gopher

See also: Gopher

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊfə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoʊfɚ/
• Rhymes: -əʊfə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Perhaps from French gaufre, based on the analogy of holes in the ground to the indentations in a waffle.

Noun

gopher (plural gophers)

1. A small burrowing rodent, especially in the family Geomyidae.
2. The gopher tortoise.
3. The gopher rockfish.

Translations

a small burrowing rodent

• Bashkir: йомран (yomran)
• Belarusian: су́слік m (súslik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 囊地鼠 (nángdìshǔ), 囊鼠 (nángshǔ)

• Czech: sysel m
• Finnish: taskurotta
• French: gaufre (fr) m, souslik (fr) m
• German: Erdhörnchen n, Ziesel (de) m, Zieselmaus f, (of the family Geomyidae) Taschenratte f
• Hungarian: ürge (hu)
• Japanese: ジリス (jirisu), ハタリス (hatarisu)
• Navajo: naʼazísí

• Norwegian: jordekorn n;

  Bokmål: kinnposerotte m, f (of the family Geomyidae)

  Nynorsk: kinnposerotte f (of the family Geomyidae)

• Polish: suseł (pl) m
• Portuguese: geômis m
• Russian: су́слик (ru) m (súslik)
• Slovak: syseľ m
• Spanish: geómido m, tuza f, taltuza f
• Swedish: kindpåsråtta c
• Ukrainian: ховра́х m (xovráx), ховрашо́к m (xovrašók)

Etymology 2

Noun

gopher (plural gophers)

1. Alternative spelling of gofer

See also

• gopher wood
• gauffre