urchin

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin ericius (“hedgehog”).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tʃɪn

Noun

urchin (plural urchins)

1. A mischievous child.
2. street kid, a child from a poor neighborhood.
3. (archaic) A hedgehog.
   • before 1400, The Romaunt of the Rose, translated from French, partially by Geoffrey Chaucer

     [...] Like sharp urchouns his here was growe, / His eyes rede as the fire-glow; [...]

Related terms

• sea urchin
• street urchin

Translations

mischievous child

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: bengel (nl) m
• French: garnement (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Bengel m
• Greek: διαβολάκι (el) (diavoláki) n, (obsolete) παλιόπαιδο (el) (paliópaido) n
• Hungarian: lurkó (hu), csibész (hu)

• Italian: monello (it), birichino (it), peste (it)
• Portuguese: moleque m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: проказник (ru) (prokáznik) m, баловник (ru) (balovník) m, озорник (ru) (ozorník) m
• Spanish: gamín m, gamina f, golfillo (es)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

street kid

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: straatjongen m
• French: gamin (fr) m, gamine (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: αλητάκι (el) (alitáki) n
• Hungarian: utcagyerek (hu)

• Portuguese: pivete m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: уличный мальчишка (úličnyj malčíʼ ška)m, оборванец (ru) (oborváneč) m, беспризорник (ru) (besprizórnik) m
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

hedgehog

• Dutch: egel (nl) m
• French: hérisson (fr)
• German: Igel (de) m
• Hungarian: sündisznó (hu)

• Italian: riccio (it) m
• Romanian: arici (ro) m
• Russian: ёж (ru) (jož) m
• Spanish: erizo (es)