termite

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• UK: /ˈtɜː(ɹ).maɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: T ER1 M AY0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Inferred singular of termites, the plural of Latin termes (“woodworm”), which was used for termites by Linnaeus.

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Acehnese: kamuë — insect
• Aklanon: anay — insect
• Arabic: أَرَضَة (ʔaraḍa) — insect
• Armenian: տերմիտ (termit) — insect
• Assamese: উঁই (ũi) — insect
• Asturian: termita — insect
• West Coast Bajau: anei-anei — insect
• Banjarese: urup — insect
• Basque: termita — insect
• Belarusian: тэрмі́т (termít) — insect
• Bau Bidayuh: tirupuod — insect
• Central Bikol: aloy — insect
• Bulgarian: термит (termit) — insect
• Catalan: tèrmit — insect
• Cebuano: anay — insect
• Chamicuro: ma'lus̈hana — insect
• Chepang: क्र्राः — insect
• Chinese Mandarin: 白蟻 /白蚁 (báiyǐ) — insect
• Czech: termit — insect
• Danish: termitter — insect
• Dutch: termiet — insect
• Esperanto: termito — insect
• Estonian: termiit — insect
• Ewe: baba — insect
• Finnish: termiitti — insect
• French: termite — insect
• Galician: térmite — insect
• Georgian: თერმიტი (termiṭi) — insect
• German: Termite — insect
• Greek: τερμίτες (termítes) — insect
• Hausa: gàrā — insect
• Hebrew: טרמיט — insect
• Hiligaynon: anay — insect
• Hindi: दीमक (dīmak) — insect
• Hungarian: termesz — insect
• Icelandic: maur — insect
• Ido: termito — insect
• Ilocano: anay — insect
• Indonesian: rayap — insect
• Indonesian: anai-anai — insect
• Indonesian: semut putih — insect
• Italian: termite — insect
• Japanese: シロアリ (shiro-ari) — insect
• Japanese: 白蟻 (shiro-ari) — insect
• Javanese: laron — insect
• Kalagan: anay — insect
• Lubuagan Kalinga: lakoy — insect
• Kannada: ಗೆದ್ದಲು (geddalu) — insect
• Kapampangan: ane — insect
• Kazakh: аққұмырсқа (aqqūmyrsqa) — insect
• Khmer: កណ្ដៀរ (kɑndiə) — insect
• Kikuyu: mũthũa — insect
• Kikuyu: nguya — insect
• Kimaragang: tantanai — insect
• Kimbundu: sualala — insect
• Korean: 흰개미 (huin'gaemi) — insect
• Malagasy: votry — insect
• Malay: anai-anai — insect
• Malay: kelekatu — insect
• Malayalam: ചിതൽ (cital) — insect
• Mansaka: anay — insect
• Māori: ane — insect
• Central Melanau: belasuwuk — insect
• Muna: faa — insect
• Tagal Murut: bubuk — insect
• Navajo: tsin naʼayąʼii — insect
• Nimadi: उधइ (udhai) — insect
• Norwegian: termitt — insect
• Occitan: termit — insect
• Occitan: formiga blanca — insect
• Persian: موریانه — insect
• Polish: termit — insect
• Portuguese: térmite — insect
• Portuguese: térmita — insect
• Portuguese: cupim — insect
• Punjabi: ਸਓਂਕ (saoṅka) — insect
• Rarotongan: ane — insect
• Romanian: termită — insect
• Russian: терми́т (termít) — insect
• Samoan: ane — insect
• Serbo-Croatian: termit — insect
• Slovak: termit — insect
• Slovene: termit — insect
• Spanish: termes — insect
• Spanish: comején — insect
• Spanish: termita (polysemic) — insect
• Spanish: térmite — insect
• Spanish: anay — insect
• Spanish: sepe — insect
• Sranan Tongo: uduloso — insect
• Sundanese: ᮛᮤᮑᮥᮂ (rinyuh) — insect
• Swahili: mchwa — insect
• Swedish: termit — insect
• Tagalog: anay — insect
• Tagalog: bukbok — insect
• Tamil: கறையான் (kaṟaiyāṉ) — insect
• Tatar: термит (termit) — insect
• Tausug: anay — insect
• Telugu: చెద (ceda) — insect
• Thai: ปลวก (bplùuak) — insect
• Turkish: akkarınca — insect
• Turkish: termit — insect
• Turkish: divik — insect
• Tyap: cincai — insect
• Ukrainian: термі́т (termít) — insect
• Vietnamese: mối — insect
• Volapük: tärmit — insect
• Wolof: max mi — insect
• Zazaki: mermor — insect