Octopus

//ˈɒktəpʊs//

Synonyms for "octopus" (4 found)

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Noun(1 words)
devilfish

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Related words (2)

Noun(1 words)
polypus

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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has a

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is a

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related to

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Translations

199 translations across 141 languages.

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'Are'are

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  • kari noun (mollusc)

Adyghe

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  • псылъэхъу noun (mollusc)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • seekat noun (mollusc)

Aklanon

1 entries
  • kugita noun (mollusc)

Albanian

3 entries
  • ledhone noun (mollusc)
  • oktapod noun (mollusc)
  • tetëkëmbësh noun (mollusc)

Alutiiq

1 entries
  • amikuq noun (mollusc)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • πολύπους noun (mollusc)
  • ὀκτώπους noun (mollusc)

Arabic

4 entries
  • أَخْطَبُوط noun (mollusc)
  • أَخْطَبُوط noun (mollusc)
  • أَخْطَبُوط noun (mollusc)
  • أَخْطَبُوط noun (mollusc)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ութոտնուկ noun (mollusc)

Asturian

1 entries
  • pulpu noun (mollusc)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • oktapod noun (mollusc)
  • osminoq noun (mollusc)
  • səkkizayaq noun (mollusc)

Basque

1 entries
  • olagarro noun (mollusc)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • васьміно́г noun (mollusc)

Bengali

1 entries
  • অক্টোপাস noun (mollusc)

Bislama

1 entries
  • nawita noun (mollusc)

Breton

1 entries
  • morgazh noun (mollusc)

Brunei Malay

2 entries
  • sutung noun (mollusc)
  • sutung noun (mollusc)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • октопо́д noun (mollusc)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဘဝဲ noun (mollusc)

Catalan

1 entries
  • pop noun (mollusc)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • kugita noun (mollusc)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • ھەشتپێ noun (mollusc)

Chechen

1 entries
  • бархӏкогберг noun (mollusc)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏓᏢᎢ noun (mollusc)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 章魚 /章鱼 noun (mollusc)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 八爪魚 /八爪鱼 noun (mollusc)
  • 章魚 /章鱼 noun (mollusc)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 章魚 /章鱼 noun (mollusc)

Cornish

1 entries
  • kollell lesa noun (mollusc)

Czech

1 entries
  • chobotnice noun (mollusc)

Danish

1 entries
  • ottearmet blæksprutte noun (mollusc)

Dutch

3 entries
  • inktvis noun (mollusc)
  • kraak noun (mollusc)
  • octopus noun (mollusc)

Dzongkha

1 entries
  • ཚིཝ་ར་རྡུགས noun (mollusc)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • polpo noun (mollusc)

Estonian

3 entries
  • kaheksajalg noun (mollusc)
  • seepia noun (mollusc)
  • tindikala noun (mollusc)

Faroese

2 entries
  • áttaermdur høgguslokkur noun (mollusc)
  • áttermdur noun (mollusc)

Fijian

1 entries
  • kuita noun (mollusc)

Finnish

1 entries
  • tursas noun (mollusc)

French

2 entries
  • pieuvre noun (mollusc)
  • poulpe noun (mollusc)

Galician

1 entries
  • polbo noun (mollusc)

Georgian

1 entries
  • რვაფეხა noun (mollusc)

German

3 entries
  • Krake noun (mollusc)
  • Oktopus noun (mollusc)
  • Tintenfisch noun (mollusc)

Greek

1 entries
  • χταπόδι noun (mollusc)

Haida

1 entries
  • núugyaa noun (mollusc)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • pyèv noun (mollusc)

Halkomelem

1 entries
  • qéymeqw' noun (mollusc)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • heʻe noun (mollusc)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • תמנון \ תְּמָנוּן noun (mollusc)

Hindi

2 entries
  • अष्टबाहु noun (mollusc)
  • ऑक्टोपस noun (mollusc)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • polip noun (mollusc)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • kolkrabbi noun (mollusc)

Ido

1 entries
  • polpo noun (mollusc)

Ilocano

1 entries
  • kurita noun (mollusc)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • gurita noun (mollusc)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • octopode noun (mollusc)

Inupiaq

1 entries
  • nipitchaq noun (mollusc)

Iranun

1 entries
  • kurita' noun (mollusc)

Irish

1 entries
  • ochtapas noun (mollusc)

Italian

3 entries
  • ottopode noun (mollusc)
  • piovra noun (mollusc)
  • polpo noun (mollusc)

Japanese

3 entries
  • タコ noun (mollusc)
  • 章魚 noun (mollusc)
  • 蛸 noun (mollusc)

Javanese

1 entries
  • gurita noun (mollusc)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಆಕ್ಟೊಪಸ್ಸು noun (mollusc)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • сегізаяқ noun (mollusc)

Khmer

2 entries
  • រពីងសមុទ្រ noun (mollusc)
  • អដ្ឋករ noun (mollusc)

Korean

2 entries
  • 낙지 noun (mollusc)
  • 문어 noun (mollusc)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • сегиз бут noun (mollusc)

Lao

1 entries
  • ປາມຶກ noun (mollusc)

Latin

2 entries
  • octopūs noun (mollusc)
  • polypūs noun (mollusc)

Latvian

1 entries
  • astoņkājis noun (mollusc)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • aštuonkojis noun (mollusc)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • октопо́д noun (mollusc)

Malagasy

2 entries
  • horita noun (mollusc)
  • orita noun (mollusc)

Malay

4 entries
  • doyak noun (mollusc)
  • gurita noun (mollusc)
  • kurita noun (mollusc)
  • sotong gurita noun (mollusc)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • നീരാളി noun (mollusc)

Maltese

1 entries
  • qarnit noun (mollusc)

Mansaka

1 entries
  • kogita noun (mollusc)

Manx

2 entries
  • hoght-choshagh noun (mollusc)
  • oghtapus noun (mollusc)

Maranao

1 entries
  • kogita noun (mollusc)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • наймалж noun (mollusc)

Māori

1 entries
  • wheke noun (mollusc)

Nauruan

1 entries
  • dogiga noun (mollusc)

Navajo

1 entries
  • łóóʼ bigaan tseebíí noun (mollusc)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • purpo noun (mollusc)

Nepali

1 entries
  • अक्टोपस noun (mollusc)

Nootka

1 entries
  • tiiłuup noun (mollusc)

Norman

2 entries
  • pieuvre noun (mollusc)
  • pövr noun (mollusc)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • axtapot noun (mollusc)
  • heştling noun (mollusc)
  • heştpê noun (mollusc)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • akkar noun (mollusc)
  • blekksprut noun (mollusc)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • akkar noun (mollusc)
  • blekksprut noun (mollusc)

Occitan

1 entries
  • pofre noun (mollusc)

Odia

3 entries
  • ଅକ୍ଟୋପସ noun (mollusc)
  • ଅଷ୍ଟବାହୁ noun (mollusc)
  • କୁମୁଟିମୁଣା noun (mollusc)

Orok

1 entries
  • askuttu noun (mollusc)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • асткъахыг noun (mollusc)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • آختاپود noun (mollusc)

Paicî

1 entries
  • éa noun (mollusc)

Palauan

2 entries
  • bokitang noun (mollusc)
  • bukitang noun (mollusc)

Persian

2 entries
  • اختاپوس noun (mollusc)
  • هشتپا noun (mollusc)

Polish

1 entries
  • ośmiornica noun (mollusc)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • polvo noun (mollusc)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਤੰਦੂਆ noun (mollusc)

Quechua

1 entries
  • pulpu noun (mollusc)

Rapa Nui

1 entries
  • hehe noun (mollusc)

Romanian

1 entries
  • caracatiță noun (mollusc)

Russian

2 entries
  • осьмино́г noun (mollusc)
  • спрут noun (mollusc)

Saanich

1 entries
  • SḴI¸MEQ noun (mollusc)

Samoan

1 entries
  • fe'e noun (mollusc)

Santali

1 entries
  • ᱚᱠᱴᱚᱯᱚᱥ noun (mollusc)

Sardinian

1 entries
  • pruppu noun (mollusc)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ochd-chasach noun (mollusc)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • hòbotnica noun (mollusc)
  • osmonog noun (mollusc)
  • осмоног noun (mollusc)
  • хо̀ботница noun (mollusc)

Seri

1 entries
  • hapaj noun (mollusc)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • purpu noun (mollusc)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • බූවල්ලා noun (mollusc)

Slovak

2 entries
  • chobotnica noun (mollusc)
  • osmonoh noun (mollusc)

Slovene

1 entries
  • hobotnica noun (mollusc)

Somali

1 entries
  • farammugo noun (mollusc)

Spanish

1 entries
  • pulpo noun (mollusc)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • gurita noun (mollusc)

Swahili

2 entries
  • pweza noun (mollusc)
  • pweza mkubwa noun (mollusc)

Swedish

1 entries
  • bläckfisk noun (mollusc)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • pugita noun (mollusc)
  • salabay noun (mollusc)

Tahitian

1 entries
  • fee noun (mollusc)

Tajik

1 entries
  • ҳаштпо noun (mollusc)

Tamil

1 entries
  • சாக்குக்கணவாய் noun (mollusc)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఆక్టోపస్ noun (mollusc)

Thai

1 entries
  • หมึกยักษ์ noun (mollusc)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཆུ་སྲིན་ལག་བརྒྱད noun (mollusc)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • urita noun (mollusc)

Tongan

1 entries
  • feke noun (mollusc)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ahtapot noun (mollusc)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • sekizaýak noun (mollusc)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • восьмині́г noun (mollusc)
  • спрут noun (mollusc)

Urdu

2 entries
  • آکٹوپس noun (mollusc)
  • ہَشْت پا noun (mollusc)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • سەككىز ئاياغ noun (mollusc)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • sakkizoyoq noun (mollusc)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • bạch tuộc noun (mollusc)

Volapük

2 entries
  • loktop noun (mollusc)
  • polüp noun (mollusc)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • kugita noun (mollusc)

Welsh

3 entries
  • nieidiol noun (mollusc)
  • octopws noun (mollusc)
  • wythgoes noun (mollusc)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אָקטאָפּוס noun (mollusc)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • ahtapot (diq) noun (mollusc)
  • heştpa (diq) noun (mollusc)

Zulu

2 entries
  • imbambela noun (mollusc)
  • ingwane noun (mollusc)

Sample sentences

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The octopus is in the sea.

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That octopus returned to the sea without being eaten.

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Octopus Paul was right.

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I've never eaten a live octopus.

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