Ladybird

English

Wikipedia

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A ladybird

Alternative spellings

• lady-bird

Etymology

From lady +‎ bird, the “lady” here referring to Virgin Mary, Jesus’ mom. Compare German Marienkäfer.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈleɪ.di.bəːd/
• (US) IPA: /ˈleɪ.di.bɝd/

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Noun

Singular Ladybird

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1. (British, Australian, US) Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and a red or yellow spotted shell.

Synonyms

• ladybug (North America)
• lady beetle (term preferred by some scientists)

Translations

member of Coccinellidae

Arabic: خنفساء (khunfasā') Armenian: զատիկ hy(hy) (zatik) Azeri: parabüzən, xallı bəzək Belarusian: кароўка-багоўка (karoŭka-bahoŭka) f. Bosnian: bubamara bs(bs) f. Bulgarian: калинка (kalinka) f., калинка-малинка (kalinka-malinka) f., божа кравица (boža kravica) f. Catalan: marieta f. Chinese: 瓢虫 (piáo chóng) Czech: slunéčko n., sluníčko n., beruška f. (col.) Danish: mariehøne da(da) Dutch: lieveheersbeestje nl(nl) n. Esperanto: kokcinelo eo(eo) Estonian: lepatriinu Finnish: leppäkerttu fi(fi), leppäpirkko fi(fi) French: coccinelle fr(fr) f. German: Marienkäfer de(de) m. Greek: πασχαλίτσα (paskhalítsa) f. Hebrew: מושית (mushit) f., פרת משה-רבנו (porat msheh-rabenu) f. Hindi: सोनपाखरा (sonapākharā), सोनपंखी (sonapa.nkho), सुररखी (surarkhī) Hungarian: katicabogár hu(hu) Icelandic: maríuhæna is(is) f., maríubjalla is(is) f. Interlingua: coccinella Irish: bóín Dé f., bó shamraidh f., bóín samraidh f. Italian: coccinella it(it) f. Japanese: テントウムシ (天道虫) (tentoumushi)

Korean: 무당벌레 (mu-dang-beol-le) Latvian: mārīte f. Lojban: kokcinela Luxembourgish: Himmelsdéierchen n. Malay: kumbang ms(ms) Navajo: chʼosh łitsxooí Norwegian: marifly, marihøne Polish: biedronka pl(pl) f. Portuguese: joaninha pt(pt) f. Romanian: buburuză ro(ro) Russian: божья коровка ru(ru) (bož'ya korovka) f. Scottish Gaelic: daolag bhreac dhearg f. Serbian: Cyrillic: бубамара f. Latin: bubamara f. Sicilian: papuzzedda f. Slovak: lienka f., pánbožkova kravička f. Slovene: pikapolonica sl(sl) f. Spanish: mariquita f.; vaquita de San Antonio f. (Argentina) Swedish: nyckelpiga sv(sv) Thai: ตัาแมลงเต่าทอง (tua-mae-lang-ta-thong) Turkish: uğur böceği tr(tr) Vietnamese: người hiền, nhu-nhược Welsh: buwch goch gota f. West Frisian: krupelhintsjes Zulu: umanqulwana

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