Bug

See also: bug, buug, búg, büg, and bůg

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Proper noun

Bug

1. A river flowing northwest 450 miles between Belarus and Poland.
2. A river in Ukraine, flowing 530 miles to the Dnieper estuary.

Alternative forms

• Buh

Translations

river between Belarus and Poland

• Armenian: Բուգ (hy) (Bug)
• Polish: Bug m inan
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• Russian: Буг (ru) m (Bug)

Etymology 2

Noun

Bug (plural Bugs)

1. (slang) A Volkswagen Beetle car.

Etymology 3

Noun

Bug (plural Bugs)

1. (slang) A Bugatti car.

Anagrams

• gub

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German buoc (“animal shoulder”), from Old High German buog (“animal shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *bōguz (“arm; shoulder”). The common contemporary meaning bow stems via German Low German from Middle Low German bôch, from Old Saxon bōg. More at bough.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːk/
• IPA^(key): /buːx/

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• Rhymes: -uːk, -uːx
• Homophone: Buch

Noun

Bug m (genitive Buges or Bugs, plural Buge or Büge)

1. (nautical) bow, prow (of a ship)
2. nose (of an aircraft)
3. shoulder joint (of an animal)
4. joist, joint (in woodwork)

Antonyms

• Heck (end of a ship)

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Noun

Bug f

1. (nautical) bow, prow (of a ship)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buk/

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• Homophones: Bóg, bóg, buk

Proper noun

Bug m inan

1. the Bug river

Declension

Declension of Bug

	singular
nominative	Bug
genitive	Bugu
dative	Bugowi
accusative	Bug
instrumental	Bugiem
locative	Bugu
vocative	Bugu

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