I saw a cocoon on the tree.
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Cocoon
//kəˈkuːn//
Synonyms for "cocoon" (5 found)
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103 translations across 68 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- kokon noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Albanian
1 entries- fshikë noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Arabic
1 entries- شَرْنَقَة noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Armenian
2 entries- բոժոժ noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- խոզակ noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- barama noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Belarusian
1 entries- ко́кан noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Bulgarian
2 entries- какавида noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- пашкул noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Burmese
1 entries- ပိုးအိမ် noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Catalan
1 entries- capoll noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 繭 /茧 noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- 包裹 verb (envelop in a protective case)
Czech
3 entries- kokon noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- kukla noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- zámotek noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Danish
1 entries- kokon noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Dutch
2 entries- cocon noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- cocon noun (any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical)
Esperanto
1 entries- kokono noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Estonian
2 entries- kookon noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- nukk noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Faroese
1 entries- spunahylki noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Finnish
4 entries- kokongi noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- kotelo noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- kotelo noun (any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical)
- suojus noun (any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical)
French
2 entries- cocon noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- cocon noun (any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical)
Galician
1 entries- burbulla noun (any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical)
Georgian
1 entries- აბრეშუმის პარკი noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
German
1 entries- Kokon noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Greek
1 entries- κουκούλι noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Gujarati
1 entries- કોશેટો noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Hebrew
1 entries- פְּקַעַת noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Hindi
2 entries- खोल noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- खोल noun (any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical)
Hungarian
4 entries- báb noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- gubó noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- selyemgubó noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- bebugyolál verb (envelop in a protective case)
Icelandic
2 entries- egghylki noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- lirfuhýði noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Ido
1 entries- kokono noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Irish
1 entries- cocún noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Italian
2 entries- bozzolo noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- bozzolo noun (any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical)
Japanese
1 entries- 繭 noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Khmer
1 entries- សំបុកនាង noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Korean
1 entries- 고치 noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- пилла noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Latvian
1 entries- kokons noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Macedonian
1 entries- кокона noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Malay
1 entries- kokun noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Malayalam
1 entries- കൊക്കൂൺ noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Marathi
1 entries- कोश noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Māori
1 entries- kopa noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Navajo
2 entries- iichʼąhii bitʼoh noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- kʼaalógii bitʼoh noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kokong noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kokong noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Pashto
1 entries- غوزه noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Persian
1 entries- پیله noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Kockun noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Polish
2 entries- kokon noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- kokon noun (any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical)
Portuguese
3 entries- casulo noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- casulo verb (envelop in a protective case)
- casulo verb (withdraw into such a case)
Romanian
3 entries- cocon noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- gogoașă noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- gogoașă de mătase noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Russian
2 entries- ко́кон noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- ко́кон noun (any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical)
Rwanda-Rundi
1 entries- cocon noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cochall noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- čahura noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- čaura noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Slovak
2 entries- kokón noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- kukla noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Slovene
1 entries- buba noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Spanish
1 entries- capullo noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Swedish
1 entries- puppa noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Tagalog
2 entries- supot-uod noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- tilas noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Telugu
1 entries- కోశము noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Thai
1 entries- ดักแด้ noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Turkish
2 entries- koza noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
- kabuğuna çekilmek verb (withdraw into such a case)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ко́кон noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Unami
1 entries- alemuchi noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Urdu
1 entries- کوکُون noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Vietnamese
1 entries- kén noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Volapük
1 entries- kokun noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Welsh
1 entries- cocŵn noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Yiddish
1 entries- קאַקון noun (protective case spun by the larvae of some insects)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Caterpillars transform into butterflies while they're in a cocoon.
Source: tatoeba (4174843)
The silk moth is a large moth whose caterpillar spins a cocoon used for silk production.
Source: tatoeba (5998344)
This morning I found myself wrapped in a cocoon of blankets.
Source: tatoeba (6698072)
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