quadruped

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒdɹəpɛd/
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• General-American: /ˈkwɑdɹəˌpɛd/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kwetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kwetru- Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Italic *pets Proto-Italic *kwetrupōts Latin quadrupedembor. French quadrupèdebor. English quadruped Borrowed from French quadrupède, from Middle French, from Latin stem of quadrupēs (“four-footed, a four-footed animal”), from quadri- (“four-”) + stem of pes (“foot”). Alternatively analyzable as quadru- + -ped. Doublet of tetrapod.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: չորքոտանի (čʻorkʻotani) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Belarusian: чатырохно́гае (čatyroxnóhaje) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Breton: pevarzroadeg — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Bulgarian: четириного (četirinogo) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Catalan: quadrúpede — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 四足動物 /四足动物 (sìzú dòngwù) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Chinese Mandarin: 四足類 /四足类 (sìzúlèi) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Czech: čtyřnožec — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Danish: firbenet dyr — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Dutch: viervoeter — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Esperanto: kvarpiedulo — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Finnish: nelijalkainen — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• French: quadrupède — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• French: tétrapode — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• West-Frisian: fjouwerfuotter — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Friulian: cuadrupedi — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Galician: cuadrúpede — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Georgian: ოთხფეხა (otxpexa) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Georgian: ოთხფეხა ცხოველი (otxpexa cxoveli) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• German: Vierfüßer — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• German: Vierfüßerin — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• German: Vierfüßler — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• German: Vierfüßlerin — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• German: Quadrupeder — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• German: Quadrupede — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• German: Vierbeiner — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Greek: τετράποδο (tetrápodo) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Ancient Greek: τετράπουν (tetrápoun) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Hungarian: négylábú — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Icelandic: ferfætlingur — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Italian: quadrupede — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Japanese: 四肢動物 (shishi dōbutsu) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Kazakh: төртаяқты (törtaäqty) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Central Kurdish: چوارپێ (çiwarpê) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Lao: ສັດສີ່ຕີນ (sat sī tīn) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Latin: quadrupēs — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Māori: kīrehe — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Navajo: naaldlooshii — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Persian: چهارپا (čahârpâ) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Polish: czworonóg — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Portuguese: quadrúpede — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Punjabi: ਚੁਪਾਇਆ (cupāiā) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Russian: четвероно́гое — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Russian: тетрапо́д (tɛtrapód) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Sanskrit: चतुष्पद् (catuṣpad) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Shan: တူဝ်သီႇတိ်ၼ် — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Spanish: cuadrúpedo — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Spanish: tetrápodo — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Swedish: fyrfotadjur — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Swedish: tetrapod — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Swedish: fyrfoting — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Tagalog: hayop na aapating-paa — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Tajik: дубора (dubora) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Telugu: చతుష్పదము (catuṣpadamu) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Thai: สัตว์สี่เท้า — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Thai: จตุบท — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Tocharian B: śwerppewä — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Turkish: dört ayaklı — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Turkish: dört ayaklı hayvan — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Ukrainian: чотирино́ге (čotyrynóhe) — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Unami: newkatat — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Uzbek: toʻrt barobar — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Volapük: follögaf — a four-footed or four-legged animal
• Welsh: pedwartroedyn — a four-footed or four-legged animal