This caterpillar will become a beautiful butterfly.
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Caterpillar
//ˈkætəˌpɪlə//
Synonyms for "caterpillar" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (17)
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1 entriesSynonyms
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1 entriesderived
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2 entriesrelated to
39 entriesShowing 16 of 39 words.
Translations
219 translations across 132 languages.
Adyghe
1 entries- пкӏэшъэхъу noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Afrikaans
1 entries- ruspe noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Albanian
2 entries- vemje noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- zek noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κάμπη noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Arabic
3 entries- دُودَة الْفَرَاشَة noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- يَرَقَة noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- يَرَقَة noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܡܫܘܛܐ noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Armenian
1 entries- թրթուր noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Assamese
2 entries- পলু noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- বিছা noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Aymara
1 entries- laqatu noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tırtıl noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Banjarese
1 entries- hulat noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Basque
2 entries- beldar noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- har noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Belarusian
1 entries- ву́сень noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Bengali
1 entries- শুঁয়াপোকা noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Brunei Malay
2 entries- giuk bulu noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- ulat bulu noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вери́жен автомоби́л noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
- гъсе́ница noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Burmese
1 entries- ပိုးတောင့်တဲ noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Catalan
2 entries- eruga noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- eruga noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
Cebuano
1 entries- til-as noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏍᎪᏯ ᎠᏁᏍᎩᎸᎥᏍᎩ noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Chichewa
1 entries- mbozi noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 毛毛蟲 /毛毛虫 noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- 毛蟲 /毛虫 noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 履帶式車輛 /履带式车辆 noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
- 毛毛蟲 /毛毛虫 noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- 毛蟲 /毛虫 noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Chuukese
1 entries- muun noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Chuvash
1 entries- лӗпӗш хурчӗ noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Cornish
2 entries- kath vlewek noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- pryv del noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Czech
1 entries- housenka noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Danish
2 entries- kålorm noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- larve noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Dutch
1 entries- rups noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Dutch Low Saxon
1 entries- Riepse noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Esperanto
3 entries- raŭpo noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- raŭpo noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
- ĉenbendo noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
Estonian
2 entries- röövik noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- tõuk noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Faroese
1 entries- ormvera noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Finnish
3 entries- katepillari noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
- perhostoukka noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- telaketjutraktori noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
French
1 entries- chenille noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Friulian
1 entries- ruie noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Galician
2 entries- burgo noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- eiruga noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Georgian
1 entries- მუხლუხი noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
German
3 entries- Raupe noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- Raupe noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
- Raupenfahrzeug noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
Greek
2 entries- ερπυστριοφόρος ελκυστήρας noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
- κάμπια noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Gujarati
1 entries- ઇયળ noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- chini noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Hebrew
1 entries- זַחַל noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Hindi
2 entries- इल्ली noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- पोका noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Hungarian
3 entries- hernyó noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- hernyótalpas traktor noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
- lánctalpas jármű noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
Icelandic
1 entries- lirfa noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Ido
1 entries- raupo noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Indonesian
2 entries- ulat noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- ulat bulu noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Ingrian
1 entries- puutoukka noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Irish
1 entries- bolb noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Italian
1 entries- bruco noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Japanese
4 entries- キャタピラ noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
- 毛虫 noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- 無限軌道 noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
- 芋虫 noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Jarai
1 entries- hlăt noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Javanese
1 entries- uler noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕಂಬಳಿಹುಳ noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Kazakh
2 entries- жұлдызқұрт noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- қырықбуын noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Khmer
2 entries- ក្រា noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- ដង្កូវ noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Kikuyu
2 entries- kĩgunyarĩrĩ noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- kĩgunyũ noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Korean
2 entries- 모충 noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- 애벌레 noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- көпөлөк курту noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- малак noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Lak
1 entries- янначчуччу noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Lao
4 entries- ດ້ວງ noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- ຕົວບົ້ງ noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- ບຸ້ງ noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- ໂຕດ້ວງ noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Latin
4 entries- campē noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- dolba noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- ērūca noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- ūrīca noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Latvian
1 entries- kāpurs noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Limburgish
1 entries- roeps noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Lingala
1 entries- mombínzó noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Lithuanian
1 entries- vikšras noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Low German
1 entries- Ruup noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Lutuv
1 entries- ziyziypa noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Raup noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Macedonian
2 entries- гасеница noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- гасеничар noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
Malagasy
1 entries- fanday noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Malay
1 entries- beluncas noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Malayalam
2 entries- കമ്പിളിപ്പുഴു noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- ശലഭപ്പുഴു noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Maltese
1 entries- xagħat noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠯᡠᡴᡠ noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Manx
1 entries- braddag noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Marathi
1 entries- अळी noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- engejit noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Mongolian
2 entries- жаран хөлт noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- төөлүүр хорхой noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Māori
4 entries- mokamoka noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- torongū noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- torongū noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- tōtorongū noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Navajo
3 entries- chʼosh ditłʼooí noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- wódítłʼooí noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- wóshiiyishí noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Norman
4 entries- carpéleuse noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- carpélouose noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- catte noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- katpwölör noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- larve noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Occitan
1 entries- eruga noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Old English
1 entries- trēowwyrm noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- طرتیل noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Pannonian Rusyn
2 entries- гушенїца noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- гушенїцар noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
Persian
1 entries- کرم صدپا noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Picard
1 entries- carplute noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Krupa noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Polish
4 entries- gąsienica noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- licha noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- liszka noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- pojazd gąsienicowy noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
Portuguese
2 entries- lagarta noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- veículo com lagartas noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਸੁੰਡ noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- ਸੁੰਡੀ noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Quechua
2 entries- kuru noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- sika noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Romanian
2 entries- omidă noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- șenilă noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
Romansch
1 entries- rasulauna noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Russian
2 entries- гу́сеница noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- гу́сеничный тра́ктор noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
S'gaw Karen
1 entries- သံ noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Sardinian
1 entries- ruga noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Scots
1 entries- oobit noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- bratag noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- burras noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- gȕsenica noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- gȕsjenica noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- гу̏сеница noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- гу̏сјеница noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Sicilian
2 entries- campa noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- papici noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Slovak
1 entries- húsenica noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Slovene
1 entries- gosenica noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Spanish
4 entries- convólvulo noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- cuncuna noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- oruga noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- oruga noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
Sundanese
1 entries- hileud noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Swahili
2 entries- katapila noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
- kiwavi noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Swedish
3 entries- caterpillar noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
- fjärilslarv noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- mallarv noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Tajik
1 entries- кирмак noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Tamil
1 entries- கம்பளிப்பூச்சி noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Telugu
1 entries- గొంగళిపురుగు noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Thai
4 entries- ด้วง noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- บุ้ง noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- ร่าน noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- หนอนผีเสื้อ noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Tibetan
1 entries- འབུ་སྤུ་ཟོག noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Tumbuka
1 entries- mbungu noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Turkish
2 entries- paletli noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
- tırtıl noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Turkmen
1 entries- gurçuk noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Udi
1 entries- тыртыр noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Ukrainian
2 entries- гу́сениця noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- гу́сінь noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Unami
1 entries- samhuwe noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Urdu
2 entries- سنڈی noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- پوکا noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Uyghur
1 entries- تۈكلۈك قۇرت noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Uzbek
2 entries- kapalak qurti noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- qurt noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Vietnamese
3 entries- sâu noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- sâu bướm noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- sâu róm noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Vilamovian
1 entries- raojp noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Volapük
2 entries- jönul noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- jönulil noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Walloon
1 entries- halene noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Welsh
2 entries- Siani flewog noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- lindysyn noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Yiddish
1 entries- שלייערל noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Yoruba
2 entries- katakata noun (vehicle with a caterpillar track)
- wùkúwùkú noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Zazaki
1 entries- kermık noun (larva of a butterfly or moth)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
A butterfly is a mature caterpillar.
Source: tatoeba (277953)
The caterpillar turned into a butterfly.
Source: tatoeba (323539)
This caterpillar will turn into a beautiful butterfly.
Source: tatoeba (360526)
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