| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ɹiːd/ |
| Hyphenation | read |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑮𐑰𐑛 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐑉𐐨𐐼 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) read | (I) read |
| (thou) readest | (thou) readst, readest |
| (he) reads, readeth | (he) read |
| (we) read | (we) read |
| (you) read | (you) read |
| (they) read | (they) read |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) read | (I) read |
| (thou) read | (thou) read |
| (he) read | (he) read |
| (we) read | (we) read |
| (you) read | (you) read |
| (they) read | (they) read |
| Imperative mood | |
| read | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| reading | read |
| Afrikaans | lees |
|---|---|
| Albanian | lexoj |
| Catalan | llegir |
| Czech | čísti |
| Danish | læse |
| Dutch | lezen; aflezen |
| Esperanto | legi |
| Faeroese | lesa |
| Finnish | lukea |
| French | lire |
| German | lesen |
| Hungarian | olvas |
| Icelandic | lesa |
| Italian | leggere |
| Jamaican Patois | riid |
| Latin | legere |
| Low German | leasen |
| Luxemburgish | liesen |
| Norwegian | lese |
| Papiamento | lesa |
| Polish | czytać |
| Portuguese | ler |
| Romanian | citi |
| Russian | прочитать; читать |
| Saterland Frisian | leese |
| Scots | read |
| Scottish Gaelic | leugh |
| Spanish | leer |
| Sranan | leysi |
| Swahili | ‐soma |
| Swedish | läsa |
| Thai | อ่าน; อ่านหนังสือ |
| Turkish | okumak |
| Ukrainian | читати |
| Welsh | darllen |
| West Frisian | lêze |