| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | feminine |
| Afrikaans | see |
|---|---|
| Albanian | det |
| Catalan | mar |
| Czech | moře |
| Danish | hav |
| Dutch | zee |
| English | sea |
| English (Old English) | sæ; mere |
| Esperanto | maro |
| Faeroese | sjógvur |
| Finnish | meri |
| French | mer |
| German | Meer; See |
| Greek | θάλασσα |
| Hawaiian | moana; kai |
| Hungarian | tenger |
| Icelandic | haf; sjór |
| Italian | mare |
| Kabylian | lebḥer (ⵍⴻⴱⵃⴻⵔ) |
| Latin | aequor; mare; pontus |
| Low German | sey |
| Luxemburgish | Mier |
| Malay | laut |
| Norwegian | hav; sjø |
| Papiamento | lamá; laman |
| Polish | morze |
| Portuguese | mar |
| Romanian | mare |
| Russian | море |
| Scots | sea |
| Scottish Gaelic | fairge; muir; cuan |
| Spanish | mar |
| Sranan | se; bigiwatra |
| Swahili | bahari |
| Swedish | hav; sjö |
| Thai | ทะเล |
| Turkish | deniz |
| Ukrainian | море |
| West Frisian | see |
| Yiddish | ים |