| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | feminine |
| Plural | leyes |
| Afrikaans | wet |
|---|---|
| Albanian | ligj |
| Catalan | llei |
| Czech | zákon; právo |
| Danish | lov |
| Dutch | wet |
| English | law |
| English (Old English) | æ; æw |
| Esperanto | leĝo |
| Faeroese | lóg |
| Finnish | laki |
| French | loi |
| German | Gesetz |
| Icelandic | lög |
| Latin | lex |
| Malay | hukum |
| Papiamento | lei |
| Portuguese | lei |
| Romanian | lege |
| Saterland Frisian | Gesäts; Wät |
| Scots | law |
| Scottish Gaelic | lagh |
| Sranan | plakati |
| Swedish | lag |
| Thai | กฎหมาย; ธรรม |
| West Frisian | wet |