How to say “full” around the world
3,675 languages · 143 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 | 满 | mǎn | Sino-Tibetan |
| English | full | Indo-European | |
| Spanish | lleno | Indo-European | |
| Hindi | भरा | bharā | Indo-European |
| Arabic | مُمْتَلِئ | mumtaliʔ | Afro-Asiatic |
| Bengali | ভরতি | bhorti | Indo-European |
| Indonesian | penuh | Austronesian | |
| Portuguese | cheio | Indo-European | |
| French | plein | Indo-European | |
| Russian | по́лный | pólnyj | Indo-European |
| Japanese | いっぱい | ippai | Japonic |
| Turkish | dolu | Turkic | |
| Telugu | నిండు | niṇḍu | Dravidian |
| Korean | 가득하다 | gadeukhada | Koreanic |
| German | voll | Indo-European | |
| Vietnamese | đầy | Austroasiatic | |
| Tamil | முழு | muḻu | Dravidian |
| Cantonese | 滿 | mun⁵ | Sino-Tibetan |
| Urdu | بھرا | bharā | Indo-European |
| Italian | pieno | Indo-European | |
| Egyptian Arabic | مليان | malyān | Afro-Asiatic |
| Western Farsi | پر | por | Indo-European |
| Polish | pełny | Indo-European | |
| Burmese | ပြည့် | prany. | Sino-Tibetan |
| Moroccan Arabic | عامر | ʕāmer | Afro-Asiatic |
| Ukrainian | по́вний | póvnyj | Indo-European |
| Uzbek | toʻla | Turkic | |
| Romanian | plin | Indo-European | |
| Dutch | vol | Indo-European | |
| Thai | เต็ม | dtem | Tai-Kadai |
| Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian | пу̏н | Indo-European | |
| Khmer | ពេញ | pɨñ | Austroasiatic |
| Somali | buux | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Turkmen | doly | Turkic | |
| Greek | γεμάτος | gemátos | Indo-European |
| Kurdish | tijî | Indo-European | |
| Hijazi Arabic | مَليَان | malyān | Afro-Asiatic |
| Tajik | пур | pur | Indo-European |
| Hungarian | tele | Uralic | |
| Southern Pashto | ډک | ḍak | Indo-European |
| Czech | plný | Indo-European | |
| Uighur | تولۇق | toluq | Turkic |
| Afrikaans | vol | Indo-European | |
| Haitian | plen | Indo-European | |
| Swedish | full | Indo-European | |
| Azerbaijani | tam | Turkic | |
| Bulgarian | пъ́лен | pắlen | Indo-European |
| Belarusian | по́ўны | pówny | Indo-European |
| Neapolitan | chieno | Indo-European | |
| Danish | fuld | Indo-European | |
| Slovak | plný | Indo-European | |
| Finnish | täysi | Uralic | |
| Lao | ເຕັມ | tem | Tai-Kadai |
| Norwegian | full | Indo-European | |
| Catalan | ple | Indo-European | |
| Sicilian | chinu | Indo-European | |
| Kirghiz | лык | lık | Turkic |
| Swiss German | vole | Indo-European | |
| Armenian | լիքը | likʻə | Indo-European |
| Balinese | bek | Austronesian | |
| Lithuanian | pilnas | Indo-European | |
| Georgian | სავსე | savse | Kartvelian |
| Albanian | plot | Indo-European | |
| Mongolian | дүүрэн | düüren | Mongolic-Khitan |
| Bikol | pano | Austronesian | |
| Galician | cheo | Indo-European | |
| Slovenian | poln | Indo-European | |
| Esperanto | plena | Artificial Language | |
| Macedonian | полн | poln | Indo-European |
| Venetian | pien | Indo-European | |
| Latvian | pilns | Indo-European | |
| Quechua | hunt'a | Quechuan | |
| Estonian | täis | Uralic | |
| Bashkir | тулы | tulı | Turkic |
| Kabuverdianu | bupu | Indo-European | |
| Western Frisian | fol | Indo-European | |
| Iu Mien | buangv | Hmong-Mien | |
| Avar | цӏураб | cʼurab | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Basque | bete | Isolates | |
| Chuvash | тулли | tulli | Turkic |
| Welsh | llawn | Indo-European | |
| Walloon | plin | Indo-European | |
| Maltese | mimli | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Occitan | plen | Indo-European | |
| Asturian | enllenu | Indo-European | |
| Yakut | толору | toloru | Turkic |
| Ingush | диза | diza | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Papiamento | yen | Indo-European | |
| Icelandic | fullur | Indo-European | |
| Friulian | plen | Indo-European | |
| Udmurt | тыр | tyr | Uralic |
| Zeelandic | volle | Indo-European | |
| Māori | poha | Austronesian | |
| Tonga (Tonga Islands) | fonu | Austronesian | |
| Navajo | hadéébįįd | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | |
| Komi | тыр | tyr | Uralic |
| Irish | lán | Indo-European | |
| Aromanian | mplin | Indo-European | |
| Kashubian | pôłny | Indo-European | |
| Breton | leun | Indo-European | |
| Faroese | fullur | Indo-European | |
| Komi-Permyak | тыр | tyr | Uralic |
| Scottish Gaelic | làn | Indo-European | |
| Sanskrit | पूर्ण | pūrṇa | Indo-European |
| Romansh | plain | Indo-European | |
| Higaonon | punu | Austronesian | |
| Ladin | pien | Indo-European | |
| Hawaiian | piha | Austronesian | |
| Andi | бицӏиб | bicʼib | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Evenki | дялум | ʒalum | Tungusic |
| Upper Sorbian | połny | Indo-European | |
| Yagnobi | пун | pun | Indo-European |
| Northern Frisian | fol | Indo-European | |
| Aragonese | plen | Indo-European | |
| Udi | буй | buj | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Lower Sorbian | połny | Indo-European | |
| Manx | lane | Indo-European | |
| Pela | pjaŋ³⁵ | Sino-Tibetan | |
| Manchu | ᠵᠠᠯᡠ | jalu | Tungusic |
| Chamicuro | siila | Arawakan | |
| Gulf Arabic | فُل | ful | Afro-Asiatic |
| Dalmatian | plain | Indo-European | |
| Old Frisian | ful | Indo-European | |
| Gothic | 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐍃 | fulls | Indo-European |
| Ancient Greek | πλήρης | plḗrēs | Indo-European |
| Hebrew | מָלֵא | mal'e | Afro-Asiatic |
| Javanese | kebak | Austronesian | |
| Latin | plēnus | Indo-European | |
| Low German | vull | Indo-European | |
| Moselle Franconian | voll | Indo-European | |
| Malay | penuh | Austronesian | |
| Khiamniungan Naga | chāh | Sino-Tibetan | |
| Church Slavic | пльнъ | plĭnŭ | Indo-European |
| Old Norse | fullr | Indo-European | |
| Paicî | ôbé | Austronesian | |
| Pahlavi | purr | Indo-European | |
| Sardinian | prenu | Indo-European | |
| Sundanese | pinuh | Austronesian | |
| Tagalog | puno | Austronesian | |
| Tokharian B | īte | Indo-European | |
| Yámana | Caluku | Isolates | |
| Yiddish | פֿול | ful | Indo-European |
| Dimli | pırr | Indo-European |