insect
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ɪnˈsɛkt/
noun
Definitions
- insect, arthropod of the class Insecta.
- (now) bug any small arthropod or invertebrate that somewhat resembles an insect
Etymology
Derived from Latin īnsectum (bug, cut up, with a notched divided body) derived from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (insect, bug).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἔντομον
Gloss
insect, bug
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
虫, 昆
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- entomologia Latin
- īnsectum Latin
- entomoloog Dutch, Flemish
- eter Dutch, Flemish
- fauna Dutch, Flemish
- hotel Dutch, Flemish
- insecteneter Dutch, Flemish
- insectenfauna Dutch, Flemish
- insectenhotel Dutch, Flemish
- entomologie French
- un insecte French
- -λογία Ancient Greek
- ἔντομον Ancient Greek
- entomolog Norwegian Bokmål
- entomologi Norwegian Bokmål
- entomolog Norwegian Nynorsk
- entomologi Norwegian Nynorsk
- insekt Danish
- entomoloxía Galician
- έντομο Greek (modern)
- insek Indonesian
- insek Afrikaans