| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | neuter |
| Plural | Koolwere |
| Afrikaans | kalf |
|---|---|
| Albanian | viç |
| Czech | tele |
| Danish | kalv |
| Dutch | kalf |
| English | calf |
| English (Old English) | stierc |
| Esperanto | bovido |
| Finnish | vasikka |
| French | veau |
| German | Kalb |
| Greek | μοσχάρι |
| Hawaiian | pipi keiki |
| Hungarian | borjú |
| Icelandic | kálfur |
| Italian | vitello |
| Latin | vitellus |
| Luxemburgish | Kallef |
| Malay | anak sapi |
| Norwegian | kalv |
| Papiamento | bisé; bishé |
| Portuguese | bezerro; novilho; vitelo |
| Romanian | vițel |
| Russian | телёнок |
| Scots | cauf |
| Spanish | becerro; ternero |
| Swahili | ndama |
| Swedish | kalv |
| Tagalog | guyà; bisiro |
| Thai | ลูกวัว |
| Turkish | dana |
| Welsh | llo |
| West Frisian | keal |