| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Class | u‐class |
| Afrikaans | weerlig |
|---|---|
| Catalan | llamp |
| Czech | blesk |
| Danish | lyn |
| Dutch | bliksem |
| English | lightning |
| Esperanto | fulmo |
| Faeroese | snarljós |
| Finnish | salama |
| French | éclair; foudre |
| German | Blitz |
| Hawaiian | uila |
| Hungarian | villám |
| Italian | baleno; fulmine |
| Jamaican Patois | laitnin |
| Latin | fulmen |
| Norwegian | lyn |
| Papiamento | lamper; lampro |
| Polish | piorun |
| Portuguese | corisco; raio; relâmpago |
| Romanian | fulger |
| Russian | молния |
| Saterland Frisian | Lai; Loai |
| Scots | lichtnin |
| Spanish | rayo |
| Sranan | kotfaya |
| Swedish | blixt |
| Thai | ฟ้าแลบ |
| Yiddish | בליצ |