Learn how to say “moon” in 100 different languages.
Afrikaans: maan
Albanian: hënë
Amharic: ጨረቃ (č̣äräqa)
Arabic: قمر (qamar)
Armenian: լուսին (lusin)
Azerbaijani: ay
Basque: ilargia
Belarusian: месяц (miesiac)
Bengali: চাঁদ (cãd)
Bosnian: mjesec
Bulgarian: луна (luna)
Catalan: lluna
Cebuano: bulan
Chinese (Mandarin): 月亮 (yuèliàng)
Croatian: mjesec
Czech: měsíc
Danish: måne
Dutch: maan
Esperanto: luno
Estonian: kuu
Filipino: buwan
Finnish: kuu
French: lune
Galician: lúa
Georgian: მთვარე (mtvare)
German: Mond
Greek: φεγγάρι (fengári)
Gujarati: ચંદ્ર (candra)
Haitian Creole: lalin
Hausa: wata
Hebrew: ירח (yareach)
Hindi: चंद्रमा (chandramaa)
Hmong: hli
Hungarian: hold
Icelandic: tungl
Igbo: ọnwa
Indonesian: bulan
Irish: gealach
Italian: luna
Japanese: 月 (tsuki)
Javanese: wulan
Kannada: ಚಂದ್ರ (candra)
Kazakh: ай (ai)
Khmer: ព្រះច័ន្ទ (preah chan)
Kinyarwanda: ukwezi
Korean: 달 (dal)
Kurdish (Kurmanji): heyv
Kyrgyz: ай (ay)
Lao: ພະຈັນ (phachăn)
Latvian: mēness
Lithuanian: mėnulis
Luxembourgish: Mound
Macedonian: месечина (mesečina)
Malagasy: volana
Malay: bulan
Malayalam: ചന്ദ്രന് (chandran)
Maltese: qamar
Maori: marama
Marathi: चंद्र (candra)
Mongolian: сар (sar)
Nepali: चन्द्रमा (chandramaa)
Norwegian: måne
Odia: ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର (chandra)
Pashto: سپوږمۍ (spogmai)
Persian: ماه (māh)
Polish: księżyc
Portuguese: lua
Punjabi: ਚੰਨ (cann)
Quechua: killa
Romanian: lună
Russian: луна (luna)
Samoan: masina
Scots Gaelic: gealach
Serbian: месец (mesec)
Sesotho: khoeli
Shona: mwedzi
Sindhi: چنڊ (chand)
Sinhala: සඳ (sanda)
Slovak: mesiac
Slovenian: luna
Somali: dayax
Spanish: luna
Sundanese: bulan
Swahili: mwezi
Swedish: måne
Tajik: моҳ (moh)
Tamil: நிலா (nila)
Tatar: ай (ay)
Telugu: చందమామ (chandamama)
Thai: พระจันทร์ (phrajan)
Turkish: ay
Turkmen: aý
Ukrainian: місяць (misyacʹ)
Urdu: چاند (chaand)
Uzbek: oy
Vietnamese: mặt trăng
Welsh: lleuad
Xhosa: inyanga
Yoruba: oṣùpá
Zulu: inyanga