The word “April” is recognized around the world as the fourth month of the year, and while its spelling and pronunciation vary by language, it often retains a form close to its Latin origin, Aprilis. In Spanish and Portuguese, it’s abril, in French it becomes avril, and in Italian, aprile. Many Slavic languages, like Russian (апрель) and Polish (kwiecień), use unique versions, while in Asian languages, the month is often expressed numerically, such as Japanese 四月 (shigatsu) or Chinese 四月 (sì yuè), meaning “fourth month.” From Nisan in Turkish to huhtikuu in Finnish, April is embraced globally with linguistic flair, signaling spring’s arrival in many cultures.
English – April
Spanish – abril
French – avril
German – April
Italian – aprile
Portuguese – abril
Russian – апрель (aprel’)
Ukrainian – квітень (kviten’)
Polish – kwiecień
Czech – duben
Slovak – apríl
Dutch – april
Swedish – april
Norwegian – april
Danish – april
Finnish – huhtikuu
Estonian – aprill
Latvian – aprīlis
Lithuanian – balandis
Greek – Απρίλιος (Aprílios)
Turkish – Nisan
Arabic – أبريل (Abrīl)
Hebrew – אַפְרִיל (April)
Persian (Farsi) – آوریل (Āvril)
Hindi – अप्रैल (aprail)
Urdu – اپریل (April)
Bengali – এপ্রিল (ēpril)
Punjabi – ਅਪ੍ਰੈਲ (aprail)
Gujarati – એપ્રિલ (ēpril)
Marathi – एप्रिल (ēpril)
Tamil – ஏப்ரல் (Ēpral)
Telugu – ఏప్రిల్ (Ēpril)
Kannada – ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ (Ēpril)
Malayalam – ഏപ്രിൽ (Ēpril)
Sinhala – අප්රේල් (aprel)
Thai – เมษายน (Mēsāyon)
Vietnamese – tháng tư
Chinese (Simplified) – 四月 (sì yuè)
Chinese (Traditional) – 四月 (sì yuè)
Japanese – 四月 (しがつ – shigatsu)
Korean – 4월 (사월 – sawol)
Indonesian – April
Malay – April
Filipino (Tagalog) – Abril
Swahili – Aprili
Zulu / Xhosa – uApril
Amharic – ኤፕሪል (ēpirīli)
Mongolian – дөрөвдүгээр сар (dörövdüger sar)
Georgian – აპრილი (aprili)
Armenian – Ապրիլ (April)
Albanian – prill
Serbian – април (april)
Croatian / Bosnian – travanj (Croatian), april (Bosnian)
Romanian – aprilie
Hungarian – április
Icelandic – apríl
Welsh – Ebrill
Irish – Aibreán
Basque – apirila
Esperanto – aprilo
Latin – Aprilis