earthworm

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• /ˈɜː(ɹ)θˌwɜː(ɹ)m/
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From Middle English erthe-worm, erþe-worm, erþe worm (also as worm of þe erthe, worm of þe erþe), equivalent to earth + worm. Compare Saterland Frisian Äidwurm (“earthworm”), West Frisian ierdwjirm (“earthworm”), Dutch aardworm (“earthworm”), less common German Erdwurm (“earthworm”).

164 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: rrajzë — worm (animal)
• Albanian: glistër — worm (animal)
• Southern Altai: чойлошкон (čoyloškon) — worm (animal)
• Amis: 'atikak — worm (animal)
• Arabic: دُودَة الْأَرْض — worm (animal)
• Arabic: خُرْطُون (ḵurṭūn) — worm (animal)
• Armenian: անձրեւորդ (anjreword) — worm (animal)
• Assamese: কেঁচু (kẽsu) — worm (animal)
• Asturian: merucu — worm (animal)
• Asturian: llombriz — worm (animal)
• Aymara: sillq'u — worm (animal)
• Azerbaijani: soxulcan — worm (animal)
• Bashkir: селәүсен (seləwsen) — worm (animal)
• Basque: zizare — worm (animal)
• Bengali: কেঁচো (kẽcō) — worm (animal)
• Bhojpuri: केंचुआ (kēñcuā) — worm (animal)
• Bulgarian: дъждовен червей (dǎždoven červej) — worm (animal)
• Catalan: cuc de terra — worm (animal)
• Catalan: llambric — worm (animal)
• Eastern Cham: laning — worm (animal)
• Chamicuro: taykonono — worm (animal)
• Cherokee: ᎤᏥᏯ (utsiya) — worm (animal)
• Chinese Cantonese: 蚯蚓 (jau1 jan5) — worm (animal)
• Hakka Chinese: 䘆公 (hién-kûng) — worm (animal)
• Chinese: 杜蚓 (tō͘-ún, tō͘-ín, tō͘-kún, tō͘-kín) — worm (animal)
• Chinese: 杜蚓仔 (zh-min-nan) — worm (animal)
• Chinese: 牛貫 /牛贯 (gû-kǹg) — worm (animal)
• Chinese: 塗蚓 /涂蚓 (zh-min-nan) — worm (animal)
• Chinese Mandarin: 蚯蚓 (qiūyǐn) — worm (animal)
• Chinese Mandarin: 地龍 /地龙 (dìlóng) — worm (animal)
• Choctaw: lakcho — worm (animal)
• Cornish: buluk — worm (animal)
• Cornish: bulugen — worm (animal)
• Czech: žížala — worm (animal)
• Czech: dešťovka — worm (animal)
• Danish: regnorm — worm (animal)
• Dutch: aardworm — worm (animal)
• Dutch: regenworm — worm (animal)
• Dzongkha: ལྕོང་འབུཔ (lcong 'bup) — worm (animal)
• Esperanto: lumbriko — worm (animal)
• Esperanto: tervermo — worm (animal)
• Estonian: vihmauss — worm (animal)
• Faroese: reyðmaðkur — worm (animal)
• Finnish: kastemato — worm (animal)
• Finnish: kasteliero — worm (animal)
• French: ver de terre — worm (animal)
• French: lombric — worm (animal)
• French: lèche — worm (animal)
• Galician: miñoca — worm (animal)
• Galician: mioca — worm (animal)
• Galician: lombriga — worm (animal)
• Gallo: bidjin — worm (animal)
• Georgian: ჭიაყელა (č̣iaq̇ela) — worm (animal)
• German: Regenwurm — worm (animal)
• German: Aalwurm — worm (animal)
• German: Erdwurm — worm (animal)
• German: Tauwurm — worm (animal)
• German: Gemeiner Regenwurm — worm (animal)
• Greek: γαιοσκώληκας (gaioskólikas) — worm (animal)
• Greek: σκουληκαντέρα (skoulikantéra) — worm (animal)
• Ancient Greek: γαφάγας (gaphágas) — worm (animal)
• Mbya Guarani: evo'i — worm (animal)
• Hebrew: שִׁלְשׁוּל (shilshúl) — worm (animal)
• Hindi: केंचुआ (kẽcuā) — worm (animal)
• Hindi: केचुआ (kecuā) — worm (animal)
• Hindi: केँचुवा (kẽcuvā) — worm (animal)
• Hindi: किञ्चिलिक (kiñcilik) — worm (animal)
• Hindi: दीप्तरस (dīptaras) — worm (animal)
• White Hmong: cua nab — worm (animal)
• Hungarian: földigiliszta — worm (animal)
• Iban: belut — worm (animal)
• Icelandic: ánamaðkur — worm (animal)
• Ido: lombriko — worm (animal)
• Indonesian: cacing tanah — worm (animal)
• Irish: péist talún — worm (animal)
• Irish: cuideog — worm (animal)
• Irish: agaill — worm (animal)
• Irish: anglach — worm (animal)
• Italian: lombrico — worm (animal)
• Japanese: 蚯蚓 — worm (animal)
• Javanese: cacing lemah — worm (animal)
• Kalmyk: улан хорха (ulan xorxa) — worm (animal)
• Komi-Permyak: нидзыв (ńidźyv) — worm (animal)
• Komi-Zyrian: нидзув (ńidźuv) — worm (animal)
• Korean: 지렁이 (jireong'i) — worm (animal)
• Lao: ໃສ້ເດືອນ (sai dư̄an) — worm (animal)
• Lao: ກະເດືອນ (ka dư̄an) — worm (animal)
• Lao: ຖັກແທ່ (thak thǣ) — worm (animal)
• Latin: lumbrīcus — worm (animal)
• Latvian: slieka — worm (animal)
• Lithuanian: sliekas — worm (animal)
• Luxembourgish: Reewuerm — worm (animal)
• Macedonian: глиста (glista) — worm (animal)
• Malay: cacing tanah — worm (animal)
• Malayalam: മണ്ണിര (maṇṇira) — worm (animal)
• Manchu: ᠪᡝᡨᡝᠨ (beten) — worm (animal)
• Manx: dhiane — worm (animal)
• Marathi: गांडूळ (gāṇḍūḷ) — worm (animal)
• Middle English: erþe worm — worm (animal)
• Middle English: worm — worm (animal)
• Middle English: maddok — worm (animal)
• Mongolian: чийгийн улаан хорхой (čiigiin ulaan xorxoj) — worm (animal)
• Nanai: пэнтэ (pente) — worm (animal)
• Navajo: łeeyiʼ chʼosh — worm (animal)
• Norman: vèr dé tèrre — worm (animal)
• Norwegian: meitemark — worm (animal)
• Norwegian: meitemakk — worm (animal)
• Old English: reġnwyrm — worm (animal)
• Pannonian Rusyn: хлїста (xljista) — worm (animal)
• Pawnee: piiruskiraararuut — worm (animal)
• Persian: کرم خاکی (kerm-e xāki) — worm (animal)
• Plautdietsch: Räajenworm — worm (animal)
• Polish: dżdżownica — worm (animal)
• Portuguese: minhoca — worm (animal)
• Punjabi: ਗੰਡੋਇਆ (gaṇḍoiā) — worm (animal)
• Romagnol: mondavèscuv — worm (animal)
• Romagnol: madavèscul — worm (animal)
• Romagnol: madavèscol — worm (animal)
• Romanian: râmă — worm (animal)
• Russian: дождево́й че́рвь (doždevój čérvʹ) — worm (animal)
• Russian: земляно́й червь (zemljanój červʹ) — worm (animal)
• Sanskrit: किञ्चिलिक (kiñcilika) — worm (animal)
• Sanskrit: किञ्चुलुक (kiñculuka) — worm (animal)
• Serbo-Croatian: глиста — worm (animal)
• Serbo-Croatian: glista — worm (animal)
• Sicilian: casèntaru — worm (animal)
• Slovak: dážďovka — worm (animal)
• Spanish: lombriz de tierra — worm (animal)
• Spanish: gusano de tierra — worm (animal)
• Spanish: miñosa — worm (animal)
• Spanish: lombriz térrea — worm (animal)
• Spanish: lambrija — worm (animal)
• Spanish: gusano terrero — worm (animal)
• Swahili: choo — worm (animal)
• Swedish: daggmask — worm (animal)
• Tagalog: bulateng lupa — worm (animal)
• Tamil: மண்புழு (maṇpuḻu) — worm (animal)
• Tarifit: adan n tmurt — worm (animal)
• Tày: đươn — worm (animal)
• Telugu: వానపాము (vānapāmu) — worm (animal)
• Thai: ไส้เดือน (sâi-dʉʉan) — worm (animal)
• Thai: รากดิน (râak-din) — worm (animal)
• Tooro: omuniongorozi class 3 — worm (animal)
• Turkish: yer solucanı — worm (animal)
• Ottoman Turkish: صوغلجان (soğulcan) — worm (animal)
• Udmurt: нӥзили (niźiľi) — worm (animal)
• Vietnamese: giun đất — worm (animal)
• Vietnamese: trùn — worm (animal)
• Volapük: tailavum — worm (animal)
• Volapük: lumbrig — worm (animal)
• Welsh: abwydyn — worm (animal)
• Welsh: mwydyn — worm (animal)
• Welsh: pryf genwair — worm (animal)
• Zhuang: ndwen — worm (animal)
• Zulu: umsundu — worm (animal)
• Finnish: liero — person
• German: Kriecher — person
• Greek: σκουλήκι (skoulíki) — person
• Hungarian: csúszómászó — person
• Hungarian: talpnyaló — person
• Russian: червя́к (červják) — person
• Sicilian: scravagghiu — person
• Sicilian: vermu — person
• Swahili: choo — person