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 sciurus , from Ancient Greek σκίουρος ( skíouros ) .
Displaced native Middle English acquerne , aquerne , from Old English ācweorna .
Pronunciation
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Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)l , -ɪɹəl
Noun
Wikispecies
squirrel (plural squirrels )
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 .
( Scientology , often derogatory ) A person, usually a freezoner , who applies L. Ron Hubbard's technology in a heterodox manner.
One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work with the large cylinder .
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Translations
rodent
Adyghe: кӏэпхъ ( kʼɛpχ )
Afrikaans: eekhorinkie
Albanian: ketër (sq) m
Algonquin: adjidamò
Apache:
Western Apache: na'iłtsóh
Arabic: سِنْجَاب m ( sinjāb )
Hijazi: سنجاب m ( sinjāb )
Aragonese: esquirgüelo m
Armenian: սկյուռ (hy) ( skyuṙ )
Old Armenian: սկիւռ ( skiwṙ )
Aromanian: viviritsã f
Assamese: কেৰ্কেটুৱা ( kerketua )
Asturian: esquilu m ( Cantabrian )
Azerbaijani: sincab (az)
Bakung: pu'an
Bashkir: тейен ( teyen )
Basque: katagorri (eu) , urtxintxa (eu)
Bau Bidayuh: pas
Belarusian: вавёрка f ( vavjórka )
Breton: gwiñver (br) m , kaz-koad m
Brunei Malay: basing , tupai
Bulgarian: ка́терица (bg) f ( káterica )
Burmese: ရှဉ့် (my) ( hrany. )
Catalan: esquirol (ca) m
Central Mazahua: mijñi
Central Melanau: bap
Central Sierra Miwok: mé·we-
Chechen: тарсал ( tarsal )
Cherokee: ᏌᎳᎵ ( salali ) , ᏌᎶᎵ ( saloli )
Cheyenne: no'ee'e
Chinese:
Cantonese: 松鼠 ( cung4 syu2 )
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
Czech: veverka (cs) f
Dalmatian: viala f
Danish: egern (da) n
Dolgan: тииҥ ( tiiñ )
Dutch: eekhoorn (nl) m
Erzya: ур ( ur )
Esperanto: sciuro
Estonian: orav (et)
Faroese: íkorni m
Finnish: orava (fi)
French: écureuil (fr) m
Friulian: sghirat m , sghirate ?
Galician: esquío (gl) m , lisgairo m
Georgian: ციყვი ( ciq̇vi )
German: Eichhörnchen (de) n , Hörnchen (de) n , Eichhorn n
Regional German: Eichkatze f , Eichkätzchen n , Eichkater m , Eichhase (de) m
Greek: σκίουρος (el) m ( skíouros )
Ancient: σκίουρος m ( skíouros )
Guaraní: koati
Gujarati: ખિસકોલી f ( khiskholī )
Hebrew: סנאי (he) m ( sna'í )
Hindi: गिलहरी (hi) f ( gilahrī )
Hopi: sakuna
Hungarian: mókus (hu)
Icelandic: íkorni (is) m
Ido: skurelo (io)
Indonesian: bajing (id) , tupai (id)
Interlingua: sciuro , scuriolo
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Irish: iora m , madra crainn m
Isthmus Zapotec: chisa
Italian: scoiattolo (it) m
Japanese: 栗鼠 (ja) ( りす, risu ) , リス (ja) ( risu )
Javanese: bajing (jv)
K'iche': kuk
Kannada: ಅಳಿಲು (kn) ( aḷilu )
Karachay-Balkar: эрлен ( erlen ) , ( karachay ) агъач къоян ( ağaç qoyan ) , ( obsolete ) тыйын ( tıyın )
Kazakh: тиін (kk) ( tiın )
Khakas: тиин ( tiin )
Khmer: កំប្រុក (km) ( kɑmprok ) , កង្ហែន (km) ( kɑnghaen )
Kimaragang: bosing
Korean: 다람쥐 (ko) ( daramjwi )
Kumyk: атъялман ( atyalman )
Kurdish:
Sorani: سیمۆرە ( sîmore )
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: sciurus (la) m
Latvian: vāvere (lv) f
Lithuanian: voverė (lt) f
Low German:
German Low German: Katteker m , Ekatte (nds) f ( Vest Recklinghausen ) , Ekättken (nds) n ( Vest Recklinghausen )
Luxembourgish: Kaweechelchen (lb) n
Lü: ᦀᦲᦰᦣᦸᧅ ( ˙ʼihoak )
Macedonian: верверица f ( ververica )
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Malay:
Jawi: توڤاي , باجيڠ
Rumi: tupai , bajing
Maltese: skwiril m
Manx: fiorag f
Maori: kirera
Marathi: खार ( khār )
Mi'kmaq: atu'tuej anim
Middle English: aquerne m
Mongolian: хэрэм (mn) ( xerem )
Nahuatl: mōtohtli (nah)
Nanticoke: mow-ik-key
Narragansett: mishánneke
Navajo: tseekʼi nástánii , hazéí
Newar: थ्वाच्चा ( thvāccā )
Nivkh: лаӄр̌ ( laqrš )
Norman: ( Jersey ) êtchutheu m , ( continental Norman ) jaqùet m
North Frisian: kaateeker ( Föhr )
Northern Sami: oarˈri
Northern Sotho: sehlora
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ekorn (no) m or n
Nynorsk: ekorn n , ikorn n
Occitan: esquiròl (oc) m
Ojibwe: ajidamoo
Old English: ācweorna m
Old Norse: íkorni m
Osage: sį́ka
Ossetian: ӕхсӕрӕг ( æxsæræg ) , ӕхсӕрсӕттӕг ( æxsærsættæg )
Ottawa: jidmoo
Persian: سنجاب (fa) ( sanjâb ) , وروره ( varvare )
Piedmontese: schërieul m
Pipil: mututzin
Polish: wiewiórka (pl) f
Portuguese: esquilo (pt) m
Powhatan: messanik
Punjabi: ਕਾਟੋ f ( kāṭō )
Quechua: antharu
Romani: viaveritsa f
Romanian: veveriță (ro) f
Romansch: stgilat m
Russian: бе́лка (ru) f ( bélka ) , ве́верица (ru) f ( véverica ) ( obsolete ) , ве́кша (ru) f ( vékša ) ( regional ) , вевёрка f ( vevjórka ) ( obsolete )
Sami:
Northern Sami: oarri
Sanskrit: वृक्षमर्कटिका (sa) f ( vṛkṣamarkaṭikā ) , वृक्षशायिका (sa) f ( vṛkṣaśāyikā )
Sardinian: schirrittu m , schirrimatta f , iscojàttulu m
Scottish Gaelic: feòrag
Sebop: pu'an
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ( Ekavian ) ве̏верица f , ( Ijekavian ) вје̏верица f
Roman: ( Ekavian ) vȅverica (sh) f , ( Ijekavian ) vjȅverica (sh) f
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 ( tiyiń )
Southern Ohlone: cicik
Southern Sami: åeruve
Spanish: ardilla (es) f
Sranan Tongo: ekosi
Sudovian: vevare f
Sundanese: bajing (su)
Swahili: ( nc 9/10 ) (please verify ) kindi
Swedish: ekorre (sv) c
Tagal Murut: kaitan
Tagalog: mutit , bising , ardilya
Tamil: அணில் (ta) ( aṇil )
Taos: c’ùwala’ána
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 )
Ukrainian: бі́лка (uk) f ( bílka ) , ви́вірка (uk) f ( vývirka ) , біли́ця (uk) f ( bilýcja ) ( regional ) , ви́скічка f ( výskička ) ( regional )
Urdu: گلہری f ( gilahrī )
Uyghur: تىيىن (ug) ( tiyin )
Uzbek: olmaxon (uz)
Venetian: 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
Wolof: jaar ji
Yakut: тииҥ ( tiiñ )
Yiddish: וועוורקע f ( vevrke ) , וועווריק m ( vevrik )
Yoruba: ọkẹrẹ
Zazaki: sımore m
Zhuang: noucoengz
Zuni: yashi
Verb
squirrel (third-person singular simple present squirrels , present participle squirreling , simple past and past participle squirreled )
( transitive ) To store in a secretive manner, to hide something for future use
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