- Abaza:мшвы́(mšʷə́)
- Abenaki:awasos
- Abkhaz:амшә(amŝʷ)
- Achehnese:cagèë
- Afrikaans:beer (af)
- Ahtna:sos
- Ainu:カムイ(kamuy),イソ(iso),エペㇾ(eper)
- Akkadian:𒊍(asu)
- Alabama:nita
- Albanian:ari (sq) m,ariu (sq)
- Algonquin:makwa,mosq
- Altai:
- Southern Altai:айу(ayu)
- Alviri-Vidari:پورسوغ(pursuğ)(Vidari)
- Amharic:ድብ(dəb)
- Andi:сей(sej)
- Ao:shirem(Chungli)
- Aoheng:bohang
- Apache:
- Jicarilla:shash
- Western Apache:tsét'soyé,shash
- Arabic:دُبّ (ar) m(dubb),دُبَّة f(dubba)
- Egyptian Arabic:دبَّة f(debba) (loosely male or female),دبّ m(debb)
- Moroccan Arabic:دب m(dubb)
- Aragonese:onso m
- Aramaic:
- Hebrew script:דבא c(debā, debo)
- Syriac:ܕܒܐ c(debā, debo)
- Arapaho:wox
- Archi:ххамс(xxams)
- Arikara:kuuNUx
- Armenian:արջ (hy)(arǰ)
- Aromanian:ursã f
- Assamese:ভালুক c(bhaluk)
- Asturian:osu (ast) m
- Atayal:ngarux
- Avar:ци(ci)
- Aymara:jukumari (ay)
- Azerbaijani:ayı (az)
- Baekje:金馬(*kəma/*kuma)
- Bahnar:chơgơu
- Bajau:
- West Coast Bajau:jurub
- Bakhtiari:خرس(xers)
- Baluchi:مم(mamm)
- Bashkir:айыу(ayıw)
- Basque:hartz (eu)
- Batak Toba:gompul
- Batek:kemol,klabas/tlabas (Batek Deq, Jedek)
- Bats:ჩა(ča)
- Belarusian:мядзве́дзь m(mjadzvjédzʹ)
- Belizean Creole:byaa
- Bengali:ভালুক (bn)(bhaluk)
- Bezhta:сиᵸ(sı̇̃)
- Bhojpuri:भालू(bhālū)
- Bidayuh:
- Bau Bidayuh:buang
- Bau-Jagoi:buank,buang
- Biatah Bidayuh:buwaang
- Bukar-Sadong (Serian):buhang
- Bikol:
- Central Bikol:oso
- Biloxi:ǫti
- Breton:arzh (br) m
- Bulgarian:мечо́к m(mečók),ме́чка (bg) f(méčka)
- Burmese:ဝက်ဝံ (my)(wak-wam)
- Buryat:баабгай(baabgaj)
- Caijia:kʰv̩⁵⁵
- Carpathian Rusyn:медве́дз m(medvédz)
- Catalan:ós (ca) m
- Cebuano:oso
- Cham:
- Eastern Cham:ꨌꨈꨭꨥ(chagơw)
- Chechen:ча(ča)
- Chepang:योम्(yom)
- Cherokee:ᏲᏅ(yonv),ᏲᎾ(yona)
- Chewong:labas,sĕlabas
- Cheyenne:náhkohe
- Chickasaw:nita'
- Chinese:
- Cantonese:熊(hung4),熊人(hung4 jan4-2)
- Dungan:щүн(xün)
- Eastern Min:熊(hṳ̀ng)
- Hakka:熊(yùng)
- Hokkien:熊 (zh-min-nan)(hîm)
- Mandarin:熊 (zh)(xióng),魋 (zh)(tuí)(archaic)
- Wu:熊(6yon)
- Chipewyan:sas
- Choctaw:nita
- Chukchi:кэйӈын(kejŋən),умӄы(umqə)(polar bear)
- Chuvash:упа(up̬a)
- Circassian:
- East Circassian:мыщэ (kbd)(məśɛ)
- West Circassian:мышъэ(məŝɛ)
- Comox:mɛχaɬ
- Cornish:arth m,ors (kw)
- Corsican:orsu (co) m
- Cree:
- Montagnais:mashkᵘ
- Northern East Cree:ᒋᔖᔮᒄ(cishaayaakw)(black),ᐅᓵᐅᔅᒄ(osaaoskw)(brown)
- Plains Cree:ᒪᔉᐗ(maskwa)
- Southern East Cree:ᑳᑰᔥ(kaakoosh),ᒪᔅᒄ(maskw)(rare)
- Crimean Tatar:ayuv
- Czech:medvěd (cs) m
- Danish:bjørn (da) c
- Dargwa:синка(sinka)
- Dolgan:эбэкээ(ebekee)
- Drung:sheui
- Dusun:
- Central Dusun:bohuang
- Dusun Deyah:bibang
- Dusun Witu:biakng
- Dutch:beer (nl) m,berin (nl) f
- Dzongkha:དོམ(dom)
- Elfdalian:byönn
- Emilian:aurs m(Bolognese)
- Enets:
- Tundra Enets:богля(boglya)
- Erzya:овто(ovto)
- Esperanto:urso (eo)
- Estonian:karu (et)
- Even:накат(nakat)
- Evenki:амака(amaka),хомоты(homoti)
- Faroese:bjørn f
- Finnish:karhu (fi),kontio (fi)(elevated style),otso (fi)(poetic),mesikämmen (fi)(hypocorism, euphemism)
- Fox:mahkwa
- Franco-Provençal:ors m,ourse m
- French:ours (fr) m,ourse (fr) f
- Frisian:
- North Frisian:koarn
- North Frisian:baar,beer,Beer(Sylt)
- Saterland Frisian:Boar
- Saterland Frisian:Boar m
- West Frisian:bear (fy) c
- West Frisian:bear (fy) c
- Friulian:ors m
- Gagauz:ayı
- Galician:oso (gl) m
- Gana:bowang
- Gayo:telkah
- Ge'ez:ድብ(dəb)
- Georgian:დათვი (ka)(datvi)
- German:Bär (de) m,Bärin (de) f
- Alemannic German:Bar(Alsatian)
- Godoberi:сиᵸгьи(sĩhi)
- Gothic:*𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰 m(*baira)
- Greek:αρκούδα (el) f(arkoúda),άρκτος (el) f(árktos)
- Ancient Greek:ἄρκτος f(árktos),ἄρκος f(árkos)
- Pontic Greek:άρκον(árkon)
- Greenlandic:nanoq (kl)
- Gujarati:રીંછ (gu)(rī̃ch)
- Haitian Creole:lous
- Hawaiian:pea
- Hebrew:דֹּב/דּוֹב (he) m(dov)
- Hindi:भालो m(bhālo),भालू (hi) m(bhālū),रीछ (hi) m(rīch)
- Hinukh:зе(ze)
- Hittite:𒄯𒁖𒂵𒀸 c(ḫartaggaš)
- Hmong:
- White Hmong:dais
- Hopi:jhoonaw
- Hovongan:bohang
- Hungarian:medve (hu)
- Hunsrik:Bäer m,Bärin f
- Iban:jugam,akup,makup,beruang
- Icelandic:björn (is) m
- Idahan:patut
- Ido:urso (io)
- Indonesian:beruang (id)
- Ineseño:xus
- Ingush:ча(ča)
- Interlingua:urso
- Inuktitut:ᐊᑎᖅᐳᖅ(atiqpoq)
- Inupiaq:(brown)akjaq,(black)iggabri,iyyabriq,(polar)nanuq
- Irish:béar m,mathúin m
- Middle Irish:mathgamain m
- Old Irish:art m
- Italian:orso (it) m
- Itelmen:массу(massu)
- Iu Mien:jiepv
- Jahai:kawip
- Jangkang:buakng
- Japanese:熊 (ja)(kuma),クマ (ja)(kuma)
- Javanese:bruwang (jv),barong(archaic)
- Jingpho:tsap
- Kalmyk:аю(ayu)
- Kam:
- Southern Kam:meel
- Kannada:ಕರಡಿ (kn)(karaḍi)
- Kansa:míⁿcho,wasábe(black)
- Karachay-Balkar:айю(ayü)(Karachay),айыу(ayıw)(Balkar)
- Karaim:ajuv
- Karakalpak:ayıw
- Karakhanid:اَذِغْ(aδïɣ)
- Karelian:kondii,leveiočču,mötti
- Karok:vírusur
- Kashmiri:ہاپُتھ (ks) m(hāputh),ہاپٕژ (ks) f(hāpụċ)
- Kashubian:miedzwiédz m
- Kavalan:tumay
- Kazakh:аю (kk)(aü)
- Kenaboi:kahúñ
- Kensiu:kawap
- Kereho:bohang
- Ket:ӄой(qòj)
- Khakas:аба(aba)
- Khanty:
- Northern Khanty:мойпәр(mojpər),пўпи(pŭpi)
- Khmer:ខ្លាឃ្មុំ (km)(khlaa khmum)(sun bear)
- Kimaragang:boowang
- Kiput:bĕlufiĕ
- Koasati:nita
- Komi:
- Komi-Permyak:ош(oš)
- Komi-Zyrian:ош(oš)
- Korean:곰 (ko)(gom)
- Middle Korean:곰〯(kwǒm)
- Koryak:умӄа(umqa),кайӈын(kajŋən)(brown)
- Kumyk:аюв(ayuw)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish:ورچ (ckb)(wirç)
- Northern Kurdish:hirç (ku)
- Kyrgyz:аюу (ky)(ayuu)
- Ladin:lors m
- Ladino:lonso m
- Lak:цуша(cuša)
- Lakota:matȟó
- Lampung:gemul
- Lao:ໝີ (lo)(mī),ຫມີ(mī)
- Latgalian:luocs
- Latin:ursus (la) m,ursa f
- Latvian:lācis (lv) m
- Laz:მთუთი(mtuti)
- Lezgi:сев(sev)
- Ligurian:orso m(Genovese)
- Limburgish:baer (li) m,beer (li) m(Maastrichtian)
- Lithuanian:lokys (lt) m,meška f
- Livonian:okš
- Lolopo:hhe
- Lombard:ors (lmo),órs,urs
- Low German:Boor m
- Lü:ᦖᦲ(ṁii)
- Lutuv:cavaw
- Luxembourgish:Bier (lb) m
- Ma'anyan:bayuang,wayuang
- Macedonian:мечка (mk) f(mečka)
- Machiguenga:máeni
- Malagasy:orsa (mg)
- Malay:beruang (ms)
- Berau Malay:belwiang
- Brunei Malay:baruang
- Malayalam:കരടി (ml)(karaṭi)
- Maliseet-Passamaquoddy:napsq anim(male),nusesq anim(female)
- Maltese:ors m,debb
- Manchu:ᠯᡝᡶᡠ(lefu)
- Mansi:
- Eastern Mansi:выйяньсих(vyjânʹsih),выйяньсихосых(vyjânʹsihosyh)
- Northern Mansi:во̄рто̄лнут(vōrtōlnut),во̄рто̄лно̄йка(vōrtōlnōjka),ню̄рум ӯй(nû̄rum ūj)
- Manx:maghouin m
- Māori:pea (mi)
- Maranao:barowang
- Marathi:अस्वल(asval)
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari:маска(maska)
- Western Mari:мӧскӓ(möskä)
- Maricopa:maxwet
- Massachusett:mosq
- Mazanderani:اش(aš),ارش(arš)
- Meänkieli:karhuu
- Melanau:
- Central Melanau:buweang
- Mendriq:kawip
- Merap:buwe,buwie,buwaye
- Mi'kmaq:mui'n anim
- Minangkabau:biruang,baribeh (min),bibeh
- Mingrelian:თუნთი(tunti)
- Mirandese:urso m
- Mòcheno:per m
- Modang:wahagung
- Mohegan-Pequot:awáhsohs
- Moksha:офта(ofta)
- Mongolian:баавгай (mn)(baavgaj)
- Munsee:maxkw
- Muong:củ
- Nahuatl:
- Central Nahuatl:tlacamayeh
- Classical Nahuatl:tlacamayeh tecuani
- Temascaltepec Nahuatl:uxu
- Nanai:мапа(mapa),нанги(nangi)
- Nanticoke:winquipim
- Narragansett:paukúnawaw
- Navajo:shash
- Naxi:ggvq
- Neapolitan:urzo m
- Nenets:
- Forest Nenets:апы(api)
- Tundra Nenets:вӑрк(wărk°)
- Nepali:भालु (ne)(bhālu)
- Nganasan:ӈарка(ngarka)
- Nivkh:ӄʼотр̌(qʼotř),чхыф(ț’xəf)
- Nogai:аюв(ayuv)
- Northern Sotho:bêrê
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål:bjørn (no) m
- Nynorsk:bjørn m
- Nuosu:ꊈ(wo)
- Occitan:ors (oc) m
- Odia:ଭାଲୁ (or)(bhālu)
- Ojibwe:ᒪᒃᐗ(makwa)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic:медвѣдь m(medvědĭ)
- Old East Slavic:медвѣдь m(medvědĭ)
- Old English:bera m
- Old Norse:bjǫrn m
- Old Saxon:bero
- Old Turkic:𐰑𐰍(d¹ǧ/adïɣ/)
- O'odham:judumi
- Orang Rimba:bur'uwong
- Orok:бојо
- Oroqen:ɲoɲoɣo
- Osage:𐓷𐓘𐓮𐓘́𐓬𐓟(wasápe)
- Ossetian:арс(ars)
- Ottawa:mko
- Pacoh:apơng
- Paiwan:cumay
- Paluan:bauang
- Pannonian Rusyn:медведз m(medvedz),медведжица f(medvedžica)
- Papiamentu:ber
- Pashto:خرس (ps) m(xers),بالو m(bālǔ)
- Pawnee:kuruks
- Pela:vɛ̃⁵⁵
- Persian:خرس (fa)(xers)
- Picard:ors m
- Piedmontese:ors m
- Plautdietsch:Boa m
- Polabian:ber m
- Polish:niedźwiedź (pl) m,niedźwiedzica (pl) f,miś (pl) m(diminutive)
- Portuguese:urso (pt) m,(♀)ursa (pt) f
- Potawatomi:mko
- Punjabi:ਰਿਛ m(rich)
- Quapaw:wasá
- Quechua:ukumari
- Rara:igoh
- Rejang:bu'ang
- Ribun:buakng
- Romagnol:órs m
- Romani:rish m,rishni f,hirč
- Romanian:urs (ro) m,ursoaică (ro) f,moș Martin (ro) m(euphemism)
- Romansh:urs,urs m,uors m,ursa f,uorsa f
- Rukai:cumay
- Russian:медве́дь (ru) m(medvédʹ),медве́дица (ru) f(medvédica),(bear cub)медвежо́нок (ru) m(medvežónok),(diminutive or teddy bear)ми́шка (ru) m(míška)
- Sakizaya:tumay
- Salako:nompok,egoh
- Sami:
- Inari Sami:kuobžâ
- Kildin Sami:та̄лл(tāll)
- Northern Sami:guovža,bierdna
- Skolt Sami:kuõbǯǯ
- Southern Sami:bïerne
- Sanskrit:ऋक्ष (sa) m(ṛkṣa),भल्लूक (sa)(bhallūka)
- Sardinian:ursu,ùssulu
- Scottish Gaelic:mathan m
- Semai:samiiw,kawip,berwòk,bah òòs,bah woow (taboo)
- Semaq Beri:mol
- Semnam:kaweep
- Serbo-Croatian:medo (sh) m(diminutive)
- Cyrillic:мѐдвјед m(Ijekavian),мѐдвед m(Ekavian),мѐдвједица f(Ijekavian),мѐдведица f(Ekavian)
- Latin:mèdvjed (sh) m(Ijekavian),mèdved (sh) m(Ekavian),mèdvjedica (sh) f(Ijekavian),mèdvedica f(Ekavian)
- Shan:မီ (shn)(mǐi)
- Sherpa:དོམ(dom)
- Shor:апшақ(apşaq),азығ(azığ),аба(aba)
- Shughni:йӯрх̌(yūrx̌)
- Shuswap:kenkéknem
- Sicilian:ursu (scn) m
- Silesian:niedźwiydź
- Simalungun:gipul
- Sindhi:کڻندو(khṇ̃do)
- Sinhalese:වලසා(walasā)
- Slovak:medveď (sk) m
- Slovene:medved (sl) m,medvedka (sl) f
- Somali:oorso (so)
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian:mjadwjeź m
- Upper Sorbian:mjedwjedź (hsb) m
- Spanish:oso (es) m,úrsido (es) m
- Sundanese:biruang,ontohod (su)
- Svan:და̈შდვ(däšdv)
- Swahili:dubu (sw) class5/6
- Swedish:björn (sv) c
- Tabasaran:швеъ(š°eʾ)
- Tachawit:abubaz (shy)
- Tagalog:oso (tl)
- Tajik:хирс (tg)(xirs)
- Talysh:خرس(xərs)(Asalemi)
- Tamil:கரடி (ta)(karaṭi)
- Taos:kə́ona
- Tarantino:orse m
- Tat:xürs
- Tatar:аю (tt)(ayu)
- Tawoyang:biang
- Telugu:ఎలుగుబంటి (te)(elugubaṇṭi),ఎలుగ్గొడ్డు (te)(eluggoḍḍu),ఎలుగు (te)(elugu)
- Temiar:kaweeb
- Temoq:kĕtebong
- Thai:หมี (th)(mǐi)
- Tibetan:དོམ(dom)
- Tigrinya:ድቢ(dəbi)
- Tindi:сӣᵸ(sī̃)
- Tlingit:xóots(brown/grizzly bear),s'eek(black)
- Tobilung:bawang,boluot
- Tofa:иресаӈ(iresañ),ирезаӈ(irezañ)
- Tsez:зе(ze)
- Turkish:ayı (tr)
- Ottoman Turkish:آیی(ayı)
- Turkmen:aýy (tk)
- Tuscarora:uhčíhręʔ
- Tutchone:
- Northern Tutchone:shra(Mayo)
- Southern Tutchone:shä́r(Aishihik)
- Tuvan:адыг(adıg)
- Tyap:a̱bya (kcg)
- Udihe:мафа(mafa)
- Udmurt:гондыр(gondyr)
- Ugaritic:𐎄𐎁(db)
- Ukrainian:ведмі́дь (uk) m(vedmídʹ)
- Unami:màxkw
- Urdu:رِیچھ m(rīch),بھالُو m(bhālū),بھالُوک m(bhālūk)
- Uyghur:ئېيىق (ug)(ëyiq)
- Uzbek:ayiq (uz)
- Venetan:bero m,ors m,orso (vec) m
- Veps:mezikämen,kondi
- Vietnamese:gấu (vi)
- Vilamovian:baor m
- Volapük:ber (vo)
- Võro:kahr
- Votic:karu
- Walloon:oûsse (wa) m
- Waray-Waray:oso
- Welsh:arth (cy) m orf
- Xhosa:ibhere
- Yaghnobi:хирс(xirs)
- Yakut:эһэ(ehe)
- Yiddish:בער m(ber)
- Yukaghir:
- Northern Yukaghir:хайчиэтэгэ(qajțietege)
- Yup'ik:carayak
- Yurok:chyer'ery'(black),neekwech(brown)
- Zazaki:heş (diq),hes (diq),esı f
- Zhuang:mui
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