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rodent

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈɹəʊdənt/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Gnawing; biting; corroding; applied to a destructive variety of cancer or ulcer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, gnawer, critter, creature

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence; lamer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, Leet, dated, derogatory, slang

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gnawer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal

Narrower terms: mouse, rat, murine, water rat, New World mouse, muskrat, musquash, Ondatra zibethica, round-tailed muskrat, Florida water rat, Neofiber alleni, cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus, wood rat, wood-rat, hamster, gerbil, gerbille, lemming, porcupine, hedgehog, jumping mouse, jerboa, dormouse, squirrel, prairie dog, prairie marmot, marmot, beaver, mountain beaver, sewellel, Aplodontia rufa, cavy, mara, Dolichotis patagonum, capybara, capibara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, agouti, Dasyprocta aguti, paca, Cuniculus paca, mountain paca, coypu, nutria, Myocastor coypus, chinchilla, Chinchilla laniger, mountain chinchilla, mountain viscacha, viscacha, chinchillon, Lagostomus maximus, abrocome, chinchilla rat, rat chinchilla, mole rat, sand rat

History

Etymology

From Latin rōdēns, rōdent- (“gnawer; one who gnaws”), present participle of rōdō (“to gnaw”).

Across languages

Translations

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: knaagdier — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Albanian: brejtës — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Southern Altai: кемирчек (kemirček) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Arabic: قَارِض (qāriḍ) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Arabic: قَوَارِض (qawāriḍ) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Armenian: կրծող (krcoġ) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Asturian: royedor — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Azerbaijani: gəmirici — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Azerbaijani: kəsəyən — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Bashkir: кимереүсе (kimerewse) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Basque: karraskari — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Belarusian: грызу́н (hryzún) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Breton: krigner — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Bulgarian: гризач (grizač) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Burmese: ကြွက် (krwak) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Catalan: rosegador — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 齧齒目動物 /啮齿目动物 (nièchǐmù dòngwù) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嚙齒目動物 /啮齿目动物 (nièchǐmù dòngwù) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 齧齒動物 /啮齿动物 (nièchǐ dòngwù) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 嚙齒動物 /啮齿动物 (nièchǐ dòngwù) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Czech: hlodavec — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Danish: gnaver — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Dutch: knaagdier — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Esperanto: ronĝulo — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Estonian: näriline — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Faroese: gnagdýr — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Finnish: jyrsijä — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • French: rongeur — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • West-Frisian: kjifdier — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Friulian: roseadôr — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Galician: roedor — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Georgian: მღრღნელი (mɣrɣneli) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • German: Nagetier — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • German: Nager — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Greek: τρωκτικό (troktikó) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Hebrew: מְכַרְסֵם (mekharsem) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Hindi: कृंतक (kŕntak) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Hungarian: rágcsáló — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Icelandic: nagdýr — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Ido: rodero — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Indonesian: pengerat — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Irish: creimire — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Italian: roditore — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Japanese: 齧歯類 (gesshirui) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Japanese: 齧歯動物 (gesshi-dōbutsu) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Kalmyk: мерәч (meräç) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Kazakh: кеміргіш (kemırgış) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Kazakh: кеміруші (kemıruşı) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Khmer: រទច្ឆេទី (rĕəʼtĕəʼcheetii) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Korean: 설치류 (seolchiryu) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Kyrgyz: кемирүүчү (kemirüücü) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Lao: ຈໍາພວກຫນູ (cham phūak nū) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Latvian: grauzējs — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Lithuanian: graužikas — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Macedonian: глодар (glodar) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Malay: rodensia — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Malay: tikus — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Māori: rīroi — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Mongolian: мэрэгч амьтан (meregč amʹtan) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Navajo: tsin deigházhígíí — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gnager — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gnagar — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Occitan: rosegaire — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Persian: جوندگان (javandgân) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Persian: جونده (javande) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Polish: gryzoń — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Portuguese: roedor — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Romanian: rozător — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Russian: грызу́н (gryzún) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Serbo-Croatian: гло̀да̄р — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Serbo-Croatian: глодавац — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Serbo-Croatian: glòdār — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Serbo-Croatian: glodavac — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Slovak: hlodavec — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Slovene: glodavec — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Slovene: glodalec — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Spanish: roedor — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Swedish: gnagare — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Tajik: хоянда (xoyanda) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Tatar: кимерүче (kimerüçe) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Thai: สัตว์ฟันแทะ (sàt-fan-tɛ́) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Tok Pisin: rat — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Turkish: kemirgen — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Turkish: kemirici — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Ottoman Turkish: كمریجی (kemirici) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Ottoman Turkish: موش (muş) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Turkmen: gemriji — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Ukrainian: гризу́н (hryzún) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Ukrainian: гризуне́ць (hryzunécʹ) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Uyghur: غاجىغۇچى (ghajighuchi) — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Uzbek: kemiruvchi — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Vietnamese: gặm nhấm — mammal of the order Rodentia
  • Welsh: cnofil — mammal of the order Rodentia
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