louse

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From Middle English lous, lows, lowse, from Old English lūs, from Proto-West Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Indo-European *lewH-. Cognate with West Frisian lûs, Dutch luis, German Low German Luus, German Laus, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish lus, Faroese and Icelandic lús; also Welsh llau (“lice”), Tocharian B luwo, maybe Sanskrit यूका (yūkā).

376 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abaza: цӏа (cʼa) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Abkhaz: аҵа (acʼa) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Acehnese: gutee — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Afrikaans: luis — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Ainu: キ (ki) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Ainu: ウㇽキ (urki) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Aklanon: kuto — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Albanian: morr — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Amharic: ቅማል (ḳəmal) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Guerrero Amuzgo: kítzkò — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Andi: ноцӏцӏи (noccʼi) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Chungli Ao: atsük — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Apinayé: gô — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Arabic: قَمْلَة (qamla) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Arabic: قَمْل (qaml) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Arabic: قمل (ʔaml) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Arabic: قملة (ʔamla) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Arabic: قمل (gamiḷ) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Arabic: قملة (gamḷa) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Arabic: قمل (gamil) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Arabic: قملة (gamla) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Juba Arabic: gomul — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Arabic: قمل (qmal) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Arabic: قملة (qamla) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܠܡܐ (qalmā) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Aramaic: ܩܠܡܐ (qalmā) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Archi: нацӏ (nacʼ) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Armenian: ոջիլ (oǰil) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Aromanian: piduclju — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Eastern Arrernte: arreme — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Assamese: ওকণি (ükoni) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Asturian: pioyu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Asturian: alicáncanu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Avar: нацӏ (nacʼ) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Aymara: lapʼa — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Azerbaijani: bit — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Bashkir: бет (bet) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Basque: zorri — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Bats: მაწ (mac̣) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Belarusian: вош (voš) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Bengali: উকুন (ukun) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Bezhta: нацо (naco) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Biatah Bidayuh: gutis — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Central Bikol: kuto — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Bislama: nakutu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Brahui: بوڈ (boḍ) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Breton: laou — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Buginese: utu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Bulgarian: въ́шка (vǎ́ška) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Burmese: သန်း (san:) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Burushaski: کھرو — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Caac: ciic — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Canela: incô — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Carolinian: ghúúw — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Carpathian Rusyn: уша (uša) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Catalan: poll — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Cebuano: tuma — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Cèmuhî: i — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Chamicuro: nijpa — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Chechen: меза (meza) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Chepang: क्रास् — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Chepang: स्रय्क् — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Chepang: सेक् — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Chichewa: nsabwe — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Falam Chin: hrik — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Khumi Chin: ähi — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Tedim Chin: hik — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Chinese Cantonese: 蝨乸 /虱乸 (sat1 naa2) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Chinese: сыйзы (sɨyzɨ) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Chinese Mandarin: 蝨子 /虱子 (shīzi) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Choctaw: issʋp — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Chuvash: пыйтӑ (pyjt̬ă) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Maore Comorian: ndra — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Ngazidja Comorian: nɗa — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Coptic: ⲕⲁⲕⲑⲓ (kakthi) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Coptic: ⲕⲁⲕⲧⲓ (kakti) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Coptic: ⲭⲁⲕⲑⲓ (khakthi) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Coptic: ⲕⲁⲕⲧⲉ (kakte) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Coptic: ⲕⲁⲧⲕⲉ (katke) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Czech: veš — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Dalmatian: pedoclo — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Danish: lus — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Dutch: luis — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Egyptian: k:t-t:L4 (ktt) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Erzya: сий (sij) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Esperanto: pediko — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Estonian: täi — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Even: кумкэ (kumkə) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Fala: piollu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Fanagalo: ntwala — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Faroese: lús — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Fijian: kutu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Finnish: täi — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Finnish: jäytiäinen — an insect of the order Psocodea
• French: pou — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Friulian: pedoli — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Fwâi: ciik — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Galician: piollo — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Georgian: მკბენარი (mḳbenari) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Georgian: ტილი (ṭili) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• German: Laus — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Gorontalo: utu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Greek: ψείρα (pseíra) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Ancient Greek: φθείρ (phtheír) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Cappadocian Greek: φčείρ (fčeír) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Pontic Greek: φθείρι (ftheíri) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Tsakonian: ψεῖρα (pseῖra) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Haitian Creole: pou — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Hawaiian: ʻuku — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Hebrew: כִּנָּה (kiná) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Higaonon: tuma — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Hindi: जूँ (jū̃) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Hungarian: tetű — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Hunzib: на̇цǝ (nåcǝ) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Icelandic: lús — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Ido: lauso — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Ilocano: kuto — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Imonda: ku — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Indonesian: kutu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Ingrian: täi — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Ingrian: popo — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Ingush: меза (meza) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Iranun: kutu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Irish: míol cnis — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Italian: pidocchio — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Japanese: 虱 (shirami) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Japanese: シラミ (shirami) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Japanese: 寄生虫 (kiseichū) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Javanese: ꦠꦸꦩ (tuma) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Jawe: ciik — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Jebero: čimɨŋ — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Kabuverdianu: piodju — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Kaingang: ga — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Kannada: ಹೇನು (hēnu) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Kashubian: wesz — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Eastern Kayah: ꤎꤥ꤬ (sò) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Kayapó: ngôre — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Kazakh: бит (bit) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Khinalug: нимцӏ (nimc̣) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Khmer: ចៃ (cay) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Khmer: ដង្កែ (dɑɑdɑngkae) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Khmer: ឩកា (ʼuukaa) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Khvarshi: нуца (nuca) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Korean: 이 (i) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Kumak: chixic — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Central Kurdish: ئەسپێ (espê) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Laki: ئِسپِژ (ispij) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Laki: شِش (şiş) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Northern Kurdish: spih — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Southern Kurdish: سپیە (sipye) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Kyrgyz: бит (bit) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Lak: нацӏ (nacʼ) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Lakota: hitka la — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Lao: ເຫົາ (hao) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Lao: ເມັນ (men) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Lao: ໄຮ (hai) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Latin: pēdis — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Latvian: uts — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Laz: მტი (mťi) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Lezgi: нет (net) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Lingala: sili — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Lingala: nsili — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Lingala: monsili — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Linngithigh: ibhi — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Lithuanian: utėlė — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Livonian: tei — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Low German: Luus — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Lü: ᦠᧁ (ḣaw) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Lushootseed: bəšč'ád — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Macedonian: вошка (voška) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Madurese: koto — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Maguindanao: kutu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Makasar: kutu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Malay: kutu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Brunei Malay: kutu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Malayalam: പേൻ (pēṉ) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Maltese: qamla — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Manchu: ᠴᡳᡥᡝ (cihe) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Mansaka: koto — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Mansaka: toma — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Northern Mansi: та̄кум (tākum) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Māori: kutu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Maranao: tom — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Marathi: ऊ (ū) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Maxakalí: kut — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Megleno-Romanian: piducľu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Central Melanau: kutou — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Mingrelian: ტი (ṭi) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Mizo: hrik — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Moksha: си (si) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Mongolian: бөөс (böös) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Mongolian: ᠪᠥᠭᠡᠰᠤ (bögesu) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Nanai: чиктэ (čikte) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Navajo: yaaʼ — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Neapolitan: perucchio — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Nemi: ciik — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Norwegian Bokmål: lus — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Norwegian Nynorsk: lus — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Occitan: pesolh — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Occitan: mirgalhon — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Occitan: piu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Occitan: peu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Odia: ଉକୁଣି (ukuṇi) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Northern Ohlone: ká̄i — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Ojibwe: ikwa — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Ojibwe: ikwag — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Church Slavic: въшь (vŭšĭ) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Church Slavic: ⰲⱏⱎⱐ (vŭšĭ) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Old East Slavic: въшь (vŭšĭ) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Old English: lūs — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Old Norse: lús — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Ossetian: сыст (syst) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Paicî: i — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Panará: kjãnkô — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Papiamentu: pieu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Pará Gavião: nkô — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Pashto: سپږه (spᶕźa) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Persian: شِپِش (šepeš) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Piedmontese: poj — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Pije: ciik — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Plautdietsch: Lus (nds) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Polish: wesz — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Portuguese: piolho — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Punjabi: ਜੂੰ (jū̃) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Pykobjê: aacuu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Pykobjê: amcuu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Pykobjê: ẽhncuu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Quechua: usa — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Rohingya: 𐴀𐴟𐴙𐴕 (uin) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Romagnol: bdòcc — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Romani: ʒuv — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Romanian: păduche — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Russian: вошь (vošʹ) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Russian: вши (vši) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Russian: во́шка (vóška) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Sango: sili — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Sanskrit: यूका (yūkā) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Sardinian: peogu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Sardinian: piogu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Sardinian: piduciu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Sardinian: piducru — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Savosavo: dole — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Scottish Gaelic: mial — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Serbo-Croatian: ваш — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Serbo-Croatian: уш — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Serbo-Croatian: vaš — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Serbo-Croatian: uš — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Serbo-Croatian: vaška — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Sherpa: ཤིག (shig) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Shor: пит — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Sicilian: pidocchiu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Slovak: voš — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Slovene: uš — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Somali: injir — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Lower Sorbian: weš — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Upper Sorbian: woš — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Spanish: piojo — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Sranan Tongo: loso — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Sundanese: otét — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Svan: ტიშ (ṭiš) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Swahili: chawa — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Swedish: lus — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Sylheti: ꠃꠇꠂꠘ (ukoino) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Tabasaran: ницц (nic̄) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Tagalog: kuto — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Tajik: шабушк (šabušk) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Talysh: اسبج (əsbəj) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Tamil: பேன் (pēṉ) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Lower Tanana: yo' — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Tanapag: gúú — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Taos: phìayána — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Tapayuna: ngô — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Tarifit: tiššit — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Tat: uşbuj — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Tatar: бет (bet) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Tausug: kutu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Telugu: పేను (pēnu) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Ternate: gani — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Tetum: utu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Tewa: phay — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Thai: เหา (hǎo) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Thai: โลน (loon) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Northern Thai: ᩉᩮᩢᩣ — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Tibetan: ཤིག (shig) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Tok Pisin: laus — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Turkish: bit — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Khorasani Turkish: بیت — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Turkmen: bit — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Udi: нецӏ (nec̣) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Udmurt: тэй (tej) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Ukrainian: во́ша (vóša) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Unami: xaihu — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Urdu: جوں (jū̃) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Uyghur: پىت (pit) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Uzbek: bit — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Vietnamese: rận — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Vietnamese: chí — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Vietnamese: chấy — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Vilamovian: łaojs — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Volapük: puf — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Wappo: híy' — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Warlpiri: yaka — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Welsh: llau — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Woiwurrung: moon-ong — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Xavante: u — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Xerénte: gó — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Xhosa: intwala — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Yakut: быт (bït) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Yámana: wam — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Yiddish: לויז (loyz) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Yuanga: ciii — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Zande: zari — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Zazaki: ıspıc — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Zazaki: espij — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Zealandic: luus — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Zhuang: naenz — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Zulu: intwala — an insect of the order Psocodea
• ǃXóõ: ʘnó̰õ — an insect of the order Psocodea
• ǃXóõ: gǁkxʼóni (small) — an insect of the order Psocodea
• Albanian: qelbanik — worthless person
• Baluchi: بوڈ — worthless person
• Bulgarian: гад (gad) — worthless person
• Chinese Mandarin: 寄生虫 (jìshēngchǒng) — worthless person
• Dutch: (arme) luis — worthless person
• Finnish: luopio — worthless person
• Finnish: hylkiö — worthless person
• Finnish: epatto — worthless person
• French: salaud — worthless person
• French: salaude — worthless person
• French: salop — worthless person
• French: salope — worthless person
• French: salopard — worthless person
• French: saloparde — worthless person
• Galician: piollo famento — worthless person
• German: Dreckskerl — worthless person
• German: Dreckkerl — worthless person
• German: Lumpenhund — worthless person
• German: Lumpenkerl — worthless person
• Greek: κοπρόσκυλον (kopróskylon) — worthless person
• Greek: ασυνείδητος (asyneíditos) — worthless person
• Macedonian: гнида (gnida) — worthless person
• Macedonian: вошкар (voškar) — worthless person
• Macedonian: гад (gad) — worthless person
• Polish: gnida — worthless person
• Polish: menda — worthless person
• Portuguese: piolho — worthless person
• Portuguese: sem-vergonha — worthless person
• Portuguese: canalha — worthless person
• Romanian: păduche — worthless person
• Russian: гни́да (gnída) — worthless person
• Russian: гад (gad) — worthless person
• Russian: га́дская кровь (gádskaja krovʹ) — worthless person
• Slovak: všivák — worthless person
• Slovak: všivavec — worthless person
• Slovene: ušivec — worthless person
• Slovene: gnida — worthless person
• Spanish: sinvergüenza — worthless person
• Spanish: canalla — worthless person
• Swahili: chawa — worthless person
• Swedish: skitstövel — worthless person
• Swedish: usling — worthless person
• Tamil: தெண்டம் (teṇṭam) — worthless person
• Tamil: தண்டம் (taṇṭam) — worthless person
• Telugu: పనికిమాలిన వ్యక్తి (panikimālina vyakti) — worthless person
• Turkish: aşağılık kimse — worthless person
• Arabic: قِمْلَة (qimla) — To remove lice
• Bulgarian: пощя (poštja) — To remove lice
• Czech: odvšivit — To remove lice
• Czech: odvšivovat — To remove lice
• Dutch: ontluizen — To remove lice
• French: épouiller — To remove lice
• German: lausen — To remove lice
• Polish: iskać — To remove lice
• Russian: иска́ть вшей (iskátʹ všej) — To remove lice
• Russian: вычёсывать вшей (vyčósyvatʹ všej) — To remove lice
• Spanish: despiojar — To remove lice