| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ɑlᵊk/ |
| Hyphenation | alk |
| Gender | historically feminine, nowadays also masculine |
| Plural | alken |
| Catalan | cauet; gavot; pingdai |
|---|---|
| Czech | alka |
| Danish | alk |
| English | auk; razor‐bill |
| Esperanto | aŭko; alkao |
| Faeroese | álka |
| Finnish | ruokki |
| French | petit pingouin; pingouin torda |
| German | Alk; Tordalk |
| Greek | άλκα |
| Hungarian | alka |
| Icelandic | álka |
| Italian | gazza marina |
| Norwegian | alke |
| Polish | alka |
| Portuguese | alca; torda‐comum; torda‐mergulheira |
| Romanian | alca |
| Russian | гагарка |
| Spanish | alca |
| Swedish | tordmule |
| Welsh | llurs |
| West Frisian | alk |