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sun bear

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A species of relatively small bears, Helarctos malayanus, found in Southeast Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

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  • Acehnese: cagèë — Helarctos malayanus
  • Arabic: دُبّ المَالَاي (dubb al-mālāy) — Helarctos malayanus
  • Arabic: دُبّ مَالِيزِيّ (dubb mālīziyy) — Helarctos malayanus
  • Arabic: دُبّ الشَّمْس (dubb aš-šams) — Helarctos malayanus
  • Assamese: গছ ভালুক (gos bhaluk) — Helarctos malayanus
  • Azerbaijani: adi malay ayısı — Helarctos malayanus
  • Bulgarian: малайска мечка (malajska mečka) — Helarctos malayanus
  • Burmese: ပျားဖွတ်ဝက်ဝံ (pya:hpwat-wak-wam) — Helarctos malayanus
  • Catalan: ós malai — Helarctos malayanus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬來熊 /马来熊 (Mǎláixióng) — Helarctos malayanus
  • Dutch: Maleise beer — Helarctos malayanus
  • Dutch: honingbeer — Helarctos malayanus
  • Finnish: malaijikarhu — Helarctos malayanus
  • French: ours malais — Helarctos malayanus
  • German: Malaienbär — Helarctos malayanus
  • German: Sonnenbär — Helarctos malayanus
  • Iban: jugam — Helarctos malayanus
  • Iban: akup — Helarctos malayanus
  • Iban: makup — Helarctos malayanus
  • Indonesian: beruang madu — Helarctos malayanus
  • Irish: béar gréine — Helarctos malayanus
  • Italian: orso malese — Helarctos malayanus
  • Italian: orso del sole — Helarctos malayanus
  • Japanese: マレーグマ (marēguma) — Helarctos malayanus
  • Khmer: ខ្លាឃ្មុំ (khlaa khmum) — Helarctos malayanus
  • Malay: beruang madu — Helarctos malayanus
  • Maltese: ors tax-xemx — Helarctos malayanus
  • Polish: biruang malajski — Helarctos malayanus
  • Polish: niedźwiedź malajski — Helarctos malayanus
  • Polish: biruang — Helarctos malayanus
  • Portuguese: urso-malaio — Helarctos malayanus
  • Romanian: urs malaez — Helarctos malayanus
  • Russian: мала́йский медве́дь (malájskij medvédʹ) — Helarctos malayanus
  • Russian: бируа́нг (biruáng) — Helarctos malayanus
  • Spanish: oso malayo — Helarctos malayanus
  • Sundanese: ontohod — Helarctos malayanus
  • Swedish: malajbjörn — Helarctos malayanus
  • Thai: หมีหมา (mǐi-mǎa) — Helarctos malayanus
  • Thai: หมีคน (mǐi-kon) — Helarctos malayanus
  • Vietnamese: gấu chó — Helarctos malayanus