caterpillar

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkætəˌpɪlə/
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• US: /ˈkætɚˌpɪlɚ/
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• US: /ˈkætəˌpɪlɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: K AE1 T AH0 P IH2 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: K AE1 T ER0 P IH2 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English catirpel, catirpeller, probably from Old Northern French catepeluse (Modern French chatte + pileuse (“hairy cat”)), from Late Latin catta + pilōsa. The sense "rapacious, extortionate person" arose by association with obsolete piller (“plunderer”). See Modern Norman cattepeleuse. Displaced native kaleworm, from Middle English cowle worm, cale worme (“caterpillar, corn weevil”), from Old English cawelwyrm, cawelwurm (“caterpillar”).

220 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ruspe — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Albanian: zek — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Albanian: vemje — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Arabic: يَرَقَة (yaraqa) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Arabic: دُودَة الْفَرَاشَة (dūdat al-farāša) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Arabic: يَرَقَة (yaraga) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Aramaic: ܡܫܘܛܐ (māšōṭā) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Armenian: թրթուր (tʻrtʻur) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Assamese: পলু (polu) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Assamese: বিছা (bisa) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Asturian: gata — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Asturian: allacrán — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Aymara: laqatu — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Azerbaijani: tırtıl — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Banjarese: hulat — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Basque: har — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Basque: beldar — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Belarusian: ву́сень (vúsjenʹ) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Bengali: শুঁয়াপোকা (śũẏapōka) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Bulgarian: гъсе́ница (gǎsénica) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Burmese: ပိုးတောင့်တဲ (pui:taung.tai:) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Catalan: eruga — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Cebuano: til-as — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Cherokee: ᏍᎪᏯ ᎠᏁᏍᎩᎸᎥᏍᎩ (sgoya anesgilvvsgi) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Chichewa: mbozi — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Chinese Cantonese: 毛毛蟲 /毛毛虫 (mou4 mou4 cung4) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Chinese Cantonese: 毛蟲 /毛虫 (mou4 cung4) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Chinese Mandarin: 毛毛蟲 /毛毛虫 (máomáochóng) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Chinese Mandarin: 毛蟲 /毛虫 (máochóng) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Chuukese: muun — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Chuvash: лӗпӗш хурчӗ (lĕp̬ĕš hurč̬ĕ) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• West Circassian: пкӏэшъэхъу (pkʼɛŝɛꭓwu) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Cornish: pryv del — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Cornish: kath vlewek — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Czech: housenka — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Danish: larve — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Danish: kålorm — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Dutch: rups — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Esperanto: raŭpo — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Estonian: tõuk — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Estonian: röövik — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Faroese: ormvera — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Finnish: perhostoukka — larva of a butterfly or moth
• French: chenille — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Friulian: ruie — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Galician: eiruga — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Galician: burgo — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Georgian: მუხლუხი (muxluxi) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• German: Raupe — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Greek: κάμπια (kámpia) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Ancient Greek: κάμπη (kámpē) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Gujarati: ઇયળ (iyaḷ) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Haitian Creole: chini — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Hebrew: זַחַל (zakhal) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Hindi: इल्ली (illī) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Hindi: पोका (pokā) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Hungarian: hernyó — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Icelandic: lirfa — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Ido: raupo — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Indonesian: ulat bulu — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Indonesian: ulat — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Ingrian: puutoukka — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Irish: bolb — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Italian: bruco — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Japanese: 毛虫 (kemushi) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Japanese: 芋虫 (imomushi) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Jarai: hlăt — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Javanese: uler — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Kannada: ಕಂಬಳಿಹುಳ (kambaḷihuḷa) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• S'gaw Karen: သံ (thee) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Kazakh: жұлдызқұрт (jūldyzqūrt) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Kazakh: қырықбуын (qyryqbuyn) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Khmer: ក្រា (kraa) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Khmer: ដង្កូវ (dɑɑdɑngkəw) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Kikuyu: kĩgunyũ — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Kikuyu: kĩgunyarĩrĩ — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Korean: 모충 (mochung) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Korean: 애벌레 (aebeolle) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Kyrgyz: көпөлөк курту (köpölök kurtu) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Kyrgyz: малак (malak) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Lak: янначчуччу (aʕnnač:uč:u) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Lao: ໂຕດ້ວງ (tō dūang) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Lao: ຕົວບົ້ງ (tūa bong) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Lao: ບຸ້ງ (bung) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Lao: ດ້ວງ (dūang) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Latin: ērūca — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Latin: ūrīca — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Latin: campē — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Latin: dolba — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Latvian: kāpurs — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Limburgish: roeps — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Lingala: mombínzó — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Lithuanian: vikšras — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Lower Tanana: ch'et'on' gugha' — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Low German: Ruup — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Lutuv: ziyziypa — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Luxembourgish: Raup — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Macedonian: гасеница (gasenica) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Malagasy: fanday — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Malay: beluncas — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Brunei Malay: ulat bulu — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Brunei Malay: giuk bulu — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Malayalam: കമ്പിളിപ്പുഴു (kampiḷippuḻu) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Malayalam: ശലഭപ്പുഴു (śalabhappuḻu) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Maltese: xagħat — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Manchu: ᠯᡠᡴᡠ (luku) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Manx: braddag — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Māori: torongū — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Māori: tōtorongū — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Māori: whē — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Māori: mokamoka — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Marathi: अळी (aḷī) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Mi'kmaq: engejit — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Mongolian: төөлүүр хорхой (töölüür xorxoj) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Mongolian: жаран хөлт (žaran xölt) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Navajo: wódítłʼooí — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Navajo: chʼosh ditłʼooí — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Navajo: wóshiiyishí — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Norman: carpéleuse — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Norman: catte — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Norman: carpélouose — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Norman: katpwölör — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Norwegian Bokmål: larve — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Occitan: eruga — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Old English: trēowwyrm — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Pannonian Rusyn: гушенїца (hušenjica) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Persian: کرم صدپا (kerm-e sadpâ) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Picard: carplute — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Plautdietsch: Krupa — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Polish: gąsienica — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Polish: licha — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Polish: liszka — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Portuguese: lagarta — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Punjabi: ਸੁੰਡ (suṇḍ) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Punjabi: ਸੁੰਡੀ (suṇḍī) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Quechua: sika — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Quechua: kuru — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Romanian: omidă — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Romansh: rasulauna — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Russian: гу́сеница (gúsenica) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Sardinian: ruga — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Scots: oobit — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Scottish Gaelic: burras — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Scottish Gaelic: bratag — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Serbo-Croatian: гу̏сеница — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Serbo-Croatian: гу̏сјеница — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Serbo-Croatian: gȕsenica — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Serbo-Croatian: gȕsjenica — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Sicilian: campa — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Sicilian: papici — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Slovak: húsenica — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Slovene: gosenica — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Spanish: oruga — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Spanish: cuncuna — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Spanish: convólvulo — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Spanish: revoltón — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Spanish: teña — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Sundanese: hileud — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Swahili: kiwavi — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Swedish: fjärilslarv — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Swedish: mallarv — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Tajik: кирмак (kirmak) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Tamil: கம்பளிப்பூச்சி (kampaḷippūcci) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Telugu: గొంగళిపురుగు (goṅgaḷipurugu) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Thai: หนอนผีเสื้อ (nɔ̌ɔn pǐi-sʉ̂ʉa) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Thai: ด้วง (dûuang) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Thai: บุ้ง (bûng) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Thai: ร่าน (râan) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Tibetan: འབུ་སྤུ་ཟོག ('bu spu zog) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Tumbuka: mbungu — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Turkish: tırtıl — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Ottoman Turkish: طرتیل (tırtıl) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Turkmen: gurçuk — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Udi: тыртыр (tərtər) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Ukrainian: гу́сениця (húsenycja) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Ukrainian: гу́сінь (húsinʹ) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Unami: samhuwe — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Urdu: سنڈی (sunḍī) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Urdu: پوکا (pokā) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Uyghur: تۈكلۈك قۇرت (tüklük qurt) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Uzbek: qurt — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Uzbek: kapalak qurti — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Vietnamese: sâu — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Vietnamese: sâu róm — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Vietnamese: sâu bướm — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Vilamovian: raojp — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Volapük: jönul — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Volapük: jönulil — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Walloon: halene — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Welsh: lindysyn — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Welsh: Siani flewog — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Yiddish: שלייערל (shleyerl) — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Yoruba: wùkúwùkú — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Zazaki: kermık — larva of a butterfly or moth
• Bulgarian: вери́жен автомоби́л (verížen avtomobíl) — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Catalan: eruga — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Chinese Mandarin: 履帶式車輛 /履带式车辆 (lǚdàishì chēliàng) — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Esperanto: ĉenbendo — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Esperanto: raŭpo — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Finnish: telaketjutraktori — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Finnish: katepillari — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• German: Raupe — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• German: Raupenfahrzeug — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Greek: ερπυστριοφόρος ελκυστήρας (erpystriofóros elkystíras) — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Hungarian: hernyótalpas traktor — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Hungarian: lánctalpas jármű — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Japanese: キャタピラ (kyatapira) — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Japanese: 無限軌道 (mugen kidō) — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Macedonian: гасеничар (gaseničar) — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Pannonian Rusyn: гушенїцар (hušenjicar) — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Polish: pojazd gąsienicowy — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Portuguese: veículo com lagartas — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Romanian: șenilă — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Russian: гу́сеничный тра́ктор (gúseničnyj tráktor) — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Spanish: oruga — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Spanish: tractor de oruga — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Swahili: katapila — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Swedish: caterpillar — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Turkish: paletli — vehicle with a caterpillar track
• Yoruba: katakata — vehicle with a caterpillar track