insect

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• /ˈɪn.sɛkt/
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Borrowed from Middle French insecte, from Latin īnsectum, from īnsectus (“cut into, cut up, with a notched or divided body”), from perfect passive participle of īnsecō (“to cut into, to cut up”), from in- + secō (“to cut”), from the notion that the insect's body is "cut into" three sections (head, thorax, abdomen). Calque of Ancient Greek ἔντομον (éntomon, “insect”), from ἔντομος (éntomos, “cut into pieces”).

261 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: insek — arthropod of class Insecta
• Albanian: kandërr — arthropod of class Insecta
• Albanian: insekt — arthropod of class Insecta
• Amharic: ነፍሳት (näfsat) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Arabic: حَشَرَة (ḥašara) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Chadian Arabic: حشراي (hašarāy) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Arabic: حشرة (ḥašara) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Arabic: حشرة (ḥášara) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Armenian: միջատ (miǰat) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Assamese: পোক (pük) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Asturian: inseutu — arthropod of class Insecta
• Azerbaijani: cücü — arthropod of class Insecta
• Azerbaijani: həşərat — arthropod of class Insecta
• Azerbaijani: böcək — arthropod of class Insecta
• Bashkir: бөжәк (böjək) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Basque: intsektu — arthropod of class Insecta
• Basque: zomorro — arthropod of class Insecta
• Belarusian: насяко́мае (nasjakómaje) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Belarusian: казу́рка (kazúrka) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Belarusian: вуся́к (vusják) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Belarusian: гмыз (hmyz) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Bengali: পোকা (pōka) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Bhojpuri: कीड़ा (kīṛā) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Breton: amprevan — arthropod of class Insecta
• Bulgarian: насеко́мо (nasekómo) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Bulgarian: инсе́кт (insékt) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Burmese: ပိုး (pui:) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Burmese: အင်းဆက် (ang:hcak) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Carpathian Rusyn: хроба́к (xrobák) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Carpathian Rusyn: хро́бач (xróbač) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Catalan: insecte — arthropod of class Insecta
• Chamicuro: sokajsu — arthropod of class Insecta
• Chechen: сагалмат (sagalmat) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Chechen: сагалхӏума (sagalhuma) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Chechen: садолу хӏума (sadolu huma) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Cherokee: ᏍᎪᏱ (sgoyi) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Chinese Cantonese: 昆蟲 /昆虫 (kwan1 cung4) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Chinese Cantonese: 蟲 /虫 (cung4) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Chinese: чун (čun) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Chinese: чунчунзы (čunčunzɨ) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Chinese: чунчур (čunčur) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Eastern Min Chinese: 蟲囝 /虫囝 (tè̤ng-giāng) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Eastern Min Chinese: 蟲蟻 /虫蚁 (tè̤ng-ngiê) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Hakka Chinese: 昆蟲 /昆虫 (khûn-chhùng) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Hakka Chinese: 蟲仔 /虫仔 (chhùng-è) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Chinese: 蟲豸 /虫豸 (thâng-thoā) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Chinese: 昆蟲 /昆虫 (khun-thiông) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Chinese Mandarin: 昆蟲 /昆虫 (kūnchóng) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Chinese Mandarin: 蟲子 /虫子 (chóngzi) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Chinese Mandarin: 蟲 /虫 (chóng) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Wu Chinese: 昆蟲 /昆虫 (1khuen-zon) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Chukchi: кээрэчьын (kėėrėčʹyn) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Cornish: hweskeren — arthropod of class Insecta
• Crimean Tatar: böcek — arthropod of class Insecta
• Crimean Tatar: aşer — arthropod of class Insecta
• Czech: hmyz — arthropod of class Insecta
• Danish: insekt — arthropod of class Insecta
• Dutch: insect — arthropod of class Insecta
• Dutch: kerfdier — arthropod of class Insecta
• Esperanto: insekto — arthropod of class Insecta
• Estonian: putukas — arthropod of class Insecta
• Faroese: skordýr — arthropod of class Insecta
• Finnish: hyönteinen — arthropod of class Insecta
• Franco-Provençal: ensècto — arthropod of class Insecta
• French: insecte — arthropod of class Insecta
• West-Frisian: ynsekt — arthropod of class Insecta
• Galician: insecto — arthropod of class Insecta
• Georgian: მწერი (mc̣eri) — arthropod of class Insecta
• German: Insekt — arthropod of class Insecta
• German: Kerbtier — arthropod of class Insecta
• German: Kerf — arthropod of class Insecta
• Greek: έντομο (éntomo) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Ancient Greek: ἔντομον (éntomon) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Haitian Creole: ensèk — arthropod of class Insecta
• Hawaiian: mea kolo — arthropod of class Insecta
• Hebrew: חֶרֶק (khérek) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Hindi: कीड़ा (kīṛā) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Hindi: कीट (kīṭ) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Hindi: पोका (pokā) — arthropod of class Insecta
• White Hmong: kab — arthropod of class Insecta
• Hungarian: rovar — arthropod of class Insecta
• Icelandic: skordýr — arthropod of class Insecta
• Ido: insekto — arthropod of class Insecta
• Indonesian: serangga — arthropod of class Insecta
• Ingrian: sikiäin — arthropod of class Insecta
• Interlingua: insecto — arthropod of class Insecta
• Irish: feithid — arthropod of class Insecta
• Italian: insetto — arthropod of class Insecta
• Japanese: 昆虫 (konchū) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Javanese: angga-angga — arthropod of class Insecta
• Javanese: walang — arthropod of class Insecta
• Kaitag: бижбижи́ (bižbiží) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Kannada: ಕೀಟ (kīṭa) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Kashmiri: کیٛۆم (kyom) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Kazakh: жәндік (jändık) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Kazakh: бунақдене (bunaqdene) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Kazakh: құрт-құмырсқа (qūrt-qūmyrsqa) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Kazakh: шыбын-шіркей (şybyn-şırkei) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Khmer: សត្វល្អិត (sat lʼət) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Korean: 곤충 (gonchung) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Northern Kurdish: kêz — arthropod of class Insecta
• Kyrgyz: чымын-чиркей (cımın-cirkey) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Kyrgyz: курт-кумурска (kurt-kumurska) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Lao: ແມງໄມ້ (mǣng mai) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Latgalian: kustūneits — arthropod of class Insecta
• Latin: īnsectum — arthropod of class Insecta
• Latvian: kukainis — arthropod of class Insecta
• Latvian: insekts — arthropod of class Insecta
• Lithuanian: vabzdys — arthropod of class Insecta
• Macedonian: инсект (insekt) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Malagasy: bibikely — arthropod of class Insecta
• Malay: serangga — arthropod of class Insecta
• Malayalam: ഷഡ്പദം (ṣaḍpadaṁ) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Malayalam: പ്രാണി (prāṇi) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Maltese: insett — arthropod of class Insecta
• Manx: beisteig — arthropod of class Insecta
• Māori: pēpeke — arthropod of class Insecta
• Māori: mū — arthropod of class Insecta
• Māori: haukituri — arthropod of class Insecta
• Marathi: किडा (kiḍā) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Mi'kmaq: jujij — arthropod of class Insecta
• Mi'kmaq: juji'ji'j — arthropod of class Insecta
• Mon: ထၟ — arthropod of class Insecta
• Mongolian: шавьж (šavʹž) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Mongolian: шавж (šavž) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Mongolian: шавьж хорхой (šavʹž xorxoj) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Mongolian: хорхой (xorxoj) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Nahuatl: yolkatsin — arthropod of class Insecta
• Nanai: колан (kolan) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Navajo: chʼosh bijáád hastání — arthropod of class Insecta
• Navajo: chʼosh — arthropod of class Insecta
• Northern Altai: курт-коос (kurt-koos) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Norwegian Bokmål: insekt — arthropod of class Insecta
• Norwegian Nynorsk: insekt — arthropod of class Insecta
• Occitan: insècte — arthropod of class Insecta
• Odia: କୀଟ (kiṭa) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Old English: pēo — arthropod of class Insecta
• Pannonian Rusyn: инсект (insekt) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Pashto: حشره (hašara) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Pashto: خزنده (xazǝnda) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Pawnee: pahuks — arthropod of class Insecta
• Pawnee: piiruus — arthropod of class Insecta
• Dari: حَشَرَه (hašara) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Iranian Persian: حَشَرِه (hašare) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Polish: owad — arthropod of class Insecta
• Polish: robak — arthropod of class Insecta
• Polish: insekt — arthropod of class Insecta
• Portuguese: inseto — arthropod of class Insecta
• Romanian: insectă — arthropod of class Insecta
• Russian: насеко́мое (nasekómoje) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Russian: бука́шка (bukáška) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Russian: козя́вка (kozjávka) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Sanskrit: जन्तु (jantu) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Sardinian: babboi — arthropod of class Insecta
• Sardinian: cerpiu — arthropod of class Insecta
• Campidanese Sardinian: babballotti — arthropod of class Insecta
• Sardinian: babbautzu — arthropod of class Insecta
• Scottish Gaelic: meanbh-fhrìde — arthropod of class Insecta
• Scottish Gaelic: frìde — arthropod of class Insecta
• Scottish Gaelic: biastag — arthropod of class Insecta
• Serbo-Croatian: ѝнсект — arthropod of class Insecta
• Serbo-Croatian: бу̏ба — arthropod of class Insecta
• Serbo-Croatian: ку́кац — arthropod of class Insecta
• Serbo-Croatian: ìnsekt — arthropod of class Insecta
• Serbo-Croatian: bȕba — arthropod of class Insecta
• Serbo-Croatian: kúkac — arthropod of class Insecta
• Seychellois Creole: bebet — arthropod of class Insecta
• Sicilian: nzettu — arthropod of class Insecta
• Sicilian: insettu — arthropod of class Insecta
• Slovak: hmyz — arthropod of class Insecta
• Slovene: žuželka — arthropod of class Insecta
• Slovene: insekt — arthropod of class Insecta
• Southern Altai: курт-коҥыс (kurt-koŋïs) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Spanish: insecto — arthropod of class Insecta
• Swahili: mdudu — arthropod of class Insecta
• Swedish: insekt — arthropod of class Insecta
• Sylheti: ꠙꠥꠇ (fuk) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Tagalog: insekto — arthropod of class Insecta
• Tajik: ҳашара (hašara) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Tamil: பூச்சி (pūcci) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Tarifit: abeɛɛuš — arthropod of class Insecta
• Tatar: бөҗәк (böcäk) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Telugu: పురుగు (purugu) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Telugu: కీటకం (kīṭakaṁ) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Thai: แมลง (má-lɛɛng) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Tibetan: འབུ་སྲིན ('bu srin) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Tibetan: འབུ ('bu) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Tigrinya: ሓሽራ (ḥašra) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Tongan: ʻinisēkite — arthropod of class Insecta
• Tooro: ekihuka class 7 — arthropod of class Insecta
• Turkish: böcek — arthropod of class Insecta
• Turkish: haşere — arthropod of class Insecta
• Ottoman Turkish: بوجك (böcek) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Ottoman Turkish: حشره (haşere) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Turkmen: möjek — arthropod of class Insecta
• Ukrainian: кома́ха (komáxa) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Ukrainian: кома́шка (komáška) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Urdu: کِیڑا (kīṛā) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Urdu: حَشَرَہ (haśara) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Uyghur: ھاشارەت (hasharet) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Uzbek: hasharot — arthropod of class Insecta
• Veps: gaved — arthropod of class Insecta
• Vietnamese: sâu bọ — arthropod of class Insecta
• Vietnamese: côn trùng — arthropod of class Insecta
• Volapük: näsäk — arthropod of class Insecta
• Volapük: sök — arthropod of class Insecta
• Welsh: pryf — arthropod of class Insecta
• Welsh: pryfyn — arthropod of class Insecta
• Welsh: trychfil — arthropod of class Insecta
• Wolof: gunóor — arthropod of class Insecta
• Yámana: wankara — arthropod of class Insecta
• Yiddish: אינזעקט (inzekt) — arthropod of class Insecta
• Yoruba: kòkòrò — arthropod of class Insecta
• Zazaki: heserat — arthropod of class Insecta
• Zazaki: xezende — arthropod of class Insecta
• Bashkir: бөжәк (böjək) — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Czech: hmyz — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Finnish: ötökkä — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Finnish: öttiäinen — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Ancient Greek: ἔντομον (éntomon) — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Japanese: 虫 (mushi) — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Jeju: 버렝이 (beoreng'i) — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Korean: 벌레 (beolle) — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Latvian: kukainis — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Malayalam: പ്രാണി (prāṇi) — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Malayalam: കീടം (kīṭaṁ) — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Māori: papakura — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Mi'kmaq: jujij — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Mi'kmaq: juji'ji'j — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Nanai: колан (kolan) — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Portuguese: bichinho — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Portuguese: inseto — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Russian: бука́шка (bukáška) — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Russian: козя́вка (kozjávka) — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Scottish Gaelic: meanbh-fhrìde — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Scottish Gaelic: frìde — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Scottish Gaelic: biastag — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Spanish: bicho — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Turkish: haşere — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Turkish: böcek — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Ottoman Turkish: بوجك (böcek) — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Ottoman Turkish: حشره (haşere) — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Welsh: pryf — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Yoruba: kòkòrò — colloquial: any small arthropod
• Breton: amprevan — contemptible or powerless person
• Bulgarian: нищо́жество (ništóžestvo) — contemptible or powerless person
• Dutch: nietsnut — contemptible or powerless person
• Finnish: nilviäinen — contemptible or powerless person
• Interlingua: insecto — contemptible or powerless person
• Korean: 버러지 (beoreoji) — contemptible or powerless person
• Korean: 벌레 (beolle) — contemptible or powerless person
• Macedonian: гнида (gnida) — contemptible or powerless person
• Malayalam: കീടം (kīṭaṁ) — contemptible or powerless person
• Polish: zero — contemptible or powerless person
• Portuguese: inseto — contemptible or powerless person
• Romanian: nimeni — contemptible or powerless person
• Romanian: zero — contemptible or powerless person
• Russian: ничто́жество (ničtóžestvo) — contemptible or powerless person
• Russian: ноль (nolʹ) — contemptible or powerless person
• Russian: гни́да (gnída) — contemptible or powerless person
• Ukrainian: хроба́к (xrobák) — contemptible or powerless person