Piranha

//pɪˈɹɑːn(j)ə//

Synonyms for "piranha" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
caribe

Strong matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
marauder

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
piranapredatorvulture

Related word relations

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6 relation types

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Synonyms

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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is a

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related to

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Translations

47 translations across 40 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • بِيرَانَا noun (South American fish)

Assamese

1 entries
  • পিৰানা noun (South American fish)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • піра́ння noun (South American fish)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • пира́ня noun (South American fish)

Catalan

1 entries
  • piranya noun (South American fish)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • kas̈hajpa noun (South American fish)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 比拉魚 /比拉鱼 noun (South American fish)
  • 水虎魚 /水虎鱼 noun (South American fish)
  • 食人魚 /食人鱼 noun (South American fish)
  • 食人鯧 /食人鲳 noun (South American fish)

Czech

1 entries
  • piraňa noun (South American fish)

Danish

1 entries
  • piratfisk noun (South American fish)

Dutch

2 entries
  • piranha noun (South American fish)
  • pireng noun (South American fish)

Faroese

1 entries
  • piranja noun (South American fish)

Finnish

1 entries
  • piraija noun (South American fish)

French

1 entries
  • piranha noun (South American fish)

German

1 entries
  • Piranha noun (South American fish)

Greek

1 entries
  • πιράνχας noun (South American fish)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • פיראניה noun (South American fish)

Hindi

1 entries
  • पिरान्हा noun (South American fish)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • piranha noun (South American fish)
  • pirája noun (South American fish)

Italian

1 entries
  • piranha noun (South American fish)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ピラニア noun (South American fish)

Korean

1 entries
  • 피라냐 noun (South American fish)

Malay

2 entries
  • ikan pirana noun (South American fish)
  • pirana noun (South American fish)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പിരാന noun (South American fish)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • piraja noun (South American fish)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • piraja noun (South American fish)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • piraja noun (South American fish)

Old Tupi

1 entries
  • pirãîa noun (South American fish)

Persian

1 entries
  • پیرانا noun (South American fish)

Polish

1 entries
  • pirania noun (South American fish)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • piranha noun (South American fish)

Romanian

1 entries
  • pirania noun (South American fish)

Russian

1 entries
  • пира́нья noun (South American fish)

Slovak

1 entries
  • piraňa noun (South American fish)

Spanish

1 entries
  • piraña noun (South American fish)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • piren noun (South American fish)

Swedish

1 entries
  • piraya noun (South American fish)

Thai

1 entries
  • ปลาปิรันยา noun (South American fish)

Turkish

1 entries
  • pirana noun (South American fish)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • піра́нья noun (South American fish)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cá piranha noun (South American fish)
  • cá răng đao noun (South American fish)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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Jump over the piranha plant.

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There is a piranha in that jungle river.

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Is your momma a piranha?

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Were you bit by a piranha?

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