spiderweb

See also: spider-web and spider web

English

A spider's web

Alternative forms

• spider web
• spider's web

Etymology

spider +‎ web

Noun

spiderweb (plural spiderwebs)

1. The net-like construct of a spider containing sticky strands to catch prey.
2. Something that resembles a spider's web in being mesh-like, entrapping, or fragile.

Hypernyms

• web

Related terms

• cobweb
• web

Translations

net-like construct of a spider

• Afrikaans: spinnerak
• Arabic: بَيْت اَلْعَنْكَبُوت‎ m (bayt al-ʿankabūt), نَسِيج اَلْعَنْكَبُوت‎ m (nasīj al-ʿankabūt)
• Armenian: սարդոստայն (hy) (sardostayn), ոստայն (hy) (ostayn)
• Aromanian: pãndzinã f
• Asturian: telaraña f
• Azerbaijani: hörümçək toru
• Belarusian: павуці́на f (pavucína)
• Breton: gwiad-kevnid (br)
• Bulgarian: паяжи́на f (pajažína)
• Burmese: ပင့်ကူအိမ် (my) (pang.kuim)
• Catalan: teranyina f
• Chamicuro: pujsemu
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蠄蟧絲網, 蠄蟧丝网 (kam⁴ lou⁴ si¹ mong⁵), 蜘蛛網, 蜘蛛网 (zi¹ zyu¹ mong⁵)

  Mandarin: 蜘蛛網 (zh), 蜘蛛网 (zh) (zhīzhūwǎng), 蛛網 (zh), 蛛网 (zh) (zhūwǎng)

• Cornish: gwias kevnis m
• Czech: pavučina (cs) f
• Danish: spindelvæv (da)
• Daur: атаакий шулс (ataakij šuls)
• Dutch: spinnenweb (nl) n
• Erzya: сёксть pl (sjokstʹ)
• Esperanto: araneaĵo
• Estonian: ämblikuvõrk
• Faroese: eiturfon n, lokkanet n, kongurvág f, spinnilvevur m, eiturkoppanet n, eiturkoppanót f, lokkaroykur m
• Finnish: hämähäkinseitti (fi), seitti (fi)
• French: toile d'araignée (fr) f, toile (fr) f, arantèle (fr) f
• Galician: tea f, tea de araña f, arañeira f
• Georgian: აბლაბუდა (ka) (ablabuda), ობობას ბადე (obobas bade), ქსელი (kseli)
• German: Spinnennetz (de) n, Spinnwebe (de) f, Spinnengewebe n, Spinngewebe n
• Greek: ιστός (el) m (istós) (αράχνης)

  Ancient: ἀράχνιον n (arákhnion)

• Hebrew: קוּרֵי עַכָּבִישׁ‎ (he)
• Hindi: जाल (hi) m (jāl), मकड़ी का जाल m (makṛī kā jāl)
• Hungarian: pókháló (hu)
• Hunsrik: Spinneweb f
• Icelandic: kóngulóarvefur (is) m
• Ido: araneotelo (io), araneoreto (io)
• Irish: líon damhán alla m, líontán damhán alla m
• Italian: ragnatela (it) f
• Japanese: クモの巣 (クモのす, kumonosu), クモの網 (クモのあみ, kumonoami)
• Kazakh: өрмек (örmek)
• Khmer: មងពីងពាង (mɔɔng piing-pieng), ឧណ្ណា (km) (ʔunnaa)
• Kikuyu: nyũmba ya mbũmbũĩ class 9
• Korean: 거미줄 (geomijul)
• Kyrgyz: жөргөмүш тору (cörgömüş toru)
• Lao: ໃຍແມງມຸມ (nyai mǣng mum)
• Latgalian: staipeknis
• Latin: arāneum n, arānea f, cassiculus m
• Latvian: zirnekļa tīkls m, zirnekļtīkls m
• Ligurian: please add this translation if you can

• Lithuanian: voratinklis
• Luxembourgish: Spaweck m
• Macedonian: паја́жина f (pajážina)
• Malay: sawang
• Maltese: għanqbuta f
• Manx: sneeuane m, feegan m (round)
• Maori: māwhai, māwhaiwhai, tukutuku
• Mi'kmaq: go'gwejijua'pi inan, awo'wejituo'pi inan (Bear River)
• Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: аалзны тор (aalzny tor)
• Nahuatl: tzahualli, tocatzahualli
• Navajo: naʼashjéʼii bitłʼóól
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: spindelvev (no) m, n, edderkoppnett n, kingelvev m, n, edderkoppspinn n

  Nynorsk: spindelvev m, edderkoppnett n, kingelvev m, edderkoppspinn n

• Occitan: telaranha (oc) f, rantela (oc) f
• Persian: تار عنکبوت‎ (târ-e 'ankabut)
• Polish: pajęczyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: teia (de aranha) f, aranheira (pt) f
• Romanian: pânză de păianjen f
• Romansch: taila-filien f (Rumantsch Grischun), teila filien f (Sursilvan), tela filient f (Sutsilvan), teila-filunza f (Surmiran), taila d'aragnun f (Puter), taila d'arogn f (Vallader)
• Russian: паути́на (ru) f (pautína)
• Scottish Gaelic: lìon an damhan-allaidh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: па̏учина f, паукова мрежа f, паукова пређа f

  Roman: pȁučina (sh) f, paukova mreža f, paukova pređa f

• Sicilian: filinia (scn) f
• Slovak: pavučina (sk) f
• Slovene: pajkova mreža f
• Spanish: telaraña (es) f, tela de araña f
• Sundanese: ramat lancah
• Swedish: spindelnät (sv) c, spindelväv
• Tagalog: agiw (tl), lawalawa
• Tajik: тори тортанак (tori tortanak)
• Telugu: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: ใยแมงมุม (yai mɛɛng mum)
• Tibetan: སྡོམ་ཐག (sdom thag)
• Turkish: örümcek ağı (tr)
• Turkmen: kerep
• Ukrainian: павути́на f (pavutýna)
• Uzbek: oʻrgimchak ini
• Venetian: scarpìa (vec)
• Vietnamese: mạng nhện (vi)
• Volapük: raänidaspuled, spuled (vo)
• Walloon: arantoele (wa), rantoele (wa) f, arincrin (wa) m, araegnreye (wa) f
• Welsh: gwe (cy) f, gwe pryf copyn f, gwe corryn f
• Westrobothnian: kangroväv m, kangronät n, kranghövelnät n, kangerogiller n
• White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: שפּינוועב‎ m (shpinveb)
• Zhuang: muengx, muengxgyau, rongzgyau

something that resembles a spider's web

• Finnish: seitti (fi)

• Russian: паути́на (ru) f (pautína), сеть (ru) f (setʹ)

Verb

spiderweb (third-person singular simple present spiderwebs, present participle spiderwebbing, simple past and past participle spiderwebbed)

1. (transitive) To connect or cover as if with spiderwebs.

Anagrams

• Web spider