hedgehog

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• /ˈhɛd͡ʒ.hɒɡ/
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• General-American: /ˈhɛd͡ʒ.hɔɡ/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 JH HH AA2 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English heyghoge; equivalent to hedge + hog. Eclipsed non-native Middle English yrchoun, irchoun (“hedgehog”), from Old French hirchoun, herichon (“hedgehog”); and displaced earlier Middle English il, from Old English īl, iġil (“hedgehog”). In the philosophical sense, from the 1953 essay The Hedgehog and the Fox by Isaiah Berlin. Compare typologically Korean 고슴도치 (goseumdochi) (<<+ Middle Korean 돝 (twoth, “pig, swine”)).

221 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: а́хьаԥарч (áxjaparč) — animal
• Afrikaans: krimpvarkie — animal
• Albanian: uriq — animal
• Albanian: iriq — animal
• Albanian: esh — animal
• Albanian: eshk — animal
• Southern Altai: ёж (yož) — animal
• Southern Altai: кирпи (kirpi) — animal
• Amharic: ጥርኝ (ṭərñ) — animal
• Arabic: قُنْفُذ (qunfuḏ) — animal
• Arabic: قنفد (ʔunfed) — animal
• Arabic: دعلي (dʕalay) — animal
• Arabic: قُنْفُذ (gunfuḏ) — animal
• Arabic: قنفود (qanfūd) — animal
• Armenian: ոզնի (ozni) — animal
• Aromanian: ariciu — animal
• Aromanian: arici — animal
• Asturian: rezcayeru — animal
• Asturian: corcuspín — animal
• Asturian: perrucuspín — animal
• Asturian: oriciu — animal
• Asturian: corrucuspín — animal
• Asturian: porcuspín — animal
• Avar: гӏужрукъ (ʻužruqxʼ) — animal
• Azerbaijani: kirpi — animal
• Bashkir: терпе (terpe) — animal
• Basque: triku — animal
• Belarusian: во́жык (vóžyk) — animal
• Bengali: কাঁটাচুয়া (kãṭacuẏa) — animal
• Breton: heureuchin — animal
• Bulgarian: тарале́ж (taraléž) — animal
• Bulgarian: еж (ež) — animal
• Bulgarian: та́рльо (tárljo) — animal
• Burmese: ဖြူ (hpru) — animal
• Burmese: ဖြူကောင် (hprukaung) — animal
• Buryat: заряа (zarjaa) — animal
• Catalan: eriçó — animal
• Chechen: зу (zu) — animal
• Chichewa: kanungu — animal
• Chinese Cantonese: 刺蝟 /刺猬 (ci3 wai6) — animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 刺蝟 /刺猬 (cìwei) — animal
• Chuvash: чӗрӗп (čĕrĕp) — animal
• Ngazidja Comorian: lanɗa — animal
• Coptic: ⲫⲩⲛⲟⲥ (phunos) — animal
• Coptic: ⲭⲓⲣⲟⲅⲣⲓⲗⲗⲓⲟⲛ (khirogrillion) — animal
• Cornish: sort — animal
• Crimean Tatar: kirpi — animal
• Czech: ježek — animal
• Danish: pindsvin — animal
• Dutch: egel — animal
• Erzya: сеель (sejeľ) — animal
• Esperanto: erinaco — animal
• Estonian: siil — animal
• Faroese: tindasvín — animal
• Faroese: igulkøttur — animal
• Finnish: siili — animal
• French: hérisson — animal
• West-Frisian: ychelbaarch — animal
• West-Frisian: ychel — animal
• Friulian: riç — animal
• Friulian: rič — animal
• Galician: ourizo — animal
• Galician: ourizo cacho — animal
• Georgian: ზღარბი (zɣarbi) — animal
• German: Igel — animal
• Greek: σκαντζόχοιρος (skantzóchoiros) — animal
• Ancient Greek: ἐχῖνος (ekhînos) — animal
• Ancient Greek: χήρ (khḗr) — animal
• Haryanvi: झाऊमूसा (jhāūmūsā) — animal
• Haryanvi: झाहुमूसा (jhāhumūsā) — animal
• Hebrew: קִפּוֹד — animal
• Hebrew: קיפוד (kipód) — animal
• Hindi: साही (sāhī) — animal
• Hungarian: sün — animal
• Hungarian: sündisznó — animal
• Icelandic: broddgöltur — animal
• Indonesian: landak — animal
• Ingrian: jožikka — animal
• Ingush: зӏий (zˀii) — animal
• Irish: gráinneog — animal
• Italian: riccio — animal
• Japanese: 針鼠 (harinezumi) — animal
• Japanese: ハリネズミ (harinezumi) — animal
• Kalmyk: зара (zara) — animal
• Karelian: joža — animal
• Kashubian: jéż — animal
• Kazakh: кірпі (kırpı) — animal
• Korean: 고슴도치 (goseumdochi) — animal
• Central Kurdish: ژیژۆک (jîjok) — animal
• Northern Kurdish: jijk — animal
• Northern Kurdish: jûjî — animal
• Kyrgyz: кирпи (kirpi) — animal
• Ladin: igl — animal
• Lao: ຫອນ (hǭn) — animal
• Lao: ເຫມັ້ນ (men) — animal
• Latgalian: ezs — animal
• Latin: ērinaceus — animal
• Latin: ēricius — animal
• Latvian: ezis — animal
• Laz: ბუძგი (bużgi) — animal
• Laz: დაძოლონი (dażoloni) — animal
• Lithuanian: ežys — animal
• Low German: egel — animal
• Low German: swienegel — animal
• Low German: scharphaas — animal
• Luxembourgish: Kéiseker — animal
• Luxembourgish: Kéisécker — animal
• Luxembourgish: Däreldéier — animal
• Luxembourgish: Igel — animal
• Luxembourgish: Kéiselek m) — animal
• Macedonian: еж (ež) — animal
• Malay: landak — animal
• Maltese: qanfud — animal
• Northern Mansi: ю̄нтпыӈ ӯй (û̄ntpyň ūj) — animal
• Manx: arkan sonney — animal
• Manx: graynoge — animal
• Māori: tuatete — animal
• Eastern Mari: шоҥшо (šoŋšo) — animal
• Western Mari: шӱлӹ (šülÿ) — animal
• Mazanderani: ارمنجی (armenji) — animal
• Middle English: yrchoun — animal
• Moksha: сеель (sejeľ) — animal
• Mongolian: зараа (zaraa) — animal
• Mongolian: зожиг хүн (zožig xün) — animal
• Navajo: adijiłii — animal
• Nogai: кирпи (kirpi) — animal
• Norman: hérisson — animal
• Norwegian Bokmål: piggsvin — animal
• Norwegian Bokmål: pinnsvin — animal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: piggsvin — animal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bustyvel — animal
• Occitan: eriç — animal
• Occitan: eiriçon — animal
• Church Slavic: ѥжь (ježĭ) — animal
• Old East Slavic: ожь (ožĭ) — animal
• Old East Slavic: ежь (ježĭ) — animal
• Old English: iġil — animal
• Old English: hattefagol — animal
• Old Ruthenian: єжикъ (ježik) — animal
• Old Ruthenian: ожикъ (ožik) — animal
• Ossetian: уызын (wyzyn) — animal
• Pashto: جږګی (jiǵgay) — animal
• Iranian Persian: خارْپُشْت (xârpošt) — animal
• Iranian Persian: جوجِهتیغی (juje-tiġi) — animal
• Iranian Persian: ژوژ (žuž) — animal
• Iranian Persian: سُکُرْنِه (sokorne) — animal
• Iranian Persian: سیخور (sixur) — animal
• Iranian Persian: چولِه (čule) — animal
• Iranian Persian: ژوژِه (žuže) — animal
• Plautdietsch: Schwienhunt — animal
• Polish: jeż — animal
• Old Polish: jeż — animal
• Portuguese: ouriço — animal
• Punjabi: ਕੰਡਿਆਲ਼ਾ (kaṇḍiāḷā) — animal
• Punjabi: ਕੰਡੇਰਨਾ (kaṇḍernā) — animal
• Punjabi: ਝਾਹਾ (jhāhā) — animal
• Romani: arichi — animal
• Romanian: arici — animal
• Romansh: erizun — animal
• Russian: ёж (jož) — animal
• Russian: ёжик (jóžik) — animal
• Russian: ежи́ха (ježíxa) — animal
• Russian: ежа́к (ježák) — animal
• Northern Sami: biikagoašku — animal
• Samogitian: ežis — animal
• Sardinian: (de matta) arritzoni — animal
• Sardinian: grixoni — animal
• Sardinian: berittu — animal
• Scots: hurcheon — animal
• Scottish Gaelic: gràineag — animal
• Serbo-Croatian: је̑ж — animal
• Serbo-Croatian: jȇž — animal
• Sicilian: rizzu — animal
• Silesian: jyż — animal
• Silesian: igel — animal
• Slovak: jež — animal
• Slovene: jež — animal
• Lower Sorbian: jež — animal
• Upper Sorbian: jěž — animal
• Upper Sorbian: jěžik — animal
• Spanish: erizo — animal
• Sundanese: landak — animal
• Swahili: kalunguyeye — animal
• Swedish: igelkott — animal
• Tagalog: eriso — animal
• Tajik: хорпушт (xorpušt) — animal
• Talysh: jəjı — animal
• Tat: jəju — animal
• Tatar: керпе (kerpe) — animal
• Thai: เม่น (mên) — animal
• Turkish: kirpi — animal
• Ottoman Turkish: كرپی (kirpi) — animal
• Turkmen: kirpi — animal
• Udi: цацнагъаъгъаъл (cacnaɣa̱ɣa̱l) — animal
• Udmurt: ӵушъял (čušjal) — animal
• Ukrainian: їжа́к (jižák) — animal
• Ukrainian: їж (již) — animal
• Urdu: خارِ پُشْت (xār-i puśt) — animal
• Urdu: خارْپُشْت (xārpuśt) — animal
• Urdu: ساہی (sāhī) — animal
• Uyghur: كىرپە (kirpe) — animal
• Uzbek: tipratikan — animal
• Uzbek: kirpi — animal
• Vietnamese: nhím — animal
• Vilamovian: ejggl — animal
• Volapük: reinad — animal
• Votic: joožikkõ — animal
• Votic: siili — animal
• Walloon: lurson — animal
• Walloon: nierson — animal
• Walloon: irson — animal
• Welsh: draenog — animal
• Wolof: suññéel bi — animal
• Yiddish: שטעכלער (shtekhler) — animal
• Yiddish: יאָזש (yozh) — animal
• Yoruba: líìlí — animal
• Zulu: inhloli — animal
• Greek: εχίνος (echínos) — obstacle
• Polish: jeż — obstacle
• Russian: ёж (jož) — obstacle
• Swedish: spansk ryttare — obstacle