Caterpillar
//ˈkætəˌpɪlə//
Translations of "caterpillar" (132 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adyghe | пкӏэшъэхъу(larva of a butterfly or moth) | pkʼɛŝɛꭓʷu | |
| Afrikaans | ruspe(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Albanian | vemje(larva of a butterfly or moth), zek(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | κάμπη(larva of a butterfly or moth) | kámpē | |
| Arabic | دُودَة الْفَرَاشَة(larva of a butterfly or moth), يَرَقَة(larva of a butterfly or moth), يَرَقَة(larva of a butterfly or moth) | dūdat al-farāša, yaraqa, yaraga | |
| Aramaic | ܡܫܘܛܐ(larva of a butterfly or moth) | māšōṭā | |
| Armenian | թրթուր(larva of a butterfly or moth) | tʻrtʻur | |
| Assamese | পলু(larva of a butterfly or moth), বিছা(larva of a butterfly or moth) | polu, bisa | |
| Aymara | laqatu(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Azerbaijani | tırtıl(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Banjarese | hulat(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Basque | beldar(larva of a butterfly or moth), har(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Belarusian | ву́сень(larva of a butterfly or moth) | vúsjenʹ | |
| Bengali | শুঁয়াপোকা(larva of a butterfly or moth) | śũẏapōka | |
| Brunei Malay | giuk bulu(larva of a butterfly or moth), ulat bulu(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Bulgarian | вери́жен автомоби́л(vehicle with a caterpillar track), гъсе́ница(larva of a butterfly or moth) | verížen avtomobíl, gǎsénica | |
| Burmese | ပိုးတောင့်တဲ(larva of a butterfly or moth) | pui:taung.tai: | |
| Catalan | eruga(larva of a butterfly or moth), eruga(vehicle with a caterpillar track) | — | |
| Cebuano | til-as(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Cherokee | ᏍᎪᏯ ᎠᏁᏍᎩᎸᎥᏍᎩ(larva of a butterfly or moth) | sgoya anesgilvvsgi | |
| Chichewa | mbozi(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 毛毛蟲 /毛毛虫(larva of a butterfly or moth), 毛蟲 /毛虫(larva of a butterfly or moth) | mou⁴ mou⁴ cung⁴, mou⁴ cung⁴ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 履帶式車輛 /履带式车辆(vehicle with a caterpillar track), 毛毛蟲 /毛毛虫(larva of a butterfly or moth), 毛蟲 /毛虫(larva of a butterfly or moth) | lǚdàishì chēliàng, máomáochóng, máochóng | |
| Chuukese | muun(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Chuvash | лӗпӗш хурчӗ(larva of a butterfly or moth) | lĕp̬ĕš hurč̬ĕ | |
| Cornish | kath vlewek(larva of a butterfly or moth), pryv del(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Czech | housenka(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Danish | kålorm(larva of a butterfly or moth), larve(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Dutch | rups(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Dutch Low Saxon | Riepse(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Esperanto | raŭpo(larva of a butterfly or moth), raŭpo(vehicle with a caterpillar track), ĉenbendo(vehicle with a caterpillar track) | — | |
| Estonian | röövik(larva of a butterfly or moth), tõuk(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Faroese | ormvera(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Finnish | katepillari(vehicle with a caterpillar track), perhostoukka(larva of a butterfly or moth), telaketjutraktori(vehicle with a caterpillar track) | — | |
| French | chenille(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Friulian | ruie(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Galician | burgo(larva of a butterfly or moth), eiruga(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Georgian | მუხლუხი(larva of a butterfly or moth) | muxluxi | |
| German | Raupe(larva of a butterfly or moth), Raupe(vehicle with a caterpillar track), Raupenfahrzeug(vehicle with a caterpillar track) | — | |
| Greek | ερπυστριοφόρος ελκυστήρας(vehicle with a caterpillar track), κάμπια(larva of a butterfly or moth) | erpystriofóros elkystíras, kámpia | |
| Gujarati | ઇયળ(larva of a butterfly or moth) | iyaḷ | |
| Haitian Creole | chini(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Hebrew | זַחַל(larva of a butterfly or moth) | zakhal | |
| Hindi | इल्ली(larva of a butterfly or moth), पोका(larva of a butterfly or moth) | illī, pokā | |
| Hungarian | hernyó(larva of a butterfly or moth), hernyótalpas traktor(vehicle with a caterpillar track), lánctalpas jármű(vehicle with a caterpillar track) | — | |
| Icelandic | lirfa(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Ido | raupo(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Indonesian | ulat(larva of a butterfly or moth), ulat bulu(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Ingrian | puutoukka(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Irish | bolb(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Italian | bruco(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Japanese | キャタピラ(vehicle with a caterpillar track), 毛虫(larva of a butterfly or moth), 無限軌道(vehicle with a caterpillar track), 芋虫(larva of a butterfly or moth) | kyatapira, kemushi, mugen kidō, imomushi | |
| Jarai | hlăt(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Javanese | uler(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Kannada | ಕಂಬಳಿಹುಳ(larva of a butterfly or moth) | kambaḷihuḷa | |
| Kazakh | жұлдызқұрт(larva of a butterfly or moth), қырықбуын(larva of a butterfly or moth) | jūldyzqūrt, qyryqbuyn | |
| Khmer | ក្រា(larva of a butterfly or moth), ដង្កូវ(larva of a butterfly or moth) | kraa, dɑɑdɑngkəw | |
| Kikuyu | kĩgunyarĩrĩ(larva of a butterfly or moth), kĩgunyũ(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Korean | 모충(larva of a butterfly or moth), 애벌레(larva of a butterfly or moth) | mochung, aebeolle | |
| Kyrgyz | көпөлөк курту(larva of a butterfly or moth), малак(larva of a butterfly or moth) | köpölök kurtu, malak | |
| Lak | янначчуччу(larva of a butterfly or moth) | aˤnnač:uč:u | |
| Lao | ດ້ວງ(larva of a butterfly or moth), ຕົວບົ້ງ(larva of a butterfly or moth), ບຸ້ງ(larva of a butterfly or moth), ໂຕດ້ວງ(larva of a butterfly or moth) | dūang, tūa bong, bung, tō dūang | |
| Latin | campē(larva of a butterfly or moth), dolba(larva of a butterfly or moth), ērūca(larva of a butterfly or moth), ūrīca(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Latvian | kāpurs(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Limburgish | roeps(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Lingala | mombínzó(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Lithuanian | vikšras(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Low German | Ruup(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Lutuv | ziyziypa(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Luxembourgish | Raup(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Macedonian | гасеница(larva of a butterfly or moth), гасеничар(vehicle with a caterpillar track) | gasenica, gaseničar | |
| Malagasy | fanday(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Malay | beluncas(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Malayalam | കമ്പിളിപ്പുഴു(larva of a butterfly or moth), ശലഭപ്പുഴു(larva of a butterfly or moth) | kampiḷippuḻu, śalabhappuḻu | |
| Maltese | xagħat(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Manchu | ᠯᡠᡴᡠ(larva of a butterfly or moth) | luku | |
| Manx | braddag(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Māori | mokamoka(larva of a butterfly or moth), torongū(larva of a butterfly or moth), torongū(larva of a butterfly or moth), tōtorongū(larva of a butterfly or moth), whē(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Marathi | अळी(larva of a butterfly or moth) | aḷī | |
| Mi'kmaq | engejit(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Mongolian | жаран хөлт(larva of a butterfly or moth), төөлүүр хорхой(larva of a butterfly or moth) | žaran xölt, töölüür xorxoj | |
| Navajo | chʼosh ditłʼooí(larva of a butterfly or moth), wódítłʼooí(larva of a butterfly or moth), wóshiiyishí(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Norman | carpéleuse(larva of a butterfly or moth), carpélouose(larva of a butterfly or moth), catte(larva of a butterfly or moth), katpwölör(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | larve(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Occitan | eruga(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Old English | trēowwyrm(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | طرتیل(larva of a butterfly or moth) | tırtıl | |
| Pannonian Rusyn | гушенїца(larva of a butterfly or moth), гушенїцар(vehicle with a caterpillar track) | hušenjica, hušenjicar | |
| Persian | کرم صدپا(larva of a butterfly or moth) | kerm-e sadpâ | |
| Picard | carplute(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Plautdietsch | Krupa(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Polish | gąsienica(larva of a butterfly or moth), licha(larva of a butterfly or moth), liszka(larva of a butterfly or moth), pojazd gąsienicowy(vehicle with a caterpillar track) | — | |
| Portuguese | lagarta(larva of a butterfly or moth), veículo com lagartas(vehicle with a caterpillar track) | — | |
| Punjabi | ਸੁੰਡ(larva of a butterfly or moth), ਸੁੰਡੀ(larva of a butterfly or moth) | suṇḍ, suṇḍī | |
| Quechua | kuru(larva of a butterfly or moth), sika(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Romanian | omidă(larva of a butterfly or moth), șenilă(vehicle with a caterpillar track) | — | |
| Romansch | rasulauna(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Russian | гу́сеница(larva of a butterfly or moth), гу́сеничный тра́ктор(vehicle with a caterpillar track) | gúsenica, gúseničnyj tráktor | |
| S'gaw Karen | သံ(larva of a butterfly or moth) | thee | |
| Sardinian | ruga(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Scots | oobit(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Scottish Gaelic | bratag(larva of a butterfly or moth), burras(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | gȕsenica(larva of a butterfly or moth), gȕsjenica(larva of a butterfly or moth), гу̏сеница(larva of a butterfly or moth), гу̏сјеница(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Sicilian | campa(larva of a butterfly or moth), papici(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Slovak | húsenica(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Slovene | gosenica(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Spanish | convólvulo(larva of a butterfly or moth), cuncuna(larva of a butterfly or moth), oruga(larva of a butterfly or moth), oruga(vehicle with a caterpillar track), revoltón(larva of a butterfly or moth), teña(larva of a butterfly or moth), tractor de oruga(vehicle with a caterpillar track) | — | |
| Sundanese | hileud(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Swahili | katapila(vehicle with a caterpillar track), kiwavi(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Swedish | caterpillar(vehicle with a caterpillar track), fjärilslarv(larva of a butterfly or moth), mallarv(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Tajik | кирмак(larva of a butterfly or moth) | kirmak | |
| Tamil | கம்பளிப்பூச்சி(larva of a butterfly or moth) | kampaḷippūcci | |
| Telugu | గొంగళిపురుగు(larva of a butterfly or moth) | goṅgaḷipurugu | |
| Thai | ด้วง(larva of a butterfly or moth), บุ้ง(larva of a butterfly or moth), ร่าน(larva of a butterfly or moth), หนอนผีเสื้อ(larva of a butterfly or moth) | dûuang, bûng, râan, nɔ̌ɔn pǐi-sʉ̂ʉa | |
| Tibetan | འབུ་སྤུ་ཟོག(larva of a butterfly or moth) | 'bu spu zog | |
| Tumbuka | mbungu(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Turkish | paletli(vehicle with a caterpillar track), tırtıl(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Turkmen | gurçuk(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Udi | тыртыр(larva of a butterfly or moth) | tərtər | |
| Ukrainian | гу́сениця(larva of a butterfly or moth), гу́сінь(larva of a butterfly or moth) | húsenycja, húsinʹ | |
| Unami | samhuwe(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Urdu | سنڈی(larva of a butterfly or moth), پوکا(larva of a butterfly or moth) | sunḍī, pokā | |
| Uyghur | تۈكلۈك قۇرت(larva of a butterfly or moth) | tüklük qurt | |
| Uzbek | kapalak qurti(larva of a butterfly or moth), qurt(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Vietnamese | sâu(larva of a butterfly or moth), sâu bướm(larva of a butterfly or moth), sâu róm(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Vilamovian | raojp(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Volapük | jönul(larva of a butterfly or moth), jönulil(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Walloon | halene(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Welsh | Siani flewog(larva of a butterfly or moth), lindysyn(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Yiddish | שלייערל(larva of a butterfly or moth) | shleyerl | |
| Yoruba | katakata(vehicle with a caterpillar track), wùkúwùkú(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — | |
| Zazaki | kermık(larva of a butterfly or moth) | — |
ruspe
vemje, zek
laqatu
tırtıl
hulat
beldar, har
giuk bulu, ulat bulu
eruga, eruga
til-as
mbozi
muun
kath vlewek, pryv del
housenka
kålorm, larve
rups
Riepse
raŭpo, raŭpo, ĉenbendo
röövik, tõuk
ormvera
katepillari, perhostoukka, telaketjutraktori
chenille
ruie
burgo, eiruga
Raupe, Raupe, Raupenfahrzeug
chini
hernyó, hernyótalpas traktor, lánctalpas jármű
lirfa
raupo
ulat, ulat bulu
puutoukka
bolb
bruco
hlăt
uler
kĩgunyarĩrĩ, kĩgunyũ
campē, dolba, ērūca, ūrīca
kāpurs
roeps
mombínzó
vikšras
Ruup
ziyziypa
Raup
fanday
beluncas
xagħat
braddag
mokamoka, torongū, torongū, tōtorongū, whē
engejit
chʼosh ditłʼooí, wódítłʼooí, wóshiiyishí
carpéleuse, carpélouose, catte, katpwölör
larve
eruga
trēowwyrm
carplute
Krupa
gąsienica, licha, liszka, pojazd gąsienicowy
lagarta, veículo com lagartas
kuru, sika
omidă, șenilă
rasulauna
ruga
oobit
bratag, burras
gȕsenica, gȕsjenica, гу̏сеница, гу̏сјеница
campa, papici
húsenica
gosenica
convólvulo, cuncuna, oruga, oruga, revoltón, teña, tractor de oruga
hileud
katapila, kiwavi
caterpillar, fjärilslarv, mallarv
mbungu
paletli, tırtıl
gurçuk
samhuwe
kapalak qurti, qurt
sâu, sâu bướm, sâu róm
raojp
jönul, jönulil
halene
Siani flewog, lindysyn
katakata, wùkúwùkú
kermık
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.