From en.wiktionary.org:
[Scorpion]
** English
{{multiple images |direction=vertical |image1=Black scorpion.jpg|caption1=A
[fattail scorpion] ([Androctonus] sp.)
|image2=ScorpionStunt.jpg|caption2=Scorpion cheerleading move (4) }}
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
From [en], [enm], [enm], [enm], partly from [en] and partly from [en], [en],
[fro]; all from [en], ultimately from [en]. The cheerleading move is so
called because of the resemblance of the raised foot to a scorpion's stinger.
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en] , /'skwɚ-/
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] Any of various arachnids of the order [Scorpiones] , related to the spiders , characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.
2. * [Deuteronomy]
3. [en] An ancient military engine for hurling stone s and other missile s.
4. [en] A very spiteful or vindictive person.
5. A cheerleading move in which one foot is pulled back and held up with both hands while the performer stands on the other foot.
6. [en] A whip with points like a scorpion's tail.
7. * [1 Kings]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|scorpion fly |book scorpion |false scorpion |pseudoscorpion |scorpion
bowl |scorpionfly |scorpionism |scorpion kick |scorpionfish |scorpionate
|scorpionlike |scorpionweed| scorpion senna |scorpion volley |scorpionid |sea
scorpion |water scorpion|scorpion mouse |whip scorpion|emperor scorpion |bark
scorpion |book-scorpion|wind scorpion |microwhip scorpion |rock scorpion
|scorpion bug |scorpion grass |scorpion lobster |scorpion plant |scorpion
shell |scorpion spider |Trinidad scorpion }}
**** Translations
[any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones]
- Abkhaz: [ab]
- Afar: [aa]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq] , [sq] , [sq]
- Alcozauca Mixtec: [xta]
- Amharic: [am]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar] , [ar] , [ar] , [ar]
- Aragonese: [an]
- Araki: [akr]
- Aramaic:
- Armenian: [hy]
- Assamese: [as] , [as] , [as] , [as]
- Asturian: [ast] , [ast]
- Avar: [av]
- Aymara: [ay]
- Azerbaijani: [az] , [az]
- Baluchi: [bal] , [bal]
- Bambara: [bm]
- Bashkir: [ba]
- Basque: [eu]
- Bassa: [bsq]
- Bats: [bbl] , [bbl]
- Bau Bidayuh: [sne]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bengali: [bn] , [bn] , [bn] [formal]
- Bikol Central: [bcl]
- Bonggi: [bdg]
- Brahui: [brh]
- Buginese: [bug]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Cahuilla: [chl]
- Caló: [rmq]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Cebuano: [ceb] , [ceb]
- Central Atlas Tamazight: [tzm] , [tzm]
- Central Melanau: [mel]
- Chamicuro: [ccc]
- Cherokee: [chr]
- Chichicapan Zapotec: [zpv]
- Chinese:
- Chol: [ctu]
- Coatecas Altas Zapotec: [zca]
- Coptic: [cop]
- Crimean Tatar: [crh]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Darkinjung: [xda]
- Dhuwal: [dwu]
- Duala: [dua]
- Dupaningan Agta: [duo] , [duo]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Egyptian: [wḥꜥt] , [srqt]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Farefare: [gur]
- Faroese: [fo] , [fo]
- Fijian: [fj]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Fon: [fon]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Fula: [ff]
- Galician: [gl]
- Gamilaraay: [kld]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Gooniyandi: [gni]
- Gothic: [got]
- Greek: [el]
- Greenlandic: [kl]
- Guaraní: [gn] , [gn]
- Gujarati: [gu]
- Hausa: [ha]
- Hawaiian: [haw]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Highland Totonac: [tos]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi] , [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Ilocano: [ilo] , [ilo]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Inuktitut: [iu]
- Irish: [ga]
- Isthmus Zapotec: [zai]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Javanese: [jv]
- Kabiyé: [kbp]
- Kalmyk: [xal] , [xal]
- Kannada: [kn]
- Kazakh: [kk] , [kk] , [kk]
- Khmer: [km]
- Kikuyu: [ki]
- Kiliwa: [klb]
- Kimaragang: [kqr]
- Kodava: [kfa]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kumarbhag Paharia: [kmj]
- Kumyk: [kum]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky] , [ky]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Laz: [lzz] , [lzz]
- Lezgi: [lez]
- Ligurian: [lij] [Genovese]
- Limos Kalinga: [kmk]
- Linngithigh: [lnj]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Luxembourgish: [lb]
- Maasai: [mas]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk] [archaic]
- Maia: [sks]
- Malagasy: [mg] , [mg] , [mg] , [mg]
- Malay: [ms]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Maltese: [mt] , [mt] [dated]
- Manchu: [mnc] , [mnc]
- Maori: [mi]
- Mapudungun: [arn]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Mayo: [mfy]
- Mezquital Otomi: [ote]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Mingrelian: [xmf]
- Mirandese: [mwl]
- Mon: [mnw]
- Mongolian:
- Mursi: [muz]
- Nahuatl:
- Navajo: [nv]
- Nepali: [ne]
- Northern Sotho: [nso]
- Norwegian:
- O'odham: [ood]
- Occitan: [oc]
- Old English: [ang]
- Old Kannada: [dra-okn]
- Old Norse: [non] , [non]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Oyda: [oyd]
- Palantla Chinantec: [cpa]
- Pali: [pi]
- Pashto: [ps]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa] , [fa]
- Phuthi: [bnt-phu]
- Piedmontese: [pms]
- Pipil: [ppl]
- Plautdietsch: [pdt]
- Pochutec: [xpo]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Punjabi: [pa] , [pa]
- Quechua: [qu] , [qu] , [qu]
- Rapa Nui: [rap]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Rwanda-Rundi: [rw] [Hangaza]
- Saho: [ssy]
- San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: [azg]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Shona: [sn] , [sn]
- Sicilian: [scn]
- Sinhalese: [si]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Somali: [so]
- Sorbian:
- Southwestern Tepehuan: [tla]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Sranan Tongo: [srn]
- Sundanese: [su] , [su]
- Svan: [sva] , [sva]
- Swahili: [sw] , [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagal Murut: [mvv]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl] , [tl]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg]
- Tamil: [ta] , [ta]
- Tangut: [txg]
- Tarifit: [rif]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Telugu: [te] , [te]
- Tetum: [tet]
- Thai: [th] , [th] [Zodiac]
- Tibetan: [bo] , [bo]
- Tigrinya: [ti]
- Tiwi: [tiw]
- Tlahuica: [ocu]
- Torricelli: [tei]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk] , [tk] , [tk]
- Ugaritic: [uga]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Umiray Dumaget Agta: [due]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur] , [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz] , [uz] [dated, now Zodiac]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Walloon: [wa]
- Warlpiri: [wbp] , [wbp]
- Wastek: [hus]
- Wayuu: [guc]
- Welsh: [cy]
- West Coast Bajau: [bdr]
- West Frisian: [fy]
- White Hmong: [mww]
- Wolof: [wo] , [wo]
- Xhosa: [xh]
- Yaqui: [yaq]
- Ye'kwana: [mch]
- Yiddish: [yi] , [yi]
- Yoruba: [yo]
- Yosondúa Mixtec: [mpm]
- Yucatec Maya: [yua]
- Yucuna: [ycn]
- Zazaki: [zza] , [zza]
- Zoogocho Zapotec: [zpq]
- Zulu: [zu]
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**** See also
- [en]
- [en]
*** Further reading
- [pedia]
- [R:OneLook]
- [R:Century 1911]
[en]
** French
*** Etymology
[fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Noun
[m]
1. scorpion
**** Derived terms
[fr]
**** Descendants
- [ro]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
*** Anagrams
- [fr]
[fr]
** Middle English
*** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]
** Norman
*** Etymology
From [nrf], from [nrf], from [nrf].
*** Noun
[m]
1. [nrf] mole cricket
[nrf]
** Romanian
*** Etymology
[ro], from [ro], from [ro]. [ro].
*** Pronunciation
- [ro]
*** Noun
[m]
1. scorpion
**** Declension
[pl=scorpioni]
[ro]