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The most beautiful words in 12 different languages, as voted for by Reddit users

The most beautiful words in 12 different languages, as voted for by Reddit users

The good folk over at Reddit have come together to share their favourite words in their mother tongues.

Some are tongue-twisters, some have quirky roots, some are specifically attached to certain cultures - and all are brilliant.

In no particular order, here are some of the top-voted words and phrases from different languages around the world:

1. Tagalog

Comment from discussion What is the most beautiful word in your language, in your opinion? What does it mean?.

2. Finnish

Comment from discussion What is the most beautiful word in your language, in your opinion? What does it mean?.

3. Hebrew...

4. And Arabic.

5. Faroese

Comment from discussion What is the most beautiful word in your language, in your opinion? What does it mean?.

6. English

Comment from discussion What is the most beautiful word in your language, in your opinion? What does it mean?.

7. German

Comment from discussion What is the most beautiful word in your language, in your opinion? What does it mean?.

8. Greek

Comment from discussion What is the most beautiful word in your language, in your opinion? What does it mean?.

9. Dutch

Comment from discussion What is the most beautiful word in your language, in your opinion? What does it mean?.

10. Bengali

Comment from discussion What is the most beautiful word in your language, in your opinion? What does it mean?.

11. Spanish

And the most interesting word has to be candyfloss, which is beautiful in many languages:

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