opossum

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• UK: /əˈpɒsəm/
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• US: ə-päsʹəm
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• US: /əˈpɑsəm/
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Etymology tree Proto-Algonquian *wa·p- Proto-Algonquian *aθemwa Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa Powhatan aposoumbor. English opossum From Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa (“white dog”); compare Ojibwe waabasim (“white dog”).

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Alawa: gudjaɳi — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Arabic: أُوبُسُوم (ʔubusum) — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Asturian: zarigüeya — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Basque: zarigueia — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Bulgarian: опо́сум (opósum) — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Catalan: sariga — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Catalan: opòssum — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵖⴻⵔⵙⵉⵡ (aɣersiw) — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Cherokee: ᏏᏆ ᎤᏤᏣᏍᏗ (siqua utsetsasdi) — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Chinese Mandarin: 負鼠 /负鼠 (fùshǔ) — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Czech: vačice — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Danish: opossum — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Danish: pungrotte — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Dutch: opossum — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Dutch: Amerikaanse buidelrat — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Erzya: ашопине (ašopine) — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Esperanto: didelfo — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Finnish: opossumi — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Fox: êyênîha — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• French: sarigue — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• French: opossum — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• French: rat de bois — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Gagadu: mɔɳɔ — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Georgian: ოპოსუმისებრნი (oṗosumisebrni) — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• German: Beutelratte — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• German: Opossum — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Greek: οπόσουμ (opósoum) — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Hebrew: אופוסום (opossum) — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Hungarian: oposszum — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Icelandic: pokarotta — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Ido: didelfo — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Irish: apasam — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Italian: opossum — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Italian: sariga — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Japanese: オポッサム (opossamu) — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Japanese: 袋鼠 (fukuronezumi) — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Japanese: フクロネズミ — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Korean: 주머니쥐 (jumeonijwi) — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Lithuanian: oposumai — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Miami: aayeeliiwa — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Miami: eeyeelia — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Nanticoke: nah!simmini — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Navajo: biyázhí neiyéhé — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Norwegian: pungrotte — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Nyunga: goomal — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Occitan: sariga — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Ojibwe: bengwajishk — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Ojibwe: aayenii (PO) — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Ojibwe: aayeniinh (PO) — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Old Tupi: taîyby — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Old Tupi: sarigûeîa — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Osage: sį́štaa — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Persian: صاریغ (sâriġ) — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Polish: opos — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Polish: dydelf — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Portuguese: gambá — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Portuguese: cuíca — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Portuguese: opossum — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Portuguese: sariguê — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Portuguese: mucura — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Portuguese: saruê — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Quechua: q'ara chupa — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Romanian: oposum — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Romanian: sarigă — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Russian: опо́ссум (opóssum) — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Saramaccan: kpátíwójo — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Spanish: zarigüeya — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Spanish: carachupa — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Spanish: chucha — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Spanish: comadreja — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Spanish: faro — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Spanish: muca — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Spanish: rabipelado — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Spanish: raposa — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Spanish: tacuacín — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Spanish: tacuazín — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Spanish: tlacuache — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Spanish: zorra — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Spanish: zorro cola pelada — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Spanish: zorro pelón — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Spanish: tlacoache — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Spanish: runcho — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Swahili: kifaurongo — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Swedish: pungråtta — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Tagalog: sarigweya — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Teribe: slon — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Turkish: keseli sıçan — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Ukrainian: опо́сум (opósum) — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Unami: òpinkw — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Vietnamese: ô-pốt-sâm — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Vietnamese: thú ô-pốt — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Welsh: oposwm — marsupial of the Didelphidae
• Yiddish: אָפּאָסום (oposum) — marsupial of the Didelphidae