| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | klei |
| Catalan | argila |
|---|---|
| Czech | hlína; jíl |
| Danish | ler |
| Dutch | klei |
| English | clay |
| English (Old English) | clæg |
| Esperanto | argilo |
| Faeroese | leir |
| Finnish | savi |
| French | argile |
| German | Lehm; Ton; Tonerde |
| Greek | άργιλος; πηλός |
| Hungarian | agyak |
| Italian | argilla |
| Latin | argilla |
| Papiamento | klei |
| Portuguese | argila; barro; greda |
| Russian | глина |
| Saterland Frisian | Leem |
| Scots | cley |
| Spanish | arcilla |
| Swedish | ler; lera |
| Turkish | kil |
| Welsh | clai |
| West Frisian | klaai |