Last Updated: March 3, 2022
How do you say ‘dragon’ in other languages? It’s 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!
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.
Read on to find out how to say ‘dragon’ in over 100 different languages! Then head over to Facebook to let us know your favourite!
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |