Almost stepped on a gecko while going to the metro.
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Gecko
//ˈɡɛk.əʊ//
Synonyms for "gecko" (6 found)
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1 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
93 translations across 65 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- koggelmannetjie noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀσκάλαβος noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Arabic
3 entries- بو بريص noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- وزغة noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- وَزَغَة noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Assamese
2 entries- কেঁকো noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- কেঁকোসাপ noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Basque
2 entries- dragoitxo noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- geko noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Bengali
1 entries- তক্ষক noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Bulgarian
1 entries- гекон noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Burmese
1 entries- တောက်တဲ့ noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Catalan
1 entries- dragó noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Chinese
1 entries- 蟮蟲 /蟮虫 noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 四腳蛇 /四脚蛇 noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- 簷蛇 /檐蛇 noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 壁虎 noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- 守宮 /守宫 noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- 蝘蜓 noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Coptic
1 entries- ⲧⲉⲗⲙⲟⲛⲓⲁ noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Danish
1 entries- gekko noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Dutch
1 entries- gekko noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Esperanto
1 entries- geko noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Finnish
1 entries- gekko noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
French
1 entries- gecko noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Galician
1 entries- ladra noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Georgian
1 entries- გეკონი noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
German
1 entries- Gecko noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Greek
1 entries- σαμιαμίδι noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 簷蛇 /檐蛇 noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Hebrew
1 entries- שממית noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Hungarian
1 entries- gekkó noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Icelandic
2 entries- gekkó noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- skrækeðla noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Indonesian
2 entries- toke noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- tokek noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Italian
1 entries- geco noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Japanese
3 entries- ヤモリ noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- 守宮 noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- 家守 noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Javanese
1 entries- tekèk noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Kazakh
1 entries- жармасқы noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Khmer
1 entries- តឹកកែ noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Korean
1 entries- 도마뱀붙이 noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Lao
4 entries- ກະໂຫລ່ງ noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- ກັບແກ້ noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- ກັບໂກ້ noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- ຂີ້ໂກະ noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Malay
1 entries- tokek noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠶᡝᡴᠰᡝᡵᡥᡝᠨ noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Marathi
1 entries- पाल noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Mokilese
1 entries- soasok noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Moore
1 entries- bãngenlɛgsre noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Māori
1 entries- moko noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gekko noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- gekko noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Nupe
3 entries- latswánlatswángi noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- màlélégi noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- tswánlagi noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Nyunga
1 entries- bidjool noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Old Armenian
1 entries- քարաթոթոշ noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Pela
1 entries- tʃɿ̆.ʃap⁵⁵ noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Polish
1 entries- gekon noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Portuguese
2 entries- lagartixa noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- osga noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Russian
1 entries- гекко́н noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Sicilian
4 entries- passijaturi noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- scurpiuni noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- tignusu noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- zazzamita noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Spanish
2 entries- geco noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- salamanquesa noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Swahili
1 entries- mjusi kafiri noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Swedish
2 entries- gecko noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- geckoödla noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Tagalog
1 entries- tuko noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Tamil
1 entries- பாரதிக்கு noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Tashelhit
2 entries- ⵉⵇⵍⵉ noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- ⵜⵉⵇⵍⵉⵜ noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Thai
2 entries- จิ้งจก noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- ตุ๊กแก noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Turkish
1 entries- geko noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Tày
1 entries- cắc kè noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Ukrainian
1 entries- геко́н noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cắc kè noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- tắc kè noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Walloon
1 entries- djecok noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Wolof
1 entries- wunk bi noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Yoruba
2 entries- aláàmù noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
- ọmọnílé noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Zulu
1 entries- intulo noun (lizard of the family Gekkonidae)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
The helmethead gecko is the only vertebrate that can see colours at night.
Source: tatoeba (6190872)
How can you distinguish between a Gecko and a Newt?
Source: tatoeba (9985253)
Ziri caught a gecko.
Source: tatoeba (11303333)
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