| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | golf |
| Plural | golwe |
| Diminutive | |
|---|---|
| Singular | Plural |
| golfie | golfies |
| Catalan | onada |
|---|---|
| Czech | vlna |
| Danish | bølge |
| Dutch | baar; golf; gulp |
| English | wave |
| Esperanto | ondo |
| Faeroese | alda; bylgja |
| Finnish | aalto |
| French | onde; vague |
| German | Welle; Woge |
| Greek | κύμα |
| Hawaiian | nalu |
| Italian | onda |
| Latin | fluctus; unda |
| Luxemburgish | Well |
| Malay | ombak |
| Papiamento | ola |
| Portuguese | onda; vaga |
| Russian | волна |
| Saterland Frisian | Buulge; Wooge |
| Scots | waw; swaw |
| Scottish Gaelic | tonn |
| Spanish | ola; onda |
| Sranan | skwala |
| Swedish | bölja; våg |
| Thai | คลื่น |
| West Frisian | baar; weach |