| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|
| Catalan | silur |
|---|---|
| Czech | sumec velký |
| Danish | europæisk malle |
| Dutch | Europese meerval |
| English | sheatfish; wels; wels catfish |
| Esperanto | eŭropa siluro |
| Finnish | monni; säkiä |
| French | silure glane |
| German | Europäischer Wels; Flußwels |
| Hungarian | európai harcsa |
| Icelandic | fengrani |
| Italian | pesce siluro; siluro d’Europa |
| Luxemburgish | europäesche Wels; Wels |
| Norwegian | europeisk malle |
| Polish | sum; sum europejski; sum pospolity |
| Portuguese | siluro |
| Russian | европейский сом; обыкновенный сом |
| Spanish | siluro |
| Swedish | mal |
| Turkish | bayağı yayın balığı |
| Welsh | pencath |