badger

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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbæd͡ʒə/
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From Old English *Bæcg (“a personal name”) + ofer (“hill spur”). The name of the town in Newfoundland likely derives from the surname of one of its first inhabitants.

From Middle English bageard (“marked by a badge”), from bage (“badge”), referring to the animal's badge-like white blaze, equivalent to badge + -ard. Displaced earlier brock, from Old English brocc.

Unknown Possibly from bagger. "Baggier" is cited by the OED in 1467-8.

See Badger State.

From badger, the animal.

215 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ratel — a kind of mammal
• Afrikaans: das — a kind of mammal
• Albanian: baldosë — a kind of mammal
• Albanian: vjedull — a kind of mammal
• Albanian: vjedhullë — a kind of mammal
• Northern Altai: торокон (torokon) — a kind of mammal
• Northern Altai: порсук (porsuk) — a kind of mammal
• Southern Altai: борсык (borsïk) — a kind of mammal
• Western Apache: baʼ nteelé — a kind of mammal
• Western Apache: ma' nteelé — a kind of mammal
• Arabic: غُرَيْر (ḡurayr) — a kind of mammal
• Aragonese: taxugo — a kind of mammal
• Aragonese: taxón — a kind of mammal
• Aragonese: melón — a kind of mammal
• Armenian: գորշուկ (goršuk) — a kind of mammal
• Armenian: փորսուղ (pʻorsuġ) — a kind of mammal
• Armenian: իշղար (išġar) — a kind of mammal
• Asturian: texón — a kind of mammal
• Asturian: melandru — a kind of mammal
• Asturian: melón — a kind of mammal
• Asturian: tesugu — a kind of mammal
• Azerbaijani: porsuq — a kind of mammal
• Bashkir: бурһыҡ (burhıq) — a kind of mammal
• Basque: azkonar — a kind of mammal
• Bats: მაჲჩუ̂ (mayčû) — a kind of mammal
• Belarusian: барсу́к (barsúk) — a kind of mammal
• Breton: broc'h — a kind of mammal
• Bulgarian: я́зовец (jázovec) — a kind of mammal
• Burmese: ခွေးတူဝက်တူ (hkwe:tuwaktu) — a kind of mammal
• Catalan: teixó — a kind of mammal
• Chechen: дӏама (dˀama) — a kind of mammal
• Cherokee: ᎢᏃᎵ (inoli) — a kind of mammal
• Chinese Mandarin: 獾 (huān) — a kind of mammal
• Chuvash: пурӑш (purăš) — a kind of mammal
• Cimbrian: daks — a kind of mammal
• Cornish: brogh — a kind of mammal
• Czech: jezevec — a kind of mammal
• Danish: grævling — a kind of mammal
• Dutch: das — a kind of mammal
• Erzya: борцу (borcu) — a kind of mammal
• Esperanto: melo — a kind of mammal
• Estonian: mäger — a kind of mammal
• Estonian: määr — a kind of mammal
• Faroese: grevlingur — a kind of mammal
• Finnish: mäyrä — a kind of mammal
• French: blaireau — a kind of mammal
• Saterland Frisian: taks — a kind of mammal
• West-Frisian: das — a kind of mammal
• Friulian: tac — a kind of mammal
• Galician: teixugo — a kind of mammal
• Galician: porco teixo — a kind of mammal
• Galician: teixón — a kind of mammal
• Georgian: მაჩვი (mačvi) — a kind of mammal
• German: Dachs — a kind of mammal
• Bavarian German: Dåchs — a kind of mammal
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍃𐌿𐍃 — a kind of mammal
• Greek: ασβός (asvós) — a kind of mammal
• Ancient Greek: τρόχος (trókhos) — a kind of mammal
• Hebrew: גִּירִית (girit) — a kind of mammal
• Hindi: बिज्जू (bijjū) — a kind of mammal
• Hungarian: borz — a kind of mammal
• Hunsrik: Dachs — a kind of mammal
• Icelandic: greifingi — a kind of mammal
• Ido: daxo — a kind of mammal
• Indonesian: biul — a kind of mammal
• Interlingua: taxon — a kind of mammal
• Irish: broc — a kind of mammal
• Middle Irish: brocc — a kind of mammal
• Italian: tasso — a kind of mammal
• Japanese: アナグマ (anaguma) — a kind of mammal
• Japanese: 穴熊 (anaguma) — a kind of mammal
• Judeo-Tat: хуьрсек (xyrsek) — a kind of mammal
• Kalmyk: зорхн (zorxn) — a kind of mammal
• Karachay-Balkar: борсукъ (borsuq) — a kind of mammal
• Kazakh: борсық (borsyq) — a kind of mammal
• Khakas: порсых (porsıx) — a kind of mammal
• Khakas: морсых (morsıx) — a kind of mammal
• Korean: 오소리 (osori) — a kind of mammal
• Kumyk: порсукъ (porsuq) — a kind of mammal
• Northern Kurdish: kurbeşk — a kind of mammal
• Kyrgyz: кашкулак (kaşkulak) — a kind of mammal
• Ladin: tas — a kind of mammal
• Lakota: ȟoká — a kind of mammal
• Latin: mēlēs — a kind of mammal
• Latin: taxō — a kind of mammal
• Latvian: āpsis — a kind of mammal
• Laz: მუმჩქვი (mumçkvi) — a kind of mammal
• Lithuanian: barsukas — a kind of mammal
• Lithuanian: opšrus — a kind of mammal
• Low German: Tacks — a kind of mammal
• Low German: Daks — a kind of mammal
• Macedonian: ја́зовец (jázovec) — a kind of mammal
• Malay: bejar — a kind of mammal
• Manchu: ᡩᠣᡵᡤᠣᠨ (dorgon) — a kind of mammal
• Manx: broc — a kind of mammal
• Māori: pateri — a kind of mammal
• Eastern Mari: нерге (ńerge) — a kind of mammal
• Western Mari: нергӹ (ńergÿ) — a kind of mammal
• Mazanderani: گورشکو (gureško) — a kind of mammal
• Mazanderani: ساتشی (sâtaši) — a kind of mammal
• Mingrelian: მუნჩქვი (munčkvi) — a kind of mammal
• Mongolian: дорго (dorgo) — a kind of mammal
• Nanai: дорон (doron) — a kind of mammal
• Nanai: оё̄н (ojōn) — a kind of mammal
• Navajo: nahashchʼidí — a kind of mammal
• Nepali: रतेल (ratel) — a kind of mammal
• Norman: blaireau — a kind of mammal
• Norwegian Bokmål: grevling — a kind of mammal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: grevling — a kind of mammal
• Occitan: tais — a kind of mammal
• Occitan: rabàs — a kind of mammal
• Occitan: taisson — a kind of mammal
• Old English: brocc — a kind of mammal
• Omaha-Ponca: qúga — a kind of mammal
• Ossetian: зыгъа́рӕг (zyǧáræg) — a kind of mammal
• Pannonian Rusyn: язавец (jazavec) — a kind of mammal
• Persian: گورکن (gurkan) — a kind of mammal
• Persian: اشغور (ošġur) — a kind of mammal
• Plautdietsch: Ieedschwien — a kind of mammal
• Polish: borsuk — a kind of mammal
• Polish: jaźwiec — a kind of mammal
• Portuguese: texugo — a kind of mammal
• Romanian: viezure — a kind of mammal
• Romanian: bursuc — a kind of mammal
• Romansh: tais — a kind of mammal
• Romansh: tes — a kind of mammal
• Romansh: tass — a kind of mammal
• Russian: барсу́к (barsúk) — a kind of mammal
• Northern Sami: mievri — a kind of mammal
• Sardinian: tassu — a kind of mammal
• Sardinian: cane de ribu — a kind of mammal
• Scottish Gaelic: broc — a kind of mammal
• Serbo-Croatian: ја̏завац — a kind of mammal
• Serbo-Croatian: jȁzavac — a kind of mammal
• Seri: ziix hant ctaxoj — a kind of mammal
• Seri: xeezej — a kind of mammal
• Slovak: jazvec — a kind of mammal
• Slovene: jazbec — a kind of mammal
• Lower Sorbian: jazw — a kind of mammal
• Lower Sorbian: šwińc — a kind of mammal
• Upper Sorbian: šwinc — a kind of mammal
• Spanish: tejón — a kind of mammal
• Spanish: tasugo — a kind of mammal
• Spanish: tajugo — a kind of mammal
• Spanish: melandro — a kind of mammal
• Sudovian: vobzdus — a kind of mammal
• Svan: მინჩქუ̂ (minčkû) — a kind of mammal
• Swahili: melesi — a kind of mammal
• Swedish: grävling — a kind of mammal
• Tagalog: tasugo — a kind of mammal
• Tagalog: badyer — a kind of mammal
• Tajik: қашқалдоқ (qašqaldoq) — a kind of mammal
• Talysh: порсығ — a kind of mammal
• Taos: kòlnoʼóna — a kind of mammal
• Tatar: бурсык (bursıq) — a kind of mammal
• Thai: แบดเจอร์ (bɛ́ɛt-jə̂ə) — a kind of mammal
• Turkish: porsuk — a kind of mammal
• Turkmen: torsuk — a kind of mammal
• Tuvan: морзук (morzuk) — a kind of mammal
• Udmurt: нарды (nardy) — a kind of mammal
• Udmurt: кырпуны (kyrpuny) — a kind of mammal
• Udmurt: барсук (barsuk) — a kind of mammal
• Ukrainian: борсу́к (borsúk) — a kind of mammal
• Uyghur: بورسۇق (borsuq) — a kind of mammal
• Uzbek: boʻrsiq — a kind of mammal
• Vietnamese: lửng — a kind of mammal
• Volapük: daf — a kind of mammal
• Walloon: taesson — a kind of mammal
• Welsh: moch daear — a kind of mammal
• Welsh: broch — a kind of mammal
• Welsh: daearfoch — a kind of mammal
• Yiddish: דאַקס (daks) — a kind of mammal
• Zazaki: hermuşık — a kind of mammal
• Zazaki: xermuşık — a kind of mammal
• Armenian: հետապնդել (hetapndel) — pester
• Armenian: հալածել (halacel) — pester
• Armenian: ջղայնացնել (ǰġaynacʻnel) — pester
• Armenian: հոգին հանել (hogin hanel) — pester
• Armenian: տեռորի տակ պահել (teṙori tak pahel) — pester
• Bulgarian: дразня́ (draznjá) — pester
• Bulgarian: безпоко́я (bezpokója) — pester
• Chinese Mandarin: 糾纏 /纠缠 (jiūchán) — pester
• Chinese Mandarin: 困擾 /困扰 (kùnrǎo) — pester
• Dutch: voortdurend lastigvallen — pester
• Dutch: steeds zeuren over — pester
• Dutch: voortdurend aandringen — pester
• Finnish: kiusata — pester
• French: taper sur le système — pester
• French: casser les couilles — pester
• French: emmerder — pester
• French: les briser — pester
• French: beurrer la raie — pester
• German: belästigen — pester
• German: plagen — pester
• German: piesacken — pester
• Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (draibjan) — pester
• Greek: ενοχλώ (enochló) — pester
• Greek: παρενοχλώ (parenochló) — pester
• Greek: πειράζω (peirázo) — pester
• Hungarian: piszkál — pester
• Lakota: pažíb khuwá — pester
• Latin: sollicitō — pester
• Latin: inrītō — pester
• Latin: irrītō — pester
• Māori: mamare — pester
• Polish: wiercić dziurę w brzuchu — pester
• Polish: naprzykrzać się — pester
• Polish: naprzykrzyć się — pester
• Russian: дразни́ть (draznítʹ) — pester
• Russian: беспоко́ить (bespokóitʹ) — pester
• Russian: досажда́ть (dosaždátʹ) — pester
• Spanish: fastidiar — pester
• Spanish: molestar — pester
• Spanish: importunar — pester
• Tok Pisin: bagarapim sindaun bilong — pester