English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
From Spanish cucaracha (“woodlouse”), from cuca (“butterfly caterpillars”), of onomatopoeic origin; see also Greek κόκκυξ and Late Latin cucus. Influenced, via folk etymology, by cock and roach.
Pronunciation [edit]
cockroach (plural cockroaches)
- (zoology) A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea.
- (offensive, slang) An unhygienic person or a member of a group of people regarded as unhygienic or rapidly procreating.
Synonyms [edit]
- (black or brown insect): roach (US)
Translations [edit]
insect
- Afrikaans: kakkerlak (af)
- Alabama: iskanpatha
- Albanian: kacabu (sq)
- Arabic: صرصور (ar) (ṣurṣūr) m
- Egyptian Arabic: صرصار (ṣurṣār) m
- Armenian: ուտիճ (hy) (utič)
- Asturian: cucaracha (ast) f
- Azeri: tarakan (az)
- Basque: labezomorro (eu)
- Belarusian: прусак (be) (prusák) m
- Berber:
- Tashelhit: ibnḍr m
- Bulgarian: хлебарка (bg) (hlebárka) f
- Catalan: escarabat (ca) m, panerola (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 蟑, 甴
- Mandarin: 蟑螂 (cmn) (zhāngláng)
- Crimean Tatar: qoñuz
- Czech: šváb (cs) m
- Danish: kakerlak (da) c
- Dutch: kakkerlak (nl) f, sissende kakkerlak (nl) f
- Esperanto: blato (eo)
- Estonian: prussakas (et)
- Faroese: grótlús (fo) f, (colloquial) kakkulakkur (fo) m
- Finnish: torakka (fi)
- French: cafard (fr) m, blatte (fr)
- Galician: carroucha (gl) f, cascuda (gl) f, cascudo (gl) m
- Georgian: აბანოს ჭია (ka) (abanos chia), ტარაკანი (ka) (tarakani)
- German: Schabe (de) f, Kakerlake (de) f
- Greek: κατσαρίδα (el) (katsarída) f
- Haitian Creole: blat
- Hausa: kyànkyasṑ (ha) m
- Hebrew: ג׳וּק (he) (juq), תיקן (he) (tikan)
- Hiligaynon: tanga
- Hindi: तिलचट्टा (hi) (tilcaṭṭā)
- Hungarian: csótány (hu)
- Icelandic: kakkalakki (is) m
- Ido: blato (io)
- Indonesian: kecoak (id), kacoa (id)
- Minangkabau: lipeh
- Sundanese: cucunguk (su), cucunguk (su)
- Interlingua: blatta (ia)
- Irish: blatóg (ga) f
- Italian: blatta (it) f, scarafaggio (it) m
- Japanese: ゴキブリ (ja) (gokiburi)
- Kyushu: アマメ (ja) (amame)
- Javanese: coro (jv)
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