scarab

English

a scarab beetle,

Wikispecies

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French scarabée, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle”).

Noun

scarab (plural scarabs)

1. A beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.
2. Any species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
3. A symbol, seal, amulet, or gem fashioned to resemble the sacred beetle.

Synonyms

• cockchafer, dung beetle, June bug

Derived terms

• scarabaeid
• scarabaeoid

Translations

Scarabaeus sacer

• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⴳⵍⴳⵉⵣ (iglgiz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金龜子／金龟子 (zh) (jīnguīzǐ), 金龟子 (zh) (jīnguīzǐ), 聖甲蟲／圣甲虫, 圣甲虫 (shèngjiǎchóng)

• Egyptian: (ḫprr m)
• Finnish: pyhä pillerinpyörittäjä
• German: Skarabäus (de) m
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• Greek: σκαραβαίος (el) m (skaravaíos)
• Ido: skarabeo (io)
• Polish: skarabeusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: escaravelho (pt) m
• Romanian: scarabeu (ro) m
• Russian: скарабе́й (ru) m (skarabéj)

Scarabidae

• Esperanto: skarabedoj (eo) pl
• Finnish: lehtisarvinen
• Ido: skarabeo (io)
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• Portuguese: escaravelho (pt) m
• Russian: скарабе́й (ru) m (skarabéj)

symbol

• Catalan: escarabeu m
• Finnish: skarabee (fi)
• French: scarabée (fr) m
• German: Skarabäus (de) m
• Greek: σκαραβαίος (el) m (skaravaíos)
• Hungarian: szkarabeusz (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: skarabeo (io)
• Italian: scarabeo (it) m
• Japanese: スカラベ (sukarabe)
• Romanian: scarabeu (ro) m
• Russian: скарабе́й (ru) m (skarabéj)
• Spanish: escarabeo m

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Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Arabic: جعل
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} скарабей m (skarabej)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} scarabeo (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: скарабеј m

  Roman: skarabej m

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} skarabej (sh) m

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