| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | masculine |
| Afrikaans | metaan |
|---|---|
| Catalan | metà |
| Czech | methan |
| Danish | metan |
| Dutch | methaan |
| English | methane |
| Esperanto | metano |
| Finnish | metaani |
| French | méthane |
| German | Methan |
| Greek | μετθάνιο |
| Hungarian | metán |
| Icelandic | metan |
| Kabylian | amitan (ⴰⵎⵉⵜⴰⵏ) |
| Luxemburgish | Methan |
| Malay | metana |
| Norwegian | metan |
| Polish | metan |
| Portuguese | metano |
| Romanian | metan |
| Russian | метан |
| Saterland Frisian | Methan |
| Spanish | metano |
| Swahili | methani |
| Swedish | metan |
| Tagalog | metano |
| Thai | มีเทน |
| Turkish | metan |
| Welsh | methan |