Have you ever wondered how to say "tea" in different languages, or found yourself traveling abroad and in need of a cup of tea? This listing includes the words for "tea" in over 60 different languages from around the world. It also features a guide to which languages use the same or similar words for tea.

Note: Many of these words have been Romanized.

How to Say Tea in Different Languages

Afrikaans : tee

: tee Albanian : caj (pronounced chai)

: caj (pronounced chai) Arabic : chai or shai

: chai or shai Armenian : te

: te Azerbaijani : caj (pronounced chai)

: caj (pronounced chai) Basque : tea

: tea Belarusian : harbatu

: harbatu Bengali/Bangla : cha

: cha Bulgarian : chai

: chai Catalan : té

: té Chinese (Cantonese) : cha

: cha Chinese (Mandarin) : cha (second tone / pronounced with the "a" in a rising tone)

: cha (second tone / pronounced with the "a" in a rising tone) Croatian : caj (pronounced chai)

: caj (pronounced chai) Czech : caj (pronounced cha-i)

: caj (pronounced cha-i) Danish : te

: te Dutch : thee

: thee English : tea

: tea Esperanto : teo

: teo Filipino/Tagalog : tsaa

: tsaa Finnish : tee

: tee French : le thé (masculine)

: le thé (masculine) Galician : té

: té Georgian : chai

: chai German : der Tee (masculine; the "T" is capitalized because all German nouns are capitalized)

: der Tee (masculine; the "T" is capitalized because all German nouns are capitalized) Greek : tsai

: tsai Haitian Creole : té

: té Hebrew : teh

: teh Hindi : chai

: chai Hungarian : tea (plural: teak)

: tea (plural: teak) Irish : tae

: tae Italian : te (pronounced teh)

: te (pronounced teh) Icelandic : te

: te Indonesian : teh

: teh Japanese : o-cha (o- is used as a prefix meaning "honorable" and -cha is used to mean "tea" in various tea names, such as matcha, sencha and hojicha)

: o-cha (o- is used as a prefix meaning "honorable" and -cha is used to mean "tea" in various tea names, such as matcha, sencha and hojicha) Korean : cha

: cha Latvian : teja (pronounced tay-ya)

: teja (pronounced tay-ya) Lithuanian : arbata

: arbata Luxembourgish : Téi (like in German, all nouns are capitalized in Luxembourish)

: Téi (like in German, all nouns are capitalized in Luxembourish) Macedonian : chaj (pronounced chai)

: chaj (pronounced chai) Malay : teh

: teh Maltese : te

: te Norwegian : te

: te Persian : chay (pronounced chai in most areas)

: chay (pronounced chai in most areas) Polish : herbata

: herbata Portuguese : cha (pronounced shah with a Brazilian accent)

: cha (pronounced shah with a Brazilian accent) Romanian : ceai

: ceai Russian : chai

: chai Serbian : caj (pronounced chai)

: caj (pronounced chai) Sinhalese (Sri Lanka) : thé (The word for teapot is actually a Dutch loanword. It is theepot.)

: thé (The word for teapot is actually a Dutch loanword. It is theepot.) Slovakian : caj (pronounced chai)

: caj (pronounced chai) Slovenian : caj (pronounced chai)

: caj (pronounced chai) Somali : shaah

: shaah Spanish : el té (masculine; pronounced tay)

: el té (masculine; pronounced tay) Swahili : chai (pronounced cha-i)

: chai (pronounced cha-i) Swedish : te

: te Taiwanese : de (boba naicha refers to Taiwan; popular "tapioca pearl tea")

: de (boba naicha refers to Taiwan; popular "tapioca pearl tea") Tamil (Sri Lanka) : tea

: tea Thai : chah (chah yen refers to Thai iced tea)

: chah (chah yen refers to Thai iced tea) Tibetan : cha or ja

: cha or ja Turkish : cay (pronounced chai)

: cay (pronounced chai) Ukrainian : chaj (pronounced chay)

: chaj (pronounced chay) Urdu : chai

: chai (North) Vietnamese : che

: che (South) Vietnamese : tra (sometimes pronounced cha or ja)

: tra (sometimes pronounced cha or ja) Wolof : achai (pronounced uh-chuy)

: achai (pronounced uh-chuy) Welsh : te

: te Yiddish : tey

: tey Zulu: itiye

Pronunciations of "Tea" Around the World

The root words for "tea" can be traced back to China, where it was called â€œchaâ€ or â€œtay.â€ Today, most words for tea sound something like cha/chai or tea/té/te.