bloodsucker

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• General-American: /ˈblʌdˌsʌkɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: B L AH1 D S AH2 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From blood + sucker. The “changeable lizard” sense is perhaps because of the reddish color of its neck.

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: крывапі́вец (kryvapívjec) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Belarusian: крывасмо́к (kryvasmók) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Bulgarian: кръвопи́ец (krǎvopíec) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Bulgarian: кръвопи́йка (krǎvopíjka) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Chinese Mandarin: 吸血動物 /吸血动物 (xīxuè dòngwù) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Chinese Mandarin: 吸血者 (xīxuèzhě) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Coptic: ⲟⲩⲁⲙⲥⲛⲟϥ (ouamsnof) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Czech: pijavice — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Czech: pijavka — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Danish: blodsuger — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Dutch: bloedzuiger — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Dutch: bloeddrinker — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Erzya: верень симиця (vereń simića) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Estonian: vereimeja — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Finnish: verenimijä — animal that drinks the blood of others
• French: suceur de sang — animal that drinks the blood of others
• French: suceuse de sang — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Galician: samesuga — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Galician: sanguesuga — animal that drinks the blood of others
• German: Blutsauger — animal that drinks the blood of others
• German: Blutsaugerin — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Irish: súmaire (fola) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Japanese: 吸血動物 (kyūketsu dōbutusu) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Korean: 흡혈동물 (heuphyeoldongmul) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Kyrgyz: кан ичер (kan icer) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Kyrgyz: кан соргуч (kan sorguc) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Latin: sanguī̆sūga — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Mongolian: цус сорогч (cus sorogč) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Norwegian Bokmål: blodsuger — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Polish: krwiopijca — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Portuguese: sugador/chupador de sangue — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Russian: кровопи́йца (krovopíjca) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Russian: кровосо́с (krovosós) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Serbo-Croatian: крво̀пија — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Serbo-Croatian: krvòpija — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Spanish: sanguijuela — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Swedish: blodsugare — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Ukrainian: кровопи́вець (krovopývecʹ) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Ukrainian: кровосмо́к (krovosmók) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Ukrainian: кровосо́с (krovosós) — animal that drinks the blood of others
• Belarusian: крывапі́вец (kryvapívjec) — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Bulgarian: кръвопи́ец (krǎvopíec) — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Bulgarian: кръвопи́йка (krǎvopíjka) — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Bulgarian: къ́рлеж (kǎ́rlež) — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Chinese Mandarin: 吸血鬼 (xīxuèguǐ) — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Czech: vyděrač — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Czech: vydřiduch — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Danish: blodsuger — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Dutch: vampier — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Dutch: bloeddrinker — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Estonian: vereimeja — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Finnish: verenimijä — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• French: sangsue — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• German: Blutsauger — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• German: Blutsaugerin — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Kyrgyz: эзүүчү (ezüücü) — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Norwegian Bokmål: blodsuger — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Polish: krwiopijca — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Polish: krwiopijczyni — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Portuguese: chulo — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Portuguese: chupista — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Portuguese: parasita — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Portuguese: sanguessuga — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Russian: кровопи́йца (krovopíjca) — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Russian: вымога́тель (vymogátelʹ) — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Russian: эксплуата́тор (ekspluatátor) — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Spanish: chupasangre — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Spanish: chupóptero — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Spanish: sanguijuela — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Swahili: mnyonya-damu — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Swedish: blodsugare — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Swedish: utsugare — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Ukrainian: кровопи́вець (krovopývecʹ) — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible
• Ukrainian: кровопи́вця (krovopývcja) — one who attempts to take as much from others as possible