| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | masculine |
| Plural | pélicans |
| Catalan | pelicà |
|---|---|
| Czech | pelikán |
| Danish | pelikan |
| Dutch | pelikaan |
| English | pelican |
| Esperanto | pelikano |
| Finnish | pelikaani |
| German | Pelikan |
| Greek | πελεκάνος |
| Hungarian | gödény; pelikán |
| Icelandic | pelíkani |
| Italian | pellicano |
| Latin | pelicanus |
| Norwegian | pelikan |
| Papiamento | pelikan |
| Polish | pelikan |
| Portuguese | pelicano |
| Russian | пеликан |
| Saterland Frisian | Pelikoan |
| Spanish | pelícano |
| Swedish | pelikan |
| Thai | กระทุง |
| Turkish | pelikan |
| Welsh | pelican |
| West Frisian | pilekaan |