The plural form of "louse" is "lice".
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Louse
Synonyms for "louse" (93 found)
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370 translations across 262 languages.
Abaza
1 entries- цӏа noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Abkhaz
1 entries- аҵа noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Acehnese
1 entries- gutee noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Afrikaans
1 entries- luis noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Ainu
2 entries- ウㇽキ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- キ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Aklanon
1 entries- kuto noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Albanian
2 entries- morr noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- qelbanik noun (worthless person)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φθείρ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Andi
1 entries- ноцӏцӏи noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Ao
1 entries- atsük noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Apinayé
1 entries- gô noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Arabic
4 entries- قمل noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- قمل noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- قمل noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- قمل noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܩܠܡܐ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Archi
1 entries- нацӏ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Armenian
1 entries- ոջիլ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Aromanian
1 entries- piduclju noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Assamese
1 entries- ওকণি noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܩܠܡܐ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Asturian
1 entries- pioyu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Avar
1 entries- нацӏ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Aymara
1 entries- lapʼa noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bit noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Baluchi
1 entries- بوڈ noun (worthless person)
Bashkir
1 entries- бет noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Basque
1 entries- zorri noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Bats
1 entries- მაწ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Belarusian
1 entries- вош noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Bengali
1 entries- উকুন noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Bezhta
1 entries- нацо noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Biatah Bidayuh
1 entries- gutis noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Bikol Central
1 entries- kuto noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Bislama
1 entries- nakutu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Brahui
1 entries- بوڈ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Breton
1 entries- laou noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Brunei Malay
1 entries- kutu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Buginese
1 entries- utu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Bulgarian
3 entries- въ́шка noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- гад noun (worthless person)
- пощя verb (To remove lice)
Burmese
1 entries- သန်း noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Burushaski
1 entries- کھرو noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Caac
1 entries- ciic noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Canela
1 entries- incô noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Cappadocian Greek
1 entries- φčείρ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Carolinian
1 entries- ghúúw noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- уша noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Catalan
1 entries- poll noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Cebuano
1 entries- tuma noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- ئەسپێ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Central Melanau
1 entries- kutou noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Chamicuro
1 entries- nijpa noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Chechen
1 entries- меза noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Chepang
3 entries- क्रास् noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- सेक् noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- स्रय्क् noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Chichewa
1 entries- nsabwe noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Chinese
1 entries- сыйзы noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 蝨乸 /虱乸 noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 寄生虫 noun (worthless person)
- 蝨子 /虱子 noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Church Slavic
2 entries- въшь noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- ⰲⱏⱎⱐ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Chuvash
1 entries- пыйтӑ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Coptic
4 entries- ⲕⲁⲕⲑⲓ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- ⲕⲁⲕⲧⲉ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- ⲕⲁⲕⲧⲓ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- ⲕⲁⲧⲕⲉ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Czech
3 entries- veš noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- odvšivit verb (To remove lice)
- odvšivovat verb (To remove lice)
Cèmuhî
1 entries- i noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Dalmatian
1 entries- pedoclo noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Danish
1 entries- lus noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Dutch
3 entries- (arme) luis noun (worthless person)
- luis noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- ontluizen verb (To remove lice)
Eastern Arrernte
1 entries- arreme noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Eastern Kayah
1 entries- sò noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Egyptian
1 entries- k:t-t:L4 noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Erzya
1 entries- сий noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Esperanto
1 entries- pediko noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Estonian
1 entries- täi noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Even
1 entries- кумкэ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Fala
1 entries- piollu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Fanagalo
1 entries- ntwala noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Faroese
1 entries- lús noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Fijian
1 entries- kutu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Finnish
4 entries- epatto noun (worthless person)
- hylkiö noun (worthless person)
- jäytiäinen noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- luopio noun (worthless person)
French
4 entries- pou noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- salaud noun (worthless person)
- salaude noun (worthless person)
- salop noun (worthless person)
Friulian
1 entries- pedoli noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Fwâi
1 entries- ciik noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Galician
2 entries- piollo noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- piollo famento noun (worthless person)
Georgian
2 entries- მკბენარი noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- ტილი noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
German
4 entries- Dreckkerl noun (worthless person)
- Dreckskerl noun (worthless person)
- Laus noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- Lumpenhund noun (worthless person)
Gorontalo
1 entries- utu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Greek
3 entries- ασυνείδητος noun (worthless person)
- κοπρόσκυλον noun (worthless person)
- ψείρα noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Guerrero Amuzgo
1 entries- kítzkò noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- pou noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Hawaiian
1 entries- ʻuku noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Hebrew
1 entries- כִּנָּה noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Higaonon
1 entries- tuma noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Hindi
1 entries- जूँ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Hungarian
1 entries- tetű noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Hunzib
1 entries- на̇цǝ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Icelandic
1 entries- lús noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Ido
1 entries- lauso noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Ilocano
1 entries- kuto noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Imonda
1 entries- ku noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Indonesian
1 entries- kutu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Ingrian
2 entries- popo noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- täi noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Ingush
1 entries- меза noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Iranun
1 entries- kutu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Irish
1 entries- míol cnis noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Italian
1 entries- pidocchio noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Japanese
3 entries- シラミ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- 寄生虫 noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- 虱 noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Javanese
1 entries- ꦠꦸꦩ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Jawe
1 entries- ciik noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Jebero
1 entries- čimɨŋ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Juba Arabic
1 entries- gomul noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- piodju noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Kaingang
1 entries- ga noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Kannada
1 entries- ಹೇನು noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Kashubian
1 entries- wesz noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Kayapó
1 entries- ngôre noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Kazakh
1 entries- бит noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Khinalug
1 entries- нимцӏ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Khmer
3 entries- ចៃ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- ដង្កែ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- ឩកា noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Khorasani Turkish
1 entries- بیت noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Khumi Chin
1 entries- ähi noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Khvarshi
1 entries- нуца noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Korean
1 entries- 이 noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Kumak
1 entries- chixic noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- бит noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Lak
1 entries- нацӏ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Laki
2 entries- ئِسپِژ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- شِش noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Lakota
1 entries- hitka la noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Lao
3 entries- ເມັນ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- ເຫົາ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- ໄຮ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Latin
1 entries- pēdis noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Latvian
1 entries- uts noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Laz
1 entries- მტი noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Lezgi
1 entries- нет noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Lingala
3 entries- monsili noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- nsili noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- sili noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Linngithigh
1 entries- ibhi noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Lithuanian
1 entries- utėlė noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Livonian
1 entries- tei noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Low German
1 entries- Luus noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- weš noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Lower Tanana
1 entries- yo' noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Lushootseed
1 entries- bəšč'ád noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Lü
1 entries- ᦠᧁ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Macedonian
4 entries- вошка noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- вошкар noun (worthless person)
- гад noun (worthless person)
- гнида noun (worthless person)
Madurese
1 entries- koto noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Maguindanao
1 entries- kutu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Makasar
1 entries- kutu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Malay
1 entries- kutu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Malayalam
1 entries- പേൻ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Maltese
1 entries- qamla noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠴᡳᡥᡝ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Mansaka
2 entries- koto noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- toma noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Maore Comorian
1 entries- ndra noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Maranao
1 entries- tom noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Marathi
1 entries- ऊ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Maxakalí
1 entries- kut noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Megleno-Romanian
1 entries- piducľu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Mingrelian
1 entries- ტი noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Mizo
1 entries- hrik noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Moksha
1 entries- си noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Mongolian
2 entries- бөөс noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- ᠪᠥᠭᠡᠰᠤ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Māori
1 entries- kutu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Nanai
1 entries- чиктэ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Navajo
1 entries- yaaʼ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Neapolitan
1 entries- perucchio noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Nemi
1 entries- ciik noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- nɗa noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- spih noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Northern Mansi
1 entries- та̄кум noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Northern Ohlone
1 entries- ká̄i noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Northern Thai
1 entries- ᩉᩮᩢᩣ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- lus noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- lus noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Occitan
4 entries- mirgalhon noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- pesolh noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- peu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- piu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Odia
1 entries- ଉକୁଣି noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Ojibwe
2 entries- ikwa noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- ikwag noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- въшь noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Old English
1 entries- lūs noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Old Norse
1 entries- lús noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Ossetian
1 entries- сыст noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Paicî
1 entries- i noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Panará
1 entries- kjãnkô noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Papiamentu
1 entries- pieu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Pará Gavião
1 entries- nkô noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Pashto
1 entries- سپږه noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Persian
1 entries- شِپِش noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Piedmontese
1 entries- poj noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Pije
1 entries- ciik noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Lus (nds) noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Polish
4 entries- gnida noun (worthless person)
- menda noun (worthless person)
- wesz noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- iskać verb (To remove lice)
Pontic Greek
1 entries- φθείρι noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Portuguese
4 entries- canalha noun (worthless person)
- piolho noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- piolho noun (worthless person)
- sem-vergonha noun (worthless person)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਜੂੰ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Pykobjê
3 entries- aacuu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- amcuu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- ẽhncuu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Quechua
1 entries- usa noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Rohingya
1 entries- 𐴀𐴟𐴙𐴕 noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Romagnol
1 entries- bdòcc noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Romani
1 entries- ʒuv noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Romanian
2 entries- păduche noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- păduche noun (worthless person)
Russian
4 entries- во́шка noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- вошь noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- вши noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- га́дская кровь noun (worthless person)
Sango
1 entries- sili noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Sanskrit
1 entries- यूका noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Sardinian
4 entries- peogu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- piduciu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- piducru noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- piogu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- mial noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- uš noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- vaš noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- vaška noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- ваш noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Sherpa
1 entries- ཤིག noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Shor
1 entries- пит noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Sicilian
1 entries- pidocchiu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Slovak
3 entries- voš noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- všivavec noun (worthless person)
- všivák noun (worthless person)
Slovene
3 entries- gnida noun (worthless person)
- uš noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- ušivec noun (worthless person)
Somali
1 entries- injir noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Southern Kurdish
1 entries- سپیە noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Spanish
4 entries- canalla noun (worthless person)
- piojo noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- sinvergüenza noun (worthless person)
- despiojar verb (To remove lice)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- loso noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Sundanese
1 entries- otét noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Svan
1 entries- ტიშ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Swahili
2 entries- chawa noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- chawa noun (worthless person)
Swedish
3 entries- lus noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- skitstövel noun (worthless person)
- usling noun (worthless person)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠃꠇꠂꠘ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Tabasaran
1 entries- ницц noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Tagalog
1 entries- kuto noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Tajik
1 entries- шабушк noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Talysh
1 entries- اسبج noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Tamil
3 entries- தண்டம் noun (worthless person)
- தெண்டம் noun (worthless person)
- பேன் noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Tanapag
1 entries- gúú noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Taos
1 entries- phìayána noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Tapayuna
1 entries- ngô noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Tarifit
1 entries- tiššit noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Tat
1 entries- uşbuj noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Tatar
1 entries- бет noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Tausug
1 entries- kutu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Tedim Chin
1 entries- hik noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Telugu
2 entries- పనికిమాలిన వ్యక్తి noun (worthless person)
- పేను noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Ternate
1 entries- gani noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Tetum
1 entries- utu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Thai
2 entries- เหา noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- โลน noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཤིག noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- laus noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Tsakonian
1 entries- ψεῖρα noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Turkish
2 entries- aşağılık kimse noun (worthless person)
- bit noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Turkmen
1 entries- bit noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Udi
1 entries- нецӏ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Udmurt
1 entries- тэй noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Ukrainian
1 entries- во́ша noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Unami
1 entries- xaihu noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- woš noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Urdu
1 entries- جوں noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Uyghur
1 entries- پىت noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Uzbek
1 entries- bit noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Vietnamese
3 entries- chí noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- chấy noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- rận noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Vilamovian
1 entries- łaojs noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Volapük
1 entries- puf noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Warlpiri
1 entries- yaka noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Welsh
2 entries- llau noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- lleuen noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- moon-ong noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Xavante
1 entries- u noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Xerénte
1 entries- gó noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Xhosa
1 entries- intwala noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Yakut
1 entries- быт noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Yiddish
1 entries- לויז noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Yuanga
1 entries- ciii noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Yámana
1 entries- wam noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Zande
1 entries- zari noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Zazaki
2 entries- espij noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- ıspıc noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Zealandic
1 entries- luus noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Zhuang
1 entries- naenz noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Zulu
1 entries- intwala noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
ǃXóõ
2 entries- gǁkxʼóni noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
- ʘnó̰õ noun (an insect of the order Psocodea)
Sample sentences
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Nature shows us only the tail of the lion. But there is no doubt in my mind that the lion belongs to it even if he cannot reveal himself to the eye all at once because of his enormous size. We see him only the way a louse sitting upon him would.
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I'm fascinated by the evolutionary history of the louse.
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Industrial neighborhoods that included residential shacks and stables, belching smokestacks and a huge gas-storage tank, the city’s most opulent brothel, and a muddy lane called “Louse Alley” — as in the bloodsucking insect — rose just across the Capitol’s reflecting pool.
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