In Albanian, by Leli: Lakmues

This language is spoken in Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Montenegro

In Arpitan, by Jian : golu

This language is spoken in France, Savoy, Switzerland and Italy

In Bahasa Indonesia, by MLF and frinzi : yang suka makan

This language is spoken in Indonesia

Note: meaning “who likes to eat”, there is no litteral translation of this word!

In Bangla, by Deepro : lobhi

This language is spoken in Bangladesh and India

In Basque (Euskara), by karmele : gozozalea

This language is spoken in the Basque Country (Euskal Herria), France and Spain

In Batanga, by Medy : n’dehi

This language is spoken in Cameroon

In Breton, by Ifig : liper (nom masculin), lipous (adjectif)

This language is spoken in Brittany, France

In Catalan, by idali vera grau : llaminer

This language is spoken in Catalonia (Spain, France, Italy, Andorra)

Note: fem. llaminera

In Antillean Creole, by Armelle : vorace

This language is spoken in the Island of Martinique

Note: Also: agoulou.

In Casamance Creole, by Biagui Noël Bernard: gulos, wuku

This language is spoken in Ziguinchor (Senegal).

In Portuguese Creole, by Anthony: Uku

This language is spoken in Guinea Bissau, Casamance (Senegal) and Cape Verde

Note: also “Kumedur”

In Danish, by Camilla Dahl : grådig

This language is spoken in Denmark

Also : grisk

In Drehu, by Stéphanie Geneix-Rabault : tru hna xen

This language is spoken in Lifou (New Caledonia)

In Esperanto, by Marion : manĝegema

This language is spoken in almost every country

Note: manĝ-eg-em-a = who likes (em) to eat (manĝ) a lot (eg). The -a is the common ending to all adjectives

In Fala, by Eusebio Martin : Goloxu

This language is spoken in the North of Extremadura (Spain)

In Fang, by Mevyann : Yiarbe

This language is spoken in Gabon, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Congo Brazzaville

In Fijian, by Raijieli : kocokoco

This language is spoken in the Fiji

Note: The ‘c’ is pronounced ‘th’ as in ‘the’

In French, by Alberto : gourmand

This language is spoken in France, among many other countries

In Galician, by Elsa : Larpeiro

This language is spoken in Galicia (Northwest of Spain)

In German, by Laurie: naschhaft

This languages is spoken in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

In Italian, by Isabelle : goloso

This language is spoken in Italy

In Kashubian, by Adóm Hébel : knyfkòwati

This language is spoken in the North of Poland

Note: a greedy man is ‘knyfka’.

In Kiholo (Holu), by Mvwala Katshinga: Kidila

This language is spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Angola.

In Lingala, by Ména : lokosso

This language is spoken in both Congo neighbours

In Malagasy, by Rado Andrianome : Tenda-kanina

This language is spoken in Madagascar

Note: Tenda-kanina is composed of: ‘tenda’ for neck and ‘(k)hanina’ for food

In (Yucatec) Maya, by jhonnatan Rangel : Joolok’

This language is spoken in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

In Mwotlap, by Alex : womnes

This language is spoken in Vanuatu

Note: Mostly used too tease someone who is enjoying a meal in a slightly too conspicuous manner…

In Nengone, by Christoph : Thukodraru

This language is spoken in Maré, New Caledonia

In Ngakarimojong, by Nick Jewitt : ekwana, ekwaka (pl.)

This language is spoken in the North East of Uganda

In Norman, by Clem 1066 from Normanring : goulard

This language is spoken in Normandy and the Channel Islands

Also: “liquous”

In Orungu, by Odette : ogaso

This language is spoken in Gabon

Note: the first 2 syllables are low pitched, and the last one is high pitched. All the “o” are closed

In eastern Penan, by Ian Mackenzie : singat

This language is spoken in Sarawak, Borneo

Note:”ng” as in “singer”. This does not mean ‘eat to excess’, but rather ‘eat more than your fair share’. It is the strongest possible insult in this egalitarian sharing society.

In Persian (Farsi), by Sima : chékamou

This language is spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan

Note: someone over greedy is called a “dalé’ ‘

In Provençal, by Tabacchi jean charles : Groumand

This language is spoken in Provence, France

Note: fem. “groumando”

In Pulaar (Fula, Peul), by Déme : kuunyo

This language is spoken in Cameroon, Centrafrican Republic, Chad, Sudan, Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Togo and Benin

Note: Also: nyaamdaro

In Quechua, by Gloria Caceres : mikuysapa, rakrapu

This language is spoken by the Quechua people of Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador

Note: also “millkapa” or “kulliq”

In Romanian, by Florica Razumiev : gurmand

This language is spoken in Romania and the Republic of Moldova

Note: gurmánd adj. m., s. m., pl. gurmánzi; f. sg. gurmándă, pl. gurmánde

In Russian, by Victoria: гурман

This language is spoken in Russia and in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

Note: pronounced “gurmuh”

In Scanian, by Camilla Dahl : hágaln, hagaln

This language is spoken in Scania, Halland and Blekinge (Sweden) and Bornholm (Denmark)

Note : in Bornholm, the masculine is “hágalijn”

In Spanish (Castilian), by Gloria Caceres and Alejandra VERGARA-BRUGERE : goloso

This language is spoken in Spain, Latin America and USA among other places

In Swahili, by Bamadin : tapia

This language is spoken in Tanzania and Kenya

Note: verb meaning “to be greedy”

In Swedish, by Johan Wadenbäck : (-for money) : girig, sniken, gnidig, snål; (-for food): frossande, glupsk

This language is spoken in Sweden

In Tagalog, by Amiel R : ganid

This language is spoken in the Philippines

Note: The last syllable sounds like ‘bid’

In Tamahaq (Tamasheq, Tuareg), by Ibrahim : emakhled

This language is spoken in Algeria, Lybia, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso

Note: fem. temakhledt

In Tchourama, by SOURABIE Foromine : purnĩĩw

This language is spoken in Banfora, Burkina Faso

Note: plural “purnããbaa”

In Thai, by Gilles Delouche : ตะกละ

This language is spoken in Thailand

Note: ตะกราม

In Valencian, by Marta : Llépol

This language is spoken in the Valencian Community (Spain)

In Welsh (Cymraeg), by Anthony : barus

This language is spoken in the Wales (Cymru)

In Wolof, by Cheikh Sall : fëkhële

This language is spoken in Senegal

Fatou offers the alternative: fuxale (note: fuqele)