At an Indian wedding at the Phillipine islands the bride retired from the company in order to go down to the river to wash her feet. As she was thus employed an alligator seized her.
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Alligator
//ˈæl.ɪ.ɡeɪ.tə//
Synonyms for "alligator" (12 found)
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6 entriesderived
44 entriesShowing 16 of 44 words.
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5 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
5 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
similar
1 entriesTranslations
115 translations across 87 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- alligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Akawaio
1 entries- akare noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Albanian
1 entries- aligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Apurinã
1 entries- kayokuru noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Arabic
4 entries- تِمْسَاح noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- تِمْسَاح أَمْرِيكِيّ noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- تِمْسَاح اِسْتِوَائِيّ noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- قَاطُور noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Armenian
1 entries- ալիգատոր noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Azerbaijani
2 entries- alligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- timsah noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Basque
1 entries- aligatore noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Belarusian
1 entries- аліга́тар noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Bengali
1 entries- নক্র noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Bulgarian
1 entries- алига́тор noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Burmese
1 entries- မိကျောင်း noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Catalan
1 entries- al·ligàtor noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Cebuano
1 entries- alligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Chamicuro
1 entries- kashyuna noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏧᎳᏍᎩ noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Chinese
1 entries- 覓仔 /觅仔 noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 短吻鱷 /短吻鳄 noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- 美洲鱷 /美洲鳄 noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Cornish
1 entries- aligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Czech
1 entries- aligátor noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Danish
1 entries- alligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Dutch
1 entries- alligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Esperanto
1 entries- aligatoro noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Estonian
1 entries- alligaator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Finnish
1 entries- alligaattori noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
French
2 entries- alligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- caïman noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Georgian
1 entries- ალიგატორი noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
German
1 entries- Alligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Greek
1 entries- αλιγάτορας noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Hebrew
1 entries- אָלִיגָטוֹר noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Hindi
3 entries- घड़ियाल noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- मगर noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- मगरमच्छ noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Hungarian
1 entries- aligátor noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Icelandic
1 entries- krókódíll noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Indonesian
1 entries- alligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Irish
1 entries- ailigéadar noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Italian
1 entries- alligatore noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Japanese
3 entries- わに noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- アリゲーター noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- ワニ noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Kashubian
1 entries- aligatór noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Kazakh
1 entries- аллигатор noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Khmer
2 entries- ក្រពា noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- ក្រពើ noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Korean
2 entries- 악어 noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- 앨리게이터 noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Kyrgyz
1 entries- аллигатор noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Lao
1 entries- ແຂ້ noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Latin
1 entries- alligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Latvian
1 entries- aligators noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Lithuanian
1 entries- aligatorius noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Lokono
1 entries- kaikuti noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Macedonian
1 entries- алигатор noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Malay
1 entries- aligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Mongolian
1 entries- матар noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Māori
1 entries- arikeita noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Navajo
1 entries- bitseeʼ yee adiłhałii noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- alligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- alligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Old Tupi
1 entries- îakaré noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- تمساح noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- نهنگ noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Persian
1 entries- تمساح noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Polish
1 entries- aligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Portuguese
2 entries- aligátor noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- jacaré noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Punjabi
1 entries- ਮਗਰਮੱਛ noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Romanian
1 entries- aligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Russian
1 entries- аллига́тор noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- aligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- алигатор noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Slovak
1 entries- aligátor noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Slovene
1 entries- aligátor noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Spanish
4 entries- aligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- aligátor noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- lagarto noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- yacaré noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Swahili
2 entries- aligatori noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- aligeita noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Swedish
1 entries- alligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Tagalog
3 entries- aligeytor noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- kaiman noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- kayman noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Tajik
1 entries- тимсоҳ noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Tamil
1 entries- முதலை noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Tatar
1 entries- аллигатор noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Thai
4 entries- จระเข้ noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- จระเข้ตีนเป็ด noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- แอลลิเกเตอร์ noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- โขง noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Tok Pisin
1 entries- pukpuk noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Tswana
1 entries- kwena noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Turkish
2 entries- alligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- timsah noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Ukrainian
1 entries- аліга́тор noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Umbundu
1 entries- ongandu noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Unami
1 entries- shkèhte noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Urdu
3 entries- شیر آبی noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- مگر noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- گھڑیال noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Uyghur
1 entries- تىمساھ noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Uzbek
2 entries- alligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
- timsoh noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Vietnamese
1 entries- cá sấu noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Wapishana
1 entries- atoru noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Welsh
1 entries- aligator noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Yiddish
1 entries- אַליגאַטאָר noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Zazaki
1 entries- timsah noun (large amphibious reptile of genus ''Alligator'')
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
Do you know how to tell the difference between an alligator and a crocodile?
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See you later, alligator.
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An alligator snapped his arm off.
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