Ransom
//ˈɹæn.səm//
Translations of "ransom" (48 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | λύτρα(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), ἄποινα(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), λυτρόομαι(to pay a price to set someone free), λυτρόω(to pay a price to set someone free), λυτρόω(to exact a ransom for, or a payment on) | lútra, ápoina, lutróomai, lutróō, lutróō | |
| Arabic | فِدْيَة(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), اِفْتَدَى(to pay a price to set someone free), فَدَى(to pay a price to set someone free) | fidya, iftadā, fadā | |
| Armenian | փրկագին(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), փրկանք(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | pʻrkagin, pʻrkankʻ | |
| Belarusian | вы́куп(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | výkup | |
| Bulgarian | откуп(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), откупвам(to pay a price to set someone free), плащам откуп(to exact a ransom for, or a payment on) | otkup, otkupvam, plaštam otkup | |
| Catalan | rescat(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), redimir(to pay a price to set someone free), rescatar(to pay a price to set someone free) | — | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 贖金 /赎金(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | suk⁶ gam¹ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 贖金 /赎金(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), 贖回 /赎回(to pay a price to set someone free), 贖身 /赎身(to pay a price to set someone free) | shújīn, shúhuí, shúshēn | |
| Czech | výkupné(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), vykoupit(to pay a price to set someone free) | — | |
| Danish | løsesum(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | — | |
| Dutch | losgeld(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), vrijkopen(to pay a price to set someone free) | — | |
| Esperanto | elaĉeti(to pay a price to set someone free) | — | |
| Finnish | lunnaat(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), lunnasraha(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), maksaa lunnaat(to pay a price to set someone free) | — | |
| French | rançon(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), rançonner(to pay a price to set someone free) | — | |
| Georgian | გამოსასყიდი(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | gamosasq̇idi | |
| German | Lösegeld(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), (mit Lösegeld) freikaufen(to pay a price to set someone free), auslösen(to pay a price to set someone free), auspressen(to exact a ransom for, or a payment on), loskaufen(to pay a price to set someone free) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | andabauhts | |
| Greek | λύτρα(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), λυτρώνω(to pay a price to set someone free) | lýtra, lytróno | |
| Hawaiian | kūʻai hoʻōla(to pay a price to set someone free) | — | |
| Hebrew | כּוֹפֵר(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), לפדות(to pay a price to set someone free) | kofer, lifdot | |
| Hindi | फिरौती(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), मुक्तिधन(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), फिरौती देना(to pay a price to set someone free) | phirautī, muktidhan, phirautī denā | |
| Hungarian | váltságdíj(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | — | |
| Icelandic | lausnarfé(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), lausnargjald(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | — | |
| Indonesian | tebusan(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | — | |
| Irish | fuascail(to pay a price to set someone free) | — | |
| Italian | riscatto(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | — | |
| Japanese | 身代金(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | minoshirokin | |
| Korean | 몸값(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | momgap | |
| Latin | pretium(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), redimō(to pay a price to set someone free) | — | |
| Lithuanian | išpirka(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | — | |
| Macedonian | откуп(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | otkup | |
| Malay | tebusan(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), menebus(to pay a price to set someone free) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | løsepenger(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | — | |
| Persian | فدیه(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | fedye | |
| Polish | okup(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), odkupić(to pay a price to set someone free), odkupywać(to pay a price to set someone free) | — | |
| Portuguese | resgate(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), pagar resgate(to pay a price to set someone free) | — | |
| Russian | вы́куп(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), вы́купить(to pay a price to set someone free), выкупа́ть(to pay a price to set someone free) | výkup, výkupitʹ, vykupátʹ | |
| Serbo-Croatian | otkupnina(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), откупнина(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), otkupiti(to pay a price to set someone free), откупити(to pay a price to set someone free) | — | |
| Slovak | výkup(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), výkupné(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | — | |
| Slovene | odkupnina(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | — | |
| Spanish | rescate(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), pagar la extorsión por(to pay a price to set someone free), rescatar(to pay a price to set someone free) | — | |
| Swahili | fidia(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), fidia(to pay a price to set someone free) | — | |
| Swedish | lösen(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), lösensumma(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | — | |
| Tagalog | pantubos(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), panubos(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | — | |
| Thai | ไถ่ตัว(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | — | |
| Turkish | fidye(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | — | |
| Ukrainian | ви́куп(money paid for the freeing of a hostage) | výkup | |
| Welsh | pridwerth(money paid for the freeing of a hostage), pridwerthu(to pay a price to set someone free) | — |
rescat, redimir, rescatar
výkupné, vykoupit
løsesum
losgeld, vrijkopen
elaĉeti
lunnaat, lunnasraha, maksaa lunnaat
rançon, rançonner
Lösegeld, (mit Lösegeld) freikaufen, auslösen, auspressen, loskaufen
kūʻai hoʻōla
váltságdíj
lausnarfé, lausnargjald
tebusan
fuascail
riscatto
pretium, redimō
išpirka
tebusan, menebus
løsepenger
okup, odkupić, odkupywać
resgate, pagar resgate
otkupnina, откупнина, otkupiti, откупити
výkup, výkupné
odkupnina
rescate, pagar la extorsión por, rescatar
fidia, fidia
lösen, lösensumma
pantubos, panubos
ไถ่ตัว
fidye
pridwerth, pridwerthu
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.