| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|
| Danish | økse |
|---|---|
| Dutch | bijl |
| English | axe |
| English (Old English) | acus; bill; æcus; æx |
| Esperanto | hakilo |
| French | hache |
| German | Axt; Beil; Hacke |
| Greek | τσεκούρι |
| Icelandic | öxi |
| Italian | ascia; scure |
| Kabylian | acaqur |
| Papiamento | hacha |
| Portuguese | machado |
| Saterland Frisian | Äkse; Biele |
| Scottish Gaelic | tuagh |
| Spanish | hacha |
| Sranan | aksi; beyri |
| Swahili | shoka |
| Swedish | bila; yxa |
| Turkish | balta |
| Welsh | bwyell; bwyall |
| Yiddish | האַק |