The sight of the centipede on the wall was enough to make my skin crawl.
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Centipede
Synonyms for "centipede" (64 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (32)
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160 translations across 112 languages.
Acehnese
1 entries- limpeuën noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Afrikaans
1 entries- duisendpoot noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Albanian
1 entries- shumëkëmbësh noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἴουλος noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Arabic
1 entries- أُمّ أَرْبَعَة وَأَرْبَعِين noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Assamese
1 entries- চেলা noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qırxayaq noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Bahnar
1 entries- kơep noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Banjarese
1 entries- halilipan noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Bau Bidayuh
1 entries- ripapien noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Belarusian
1 entries- саракано́жка noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Bengali
1 entries- কেন্নো noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Bulgarian
1 entries- стоно́жка noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Burmese
1 entries- ကင်းခြေများ noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Catalan
1 entries- centpeus noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Cebuano
1 entries- ulahipan noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- سەدپێ noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Central Melanau
1 entries- belipan noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Chepang
1 entries- साव् noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 百足 noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- 蜈蚣 noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 蜈蚣 noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Czech
1 entries- stonožka noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Danish
1 entries- skolopender noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Darkinjung
1 entries- búrranburran noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Dutch
1 entries- duizendpoot noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Egyptian
1 entries- z:p-pA-A-L5 noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Esperanto
1 entries- centpiedulo noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Estonian
1 entries- sadajalgne noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Finnish
1 entries- juoksujalkainen noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
French
1 entries- scolopendre noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Galician
4 entries- cempés noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- cerradela noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- escoupoleión noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- rapacodelas noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Georgian
1 entries- ცხრაფეხა noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
German
3 entries- Hundertfüßer noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- Tausendfüßer m Hundertfüßler noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- Tausendfüßler noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Greek
1 entries- σαρανταποδαρούσα noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Haitian Creole
2 entries- annipye noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- miryapod noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Hawaiian
1 entries- kanapī noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Hebrew
1 entries- נָדָל noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Hindi
4 entries- कनखजूरा noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- कनसलाई noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- खजूरा noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- गोजर noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Hungarian
1 entries- százlábú noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Icelandic
1 entries- margfætla noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Ilocano
1 entries- gayadan noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Indonesian
2 entries- kelabang noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- lipan noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Irish
1 entries- céadchosach noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Italian
1 entries- centopiedi noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Jamaican Creole
1 entries- forty leg noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Japanese
1 entries- 百足 noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Kapampangan
1 entries- laipan noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Kavalan
1 entries- Rusipan noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Kazakh
2 entries- ерінаяқты noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- қырықаяқ noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Khasi
1 entries- ktiar noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Khmer
1 entries- ក្អែប noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Korean
1 entries- 지네 noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- кырк аяк noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- миң аяк noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Lao
4 entries- ຈະເຂັບ noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- ຈີ່ເຂັບ noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- ສະຕະບາດ noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- ເຂັບ noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Latin
2 entries- centipeda noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- scolopendra noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Latvian
1 entries- simtkāji noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Linngithigh
1 entries- mbiwgh noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Lithuanian
1 entries- lūpakojai noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Macedonian
1 entries- стоногалка noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Maguindanao
1 entries- layupan noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Malay
3 entries- kelabang noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- lipan noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- sepesan noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Malayalam
1 entries- പഴുതാര noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Maltese
1 entries- ċentupied noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Maranao
1 entries- ginigid noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Minangkabau
2 entries- lipan noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- sipasan noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Mongolian
4 entries- жаран хөлт noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- зуун хөлт noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- чичүүр noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- чичүүр хорхой noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Māori
2 entries- wakapihau noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- weri noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Nahuatl
1 entries- petlazolcoatl noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Nandi
1 entries- kimorin noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Navajo
2 entries- jáád łánii noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- jááłánii noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Nepali
1 entries- खजुरो noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Norman
1 entries- bête à chent pids noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- sedpê noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Norwegian
1 entries- skolopender noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قرق آیاق noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Persian
2 entries- صدپا noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- پرپا noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Polish
2 entries- parecznik noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- stonoga noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Portuguese
4 entries- centopeia noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- centípede noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- lacraia noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- quilópode noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Quechua
1 entries- pachakchaki noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Romanian
1 entries- centiped noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Russian
1 entries- сороконо́жка noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Sanskrit
1 entries- वृश्चिक noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- stonoga noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- стонога noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Sicilian
1 entries- centu-pedi noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Slovak
1 entries- stonožka noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Slovene
1 entries- stonoga noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Spanish
3 entries- ciempiés noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- cientopiés noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- escolopendra noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- lusumbe noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Sundanese
1 entries- babakaur noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Swahili
1 entries- tandu noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Swedish
2 entries- enkelfoting noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- tusenfoting noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Tagal Murut
2 entries- nipal noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- ripal noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Tagalog
1 entries- alupihan noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Tajik
2 entries- чилпо noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- ҳазорпо noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Tamil
1 entries- பூரான் noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Tarifit
1 entries- tamšeṭ n iysan noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Thai
1 entries- ตะขาบ noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Tibetan
1 entries- རྟ་བླ noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Turkish
1 entries- çıyan noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Turkmen
1 entries- köpaýak noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Ukrainian
1 entries- сороконі́жка noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Unami
1 entries- mèxelkatas noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Urdu
1 entries- کَنْکَھجُورا noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Uyghur
2 entries- سەكسەنپۇت noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- كىركەك قۇرۇت noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Uzbek
2 entries- mingoyoq noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- qirqoyoq noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Vietnamese
3 entries- rít noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- rết noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
- tít noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- ulalahipan noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Welsh
1 entries- neidr gantroed noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
West Coast Bajau
1 entries- melipan noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Yiddish
1 entries- סענטיפּעדע noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Zazaki
1 entries- şaney ceniya noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Zhuang
1 entries- sipndangj noun (a segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
How many legs does a centipede have?
Source: tatoeba (1821034)
Is it a house centipede?
Source: tatoeba (3323448)
A cricket and a centipede came out to search for food around midnight.
Source: tatoeba (7008829)
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