| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | neuter |
| Albanian | rrëfim |
|---|---|
| Chinook Jargon | ikʰanəm |
| Danish | fortælling |
| Dutch | vertelling; relaas; verhaal |
| English | tale |
| Esperanto | rakonto |
| Faeroese | søga; frásøgn |
| French | relation; récit |
| German | Erzählung; Geschichte; Narrativ |
| Greek | ιστορία |
| Icelandic | saga |
| Jamaican Patois | tuori |
| Low German | vortelling |
| Malay | cerita |
| Norwegian | historie |
| Polish | opowiadanie |
| Portuguese | conto; narrativa |
| Romanian | povestire |
| Saterland Frisian | Dööntje; Fertälster |
| Scottish Gaelic | sgeul; sgeulachd |
| Sranan | tori |
| Swedish | berättelse; historia |
| Thai | ความ; เรื่องราว; เรื่อง |
| Welsh | stori |
| West Frisian | ferhaal |