillic19
- Arabic6
- Devanagari3
- Bengali2
- Ethiopic2
- Han2
- Hebrew2
- Tibetan2
- Armenian1
- Canadian Syllabics1
- Georgian1
- Greek1
- Gujarati1
- Hangul1
- Kannada1
- Khmer1
- Lao1
- Malayalam1
- Myanmar1
- Oriya1
- Sinhala1
- Tamil1
- Telugu1
- Thaana1
- Thai1
- Yi1
Latin 120 languages
- gaqamboAfar
- waterAfrikaans
- TumtumAkan
- ujiAlbanian
- auguaAragonese
- umaAymara
- suAzerbaijani
- jiBambara
- urBasque
- EarthBhojpuri
- wotaBislama
- dourBreton
- aiguaCatalan
- hånomChamorro
- Dziko LapansiChewa
- dowrCornish
- acquaCorsican
- atimwCree
- vodaCroatian
- vodaCzech
- vandDanish
- waterDutch
- waterEnglish
- akvoEsperanto
- vesiEstonian
- 3tsiEwe
- vatnFaroese
- waiFijian
- vesiFinnish
- eauFrench
- ndiyamFula
- augaGalician
- WasserGerman
- maiGikuyu
- iffiaqGreenlandic
- yGuarani
- dloHaitian Creole
- ruwaHausa
- EarthHerero
- EarthHiri Motu
- vízHungarian
- vatnIcelandic
- aquoIdo
- mmiriIgbo
- airIndonesian
- aquaInterlingua
- aquaInterlingue
- imiqIñupiaq
- uisceIrish
- acquaItalian
- banyuJavanese
- EarthKanuri
- amaziKinyarwanda
- UmukateKirundi
- mazaKongo
- avKurmanji
- EarthKwanyama
- aquaLatin
- ūdensLatvian
- waterLimburgish
- máiLingala
- vanduoLithuanian
- amazziLuganda
- WaasserLuxembourgish
- ranoMalagasy
- airMalay
- annimalMaltese
- ushteyManx
- waiMāori
- EarthMarshallese
- ebokNauruan
- tóNavajo
- EarthNdonga
- čáhciNorthern Sami
- EarthNorwegian
- vatnNynorsk
- aigaOccitan
- bishaanOromo
- EarthPali
- wodaPolish
- águaPortuguese
- yakuQuechua
- apăRomanian
- AnimalsRomansh
- vaiSamoan
- SêseSango
- abaSardinian
- uisgeScottish Gaelic
- vodaSerbo-Croatian
- metsiSesotho
- mvuraShona
- vodaSlovak
- vodaSlovene
- biyoSomali
- izinjaSouthern Ndebele
- aguaSpanish
- aiweStandard Walloon
- caiSundanese
- majiSwahili
- SilwaneSwazi
- vattenSwedish
- tubigTagalog
- ’ere’ereTahitian
- vaiTongan
- matiTsonga
- LefatsheTswana
- suTurkish
- suwTurkmen
- nsuoTwi
- suvUzbek
- PhukhaVenda
- nướcVietnamese
- vatVolapük
- dŵrWelsh
- wetterWest Frisian
- ndoxWolof
- amanziXhosa
- omiYoruba
- raemxZhuang
- amanziZulu
Cyrillic 19 languages
- АдгьылAbkhaz
- РакьAvar
- йәшBashkir
- узростBelarusian
- Старост — ОстаряванеBulgarian
- IаьржаChechen
- ꙀємлꙗChurch Slavonic
- ӲсĕмChuvash
- ЖерKazakh
- МуKomi
- ЖерKyrgyz
- возрастMacedonian
- ДэлхийMongolian
- ЗæххOssetian
- водаRussian
- узрастSerbian
- заминTajik
- кеше яшеTatar
- вікUkrainian
Arabic 6 languages
- ماءArabic
- شخص سٕنٛز وٲنسKashmiri
- ځمکهPashto
- سنPersian
- ڌرتيSindhi
- يەر شارىUyghur
Devanagari 3 languages
- पृथ्वीMarathi
- पृथ्वीNepali
- पृथ्वीSanskrit
Bengali 2 languages
- পৃথিৱীAssamese
- বয়সBangla
Ethiopic 2 languages
- እድሜAmharic
- መሬትTigrinya
Han 2 languages
- 年龄Chinese
- 年齢Japanese
Hebrew 2 languages
- גילHebrew
- עלטערYiddish
Tibetan 2 languages
- འཛམ་གླིངDzongkha
- སའི་གོ་ལ།Tibetan
Armenian 1 language
- ԵրկիրArmenian
Canadian Syllabics 1 language
- ᓄᓇInuktitut
Georgian 1 language
- დედამიწაGeorgian
Greek 1 language
- ηλικίαGreek
Gujarati 1 language
- પૃથ્વીGujarati
Hangul 1 language
- 나이Korean
Kannada 1 language
- ಭೂಮಿKannada
Khmer 1 language
- ផែនដីKhmer
Lao 1 language
- ໂລກLao
Malayalam 1 language
- ഭൂമിMalayalam
Myanmar 1 language
- အသက်Burmese
Oriya 1 language
- ପୃଥିବୀOdia
Sinhala 1 language
- මහ පොළොවSinhala
Tamil 1 language
- புவிTamil
Telugu 1 language
- భూమిTelugu
Thaana 1 language
- ބިންDivehi
Thai 1 language
- อายุThai
Yi 1 language
- ꅉꆺNuosu
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FAQ
How does the word of the day work?
Each day Hookito picks one everyday word, like “water” or “moon”, and shows it in as many languages as it has. There are 81 words in the rotation so far.
Where do the translations come from?
From Hookito’s language data, which is largely based on Wikidata. A word can have several translations depending on context; this list shows one common form. Spotted a mistake? Write to submissions@hookito.com.
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