
| Malay | > | English |
| benang | thread |
| Dutch | garen, insteken, rijgen, draad |
| English | thread |
| French | enfiler, fil de soie, filament, filet, pas de vis, se faufiler ; fileter, enfilent |
| Greek | βελονιάζω |
| Italian | filo |
| Latin | ligamen |
| Polish | nawlekać |
| Portuguese | fio |
| Russian | нарезка, нитка, нить, продевать нитку, нанизывать |
| Serbian | nit, nizati, provuci, vlakno, konac |
| Spanish | hilo |
| Swahili | uzi |
| Swedish | trеd |