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Words for "big" in different languages
Can you guess which of the following words means "big" in each of these languages, given the pair of words for "big" and "small"?
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Last updated: January 11, 2026
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| First submitted | January 11, 2026 |
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1. Which of these words means "big" in Welsh?
Bach
Mawr
2. Which of these words means "big" in Catalan?
Gran
Petit
3. Which of these words means "big" in Kazakh?
кішкентай (kişkentay)
үлкен (ülken)
4. Which of these words means "big" in Hebrew?
קָטָן (Katan)
גָדוֹל (Gadol)
5. Which of these words means "big" in Punjabi?
ਛੋਟਾ (Chōṭā)
ਵੱਡਾ (Vaḍā)
6. Which of these words means "big" in Guaraní?
Michĩ
Tuicha
7. Which of these words means "big" in Latvian?
Liels
Mazs
8. Which of these words means "big" in Arabic?
صغير (saghir)
كبير (kabir)
9. Which of these words means "big" in Turkish?
Küçük
Büyük
10. Which of these words means "big" in Afrikaans?
Klein
Groot
11. Which of these words means "big" in Ukrainian?
великий (velykyy)
маленький (malenʹkyy)
12. Which of these words means "big" in Irish?
Mór
Beag
13. Which of these words means "big" in Basque?
Txikia
Handia
14. Which of these words means "big" in Hawaiian?
Nui
Liʻiliʻi
15. Which of these words means "big" in Hungarian?
Nagy
Kicsi
16. Which of these words means "big" in Bulgarian?
малък (malŭk)
голям (golyam)
17. Which of these words means "big" in Indonesian?
Kecil
Besar
18. Which of these words means "big" in Romanian?
Mare
Mic
19. Which of these words means "big" in Japanese?
小さい (Chīsai)
大きい (Ōkī)
20. Which of these words means "big" in Mandarin?
小的 (Xiǎo de)
大的 (Dà de)
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1 Comments
Dovicz
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Level 82
Jan 12, 2026
So this quiz is a bit of an informal experiment to test the extent to which sound symbolism may play a role in the phonetics of basic concepts (such as big/small) across languages. I played around on Google translate and tried to be fair by including some examples where I don't think reality matches sound symbolism theory (or my perception of it). I think it will be interesting to see the results. Let me know if I made any mistake!
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