| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | col·o |
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | colo | coloj |
| Accusative | colon | colojn |
| Catalan | polzada |
|---|---|
| Czech | coul; palec |
| Dutch | duim |
| English | inch |
| Faeroese | tummi |
| German | Zoll |
| Jamaican Patois | hinch |
| Latin | digitus |
| Luxemburgish | Zoll |
| Papiamento | dùim |
| Portuguese | polegada |
| Saterland Frisian | Tuume |
| Scots | inch |
| Spanish | pulgada |
| Swedish | tum |
| Thai | นิ้ว |
| Turkish | pus |
| Welsh | modfedd |