Crab

//kɹæb//

Synonyms for "crab" (203 found)

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36 entries

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capable of

1 entries

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238 entries

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etymologically related_to

2 entries

has a

1 entries

has context

5 entries

is a

11 entries

manner of

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Translations

287 translations across 206 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • адыҕаҷиа noun (crustacean)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • krap noun (crustacean)

Ahom

1 entries
  • 𑜆𑜥 noun (crustacean)

Ainu

2 entries
  • アㇺパイ noun (crustacean)
  • アㇺパヤヤ noun (crustacean)

Akan

1 entries
  • ɔkɔtɔ noun (crustacean)

Aklanon

1 entries
  • ueang noun (crustacean)

Albanian

1 entries
  • gaforre noun (crustacean)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ክራብ noun (crustacean)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • καρκίνος noun (crustacean)

Arabic

4 entries
  • ابو جلمبو noun (crustacean)
  • بوجنيبة noun (crustacean)
  • سَرَطان noun (crustacean)
  • سَرَطَان noun (crustacean)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • candreixo noun (crustacean)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܣܪܛܢܐ noun (crustacean)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ծովախեցգետին noun (crustacean)

Assamese

1 entries
  • কেঁকোৰা noun (crustacean)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ noun (crustacean)

Asturian

1 entries
  • cangrexu noun (crustacean)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • yengəc noun (crustacean)

Baba Malay

1 entries
  • kepiting noun (crustacean)

Balinese

1 entries
  • yuyu noun (crustacean)

Basque

1 entries
  • karramarro noun (crustacean)

Bassa

1 entries
  • ká noun (crustacean)

Bau Bidayuh

1 entries
  • kuyoh noun (crustacean)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • краб noun (crustacean)

Bengali

1 entries
  • কাঁকড়া noun (crustacean)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • केकड़ा noun (crustacean)

Bouyei

1 entries
  • baul noun (crustacean)

Brunei Malay

1 entries
  • katam noun (crustacean)

Bukar-Sadung Bidayuh

1 entries
  • ketap noun (crustacean)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • краб noun (crustacean)
  • крив рак noun (crustacean)
  • кусур noun (defect rendering an object inconvenient to use)
  • мо́рски рак noun (crustacean)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ကဏန်း noun (crustacean)

Canela

1 entries
  • paj noun (crustacean)

Catalan

3 entries
  • cabra noun (informal: infestation of pubic lice)
  • carranc noun (crustacean)
  • cranc noun (crustacean)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • kasag noun (crustacean)

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

1 entries
  • xilij noun (crustacean)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • قِرژاڵ noun (crustacean)

Central Melanau

2 entries
  • buyou noun (crustacean)
  • ketem noun (crustacean)

Central Nahuatl

1 entries
  • tecuicihtli noun (crustacean)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • majchelo noun (crustacean)

Chamorro

1 entries
  • pånglao noun (crustacean)

Chechen

1 entries
  • краб noun (crustacean)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • nkhanu noun (crustacean)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 蟳 /𫊻 noun (crustacean)
  • 蟳仔 /𫊻仔 noun (crustacean)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 螃蟹 noun (crustacean)
  • 蟹 noun (crustacean)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 螃蟹 noun (crustacean)
  • 蟹 noun (crustacean)

Chukchi

1 entries
  • каӈколгын noun (crustacean)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲥⲁⲣⲇⲱⲟⲛ noun (crustacean)

Cornish

1 entries
  • kanker noun (crustacean)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • pavra noun (crustacean)

Czech

2 entries
  • filcky noun (informal: infestation of pubic lice)
  • krab noun (crustacean)

Danish

1 entries
  • krabbe noun (crustacean)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • ކަކުނި noun (crustacean)

Dutch

1 entries
  • krab noun (crustacean)

Dzongkha

1 entries
  • སྦལཔ་ཀང་ཀུར noun (crustacean)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 蠞 noun (crustacean)

Ega

1 entries
  • ɔxá noun (crustacean)

Emilian

1 entries
  • gafa noun (crustacean)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • grumblemulo noun (bad-tempered person)
  • krabo noun (crustacean)

Estonian

1 entries
  • krabi noun (crustacean)

Faroese

1 entries
  • krabbi noun (crustacean)

Finnish

4 entries
  • mörökölli noun (bad-tempered person)
  • rapu noun (crustacean)
  • satiaisia noun (informal: infestation of pubic lice)
  • taskurapu noun (crustacean)

French

2 entries
  • crabe noun (crustacean)
  • morpions noun (informal: infestation of pubic lice)

Friulian

2 entries
  • granç noun (crustacean)
  • masanete noun (crustacean)

Gagauz

1 entries
  • engeç noun (crustacean)

Galician

4 entries
  • cangrexo noun (crustacean)
  • caranguexo noun (crustacean)
  • chabro noun (crustacean)
  • craba noun (crustacean)

Georgian

2 entries
  • კიბორჩხალა noun (crustacean)
  • კრაბი noun (crustacean)

German

1 entries
  • Krabbe noun (crustacean)

Greek

2 entries
  • καβούρι noun (crustacean)
  • καρκίνος noun (crustacean)

Greenlandic

2 entries
  • assagiarsuk noun (crustacean)
  • saattuaq noun (crustacean)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • કરચલો noun (crustacean)

Gurani

1 entries
  • قرژانگی noun (crustacean)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 老蟹 noun (crustacean)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • pāpaʻi noun (crustacean)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • סַרְטַן noun (crustacean)

Hindi

4 entries
  • कर्कट noun (crustacean)
  • केंकड़ा noun (crustacean)
  • केकड़ा noun (crustacean)
  • सरतान noun (crustacean)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • rák noun (crustacean)

Ibanag

1 entries
  • agama noun (crustacean)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • krabbi noun (crustacean)

Ido

1 entries
  • krabo noun (crustacean)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • kepiting noun (crustacean)
  • ketam noun (crustacean)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • kraba noun (crustacean)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • خَرْچَنْگ noun (crustacean)
  • کَرْزَنْگ noun (crustacean)

Iraqi Arabic

1 entries
  • جِنّيْب noun (crustacean)

Irish

1 entries
  • portán noun (crustacean)

Isnag

1 entries
  • axama noun (crustacean)

Italian

3 entries
  • granchio noun (crustacean)
  • piattola noun (informal: infestation of pubic lice)
  • pidocchio del pube noun (informal: infestation of pubic lice)

Japanese

2 entries
  • カニ noun (crustacean)
  • 蟹 noun (crustacean)

Javanese

1 entries
  • ꦪꦸꦪꦸ noun (crustacean)

Jeju

1 entries
  • 깅이 noun (crustacean)

Kanakanabu

1 entries
  • 'apasʉ noun (crustacean)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಏಡಿ noun (crustacean)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • ema noun (crustacean)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • таңқышаян noun (crustacean)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • hūa noun (crustacean)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ក្ដាម noun (crustacean)

Kikai

1 entries
  • 蟹 noun (crustacean)

Kimaragang

1 entries
  • tongkuyu noun (crustacean)

Kongo

1 entries
  • nkala noun (crustacean)

Korean

1 entries
  • 게 noun (crustacean)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • краб noun (crustacean)

Lao

1 entries
  • ປູ noun (crustacean)

Latin

2 entries
  • cancer noun (crustacean)
  • cancer marinus noun (crustacean)

Latvian

1 entries
  • krabis noun (crustacean)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • grìtta noun (crustacean)

Linngithigh

1 entries
  • mbiwgh noun (crustacean)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • krabas noun (crustacean)

Lombard

1 entries
  • gamber noun (crustacean)

Lü

1 entries
  • ᦔᦴ noun (crustacean)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • рак noun (crustacean)

Maguindanao

1 entries
  • ugagan noun (crustacean)

Malagasy

2 entries
  • foza noun (crustacean)
  • fozakinga noun (crustacean)

Malay

3 entries
  • kepiting noun (crustacean)
  • ketam noun (crustacean)
  • yuyu noun (crustacean)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഞണ്ട് noun (crustacean)

Maltese

1 entries
  • granċ noun (crustacean)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡴᠠᡨᡠ᠋ᡵᡳ noun (crustacean)

Manx

1 entries
  • partan noun (crustacean)

Maranao

1 entries
  • ogagang noun (crustacean)

Marathi

1 entries
  • खेकडा noun (crustacean)

Miyako

1 entries
  • 蟹 noun (crustacean)

Mon

2 entries
  • ဂတာံ noun (crustacean)
  • ဗတာံ noun (crustacean)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • наймалж noun (crustacean)
  • хавч noun (crustacean)
  • ᠨᠠᠢᠮᠠᠯᠵᠢ noun (crustacean)
  • ᠬᠠᠪᠴᠢ noun (crustacean)

Mulam

1 entries
  • ˀjai⁵ noun (crustacean)

Māori

2 entries
  • pāpaka noun (crustacean)
  • waerau noun (crustacean)

Nanticoke

1 entries
  • tah!quah noun (crustacean)

Navajo

1 entries
  • chʼosh bikágí ntłʼizí noun (crustacean)

Nepali

1 entries
  • गँगटा noun (crustacean)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • djandze noun (crustacean)

Norman

1 entries
  • crabbe noun (crustacean)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • kevjal noun (crustacean)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • reabbá noun (crustacean)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • krabbe noun (crustacean)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • krabbe noun (crustacean)

Occitan

2 entries
  • cranc noun (crustacean)
  • favolha noun (crustacean)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • ashaageshiinh noun (crustacean)

Okinawan

1 entries
  • 蟹 noun (crustacean)

Okinoerabu

1 entries
  • 蟹 noun (crustacean)

Old English

1 entries
  • crabba noun (crustacean)

Orok

1 entries
  • э̄мэ noun (crustacean)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • краб noun (crustacean)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • ینكج noun (crustacean)

Palauan

1 entries
  • rekung noun (crustacean)

Pali

1 entries
  • kakkaṭaka noun (crustacean)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • краба noun (crustacean)
  • рак noun (crustacean)

Pashto

2 entries
  • نېښي noun (crustacean)
  • چنګاښ noun (crustacean)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • ganber noun (crustacean)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Kjräft noun (crustacean)

Polish

2 entries
  • krab noun (crustacean)
  • opryskliwy noun (bad-tempered person)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • caranguejo noun (crustacean)
  • siri noun (crustacean)

Rohingya

1 entries
  • kiáñra noun (crustacean)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • gâmbar noun (crustacean)

Romanian

1 entries
  • crab noun (crustacean)

Romansch

1 entries
  • giomber noun (crustacean)

Russian

2 entries
  • краб noun (crustacean)
  • мандаво́шки noun (informal: infestation of pubic lice)

S'gaw Karen

1 entries
  • ဆွဲၣ် noun (crustacean)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • कर्कट noun (crustacean)

Scots

1 entries
  • partan noun (crustacean)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • crùbag noun (crustacean)
  • partan noun (crustacean)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • krába noun (crustacean)
  • rȁk noun (crustacean)
  • кра́ба noun (crustacean)
  • ра̏к noun (crustacean)

Shan

1 entries
  • ပူ noun (crustacean)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • arancimaru noun (crustacean)
  • garanc' 'i mari noun (crustacean)
  • garanciu noun (crustacean)
  • granciu noun (crustacean)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • කකුළුවා noun (crustacean)

Slovak

1 entries
  • krab noun (crustacean)

Slovene

1 entries
  • rakovica noun (crustacean)

Somali

1 entries
  • carsaanyo noun (crustacean)

Sotho

2 entries
  • lekgala noun (crustacean)
  • lekhala noun (crustacean)

Southern Kurdish

1 entries
  • قِرژِنگ noun (crustacean)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cangrejo noun (crustacean)
  • jaiba noun (crustacean)
  • ladilla noun (informal: infestation of pubic lice)
  • maneto noun (informal: infestation of pubic lice)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • krabu noun (crustacean)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • kebo noun (crustacean)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kaa noun (crustacean)

Swedish

1 entries
  • krabba noun (crustacean)

Tagal Murut

1 entries
  • pua' noun (crustacean)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • alimango noun (crustacean)
  • katang noun (crustacean)

Tai Dam

1 entries
  • ꪜꪴ noun (crustacean)

Tajik

1 entries
  • харчанг noun (crustacean)

Tamil

1 entries
  • நண்டு noun (crustacean)

Tatar

1 entries
  • кысла noun (crustacean)

Tausug

1 entries
  • kagang noun (crustacean)

Telugu

1 entries
  • పీత noun (crustacean)

Ternate

2 entries
  • disawa (hermit crab) noun (crustacean)
  • horu (sea-crab) noun (crustacean)

Thai

1 entries
  • ปู noun (crustacean)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • སྡིག་སྲིན noun (crustacean)

Tidore

1 entries
  • horu (sea-crab) noun (crustacean)

Tswana

1 entries
  • lekakauwe noun (crustacean)

Turkish

1 entries
  • yengeç noun (crustacean)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • leňňeç noun (crustacean)

Tuvan

1 entries
  • краб noun (crustacean)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • краб noun (crustacean)

Urdu

2 entries
  • کیکْڑا noun (crustacean)
  • گیگْڑا noun (crustacean)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قىسقۇچپاقا noun (crustacean)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • dengiz qisqichbaqasi noun (crustacean)
  • krab noun (crustacean)
  • qisqichbaqa noun (crustacean)

Venetan

2 entries
  • granso noun (crustacean)
  • granzi noun (crustacean)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • cua noun (crustacean)

Vili

1 entries
  • nkala noun (crustacean)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cranc noun (crustacean)

West Coast Bajau

1 entries
  • kabou noun (crustacean)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • krab noun (crustacean)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 蟹 noun (crustacean)

Xhosa

1 entries
  • unonkala noun (crustacean)

Yakut

1 entries
  • краб noun (crustacean)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קראַב noun (crustacean)

Yoron

1 entries
  • 蟹 noun (crustacean)

Yoruba

2 entries
  • akàn noun (crustacean)
  • alákàn noun (crustacean)

Yurok

1 entries
  • ko'ses noun (crustacean)

Zazaki

2 entries
  • kerkinc noun (crustacean)
  • kerkınc (diq) noun (crustacean)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • baeu noun (crustacean)

Zulu

1 entries
  • inkala noun (crustacean)

Sample sentences

44 total sentences available.

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You cannot make a crab walk straight.

Source: tatoeba (22063)

I regard crab as a great delicacy.

Source: tatoeba (253336)

Snippy had the bluest blood of all his crab brethren.

Source: tatoeba (779143)

The red king crab is a large crustacean.

Source: tatoeba (837353)

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