cockchafer

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• /ˈkɒkˌt͡ʃeɪfɚ/
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From cock (“male bird”) + chafer (“beetle”). The Oxford English Dictionary speculates that the name may relate to a resemblance of antennae to coxcomb, or to the beetle’s size. Compare French hanneton (“cockchafer”), ultimately from Frankish *hanō (“rooster”). First attested in the late 17th century.

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: arrç — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Armenian: մայիսյան բզեզ (mayisyan bzez) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Aromanian: cârâbușu — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Basque: kotxorro — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Belarusian: хрушч (xrušč) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Belarusian: ма́йскі жук (májski žuk) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Breton: c'hwil-derv — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Breton: buoc'h-derv — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Breton: c'hwil-Mae — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Bulgarian: майски бръмбар (majski brǎmbar) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Catalan: escarabat de Sant Joan — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Chinese Mandarin: 金龜子 /金龟子 (jīnguīzi) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Chinese Mandarin: 小金蟲 /小金虫 (xiǎojīnchóng) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Corsican: virginella — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Czech: chroust — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Czech: chroust obecný — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Danish: oldenborre — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Dutch: meikever — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Esperanto: melolonto — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Esperanto: majskarabo — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Estonian: lehemardikas — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Faroese: aldinbori — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Finnish: turilas — beetle of genus Melolontha
• French: hanneton — beetle of genus Melolontha
• French: mélolonthe — beetle of genus Melolontha
• North Frisian: driikraab — beetle of genus Melolontha
• West-Frisian: maaituorre — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Friulian: scusson — beetle of genus Melolontha
• German: Maikäfer — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Greek: μηλολόνθη (milolónthi) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Ancient Greek: μηλολόνθη (mēlolónthē) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Hungarian: cserebogár — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Hungarian: cserebüly — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Icelandic: aldinbori — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Ido: melolonto — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Italian: maggiolino — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Italian: melolonta — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Japanese: コフキコガネ (kofukikogane) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Japanese: 金亀子 (koganemushi) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Kazakh: май капшангы (mai kapşañy) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Korean: 풍뎅이 (pungdeng'i) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Northern Kurdish: kirmê spî — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Ladin: züla — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Latvian: maijvabole — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Lithuanian: grambuolys — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Macedonian: мајски бумбар (majski bumbar) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Malagasy: vangoa — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Malagasy: voangory — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Norman: hanneton — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Norwegian: oldenborre — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Old Occitan: bertal — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Old Occitan: bertau — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Old Church Slavonic: хрѫщь (xrǫštĭ) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Persian: سوسک طلایی (susk talâyi) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Polish: chrabąszcz majowy — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Polish: chrabąszcz — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Portuguese: melolonta — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Romanian: cărăbuș — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Romanian: gândac-de-mai — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Romansh: bau da matg — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Romansh: buccaria — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Russian: ма́йский жук (májskij žuk) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Russian: хрущ (xrušč) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Russian: шара́нка (šaránka) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Samogitian: vombuolė — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Scottish Gaelic: dùrdalan — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Koyraboro-Senni: komaɲaga — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Serbo-Croatian: гу̀ндељ — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Serbo-Croatian: кебаљ — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Serbo-Croatian: хру̑шт — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Serbo-Croatian: gùndelj — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Serbo-Croatian: kebalj — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Serbo-Croatian: hrȗšt — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Sicilian: jippuneddu — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Slovak: chrúst — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Slovak: chrúst obyčajný — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Lower Sorbian: jaglowac — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Upper Sorbian: mejski bruk — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Spanish: escarabajo sanjuanero — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Spanish: sanjuanero — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Spanish: melolonta — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Spanish: abejorro — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Spanish: jorge — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Sundanese: légé — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Swedish: ollonborre — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Swedish: majbagge — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Thai: แมงอีนูน (mɛɛng-i-nuun) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Thai: แมงกีนูน (mɛɛng-gi-nuun) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Turkish: mayıs böceği — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Ottoman Turkish: مایس بوجكی (mayıs böceği) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Udmurt: дурга (durga) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Ukrainian: хрущ (xrušč) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Ukrainian: травне́вий жук (travnévyj žuk) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Ukrainian: травне́вий хрущ (travnévyj xrušč) — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Veps: böbörii — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Vietnamese: con bọ da — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Vilamovian: mǡjkefer — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Walloon: baloujhe — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Walloon: åbalowe — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Walloon: arnicot — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Walloon: brouwant — beetle of genus Melolontha
• Zealandic: Schallebieter — beetle of genus Melolontha