| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | neuter |
| Plural | Goate, Goatere |
| Afrikaans | gat |
|---|---|
| Catalan | forat |
| Czech | díra; otvor |
| Danish | hul |
| Dutch | gat; oog |
| English | hole; puncture |
| Esperanto | truo |
| Faeroese | hol; kulla |
| Finnish | reikä |
| French | trou |
| German | Loch |
| Hungarian | lyuk |
| Italian | buco |
| Jamaican Patois | uol; huol |
| Latin | cavum; cavus |
| Malay | lubang |
| Norwegian | hull |
| Papiamento | goera; gohera |
| Portuguese | abertura; buraco; furo; orifício |
| Scottish Gaelic | toll |
| Spanish | agujero; orificio |
| Sranan | olo |
| Swahili | tundu |
| Swedish | glugg; hål; kyffe |
| Yiddish | לאָך |