| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | feminine |
| Plural | baleines |
| Afrikaans | walvis |
|---|---|
| Albanian | balena |
| Catalan | balena |
| Danish | hval |
| Dutch | walvis |
| English | whale |
| English (Old English) | hwæl |
| Esperanto | baleno |
| Faeroese | hvalur |
| Finnish | valas |
| German | Walfisch; Wal |
| Greek | φάλαινα |
| Hungarian | bálna |
| Icelandic | hvalur |
| Italian | balena |
| Latin | balaena |
| Malay | paus |
| Norwegian | hval |
| Papiamento | bayena |
| Portuguese | baleia; cetáceo |
| Russian | кит |
| Saterland Frisian | Waalfisk |
| Spanish | ballena |
| Swedish | val; valfisk |
| Thai | ปลาวาฬ; วาฬ |
| Turkish | balina |
| Welsh | morfil |
| West Frisian | walfisk |