I live with a porcupine.
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Porcupine
//ˈpɔː(ɹ)kjʊˌpaɪn//
Synonyms for "porcupine" (45 found)
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Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
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Translations
165 translations across 117 languages.
Abenaki
2 entries- kôgw noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- kôgw noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Acholi
1 entries- coo noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Afrikaans
1 entries- ystervark noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Albanian
1 entries- ferrëgjatë noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Algonquin
1 entries- kag noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὕστριξ noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Arabic
3 entries- دُلْدُل noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- نيص noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- نَيْص noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Armenian
2 entries- խոզուկ noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- ոզնի noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Assamese
1 entries- কেঁটেলা পহু noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Asturian
3 entries- escurpín noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- gochuspín noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- perrucuspín noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- oxlu kirpi noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Basque
1 entries- arantzurde noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Bau Bidayuh
1 entries- bidiek noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Belarusian
1 entries- дзікабра́з noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Bulgarian
1 entries- бодливо прасе noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Burmese
2 entries- ဖြူ noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- ဖြူကောင် noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Catalan
1 entries- porc espí noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- سووچەڕ noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- سیخوڕ noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Central Melanau
2 entries- tejaan noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- tetuong noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Cherokee
2 entries- ᎣᎦᎾᎢᏳᏍᏗ ᏧᏥᏲᏍᏗ noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
- ᏧᏥ noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Cheyenne
1 entries- heškovėstse noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Chichewa
1 entries- nungu noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 豪豬 /豪猪 noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Cree
1 entries- ᑳᑿ noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Czech
1 entries- dikobraz noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Dakota
1 entries- pahiŋ noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Danish
2 entries- hulepindsvin noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- træpindsvin noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Dutch
1 entries- stekelvarken noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Esperanto
1 entries- histriko noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Estonian
1 entries- okassiga noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Finnish
2 entries- piikikkö noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
- piikikäs noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Fox
1 entries- akâkwa noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
French
1 entries- porc-épic noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Galician
1 entries- porco espiño noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Georgian
1 entries- მაჩვზღარბა noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
German
3 entries- Baumstachler noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
- Stachelschwein noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- Urson noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Greek
1 entries- ακανθόχοιρος noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Gujarati
1 entries- શાહુડી noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Haryanvi
2 entries- सेह noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- सेही noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Hebrew
2 entries- דָּרְבָּן noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- דורבן noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Hindi
2 entries- साही noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- सेही noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Hopi
1 entries- muungyaw noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Hungarian
1 entries- sül noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Stacheldier noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Iban
1 entries- landak noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Indonesian
1 entries- landak noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Inuktitut
1 entries- ᐃᓛᖁᑦᓯᖅ noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Irish
1 entries- torcán noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Italian
3 entries- istrice noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- porcospino noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- ursone noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Japanese
2 entries- ヤマアラシ noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- 山荒 noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Jingpho
1 entries- dumsi noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Kalasha
1 entries- šu noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Kazakh
1 entries- жайра noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Khmer
2 entries- កាំប្រមា noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- ប្រមា noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Kikuyu
1 entries- njege noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Kimaragang
2 entries- lisis noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- wutun noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Korean
2 entries- 산미치광이 noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- 호저 noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- жайра noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- чүткөр noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Lao
1 entries- ເໝັ້ນ noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Latin
1 entries- hystrix noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Latvian
1 entries- dzeloņcūka noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Lithuanian
2 entries- dygliatriušis noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- ursonas noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- štapata swinja noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Luhya
1 entries- enjekeche noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Lutuv
1 entries- saakuv noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Malay
2 entries- cewe duri noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- landak noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Marathi
1 entries- साळू noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- matues noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Miami
1 entries- aakaawita noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Mohegan-Pequot
1 entries- kôq noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Mon
1 entries- ဗလေၚ် noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Montagnais
1 entries- kakᵘ noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Navajo
1 entries- dahsání noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- sîxurr noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Norwegian
2 entries- hulepinnsvin noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- hulepinnsvin noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- hulepiggsvin noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- hulepinnsvin noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- trepiggsvin noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
- trepinnsvin noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- holepiggsvin noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- trepiggsvin noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Occitan
1 entries- pòrc-espin noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Ojibwe
1 entries- gaag noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كرپی noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Pali
2 entries- salla noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- sallaka noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Pashto
1 entries- ششګی noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Pawnee
1 entries- cuururaruus noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Persian
3 entries- تشی noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- خارپشت noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- سگرنه noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Polish
2 entries- jeżozwierz noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- urson noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Portuguese
2 entries- porco-espinho noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- quandu noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਸੇਹ noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Romanian
2 entries- porc spinos noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- porc-ghimpos noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Russian
1 entries- дикобра́з noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Sebop
1 entries- larak noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- dikobraz noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- дикобраз noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Shan
1 entries- မဵၼ်ႈ noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Slovene
1 entries- ježevec noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Sotho
1 entries- noko noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Southern Kurdish
3 entries- سۊچەڕ noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- سیخوْڕ noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- سێخچووڵی noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Spanish
1 entries- puercoespín noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- agidya noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Swahili
1 entries- nungunungu noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Swedish
3 entries- jordpiggsvin noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- piggsvin noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- trädpiggsvin noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Tagal Murut
2 entries- buuron noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- karuui noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Tagalog
2 entries- landak noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- pwerkospin noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Tajik
2 entries- дугпушт noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- ҷайра noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Tamil
1 entries- முள்ளம்பன்றி noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Thai
1 entries- เม่น noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Turkish
1 entries- oklu kirpi noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Ukrainian
1 entries- дикобра́з noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Unami
2 entries- kawiya noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- kawiya noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Urdu
1 entries- سیہہ noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Uyghur
1 entries- جەيرە noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Uzbek
1 entries- jayra noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nhím noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Welsh
1 entries- ballasg noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
West-Frisian
1 entries- ychel noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Western Apache
2 entries- dahszíné noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- dahszíné noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Wolof
1 entries- saaw mi noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Yiddish
2 entries- יאָזש noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
- שטעכל־חזיר noun (rodent of the family Hystricidae)
Yup'ik
1 entries- ilaanquciq noun (rodent of the family Erethizonidae)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
What's a porcupine?
Source: tatoeba (2213686)
What's the difference between a hedgehog and a porcupine?
Source: tatoeba (2932168)
Sami saw a porcupine in his backyard.
Source: tatoeba (6577737)
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