| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | masculine |
| Afrikaans | rob; seehond |
|---|---|
| Albanian | fokë |
| Catalan | foca |
| Czech | tuleň |
| Danish | sæl |
| Dutch | zeehond |
| English | seal |
| English (Old English) | seolh |
| Esperanto | foko; marhundo |
| Faeroese | kópur |
| French | phoque |
| German | Seehund; Robbe |
| Greek | φώκια |
| Hungarian | fóka |
| Icelandic | selur |
| Italian | foca |
| Latin | phoca |
| Norwegian | sel |
| Portuguese | foca |
| Romanian | focă |
| Russian | тюлень |
| Saterland Frisian | Seehuund; Robbe |
| Scots | selch |
| Scottish Gaelic | ròn |
| Spanish | foca |
| Swedish | säl |
| Welsh | morlo |
| West Frisian | robbe; seehûn |