termite

See also Termite

English

Wikipedia

termites

Etymology

Back-formation from termites. Possibly from Latin termites (three syllables), plural of termes.

Also possible a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *term- (“drill”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈtɜː(ɹ).maɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"t3:(r).maIt/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)maɪt

Noun

termite (plural termites)

1. A white bodied, wood-consuming insect of the epifamily Termitoidae, order Blattodea.

Synonyms

• (Australia) white ant

Translations

insect

• Arabic: أرضة (ar) (’áraDa) f
• Basque: termita (eu)
• Catalan: tèrmit (ca) m
• Chamicuro: ma'lus̈hana
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 白蟻 (cmn), 白蚁 (cmn) (báiyǐ)

• Czech: termit (cs) m
• Danish: termitter (da) c
• Dutch: termiet (nl) m
• Esperanto: (♂♀) termito (eo)
• Estonian: termiit (et)
• Finnish: termiitti (fi)
• French: termite (fr) m
• Georgian: თერმიტი (ka) (termiti)
• German: Termite (de) f
• Greek: τερμίτες (el) (termítes)
• Hebrew: טרמיט (he)
• Hungarian: termesz (hu)
• Icelandic: maur (is) m

• Ido: (♂♀) termito (io)
• Italian: termite (it) m
• Japanese: シロアリ (ja) (shiro-ari), 白蟻 (ja) (しろあり, shiro-ari)
• Korean: 흰개미 (ko) (huin-gaemi)
• Navajo: tsinaʼayąʼii
• Norwegian: termitt (no) m
• Persian: موریانه (fa)
• Polish: termit (pl) m
• Portuguese: cupim (pt) m, térmite (pt) m
• Romanian: termită (ro) f
• Russian: термит (ru) (termít) m
• Slovak: termit (sk) m
• Slovene: termit (sl) m
• Spanish: termes (es) m, comején (es) m, termita (es) f
• Swedish: termiter (sv) c
• Thai: ปลวก (th)
• Vietnamese: mối (vi)
• Volapük: (♂♀) tärmit (vo), (♂) hitärmit (vo), (♀) jitärmit (vo), (♂♀ offspring) tärmitül (vo), (♂ offspring) hitärmitül (vo), (♀ offspring) jitärmitül (vo), (♂♀ larva) tärmitalarvat (vo)
• Wolof: max mi (wo)

Anagrams

• emitter

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French

Noun

termite m and f (plural termites)

1. termite (insect)

Usage notes

While most dictionaries give termite has masculine, it is commonly used as a feminine noun, due to the ending -ite.

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Italian

Noun

termite m (plural termiti)

1. termite

Anagrams

• rimette, temerti