Silkworm

Synonyms for "silkworm" (9 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
giant silkworm

Strong matches (3)

Related words (4)

Noun(1 words)
wild silkworm

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

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Related terms

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derived

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derived from

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is a

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related to

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Translations

123 translations across 87 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • sywurm noun (caterpillar)

Albanian

2 entries
  • krimb mëndafshi noun (caterpillar)
  • krimbi i mëndafshit noun (caterpillar)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • βόμβυξ noun (caterpillar)

Arabic

1 entries
  • دُودَة اَلْقَزّ noun (caterpillar)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܙܚܘܪܝܬܐ noun (caterpillar)

Armenian

1 entries
  • շերամ noun (caterpillar)

Assamese

1 entries
  • পাট পলু noun (caterpillar)

Asturian

1 entries
  • vierme de seda noun (caterpillar)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • barama noun (caterpillar)
  • tut ipəkqurdu noun (caterpillar)

Basque

1 entries
  • zetar noun (caterpillar)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • ту́тавы шаўкапра́д noun (caterpillar)

Bengali

1 entries
  • তুঁত রেশম noun (caterpillar)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • копринена пеперуда noun (caterpillar)

Catalan

1 entries
  • cuc de seda noun (caterpillar)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 家蠶 /家蚕 noun (caterpillar)
  • 蠶 /蚕 noun (caterpillar)
  • 蠶寶寶 /蚕宝宝 noun (caterpillar)

Czech

2 entries
  • bourec noun (caterpillar)
  • bourec morušový noun (caterpillar)

Danish

1 entries
  • silkeorm noun (caterpillar)

Dutch

2 entries
  • zijderups noun (caterpillar)
  • zijdevlinderrups noun (caterpillar)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • silkraŭpo noun (caterpillar)

Estonian

1 entries
  • siidiuss noun (caterpillar)

Faroese

1 entries
  • silkiormur noun (caterpillar)

Finnish

2 entries
  • silkkitoukka noun (caterpillar)
  • silkkiäistoukka noun (caterpillar)

French

2 entries
  • magnan noun (caterpillar)
  • ver à soie noun (caterpillar)

Galician

1 entries
  • verme da seda noun (caterpillar)

Georgian

2 entries
  • აბრეშუმის ჭია noun (caterpillar)
  • თუთის აბრეშუმხვევია noun (caterpillar)

German

2 entries
  • Seidenraupe noun (caterpillar)
  • Seidenspinner noun (caterpillar)

Greek

1 entries
  • μεταξοσκώληκας noun (caterpillar)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • טוואי המשי noun (caterpillar)

Hindi

1 entries
  • रेशम कीट noun (caterpillar)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • selyemhernyó noun (caterpillar)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • silkiormur noun (caterpillar)

Ido

2 entries
  • silk-vermo noun (caterpillar)
  • silkoraupo noun (caterpillar)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • ulat sutra noun (caterpillar)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • verme de seta noun (caterpillar)

Irish

1 entries
  • seiriceán noun (caterpillar)

Italian

4 entries
  • baco da seta noun (caterpillar)
  • bigatto noun (caterpillar)
  • bombice noun (caterpillar)
  • filugello noun (caterpillar)

Japanese

4 entries
  • カイコ noun (caterpillar)
  • 家蚕 noun (caterpillar)
  • 蚕 noun (caterpillar)
  • 野蚕 noun (caterpillar)

Jarai

1 entries
  • hlăt mrai noun (caterpillar)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жібеккөбелек noun (caterpillar)

Korean

1 entries
  • 누에 noun (caterpillar)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • тыт жибек көпөлөгү noun (caterpillar)

Lao

3 entries
  • ບີ້ noun (caterpillar)
  • ມ້ອນ noun (caterpillar)
  • ໄໝ noun (caterpillar)

Latin

1 entries
  • bombyx noun (caterpillar)

Latvian

2 entries
  • zīdtauriņš noun (caterpillar)
  • zīdtārpiņš noun (caterpillar)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • šilkverpis noun (caterpillar)

Lü

4 entries
  • ᦶᦙᧈᦡᦻᧉ noun (caterpillar)
  • ᦶᦙᧈᦺᦖ noun (caterpillar)
  • ᦷᦎᦡᦻᧉ noun (caterpillar)
  • ᦺᦖ noun (caterpillar)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • свилена буба noun (caterpillar)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • bibindandy noun (caterpillar)

Malay

1 entries
  • ulat sutera noun (caterpillar)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • പട്ടുനൂൽപ്പുഴു noun (caterpillar)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠪᡳᠶᠣᠣ ᡠᠮᡳᠶᠠᡥᠠ noun (caterpillar)

Manx

1 entries
  • crooag-heeidey noun (caterpillar)

Marathi

1 entries
  • रेशमाचे किडे noun (caterpillar)

Middle English

1 entries
  • silkwirm noun (caterpillar)

Nepali

1 entries
  • रेसम किरा noun (caterpillar)

Norman

1 entries
  • vèr à souaie noun (caterpillar)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • siisenspaner noun (caterpillar)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • silkeorm noun (caterpillar)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • silkeorm noun (caterpillar)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • silkeorm noun (caterpillar)

Occitan

2 entries
  • babòta noun (caterpillar)
  • manhan noun (caterpillar)

Old Czech

1 entries
  • bavlník noun (caterpillar)

Old English

1 entries
  • seolcwyrm noun (caterpillar)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • ایپك بوجكی noun (caterpillar)

Persian

1 entries
  • کرم ابریشم noun (caterpillar)

Polish

2 entries
  • jedwabnik noun (caterpillar)
  • jedwabnik morwowy noun (caterpillar)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • bicho-da-seda noun (caterpillar)
  • sirgo noun (caterpillar)

Quechua

1 entries
  • murira pillpintu noun (caterpillar)

Romanian

1 entries
  • vierme de mătase noun (caterpillar)

Russian

2 entries
  • ту́товый шелкопря́д noun (caterpillar)
  • шелкопря́д noun (caterpillar)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • dudov svilac noun (caterpillar)
  • svilobuba noun (caterpillar)
  • sviloprelja noun (caterpillar)
  • дудов свилац noun (caterpillar)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • vermu dâ sita noun (caterpillar)

Slovak

1 entries
  • priadka morušová noun (caterpillar)

Slovene

1 entries
  • sviloprejka noun (caterpillar)

Spanish

1 entries
  • gusano de seda noun (caterpillar)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • hileud sutra noun (caterpillar)

Swedish

1 entries
  • silkesmask noun (caterpillar)

Tajik

1 entries
  • кирми абрешим noun (caterpillar)

Tamil

2 entries
  • பட்டுப்புழு noun (caterpillar)
  • பட்டுப்பூச்சி noun (caterpillar)

Telugu

1 entries
  • పట్టుపురుగు noun (caterpillar)

Thai

3 entries
  • ตัวไหม noun (caterpillar)
  • บี้ noun (caterpillar)
  • ไหม noun (caterpillar)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ipek böceği noun (caterpillar)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • шовковичний шовкопряд noun (caterpillar)
  • шовкопряд noun (caterpillar)

Urdu

1 entries
  • ریشم کا کیڑا noun (caterpillar)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • tằm noun (caterpillar)

Welsh

1 entries
  • sidanbryf noun (caterpillar)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • nonsei noun (caterpillar)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The silkworm is spinning a thread.

Source: tatoeba (4252987)

What the silkworm won't eat, the bug will.

Source: tatoeba (5129403)

This situation altered in the fifth century A.D., when a Chinese princess married the king of Khotan, an oasis north of the Plain of Tibet. When the princess left her native land and traveled west to her bridegroom, she carried, smuggled in her headdress, silkworm cocoons and the seeds of the mulberry tree on which they feed.

Source: tatoeba (12179862)

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