- Abaza: мшвы́ (mšʷə́)
- Abenaki: awasos
- Abkhaz: амшә (amŝʷ)
- Achehnese: cagèë
- Adyghe: мышъэ (məŝɛ)
- 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)
- Alemannic German: Bar (Alsatian)
- Algonquin: makwa, mosq
- Alviri-Vidari: پورسوغ (pursuğ) (Vidari)
- Amharic: ድብ (dəb)
- Andi: сей (sej)
- Aoheng: bohang
- Apache:
- 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: 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
- 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)
- Bau Bidayuh: buang
- Belarusian: мядзве́дзь m (mjadzvjédzʹ)
- Belizean Creole: byaa
- Bengali: ভালুক (bn) (bhaluk)
- Berau Malay: belwiang
- Bezhta: сиᵸ (sı̇̃)
- Bhojpuri: भालू (bhālū)
- Bidayuh:
- Bau-Jagoi: buank, buang
- Biatah: buwaang
- Bukar-Sadong (Serian): buhang
- Bikol Central: oso
- Biloxi: ǫti
- Breton: arzh (br) m
- Brunei Malay: baruang
- 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
- Central Dusun: bohuang
- Central Melanau: buweang
- Chechen: ча (ča)
- Chepang: योम् (yom)
- Cheq Wong: labas, sĕlabas
- Cherokee: ᏲᏅ (yonv), ᏲᎾ (yona)
- 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)
- Comox: mɛχaɬ
- Cornish: arth m, ors (kw)
- Corsican: orsu (co) m
- Cree:
- Northern East: ᒋᔖᔮᒄ (cishaayaakw) (black), ᐅᓵᐅᔅᒄ (osaaoskw) (brown)
- Plains: ᒪᔉᐗ (maskwa)
- Southern East: 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 Deyah: bibang
- Dusun Witu: biakng
- Dutch: beer (nl) m, berin (nl) f
- Dzongkha: དོམ (dom)
- Eastern Cham: ꨌꨈꨭꨥ (chagơw)
- Elfdalian: byönn
- Emilian: aurs m (Bolognese)
- Erzya: овто (ovto)
- Esperanto: urso (eo)
- Estonian: karu (et)
- Evenki: амака (amaka), хомоты (homoti)
- Faroese: bjørn f
- Finnish: karhu (fi), kontio (fi) (elevated style), otso (fi) (poetic), mesikämmen (fi) (hypocorism, euphemism)
- Forest Nenets: апы (api)
- Fox: mahkwa
- Franco-Provençal: ors m, ourse m
- French: ours (fr) m, ourse (fr) f
- Frisian:
- North: koarn
- Saterland: Boar
- West: 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
- Godoberi: сиᵸгьи (sĩhi)
- Gothic: *𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰 m (*baira)
- Greek: αρκούδα (el) f (arkoúda), άρκτος (el) f (árktos)
- Ancient: 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) (rīch)
- Hinukh: зе (ze)
- Hittite: 𒄯𒁖𒂵𒀸 c (ḫartaggaš)
- 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)
- Jicarilla: shash
- Jingpho: tsap
- Kabardian: мыщэ (kbd) (məśɛ)
- Kalmyk: аю (ayu)
- 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)
- Khmer: ខ្លាឃ្មុំ (km) (khlaa khmum) (sun bear)
- Kimaragang: boowang
- Kiput: bĕlufiĕ
- Koasati: nita
- 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)
- Lenape:
- Munsee: maxkw
- Unami: màxkw
- Lezgi: сев (sev)
- Ligurian: orso m (Genovese)
- Limburgish: baer (li) m, beer (li) m (Maastrichtian)
- Lithuanian: lokys (lt) m, meška f
- Livonian: okš, karū
- 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)
- 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
- Maori: 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
- 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)
- Montagnais: mashkᵘ
- Muong: củ
- Nahuatl:
- Central: tlacamayeh
- Classical: tlacamayeh tecuani
- Temascaltepec: uxu
- Nanai: мапа (mapa), нанги (nangi)
- Nanticoke: winquipim
- Narragansett: paukúnawaw
- Navajo: shash
- Naxi: ggvq
- Neapolitan: urzo m
- Nepali: भालु (ne) (bhālu)
- Nganasan: ӈарка (ngarka)
- Nivkh: ӄʼотр̌ (qʼotř), чхыф (ț’xəf)
- Nogai: аюв (ayuv)
- North Frisian: baar, beer, Beer (Sylt)
- Northern Khanty: мойпәр (mojpər), пўпи (pŭpi)
- Northern Sotho: bêrê
- Northern Yukaghir: хайчиэтэгэ (qajțietege)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: bjørn (no) m
- Nynorsk: bjørn m
- Nuosu: ꊈ (wo)
- O'odham: judumi
- 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/)
- Orang Rimba: bur'uwong
- Orok: бојо
- Oroqen: ɲoɲoɣo
- Ossetian: арс (ars)
- Ottawa: mko
- Ottoman Turkish: آیی (ayı)
- 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)
- Romansch: 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: kuobžâ
- Kildin: та̄лл (tāll)
- Northern: guovža, bierdna
- Skolt: kuõbǯǯ
- Southern: bïerne
- Sanskrit: ऋक्ष (sa) m (ṛkṣa), भल्लूक (sa) (bhallūka)
- Sardinian: ursu, ùssulu
- Saterland Frisian: Boar m
- 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)
- Roman: 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
- 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
- Southern Altai: айу (ayu)
- Southern Kam: meel
- Spanish: oso (es) m, úrsido (es) m
- Sundanese: biruang, ontohod (su)
- Svan: და̈შდვ (däšdv)
- Swahili: dubu class 5/6
- 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)
- Tundra Enets: богля (boglya)
- Tundra Nenets: вӑрк (wărk°)
- Turkish: ayı (tr)
- Turkmen: aýy (tk)
- Tuscarora: ujihre
- Tuvan: адыг (adıg)
- Tyap: a̱bya
- Udihe: мафа (mafa)
- Udmurt: гондыр (gondyr)
- Ugaritic: 𐎄𐎁 (db)
- Ukrainian: ведмі́дь (uk) m (vedmídʹ)
- 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 or f
- West Coast Bajau: jurub
- West Frisian: bear (fy) c
- White Hmong: dais
- Xhosa: ibhere
- Yagnobi: хирс (xirs)
- Yakut: эһэ (ehe)
- Yiddish: בער m (ber)
- Yup'ik: carayak
- Yurok: chyer'ery' (black), neekwech (brown)
- Zazaki: heş (diq), hes (diq), esı f
- Zhuang: mui
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