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English term or phrase:Dog
Japanese translation:Inu
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English to Japanese translations [Non-PRO]
Linguistics / the word for "dog"
English term or phrase: Dog
Dog - as in animal, four legged creature, english have many as pets
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Inu
Explanation:
The Japanese word for 'dog' is 'inu'.
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Will Matter
United States
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2InuWill Matter
5 +2Kutya
mehesh
4 +2Hund
Kathi Stock
5 +1perro
Сергей Лузан
4 +1how to say "dog" in many languages
Kirill Semenov


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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
perro


Explanation:
Spanish.

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Note added at 2003-06-24 15:56:46 (GMT)
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der Hund (German), hund (Norwegian), chien (French),

Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
Local time: 01:54
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

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agree  Will Matter
436 days
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
how to say "dog" in many languages


Explanation:
Afrikaans: woef
Albanian: ham ham / hum hum
Arabic (Algeria): haw haw
Bengali: ghaue-ghaue
Catalan: bup, bup
Chinese (Mandarin): wang wang
Croatian: vau-vau
Danish: vov
Dutch: woef
English: bow wow, arf, woof, ruff ruff
English (Old English): Hund byrc


    Reference: http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/animals/dog.html
Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 00:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Сергей Лузан: Only with in Russian and Ukrainian DOG is "sobaka". Just have a look above & below :)
12 mins
  -> Asker obviously has not specified neither what she needs nor what the target language is.

agree  Will Matter
436 days
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Hund


Explanation:
German.

Kathi Stock
United States
Local time: 16:54
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

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agree  Will Matter
436 days

agree  Kirill Semenov
691 days
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Kutya


Explanation:
in Hungarian

mehesh
Ukraine
Local time: 00:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Will Matter
430 days
  -> thanks!

agree  Kirill Semenov: ;-)
686 days
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436 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Inu


Explanation:
The Japanese word for 'dog' is 'inu'.

Will Matter
United States
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vulcan27
145 days
  -> Thanks.

agree  Kirill Semenov: it's time for robot to take care about the question ;-)
255 days
  -> You're right. How are things?
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