lizard

See also: Lizard

English

A lizard.

Etymology

From Middle English lesarde, lisarde, from Anglo-Norman lusard, from Old French lesard (compare French lézard), from Latin lacertus. Displaced native Middle English aske, from Old English āþexe (> modern English ask, askard).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪz.əd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪz.ɚd/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪzə(ɹ)d

Noun

lizard (plural lizards)

1. Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or an amphisbaenian, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail.
2. (chiefly in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
   • 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “Proof”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.

     Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby / Silver foil to trim your wedding gown

3. (colloquial) An unctuous person.
4. (colloquial) A coward.
5. (rock paper scissors) A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
6. (in compounds) A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous female.

   lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard

Derived terms

• legless lizard (Pygopodidae spp.)
• lizard brain
• lizard catshark (Schroederichthys saurisqualus)
• lizard fish (Synodontidae spp.)
• lizard hawk (Kaupifalco monogrammicus)
• lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum)
• lizard plant (Tetrastigma voinierianum)
• lizard-skin
• lizard snake (Thamnophis spp.)
• lizard-stone
• lizard tail (Saururus spp., Piper spp.)
• lounge lizard
• pinecone lizard (Tiliqua rugosa)
• rock lizard
• sleepy lizard (Tiliqua rugosa)
• stump-tailed lizard (Trachysaurus rugosus)
• tree lizard (Urosaurus spp)
• wall lizard
• woodlizard
• worm lizard (Amphisbaenia spp.)

 

Translations

reptile

• Abenaki: kakadôlôgw
• Adyghe: щыдырхъуае (śədərχʷaje), хьамплъыжь (ḥamplˢəź)
• Afrikaans: akkedis
• Akkadian: 𒅴 𒋃 (ṣurārû)
• Albanian: hardhucë (sq) f, hardhje (sq) f, hardhël m
• Amharic: እንሽላሊት (ʾənšəlalit)
• Arabic: سِحْلِيَّة‎ f (siḥliyya), ضَبّ‎ m (ḍabb), عَظَاءَة‎ f (ʿaẓāʾa), بُرْص‎ m (burṣ)

  Egyptian Arabic: برص‎ f (borṣ)

  Hijazi Arabic: سَحْلِيَّة‎ f (saḥliyya)

  Iraqi Arabic: بريعصي‎ f (bṛīʿṣi)

  Lebanese Arabic: حردون‎ f (ḥardown)

  Moroccan Arabic: بوبريص‎ m (būbrīṣ)

• Aragonese: sargantana
• Armenian: մողես (hy) (mołes)
• Assamese: জেঠি (zethi)
• Asturian: llagartesa (ast) f
• Aymara: jararankha
• Azerbaijani: kərtənkələ (az)
• Bashkir: кеҫәртке (keθärtke)
• Basque: musker
• Belarusian: я́шчарка (be) f (jáščarka)
• Bengali: টিকটিকি (bn) (ṭikṭiki)
• Breton: kazh-raden
• Brunei Malay: cacak
• Bulgarian: гу́щер (bg) m (gúšter)
• Burmese: အိမ်မြှောင် (my) (imhmraung)
• Buryat: гүрбэл (gürbel)
• Catalan: llangardaix (ca) m, sargantana (ca) f
• Catawba: wapiri
• Chechen: моьлкъа (mölq̇a)
• Cherokee: ᏙᏲᎯᎳ (doyohila), ᏘᏲᎭᎵ (tiyohali)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蜥蜴 (sik¹ jik⁶)

  Dungan: шәчунзы (šəčunzɨ), шәмачунзы (šəmačunzɨ)

  Hakka: 狗嫲蛇 (kiéu-mà-sà), 山狗太 (sân-kiéu-thai), 蜥蜴 (sit-thit)

  Mandarin: 蜥蜴 (zh) (xīyì)

  Min Dong: 杜墊, 杜垫 (dô-dâing)

  Min Nan: 杜墊, 杜垫 (tō͘-tēng), 蜥蜴 (sek-e̍k)

  Wu: 四腳蛇, 四脚蛇 (sr jiaq zo)

• Chiricahua: ma’ishǫ́í
• Chuvash: калта (kalt̬a)
• Cornish: peswarpaw m, pajarpaw m, pedrevan f
• Crimean Tatar: kesertki (northern dialect kesquyruq)
• Czech: ještěrka (cs) f, ještěr (cs) m
• Dalmatian: lačar f
• Danish: firben (da) n, øgle (da) c
• Daur: isel
• Dutch: hagedis (nl) m
• Dzongkha: ཙི་ཙི་དམརམོ (tsi tsi dmrmo)
• Egyptian: (ꜥšꜣ m)
• Elfdalian: ella f
• Emilian: (Reggio Emilia) arzintèla f, (Bologna) lusért f, (Modena) luśèrta f
• Erzya: метьказ (metʹkaz)
• Esperanto: lacerto (eo)
• Estonian: sisalik (et)
• Even: исэл (isəl)
• Faroese: edla f, ødla f
• Finnish: lisko (fi)
• French: lézard (fr) m
• Friulian: lisierte f
• Gagauz: guşter
• Galician: lagarto (gl) m, lagartixa f
• Georgian: ხვლიკი (xvliḳi)
• German: Eidechse (de) f (small), Echse (de) f

  Alemannic German: Heidenëchsli n, Heidëchsli n, Aaideggs n

• Greek: σαύρα (el) f (sávra)

  Ancient: σαύρα f (saúra)

• Greenlandic: sisamavilik
• Guaraní: teju
• Haitian Creole: leza
• Hausa: ƙadangare
• Hawaiian: moʻo
• Hebrew: לְטָאָה‎ (he) f (l'ta'á), חַרדוֹן‎ (he) f (khardón)
• Hiligaynon: tiki
• Hindi: छिपकली (hi) f (chipaklī)
• Hungarian: gyík (hu)
• Icelandic: eðla (is) f
• Ido: lacerto (io) m
• Igbo: ugwere
• Ilocano: alutiit
• Indonesian: kadal (id)
• Ingush: шолкъ (šolq̇)
• Interlingua: lacerta
• Irish: earc m, laghairt f
• Italian: lucertola (it) f
• Japanese: 蜥蜴 (ja) (とかげ, tokage), トカゲ (ja) (tokage)
• Javanese: kadhal (jv)
• Kalmyk: гүрвлдә (gürvlda̋)
• Kannada: ಹಲ್ಲಿ (kn) (halli)
• Kapampangan: lupisak
• Karachay-Balkar: гургун (gurgun) (Balkar), кеселекке (keselekke) (Karachay)
• Karakalpak: kesirtke
• Kashmiri: کینٛکہٕ لٔٹ‎ (kēnkụ lạṭ), کرٛینٛکہٕ لٔٹ‎ (krēnkụ lạṭ)
• Kayapó: êtuwa
• Kazakh: кесіртке (kesırtke)
• Ket: тульн
• Khakas: килескі (kileskì)
• Khmer: ជីងចក់ (ciing cɑk)
• Kikuyu: njagathi 9
• Korean: 도마뱀 (ko) (domabaem)
• Kumyk: гесертки (gesertki), гьалкъа (halqa)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مارمێلکە‎ (ku) (marmêlke)

• Kyrgyz: кескелдирик (ky) (keskeldirik)
• Lao: ກະປອມ (ka pǭm), ຈີ່ໂປ່ມ (chī pōm), ປອມຂາງ (pǭm khāng)
• Latgalian: škierzlots
• Latin: lacerta (la) f

• Latvian: ķirzaka f
• Laz: მთხოლარი (mtxolari)
• Lezgi: чурчул (čurčul)
• Ligurian: grîgoa
• Limburgish: aektes (li) m
• Lithuanian: dríežas m
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: evertaske (Gronings, Stellingwerfs), eveltasse (Drents, Twents)

  German Low German: Adderditsch, Eerdditsch (Holstein), Eevtask, Evertasch

• Luxembourgish: Eidechs f, Omes f
• Macedonian: гуштер m (gušter)
• Malagasy: androngo (mg)
• Malay: cicak (ms)
• Malayalam: പല്ലി (ml) (palli)
• Maltese: wiżgħa f, gremxula f
• Manx: jialgheer m
• Maori: ngārara, ngaha, moko, kumukumu
• Marathi: सरडा (sarḍā)
• Mari:

  Western Mari: шӓкшӓльӹ (šäkšälʹÿ)

• Mingrelian: ხვილარი (xvilari)
• Mongolian: гүрвэл (mn) (gürvel)
• Nahuatl:

  Central: cuetzpalin

  Central Huasteca: ketspali

  Classical: cuetzpalin

• Nanai: исэлэн
• Nanticoke: oh!kaush-kiss
• Navajo: naʼashǫ́ʼii
• Nepali: छेपारो (chepāro)
• Newar: माय्‌बिलि (mæbili)
• Norman: lêzarde f (Jersey)
• Northern Yukaghir: валудул (waludul)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: øgle m or f, firfisle m or f

  Nynorsk: øgle f, firfisle f

• Northern Sámi:deaččalakkis
• Occitan: cernalha (oc) f, angròla (oc) f
• Old English: āþexe f
• Old Saxon: egithassa f
• Oriya: ଝିଟିପିଟି (or) (jhiṭipiṭi)
• Orok: эсилэ
• Ossetian: гӕгкуыри (gægk°yri), гӕккуыритӕ (gækk°yritæ)
• Pashto: لټکه‎ f (laṭᶕka)
• Persian: مارمولک‎ (fa) (mârmulak), سوسمار‎ (fa) (susmâr), چلپاسه‎ (fa)
• Piedmontese: lazerta f
• Plautdietsch: Äajdakjs f, Äajdakjsel m
• Polish: jaszczurka (pl) f
• Portuguese: lagarto (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਕਿਰਲੀ (pa) f (kirlī)
• Quechua: qaraywa, ararankha
• Rapa Nui: moko
• Romanian: șopârlă (ro) f
• Romansch: lischerna f, luschard m
• Russian: я́щерица (ru) f (jáščerica), я́щерка (ru) f (jáščerka) я́щер (ru) m (jáščer) (large one, including dinosaurs)
• Samoan: mo'o
• Samogitian: drėižā m
• Sanskrit: मुषली (sa) (muṣalī)
• Sardinian: tiligherta f, tilicherta f, tilicheta f, tziligherta f, lugesti, lucesti, lugestra, luxeta, atalighelte, atalighelta f, atiligherta f, cabixeta f, calaxerta f, calixerta f, caluxerta f
• Scots: lizard
• Scottish Gaelic: laghairt m or f, dearc-luachrach f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гу̏штер m

  Roman: gȕšter (sh) m

• Shona: dzvinyu
• Shor: келескин (keleskin)
• Sicilian: gièrdula (scn) f, lucerta (scn) f, lucèrtula (scn) f
• Silesian: jaszczurki f
• Sinhalese: කටුස්සා (kaṭussā)
• Slovak: jašter m, jašterica (sk) f
• Slovene: kuščar (sl) m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: jašćeŕ m, jašćerica f

  Upper Sorbian: ješćelca f

• Southern Altai: келескен (kelesken)
• Spanish: lagarto (es) m, lagartija (es) f (small)
• Svan: ჰა̈შდა̈კუ̂ (häšdäḳû)
• Swahili: mjusi
• Swedish: ödla (sv) c
• Tagalog: butiki
• Tajik: калтакалос (kaltakalos), калпеса (kalpesa)
• Tamil: பல்லி (ta) (palli)
• Taos: k’ùołàxenlo’óna
• Tatar: кәлтә (tt) (kältä)
• Telugu: బల్లి (te) (balli)
• Thai: กิ้งก่า (th) (gîng-gàa)
• Tibetan: རྩངས་པ། (rtsangs pa)
• Tigrinya: ጠበቕ (ṭäbäḳʰ)
• Tongan: moko
• Tsakhur: баӏнек, калез
• Tswana: kgatlampane
• Turkish: kertenkele (tr)
• Turkmen: kelpeze, suwulgan, hažžyk
• Tuvan: селеске (seleske)
• Ukrainian: я́щірка (uk) f (jáščirka)
• Urdu: چھپکلی‎ f (chipkalī)
• Uyghur: كەسلەنچۈك‎ (keslenchük)
• Uzbek: kaltakesak (uz)
• Venetian: luxèrta f, łuxèrtoła f, luxèrtola f, uxèrta f, oxèrtola f, lisarda f, ixèrdola f, risàrdoła f, ruxèrtola f, bisèrgoła f, tarantèla f
• Vietnamese: thằn lằn (vi)
• Vilamovian: edikjys n
• Volapük: lasär (vo)
• Walloon: cwarpece (wa) f, cwate-peces (wa) f
• Welsh: madfall (cy) f
• West Flemish: aketissn m
• West Frisian: hagedis c
• Western Apache: na’ishǫ́’
• Westrobothnian: årmskrøl f
• White Hmong: ntses qa
• Yakut: күлгэри (külgeri), тыймыыт (tıymııt)
• Yiddish: יאַשטשערקע‎ f (yashtsherke)
• Yoruba: aláǹgbá
• Zazaki: marmalok c pl
• Zhuang: duzcoengmax

unctuous person

coward — see coward

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Middle English

Noun

lizard

1. Alternative form of lesarde