silkworm

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• UK: /ˈsɪlkwɜːm/
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From Middle English silkwirm, from Old English seolcwyrm (“silkworm”), equivalent to silk + worm.

126 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sywurm — caterpillar
• Albanian: krimbi i mëndafshit — caterpillar
• Albanian: krimb mëndafshi — caterpillar
• Arabic: دُودَة اَلْقَزّ (dūdat al-qazz) — caterpillar
• Aramaic: ܙܚܘܪܝܬܐ — caterpillar
• Armenian: շերամ (šeram) — caterpillar
• Assamese: পাট পলু (pat polu) — caterpillar
• Asturian: vierme de seda — caterpillar
• Azerbaijani: tut ipəkqurdu — caterpillar
• Azerbaijani: barama — caterpillar
• Basque: zetar — caterpillar
• Belarusian: ту́тавы шаўкапра́д (tútavy šawkaprád) — caterpillar
• Bengali: তুঁত রেশম (tũt reśom) — caterpillar
• Bulgarian: копринена пеперуда (koprinena peperuda) — caterpillar
• Catalan: cuc de seda — caterpillar
• Chinese Mandarin: 家蠶 /家蚕 (jiācán) — caterpillar
• Chinese Mandarin: 蠶寶寶 /蚕宝宝 (cánbǎobǎo) — caterpillar
• Chinese Mandarin: 蠶 /蚕 (cán) — caterpillar
• Czech: bourec morušový — caterpillar
• Czech: bourec — caterpillar
• Old Czech: bavlník — caterpillar
• Danish: silkeorm — caterpillar
• Dutch: zijdevlinderrups — caterpillar
• Dutch: zijderups — caterpillar
• Esperanto: silkraŭpo — caterpillar
• Estonian: siidiuss — caterpillar
• Faroese: silkiormur — caterpillar
• Finnish: silkkiäistoukka — caterpillar
• Finnish: silkkitoukka — caterpillar
• French: ver à soie — caterpillar
• French: magnan — caterpillar
• North Frisian: siisenspaner — caterpillar
• Galician: verme da seda — caterpillar
• Georgian: თუთის აბრეშუმხვევია (tutis abrešumxvevia) — caterpillar
• Georgian: აბრეშუმის ჭია (abrešumis č̣ia) — caterpillar
• German: Seidenspinner — caterpillar
• German: Seidenraupe — caterpillar
• Greek: μεταξοσκώληκας (metaxoskólikas) — caterpillar
• Ancient Greek: βόμβυξ (bómbux) — caterpillar
• Hebrew: טוואי המשי (taváy haméshi) — caterpillar
• Hindi: रेशम कीट (reśam kīṭ) — caterpillar
• Hungarian: selyemhernyó — caterpillar
• Icelandic: silkiormur — caterpillar
• Ido: silk-vermo — caterpillar
• Ido: silkoraupo — caterpillar
• Indonesian: ulat sutra — caterpillar
• Interlingua: verme de seta — caterpillar
• Irish: seiriceán — caterpillar
• Italian: baco da seta — caterpillar
• Italian: filugello — caterpillar
• Italian: bombice — caterpillar
• Italian: bigatto — caterpillar
• Japanese: 蚕 (kaiko) — caterpillar
• Japanese: 家蚕 (kasan) — caterpillar
• Japanese: 野蚕 (yasan) — caterpillar
• Japanese: カイコ (kaiko) — caterpillar
• Jarai: hlăt mrai — caterpillar
• Kazakh: жібеккөбелек (jıbekköbelek) — caterpillar
• Korean: 누에 (nue) — caterpillar
• Kyrgyz: тыт жибек көпөлөгү (tıt jibek köpölögü) — caterpillar
• Lao: ໄຫມ (mai) — caterpillar
• Lao: ມ້ອນ (mǭn) — caterpillar
• Lao: ບີ້ (bī) — caterpillar
• Latin: bombyx — caterpillar
• Latvian: zīdtauriņš — caterpillar
• Latvian: zīdtārpiņš — caterpillar
• Lithuanian: šilkverpis — caterpillar
• Lü: ᦺᦖ (ṁay) — caterpillar
• Lü: ᦷᦎᦡᦻᧉ (ṫoḋaay2) — caterpillar
• Lü: ᦶᦙᧈᦺᦖ (mae1ṁay) — caterpillar
• Lü: ᦶᦙᧈᦡᦻᧉ (mae1ḋaay2) — caterpillar
• Macedonian: свилена буба (svilena buba) — caterpillar
• Malagasy: bibindandy — caterpillar
• Malay: ulat sutera — caterpillar
• Malayalam: പട്ടുനൂൽപ്പുഴു (paṭṭunūlppuḻu) — caterpillar
• Manchu: ᠪᡳᠶᠣᠣ ᡠᠮᡳᠶᠠᡥᠠ (biyoo umiyaha) — caterpillar
• Manx: crooag-heeidey — caterpillar
• Marathi: रेशमाचे किडे (reśmāce kiḍe) — caterpillar
• Middle English: silkwirm — caterpillar
• Nepali: रेसम किरा (resam kirā) — caterpillar
• Norman: vèr à souaie — caterpillar
• Norwegian: silkeorm — caterpillar
• Norwegian Bokmål: silkeorm — caterpillar
• Norwegian Nynorsk: silkeorm — caterpillar
• Occitan: manhan — caterpillar
• Occitan: babòta — caterpillar
• Old English: seolcwyrm — caterpillar
• Persian: کرم ابریشم (kerm-e abrišam) — caterpillar
• Polish: jedwabnik morwowy — caterpillar
• Polish: jedwabnik — caterpillar
• Portuguese: bicho-da-seda — caterpillar
• Portuguese: sirgo — caterpillar
• Quechua: murira pillpintu — caterpillar
• Romanian: vierme de mătase — caterpillar
• Russian: ту́товый шелкопря́д (tútovyj šelkoprjád) — caterpillar
• Russian: шелкопря́д (šelkoprjád) — caterpillar
• Serbo-Croatian: дудов свилац — caterpillar
• Serbo-Croatian: свилобуба — caterpillar
• Serbo-Croatian: свилопреља — caterpillar
• Serbo-Croatian: dudov svilac — caterpillar
• Serbo-Croatian: svilobuba — caterpillar
• Serbo-Croatian: sviloprelja — caterpillar
• Sicilian: vermu dâ sita — caterpillar
• Slovak: priadka morušová — caterpillar
• Slovene: sviloprejka — caterpillar
• Spanish: gusano de seda — caterpillar
• Sundanese: hileud sutra — caterpillar
• Swedish: silkesmask — caterpillar
• Tajik: кирми абрешим (kirm-i abrešim) — caterpillar
• Tamil: பட்டுப்புழு (paṭṭuppuḻu) — caterpillar
• Tamil: பட்டுப்பூச்சி (paṭṭuppūcci) — caterpillar
• Telugu: పట్టుపురుగు (paṭṭupurugu) — caterpillar
• Thai: ตัวไหม (dtua măi) — caterpillar
• Thai: ไหม (măi) — caterpillar
• Thai: บี้ (bîi) — caterpillar
• Turkish: ipek böceği — caterpillar
• Ottoman Turkish: ایپك بوجكی (ipek böceği) — caterpillar
• Ukrainian: шовковичний шовкопряд (šovkovyčnyj šovkoprjad) — caterpillar
• Ukrainian: шовкопряд (šovkoprjad) — caterpillar
• Urdu: ریشم کا کیڑا — caterpillar
• Vietnamese: tằm — caterpillar
• Welsh: sidanbryf — caterpillar
• Yiddish: זײַדוואָרעם (zaydvorem) — caterpillar
• Yiddish: זײַדפֿלאַטערל (zaydflaterl) — caterpillar
• Yiddish: זײַדשפּינער (zaydshpiner) — caterpillar
• Zhuang: nonsei — caterpillar