English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin insectum (“with a notched or divided body, cut up”), from perfect passive partciple of insecō (“I cut up”), from in- + secō (“I cut”), from the notion that the insect's body is "cut into" three sections. Calque of Ancient Greek ἔντομον (“insect”), from ἔντομος (“cut into pieces”).
Pronunciation [edit]
insect (plural insects)
- An arthropod in the class Insecta, characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
- Our shed has several insect infestions, including ants, yellowjackets, and wasps.
- (colloquial) Any small arthropod similar to an insect including spiders, centipedes, millipedes, etc
- The swamp is swarming with every sort of insect.
- A contemptible or powerless person.
- The manager’s assistant was the worst sort of insect.
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Translations [edit]
arthropod
- Afrikaans: insek (af)
- Albanian: tartabiq (sq)
- Arabic: حَشَرة (ar) (Hashara) f
- Egyptian Arabic: حشرة (ḥashara) f
- Armenian: միջատ (hy) (miǰat)
- Asturian: inseutu (ast) m
- Bashkir: бөжәк (böžäk)
- Basque: intsektu (eu), zomorro (eu)
- Belarusian: насякомае (be) (nasjakómaje) n, казурка (be) (kazúrka) f, вусяк (be) (vusják) m, гмыз (be) (hmyz) m
- Bengali: পোকা (bn) (poka)
- Breton: amprevan (br) m
- Burmese: ပိုး (my) (po:), အင်းဆက် (my) (in:hset)
- Catalan: insecte (ca)
- Chamicuro: sokajsu
- Cherokee: ᏍᎪᏱ (chr) (sgoyi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 昆蟲 (cmn), 昆虫 (cmn) (kūnchóng), 蟲子 (cmn), 虫子 (cmn) (chóngzi)
- Czech: hmyz (cs) m
- Danish: insekt (da)
- Dutch: insect (nl) n
- Esperanto: (♂♀) insekto (eo), (♂) virinsekto (eo), (♀) insektino (eo)
- Estonian: putukas (et)
- Faroese: skordýr (fo)
- Finnish: hyönteinen (fi)
- French: insecte (fr) m
- Galician: insecto (gl) m
- Georgian: მწერი (ka) (mts‘eri)
- German: Insekt (de) n, Kerbtier (de) n, Kerf (de) m
- Greek: έντομο (el) (éntomo) n
- Haitian Creole: ensèk
- Hawaiian: mea kolo
- Hebrew: חרק (he) (kharák) m
- Hindi: कीड़ा (hi) (kīṛā) m
- Hungarian: (1) rovar (hu)
- Icelandic: skordýr (is) n
- Ido: (♂♀) insekto (io), (♂) insektulo (io), (♀) insektino (io)
- Indonesian: serangga (id)
- Interlingua: insecto (ia)
- Irish: feithid (ga) f
- Italian: insetto (it)
- Japanese: 昆虫 (ja) (こんちゅう, konchū), 虫 (ja) (むし, mushi)
- Javanese: angga-angga (jv), walang (jv)
- Khmer: សត្វល្អិត (km) (sat l’ǝt)
- Korean: 곤충 (ko) (gonchung) (昆蟲 (ko))
- Lao: ແມງໄມ້ (lo) (mɛ́ːŋmâi)
- Latgalian: kustūneits m
- Latin: īnsectum (la) n
- Latvian: kukaiņi (lv), kukainis (lv) m, insekts (lv) m
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- Lithuanian: vabzdys (lt) m
- Lojban: cinki (jbo)
- Macedonian: инсект (mk) (insékt) m
- Malagasy: bibikely (mg)
- Maltese: insett (mt) m
- Manx: beisteig (gv)
- Maori: pēpeke (mi), mū (mi)
- Marathi: कीड़ा (mr) (kīṛā)
- Mongolian: шавьж (mn) (šav'ž)
- Nahuatl: yolkatsin (nah)
- Nanai: колан (kolan)
- Navajo: chʼosh bijáád hastání, chʼosh
- Norwegian: insekt (no) n
- Old English: ceorfdēor (ang)
- Oriya: please add this translation if you can
- Pashto: حشره (ps) (hašará) f
- Persian: حشره (fa) (hašare)
- Polish: owad (pl) m, robak (pl) m
- Portuguese: (1,3) inseto (pt) m
- Romanian: (1) insectă (ro) f
- Russian: насекомое (ru) (nasekómoje) n, (colloquial) букашка (ru) (bukáška) f
- Scottish Gaelic: meanbh-fhrìde (gd) f, frìde (gd) f, biastag (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: инсект (sh) m, буба (sh) f, кукац (sh) m
- Roman: insekt (sh) m, buba (sh) f, kukac (sh) m
- Sicilian: insettu (scn) m
- Slovak: hmyz (sk)
- Slovene: žuželka (sl) f, insekt (sl) m
- Spanish: insecto (es) m
- Swahili: mdudu (sw)
- Swedish: insekt (sv) c
- Tagalog: insekto (tl) f
- Tajik: ҳашара (tg) (hašara)
- Telugu: పురుగు (te) (purugu), కీటకం (te) (keeTakaM)
- Thai: แมลง (th) (maelong)
- Tibetan: འབུ་སྲིན (bo) ('bu srin)
- Turkish: böcek (tr)
- Ukrainian: комаха (uk) (komáxa) f
- Urdu: کیڑا (ur) (kīṛā) m
- Veps: gaved
- Vietnamese: sâu bọ (vi), côn trùng (vi) (昆蟲 (vi))
- Volapük: (♂♀) näsäk (vo), (♂) hinäsäk (vo), (♀) jinäsäk (vo), (♂♀ offspring, young) näsäkül (vo), (♂ offspring) hinäsäkül (vo), (♀ offspring) jinäsäkül (vo), (obsolete) sök (vo), (obsolete) lunim (vo)
- Welsh: pryfyn (cy)
- West Frisian: ynsekt (fy)
- Yiddish: אינסעקט (yi) (insekt) m
- Yoruba: please add this translation if you can
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colloquial: any small arthropod
contemptible or powerless person
See also [edit]
External links [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Wikipedia nl
Etymology [edit]
From Latin īnsectum (“cut up”), from īnsecō (“I cut up into”).
Pronunciation [edit]
insect m (plural insecten, diminutive insectje)
- insect
Insect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Insecta on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: insecta
Insect on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
Insect on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons
