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arachnid

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /əˈɹæknɪd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 R AE1 K N AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: ER0 AE1 K N IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders, mites, and scorpions, of the class Arachnida.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arthropod, bug, invertebrate, animal, creature, critter

2

noun

Meaning 2

air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arachnoid

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arthropod

Narrower terms: harvestman, daddy longlegs, Phalangium opilio, scorpion, false scorpion, pseudoscorpion, whip-scorpion, whip scorpion, spider, acarine

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē) Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs) Ancient Greek -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs)bor. Latin -idēsbor. Middle French -ide French -ide French arachnidebor. English arachnid From international scientific vocabulary, from French arachnide (1809, Lamarck), from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀράχνη (arákhnē, “spider”) with the suffix -id. By surface analysis, arachn- + -id.

Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: aragnied — eight-legged creature
  • Arabic: حَيَوَان عَنْكَبُوتِيّ (ḥayawān ʕankabūtiyy) — eight-legged creature
  • Asturian: arácnidu — eight-legged creature
  • Bulgarian: паякообра́зни (pajakoobrázni) — eight-legged creature
  • Catalan: aràcnid — eight-legged creature
  • Chechen: мангалхьокхург (mangalḥroqurg) — eight-legged creature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蛛型動物 /蛛型动物 (zhūxíng dòngwù) — eight-legged creature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蜘蛛類 /蜘蛛类 (zhīzhūlèi) — eight-legged creature
  • Czech: pavoukovec — eight-legged creature
  • Danish: spindler — eight-legged creature
  • Dutch: spinachtige — eight-legged creature
  • Faroese: spunari — eight-legged creature
  • Finnish: hämähäkkieläin — eight-legged creature
  • French: arachnide — eight-legged creature
  • Galician: arácnido — eight-legged creature
  • Georgian: ობობასნაირი (obobasnairi) — eight-legged creature
  • Georgian: არაქნიდი (araknidi) — eight-legged creature
  • German: Spinnentier — eight-legged creature
  • German: Arachnide — eight-legged creature
  • Greek: αραχνίδι (arachnídi) — eight-legged creature
  • Hungarian: pókszabású — eight-legged creature
  • Icelandic: áttfætla — eight-legged creature
  • Irish: araicnid — eight-legged creature
  • Italian: aracnide — eight-legged creature
  • Japanese: クモ形類 (kumogatarui) — eight-legged creature
  • Korean: 거미류의 동물 (geomiryuui dongmul) — eight-legged creature
  • Latin: arachnidum — eight-legged creature
  • Luxembourgish: Spannendéier — eight-legged creature
  • Malay: araknid — eight-legged creature
  • Manx: arachnaid — eight-legged creature
  • Māori: pūwere — eight-legged creature
  • Navajo: chʼosh bijáád tseebíhígíí — eight-legged creature
  • Norwegian: edderkoppdyr — eight-legged creature
  • Persian: تنندگان (tanandegân) — eight-legged creature
  • Polish: pajęczak — eight-legged creature
  • Portuguese: aracnídeo — eight-legged creature
  • Romanian: arahnidă — eight-legged creature
  • Russian: паукообра́зное (paukoobráznoje) — eight-legged creature
  • Serbo-Croatian: па̏учина — eight-legged creature
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȁučina — eight-legged creature
  • Spanish: arácnido — eight-legged creature
  • Swedish: spindeldjur — eight-legged creature
  • Tamil: அராக்கினிட் (arākkiṉiṭ) — eight-legged creature
  • Thai: แมง (mɛɛng) — eight-legged creature