Cockroach

//ˈkɑkɹoʊt͡ʃ//

Synonyms for "cockroach" (10 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
roach

Strong matches (3)

Related words (5)

Related word relations

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9 relation types

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Synonyms

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at location

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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has context

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is a

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not desires

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related to

6 entries

Translations

235 translations across 161 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • kakkerlak noun (type of insect)

Alabama

1 entries
  • iskanpatha noun (type of insect)

Albanian

1 entries
  • kacabu noun (type of insect)

Amharic

1 entries
  • በረሮ noun (type of insect)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • σίλφη noun (type of insect)

Arabic

4 entries
  • سراق الزيت noun (type of insect)
  • صرصار noun (type of insect)
  • صرصار noun (type of insect)
  • صرصور noun (type of insect)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • cucaracho noun (type of insect)

Armenian

2 entries
  • խավարասեր noun (type of insect)
  • ուտիճ noun (type of insect)

Assamese

1 entries
  • পঁইতাচোৰা noun (type of insect)

Asturian

1 entries
  • cucaracha noun (type of insect)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • mətbəxböcəyi noun (type of insect)
  • mətbəxqurdu noun (type of insect)
  • tarakan noun (type of insect)

Bangi

1 entries
  • mpese noun (type of insect)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • тараҡан noun (type of insect)

Basque

1 entries
  • labezomorro noun (type of insect)

Bau Bidayuh

1 entries
  • ribabie noun (type of insect)

Belait

1 entries
  • katibung noun (type of insect)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • пруса́к noun (type of insect)
  • тарака́н noun (type of insect)

Bengali

2 entries
  • আরশুলা noun (type of insect)
  • তেলাপোকা noun (type of insect)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • ipis noun (type of insect)

Brunei Bisaya

1 entries
  • lipos noun (type of insect)

Brunei Malay

1 entries
  • lipas noun (type of insect)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • хлеба́рка noun (type of insect)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ပိုးဟပ် noun (type of insect)

Caac

1 entries
  • kaphar noun (type of insect)

Catalan

2 entries
  • escarabat noun (type of insect)
  • panerola noun (type of insect)

Cebuano

2 entries
  • ipos noun (type of insect)
  • uk-ok noun (type of insect)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • سیسارک noun (type of insect)
  • سیسرک noun (type of insect)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • belipeh noun (type of insect)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᎤᏂᎾᏌ noun (type of insect)
  • ᎾᏌ noun (type of insect)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • mphemvu noun (type of insect)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 虼蚻 noun (type of insect)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 曱甴 noun (type of insect)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 偷油婆 noun (type of insect)
  • 小強 /小强 noun (type of insect)
  • 蜚蠊 noun (type of insect)
  • 蟑螂 noun (type of insect)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • qoñuz noun (type of insect)

Czech

1 entries
  • šváb noun (type of insect)

Danish

1 entries
  • kakerlak noun (type of insect)

Dari

1 entries
  • مَادَرِ کَیکَان noun (type of insect)

Dutch

2 entries
  • kakkerlak noun (type of insect)
  • sissende kakkerlak noun (type of insect)

Dzongkha

1 entries
  • ཞོ་ལེམ noun (type of insect)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 虼蚻 noun (type of insect)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • blato noun (type of insect)

Estonian

1 entries
  • prussakas noun (type of insect)

Faroese

2 entries
  • grótlús noun (type of insect)
  • kakkulakkur noun (type of insect)

Finnish

1 entries
  • torakka noun (type of insect)

Fongbe

1 entries
  • kokló, kakalaka noun (type of insect)

French

3 entries
  • blatte noun (type of insect)
  • cafard noun (type of insect)
  • coquerelle noun (type of insect)

Galician

3 entries
  • carroucha noun (type of insect)
  • cascuda noun (type of insect)
  • cascudo noun (type of insect)

Georgian

2 entries
  • აბანოს ჭია noun (type of insect)
  • ტარაკანი noun (type of insect)

German

2 entries
  • Kakerlake noun (type of insect)
  • Schabe noun (type of insect)

Greek

1 entries
  • κατσαρίδα noun (type of insect)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • વંદો noun (type of insect)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • blat noun (type of insect)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 黃蚻 /黄蚻 noun (type of insect)

Hausa

1 entries
  • kyànkyasṑ noun (type of insect)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • ג׳וּק noun (type of insect)
  • תִּיקָן noun (type of insect)

Hiligaynon

1 entries
  • tanga noun (type of insect)

Hindi

3 entries
  • चपड़ा noun (type of insect)
  • तिलचटा noun (type of insect)
  • तिलचट्टा noun (type of insect)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • csótány noun (type of insect)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • kakkalakki noun (type of insect)

Ido

1 entries
  • blato noun (type of insect)

Ilocano

2 entries
  • ipes noun (type of insect)
  • sipet noun (type of insect)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • kacoa noun (type of insect)
  • kecoa noun (type of insect)
  • kecoak noun (type of insect)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • prusakka noun (type of insect)
  • tarakkana noun (type of insect)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • blatta noun (type of insect)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • سوسْک noun (type of insect)

Iraqi Arabic

2 entries
  • بنت وردان noun (type of insect)
  • صرصر noun (type of insect)

Irish

1 entries
  • blatóg noun (type of insect)

Italian

2 entries
  • blatta noun (type of insect)
  • scarafaggio noun (type of insect)

Ivatan

1 entries
  • ipues noun (type of insect)

Japanese

3 entries
  • アブラムシ noun (type of insect)
  • アマメ noun (type of insect)
  • ゴキブリ noun (type of insect)

Javanese

1 entries
  • coro noun (type of insect)

Kanakanabu

1 entries
  • 'atatavaang noun (type of insect)

Kapampangan

2 entries
  • ipas noun (type of insect)
  • kasua noun (type of insect)

Kashmiri

1 entries
  • ؤٹِل noun (type of insect)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • тарақан noun (type of insect)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • tākàpkàpnyù noun (type of insect)

Khmer

1 entries
  • កន្លាត noun (type of insect)

Kikuyu

1 entries
  • nyeje noun (type of insect)

Kimaragang

1 entries
  • lipos noun (type of insect)

Konkani

1 entries
  • जल्लो noun (type of insect)

Korean

2 entries
  • 바퀴 noun (type of insect)
  • 바퀴벌레 noun (type of insect)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • таракан noun (type of insect)

Lao

2 entries
  • ສາບ noun (type of insect)
  • ແມງສາບ noun (type of insect)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • brusaks noun (type of insect)

Latin

1 entries
  • blatta noun (type of insect)

Latvian

2 entries
  • prusaks noun (type of insect)
  • tarakāns noun (type of insect)

Lingala

1 entries
  • mpese noun (type of insect)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • tarakonas noun (type of insect)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • бубашваба noun (type of insect)
  • лебарка noun (type of insect)

Maguindanao

1 entries
  • kakaba noun (type of insect)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • kalabe noun (type of insect)

Malay

1 entries
  • lipas noun (type of insect)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പാറ്റ noun (type of insect)

Maltese

2 entries
  • kokroċ noun (type of insect)
  • wirdien noun (type of insect)

Marathi

1 entries
  • झुरळ noun (type of insect)

Meru

1 entries
  • njenje noun (type of insect)

Minangkabau

1 entries
  • lipeh noun (type of insect)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • жоом noun (type of insect)
  • ᠵᠣᠣᠮ᠎ᠠ noun (type of insect)

Muong

2 entries
  • chản noun (type of insect)
  • chản chản noun (type of insect)

Māori

3 entries
  • kokoroihe noun (type of insect)
  • kēkerengū noun (type of insect)
  • papata noun (type of insect)

Navajo

1 entries
  • chʼoshtsoh noun (type of insect)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • scarrafóne noun (type of insect)

Nheengatu

1 entries
  • arawé noun (type of insect)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • sîsirk noun (type of insect)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kakerlakk noun (type of insect)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • kakerlakk noun (type of insect)

Occitan

1 entries
  • barbaròt noun (type of insect)

Okinawan

2 entries
  • ひーらー noun (type of insect)
  • 唐びーらー noun (type of insect)

Old Tupi

1 entries
  • arabé noun (type of insect)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • حمام بوجكی noun (type of insect)

Paicî

1 entries
  • nîîwé noun (type of insect)

Pangasinan

1 entries
  • asipuet noun (type of insect)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • кухньов хробак noun (type of insect)
  • шваб noun (type of insect)

Pashto

1 entries
  • ګړندۍ noun (type of insect)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Schaub noun (type of insect)

Polish

3 entries
  • karaczan noun (type of insect)
  • karakan noun (type of insect)
  • karaluch noun (type of insect)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • barata noun (type of insect)
  • carocha noun (type of insect)

Romanian

3 entries
  • gândac noun (type of insect)
  • libarcă noun (type of insect)
  • rus noun (type of insect)

Russian

2 entries
  • пруса́к noun (type of insect)
  • тарака́н noun (type of insect)

Saaroa

1 entries
  • 'atatavangʉ noun (type of insect)

Sambali

1 entries
  • ipoh noun (type of insect)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • bubašvába noun (type of insect)
  • žȍhār noun (type of insect)
  • бубашва́ба noun (type of insect)
  • жо̏ха̄р noun (type of insect)

Slovak

1 entries
  • šváb noun (type of insect)

Slovene

1 entries
  • ščurek noun (type of insect)

Sotho

1 entries
  • lephela noun (type of insect)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cucaracha noun (type of insect)
  • curiana noun (type of insect)
  • fatula noun (type of insect)
  • jate noun (type of insect)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • kakalaka noun (type of insect)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • ᮎᮥᮎᮥᮍᮥᮊ᮪ noun (type of insect)

Swahili

2 entries
  • kombamwiko noun (type of insect)
  • mende noun (type of insect)

Swedish

1 entries
  • kackerlacka noun (type of insect)

Sylheti

1 entries
  • ꠔꠦꠟꠌꠥꠞꠣ noun (type of insect)

Tagal Murut

1 entries
  • lipos noun (type of insect)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • ipis noun (type of insect)

Tajik

1 entries
  • нонхӯрак noun (type of insect)

Tamil

3 entries
  • கக்கலாத்து noun (type of insect)
  • கரப்பான் noun (type of insect)
  • கரப்பான் பூச்சி noun (type of insect)

Tashelhit

1 entries
  • ibnḍr noun (type of insect)

Tatar

1 entries
  • таракан noun (type of insect)

Telugu

1 entries
  • బొద్దింక noun (type of insect)

Tetum

1 entries
  • barata noun (type of insect)

Thai

2 entries
  • สาบ noun (type of insect)
  • แมลงสาบ noun (type of insect)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཤོམ་འབུ noun (type of insect)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ድዱዕ noun (type of insect)

Tswana

1 entries
  • lefele noun (type of insect)

Turkish

2 entries
  • hamam böceği noun (type of insect)
  • karafatma noun (type of insect)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • saçakçy noun (type of insect)
  • tarakan noun (type of insect)

Tutong

1 entries
  • lipos noun (type of insect)

Uab Meto

1 entries
  • iki noun (type of insect)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • пруса́к noun (type of insect)
  • тарака́н noun (type of insect)
  • тарга́н noun (type of insect)

Urdu

1 entries
  • تِل چَٹّا noun (type of insect)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • مايقۇرت noun (type of insect)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • suvarak noun (type of insect)
  • tarakan noun (type of insect)
  • tezgizak noun (type of insect)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • gián noun (type of insect)

Volapük

1 entries
  • skaraf noun (type of insect)

Welsh

2 entries
  • blac-pat noun (type of insect)
  • chwilen ddu noun (type of insect)

West Coast Bajau

1 entries
  • bobok noun (type of insect)

Wolof

1 entries
  • mbóot mi noun (type of insect)

Wu Chinese

2 entries
  • 小強 /小强 noun (type of insect)
  • 蟑螂 noun (type of insect)

Yiddish

3 entries
  • טאַראַקאַן noun (type of insect)
  • קנײַפּער noun (type of insect)
  • שוואַב noun (type of insect)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • nankewerık noun (type of insect)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • sap noun (type of insect)

ǃXóõ

1 entries
  • gúle noun (type of insect)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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She looks satisfied when she catches a cockroach.

Source: tatoeba (62169)

It's exciting to watch her run after a cockroach.

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Crawl forward is done much more agilely - scuttle like a cockroach!

Source: tatoeba (328295)

I wonder what the normal life span of a cockroach is and if they ever die of old age.

Source: tatoeba (597649)

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