Some snakes are poisonous.
Source: tatoeba (33908)
Poisonous
//ˈpɔɪzənəs//
Synonyms for "poisonous" (102 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (51)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
7 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
95 translations across 60 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- سَامّ adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Armenian
1 entries- թունավոր adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Aromanian
3 entries- fãrmãchiros adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- nfãrmãcos adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- toapsec adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Asturian
1 entries- venenosu adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- zəhərli adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Belarusian
2 entries- атру́тны adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- ядаві́ты adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Bulgarian
1 entries- отро́вен adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Catalan
2 entries- tòxic adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- verinós adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 有毒的 adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Czech
1 entries- jedovatý adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Danish
1 entries- giftig adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Dutch
3 entries- giftig adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- toxisch adj ((figuratively) negative, harmful)
- verziekt adj ((figuratively) negative, harmful)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- аяр adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Esperanto
2 entries- venena adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- veneniga adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Finnish
4 entries- haitallinen adj ((figuratively) negative, harmful)
- myrkyllinen adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- myrkyllinen adj ((figuratively) negative, harmful)
- myrkyttävä adj ((figuratively) negative, harmful)
French
2 entries- toxique adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- vénéneux adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Friulian
2 entries- tossic adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- velenôs adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Galician
1 entries- velenoso adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
German
3 entries- giftig adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- giftig adj ((figuratively) negative, harmful)
- toxisch adj ((figuratively) negative, harmful)
Greek
1 entries- δηλητηριώδης adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Hindi
2 entries- ज़हरीला adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- विषाक्त adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Hungarian
2 entries- mérges adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- mérgező adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Icelandic
1 entries- eitraður adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Ido
1 entries- venenoza adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Indonesian
1 entries- beracun adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Irish
1 entries- nimhiúil adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Italian
3 entries- tossico adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- velenifero adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- velenoso adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Kazakh
1 entries- улы adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Latin
3 entries- toxicus adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- venēnifer adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- venēnōsus adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Latvian
1 entries- indīgs adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- gëfteg adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- gëfteg adj ((figuratively) negative, harmful)
Macedonian
1 entries- отровен adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Manx
2 entries- nieuagh adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- pyshoonagh adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Neapolitan
1 entries- 'ntussecoso adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Northern Altai
2 entries- корондуг adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- оолыг adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- giftig adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- skadelig adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Occitan
1 entries- verinós adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Old English
2 entries- ǣtren adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- ǣtriġ adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- مسموم adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Polish
1 entries- trujący adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Portuguese
2 entries- tóxico adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- venenoso adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਵਿਸੂਲ਼ਾ adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Romanian
2 entries- otrăvitor adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- veninos adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Russian
2 entries- токси́чный adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- ядови́тый adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Sanskrit
1 entries- विष adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- puinnseanta adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- òtrōvan adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- о̀тро̄ван adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Slovak
1 entries- jedovatý adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Slovene
1 entries- strupen adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Southern Altai
2 entries- коронду adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- уулу adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Spanish
3 entries- ponzoñoso adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- tóxico adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- venenoso adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Tagalog
1 entries- nakalalason adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Telugu
1 entries- విషపూరిత adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Tocharian B
1 entries- wsetstse adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Turkish
1 entries- zehirli adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Ukrainian
1 entries- отру́йний adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Venetan
3 entries- tosego adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- tosegoxo adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- vełenoxo adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Volapük
1 entries- venenik adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Welsh
1 entries- gwenwynig adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Yiddish
2 entries- גיפֿטיק adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
- סמיק adj (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
We should keep away from the poisonous plants.
Source: tatoeba (44662)
These substances are not poisonous in themselves.
Source: tatoeba (55099)
This substance is not poisonous in itself.
Source: tatoeba (57247)
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