gecko

See also Gecko

English

Wikipedia

A house gecko

Etymology

From Malay gekok, for the sound they make when moving.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɡɛkəʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"gEk@U/
• Rhymes: -ɛkəʊ
• (US) IPA: /ˈɡɛkoʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"gEkoU/

Noun

gecko (plural geckos or geckoes)

1. Any lizard of the family Gekkonidae. They are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical surfaces.

Translations

any lizard of the family Gekkonidae

• Basque: geko (eu), dragoitxo (eu)
• Bengali: তক্ষক (bn) (takṣaka)
• Burmese: တောက်တဲ့ (my) (tauktè.)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壁虎 (cmn) (bìhǔ)

• Finnish: gekko (fi)
• German: Gecko (de) m
• Greek: σαμιαμίδι (el) (samiamídi) n
• Hebrew: שממית (he) (smamít) f
• Hungarian: gekkó (hu)

• Italian: geco (it) m
• Japanese: ヤモリ (ja), 守宮 (ja), 家守 (ja) (やもり, yamori)
• Javanese: tekèk (jv)
• Portuguese: osga (pt) f, lagartixa (pt) f
• Russian: геккон (ru) (gekkón) m
• Sicilian: scorpiuni m, scoppiuni m
• Spanish: salamanquesa (es) f, geco (es) m
• Swahili: mjusi kafiri (sw)
• Thai: ตุ๊กแก (th)
• Vietnamese: tắc kè (vi), thằn lằn (vi)
• Wolof: wunk bi (wo)

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French

Etymology

From Malay

Noun

gecko m (plural geckos)

1. gecko