| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /zep/ |
| Hyphenation | zeep |
| Gender | historically feminine, nowadays also masculine |
| Plural | zepen |
| Afrikaans | seep |
|---|---|
| Catalan | sabó |
| Czech | mýdlo |
| Danish | sæbe |
| English | soap |
| Esperanto | sapo |
| Faeroese | sápa |
| Finnish | saippua |
| French | savon |
| German | Seife |
| Greek | σαπούνι |
| Hungarian | szappan |
| Icelandic | sápa |
| Jamaican Patois | suop |
| Latin | sapo |
| Low German | seype; sepe |
| Malay | sabun |
| Norwegian | såpe |
| Papiamento | habon |
| Polish | mydło |
| Portuguese | sabão |
| Romanian | săpun |
| Russian | мыло |
| Saterland Frisian | Seepe |
| Scots | saip |
| Spanish | jabón |
| Sranan | sopo |
| Swahili | sabuni |
| Swedish | såpa; tvål |
| Welsh | sebon |
| West Frisian | sjippe |