larva

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin larva (“ghost-like, masked”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlɑː.və/, X-SAMPA: /lA:.v@/
• (US) IPA: /ˈlɑɹ.və/, X-SAMPA: /lAr\v@/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)və
• Homophone: lava (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

larva (plural larvas or larvae or larvæ)

1. An early stage of growth for some insects and amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and ressemble fish.
2. An animal in the aforementioned stage.
3. A form of a recently born or hatched animal that is quite different from its adult stage.

Usage notes

Although the plural larvas is somewhat common, it is regarded by some as incorrect.

Translations

a stage of growth

• Arabic: يرقة (ar) (yáraqa) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幼蟲 (cmn), 幼虫 (cmn) (yòuchóng)

• Czech: larva (cs) f
• Dutch: larvestadium (nl) n
• Finnish: toukka-aste, toukka (fi), toukkavaihe (fi)
• French: larve (fr) f
• German: Larve (de) f
• Greek: προνύμφη (el) (pronímfi) f
• Japanese: 幼虫 (ja) (ようちゅう, yōchū)

• Polish: larwa (pl) f
• Portuguese: larva (pt) f
• Romanian: larvă (ro) f
• Russian: личинка (ru) (ličínka) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: личинка (sh) f

  Roman: ličinka (sh) f

• Spanish: larva (es) f
• Swedish: larv (sv) c, larvstadie (sv) n, larvstadium (sv) n
• Volapük: larvat (vo)

an animal in such stage of growth

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幼蟲 (cmn), 幼虫 (cmn) (yòuchóng)

• Czech: larva (cs) f
• Dutch: larve (nl) f
• Finnish: toukka (fi)
• French: larve (fr) f
• German: Larve (de) f
• Greek: προνύμφη (el) (pronímfi) f
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: lirfa (is) f
• Indonesian: jentik (id)

• Japanese: 幼虫 (ja) (ようちゅう, yōchū)
• Latin: larva (la) f
• Norwegian: larve (no) m and f
• Polish: larwa (pl) f
• Portuguese: larva (pt) f
• Romanian: larvă (ro) f
• Russian: личинка (ru) (ličínka) f
• Slovene: ličinka (sl) n
• Spanish: larva (es) f
• Swedish: larv (sv) c
• Volapük: (♂♀) larvat (vo), (♂) hilarvat (vo), (♀) jilarvat (vo)

recently born or hatched

• Japanese: 幼生 (ようせい, yōsei)

• Russian: личинка (ru) (ličínka) f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Breton: larvenn f -ed plural
• Indonesian: larva
• Interlingua: larva

Anagrams

• arval

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Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlaɹ.va/

Noun

larva

1. Plural form of larvë, larvae

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Czech

Noun

larva f

1. larva

Declension

    declension of larva

	singular	plural
nominative	larva	larvy
genitive	larvy	larv
dative	larvě	larvám
accusative	larvu	larvy
vocative	larvo	larvy
locative	larvě	larvách
instrumental	larvou	larvami

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Italian

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Noun

larva f (plural larve)

1. larva, grub
2. (figuratively) shadow, skeleton

Synonyms

• (grub): bruco

Derived terms

• larvale
• larvato
• larvicida

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Latin

Etymology

From Larēs (“guardian deities”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈlar.wa/

Noun

larva (genitive larvae); f, first declension

1. ghost, evil spirit, demon, devil
2. (figuratively) horrific mask
3. (figuratively) skeleton

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	larva	larvae
genitive	larvae	larvārum
dative	larvae	larvīs
accusative	larvam	larvās
ablative	larvā	larvīs
vocative	larva	larvae

Derived terms

• larvālis
• larvāns
• larvō

Descendants

• English: larva
• Italian: larva

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Norwegian

Noun

larva

1. definite singular of larve

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin larva (“facemask”).

Verb

larva

1. (reflexive) to behave flippantly, childishly or ridiculously; to tramp, to footle

Conjugation

Conjugation of larva

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	larva	—
Present tense	larvar	—
Past tense	larvade	—
Supine	larvat	—
Imperative	larva	—
Present participle	larvande
Past participle	—

Related terms

• larv
• larvig