| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | masculine |
| Plural | Äile |
| Afrikaans | aal; paling |
|---|---|
| Catalan | anguila |
| Danish | ål |
| Dutch | aal; paling |
| English | eel |
| English (Old English) | æl |
| Esperanto | angilo |
| Faeroese | állur |
| Finnish | ankerias |
| French | anguille |
| German | Aal |
| Hungarian | angolna |
| Icelandic | áll |
| Italian | anguilla |
| Latin | anguilla |
| Low German | ål |
| Norwegian | ål |
| Portuguese | anguia; enguia |
| Russian | угорь; угор |
| Spanish | anguila |
| Sranan | snekfisi |
| Swedish | ål |
| Thai | ปลาไหล |
| Welsh | llysywen |
| West Frisian | iel |