How to Say Apple in Different Languages

An apple is a familiar fruit, but its name changes considerably from one language to another. Learning how to say apple in different languages is a simple way to build vocabulary while discovering how languages describe everyday things. Whether you are studying a foreign language, traveling, preparing a multilingual lesson, or simply curious about world languages, this common word is a useful starting point.

In English, apple normally refers to the edible fruit of an apple tree. Other languages may use different grammatical forms depending on whether the word is singular or plural, definite or indefinite, or used in a particular sentence. Some languages also have regional vocabulary differences or grammatical features that do not exist in English.

Below, you will find 75 languages and language varieties, with translations, pronunciation guidance, regional information, and natural example sentences. The examples are designed to show how the word is actually used rather than simply repeating an isolated dictionary equivalent. Where useful, notes explain gender, script, regional variation, or pronunciation so that learners can use each translation more confidently.

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Interesting Facts About Apple

The English word apple refers to the fruit produced by species and cultivars of the genus Malus. In everyday speech, it normally means the familiar cultivated apple.
The word for apple can look surprisingly different across language families. For example, German has Apfel, French has pomme, Spanish has manzana, and Russian has яблоко (yabloko).
In many languages, nouns have grammatical gender. French pomme, Spanish manzana, and German Apfel therefore behave differently in sentences.
Some languages use a writing system other than the Latin alphabet. Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, and many others have their own scripts.
A dictionary translation does not always tell you how a word behaves grammatically. In some languages, the form changes according to case, number, definiteness, or grammatical role.
The pronunciation of the same language can vary between countries and regions. This is especially relevant for languages such as English, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese varieties.
In everyday conversation, the ordinary word for the fruit is generally more useful than a highly literal or botanical description.

What Does Apple Mean?

Apple is the common English name for a round or oval fruit that grows on an apple tree. Apples come in many varieties and can be sweet, tart, crisp, or soft.

The word normally refers to the fruit itself:

I ate an apple after lunch.

It can also appear in compound expressions, names, and cultural references. For example, English speakers may talk about apple juice, apple pie, apple trees, or apple slices.

There is also an important contextual distinction: Apple with a capital A can refer to the technology company. In this article, however, apple means the fruit, not the company.

Why Can Apple Have Different Translations?

There is usually a straightforward noun for the fruit in each language, but the way that noun appears in a sentence can vary.

Several factors can affect the translation:

Grammatical gender: Some languages classify nouns as masculine, feminine, or neuter.
Number: Singular and plural forms may differ.
Case: Languages such as Russian, Polish, German, and Greek can change noun forms according to grammatical function.
Articles: French, Spanish, Italian, and German may use articles that English does not use in exactly the same way.
Regional vocabulary: Different countries may use different terms or pronunciation patterns.
Writing system: The same concept may appear in Latin, Cyrillic, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, or another script.
Spoken vs. written language: Everyday speech can sometimes use forms that differ from a formal dictionary entry.

For a simple vocabulary question, the basic singular noun is normally the most useful translation.

European Languages

Europe contains several major language families, including Germanic, Romance, Slavic, Celtic, Baltic, Uralic, and Hellenic languages. As a result, the word for apple can vary substantially even between neighboring countries. The table below gives the ordinary singular noun for the fruit, with pronunciation guides designed for English-speaking learners.

European Apple Translations

🌍 Language	Country/Region	Translation	Pronunciation	Example Sentence
English	International	apple	AP-uhl	I ate an apple this morning.
American English 🇺🇸	United States	apple	AP-uhl	This apple is very crisp.
British English 🇬🇧	United Kingdom	apple	AP-uhl	I packed an apple for lunch.
Australian English 🇦🇺	Australia	apple	AP-uhl	She bought a fresh apple.
Spanish	Spain and much of Latin America	manzana	mahn-SAH-nah	Me comí una manzana. — I ate an apple.
French	France and Francophone regions	pomme	pom	J’aime cette pomme. — I like this apple.
German	Germany, Austria, Switzerland	Apfel	AP-fel	Der Apfel ist rot. — The apple is red.
Italian	Italy and San Marino	mela	MEH-lah	Questa mela è dolce. — This apple is sweet.
Portuguese	Portugal, Brazil, other regions	maçã	mah-SAH̃	Esta maçã é doce. — This apple is sweet.
Dutch	Netherlands and Belgium	appel	AH-puhl	Ik eet een appel. — I am eating an apple.
Swedish	Sweden	äpple	EP-pleh	Jag äter ett äpple. — I am eating an apple.
Norwegian	Norway	eple	EH-pleh	Jeg spiser et eple. — I am eating an apple.
Danish	Denmark	æble	EH-bleh	Jeg spiser et æble. — I am eating an apple.
Finnish	Finland	omena	OH-meh-nah	Syön omenan. — I am eating an apple.
Icelandic	Iceland	epli	EH-pli	Ég borða epli. — I am eating an apple.
Irish	Ireland	úll	ool	Tá úll agam. — I have an apple.
Welsh	Wales	afal	AH-val	Dw i’n bwyta afal. — I am eating an apple.
Polish	Poland	jabłko	YAHB-wkoh	Jem jabłko. — I am eating an apple.
Czech	Czech Republic	jablko	YAHB-lkoh	Jím jablko. — I am eating an apple.
Slovak	Slovakia	jablko	YAHB-lkoh	Jem jablko. — I am eating an apple.
Ukrainian	Ukraine	яблуко	YAB-loo-koh	Я їм яблуко. — I am eating an apple.
Russian	Russia and other Russian-speaking regions	яблоко	YAB-luh-kuh	Я ем яблоко. — I am eating an apple.
Bulgarian	Bulgaria	ябълка	YAH-buhl-kah	Ям ябълка. — I am eating an apple.
Croatian	Croatia	jabuka	yah-BOO-kah	Jedem jabuku. — I am eating an apple.
Serbian	Serbia and neighboring regions	јабука	yah-BOO-kah	Једем јабуку. — I am eating an apple.
Slovenian	Slovenia	jabolko	YAH-bol-koh	Jem jabolko. — I am eating an apple.
Romanian	Romania and Moldova	măr	muhr	Mănânc un măr. — I am eating an apple.
Hungarian	Hungary	alma	AHL-mah	Eszem az almát. — I am eating the apple.
Greek	Greece and Cyprus	μήλο	MEE-lo	Τρώω ένα μήλο. — I am eating an apple.
Lithuanian	Lithuania	obuolys	oh-boo-OH-lis	Aš valgau obuolį. — I am eating an apple.
Latvian	Latvia	ābols	AH-bols	Es ēdu ābolu. — I am eating an apple.
Estonian	Estonia	õun	urn, approximately	Ma söön õuna. — I am eating an apple.
Albanian	Albania and Kosovo	mollë	MOL-uh	Po ha një mollë. — I am eating an apple.
Bosnian	Bosnia and Herzegovina	jabuka	yah-BOO-kah	Jedem jabuku. — I am eating an apple.

English Varieties: American, British, and Australian English

There is no separate vocabulary word for the fruit in standard American, British, or Australian English. All three varieties normally use apple.

The main differences are associated with accent, pronunciation, spelling conventions in surrounding vocabulary, and regional usage, rather than a different name for the fruit.

Cultural Notes on European Languages

The basic noun is usually enough when asking how to say apple, but the surrounding grammar can change.

For example, German uses Apfel as a masculine noun, while French pomme is feminine. Spanish manzana is also feminine. In Slavic languages, the noun can change form according to grammatical case.

This means that memorizing only the dictionary form is useful for vocabulary building, but learners should pay attention to the sentence form when they begin using the word naturally.

Asian Languages

Asia contains an enormous range of languages and writing systems. A single table can therefore include alphabetic scripts, abugidas, syllabaries, logographic characters, and other writing traditions. Some languages also distinguish between formal and conversational forms or use grammatical systems that have no direct equivalent in English.

🌍 Language	Country/Region	Translation	Pronunciation	Example Sentence
Mandarin Chinese	China, Taiwan, Singapore and elsewhere	苹果	píngguǒ	我吃了一个苹果。— I ate an apple.
Cantonese	Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong	蘋果	ping4 gwo2	我食咗一個蘋果。— I ate an apple.
Japanese	Japan	りんご / 林檎	ringo	りんごを食べます。— I eat an apple.
Korean	South Korea, North Korea	사과	sa-gwa	저는 사과를 먹어요. — I eat an apple.
Hindi	India	सेब	seb	मैं सेब खाता हूँ। — I eat an apple.
Urdu	Pakistan, India	سیب	seb	میں سیب کھاتا ہوں۔ — I eat an apple.
Bengali	Bangladesh, India	আপেল	apel	আমি একটি আপেল খাই। — I eat an apple.
Punjabi	India and Pakistan	ਸੇਬ / سیب	seb	ਮੈਂ ਸੇਬ ਖਾਂਦਾ ਹਾਂ। — I eat an apple.
Gujarati	India	સફરજન	safarjan	હું સફરજન ખાઉં છું. — I eat an apple.
Marathi	India	सफरचंद	safarchand	मी सफरचंद खातो. — I eat an apple.
Tamil	India, Sri Lanka, Singapore	ஆப்பிள்	aappil	நான் ஆப்பிள் சாப்பிடுகிறேன். — I am eating an apple.
Telugu	India	ఆపిల్	aapil	నేను ఆపిల్ తింటున్నాను. — I am eating an apple.
Kannada	India	ಸೇಬು	sebu	ನಾನು ಸೇಬು ತಿನ್ನುತ್ತೇನೆ. — I eat an apple.
Malayalam	India	ആപ്പിൾ	aappil	ഞാൻ ആപ്പിൾ കഴിക്കുന്നു. — I am eating an apple.
Nepali	Nepal and India	स्याउ	syāu	म स्याउ खान्छु। — I eat an apple.
Sinhala	Sri Lanka	ඇපල්	æpal	මම ඇපල් කනවා. — I eat an apple.
Thai	Thailand	แอปเปิล	aep-poen	ฉันกินแอปเปิล。— I eat an apple.
Vietnamese	Vietnam	quả táo	kwah tao	Tôi ăn một quả táo. — I eat an apple.
Indonesian	Indonesia	apel	AH-pel	Saya makan apel. — I eat an apple.
Malay	Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore	epal	EH-pal	Saya makan epal. — I eat an apple.
Filipino/Tagalog	Philippines	mansanas	man-SAH-nas	Kumakain ako ng mansanas. — I am eating an apple.
Burmese	Myanmar	ပန်းသီး	pan-thi	ကျွန်တော် ပန်းသီး စားတယ်။ — I eat an apple.
Khmer	Cambodia	ផ្លែប៉ោម	phlae paom	ខ្ញុំញ៉ាំ ផ្លែប៉ោម។ — I eat an apple.
Lao	Laos	ໝາກໂປມ	mak-pom	ຂ້ອຍກິນ ໝາກໂປມ. — I eat an apple.
Mongolian	Mongolia	алим	alim	Би алим идэж байна. — I am eating an apple.
Kazakh	Kazakhstan and Central Asia	алма	alma	Мен алма жеймін. — I eat an apple.
Uzbek	Uzbekistan and Central Asia	olma	OL-mah	Men olma yeyman. — I eat an apple.
Turkish	Turkey and Cyprus	elma	EL-mah	Ben elma yiyorum. — I am eating an apple.
Tajik	Tajikistan	себ	seb	Ман себ мехӯрам. — I eat an apple.

Cultural and Linguistic Notes on Asia

The Asian entries demonstrate why native script plus pronunciation can be particularly helpful for learners.

In Mandarin, 苹果 (píngguǒ) is the ordinary word for apple. Mandarin uses tones, so píngguǒ is more informative than an approximate English spelling alone.

Japanese commonly uses りんご (ringo) in everyday writing. Korean uses 사과 (sagwa). In Hindi and Urdu, the commonly used forms are सेब and سیب, respectively.

Some South Asian languages also have vocabulary influenced by historical contact and borrowing. The important point for learners is to use the ordinary contemporary word appropriate to the language rather than assuming that related languages must share identical vocabulary.

African Languages

Africa is home to hundreds of languages belonging to several major language families. Swahili, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Amharic, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, and many others have different grammatical structures and histories.

The following translations represent commonly used vocabulary for the fruit in the specified languages.

🌍 Language	Country/Region	Translation	Pronunciation	Example Sentence
Swahili	East Africa	tofaa	toh-FAH-ah	Ninakula tofaa. — I am eating an apple.
Afrikaans	South Africa, Namibia	appel	AH-puhl	Ek eet ‘n appel. — I am eating an apple.
Zulu	South Africa	i-apula	ee-AH-poo-lah	Ngidla i-apula. — I am eating an apple.
Xhosa	South Africa	iapile	ee-AH-pee-leh	Nditya iapile. — I am eating an apple.
Amharic	Ethiopia	ፖም	pom	አንድ ፖም እበላለሁ። — I eat an apple.
Yoruba	Nigeria and Benin	àpùlù	ah-poo-loo	Mo ń jẹ àpùlù. — I am eating an apple.
Igbo	Nigeria	apụl	ah-pool	Ana m eri apụl. — I am eating an apple.
Hausa	Nigeria, Niger and surrounding areas	tuffa	TOO-fah	Ina cin tuffa. — I am eating an apple.
Somali	Somalia and neighboring regions	tufaax	too-FAHSH	Waxaan cunayaa tufaax. — I am eating an apple.
Shona	Zimbabwe	apuro	ah-POO-roh	Ndiri kudya apuro. — I am eating an apple.
Sesotho	Lesotho, South Africa	apole	ah-POH-leh	Ke ja apole. — I am eating an apple.
Setswana	Botswana, South Africa	apole	ah-POH-leh	Ke ja apole. — I am eating an apple.
Kinyarwanda	Rwanda	pome	POH-meh	Ndarya pome. — I am eating an apple.
Malagasy	Madagascar	paoma	pah-OH-mah	Mihinana paoma aho. — I am eating an apple.

Cultural Notes on African Languages

Africa’s linguistic diversity means that there is no single African word for apple. A word used in one language should not automatically be transferred to another language spoken in the same country.

For example, Swahili is widely used across East Africa, while Zulu and Xhosa are important languages in southern Africa. Their vocabulary and grammar are distinct.

Borrowing is also common. Some languages use forms that resemble European words, especially where the fruit itself entered local vocabulary through historical trade, agriculture, or language contact. Similar-looking words do not necessarily mean that the languages have identical grammar.

Middle Eastern Languages

The Middle East includes several different language families and literary traditions. Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Kurdish, Turkish, and Armenian are not simply different dialects of one language. Even within Arabic, everyday vocabulary can vary between countries and dialect regions.

🌍 Language	Country/Region	Translation	Pronunciation	Example Sentence
Modern Standard Arabic	Arab world	تفاحة	tuffāḥah	أكلتُ تفاحة. — I ate an apple.
Persian	Iran, Afghanistan, Tajik-related contexts	سیب	sib	من یک سیب می‌خورم. — I am eating an apple.
Hebrew	Israel	תפוח	ta-POO-akh	אני אוכל תפוח. — I am eating an apple.
Kurdish (Kurmanji)	Kurdistan regions	sêv	sayv	Ez sêv dixwim. — I am eating an apple.
Turkish	Turkey and Cyprus	elma	EL-mah	Bir elma yiyorum. — I am eating an apple.
Armenian	Armenia and Armenian-speaking communities	խնձոր	khn-DZOR	Ես խնձոր եմ ուտում։ — I am eating an apple.

Arabic: A Useful Distinction

In Modern Standard Arabic, تفاحة (tuffāḥah) means an apple in the feminine singular form. Arabic also has many regional dialects, and everyday pronunciation and vocabulary can differ from Modern Standard Arabic.

For a multilingual educational article, it is therefore more accurate to identify the form as Modern Standard Arabic rather than implying that one pronunciation represents every Arabic-speaking community.

Other World Languages

The world’s languages extend well beyond Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The following examples add several languages from the Pacific and the Americas.

🌍 Language	Country/Region	Translation	Pronunciation	Example Sentence
Māori	New Zealand	āporo	AH-paw-raw	Kei te kai au i te āporo. — I am eating the apple.
Samoan	Samoa and American Samoa	apu	AH-poo	Ou te ‘ai i le apu. — I am eating the apple.
Tongan	Tonga	ʻapela	ah-PEH-lah	ʻOku ou kai ʻi he ʻapela. — I am eating an apple.
Hawaiian	Hawaii	ʻāpala	AH-pah-lah	Makemake au i ka ʻāpala. — I like the apple.
Quechua	Andes of South America	manzana	man-SAH-nah	Mikhuymi manzana. — I eat an apple.
Guarani	Paraguay and surrounding areas	manzana	man-SAH-nah	Akaru manzana. — I ate an apple.
Haitian Creole	Haiti and Haitian communities	pòm	pom	Mwen manje yon pòm. — I am eating an apple.
Esperanto	International constructed language	pomo	POH-moh	Mi manĝas pomon. — I am eating an apple.

Note: Borrowed vocabulary can appear in several unrelated languages. That does not mean the languages themselves are closely related. For example, Romance-derived or internationally borrowed forms can occur in languages of the Americas and elsewhere.

Cultural Notes About Saying Apple in Different Languages

The word apple is relatively simple, but using it correctly provides several useful language-learning lessons.

Grammatical gender matters

In French, pomme is feminine, while German Apfel is masculine. Spanish manzana is also feminine. Learners should therefore memorize the noun together with its grammatical behavior where necessary.

Singular forms may change inside sentences

A dictionary may list the basic noun, but a sentence can require another grammatical form. This is particularly noticeable in languages with case systems, such as Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, and Lithuanian.

Script is part of vocabulary learning

Seeing 苹果, りんご, 사과, سیب, or תפוח alongside a pronunciation guide can help learners connect spoken language with its written form.

Regional differences should not be exaggerated

American, British, and Australian English all use apple for the fruit. There is no need to manufacture a different translation simply because the varieties are geographically distinct.

Pronunciation Guidelines for Apple in Different Languages

Pronunciation guides in this article are designed to give English-speaking learners a useful approximation, but they are not substitutes for hearing native speech.

A few examples show why pronunciation deserves attention:

Mandarin píngguǒ contains tones, so the tone marks are meaningful.
French pomme has a pronunciation that does not match the English spelling of pom perfectly.
German Apfel has sounds that differ from English.
Japanese ringo uses Japanese phonology rather than English pronunciation.
Russian яблоко (yabloko) begins with a consonant sound represented through Cyrillic spelling.
Arabic تفاحة (tuffāḥah) includes sounds that can be difficult to reproduce using ordinary English spelling.

For serious language learning, listen to native-speaker audio and practice the sound within a complete sentence rather than memorizing an English approximation alone.

How to Choose the Right Translation

The best translation depends on how you intend to use the word.

If you are simply learning vocabulary, start with the standard singular noun. If you are writing a sentence, check whether the noun needs a different form because of case, gender, number, article, or grammatical agreement.

Consider these questions:

Which country or region is your audience from?
Is the language formal or conversational in your situation?
Do you need the singular or plural form?
Does the noun have grammatical gender?
Does the sentence change the noun’s form?
Does the language use a special writing system?
Do you need a regional or dialect form?

For most beginners, learning the basic word first and then studying it in a natural sentence is an effective approach.

Common Mistakes When Translating Apple

1. Translating word-for-word without checking grammar

Knowing the dictionary word does not automatically tell you how to use it in a sentence. Case and grammatical agreement can change the form.

2. Confusing the fruit with the company

English uses Apple with a capital letter for the technology company. The ordinary fruit is written apple.

3. Ignoring regional differences

A language can be spoken across several countries. The standard word may remain the same while pronunciation or everyday usage differs.

4. Treating dialects as separate languages

Different varieties of Arabic, Chinese, Kurdish, or other languages should not automatically be counted as completely separate languages.

5. Using an approximate pronunciation as though it were exact

English-style pronunciation guides are useful for beginners, but they cannot always represent sounds such as tones, vowel distinctions, or unfamiliar consonants.

6. Forgetting the article

Some languages require articles in situations where English does not, or use articles differently. Learning the noun together with a short example sentence can prevent this problem.

7. Assuming similar-looking words have identical meanings

Loanwords can look similar across languages while behaving differently grammatically. Always check how the word is actually used.

Why Learn Apple in Different Languages?

Learning the word apple in different languages may seem simple, but everyday vocabulary provides an accessible way to explore how languages work.

You can use the word to practice pronunciation, sentence structure, grammatical gender, articles, cases, writing systems, and vocabulary building. Food vocabulary is also useful when traveling because it appears in markets, restaurants, supermarkets, recipes, and conversations.

For students, comparing words such as apple, pomme, manzana, Apfel, mela, яблоко, 苹果, 사과, and سیب can make differences between language families easier to notice.

For travelers and multilingual families, knowing a familiar food word can also make basic communication more comfortable. Most importantly, learning vocabulary in its cultural and grammatical context encourages respectful, accurate communication rather than relying only on direct word-for-word translation.

Quick Reference: Apple in Different Languages

Language	Translation
English	apple
American English	apple
British English	apple
Australian English	apple
Spanish	manzana
French	pomme
German	Apfel
Italian	mela
Portuguese	maçã
Dutch	appel
Swedish	äpple
Norwegian	eple
Danish	æble
Finnish	omena
Icelandic	epli
Irish	úll
Welsh	afal
Polish	jabłko
Czech	jablko
Slovak	jablko
Ukrainian	яблуко
Russian	яблоко
Bulgarian	ябълка
Croatian	jabuka
Serbian	јабука
Slovenian	jabolko
Romanian	măr
Hungarian	alma
Greek	μήλο
Lithuanian	obuolys
Latvian	ābols
Estonian	õun
Albanian	mollë
Bosnian	jabuka
Mandarin Chinese	苹果
Cantonese	蘋果
Japanese	りんご / 林檎
Korean	사과
Hindi	सेब
Urdu	سیب
Bengali	আপেল
Punjabi	ਸੇਬ / سیب
Gujarati	સફરજન
Marathi	सफरचंद
Tamil	ஆப்பிள்
Telugu	ఆపిల్
Kannada	ಸೇಬು
Malayalam	ആപ്പിൾ
Nepali	स्याउ
Sinhala	ඇපල්
Thai	แอปเปิล
Vietnamese	quả táo
Indonesian	apel
Malay	epal
Filipino/Tagalog	mansanas
Burmese	ပန်းသီး
Khmer	ផ្លែប៉ោម
Lao	ໝາກໂປມ
Mongolian	алим
Kazakh	алма
Uzbek	olma
Turkish	elma
Tajik	себ
Swahili	tofaa
Afrikaans	appel
Zulu	i-apula
Xhosa	iapile
Amharic	ፖም
Yoruba	àpùlù
Igbo	apụl
Hausa	tuffa
Somali	tufaax
Shona	apuro
Sesotho	apole
Setswana	apole
Kinyarwanda	pome
Malagasy	paoma
Modern Standard Arabic	تفاحة
Persian	سیب
Hebrew	תפוח
Kurdish (Kurmanji)	sêv
Armenian	խնձոր
Māori	āporo
Samoan	apu
Tongan	ʻapela
Hawaiian	ʻāpala
Quechua	manzana
Guarani	manzana
Haitian Creole	pòm
Esperanto	pomo

FAQs:

How do you say apple in different languages?

The word for apple varies widely between languages. Examples include manzana in Spanish, pomme in French, Apfel in German, mela in Italian, яблоко (yabloko) in Russian, 苹果 (píngguǒ) in Mandarin, 사과 (sagwa) in Korean, and سیب (seb) in Urdu.

What is the most natural translation of apple?

The most natural translation is normally the ordinary word used for the fruit in the target language. The correct form can change when the word is placed into a sentence because of grammar.

Can the translation of apple change by country?

Yes. A language can have regional vocabulary, pronunciation, or usage differences. However, not every country using a language necessarily has a different word for apple.

Why do some languages have multiple translations?

Multiple forms can result from regional variation, grammatical forms, writing conventions, or differences between formal and informal language. Sometimes two words may also describe related but slightly different concepts.

Does pronunciation change between regions?

It can. Pronunciation often changes across regions even when the written word remains the same. English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, and Chinese varieties, among others, can show regional pronunciation differences.

Conclusion:

Learning how to say apple in different languages is a small vocabulary exercise with plenty of opportunities to discover how languages work. A simple word can change considerably from pomme in French and manzana in Spanish to Apfel in German, яблоко in Russian, 苹果 in Mandarin, and 사과 in Korean.

The most important lesson is that translation is not always just about replacing one English word with another. Grammar, pronunciation, writing systems, regional usage, and sentence context all influence how a word is naturally used.