squalid

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• /ˈskwɒlɪd/
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Etymology tree Latin squālus Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin squālor Latin squāleō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin squāliduslbor. English squalid Learned borrowing from Latin squālidus, from squālēre (“to be rough or dirty”).

From taxonomic name Squalidae.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: мръсен (mrǎsen) — extremely dirty
• Bulgarian: мизерен (mizeren) — extremely dirty
• Catalan: brut — extremely dirty
• Catalan: llord — extremely dirty
• Catalan: immund — extremely dirty
• Chinese Mandarin: 骯髒的 /肮脏的 (āngzāng de) — extremely dirty
• Chinese Mandarin: 污穢的 /污秽的 (wūhuì de) — extremely dirty
• Czech: špinavý — extremely dirty
• Finnish: likainen — extremely dirty
• Finnish: rähjäinen — extremely dirty
• Finnish: surkea — extremely dirty
• French: sordide — extremely dirty
• French: dégueulasse — extremely dirty
• Ancient Greek: πιναρός (pinarós) — extremely dirty
• Italian: squallido — extremely dirty
• Latin: squālidus — extremely dirty
• Macedonian: ва́лкан (válkan) — extremely dirty
• Māori: waikorohuhō — extremely dirty
• Māori: poke — extremely dirty
• Māori: hawa — extremely dirty
• Norwegian Bokmål: skitten — extremely dirty
• Portuguese: esquálido — extremely dirty
• Portuguese: imundo — extremely dirty
• Romanian: murdar — extremely dirty
• Russian: гря́зный (grjáznyj) — extremely dirty
• Spanish: inmundo — extremely dirty
• Spanish: vil — extremely dirty
• Spanish: mugriento — extremely dirty
• Spanish: mugroso — extremely dirty
• Spanish: cochambroso — extremely dirty
• Spanish: escuálido — extremely dirty
• Sundanese: ledrek — extremely dirty
• Bulgarian: подъл (podǎl) — showing lack of moral standards
• Bulgarian: долен (dolen) — showing lack of moral standards
• Chinese Mandarin: 卑鄙的 (bēibǐ de) — showing lack of moral standards
• Chinese Mandarin: 醜惡的 /丑恶的 (chǒu’è de) — showing lack of moral standards
• Czech: odporný — showing lack of moral standards
• Czech: špinavý — showing lack of moral standards
• Czech: nechutný — showing lack of moral standards
• Czech: hnusný — showing lack of moral standards
• Finnish: likainen — showing lack of moral standards
• Finnish: alhainen — showing lack of moral standards
• Italian: squallido — showing lack of moral standards
• Macedonian: по́дол (pódol) — showing lack of moral standards
• Macedonian: бе́ден (béden) — showing lack of moral standards
• Māori: poke — showing lack of moral standards
• Norwegian Bokmål: skitten — showing lack of moral standards
• Norwegian Bokmål: sjofel — showing lack of moral standards
• Russian: ни́зкий (nízkij) — showing lack of moral standards
• Russian: по́длый (pódlyj) — showing lack of moral standards
• Spanish: sórdido — showing lack of moral standards
• Turkish: rezil — showing lack of moral standards