| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | masculine |
| Plural | cards |
| Danish | tidsel |
|---|---|
| Dutch | distel |
| English | thistle |
| Esperanto | kardo; karduo |
| Faeroese | tistil |
| French | chardon |
| German | Distel; Karde |
| Latin | carduus; tribulus |
| Norwegian | tistel |
| Saterland Frisian | Tiesel |
| Spanish | cardo |
| Swedish | tistel |
| Welsh | ysgallen |