How do you say dragon in other languages? An eternal question, like does my dog love me? Speaking dragon is definitely a useful skill to have! What happens if you’re touring Mexico and you see a ferocious, fire breathing dragon come charging towards you and your group? Well, you would shout ‘El Draque’ of course! Maybe you want to know how to say dragon in Celtic. Or wonder what the Latin for dragon is.
Or if you were in Sweden, sampling some delicious meatballs, when you felt the hot breath of a scaly demon on your neck? Shouting ‘Drake’ will either alert everybody to the presence of a dragon, or put people on high alert for Canadian rappers. Or do you know the right word to use when talking about Chinese dragons?
Read on to find out how to say ‘dragon’ in over 100 different languages!
| Language | Dragon |
| African | nrgwenya |
| Afrikaans | draak |
| Alaskan | manchu |
| Albanian | dragua |
| Arabic | ah-teen |
| Armenian | թեվավոր մողես |
| Austrian | drach`n |
| Azerbaijani | əjdəha |
| Basque | dragoi |
| Belarusian | цмок |
| Bengali | ঘুড়ি বিশেষ |
| Bosnian | zmaj |
| Bulgarian | drakon |
| Catalan | drac |
| Cebuano | dragon |
| Chichewa | chinjoka |
| Chinese | lung |
| Croatian | zmaj |
| Czech | drak |
| Danish | trække på |
| Draconian | khoth |
| Dutch | draak |
| English | dragon |
| English (Middle) | dragun |
| English (Old) | draca |
| Enochian | vovin |
| Esperanto | drako |
| Estonian | draakon |
| Euskera | erensuge |
| Faeroese | eitt dreki |
| Filipino | dragon |
| Finnish | lohikäärme |
| Flambian | kazyeeqen |
| Flemmish | draeke |
| French | dragon |
| Gaelic | arach |
| Galician | dragón |
| Georgian | dragon |
| German | drachen |
| Greek | δράκων |
| Gujarati | ડ્રેગન |
| Language | Dragon |
| Haitian Creole | dragon |
| Hausa | dragon |
| Hawaiian | kelekona |
| Hebrew | דְרָקוֹן |
| Hindi | अजगर |
| Hmong | zaj |
| Hungarian | sárkány |
| Icelandic | dreki |
| Igbo | dragon |
| Indonesian | naga |
| Iranian | ejdeha |
| Irish | dragon |
| Islamic | th’uban |
| Italian | drago |
| Japanese | ryu |
| Kannada | ಡ್ರ್ಯಾಗನ್ |
| Kazakh | айдаһар |
| Khmer | នាគ |
| Korean | yong |
| Lao | ມັງກອນ |
| Latin | draco |
| Latvian | pūķis |
| Lithuanian | drakonas |
| Luxembourgian | draach |
| Macedonian | змеј |
| Malagasy | dragona |
| Malay | naga |
| Malayalam | ഡ്രാഗൺ |
| Maltese | dragun |
| Maori | tarakona |
| Marathi | ड्रॅगन |
| Milanese | dragh |
| Mongolian | луу |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | နဂါး |
Feel like you’ve learned something? Let’s kick on with the rest!
| Nepali | ड्रागन |
| Norse | ormr |
| Norsk | drake |
| Norwegian | drage |
| Oppish | dropagoponop |
| Ourainic Barb | duxobum |
| Persian | اژدها |
| Polish | smok |
| Portuguese | dragão |
| Romanian | balaur |
| Russian | drakon |
| Sanskrit | naga |
| Serbian | zmaj |
| Sesotho | drakone |
| Sinhala | මකරා |
| Slovak | drak |
| Slovenia | zmaj |
| Somali | masduulaagii |
| Spanish | el draque |
| Swahili | joka |
| Swedish | drake |
| Swedish (Ancient) | flugdrake |
| Swiss German | drachä |
| Tagalog | drakón |
| Tajik | аждаҳор |
| Tamil | டிராகன் |
| Telugu | డ్రాగన్ |
| Thai | mung-korn |
| Tibetan | brug |
| Turkish | ejderha |
| Ukrainian | drakon |
| Uzbek | ajdar |
| Vietnamese | rồng |
| Welsh | ddraig |
| Yiddish | דראַקאָן |
| Yoruba | dragoni |
| Yugoslav | zmaj |
| Zulu | uzekamanzi |
