| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|
| Catalan | acció; acte |
|---|---|
| Danish | handling |
| Dutch | actie; activiteit; daad; handeling; verrichting; zet |
| English | action |
| Esperanto | ago |
| Faeroese | gerð |
| Finnish | teko |
| French | acte; action |
| German | Handlung; Tat; Tätigkeit; Aktion; Akt |
| Hungarian | cselekmény; tett |
| Latin | actio; actum |
| Papiamento | akshon; akto; echo |
| Portuguese | acção |
| Russian | акт |
| Saterland Frisian | Doat; Hondlenge |
| Spanish | acción; acto; hecho |
| Sranan | aki |
| Swahili | tendo |
| Swedish | gärning; handling |
| Thai | การ |
| Turkish | amel; hareket; iş |
| West Frisian | died |