| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /vlix/ |
| Hyphenation | vlieg |
| Gender | historically feminine, nowadays also masculine |
| Plural | vliegen |
| Diminutive | |
|---|---|
| Singular | Plural |
| vliegje | vliegjes |
| Afrikaans | vlieg |
|---|---|
| Catalan | mosca |
| Chinook Jargon | lemus |
| Czech | moucha; muška |
| Danish | flue |
| English | fly |
| English (Old English) | fleoge; flyge |
| Esperanto | muŝo |
| Faeroese | fluga |
| Finnish | kärpänen |
| French | mouche |
| German | Fliege |
| Greek | μύγα |
| Hungarian | légy |
| Italian | mosca |
| Latin | musca |
| Luxemburgish | Méck |
| Malay | lalat |
| Norwegian | flue |
| Papiamento | muska; muskita |
| Polish | mucha |
| Portuguese | mosca |
| Saterland Frisian | Fljoge |
| Scottish Gaelic | cuileag |
| Spanish | mosca |
| Sranan | freyfrey |
| Swahili | nzi; inzi |
| Swedish | fluga |
| Thai | แมลงวัน |
| Ukrainian | муха |
| West Frisian | mich |