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kikimora

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

a female house spirit in the Slavic mythology

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: Slavic mythology

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History

Etymology

From Russian кики́мора (kikímora).

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: кікі́мара (kikímara) — a female house spirit
  • Bulgarian: кики́мора (kikímora) — a female house spirit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 基基莫拉 (jījīmòlā) — a female house spirit
  • Czech: kikimora — a female house spirit
  • French: kikimora — a female house spirit
  • German: Kikimora — a female house spirit
  • Japanese: キキーモラ (kikīmora) — a female house spirit
  • Korean: 키키모라 (kikimora) — a female house spirit
  • Macedonian: кикимора (kikimora) — a female house spirit
  • Marathi: किकीमोरा (kikīmorā) — a female house spirit
  • Polish: kikimora — a female house spirit
  • Russian: кики́мора (kikímora) — a female house spirit
  • Russian: шиши́мора (šišímora) — a female house spirit
  • Serbo-Croatian: кикимора — a female house spirit
  • Serbo-Croatian: kikimora — a female house spirit
  • Slovak: kikimora — a female house spirit
  • Slovene: kikimora — a female house spirit
  • Spanish: kikimora — a female house spirit
  • Ukrainian: кікі́мора (kikímora) — a female house spirit