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From Middle English tyke, teke, from Old English ticia (“parasitic animal, tick”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīkō, compare Dutch teek, German Zecke.

From Middle English *tik, tek, tyche (“light touch, tap”), from the verb (see Etymology 3 below). Compare Dutch tik (“a pat, tap”), Middle High German zic (“a slight touch”).

From Middle English tike, probably from Middle Dutch tike and Middle Low German teke, both ultimately from Latin theca (“cover”). Compare also German Zieche (“duvet, pillowcase”).

Clipping of ticket.

From Middle English tik-, tic-, tike-, tiken- (in compounds), an unassibilated form of Middle English tiche, tichen (“young goat”), from Old English tiċċen (“young goat; kid”), from Proto-West Germanic *tikkīn (“goatling”), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *tigā (“goat”). Cognate with regional German Zicke (“nanny goat”), from Ziege (“goat; nanny goat”).

From Middle English ticken, tiken, probably from Old English *ticcian (“to touch, tap”), from Proto-West Germanic *tikkōn (“to touch, tap”), cognate with German zecken (“to nudge, poke, jab”). Doublet of tig.

302 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: а-па́ҿа (a-pʼáĉʼa) — arachnid
• Afrikaans: bosluis — arachnid
• Alabama: satani — arachnid
• Albanian: rriqër — arachnid
• Albanian: këpushë — arachnid
• Arabic: قُرَادَة (qurāda) — arachnid
• Arabic: قُرَاد (qurād) — arachnid
• Aragonese: caparra — arachnid
• Aramaic: ܩܪܕܐ (qardā, qerdā) — arachnid
• Armenian: տիզ (tiz) — arachnid
• Assamese: চিকৰা (sikora) — arachnid
• Asturian: cabarru — arachnid
• Asturian: cachiparru — arachnid
• Asturian: llarasca — arachnid
• Aymara: jamak’u — arachnid
• Azerbaijani: gənə — arachnid
• Bashkir: талпан (talpan) — arachnid
• Basque: akain — arachnid
• Basque: kapar — arachnid
• Belarusian: клешч (klješč) — arachnid
• Breton: tarlask — arachnid
• Breton: teureug — arachnid
• Bulgarian: къ́рлеж (kǎ́rlež) — arachnid
• Burmese: မွှား (hmwa:) — arachnid
• Cashinahua: yanan — arachnid
• Catalan: paparra — arachnid
• Catalan: caparra — arachnid
• Cebuano: garapata — arachnid
• Chamicuro: shaki'su — arachnid
• Cherokee: ᎫᎫ (gugu) — arachnid
• Palantla Chinantec: chi3mai3 — arachnid
• Chinese Cantonese: 蜱 (pei4) — arachnid
• Chinese Mandarin: 蜱 (pí) — arachnid
• Choctaw: shʋtʋnni — arachnid
• Choctaw: shatanni — arachnid
• West Circassian: мэлхьэпӏацӏэ (mɛlḥɛpʼacʼɛ) — arachnid
• Coptic: ⲥⲓⲃ (sib) — arachnid
• Coptic: ⲥⲓⲡ (sip) — arachnid
• Corsican: zecca — arachnid
• Crimean Tatar: qasartqı — arachnid
• Czech: klíště — arachnid
• Danish: flåt — arachnid
• Dutch: teek — arachnid
• Esperanto: iksodo — arachnid
• Estonian: puuk — arachnid
• Finnish: punkki — arachnid
• French: tique — arachnid
• Friulian: cečhe — arachnid
• Galician: carracha — arachnid
• Galician: carracho — arachnid
• Galician: carrapata — arachnid
• Galician: carrapato — arachnid
• Galician: carraza — arachnid
• Georgian: ტკიპა (ṭḳiṗa) — arachnid
• German: Zecke — arachnid
• German: Zeck — arachnid
• German: Zëche — arachnid
• Greek: τσιμπούρι (tsimpoúri) — arachnid
• Ancient Greek: κροτών (krotṓn) — arachnid
• Harari: ቁርዱድ (ḳurdud) — arachnid
• Haryanvi: बीगू (bīgū) — arachnid
• Haryanvi: चीचड़ (cīcaṛ) — arachnid
• Hebrew: קַרְצִיָּה (kartsiyá) — arachnid
• Hindi: टिक (ṭik) — arachnid
• Hindi: किलनी (kilnī) — arachnid
• Hungarian: kullancs — arachnid
• Icelandic: blóðmaur — arachnid
• Ido: zeko — arachnid
• Ilocano: ayam — arachnid
• Indonesian: caplak — arachnid
• Irish: sceartán — arachnid
• Irish: ceartán — arachnid
• Italian: zecca — arachnid
• Ivatan: liplip — arachnid
• Japanese: だに (dani) — arachnid
• Japanese: ごさらぎ (gosaragi) — arachnid
• Javanese: ꦕꦥ꧀ꦭꦏ꧀ (caplak) — arachnid
• Kalmyk: шалз (şalz) — arachnid
• Kannada: ಉಣ್ಣಿ (uṇṇi) — arachnid
• Kazakh: кене (kene) — arachnid
• Khmer: ដង្កែ (dɑɑdɑngkae) — arachnid
• Kikuyu: ngũkũma — arachnid
• Kikuyu: ngũha — arachnid
• Korean: 진드기 (jindeugi) — arachnid
• Central Kurdish: گەنە (gene) — arachnid
• Kyrgyz: кене (kene) — arachnid
• Lak: суцӏ (sucʼ) — arachnid
• Lao: ເຫັບ (hep) — arachnid
• Latin: ricinus — arachnid
• Latvian: ērce — arachnid
• Lithuanian: erkė — arachnid
• Low German: Teek — arachnid
• Luiseño: toróoshanat — arachnid
• Luxembourgish: Zéck — arachnid
• Macedonian: крлеж (krlež) — arachnid
• Machiguenga: pachíto — arachnid
• Malagasy: kongona — arachnid
• Malay: sengkenit — arachnid
• Malayalam: പട്ടുണ്ണി (paṭṭuṇṇi) — arachnid
• Malayalam: വട്ടൻ (vaṭṭaṉ) — arachnid
• Maltese: qurdiena — arachnid
• Manx: carthan — arachnid
• Māori: kutu kararehe — arachnid
• Marathi: गोचीड (gocīḍ) — arachnid
• Mauritian Creole: karapat — arachnid
• Mingrelian: გირჯღიბე (girǯɣibe) — arachnid
• Mingrelian: ბაჭა (bač̣a) — arachnid
• Mongolian: хачиг (xačig) — arachnid
• Navajo: yaaʼ — arachnid
• Nepali: टिक (ṭik) — arachnid
• Nogai: касарткы (kasartkı) — arachnid
• Norman: lâque — arachnid
• Norwegian: flått — arachnid
• Occitan: pat — arachnid
• Occitan: rese — arachnid
• Occitan: lagast — arachnid
• Odia: ଟିଙ୍କ (ṭiṅka) — arachnid
• Odia: କିରନି (kirani) — arachnid
• Odia: ଗଏରା (gaerā) — arachnid
• Severn Ojibwa: omanichooshimi — arachnid
• Ojibwe: ezigaa — arachnid
• Omaha-Ponca: ttáðazáppa — arachnid
• Oromo: shilmii — arachnid
• Oromo: silmii — arachnid
• Persian: کنه (kane) — arachnid
• Persian: تارو (tāru) — arachnid
• Persian: نارد (nārad) — arachnid
• Persian: کرنه (karne) — arachnid
• Middle Persian: 𐫍𐫗𐫃𐫗 (hangan) — arachnid
• Pitjantjatjara: uta — arachnid
• Polish: kleszcz — arachnid
• Portuguese: carrapato — arachnid
• Portuguese: carraça — arachnid
• Punjabi: ਚਿੱਚੜ (ciccaṛ) — arachnid
• Quapaw: ttádazíppa — arachnid
• Quechua: amaku — arachnid
• Quechua: hamak'u — arachnid
• Quechua: jamak'u — arachnid
• Quechua: amuku — arachnid
• Quechua: agta — arachnid
• Romanian: căpușă — arachnid
• Romansh: raischen — arachnid
• Romansh: zecca — arachnid
• Russian: клещ (klešč) — arachnid
• Saramaccan: kaapátu — arachnid
• Scottish Gaelic: gartan — arachnid
• Koyraboro-Senni: nkanji — arachnid
• Serbo-Croatian: кр̀пељ — arachnid
• Serbo-Croatian: kr̀pelj — arachnid
• Sicilian: zicca — arachnid
• Sinhalese: කිණිතුල්ලෝ (kiṇitullō) — arachnid
• Slovak: kliešť — arachnid
• Slovene: klošč — arachnid
• Lower Sorbian: klěšć — arachnid
• Upper Sorbian: klěšć — arachnid
• Spanish: garrapata — arachnid
• Spanish: rezno — arachnid
• Spanish: sanchina — arachnid
• Spanish: cabarra — arachnid
• Sranan Tongo: daguloso — arachnid
• Sudovian: erke — arachnid
• Svan: ღჷჯგ (ɣəǯg) — arachnid
• Swahili: kupe — arachnid
• Swedish: fästing — arachnid
• Tagalog: kato — arachnid
• Tagalog: garapata — arachnid
• Tajik: кана (kana) — arachnid
• Tamil: உண்ணி (uṇṇi) — arachnid
• Tarifit: šurdu — arachnid
• Thai: เห็บ (hèp) — arachnid
• Tibetan: ཐིག་སྒྲ (thig sgra) — arachnid
• Tigre: ቀራድ (ḳärad) — arachnid
• Tigrinya: ቍርዲድ (ḳwərdid) — arachnid
• Turkish: kene — arachnid
• Turkish: sakırga — arachnid
• Turkmen: sakyrtga — arachnid
• Udmurt: лемтэй (ľemtej) — arachnid
• Ukrainian: кліщ (klišč) — arachnid
• Unami: sàktùkw — arachnid
• Urdu: ٹک (ṭik) — arachnid
• Urdu: کلنی (kilnī) — arachnid
• Uzbek: kana — arachnid
• Vietnamese: bét — arachnid
• Vietnamese: ve — arachnid
• Võro: puutäi — arachnid
• Warlpiri: lutu — arachnid
• Welsh: torogen — arachnid
• Wolof: weteñ wi — arachnid
• Yiddish: קליעשטש (klyeshtsh) — arachnid
• Yiddish: קלעשטש (kleshtsh) — arachnid
• Yucatec Maya: pech — arachnid
• Zazaki: kherm (diq) — arachnid
• Zulu: umaka — arachnid
• Bulgarian: тиктакане (tiktakane) — quiet but sharp, repeated sound
• Chinese Mandarin: 滴答聲 /滴答声 (dīdāshēng) — quiet but sharp, repeated sound
• Czech: tikot — quiet but sharp, repeated sound
• Dutch: getik — quiet but sharp, repeated sound
• Finnish: tikitys — quiet but sharp, repeated sound
• Finnish: raksutus — quiet but sharp, repeated sound
• French: tic-tac — quiet but sharp, repeated sound
• Māori: tatetate — quiet but sharp, repeated sound
• Portuguese: tique — quiet but sharp, repeated sound
• Russian: ти́канье (tíkanʹje) — quiet but sharp, repeated sound
• Spanish: tictac — quiet but sharp, repeated sound
• Swedish: tick — quiet but sharp, repeated sound
• Bulgarian: деление (delenie) — mark of measurement
• Finnish: pykälä — mark of measurement
• Finnish: piiru — mark of measurement
• French: graduation — mark of measurement
• Spanish: grado — mark of measurement
• Spanish: venero — mark of measurement
• Bulgarian: миг (mig) — short period of time
• Bulgarian: момент (moment) — short period of time
• Dutch: tel — short period of time
• Finnish: hetki — short period of time
• Finnish: vilaus — short period of time
• French: seconde — short period of time
• Russian: миг (mig) — short period of time
• Russian: мгнове́ние (mgnovénije) — short period of time
• Bulgarian: отме́тка (otmétka) — checkmark
• Catalan: vistiplau — checkmark
• Chinese Mandarin: 記號 /记号 (jìhao) — checkmark
• Czech: fajfka — checkmark
• Dutch: vink — checkmark
• Dutch: vinkje — checkmark
• French: marque — checkmark
• French: coche — checkmark
• German: Häkchen — checkmark
• Hungarian: pipa — checkmark
• Icelandic: hak — checkmark
• Irish: tic — checkmark
• Italian: segno di spunta — checkmark
• Japanese: チェックマーク (chekkumāku) — checkmark
• Malay: calit — checkmark
• Polish: ptaszek — checkmark
• Polish: fajka — checkmark
• Polish: haczyk — checkmark
• Portuguese: tique — checkmark
• Russian: га́лочка (gáločka) — checkmark
• Russian: пти́чка (ptíčka) — checkmark
• Russian: отме́тка (otmétka) — checkmark
• Russian: поме́тка (pométka) — checkmark
• Scottish Gaelic: strìochag — checkmark
• Spanish: palomita — checkmark
• Spanish: cotejo — checkmark
• Spanish: ticket — checkmark
• Spanish: tic — checkmark
• Spanish: (el) aspa — checkmark
• Swahili: tiki — checkmark
• Swedish: bock — checkmark
• Tagalog: gurlit-tsek — checkmark
• Tagalog: panungkad — checkmark
• Ukrainian: га́лочка (háločka) — checkmark
• Finnish: tikitys — ticking
• Finnish: raksutus — ticking
• French: taie — ticking
• Russian: уда́р (udár) — ticking
• Russian: ти́канье (tíkanʹje) — ticking
• Bulgarian: дюшеклък (djušeklǎk) — sheet around a mattress
• Russian: на́волочка (návoločka) — sheet around a mattress
• Russian: чехо́л (čexól) — sheet around a mattress
• Finnish: luotto — credit, trust
• French: crédit — credit, trust
• Bulgarian: тиктакам (tiktakam) — make a clicking noise
• Cornish: tyckya — make a clicking noise
• Czech: tikat — make a clicking noise
• Dutch: tikken — make a clicking noise
• Finnish: tikittää — make a clicking noise
• Finnish: raksuttaa — make a clicking noise
• French: faire tic-tac — make a clicking noise
• German: ticken — make a clicking noise
• Hungarian: ketyeg — make a clicking noise
• Ingrian: tikuttaa — make a clicking noise
• Italian: ticchettare — make a clicking noise
• Māori: tatetate — make a clicking noise
• Polish: tykać — make a clicking noise
• Portuguese: fazer tique-taque — make a clicking noise
• Romanian: ticăi — make a clicking noise
• Russian: ти́кать (tíkatʹ) — make a clicking noise
• Russian: ти́кнуть (tíknutʹ) — make a clicking noise
• Slovak: tikať — make a clicking noise
• Slovene: tikati — make a clicking noise
• Spanish: tictaquear — make a clicking noise
• Swedish: ticka — make a clicking noise
• Volapük: tikitön — make a clicking noise
• Bulgarian: маркирам (markiram) — make a tick mark
• Bulgarian: отмятам (otmjatam) — make a tick mark
• Chinese Mandarin: 打勾 (dǎgōu) — make a tick mark
• Cornish: tyckya — make a tick mark
• Dutch: afvinken — make a tick mark
• Dutch: aanvinken — make a tick mark
• Dutch: aankruisen — make a tick mark
• Finnish: ruksata — make a tick mark
• French: cocher — make a tick mark
• German: abhaken — make a tick mark
• German: ankreuzen — make a tick mark
• Hungarian: kipipál — make a tick mark
• Indonesian: mencontreng — make a tick mark
• Italian: spuntare — make a tick mark
• Portuguese: ticar — make a tick mark
• Russian: отмеча́ть га́лочкой (otmečátʹ gáločkoj) — make a tick mark
• Spanish: tiquear — make a tick mark