squirrel

English

A squirrel

Etymology

From Middle English squirel, squyrelle, from Anglo-Norman esquirel and Old French escurel (whence French écureuil), from Vulgar Latin *scūriolus, diminutive of *scūrius, variant of Latin sciūrus, from Ancient Greek σκίουρος (skíouros) "shadow-tail", from σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

Displaced native Middle English acquerne, aquerne, from Old English ācweorna.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskwɪɹl̩/, /ˈskwɪɹəl/
• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /ˈskwɝl/, /ˈskwɝl̩/, /ˈskwɝəl/
• (New York City) IPA^(key): /ˈskwʌɹəl/
• (New England, very dated) IPA^(key): /ˈskwɪɹəl/

• Audio (Canada):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l, -ɪɹəl

Noun

squirrel (plural squirrels)

Wikispecies

1. Any of the rodents of the family Sciuridae distinguished by their large bushy tail.
   • 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IX, "The Sea and the Desert", page 187:

     He also said that minks, muskrats, foxes, coons, and wild mice were found there, but no squirrels.

2. One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder.
3. Someone who displays a squirrel-like qualities such as stealing or hoarding objects.
4. (Scientology, often derogatory) A person, usually a freezoner, who applies L. Ron Hubbard's technology in a heterodox manner.

Synonyms

• scug (provincial)

Derived terms

• Abert squirrel
• Abert's squirrel
• antelope squirrel
• barking squirrel
• cat squirrel
• chipping squirrel
• Douglas squirrel
• even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while
• even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then
• even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in a while
• fart squirrel
• Finlayson's squirrel
• flying squirrel
• fox squirrel
• Fremont's squirrel
• gray squirrel
• grey squirrel
• ground squirrel
• Himalayan striped squirrel
• monkey squirrel
• northern palm squirrel
• nuttier than squirrel poop
• nuttier than squirrel shit
• palm squirrel
• parka squirrel
• pink squirrel
• Prevost's squirrel
• purple squirrel
• red squirrel
• red-tailed squirrel
• secret squirrel
• shrew-faced squirrel
• squirrel cage
• squirrel-cage motor
• squirrel corn
• squirrel friend
• squirrel frog
• squirrel glider
• squirrel grass
• squirrel grip
• squirrel hake
• squirrel king
• squirrellike
• squirrelly
• squirrel monkey
• squirrel-proof
• Squirrels Heath
• squirrel tree frog
• squirrel wheel
• sugar squirrel
• tassel-eared squirrel
• variable squirrel

 

Translations

rodent

• Adyghe: кӏэпхъ (kʼɛpχ)
• Afrikaans: eekhorinkie
• Albanian: ketër (sq) m
• Algonquin: adjidamò
• Amis: fohet
• Apache:

  Western Apache: na'iłtsóh

• Arabic: سِنْجَاب m (sinjāb)

  Egyptian Arabic: سنجاب m (sengāb)

  Hijazi Arabic: سنجاب m (sinjāb)

  Moroccan Arabic: سنجاب m (sinjāb), نمس m (nams)

  North Levantine Arabic: قرقدون m (‘ar‘adown)

• Aragonese: esquirgüelo m
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: please add this translation if you can

• Armenian: սկյուռ (hy) (skyuṙ)
• Aromanian: viviritsã f
• Assamese: কেৰ্কেটুৱা (kerketua)
• Asturian: esquilu (ast) m, esguil (ast) m
• Azerbaijani: sincab (az)
• Bakung: pu'an
• Bashkir: тейен (teyen)
• Basque: katagorri (eu), urtxintxa (eu)
• Bau Bidayuh: pas
• Belarusian: вавёрка f (vavjórka)
• Bhojpuri: 𑂩𑂳𑂎𑂲 (rukhī), गिलहरी (gilahᵊrī), रूखी (rūkhī)
• Breton: gwiñver (br) m, kaz-koad m
• Brunei Malay: basing, tupai
• Bulgarian: ка́терица (bg) f (káterica)
• Bunun: puhut
• Burmese: ရှဉ့် (my) (hrany.)
• Catalan: esquirol (ca) m
• Central Mazahua: mijñi
• Central Melanau: bap
• Central Sierra Miwok: mé·we-
• Chechen: тарсал (tarsal /⁠tərsəl⁠/)
• Cherokee: ᏌᎳᎵ (salali), ᏌᎶᎵ (saloli)
• Cheyenne: no'ee'e
• Chickasaw: fani'
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 松鼠 (cung⁴ syu²)

  Hokkien: 膨鼠 (zh-min-nan), 火鼠 (zh-min-nan)

  Mandarin: 松鼠 (zh) (sōngshǔ), 灰鼠 (zh) (huīshǔ), 栗鼠 (zh) (lìshǔ)

• Chukchi: равыԓьэӈ (ravyḷʹėṇ), равыԓьэӈыт pl (ravyḷʹėṇyt)
• Chuvash: пакша (pakša)
• Cornish: gwiwer m
• Cowlitz: spə́nč
• Czech: veverka (cs) f
• Dalmatian: viala f
• Danish: egern (da) n
• Dolgan: тииҥ (tiiñ)
• Dutch: eekhoorn (nl) m
• Eastern Khanty: ԓаӈки (łaṇki)
• Edo: ọ̀tàn
• Elfdalian: aikuonn m
• Erzya: ур (ur)
• Esperanto: sciuro
• Estonian: orav (et)
• Evenki: улуки (uluki)
• Faroese: íkorni m
• Finnish: orava (fi)
• French: écureuil (fr) m
• Friulian: sghirat m, sghirate ?
• Fula: jiire, 𞤶𞤭𞥅𞤪𞤫 (jiire)
• Gagauz: sincab, veveriţa
• Galician: esquío (gl) m, lisgairo m, esguiro m, esquivo m
• Georgian: ციყვი (ciq̇vi)
• German: Eichhörnchen (de) n, Hörnchen (de) n, Eichhorn (de) n

  Regional German: Eichkatze (de) f, Eichkätzchen (de) n, Eichkater (de) m, Eichhase (de) m

• Gondi: వెర్చె (verce)
• Greek: σκίουρος (el) m (skíouros)

  Ancient: σκίουρος m (skíouros)

• Guaraní: koati
• Gujarati: ખિસકોલી f (khiskolī)
• Hebrew: סנאי (he) m (sna'í)
• Hindi: गिलहरी (hi) f (gilahrī)
• Hopi: sakuna
• Hungarian: mókus (hu)
• Hunsrik: Eichhernche n
• Icelandic: íkorni (is) m
• Ido: skurelo (io)
• Igbo: ọ̀sa (ig)
• Indonesian: bajing (id), tupai (id)
• Interlingua: sciuro, scuriolo
• Irish: iora m, madra crainn m
• Isthmus Zapotec: chisa
• Italian: scoiattolo (it) m
• Izon: okpóí
• Japanese: 栗鼠 (ja) (りす, risu), リス (ja) (risu)
• Javanese: bajing (jv)
• Jeju: ᄃᆞ람지 (dawramji)
• K'iche': kuk
• Kamta: কেৰ্কেটো (kerketü)
• Kannada: ಅಳಿಲು (kn) (aḷilu)
• Kanuri: kǝnyeri
• Karachay-Balkar: эрлен (erlen), (karachay) агъач къоян (ağaç qoyan), (obsolete) тыйын (tıyın)
• Kashmiri: گِلۂرؠ (gilhạr')
• Kazakh: тиін (tiın)
• Khakas: тиин (tiin)
• Khmer: កំប្រុក (km) (kɑmprok), កង្ហែន (km) (kɑnghaen)
• Kimaragang: bosing
• Komi-Permyak: ур (ur)
• Komi-Zyrian: ур (ur)
• Korean: 다람쥐 (ko) (daramjwi)
• Kumyk: атъялман (atyalman)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سیمۆرە (sîmore)

  Northern Kurdish: sivore (ku), pilûr (ku), sencab

  Southern Kurdish: سنجاو (sincaw)

• Kyrgyz: тыйын чычкан (tıyın cıckan)
• Ladin: schirata f
• Lak: бюрхттукку (buˤrxt:uk:u)
• Lao: ກະຈ້ອນ (ka chǭn), ກະຮອກ (lo) (ka hǭk), ກະເລັນ (ka len), ກະແຕ (ka tǣ), ກະໄນ່ (ka nai), ກະໄຫນ່ (ka nai), ກະໄໜ່ (ka nai), ຈ້ອນ (chǭn), ຕົວບ່າງ (tūa bāng), ຮອກ (hǭk)
• Latgalian: vuovere f
• Latin: sciūrus (la) m
• Latvian: vāvere (lv) f
• Laz: ძემური (żemuri)
• Lithuanian: voverė (lt) f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Katteker m, Ekatte (nds) f (Vest Recklinghausen), Ekättken (nds) n (Vest Recklinghausen)

• Lü: ᦀᦲᦰᦣᦸᧅ (˙ʼihoak)
• Lutshootseed: sqʷiʔəqʷ, (Southern dialect) sqədᶻuʔ
• Luxembourgish: Kaweechelchen (lb) n
• Macedonian: верверица f (ververica)
• Magahi: 𑂩𑂳𑂎𑂲 (rukhī)
• Maithili : लुक्खी (lukkhī)
• Malay:

  Jawi: توڤاي (ms), باجيڠ

  Rumi: tupai (ms), bajing

• Malayalam: അണ്ണാൻ (ml) (aṇṇāṉ), അണ്ണാരക്കണ്ണൻ (ml) (aṇṇārakkaṇṇaṉ)
• Maltese: skwiril m, skojjattlu m
• Mansaka: boot
• Manx: fiorag f
• Maori: kirera
• Marathi: खार n (khār)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: ур (ur)

  Western Mari: ур (ur)

• Massachusett: shannucke sg
• Mi'kmaq: atu'tuej anim
• Middle English: aquerne m
• Mingrelian: ცოჸუ (coʾu), აღიაღი (aɣiaɣi), ჰალაია (halaia), კაკურია (ḳaḳuria)
• Mon:ပြိပ် (mnw),ယန် (mnw),သၞ (mnw)
• Mongolian: хэрэм (mn) (xerem)
• Nahuatl: mōtohtli (nah)
• Nanai: хулу (hulu)
• Nanticoke: mow-ik-key
• Narragansett: mishánneke
• Navajo: tseekʼi nástánii, hazéí
• Nepali: लोखर्के (lokharke)
• Newar: थ्वाच्चा (thwāccā)
• Nivkh: лаӄр̌ (laqř)
• Norman: êtchutheu m (Jersey), jaqùet m (continental Norman)
• North Frisian: kaateeker (Föhr)
• Northern Sami: oarˈri
• Northern Sotho: sehlora ?
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ekorn (no) m or n

  Nynorsk: ekorn n, ikorn n, trebjørn m

• Occitan: esquiròl (oc) m
• Ojibwe: ajidamoo
• Old English: ācweorna m
• Old Norse: íkorni m
• Osage: sį́ka
• Ossetian: ӕхсӕрӕг (æxsæræg), ӕхсӕрсӕттӕг (æxsærsættæg)
• Ottawa: jidmoo
• Ottoman Turkish: تیون (teyun), سنجاب (sincab)
• Paiwan: putj
• Pali: kalandaka m
• Persian: سنجاب (fa) (sanjâb), وروره (varvare)
• Piedmontese: schërieul m
• Pipil: mututzin
• Polish: wiewiórka (pl) f
• Portuguese: esquilo (pt) m
• Powhatan: messanik
• Punjabi: ਕਾਟੋ f (kāṭo), ਗਾਲ੍ਹੜ (gālhaṛ)
• Quechua: antharu
• Romani: viaveritsa f
• Romanian: veveriță (ro) f
• Romansch: stgilat m (Rumantsch Grischun), stgirat m (Surmiran, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan), squilat m (Puter, Vallader)
• Russian: бе́лка (ru) f (bélka), ве́верица (ru) f (véverica) (obsolete), ве́кша (ru) f (vékša) (regional), вевёрка f (vevjórka) (obsolete)
• Saanich: ^{(please verify)} ȾEPŚI¸OŦEN (ts'epshi'athen)
• Sami:

  Northern Sami: oarri

• Sanskrit: वृक्षमर्कटिका (sa) f (vṛkṣamarkaṭikā), वृक्षशायिका (sa) f (vṛkṣaśāyikā)
• Sardinian: schirrittu m, schirrimatta f, iscojàttulu m
• Scottish Gaelic: feòrag f
• Sebop: pu'an
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ве̏верица f (Ekavian), вје̏верица f (Ijekavian)

  Roman: vȅverica (sh) f (Ekavian), vjȅverica (sh) f (Ijekavian)

• Shona: tsindi
• Shor: тииң (tiiñ)
• Sinhalese: ලේනා ? (lēnā)
• Slovak: veverica (sk) f
• Slovene: veverica (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: njewjericka f

  Upper Sorbian: wjewjerčka (hsb) f

• Southern Altai: тийиҥ (tiyiŋ)
• Southern Ohlone: cicik
• Southern Sami: åeruve
• Spanish: ardilla (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: ekosi
• Sudovian: vevare f
• Sundanese: bajing (su)
• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} kindi class 9/10
• Swedish: ekorre (sv) c
• Tagal Murut: kaitan
• Tagalog: ardilya, buot
• Tamil: அணில் (ta) (aṇil)
• Taos: cʼùwalaʼána
• Tashelhit: ⴰⵏⵥⵉⴹ m (anẓiḍ), ⴰⴳⴱⵓⵔ m (agbur) (Atlantoxerus getulus)
• Tatar: тиен (tt) (tiyen)
• Telugu: ఉడుత (te) (uḍuta)
• Thai: กระรอก (th) (grà-rɔ̂ɔk)
• Tibetan: ནགས་བྱི། (nags byi)
• Turkish: sincap (tr), değin (tr), çekelez (tr)
• Turkmen: awusiýdik (tk), belka
• Tuvan: дииң (diiñ)
• Udi: аъхъмацӏи (a̱qmac̣i)
• Udmurt: коньы (końy)
• Ukrainian: бі́лка (uk) f (bílka), ви́вірка (uk) f (vývirka), біли́ця (uk) f (bilýcja) (regional), ви́скічка f (výskička) (regional)
• Unami: xanikw
• Urdu: گلہری f (gilahrī)
• Uyghur: تىيىن (ug) (tiyin)
• Uzbek: olmaxon (uz)
• Venetan: schirat m
• Vietnamese: sóc (vi)
• Vilamovian: ǡh́kjēnła n
• Volapük: yat (vo)
• Walloon: spirou (wa) m, skiron (wa) m
• Welsh: gwiwer (cy) f
• West Coast Bajau: basing
• West Frisian: iikhoarntsje n, iikhoarn c
• Wolof: jaar ji
• Yakut: тииҥ (tiiñ)
• Yiddish: וועווערקע (yi) f (veverke), וועווריק m (vevrik)
• Yoruba: ọ̀kẹ́rẹ́, òfòrò
• Zaghawa: nengir
• Zazaki: sımore (diq) m
• Zhuang: noucoengz
• Zuni: yashi

Verb

squirrel (third-person singular simple present squirrels, present participle squirreling or (Commonwealth) squirrelling, simple past and past participle squirreled or (Commonwealth) squirrelled)

1. (transitive) To store in a secretive manner, to hide something for future use

Derived terms

• squirrel around
• squirrel away

Translations

to store in a secretive manner

• Polish: chomikować (pl) impf