| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | feminine |
| Afrikaans | rivier |
|---|---|
| Catalan | riu |
| Czech | řeka |
| Danish | flod |
| Dutch | rivier; stroom |
| English | river |
| English (Old English) | ea; burne |
| Esperanto | rivero |
| Faeroese | á |
| Finnish | joki |
| French | fleuve; rivière |
| German | Fluß |
| Greek | ποτάμι; ποταμός |
| Hawaiian | kahawai; muliwai |
| Hungarian | folyó |
| Icelandic | vatn |
| Italian | fiume |
| Jamaican Patois | riva; riba |
| Latin | flumen; fluvius; amnis |
| Low German | ströym; rivyr |
| Luxemburgish | Floss |
| Malay | sungai; batang |
| Norwegian | flod; elv |
| Papiamento | riu |
| Polish | rzeka |
| Portuguese | rio |
| Romanian | râu |
| Russian | река |
| Saterland Frisian | Äi; Stroom |
| Scottish Gaelic | abhainn |
| Spanish | río |
| Sranan | liba |
| Swahili | mto |
| Swedish | flod; flöde; ström; älv |
| Thai | แม่น้ำ |
| Turkish | ırmak; nehir |
| Welsh | afon |
| West Frisian | rivier |
| Yiddish | טײַך |