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helminth

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈhɛl.mɪnθ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪnθ
  • CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 L M IH0 N TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A parasitic worm; a fluke, tapeworm, or nematode.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

worm that is parasitic on the intestines of vertebrates especially roundworms and tapeworms and flukes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: parasitic worm

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: worm

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἕλμινς (hélmins, “intestinal worm”).

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: глист (glist) — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • Catalan: helmint — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寄生蟲 /寄生虫 (jìshēngchóng) — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • Finnish: loismato — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • French: helminthe — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • Galician: helminto — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • German: Helminthe — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • German: Eingeweidewurm — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • German: Wurm — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • Ido: helminto — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • Irish: heilmint — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • Irish: péist sheadánach — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • Italian: elminto — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • Kazakh: ішек құрт (ışek qūrt) — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • Kazakh: жылан құрт (jylan qūrt) — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • Kumyk: сувалчан (suwalçan) — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • Polish: helmint — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • Russian: глист (glist) — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • Russian: гельми́нт (gelʹmínt) — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • Spanish: helminto — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • Swedish: inälvsmask — parasitic roundworm or flatworm
  • Ottoman Turkish: صوغلجان (soğulcan) — parasitic roundworm or flatworm