How to Say Refugee in Different Languages
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Please find below many ways to say refugee in different languages. This page features translation of the word "refugee" to over 100 other languages. We also invite you to listen to audio pronunciation in more than 40 languages, so you could learn how to pronounce refugee and how to read it.
Saying Refugee in European Languages
| Language | Ways to say refugee | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | refugjat | |
| Basque | errefuxiatua | |
| Belarusian | бежанец [biežaniec] | |
| Bosnian | izbjeglica | |
| Bulgarian | бежанец [bezhanets] | |
| Catalan | refugiat | |
| Corsican | rifuggiatu | |
| Croatian | izbjeglica | |
| Czech | uprchlík | |
| Danish | flygtning | |
| Dutch | vluchteling | |
| Estonian | pagulane | |
| Finnish | pakolainen | |
| French | réfugié | |
| Frisian | flechtling | |
| Galician | refuxiado | |
| German | Flüchtling | |
| Greek | πρόσφυγας [prósfygas] | |
| Hungarian | menekült | |
| Icelandic | Flóttamaður | |
| Irish | teifeach | |
| Italian | profugo | |
| Latvian | bēglis | |
| Lithuanian | pabėgėlis | |
| Luxembourgish | Flüchtling | |
| Macedonian | бегалец [begalec] | |
| Maltese | refuġjat | |
| Norwegian | flyktning | |
| Polish | uchodźca | |
| Portuguese | refugiado | |
| Romanian | refugiat | |
| Russian | беженец [bezhenets] | |
| Scots Gaelic | fògarrach | |
| Serbian | избеглица [izbeglica] | |
| Slovak | utečenec | |
| Slovenian | begunec | |
| Spanish | refugiado | |
| Swedish | flykting | |
| Tatar | качак | |
| Ukrainian | біженець [bizhenetsʹ] | |
| Welsh | ffoadur | |
| Yiddish | פּליטים [plitim] | |
Saying Refugee in Asian Languages
| Language | Ways to say refugee | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | փախստական [p’akhstakan] | |
| Azerbaijani | qaçqın | |
| Bengali | উদ্বাস্তু [udbāstu] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 难民 [nànmín] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 難民 [nànmín] | |
| Georgian | ლტოლვილი [lt’olvili] | |
| Gujarati | શરણાર્થી [śaraṇārthī] | |
| Hindi | शरणार्थी [sharanaarthee] | |
| Hmong | neeg tawg rog | |
| Japanese | 難民 | |
| Kannada | ನಿರಾಶ್ರಿತ [nirāśrita] | |
| Kazakh | босқын [bosqın] | |
| Khmer | ជនភៀសខ្លួន | |
| Korean | 난민 [nanmin] | |
| Kyrgyz | качкын [kaçkın] | |
| Lao | ອົບພະຍົບ [obphanyob] | |
| Malayalam | അഭയാർത്ഥി [abhayaarthi] | |
| Marathi | निर्वासित [nirvāsita] | |
| Mongolian | дүрвэгч [dürvegch] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ဒုက္ခသည် [dukhkasai] | |
| Nepali | शरणार्थी [śaraṇārthī] | |
| Odia | ଶରଣାର୍ଥୀ | |
| Pashto | مهاجر | |
| Punjabi | ਸ਼ਰਨਾਰਥੀ [śaranārathī] | |
| Sindhi | پناهگير | |
| Sinhala | සරණාගතයා [saraṇāgatayā] | |
| Tajik | гуреза | |
| Tamil | அகதி [akati] | |
| Telugu | శరణార్థ [saraṇārtha] | |
| Thai | ผู้ลี้ภัย | |
| Turkish | mülteci | |
| Turkmen | bosgun | |
| Urdu | پناہ گزین | |
| Uyghur | مۇساپىر | |
| Uzbek | qochoq | |
| Vietnamese | tị nạn | |
Saying Refugee in Middle-Eastern Languages
| Language | Ways to say refugee | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | لاجئ [laji] | |
| Hebrew | פָּלִיט | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | penaber | |
| Persian | پناهنده | |
Saying Refugee in African Languages
| Language | Ways to say refugee | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | vlugteling | |
| Amharic | ስደተኛ [sidetenya] | |
| Chichewa | wothawa kwawo | |
| Hausa | ɗan gudun hijira | |
| Igbo | onye gbara ọsọ ndụ | |
| Kinyarwanda | impunzi | |
| Sesotho | mophaphathehi | |
| Shona | mupoteri | |
| Somali | qaxootinimo | |
| Swahili | mkimbizi | |
| Xhosa | imbacu | |
| Yoruba | asasala | |
| Zulu | umbaleki | |
Saying Refugee in Austronesian Languages
| Language | Ways to say refugee | |
|---|---|---|
| Cebuano | kagiw | |
| Filipino | refugee | |
| Hawaiian | mahuka | |
| Indonesian | pengungsi | |
| Javanese | pengungsi | |
| Malagasy | mpitsoa-ponenana | |
| Malay | pelarian | |
| Maori | rerenga | |
| Samoan | tagata sulufa'i | |
| Sundanese | pangungsian | |
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"Refugee in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/refugee. Accessed 28 Sep 2023.
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