Moth

//mɒθ//

Synonyms for "moth" (23 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Strong matches (7)

Related words (11)

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Translations

157 translations across 104 languages.

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Ainu

1 entries
  • ヘポラㇷ゚ noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Albanian

3 entries
  • ethëzë noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • tenjë noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • zgjerbe noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Algerian Arabic

1 entries
  • بوفرتوتو noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • σής noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Arabic

2 entries
  • عُثَّة noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • فرطوط noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܣܣܐ noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ցեց noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Atayal

1 entries
  • kperay noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • güvə noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • көйә noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Basque

1 entries
  • sits noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • моль noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • нощна́ пеперу́да noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Catalan

1 entries
  • arna noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • anunugba noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᏩᏐᏝ noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • balaula noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • noun (Vigna aconitifolia)

Cornish

2 entries
  • gòdhan noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • tykki Duw nos noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Czech

2 entries
  • můra noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • noční motýl noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Danish

2 entries
  • møl noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • natsommerfugl noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Dutch

2 entries
  • mot noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • nachtvlinder noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • tineo noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Estonian

1 entries
  • ööliblikas noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Faroese

1 entries
  • húsvætti noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Finnish

2 entries
  • koi noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • yöperhonen noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

French

3 entries
  • mite noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • papillon de nuit noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • phalène noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Galician

3 entries
  • avelaíña noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • couza noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • traza noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ღამის პეპელა noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • ჩრჩილი noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

German

3 entries
  • Mattenbohne noun (Vigna aconitifolia)
  • Motte noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • Nachtfalter noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍉 noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Greek

1 entries
  • νυχτοπεταλούδα noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • סָס noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • עָשׁ noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Hindi

2 entries
  • पतंगा noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • परवाना noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • moly noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • molylepke noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • éjjeli lepke noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • mölur noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Ido

1 entries
  • tineo noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • gegat noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • ngengat noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • koi noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Irish

1 entries
  • leamhan noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Italian

4 entries
  • camola noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • falena noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • tarma noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • tignola noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Japanese

1 entries
  • noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಚಿಟ್ಟೆ noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • kambubulag noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • көбелек noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Khmer

1 entries
  • សត្វខ្មូត noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Korean

1 entries
  • 나방 noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Lao

1 entries
  • ກະເບື້ອ noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Latin

2 entries
  • papilio noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • tinea noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Latvian

1 entries
  • kode noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kandis noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • мо́лец noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • samoina noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Malay

1 entries
  • kupu-kupu noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Maltese

1 entries
  • kamla noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Manx

1 entries
  • lhemeen noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • бүгэг эрвээхэй noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • цагаан эрвээхэй noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Māori

2 entries
  • pepe noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • pūrēhua noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Navajo

1 entries
  • iichʼąhii noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Norman

3 entries
  • ange noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • cahuche noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • papillon d'niet noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • muohcu noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • møll noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • nattsvermer noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • møll noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • nattsvermar noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Occitan

1 entries
  • arna noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Okinawan

1 entries
  • noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • فراشه noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • كوكه noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • پروانه noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • моль noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Persian

3 entries
  • بید noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • مته noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • پروانه noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Mott noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Polish

2 entries
  • motyl nocny noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • ćma noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • mariposa noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • traça noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਪਤੰਗਾ noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • ਪਰਵਾਨਾ noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Quechua

1 entries
  • puyu noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • faléna noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Romanian

1 entries
  • molie noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Russian

3 entries
  • моль noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • мотылёк noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • ночна́я ба́бочка noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Sardinian

4 entries
  • arna noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • babbaliscu noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • maniposa noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • tacatia noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • leòman noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • leptirica noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • moljac noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • лептирица noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • мољац noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • සලඹයා noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Slovak

1 entries
  • moľ noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Slovene

2 entries
  • molj noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • vešča noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Spanish

2 entries
  • polilla noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • taraza noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Swahili

1 entries
  • nondo noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Swedish

2 entries
  • mal noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • nattfjäril noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • gamugamo noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Tajik

1 entries
  • парвона noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • afarṭu noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Tashelhit

1 entries
  • fitllis noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Thai

1 entries
  • ผีเสื้อกลางคืน noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Tlingit

1 entries
  • tleilóo noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Tooro

1 entries
  • ekihoiholya class 7 noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Turkish

1 entries
  • güve noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Tày

1 entries
  • bỉ noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Udi

1 entries
  • цӏецӏ noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • міль noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Urdu

2 entries
  • پتنگا noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • پروانہ noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • moʻl noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • bướm đêm noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • ngài noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Vilamovian

2 entries
  • myłm noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • myłma noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Volapük

1 entries
  • neitapab noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Welsh

2 entries
  • gwyfyn noun (insect similar to a butterfly)
  • pryf y gannwyll noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Woiwurrung

1 entries
  • tarr-ien noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מאָל noun (insect similar to a butterfly)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Is it a butterfly or a moth?

Source: tatoeba (42225)

This species of moth has evolved an ingenious camouflage for blending into its surroundings.

Source: tatoeba (612275)

Tom followed the moth outside the cabin.

Source: tatoeba (3902471)

The silk moth is a large moth whose caterpillar spins a cocoon used for silk production.

Source: tatoeba (5998344)

Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.