English
Etymology
From French mollusque , from (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "NL." is not valid. See WT:LOL . Mollusca (phylum name), from Latin molluscus ( “ thin-shelled ” ) , from mollis ( “ soft ” ) ; see (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *mel- .
Pronunciation
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . enPR : mŏl'əsk , IPA (key ) : /ˈmɒləsk/
Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . enPR : mäl'əsk , IPA (key ) : /ˈmɑləsk/
Noun
mollusc (plural molluscs )
A soft -bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca , typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.
( figuratively ) A weak-willed person.
Translations
Abenaki: als
Afrikaans: weekdier
Albanian: butak (sq) m
Arabic: رِخْوِيّ m ( riḵwiyy )
Armenian: կակղամորթ (hy) ( kakġamortʻ ) , մոլյուսկ (hy) ( molyusk ) , փափկամորթ (hy) ( pʻapʻkamortʻ )
Asturian: moluscu m
Azerbaijani: molyusk
Belarusian: малю́ск m ( maljúsk )
Bengali: খোলকী ( khōloki )
Breton: blotvil (br)
Bulgarian: молу́ска f ( molúska ) , мекоте́ло (bg) n ( mekotélo )
Burmese: ခရု (my) ( hka.ru. )
Catalan: mol·lusc (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 軟體動物 / 软体动物 (zh) ( ruǎntǐ dòngwù ) , 软体动物 (zh) ( ruǎntǐ dòngwù )
Czech: měkkýš (cs) m
Danish: bløddyr (da) n
Dutch: weekdier (nl) n , mollusk (nl)
Esperanto: molusko
Estonian: mollusk (et)
Finnish: nilviäinen (fi)
French: mollusque (fr)
Galician: molusco (gl) m
Georgian: მოლუსკი ( molusḳi )
German: Weichtier (de) n , Molluske (de) f
Greek: μαλάκιο (el) n ( malákio )
Haitian Creole: molisc
Hebrew: רַכִּיכָה (he) f ( rakichá )
Hindi: सीप (hi) m ( sīp ) , मोलस्क ( molask )
Hungarian: puhatestű (hu)
Icelandic: lindýr (is) n
Ido: molusko (io)
Indonesian: moluska (id)
Italian: mollusco (it) m
Japanese: 軟体動物 (ja) ( なんたいどうぶつ, nantai-dōbutsu )
Kazakh: ұлу ( ūlu ) , моллюск ( mollüsk )
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Khmer: ខ្យង (km) ( kcɑɑŋ, kyɑɑŋ )
Korean: 연체동물 (ko) ( yeonchedongmul ) (軟體動物 (ko) )
Kyrgyz: моллюск ( mollyusk )
Lao: ຫອຽ , ຫອຍ , ສັງຂາ ( sang khā )
Latvian: molusks m , gliemis m
Lithuanian: moliuskas (lt) m , minkštakūnis m
Malay: moluska
Maori: kaiwhao
Mongolian: нальахн хорхой ( nalʹaxn xorxoj )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bløtdyr n
Occitan: molusc m
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: mięczak (pl) m
Portuguese: molusco (pt) m
Romanian: moluscă (ro) f
Russian: моллю́ск (ru) m ( molljúsk ) , мягкоте́лый (ru) m ( mjaxkotélyj )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мекушац m
Roman: mekušac (sh) m
Slovak: mäkkýš (sk) m
Slovene: mehkužec (sl) m
Spanish: molusco (es) m
Swedish: blötdjur (sv) n
Tagalog: molusk , kumabibi
Tajik: please add this translation if you can
Thai: หอย (th) ( hɔ̌i )
Turkish: yumuşakça (tr)
Turkmen: mollýusk
Ukrainian: молю́ск m ( moljúsk )
Urdu: مولسک ( molask )
Uzbek: mollyusk
Vietnamese: động vật thân mềm
Yiddish: מאָללוסק ( mollusk )
References
Mollusca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“mollusc”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language , 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin , 2000 , →ISBN .
“mollusc ”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged , Dictionary.com, LLC , 1995–present.
"mollusc " in On-line Medical Dictionary , University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1997–2005.
"mollusc " in WordNet 2.0 , Princeton University, 2003.
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