| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Class | n‐class |
| Plural | kalamu |
| Afrikaans | potlood |
|---|---|
| Albanian | laps |
| Catalan | llapis |
| Czech | tužka |
| Danish | blyant |
| Dutch | potlood |
| English | pencil |
| Esperanto | krajono |
| Faeroese | blýantur |
| Finnish | lyijykynä |
| French | crayon |
| German | Bleistift; Crayon; Stift |
| Hungarian | ceruza |
| Italian | lapis; matita |
| Jamaican Patois | pensl |
| Latin | plumbum |
| Malay | pensil |
| Norwegian | blyant |
| Papiamento | pòtlot |
| Polish | ołówek |
| Portuguese | lápis |
| Romanian | creion |
| Russian | карандаш |
| Saterland Frisian | Bläistikke; Crayon |
| Scottish Gaelic | peansail |
| Spanish | lápiz |
| Sranan | skriftiki |
| Swedish | blyertspenna; penna |
| Tagalog | lapis |
| Thai | ดินสอ |
| Turkish | kurşun kalem |
| Welsh | pensil |
| West Frisian | poatlead |
| Yiddish | בלײשטיפֿט |