A salamander, a toad, and a newt are not mammals, but amphibians.
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Salamander
//ˈsæləˌmændə//
Synonyms for "salamander" (58 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (29)
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7 entriesderived
29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
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5 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
Translations
100 translations across 63 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- salamandër noun (amphibian)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σαλαμάνδρα noun (amphibian)
Arabic
1 entries- سَمَنْدَل noun (amphibian)
Armenian
1 entries- սալամանդր noun (amphibian)
Assamese
2 entries- চেলামেণ্ডাৰ noun (amphibian)
- মাগুৰ ভেকুলী noun (amphibian)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- salamandra noun (amphibian)
Basque
1 entries- arrubio noun (amphibian)
Belarusian
1 entries- салама́ндра noun (amphibian)
Bulgarian
2 entries- дъждовник noun (amphibian)
- салама́ндър noun (amphibian)
Burmese
1 entries- ဆလမန္ဒာကောင် noun (amphibian)
Catalan
1 entries- salamandra noun (amphibian)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 火蜥蜴 noun (mythical creature)
- 蠑螈 /蝾螈 noun (amphibian)
Czech
1 entries- salamandr noun (amphibian)
Danish
1 entries- salamander noun (amphibian)
Dutch
1 entries- salamander noun (amphibian)
Erzya
1 entries- пуловатракш noun (amphibian)
Esperanto
2 entries- salamandro noun (amphibian)
- salamandro noun (mythical creature)
Finnish
4 entries- salamanteri noun (amphibian)
- salamanteri noun (mythical creature)
- salamanteri noun (metal utensil)
- salamanterigrilli noun (small broiler)
French
1 entries- salamandre noun (amphibian)
Galician
3 entries- píntega noun (amphibian)
- salamántiga noun (amphibian)
- saramaganta noun (amphibian)
Georgian
1 entries- სალამანდრა noun (amphibian)
German
4 entries- Salamander noun (amphibian)
- Salamander noun (mythical creature)
- Salamander noun (metal utensil)
- Salamander noun (small broiler)
Greek
2 entries- σαλαμάνδρα noun (amphibian)
- σαλαμάνδρα noun (mythical creature)
Hebrew
3 entries- סלמנדרה noun (amphibian)
- סלמנדרה noun (mythical creature)
- סלמנדרה noun (small broiler)
Hindi
1 entries- सैलामैंडर noun (amphibian)
Hungarian
3 entries- szalamander noun (mythical creature)
- szalamandra noun (amphibian)
- szalamandra noun (mythical creature)
Icelandic
1 entries- salamandra noun (amphibian)
Indonesian
1 entries- salamander noun (amphibian)
Irish
1 entries- salamandar noun (amphibian)
Italian
4 entries- salamandra noun (amphibian)
- salamandra noun (mythical creature)
- salamandra noun (metal utensil)
- salamandra noun (small broiler)
Japanese
4 entries- サラマンダー noun (mythical creature)
- 井守 noun (amphibian)
- 山椒魚 noun (amphibian)
- 蠑螈 noun (amphibian)
Korean
1 entries- 도롱뇽 noun (amphibian)
Lao
1 entries- ຊາລາແມນ noun (amphibian)
Latin
1 entries- salamandra noun (amphibian)
Latvian
1 entries- salamandra noun (amphibian)
Lithuanian
1 entries- gonys noun (amphibian)
Macedonian
2 entries- до́ждовник noun (amphibian)
- салама́ндер noun (amphibian)
Malay
2 entries- salamander noun (amphibian)
- semandar noun (amphibian)
Manx
1 entries- salamander noun (amphibian)
Mi'kmaq
1 entries- taqtaloq noun (amphibian)
Navajo
1 entries- tsxilghááh noun (amphibian)
Persian
1 entries- سمندر noun (amphibian)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Äajdakjs noun (amphibian)
- Äajdakjsel noun (amphibian)
Polish
2 entries- salamandra noun (amphibian)
- salamandra noun (mythical creature)
Portuguese
1 entries- salamandra noun (amphibian)
Quechua
1 entries- wata wata noun (amphibian)
Romanian
1 entries- salamandră noun (amphibian)
Russian
2 entries- салама́ндра noun (amphibian)
- салама́ндра noun (mythical creature)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- loisgean noun (amphibian)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- daždevnjak noun (amphibian)
- даждевњак noun (amphibian)
Slovak
2 entries- mlok noun (amphibian)
- salamandra noun (amphibian)
Slovene
1 entries- močerad noun (amphibian)
Spanish
3 entries- salamandra noun (amphibian)
- salamandra noun (mythical creature)
- salamandra noun (small broiler)
Swedish
3 entries- salamander noun (amphibian)
- salamander noun (mythical creature)
- salamander noun (small broiler)
Tagalog
1 entries- bangkalang noun (amphibian)
Thai
1 entries- ซาลาแมนเดอร์ noun (amphibian)
Turkish
1 entries- semender noun (amphibian)
Ukrainian
1 entries- салама́ндра noun (amphibian)
Uzbek
2 entries- salamandar noun (amphibian)
- salamandra noun (amphibian)
Venetan
2 entries- marisàndoła noun (amphibian)
- sarmèndoła noun (amphibian)
Vietnamese
2 entries- cá cóc noun (amphibian)
- kì giông noun (amphibian)
Volapük
1 entries- salmun noun (amphibian)
Welsh
1 entries- salamandr noun (amphibian)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The salamander is called queen of the water because it camouflages itself and appears when the weather is raining; this is why the Kabyle peasants wait for her to come out to begin plowing.
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The salamander hid in the moss.
Source: tatoeba (13412343)
[…]and most plainly Pierius, whose words in his hieroglyphicks are these: "Whereas it is commonly said that a salamander extinguisheth fire, we have found by experience that it is so far from quenching hot coals, that it dyeth immediately therein."
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