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[edit] Etymology
By folk etymology, influenced by cock and roach, from Spanish cucaracha (“woodlouse”), from cuco (“caterpillar”).
[edit] Pronunciation
cockroach (plural cockroaches)
- (zoology) A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea.
- (slang, derogatory) An unhygienic person or a member of a group of people regarded as unhygeinic or rapidly procreating.
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Translations
insect
- Afrikaans: kakkerlak (af)
- Alabama: iskanpatha
- Albanian: kacabu (sq)
- Arabic: صرصور (ar) (SurSuur) m.
- Egyptian Arabic: صرصار sˤursˤɑɑr
- Armenian: ուտիճ (hy) (utič)
- Azeri: tarakan (az)
- Belarusian: прусак (be)
- Bosnian: žohar (bs) m.
- Bulgarian: хлебарка (bg) (khlebarka) f.
- Catalan: escarabat (ca) m., panerola (ca) f.
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 蟑 (yue), 甴 (yue)
- Mandarin: 蟑螂 (cmn) (zhāngláng)
- Crimean Tatar: qoñuz
- Croatian: žohar (hr) m.
- Czech: šváb (cs) m.
- Danish: kakerlak (da) c.
- Dutch: kakkerlak (nl) f., sissende kakkerlak (nl) f.
- Esperanto: blato (eo)
- Estonian: prussakas (et), prussakalised (et) pl.
- Faroese: grótlús (fo) f., (colloquial) kakkulakkur (fo) m.
- Finnish: torakka (fi)
- French: blatte (fr) f., cafard (fr) m., cancrelat (fr) m., coquerelle (fr) f. (Quebec)
- Galician: barata (gl)
- Georgian: აბანოს ჭია (ka) (abanos chai), ტარაკანი (ka) (tarakani)
- German: Schabe (de) f., Kakerlake (de) f.
- Greek: κατσαρίδα (el) (katsarída) f.
- Haitian Creole: blat
- Hebrew: ג׳וּק (he) (juq), תיקן (he) (tikan)
- Hiligaynon: tanga
- Hindi: तिलचट्टा (hi) (tilcaṭṭā)
- Hungarian: csótány (hu)
- Icelandic: kakkalakki (is) m.
- Ido: blato
- Indonesian: kecoak (id), kacoa (id)
- Minangkabau: lipeh
- Sundanese: cucunguk (su)
- Interlingua: blatta
- Italian: blatta (it) f., scarafaggio (it) m.
- Japanese: ゴキブリ (ja) (gokiburi)
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