- Adyghe: мэшӏуахь (mɛšʷʼaḥ)
- Afrikaans: glimwurm, vuurvlieg
- Aklanon: aninipot
- Alabama: hakchòmmapala
- Albanian: xixëllonjë (sq) f
- Amis: 'alopaynay
- Antillean Creole: bètafé, klendendeng, klendenden, labèl, bowè
- Arabic: يَرَاعَة f (yarāʕa)
- Armenian: լուսատտիկ (hy) (lusattik), կայծոռիկ (hy) (kaycoṙik), փոսուռա (hy) (pʻosuṙa) (Western Armenian)
- Assamese: জোনাকী (zünaki)
- Azerbaijani: işıldaböcək
- Bashkir: баҙлауыҡ (baźlawıq)
- Basque: euli ipurtargi
- Belarusian: святля́к m (svjatlják), сьвятля́к m (sʹvjatlják) (Taraškievica), светлячо́к m (svjetljačók) (diminutive, common)
- Bengali: জোনাকি (bn) (jōnaki), জুনি (juni), জুনিপোকা (bn) (junipōka), জ্যোতিরিঙ্গ (bn) (jōtiriṅgo), জ্যোতিরিঙ্গণ (bn) (jōtiriṅgon), খজ্যোতি (bn) (khojjōti), খদ্যোত (bn) (khoddōt)
- Bikol Central: aninipot (bcl)
- Breton: preñv-lugern m, c'hwibu-luc'h
- Brooke's Point Palawano: keninipet
- Bulgarian: свету́лка (bg) f (svetúlka)
- Burmese: ပိုးစုန်းကြူး (my) (pui:cun:kru:)
- Catalan: lluerna (ca) f, cuca de llum f
- Cebuano: aninipot
- Chamicuro: puulo
- Cherokee: ᎤᏥᏍᏓᎷᎩ (utsisdalugi)
- Cheyenne: vó'ho'kâsénoma'ne
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 螢火蟲 / 萤火虫 (jing4 fo2 cung4)
- Eastern Min: 藍尾星 / 蓝尾星 (làng-muōi-sĭng)
- Hakka: 火焰蟲 / 火焰虫 (fó-yam-chhùng)
- Hokkien: 火金蛄 (zh-min-nan) (hé-kim-ko͘, hóe-kim-ko͘) (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taiwan), 火焰蛄 (hé-iām-ko͘) (Xiamen), 火螢 / 火萤 (hér-iâⁿ) (Quanzhou)
- Mandarin: 螢火蟲 / 萤火虫 (zh) (yínghuǒchóng)
- Cree: ᑵᑵᑯᒌᐢ (kwekwekociis)
- Czech: světluška (cs) f
- Danish: ildflue c
- Dupaningan Agta: lipat-lipat
- Dutch: glimworm (nl) m, vuurvlieg (nl) m or f
- Eastern Mari: тулшукш (tulšukš)
- Esperanto: fulgoro
- Estonian: jaanimardikas
- Faroese: eldfluga f
- Finnish: kiiltomato (fi), tulikärpänen (fi)
- French: luciole (fr) f, mouche à feu (fr) f (Louisiana), moiselle f (Louisiana), ver luisant (fr) m
- Galician: vagalume (gl) m, lucecú (gl) m, lucerna (gl) f, meiga (gl) f, lurcucú m, lucerga f, voilus m
- Georgian: ციცინათელა (cicinatela)
- German: Glühwürmchen (de) n, Leuchtkäfer (de) m, Johanniswürmchen n
- Pennsylvania German: Feiervoggel m
- Greek: πυγολαμπίδα (el) f (pygolampída), κωλοφωτιά (el) f (kolofotiá) (colloquial)
- Guaraní: muã
- Guhu-Samane: qaata
- Gujarati: આગિયો m (āgiyo)
- Hadza: cinambo
- Haitian Creole: koukouy
- Hawaiian: nalo ʻuiʻuiki
- Hebrew: גַּחְלִילִית (he) f (gaẖlilít)
- Hiligaynon: aninípot
- Hindi: ज्योतिरिंगण (hi) (jyotiriṅgaṇ), खद्योत (hi) (khadyot), जुगनू (hi) m (jugnū)
- Hungarian: szentjánosbogár (hu)
- Icelandic: eldfluga (is) f, blysbjalla (is) f, glætufluga f, glóbjalla f, ljósormur (is) m, ljósbjalla (is) m
- Ido: luciolo (io)
- Ilocano: kulalanti
- Indonesian: kunang-kunang (id)
- Irish: lampróg f, tinechuileog f
- Italian: lucciola (it) f
- Jamaican Creole: peenie wallie
- Japanese: 蛍 (ja) (ほたる, hotaru), ホタル (ja) (hotaru)
- Javanese: ꦏꦺꦴꦤꦁ (konang)
- Kapampangan: alipatpat
- Karamojong: ŋamion
- Kavalan: klamlamu
- Kazakh: жарық қоңыз (jaryq qoñyz)
- Khmer: អំពិលអំពែក (km) (ampɨl-ɑmpɛɛk)
- Kikuyu: njeneni class 9/10
- Korean: 개똥벌레 (ko) (gaettongbeolle), 반딧불 (ko) (banditbul), 반딧불이 (ko) (banditburi)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: gûstêrk (ku) m
- Lakota: waŋyéča, uŋzéblinkblink (humorous)
- Latin: cicindela f
- Latvian: jāņtārpiņš m
- Ligurian: ciæbèlla (Genoese)
- Lingala: epela-mwinda, tɛ́nitɛ́ni
- Lithuanian: jõnvabalis (lt) m, žibukas m
- Macedonian: светулка f (svetulka)
- Madurese: ꦉꦤ꧀ꦤ (renna)
- Malagasy: angamenavava (mg)
- Malay: kelip-kelip, kunang-kunang
- Malayalam: ഇംഗണം (ml) (iṅgaṇaṁ), ഖദ്യോതം (ml) (khadyōtaṁ), മിന്നാമിനുങ്ങ് (ml) (minnāminuṅṅŭ)
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy: possaqhessoss
- Maori: titiwai
- Marathi: काजवा m (kājvā)
- Miyako: ヤーンブ (jaambu)
- Mongolian: гэрэлтдэг цох (gereltdeg cox), ᠭᠡᠷᠡᠯᠲᠦᠳᠡᠭ
ᠴᠣᠬᠤ (gereltüdeg čoqu)
- Nahuatl: icpitl (nah), copitl, xoxotla
- Navajo: chʼosh bikǫʼí
- Neapolitan: luceluce f
- Northern Catanduanes Bicolano: aninipot
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lysbille m, ildflue (no) f or m
- Nynorsk: lysbille f
- Occitan: lucèrna f, luciòla f, luscambra f, luseta (oc) f
- Okinawan: じーなー (jīnā), じんじん (jinjin)
- Okinoerabu: かんこ (kanko)
- Oroqen: budunə
- Ottoman Turkish: آتش بوجكی (ateş böceği), یلدز بوجكی (yıldız böceği)
- Persian: کرم شبتاب (kerm-e šab-tâb)
- Piedmontese: lusentela f, lusariòla f
- Polish: świetlik (pl) m
- Portuguese: vaga-lume (pt) m, pirilampo (pt) m, vagalume (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਜੁਗਨੂਂ m (jugnū̃)
- Quechua: ninakuru, nina-nina, inchipala
- Romanian: licurici (ro) m
- Russian: светля́к (ru) m (svetlják), (diminutive, common) светлячо́к (ru) m (svetljačók)
- Samogitian: švėtvombuolė, švėtravombuolė
- Sanskrit: ज्योतिरिङ्गण (sa) (jyotiriṅgaṇa), खद्योत (sa) (khadyota)
- Saterland Frisian: Fjuurfljooge
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: кресница f, кријесница f
- Roman: kresnica (sh) f, krijesnica (sh) f
- Shan: ႁိင်ႇႁွႆႈ (shn) (hìng hāui)
- Slovak: svetluška f
- Slovene: kresnica (sl) f
- Southern East Cree: ᐙᔥᑐᐌᔒᔥ (waashtoweshiish)
- Spanish: luciérnaga (es) f
- Sranan Tongo: fayaworon
- Sundanese: ᮎᮤᮊ-ᮎᮤᮊ (cika-cika)
- Swahili: kimetameta (sw) class 7/8
- Swedish: lysmask (sv)
- Tagalog: alitaptap (tl)
- Tajik: кирми шабтоб (tg) (kirm-i šabtob)
- Tamil: மின்மினிப்பூச்சி (ta) (miṉmiṉippūcci)
- Tày: hinh hỏi
- Telugu: మిణుగురుపురుగు (te) (miṇugurupurugu)
- Tetum: pirilampu
- Thai: หิ่งห้อย (th) (hìng-hɔ̂i)
- Turkish: ateş böceği (tr)
- Udmurt: ӝуасьнумыр (džuaśnumyr)
- Ukrainian: світля́к m (svitlják), світлячо́к m (svitljačók) (diminutive, common)
- Unami: sasapis
- Urdu: جگنو m (jugnū)
- Vietnamese: đom đóm (vi), huỳnh (vi) (obsolete)
- Waray-Waray: aninipot, bukatkat
- Wastek: pil
- Welsh: pryf tân m, magïen f
- Western Panjabi: ٹٹیانا m (ṭṭeyānā)
- Yiddish: גליװאָרעם m (glivorem)
- Yucatec Maya: cocay
- Zhuang: ronghrib
- Zulu: ukhanyikhanyi class 1a/2a
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