ouroboros

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• /uːˈrɒbəˌrɒs/
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• /(j)ʊ(ə)rə(ʊ)ˈborəs/
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• /ˌorəˈborəs/
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• /ˌorəˈboroʊs/
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From Ancient Greek οὐροβόρος (ourobóros, “tail-devouring”, a compound of οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) + -βόρος (-bóros, “-devouring”, which is derived from the verb βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, “to eat up”))).

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أوربوروس — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Armenian: ուրոբորոս (uroboros) — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Armenian: օրոբորոս (ōroboros) — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Azerbaijani: uroboros — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Bulgarian: уроборос (uroboros) — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Catalan: uròbor — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Chinese Mandarin: 銜尾蛇 /衔尾蛇 (xiánwěishé) — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Czech: úroboros — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Esperanto: uroboro — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Estonian: uroboros — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Finnish: ouroboros — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• French: ouroboros — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Galician: uróboros — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• German: Uroboros — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Greek: ουροβόρος (ourovóros) — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Hebrew: אורובורוס — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Hindi: ऊरोबोरोस (ūroboros) — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Hungarian: uroborosz — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Italian: uroboro — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Japanese: ウロボロス — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Korean: 우로보로스 (uroboroseu) — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Latin: ūroborus — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Lithuanian: uroboras — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Malayalam: ഊറൊബോറസ് (ūṟobōṟasŭ) — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Persian: اوروبروس — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Polish: uroboros — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Portuguese: uróboro — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Romanian: uroborus — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Russian: уробо́рос (urobóros) — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Slovak: uroboros — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Spanish: uróboro — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Spanish: pescadilla que se muerde la cola — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Spanish: ouroboro — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Swedish: ouroboros — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Ukrainian: уробо́рос (urobóros) — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail
• Urdu: اوروبورس — a serpent, dragon or worm that eats its own tail