| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Gender | masculine |
| Plural | capelans |
| Catalan | capelí |
|---|---|
| Czech | huňáček |
| Danish | lodde |
| Dutch | lodde |
| English | capelin; caplin |
| Esperanto | maloto |
| Finnish | villakuore |
| German | Lodde; Kapelan |
| Hungarian | csuklyás hal; kapellán lazac |
| Icelandic | loðna |
| Italian | mallotto |
| Norwegian | lodde |
| Polish | gromadnik; kapelan |
| Russian | мойва; уёк |
| Spanish | capelán; capelín |
| Swedish | lodda |
| Welsh | caplan |