| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /spiːr/ |
| Hyphenation | spier |
| Gender | historically feminine, nowadays also masculine |
| Plural | spieren |
| Diminutive | |
|---|---|
| Singular | Plural |
| spiertje | spiertjes |
| Catalan | múscul |
|---|---|
| Czech | sval |
| Danish | muskel |
| English | muscle |
| Esperanto | muskolo |
| Faeroese | vøddi |
| Finnish | lihas |
| French | muscle |
| German | Muskel |
| Icelandic | vöðvi |
| Italian | muscolo |
| Latin | musculus; nervus |
| Malay | urat |
| Papiamento | múskolo |
| Portuguese | músculo |
| Saterland Frisian | Muskel; Muus |
| Spanish | músculo |
| Swedish | muskel; sena |
| Thai | กล้าม; กล้ามเนื้อ |
| Turkish | adale; kas |
| West Frisian | spier |