| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /teɪ̯l/ |
| Hyphenation | tail |
| Plural | tails |
| Afrikaans | stert |
|---|---|
| Albanian | bisht |
| Catalan | cua |
| Czech | ocas |
| Danish | hale |
| Dutch | staart |
| English (Old English) | steort |
| Esperanto | vosto |
| Faeroese | hali |
| Finnish | häntä |
| French | queue |
| German | Schwanz; Schweif |
| Hawaiian | huelo |
| Hungarian | farok |
| Italian | coda |
| Jamaican Patois | tiel |
| Latin | cauda |
| Low German | staert |
| Luxemburgish | Schwanz |
| Malay | ekor |
| Norwegian | svans; hale |
| Papiamento | rabo; rabu |
| Polish | ogon |
| Portuguese | cauda |
| Russian | хвост |
| Saterland Frisian | Stäit |
| Scots | fud; stert |
| Scottish Gaelic | earball |
| Spanish | cola |
| Sranan | tere |
| Swahili | mkia |
| Swedish | stjärt |
| Thai | หาง |
| Turkish | kuyruk |
| West Frisian | sturt |
| Yiddish | עק |