| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | masculine |
| Plural | tiburones |
| Afrikaans | haai |
|---|---|
| Catalan | tauró |
| Czech | žralok |
| Danish | haj |
| Dutch | haai |
| English | shark |
| Esperanto | ŝarko |
| Faeroese | hákelling |
| Finnish | hai |
| French | requin |
| German | Hai; Haifisch |
| Greek | καρχαρίας |
| Hawaiian | manō |
| Hungarian | cápa |
| Italian | pescecane; squalo |
| Papiamento | tribon |
| Portuguese | cação; cão‐do‐mar; tubarão |
| Russian | акула |
| Saterland Frisian | Hai |
| Sranan | sarki |
| Swedish | haj |
| Thai | ปลาฉลาม |
| West Frisian | haai |