How to say “breast” around the world
5,195 languages · 203 in their own spelling
Dots of one colour begin with a similar sound. Colours group words by the class of their first consonant (a sound-class method used in linguistics): words that begin alike share a colour. This shows resemblance, not common origin — proving relationship needs case-by-case comparison. Readable forms come from Wiktionary translation tables; many smaller languages come from the ASJP word lists, in ASJP’s simplified transcription.
| Language | Word | Romanization | Family |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese | 乳房 | rǔfáng | Sino-Tibetan |
| English | breast | Indo-European | |
| Spanish | pecho | Indo-European | |
| Hindi | स्तन | stan | Indo-European |
| Arabic | ثَدْي | ṯady | Afro-Asiatic |
| Bengali | স্তন | ston | Indo-European |
| Indonesian | payudara | Austronesian | |
| Portuguese | seio | Indo-European | |
| French | sein | Indo-European | |
| Russian | грудь | grudʹ | Indo-European |
| Japanese | 胸 | mune | Japonic |
| Swahili | titi | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Turkish | meme | Turkic | |
| Telugu | చన్ను | cannu | Dravidian |
| Korean | 가슴 | gaseum | Koreanic |
| German | Brust | Indo-European | |
| Vietnamese | vú | Austroasiatic | |
| Tamil | முலை | mulai | Dravidian |
| Urdu | پِسْتان | pistān | Indo-European |
| Italian | seno | Indo-European | |
| Egyptian Arabic | بز | bezz | Afro-Asiatic |
| Gujarati | સ્તન | stan | Indo-European |
| Western Farsi | پِسْتان | pestân | Indo-European |
| Min Nan Chinese | 奶 | ling | Sino-Tibetan |
| Kannada | ಮೊಲೆ | mole | Dravidian |
| Polish | pierś | Indo-European | |
| Malayalam | മുല | mula | Dravidian |
| Odia | ସ୍ତନ | stana | Indo-European |
| Burmese | နို့ | nui. | Sino-Tibetan |
| Ukrainian | грудь | hrudʹ | Indo-European |
| Uzbek | emchak | Turkic | |
| Romanian | piept | Indo-European | |
| Dutch | borst | Indo-European | |
| Thai | เต้านม | dtâo-nom | Tai-Kadai |
| Lingala | libele | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian | си̏са | Indo-European | |
| Khmer | ដោះ | dɑh | Austroasiatic |
| Somali | laab | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Turkmen | emjek | Turkic | |
| Nepali | स्तन | stan | Indo-European |
| Assamese | স্তন | ston | Indo-European |
| Greek | στήθος | stíthos | Indo-European |
| Kurdish | çiçik | Indo-European | |
| Hijazi Arabic | صَدِر | ṣadir | Afro-Asiatic |
| Tajik | пистон | piston | Indo-European |
| Kazakh | емшек | emšek | Turkic |
| Hungarian | mell | Uralic | |
| Zulu | ibele | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Nyanja | bere | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Southern Pashto | تی | tay | Indo-European |
| Czech | prs | Indo-European | |
| Uighur | يېلىن | yëlin | Turkic |
| Afrikaans | bors | Indo-European | |
| Haitian | sen | Indo-European | |
| Swedish | bröst | Indo-European | |
| Azerbaijani | məmə | Turkic | |
| Bulgarian | гърда́ | gărdá | Indo-European |
| Xhosa | ibele | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Belarusian | гру́дзі | hrúdzi | Indo-European |
| Neapolitan | pietto | Indo-European | |
| Central Kurdish | مەمک | memk | Indo-European |
| Tumbuka | bele | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Luba-Lulua | dibele | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Danish | bryst | Indo-European | |
| Slovak | prsník | Indo-European | |
| Minangkabau | dado | Austronesian | |
| Finnish | rinta | Uralic | |
| Lao | ຕູ້ | tū | Tai-Kadai |
| Norwegian | bryst | Indo-European | |
| Tatar | ими | imi | Turkic |
| Catalan | pit | Indo-European | |
| Guarani | titi | Tupian | |
| Sicilian | nennè | Indo-European | |
| Kirghiz | төш | töş | Turkic |
| Armenian | կուրծք | kurckʻ | Indo-European |
| Lithuanian | krūtis | Indo-European | |
| Tok Pisin | susu | Indo-European | |
| Georgian | ძუძუ | ʒuʒu | Kartvelian |
| Acehnese | mom | Austronesian | |
| Waray | suso | Austronesian | |
| Albanian | gji | Indo-European | |
| Ewe | no | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Shan | ၼူမ်း | núum | Tai-Kadai |
| Mongolian | мээм | meem | Mongolic-Khitan |
| Bikol | suso | Austronesian | |
| Galician | peito | Indo-European | |
| Slovenian | dojka | Indo-European | |
| Esperanto | mamo | Artificial Language | |
| Macedonian | града | grada | Indo-European |
| Venetian | pèto | Indo-European | |
| Afar | angu | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Latvian | krūts | Indo-European | |
| Quechua | ñuñu | Quechuan | |
| Chechen | нӏакха | nˀaqa | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Estonian | rind | Uralic | |
| Bashkir | имсәк | imsäk | Turkic |
| Tibetan | ནུ་མ | nu ma | Sino-Tibetan |
| Beja | díga | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Romagnol | pët | Indo-European | |
| Tausug | duru | Austronesian | |
| Mon | တှ် | tɔh | Austroasiatic |
| Western Frisian | boarst | Indo-European | |
| Maranao | soso | Austronesian | |
| Avar | кеке | keke | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Basque | bular | Isolates | |
| Welsh | bron | Indo-European | |
| Yucatec Maya | iim | Mayan | |
| Lezghian | хур | ꭓur | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Maltese | tas-sider | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Crimean Tatar | emçek | Turkic | |
| Occitan | pièit | Indo-European | |
| Vlax Romani | ćući | Indo-European | |
| Tetum | susun | Austronesian | |
| Asturian | pechu | Indo-European | |
| Yakut | эмиий | emiiy | Turkic |
| Sranan Tongo | bobi | Indo-European | |
| Ingush | накха | naqa | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Icelandic | brjóst | Indo-European | |
| Friulian | stomi | Indo-European | |
| Plautdietsch | Brost | Indo-European | |
| Zeelandic | bost | Indo-European | |
| Navajo | abeʼ | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | |
| Irish | brollach | Indo-European | |
| Aromanian | sin | Indo-European | |
| Kashubian | piers | Indo-European | |
| Breton | bronn | Indo-European | |
| Mwani | were | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Erzya | поте | pote | Uralic |
| Tabasaran | мухур | muꭓur | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Faroese | bróst | Indo-European | |
| Chamorro | susu | Austronesian | |
| Scottish Gaelic | cìoch | Indo-European | |
| Sanskrit | कुच | kuca | Indo-European |
| Chepang | ङु | Sino-Tibetan | |
| Hawaiian | ū | Austronesian | |
| North Saami | čižži | Uralic | |
| Lamboya | susu | Austronesian | |
| Andi | кока | koka | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Evenki | хикэн | hikən | Tungusic |
| Western Apache | -be’ | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | |
| Torres Strait-Lockhart River Creole | susu | Indo-European | |
| Lower Sorbian | bok | Indo-European | |
| Rapanui | ū | Austronesian | |
| Pitjantjatjara | ipi | Pama-Nyungan | |
| Moksha | мяште | mäšte | Uralic |
| Manx | kee | Indo-European | |
| Nanai | кун | kun | Tungusic |
| Kildin Saami | ниннч | ninnč | Uralic |
| Skolt Sami | râʹdd | Uralic | |
| Cimbrian | bruust | Indo-European | |
| Inari Sami | njamma | Uralic | |
| Amur Nivkh | моть | moț | Nivkh |
| Ingrian | nännä | Uralic | |
| Manchu | ᡥᡠᡥᡠᠨ | huhun | Tungusic |
| Karuk | úuchich | Isolates | |
| Chamicuro | teni | Arawakan | |
| Aklanon | soso | Austronesian | |
| Amal | m | Sepik | |
| Guadeloupe-Martinique Creole French | tété | Indo-European | |
| Mescalero-Chiricahua Apache | -be’ | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | |
| Gulf Arabic | ديد | dēd | Afro-Asiatic |
| Bobangi | libele | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Boloki | libele | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Coptic | ⲕⲓϥⲓ | kifi | Afro-Asiatic |
| Garus | a | Nuclear Trans New Guinea | |
| Ancient Greek | μαστός | mastós | Indo-European |
| Kalaallisut | iviangeq | Eskimo-Aleut | |
| Hamtai | aamga | Angan | |
| Hebrew | שָׁד | shad | Afro-Asiatic |
| Hittite | 𒋼𒂊𒋫𒀭 | te-e-ta-an | Indo-European |
| Iranun | susu | Austronesian | |
| Old Irish | bruinne | Indo-European | |
| Isnag | xatat | Austronesian | |
| Javanese | susu | Austronesian | |
| Kituba (Democratic Republic of Congo) | dibene | Atlantic-Congo | |
| South-Central Koongo | mabele | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Latin | mamma | Indo-European | |
| Luba-Katanga | dibele | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Bukusu | kamaturu | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Lautu | meme | Sino-Tibetan | |
| Malagasy | nono | Austronesian | |
| Malay | tetek | Austronesian | |
| Meriam | nano | Eastern Trans-Fly | |
| Mokilese | dihdi | Austronesian | |
| Classical Nahuatl | chichihualli | Uto-Aztecan | |
| Ojibwa | indoodooshim | Algic | |
| Old English | brēost | Indo-European | |
| Iron Ossetian | риу | riw | Indo-European |
| Pali | thana | Indo-European | |
| Polabian | börsťă | Indo-European | |
| Sardinian | sinu | Indo-European | |
| Sundanese | pinarep | Austronesian | |
| Tagalog | suso | Austronesian | |
| Tokharian B | päścane | Indo-European | |
| Tooro | ibeere | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Ugaritic | 𐎘𐎄 | ṯd | Afro-Asiatic |
| Unami | nunakàn | Algic | |
| Wolof | ween | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Yámana | tapoS | Isolates | |
| Yao | liŵele | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Yiddish | ברוסט | brust | Indo-European |
| Yurok | newon | Algic | |
| East Taa | gǂqhèẽ | Tuu |