| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | masculine in the singular and feminine in the plural |
| Afrikaans | gif |
|---|---|
| Catalan | metzina; verí |
| Czech | jed; zloba |
| Danish | gift |
| Dutch | gif; venijn; vergif; vergift |
| English | poison |
| English (Old English) | lybb |
| Esperanto | veneno |
| Faeroese | eitur |
| French | poison; venin |
| German | Gift |
| Hungarian | méreg |
| Icelandic | eitur |
| Italian | veleno |
| Latin | aconitum; cantharis; venenum |
| Norwegian | gift |
| Papiamento | veneno; venenu |
| Polish | trucizna |
| Portuguese | peçonha; tóxico; veneno |
| Saterland Frisian | Gift |
| Scots | pushion |
| Spanish | tósigo; veneno |
| Swedish | gift |
| Thai | พิษ; ยาพิษ |
| Turkish | zehir |
| Welsh | gwenwyn |
| West Frisian | fergif |