limpet

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• /ˈlɪm.pɪt/
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From Middle English lempet, from Old English lempedu (“lamprey”), borrowed from Medieval Latin lampreda, alteration of Late Latin lampetra (“lamprey”), whose further origin is unknown, though is traditionally thought to derive from lambō (“to lick, lap”) + petra (“stone, rock”). Doublet of lamprey, which came through Old French.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: llámpara — a small mollusc
• Basque: lapa — a small mollusc
• Breton: brennigenn — a small mollusc
• Catalan: pagellida — a small mollusc
• Chinese Mandarin: 帽貝 /帽贝 (mào bèi) — a small mollusc
• Chinese Mandarin: 笠螺 (lì luó) — a small mollusc
• Chinese Mandarin: 笠貝 /笠贝 (lì bèi) — a small mollusc
• Cornish: brennik — a small mollusc
• Cornish: brenigen — a small mollusc
• Czech: přílipka — a small mollusc
• Danish: albueskæl — a small mollusc
• Dutch: napslak — a small mollusc
• Finnish: maljakotilo — a small mollusc
• French: patelle — a small mollusc
• French: lampotte — a small mollusc
• French: bernique — a small mollusc
• Galician: lapa — a small mollusc
• Galician: patela — a small mollusc
• German: Napfschnecke — a small mollusc
• Greek: πεταλίδα (petalída) — a small mollusc
• Ancient Greek: λεπάς (lepás) — a small mollusc
• Hawaiian: ʻopihi — a small mollusc
• Hungarian: csészecsiga — a small mollusc
• Hungarian: tapadókagyló — a small mollusc
• Irish: bairneach — a small mollusc
• Italian: patella — a small mollusc
• Korean: 삿갓조개 (satgatjogae) — a small mollusc
• Latin: lepas — a small mollusc
• Latin: mītulus — a small mollusc
• Macedonian: прилепец (prilepec) — a small mollusc
• Māori: ngākihi — a small mollusc
• Māori: kākihi — a small mollusc
• Māori: piritoka — a small mollusc
• Norman: baîni — a small mollusc
• Norman: fllie — a small mollusc
• Polish: skałoczep — a small mollusc
• Portuguese: lapa — a small mollusc
• Russian: блю́дечко — a small mollusc
• Russian: морско́е блю́дечко (morskóje bljúdečko) — a small mollusc
• Scottish Gaelic: bàirneach — a small mollusc
• Serbo-Croatian: priljepak — a small mollusc
• Spanish: lapa — a small mollusc
• Swedish: skålsnäcka — a small mollusc
• Turkish: Çin şapkası — a small mollusc
• Vietnamese: con sao sao — a small mollusc
• Welsh: llygad maharen — a small mollusc
• Welsh: cragen maharen — a small mollusc
• Welsh: brennig — a small mollusc
• Welsh: cogwrn — a small mollusc
• Catalan: paparra — someone dependant
• Finnish: iiliäinen — someone dependant
• Galician: lapa — someone dependant
• German: Anhang — someone dependant
• German: Anhängsel — someone dependant
• Hungarian: pióca — someone dependant
• Hungarian: kullancs — someone dependant
• Hungarian: bogáncs — someone dependant
• Hungarian: függelék — someone dependant
• Polish: sierota — someone dependant
• Serbo-Croatian: priljepak — someone dependant