Food is more than just something we eat — it’s love, culture, family, comfort, and celebration.
Whether you’re traveling, making international friends, or just curious, knowing how to say food in different languages opens up a world of connection.
People often search for the word food in other languages to use in restaurant names, social media captions, culinary blogs, or when exploring world cuisines.
This guide will help you learn the translations, pronounce them correctly, and even use them in a sentence, so you’re ready to speak about food no matter where you are.
Let’s explore the language of deliciousness, one word at a time!
🌍 How to Say Food in 70 Different Languages
Each entry includes:
Language Name (🇮🇹) – [Translation] | Pronunciation: [Simple English Pronunciation]
Example sentence.
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Comida | Pronunciation: koh-mee-dah
Me encanta la comida mexicana. - French (🇫🇷) – Nourriture | Pronunciation: noo-ree-toor
La nourriture française est délicieuse. - German (🇩🇪) – Essen | Pronunciation: eh-sen
Ich liebe italienisches Essen. - Italian (🇮🇹) – Cibo | Pronunciation: chee-boh
Il cibo italiano è il migliore! - Portuguese (🇵🇹) – Comida | Pronunciation: koh-mee-dah
A comida brasileira é incrível. - Turkish (🇹🇷) – Yemek | Pronunciation: yeh-mek
Türk yemekleri çok lezzetli. - Russian (🇷🇺) – Еда | Pronunciation: yeh-da
Я люблю грузинскую еду. - Chinese – Mandarin (🇨🇳) – 食物 | Pronunciation: shuh woo
我喜欢中国的食物。 - Japanese (🇯🇵) – 食べ物 | Pronunciation: ta-beh-mo-no
和食べ物はとてもおいしいです。 - Korean (🇰🇷) – 음식 | Pronunciation: eum-shik
한국 음식은 정말 맛있어요. - Hindi (🇮🇳) – भोजन | Pronunciation: bho-jan
मुझे भारतीय भोजन पसंद है। - Urdu (🇵🇰) – کھانا | Pronunciation: kha-na
مجھے دیسی کھانا بہت پسند ہے۔ - Arabic (🇸🇦) – طعام | Pronunciation: ta-aam
أنا أحب الطعام اللبناني. - Bengali (🇧🇩) – খাবার | Pronunciation: kha-bar
বাঙালি খাবার খুবই সুস্বাদু। - Greek (🇬🇷) – Φαγητό | Pronunciation: fa-yee-toh
Το ελληνικό φαγητό είναι νόστιμο. - Polish (🇵🇱) – Jedzenie | Pronunciation: yed-zen-yeh
Lubię polskie jedzenie. - Dutch (🇳🇱) – Voedsel | Pronunciation: vood-sel
Nederlands voedsel is heel gevarieerd. - Swedish (🇸🇪) – Mat | Pronunciation: maht
Jag tycker om svensk mat. - Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Mat | Pronunciation: maht
Norsk mat er deilig. - Finnish (🇫🇮) – Ruoka | Pronunciation: roo-oh-ka
Suomalainen ruoka on herkullista. - Danish (🇩🇰) – Mad | Pronunciation: melth
Dansk mad smager godt. - Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Étel | Pronunciation: ay-tel
A magyar étel nagyon finom. - Czech (🇨🇿) – Jídlo | Pronunciation: yeed-loh
Tradiční české jídlo je chutné. - Romanian (🇷🇴) – Mâncare | Pronunciation: mun-kah-reh
Îmi place mâncarea românească. - Swahili (🇰🇪) – Chakula | Pronunciation: cha-koo-la
Ninapenda chakula cha Kiafrika. - Zulu (🇿🇦) – Ukudla | Pronunciation: oo-kood-la
Ngiyathanda ukudla kwaseNingizimu Afrika. - Xhosa (🇿🇦) – Ukutya | Pronunciation: oo-koo-tya
Ndiyakuthanda ukutya kwesiXhosa. - Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Thức ăn | Pronunciation: took ang
Tôi thích thức ăn Việt Nam. - Thai (🇹🇭) – อาหาร | Pronunciation: aa-han
อาหารไทยอร่อยมาก. - Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Makanan | Pronunciation: ma-ka-nan
Saya suka makanan Indonesia. - Malay (🇲🇾) – Makanan | Pronunciation: ma-ka-nan
Makanan Malaysia sangat sedap. - Tagalog (🇵🇭) – Pagkain | Pronunciation: pag-ka-in
Masarap ang pagkain dito. - Esperanto (🌍) – Manĝaĵo | Pronunciation: mahn-jah-zhoh
Mi amas italajn manĝaĵojn. - Catalan (🇦🇩) – Menjar | Pronunciation: men-jar
El menjar català és molt bo. - Galician (🇪🇸) – Comida | Pronunciation: koh-mee-dah
A comida galega é deliciosa. - Basque (🇪🇸) – Janaria | Pronunciation: ya-na-ree-ah
Euskal janaria oso ona da. - Welsh (🏴) – Bwyd | Pronunciation: boo-id
Rwy’n caru bwyd Cymreig. - Irish (🇮🇪) – Bia | Pronunciation: bee-ah
Is breá liom bia Gaelach. - Scottish Gaelic (🏴) – Biadh | Pronunciation: bee-ah
Is toil leam biadh Albannach. - Hawaiian (🇺🇸) – ʻAi | Pronunciation: eye
Makemake au i ka ʻai Hawaiʻi. - Tamil (🇮🇳) – சமையல் | Pronunciation: sa-mai-yal
தமிழ் சமையல் மிகவும் சுவையாக உள்ளது. - Telugu (🇮🇳) – ఆహారం | Pronunciation: aa-ha-ram
ఆంధ్ర ఆహారం రుచికరంగా ఉంటుంది. - Kannada (🇮🇳) – ಆಹಾರ | Pronunciation: aa-ha-ra
ನಮ್ಮ ಆಹಾರ ಬಹಳ ರುಚಿಕರವಾಗಿದೆ. - Gujarati (🇮🇳) – ખોરાક | Pronunciation: kho-raak
ગુજરાતી ખોરાક સ્વાદિષ્ટ છે. - Punjabi (🇮🇳) – ਭੋਜਨ | Pronunciation: bho-jan
ਮੈਨੂੰ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭੋਜਨ ਪਸੰਦ ਹੈ। - Marathi (🇮🇳) – अन्न | Pronunciation: un-na
मला मराठी अन्न आवडते. - Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ආහාරය | Pronunciation: aa-ha-ra-ya
ශ්රී ලාංකික ආහාරය රසවත්යි. - Nepali (🇳🇵) – खाना | Pronunciation: kha-na
नेपाली खाना स्वादिष्ट हुन्छ। - Pashto (🇦🇫) – خواړه | Pronunciation: khwa-ra
زه د پښتو خواړه خوښوم. - Persian (🇮🇷) – غذا | Pronunciation: gha-zaa
من غذای ایرانی را دوست دارم. - Kurdish (🇹🇯) – Xwarin | Pronunciation: khwa-reen
Ez xwarina kurdî hez dikim. - Hebrew (🇮🇱) – אוכל | Pronunciation: o-khel
אני אוהב אוכל ישראלי. - Amharic (🇪🇹) – መብል | Pronunciation: meh-bil
ኢትዮጵያ መብል በጣም ጣፋጭ ነው። - Somali (🇸🇴) – Cunto | Pronunciation: koon-toh
Cuntada Soomaaliyeed waa macaan. - Hausa (🇳🇬) – Abinci | Pronunciation: ah-bin-chee
Ina son abincin Hausa. - Yoruba (🇳🇬) – Ounje | Pronunciation: own-jeh
Mo feran ounje Yoruba. - Igbo (🇳🇬) – Nri | Pronunciation: nree
Nri Igbo dị ụtọ. - Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Хоол | Pronunciation: khol
Би монгол хоолонд дуртай. - Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Oziq-ovqat | Pronunciation: oh-zik ov-kat
O’zbek taomi juda mazali. - Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Тамақ | Pronunciation: ta-mak
Қазақ тамағы дәмді. - Tajik (🇹🇯) – Хӯрок | Pronunciation: khoo-rok
Ман хӯроки тоҷикӣ дӯст медорам. - Georgian (🇬🇪) – საკვები | Pronunciation: sa-kve-bee
ქართული საკვები გემრიელია. - Armenian (🇦🇲) – Սնունդ | Pronunciation: suh-noond
Հայկական սնունդը համեղ է։ - Lao (🇱🇦) – ອາຫານ | Pronunciation: aa-han
ຂ້ອຍມັກອາຫານລາວ. - Khmer (🇰🇭) – អាហារ | Pronunciation: aa-ha
ខ្ញុំចូលចិត្តអាហារខ្មែរ។ - Burmese (🇲🇲) – အစားအစာ | Pronunciation: a-sa a-sa
မြန်မာအစားအစာကအရမ်းဆွဲဆောင်မှုရှိတယ်။ - Maori (🇳🇿) – Kai | Pronunciation: kai
He reka te kai Māori. - Samoan (🇼🇸) – Meaʻai | Pronunciation: meh-ah-eye
Ou te fiafia i le meaʻai Samoa. - Tongan (🇹🇴) – Me’akai | Pronunciation: meh-ah-kai
Oku ou sai’ia he me’akai Tonga. - Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ikel | Pronunciation: ee-kel
L-ikel Malti huwa tajjeb ħafna.
🌟 Conclusion
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