How to say

Key

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Amharic አማርኛ am

ቁልፍ

Koo-LUF

Use 'kuluf' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Arabic العربية ar

مفتاح

Mif-TAH

Use 'miftah' for a physical key, or figuratively for a solution or the most important aspect.

Bangla বাংলা bn

চাবি

CHAA-bee

Use 'chaabi' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Catalan català ca

Clau

KLAW

Use 'clau' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Czech čeština cs

Klíč

KLEECH

Use 'klíč' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main point.

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Danish dansk da

Nøgle

NUR-leh

Use 'nøgle' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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German Deutsch de

Schlüssel

SHLÜ-sel

Use 'Schlüssel' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main component.

Greek Ελληνικά el

Κλειδί

Klee-DEE

Use 'kleidi' for a physical key, or figuratively for a solution or the most important thing.

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Spanish Español es

Llave

YA-veh

Use 'llave' to refer to a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or important element.

Estonian eesti et

Võti

VUR-tee

Use 'võti' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Basque Basque eu

Giltza

GIL-tsa

Use 'giltza' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Persian فارسی fa

کلید

Ke-LEED

Use 'kelid' for a physical key, or figuratively for a solution or the main element.

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Finnish suomi fi

Avain

AH-vayn

Use 'avain' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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French Français fr

Clé

Klay

Use 'clé' for a physical key, or figuratively for a solution or the most important thing.

Galician Galician gl

Chave

CHAH-veh

Use 'chave' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Gujarati ગુજરાતી gu

ચાવી

CHAA-vee

Use 'chaavi' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Hausa Hausa ha

Mabuɗi

Mah-BOO-dee

Use 'mabuɗi' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Hebrew עברית he

מפתח

Mah-FTE-ach

Use 'mafteach' for a physical key, or figuratively for a solution or the main point.

Hindi हिन्दी hi

चाबी

CHAA-bee

Use 'chaabi' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

Hungarian magyar hu

Kulcs

Koolch

Use 'kulcs' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Indonesian Indonesia id

Kunci

KOON-chee

Use 'kunci' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Icelandic Icelandic is

Lykill

LICK-ill

Use 'lykill' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Italian Italiano it

Chiave

KEE-ah-veh

Use 'chiave' for a physical key, or figuratively for a solution or an essential element.

Japanese 日本語 ja

鍵

KAH-ghee

Use 'kagi' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

Korean 한국어 ko

열쇠

YEO-lsway

Use 'yeolsoe' for a physical key, or figuratively for a solution or the main point.

Lithuanian lietuvių lt

Raktas

RAHK-tas

Use 'raktas' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Latvian latviešu lv

Atslēga

AHT-slee-ga

Use 'atslēga' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Marathi मराठी mr

किल्ली

KIL-lee

Use 'killi' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Malay Melayu ms

Kunci

KOON-chee

Use 'kunci' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Dutch Nederlands nl

Sleutel

SLAY-tul

Use 'sleutel' for a physical key, or figuratively for a solution or a crucial element.

Norwegian norsk no

Nøkkel

NUR-kel

Use 'nøkkel' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ pa

ਚਾਬੀ

CHAA-bee

Use 'chaabi' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Polish polski pl

Klucz

Klooch

Use 'klucz' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

Portuguese Português pt

Chave

SHAH-veh

Use 'chave' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the most important aspect.

Romanian română ro

Cheie

KAY-eh

Use 'cheie' for a physical key, or figuratively for a solution or the most important aspect.

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Russian русский ru

Ключ

Klyuch

Use 'Klyuch' for a physical key, or figuratively for a solution or the main point.

Swedish svenska sv

Nyckel

NICK-el

Use 'nyckel' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Swahili Kiswahili sw

Ufunguo

oo-FUN-gwo

Use 'ufunguo' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Tamil தமிழ் ta

சாவி

SAA-vee

Use 'saavi' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Telugu తెలుగు te

తాళం చెవి

TAA-lum CHE-vi

Use 'taalam chevi' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Thai ไทย th

กุญแจ

Gun-JAE

Use 'kun-jae' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Filipino Filipino tl

Susi

SOO-see

Use 'susi' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Turkish Türkçe tr

Anahtar

Ah-NAH-tar

Use 'anahtar' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Ukrainian українська uk

Ключ

Klyuch

Use 'Klyuch' for a physical key, or figuratively for a solution or the main point.

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Urdu اردو ur

چابی

CHAA-bee

Use 'chaabi' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Vietnamese Tiếng Việt vi

Chìa khóa

Chee-ah KWAW

Use 'chìa khóa' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main point.

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Yoruba Yoruba yo

Kọ́kọ́

KO-ko

Use 'kọ́kọ́' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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Chinese 中文 zh

钥匙

YAO-shr

Use 'yàoshi' for a physical key, or figuratively for a solution or the main point.

zh-yue zh-yue zh-yue

鎖匙

SO-see

Use 'so2 si4' for a physical key, or figuratively for a solution or the main point.

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Zulu Zulu zu

Ukhiye

oo-KHEE-yeh

Use 'ukhiye' for a physical key, or metaphorically for a solution or the main element.

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