| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | common |
| Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | manat | manaten | manater | manaterna |
| Genitive | manats | manatens | manaters | manaternas |
| Catalan | manatí |
|---|---|
| Dutch | lamantijn |
| English | manatee |
| Esperanto | manato |
| Finnish | manaatti |
| French | lamantin |
| German | Rundschwanzseekuh; Manati |
| Hungarian | manátusz |
| Italian | manato |
| Norwegian | manat |
| Polish | manat |
| Portuguese | peixe‐boi; vaca‐marinha; manatim; lamantim; guaraguá; manaí; manatim‐das‐caraíbas |
| Russian | обыкновенный ламантин; ламантин |
| Spanish | manatí |
| Thai | แมนนาที |
| Ukrainian | ламантин |
| West Frisian | lamantyn |