| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | muis·hond |
| Catalan | mangosta |
|---|---|
| Czech | mangusta |
| Danish | mangust |
| Dutch | mangoeste |
| English | mongoose |
| Esperanto | mungoto; mungo |
| French | mangouste |
| German | Manguste |
| Greek | μαγκούστα |
| Hungarian | manguszta |
| Icelandic | mangar; mongús |
| Italian | mangusta |
| Jamaican Patois | mangguus |
| Polish | mangusta |
| Russian | мангуст |
| Spanish | mangosta |
| Swedish | mangust |
| Thai | พังพอน |
| West Frisian | mangoeste |