How to say “wine” around the world
217 languages · 217 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 | 葡萄酒 | pútáojiǔ | Sino-Tibetan |
| English | wine | Indo-European | |
| Spanish | vino | Indo-European | |
| Hindi | वाइन | vāin | Indo-European |
| Arabic | نَبِيذ | nabīḏ | Afro-Asiatic |
| Bengali | মদ | mod | Indo-European |
| Indonesian | anggur | Austronesian | |
| Portuguese | vinho | Indo-European | |
| French | vin | Indo-European | |
| Russian | вино́ | vinó | Indo-European |
| Japanese | ワイン | wain | Japonic |
| Marathi | ग्रेप वाईन | grep vāīn | Indo-European |
| Swahili | divai | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Turkish | şarap | Turkic | |
| Telugu | ద్రాక్ష సారాయి | drākṣa sārāyi | Dravidian |
| Wu Chinese | 葡萄酒 | ⁶bu-dau₆-cieu₅ | Sino-Tibetan |
| Korean | 포도주 | podoju | Koreanic |
| German | Wein | Indo-European | |
| Vietnamese | rượu vang | Austroasiatic | |
| Tamil | வைன் | vaiṉ | Dravidian |
| Cantonese | 葡萄酒 | pou⁴ tou⁴ zau² | Sino-Tibetan |
| Urdu | شَراب | śarāb | Indo-European |
| Italian | vino | Indo-European | |
| Egyptian Arabic | نبيت | nibīt | Afro-Asiatic |
| Gujarati | વાઇન | vāina | Indo-European |
| Western Farsi | شَراب | šarâb | Indo-European |
| Min Nan Chinese | 葡萄酒 | phû-tô-chiú | Sino-Tibetan |
| Hakka Chinese | 葡萄酒 | phù-thò-chiú | Sino-Tibetan |
| Kannada | ವೈನ್ | vain | Dravidian |
| Polish | wino | Indo-European | |
| Yoruba | wáìnì | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Malayalam | വീഞ്ഞ് | vīññŭ | Dravidian |
| Odia | ମଦ | mada | Indo-European |
| Burmese | ဝိုင် | wuing | Sino-Tibetan |
| Ukrainian | вино́ | vynó | Indo-European |
| Uzbek | sharob | Turkic | |
| Romanian | vin | Indo-European | |
| Dutch | wijn | Indo-European | |
| Amharic | ወይን ጠጅ | wäyn ṭäǧ | Afro-Asiatic |
| Thai | เหล้าองุ่น | lâo-à-ngûn | Tai-Kadai |
| Lingala | masanga | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian | ви́но | Indo-European | |
| Khmer | ស្រាទំពាំងបាយជូរ | sraa tumpĕəng baay cuu | Austroasiatic |
| Somali | khamri | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Turkmen | şerap | Turkic | |
| Assamese | সুৰা | xura | Indo-European |
| Sinhala | වයින් | wayin | Indo-European |
| Greek | κρασί | krasí | Indo-European |
| Kurdish | şerab | Indo-European | |
| Hijazi Arabic | خَمُر | ḵamur | Afro-Asiatic |
| Tajik | шароб | šarob | Indo-European |
| Kazakh | шарап | šarap | Turkic |
| Hungarian | bor | Uralic | |
| Zulu | iwayini | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Southern Pashto | می | may | Indo-European |
| Czech | víno | Indo-European | |
| Uighur | ئۈزۈم ھارىقى | üzüm hariqi | Turkic |
| Afrikaans | wyn | Indo-European | |
| Swedish | vin | Indo-European | |
| Azerbaijani | şərab | Turkic | |
| Bulgarian | ви́но | víno | Indo-European |
| Belarusian | віно́ | vinó | Indo-European |
| Tigrinya | ነቢት | näbit | Afro-Asiatic |
| Neapolitan | vvino | Indo-European | |
| Central Kurdish | بادە | bade | Indo-European |
| Danish | vin | Indo-European | |
| Slovak | víno | Indo-European | |
| Southern Sotho | vene | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Kabyle | ccṛab | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Finnish | viini | Uralic | |
| Lao | ແວງ | wǣng | Tai-Kadai |
| Norwegian | vin | Indo-European | |
| Tatar | шәраб | şärab | Turkic |
| Catalan | vi | Indo-European | |
| Sicilian | vinu | Indo-European | |
| Kirghiz | шарап | şarap | Turkic |
| Swiss German | Wii | Indo-European | |
| Riffian | binu | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Armenian | գինի | gini | Indo-European |
| Lithuanian | vynas | Indo-European | |
| Lombard | vin | Indo-European | |
| Georgian | ღვინო | ɣvino | Kartvelian |
| Albanian | verë | Indo-European | |
| Ewe | wein | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Mongolian | дарс | dars | Mongolic-Khitan |
| Galician | viño | Indo-European | |
| Slovenian | vino | Indo-European | |
| Esperanto | vino | Artificial Language | |
| Macedonian | вино | vino | Indo-European |
| Piedmontese | vin | Indo-European | |
| Venetian | vin | Indo-European | |
| Zhuang | laeuj | Tai-Kadai | |
| Limburgan | wien | Indo-European | |
| Latvian | vīns | Indo-European | |
| Chechen | чагӏар | čağar | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Estonian | vein | Uralic | |
| Bashkir | шарап | şarap | Turkic |
| Tibetan | རྒུན་ཆང | rgun chang | Sino-Tibetan |
| Urhobo | udi | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Western Frisian | wyn | Indo-European | |
| Avar | чагъир | čağir | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Basque | ardo | Isolates | |
| Chuvash | эрех | ereh | Turkic |
| Welsh | gwin | Indo-European | |
| Yucatec Maya | taliʼ | Mayan | |
| Lezghian | чехир | čeꭓir | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Rusyn | вино | vyno | Indo-European |
| Morisyen | divin | Indo-European | |
| Réunion Creole French | vin | Indo-European | |
| Walloon | vén | Indo-European | |
| Maltese | inbid | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Crimean Tatar | şarap | Turkic | |
| Occitan | vin | Indo-European | |
| Vlax Romani | mol | Indo-European | |
| Ligurian | vin | Indo-European | |
| Tetum | tua | Austronesian | |
| Silesian | wino | Indo-European | |
| Asturian | vinu | Indo-European | |
| Yakut | вино | vino | Turkic |
| Mingrelian | ღვინი | ɣvini | Kartvelian |
| Icelandic | vín | Indo-European | |
| Friulian | vin | Indo-European | |
| Mapuche | pulku | Araucanian | |
| Tuvinian | арага | araga | Turkic |
| Udmurt | вина | vina | Uralic |
| Plautdietsch | Wien | Indo-European | |
| Laz | ღვინი | ğvini | Kartvelian |
| Buriat | архи | arxi | Mongolic-Khitan |
| Māori | wāina | Austronesian | |
| Navajo | wáán | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | |
| Komi | вина | vina | Uralic |
| Corsican | vinu | Indo-European | |
| Irish | fíon | Indo-European | |
| Ladino | vino | Indo-European | |
| Aromanian | yin | Indo-European | |
| Kashubian | wino | Indo-European | |
| Breton | gwin | Indo-European | |
| Võro | vein | Uralic | |
| Tabasaran | чяхир | čjaꭓir | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Faroese | vín | Indo-European | |
| Komi-Permyak | вина | vina | Uralic |
| Scottish Gaelic | fìon | Indo-European | |
| Southern Altai | аракы | arakï | Turkic |
| Sanskrit | सुरा | surā | Indo-European |
| Dungan | путоҗю | putojiu | Sino-Tibetan |
| Romansh | vegn | Indo-European | |
| Pohnpeian | wain | Austronesian | |
| Hawaiian | waina | Austronesian | |
| North Saami | viidni | Uralic | |
| Kajtak | чягъи́р | čəɣír | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Evenki | араки | araki | Tungusic |
| Comorian | vinyo | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Upper Sorbian | wino | Indo-European | |
| Aragonese | vin | Indo-European | |
| Udi | фи | fi | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Lower Sorbian | wino | Indo-European | |
| Megleno-Romanian | vin | Indo-European | |
| Bats | ვეჼ | vẽ | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Mòcheno | bai' | Indo-European | |
| Manx | feeyn | Indo-European | |
| Interlingua | vino | Artificial Language | |
| Nanai | араки | araki | Tungusic |
| Istriot | veîn | Indo-European | |
| Istro-Romanian | vir | Indo-European | |
| Cornish | gwin | Indo-European | |
| Karaim | шараб | şarab | Turkic |
| Prussian | wīns | Indo-European | |
| Lower Tanana | jega tu' | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | |
| Aghwan | 𐕔𐔼 | fi | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Akkadian | karānum | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Aramaic | ܚܡܪܐ | ḥamrā | Afro-Asiatic |
| Classical-Middle Armenian | գինի | gini | Indo-European |
| Bactrian | μολο | molo | Indo-European |
| Bobangi | masanga | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Coptic | ⲏⲣⲡ | ērp | Afro-Asiatic |
| Dalmatian | ven | Indo-European | |
| Ancient Egyptian | jrp | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Faliscan | vinu | Indo-European | |
| Old French | vin | Indo-European | |
| Gothic | 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽 | wein | Indo-European |
| Ancient Greek | οἶνος | oînos | Indo-European |
| Achaean Greek | 𐀺𐀜 | wo-no | Indo-European |
| Kalaallisut | viinni | Eskimo-Aleut | |
| Hebrew | יין \ יַיִן | yáyin | Afro-Asiatic |
| Hunsrik | Wein | Indo-European | |
| Hurrian | šuwali | Hurro-Urartian | |
| Old Irish | fín | Indo-European | |
| Kaingang | vĩjũ | Nuclear-Macro-Je | |
| Latin | vīnum | Indo-European | |
| Low German | Wien | Indo-European | |
| Lautu | mingsuvtiy | Sino-Tibetan | |
| Moselle Franconian | Wäin | Indo-European | |
| Malagasy | divay | Austronesian | |
| Malay | wain | Austronesian | |
| Central Melanau | wain | Austronesian | |
| Miami | aahsanteepakwaapowi | Algic | |
| Middle English | wyn | Indo-European | |
| Classical Nahuatl | vino | Uto-Aztecan | |
| Ojibwa | mazhoominaaboo | Algic | |
| Church Slavic | вино | vino | Indo-European |
| Old Russian | вино | vino | Indo-European |
| Old English | wīn | Indo-European | |
| Old Norse | vín | Indo-European | |
| Oromo | waynii | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Iron Ossetian | сӕн | sæn | Indo-European |
| Phoenician | 𐤉𐤍 | yn | Afro-Asiatic |
| Eastern Panjabi | ਸ਼ਰਾਬ | śarāb | Indo-European |
| Sardinian | binu | Indo-European | |
| Old Sirenik | амы́ӄцы́ӽ | amýqcýx̌ | Eskimo-Aleut |
| Old Spanish | vino | Indo-European | |
| Sumerian | 𒃾 | geštin | Isolates |
| Tagalog | alak | Austronesian | |
| Tokharian B | kuñi-mot | Indo-European | |
| Ugaritic | 𐎊𐎐 | yn | Afro-Asiatic |
| Umbrian | 𐌅𐌉𐌍𐌖 | vinu | Indo-European |
| Urartian | ḫaluli | Hurro-Urartian | |
| Yiddish | ווײַן | vayn | Indo-European |