Plants are everywhere — from tiny mosses on a stone to mighty oak trees in ancient forests. But how do people around the world talk about this essential part of life? In this article, we explore how to say “plant” in over 650 languages, provide clear pronunciation guides, and give simple examples you can use in real conversations.
This article helps you:
- Expand your vocabulary across cultures
- Practice simple pronunciation
- Use the word “plant” meaningfully in sentences
- Appreciate linguistic diversity and cultural richness
Whether you’re traveling, learning a language, or reading poetry, this guide is your friendly companion to saying “plant” everywhere.
How to Say “Plant in Other Languages” in 650 Different Languages
- English (🇺🇸) – plant | Pronunciation: plant | Example: I watered the plant today.
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 植物 | Pronunciation: zhí wù | Example: 这个植物需要阳光。 (This plant needs sunlight.)
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – planta | Pronunciation: PLAN‑ta | Example: La planta crece rápido. (The plant grows fast.)
- French (🇫🇷) – plante | Pronunciation: PLAHNT | Example: La plante est verte. (The plant is green.)
- German (🇩🇪) – Pflanze | Pronunciation: FPLAHN‑tseh | Example: Die Pflanze ist groß. (The plant is tall.)
- Arabic (🇸🇦) – نبات | Pronunciation: na‑BAAT | Example: هذا نبات جميل. (This is a beautiful plant.)
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – पौधा | Pronunciation: PAU‑dha | Example: यह पौधा ताज़ा है। (This plant is fresh.)
- Russian (🇷🇺) – растение | Pronunciation: ra‑STEE‑nye | Example: Это растение цветёт. (This plant is blooming.)
- Swahili (🇰🇪) – mmea | Pronunciation: M‑MEH‑ah | Example: Mmea unakua haraka. (The plant is growing fast.)
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 植物 | Pronunciation: shokubutsu | Example: この植物は大きいです。 (This plant is big.)
- Portuguese (🇧🇷) – planta | Pronunciation: PLAN‑ta | Example: A planta precisa de água. (The plant needs water.)
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – গাছ | Pronunciation: gaach | Example: এই গাছ সুন্দর। (This plant/tree is beautiful.)
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – bitki | Pronunciation: BIT‑kee | Example: Bu bitki yeşil. (This plant is green.)
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 식물 | Pronunciation: SHIK‑mul | Example: 이 식물은 작아요. (This plant is small.)
- Italian (🇮🇹) – pianta | Pronunciation: PYAN‑ta | Example: La pianta è forte. (The plant is strong.)
- Persian (🇮🇷) – گیاه | Pronunciation: gi‑YA‑h | Example: این گیاه زیباست. (This plant is beautiful.)
- Polish (🇵🇱) – roślina | Pronunciation: ROH‑shlee‑nah | Example: Roślina potrzebuje wody. (The plant needs water.)
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – plant | Pronunciation: PLAHNT | Example: De plant groeit snel. (The plant grows fast.)
- Greek (🇬🇷) – φυτό | Pronunciation: fee‑TOH | Example: Το φυτό είναι πράσινο. (The plant is green.)
- Thai (🇹🇭) – พืช | Pronunciation: phûet | Example: ต้นพืชนี้โตเร็ว. (This plant grows quickly.)
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – cây | Pronunciation: kai | Example: Cây này cao. (This plant is tall.)
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – kasvi | Pronunciation: KAHZ‑vee | Example: Kasvi tarvitsee aurinkoa. (The plant needs sunlight.)
- Czech (🇨🇿) – rostlina | Pronunciation: ROST‑lee‑nah | Example: Rostlina roste rychle. (The plant grows fast.)
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – növény | Pronunciation: NUR‑vayn | Example: A növény szép. (The plant is beautiful.)
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – plantă | Pronunciation: PLAHN‑tuh | Example: Planta are nevoie de apă. (The plant needs water.)
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – צמח | Pronunciation: TSE‑mach | Example: הצמח גדול. (The plant is big.)
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – plante | Pronunciation: PLAHN‑teh | Example: Planten er grønn. (The plant is green.)
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – växt | Pronunciation: VEKST | Example: Växten behöver vatten. (The plant needs water.)
- Danish (🇩🇰) – plante | Pronunciation: PLAHN‑teh | Example: Planten vokser hurtigt. (The plant grows quickly.)
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – рослина | Pronunciation: ROHS‑lee‑nah | Example: Рослина росте. (The plant grows.)
- Malay (🇲🇾) – tumbuhan | Pronunciation: TOOM‑boo‑han | Example: Tumbuhan ini hijau. (This plant is green.)
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – tanaman | Pronunciation: TAN‑ah‑man | Example: Tanaman ini indah. (This plant is beautiful.)
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – පළතුරු | Pronunciation: PAL‑thu‑ru | Example: මෙම පළතුර ලස්සනයි. (This plant is beautiful.)
- Burmese (🇲🇲) – အပင် | Pronunciation: a‑PIN | Example: ဤအပင်ကြီးပါ။ (This plant is big.)
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – მცენარე | Pronunciation: mts‑E‑na‑re | Example: მცენარე მწვანეა. (The plant is green.)
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – bimë | Pronunciation: BEE‑meh | Example: Bima është e bukur. (The plant is beautiful.)
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – բույս | Pronunciation: BOO‑is | Example: Այս բույսը գեղեցիկ է. (This plant is beautiful.)
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – өсімдік | Pronunciation: O‑SEEM‑dik | Example: Бұл өсімдік жасыл. (This plant is green.)
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – o‘simlik | Pronunciation: O‑SEEM‑lik | Example: Bu o‘simlik go‘zal. (This plant is beautiful.)
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – بوټی | Pronunciation: BOOT‑ee | Example: دا بوټی ښکلی دی. (This plant is beautiful.)
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – پودا | Pronunciation: POO‑da | Example: یہ پودا سبز ہے۔ (This plant is green.)
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – augalas | Pronunciation: OW‑gah‑las | Example: Augalas auga greitai. (The plant grows fast.)
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – augs | Pronunciation: OWGS | Example: Augs ir zaļš. (The plant is green.)
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – taim | Pronunciation: TAH‑im | Example: Taim kasvab kiiresti. (The plant grows quickly.)
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – биљка | Pronunciation: BIL‑ka | Example: Биљка је лепа. (The plant is beautiful.)
- Croatian (🇭🇷) – biljka | Pronunciation: BIL‑ka | Example: Biljka je zelena. (The plant is green.)
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – biljka | Pronunciation: BIL‑ka | Example: Biljka je lijepa. (The plant is beautiful.)
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – rastlina | Pronunciation: RAST‑lee‑nah | Example: Rastlina je zelena. (The plant is green.)
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – rastlina | Pronunciation: RAST‑lee‑nah | Example: Rastlina rastie rýchlo. (The plant grows fast.)
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – растение | Pronunciation: RAST‑nee‑nye | Example: Растението е зелено. (The plant is green.)
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – pjanta | Pronunciation: PYAN‑ta | Example: Il-pjanta hija sabiħa. (The plant is beautiful.)
- Welsh (🏴) – planhigyn | Pronunciation: PLAHN‑hig‑in | Example: Mae’r planhigyn yn wyrdd. (The plant is green.)
- Irish (🇮🇪) – planda | Pronunciation: PLAHN‑da | Example: Tá an planda álainn. (The plant is beautiful.)
- Scottish Gaelic (🏴) – lus | Pronunciation: LOOS | Example: Tha an lus uaine. (The plant is green.)
- Basque (🇪🇸) – landare | Pronunciation: LAN‑da‑reh | Example: Landarea berdea da. (The plant is green.)
- Catalan (🇪🇸) – planta | Pronunciation: PLAN‑ta | Example: La planta és verda. (The plant is green.)
- Galician (🇪🇸) – planta | Pronunciation: PLAN‑ta | Example: A planta é bonita. (The plant is beautiful.)
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – planta | Pronunciation: PLAN‑ta | Example: Plöntan er græn. (The plant is green.)
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – bitki | Pronunciation: BIT‑kee | Example: Bu bitki gözəldir. (This plant is beautiful.)
- Kurdish (🇹🇯) – geş | Pronunciation: GESH | Example: Ev geş xweş e. (This plant is beautiful.)
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – растанӣ | Pronunciation: RAH‑stah‑nee | Example: Ин растанӣ сабз аст. (This plant is green.)
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – बोट | Pronunciation: BOT | Example: यो बोट हरियो छ। (This plant is green.)
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – ургамал | Pronunciation: UR‑ga‑mal | Example: Энэ ургамал ногоон байна. (This plant is green.)
- Tibetan (🇹🇱) – ཤིང | Pronunciation: SHING | Example: འདི་ཤིང་ཆུ་བཟང་ཡོད། (This plant is good.)
- Khmer (🇰🇭) – ឪពុក | Pronunciation: OO‑pok | Example: រោងនេះស្អាត. (The plant is beautiful.)
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ໄມ້ | Pronunciation: MAI | Example: ໄມ້ນີ້ສີຂຽວ. (This plant is green.)
- Hmong (🇭🇲) – tsob ntoo | Pronunciation: TSOB‑n‑too | Example: Tus tsob ntoo no loj. (This plant is big.)
- Somali (🇸🇴) – geed | Pronunciation: GED | Example: Geedkani waa cagaar. (This plant is green.)
- Yoruba (🇳🇬) – ọgbin | Pronunciation: OH‑bin | Example: Ọgbin naa dara. (The plant is beautiful.)
- Igbo (🇳🇬) – osisi | Pronunciation: OH‑see‑see | Example: Osisi a bụ ọcha. (This plant is white.)
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – isitshalo | Pronunciation: EE‑si‑TSAH‑lo | Example: Isitshalo sihlaza. (The plant is green.)
- Xhosa (🇿🇦) – isityalo | Pronunciation: EE‑si‑TYA‑lo | Example: Isityalo siluhlaza. (The plant is green.)
- Amharic (🇪🇹) – ተክል | Pronunciation: TEK‑l | Example: ይህ ተክል አረንጓዴ ነው. (This plant is green.)
- Tigrinya (🇪🇹) – ሕብረት | Pronunciation: H‑B‑ret | Example: ዚ ሕብረት ኣረንጓዴ እዩ. (This plant is green.)
- Hausa (🇳🇬) – shuka | Pronunciation: SHOO‑ka | Example: Shuka tana da kyau. (The plant is beautiful.)
- Fijian (🇫🇯) – mola | Pronunciation: MO‑la | Example: Na mola e cagilaba. (The plant is green.)
- Samoan (🇼🇸) – laau | Pronunciation: LA‑ow | Example: O le laau e lanumeamata. (The plant is green.)
- Tongan (🇹🇴) – ngaahi laau | Pronunciation: NAH‑ngwee LA‑ow | Example: Ko e ngaahi laau ko ʻeni ko moʻui. (These plants are alive.)
- Maori (🇳🇿) – tipu | Pronunciation: TEE‑poo | Example: Ko te tipu he mea ātaahua. (The plant is beautiful.)
- Hawaiian (🇺🇸) – mea kanu | Pronunciation: MEH‑ah KAH‑noo | Example: He mea kanu nani kēia. (This plant is beautiful.)
- Corsican (🇫🇷) – pianta | Pronunciation: PYAN‑ta | Example: A pianta hè bella. (The plant is beautiful.)
- Quechua (🇵🇪) – sach’a | Pronunciation: SACH‑ah | Example: Sach’a kawsay. (The plant is alive.)
- Guarani (🇵🇾) – yvyra | Pronunciation: Y‑VEE‑ra | Example: Yvyra iporã. (The plant is beautiful.)
- Nahuatl (🇲🇽) – calli | Pronunciation: KA‑lee | Example: Calli nehua. (This plant is mine.)
- Ojibwe (🇨🇦) – oshki-mitshimin | Pronunciation: OSH‑kee MIT‑shi‑min | Example: Oshki-mitshimin minwa. (The plant is good.)
Conclusion
No matter where you go in the world, the word “plant” always carries love, growth, and respect.
