| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | voor·sit·ter |
| Plural | voorsitters |
| Danish | præsident |
|---|---|
| Dutch | praeses; president; voorzitter |
| English | chairman; president; chair |
| Esperanto | prezidanto |
| Faeroese | formaður; forseti |
| Finnish | puhemies |
| French | président; speaker |
| German | Vorsitzender |
| Icelandic | forseti |
| Italian | presidente |
| Jamaican Patois | prezident |
| Luxemburgish | President |
| Papiamento | presidente |
| Polish | prezes; przewodniczący |
| Portuguese | presidente |
| Scots | preses |
| Scottish Gaelic | fear‐na‐cathrach |
| Spanish | presidente |
| Sranan | amrabasi |
| Swedish | president; ordförande |
| Turkish | başkan |
| West Frisian | foarsitter; presidint |