| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ʋɑs/ |
| Hyphenation | was |
| Albanian | dyll |
|---|---|
| Catalan | cera |
| Czech | vosk |
| English | wax |
| English (Old English) | weax |
| Esperanto | vakso |
| Faeroese | vaks; voks |
| French | cire |
| German | Wachs |
| Greek | κερί |
| Jamaican Patois | waks |
| Latin | cera |
| Papiamento | was |
| Portuguese | cera |
| Russian | воск |
| Saterland Frisian | Woaks |
| Spanish | cera |
| Swahili | nta |
| Swedish | vax |
| Thai | ขี้ผึ้ง |
| Turkish | balmumu |
| Welsh | cwyr |