nettle

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From Middle English netle, netel, from Old English netle, netele, netel, from Proto-West Germanic *natilā (cognate with Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele (modern Dutch netel), German Nessel, Middle Danish nædlæ (“nettle”)), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *natǭ (of unknown origin, perhaps from the same source as net).

200 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: ахәац (axwac) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Albanian: hithëra — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Southern Altai: чалкан (čalkan) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Andi: мичӏчӏи (miččʼi) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Arabic: قُرَّاص (qurrāṣ) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Arabic: أَنْجَرَة (ʔanjara) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Arabic: حُرَّيْق (ḥurrayq) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Arabic: قراص — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Aragonese: chordiga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Archi: мач (mač) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Armenian: եղինջ (eġinǰ) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Old Armenian: եղիճ (ełič) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Aromanian: urdzãcã — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Aromanian: urdzicã — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Assamese: চোৰাত (sürat) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Assamese: চোৰাত পাত (sürat pat) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Asturian: ortiga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Asturian: urtiga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Avar: мичӏ (mičʼ) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Azerbaijani: gicitikən — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Bashkir: кесерткән (kesertkən) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Basque: asun — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Belarusian: крапіва (krapiva) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Bulgarian: коприва (kopriva) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Burmese: ဖက်ယား (hpak-ya:) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Catalan: ortiga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Chechen: нитташ (nittaš) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Chinese Mandarin: 蕁麻 /荨麻 (qiánmá, xúnmá) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Chuvash: вӗлтӗрен (vĕlt̬ĕren) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Czech: kopřiva — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Dacian: δύν (dún) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Danish: nælde — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Danish: brændenælde — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Dutch: netel — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Dutch: brandnetel — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Esperanto: urtiko — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Estonian: nõges — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Faroese: nota — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Faroese: brenninota — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Finnish: nokkonen — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• French: ortie — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Friulian: urtie — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Galician: ortiga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Galician: estruga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Georgian: ჭინჭარი (č̣inč̣ari) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Georgian: ჭახიანა (č̣axiana) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• German: Nessel — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• German: Brennnessel — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Gilaki: گرزنه (garzane) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Greek: τσουκνίδα (tsouknída) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Ancient Greek: ἀδίκη (adíkē) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Ancient Greek: κνίδη (knídē) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Hebrew: סרפד (sirpád) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Hungarian: csalán — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Ido: urtiko — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Ingrian: poltikkain — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Ingrian: poltikas — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Interlingua: urtica — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Irish: neantóg — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Irish: cál faiche (nettles) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Italian: ortica — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Japanese: 蕁麻 (irakusa) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Kalmyk: көгсн (kögsn) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Karachay-Balkar: мурса (mursa) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Kazakh: қалақай (qalaqai) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Khakas: салғанах (salğanax) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Khakas: сахчаң от (saxçañ ot) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Khinalug: мычӏ (mɨč̣) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Komi-Zyrian: петшӧр (pečör) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Korean: 쐐기풀 (sswaegipul) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Kumyk: къычытгъан (qıçıtğan) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Central Kurdish: گەزگەسِک (gezgesik) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Northern Kurdish: gezgezok — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Kyrgyz: чалкан (calkan) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Lak: мечӏ (mečʼ) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Latgalian: ņuotre — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Latin: urtīca — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Latvian: nātre — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Laz: დიჭკიჯი (diç̌ǩici) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Lithuanian: dilgėlė — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Luxembourgish: Brennnessel — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Macedonian: коприва (kopriva) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Malay: jelatang — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Maltese: ħurrieqa — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Māori: ongaonga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Māori: taraonga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Eastern Mari: нуж (nuž) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Mingrelian: ჭუჭელე (č̣uč̣ele) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Mongolian: халгай (xalgaj) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Nanai: пиктэ (pikte) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Navajo: hołchʼíʼí — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Neapolitan: ardica — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Norwegian Bokmål: nesle — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Norwegian Bokmål: brennesle — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nesle — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Norwegian Nynorsk: brennesle — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Old Norse: nata — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Pannonian Rusyn: покрива (pokriva) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Persian: گزنه (gazne) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Polabian: ťüpraivă — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Polabian: zogăvai̯ćă — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Polish: pokrzywa — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Portuguese: urtiga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Portuguese: ortiga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Romanian: urzică — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Russian: крапи́ва (krapíva) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Inari-Sami: käskee — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Scottish Gaelic: deanntag — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Scottish Gaelic: feanntag — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Serbo-Croatian: коприва — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Serbo-Croatian: жара — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Serbo-Croatian: kopriva — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Serbo-Croatian: žara — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Shor: шалғанақ (şalğanaq) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Sicilian: ardìcula — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Sicilian: furdìcula — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Sicilian: furricu — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Sicilian: lurdica — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Sicilian: lardica — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Slovak: pŕhľava — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Slovak: žihľava — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Slovene: kopriva — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Lower Sorbian: kopśiwa — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Upper Sorbian: kopřiwa — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Spanish: ortiga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Svan: მერხელ (merxel) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Swedish: nässla — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Swedish: brännässla — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Sylheti: ꠌꠥꠔꠞꠣ (sutra) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Sylheti: ꠌꠥꠔꠞꠣ ꠙꠣꠔꠣ — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Tajik: газна (gazna) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Tajik: сӯзгиёҳ (süzgiyoh) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Tarifit: tayzint — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Tatar: кычыткан (qıçıtqan) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Tongan: hongohongo — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Tongan: ngohongoho — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Turkish: ısırgan — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Turkmen: iteşen — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Tuvan: шагар-оът (şagar-òt) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Udi: мечӏ (meč̣) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Ukrainian: кропива́ (kropyvá) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Uzbek: gazanda oʻt — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Uzbek: qichitqi oʻt — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Venetan: ortiga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Venetan: ortriga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Venetan: oltriga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Venetan: otriga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Venetan: urtiga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Venetan: ontriga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Venetan: antriga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Venetan: altriga — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Vietnamese: tầm ma — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Welsh: danhadlen — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Xhosa: umbabazane — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Xhosa: uralijane — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Yakut: ытырыык от (ïtïrïïk ot) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Yiddish: קראָפּעווע (kropeve) — stinging herb of genus Urtica
• Dutch: irritant — anything which causes such a rash
• Spanish: urticaria — anything which causes such a rash
• Bulgarian: паря (parja) — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• Catalan: ortigar — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• Dutch: branden — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• Dutch: irriteren — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• Dutch: prikken — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• Dutch: steken — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• Finnish: polttaa — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• French: piquer — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• French: irriter — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• Galician: ortigar — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• Galician: estrugar — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• German: verbrennen — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• German: nesseln — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• Maltese: ħurrieq — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• Portuguese: urtigar — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• Portuguese: ortigar — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• Portuguese: urticar — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• Russian: обжигать (obžigatʹ) — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• Serbo-Croatian: ожарити — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• Serbo-Croatian: ožariti — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• Spanish: ortigar — of the nettle plant etc., to sting causing a rash
• Bulgarian: жегвам (žegvam) — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• Catalan: ortigar — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• Dutch: irriteren — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• Dutch: steken — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• Dutch: op de heupen werken — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• Finnish: piikitellä — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• French: piquer — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• French: irriter — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• French: vexer — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• Galician: incitar — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• Galician: provocar — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• German: ärgern — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• German: reizen — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• Ido: iracigar — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• Portuguese: irritar — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• Portuguese: vexar — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• Portuguese: provocar — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• Russian: раздража́ть (razdražátʹ) — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• Russian: уязвлять (ujazvljatʹ) — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone
• Spanish: hostigar — to pique, irritate, vex or provoke someone