silkworm

English

Etymology

From Middle English silkwirm, from Old English seolcwyrm (“silkworm”), equivalent to silk +‎ worm.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪlkwɜːm/
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Noun

silkworm (plural silkworms)

Any of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx mori, the source of most commercial silk.

Related terms

Translations

caterpillar

Afrikaans: sywurm
Albanian: krimbi i mëndafshit m, krimb mëndafshi m
Arabic: دُودَة اَلْقَزّ f (dūdat al-qazz)
Aramaic: ܙܚܘܪܝܬܐ
Armenian: շերամ (hy) (šeram)
Assamese: পাট পলু (pat polu)
Asturian: vierme de seda
Azerbaijani: tut ipəkqurdu, barama (az) (dialect)
Basque: zetar
Belarusian: ту́тавы шаўкапра́д m (tútavy šaŭkaprád)
Bengali: তুঁত রেশম (tũt reśom)
Bulgarian: копринена пеперуда f (koprinena peperuda)
Catalan: cuc de seda (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 家蠶／家蚕 (zh) (jiācán), 蠶寶寶／蚕宝宝 (zh) (cánbǎobǎo), 蠶／蚕 (zh) (cán)
Czech: bourec morušový m, bourec m
Danish: silkeorm (da) c
Dutch: zijdevlinderrups f, zijderups (nl) f
Esperanto: silkraŭpo
Estonian: siidiuss
Faroese: silkiormur m
Finnish: silkkiäistoukka (fi), silkkitoukka (fi)
French: ver à soie (fr) m, magnan (fr) m
Galician: verme da seda m
Georgian: თუთის აბრეშუმხვევია (tutis abrešumxvevia), აბრეშუმის ჭია (abrešumis č̣ia)
German: Seidenspinner (de) m, Seidenraupe (de) f
Greek: μεταξοσκώληκας (el) m (metaxoskólikas)
Ancient: βόμβυξ m (bómbux)
Hebrew: טוואי המשי m (tevay hameshi)
Hindi: रेशम कीट (reśam kīṭ)
Hungarian: selyemhernyó (hu)
Icelandic: silkiormur (is) m
Ido: silk-vermo, silkoraupo (io)
Indonesian: ulat sutra (id)
Interlingua: verme de seta
Irish: seiriceán m
Italian: baco da seta (it) m, filugello m, bombice m, bigatto m
Japanese: 蚕 (ja) (かいこ, kaiko), 家蚕 (ja) (かさん, kasan), 野蚕 (ja) (やさん, yasan), カイコ (ja) (kaiko)
Jarai: hlăt mrai
Kazakh: жібеккөбелек (jıbekköbelek)
Korean: 누에 (nue)
Kyrgyz: тыт жибек көпөлөгү (tıt jibek köpölögü)
Lao: ໄໝ (lo) (mai), ມ້ອນ (mǭn), ບີ້ (bī)
Latin: bombyx m or f
Latvian: zīdtauriņš m, zīdtārpiņš m
Lithuanian: šilkverpis m
Lü: ᦺᦖ (ṁay), ᦷᦎᦡᦻᧉ (ṫoḋaay²), ᦶᦙᧈᦺᦖ (mae¹ṁay), ᦶᦙᧈᦡᦻᧉ (mae¹ḋaay²)
Macedonian: свилена буба f (svilena buba)
Malagasy: bibindandy (mg)
Malay: ulat sutera
Malayalam: പട്ടുനൂൽപ്പുഴു (ml) (paṭṭunūlppuḻu)
Manchu: ᠪᡳᠶᠣᠣ
ᡠᠮᡳᠶᠠᡥᠠ (biyoo umiyaha)
Manx: crooag-heeidey f
Marathi: रेशमाचे किडे (reśmāce kiḍe)
Middle English: silkwirm
Nepali: रेसम किरा (resam kirā)
Norman: vèr à souaie m
North Frisian: siisenspaner
Norwegian: silkeorm
Bokmål: silkeorm m

Nynorsk: silkeorm m
Occitan: manhan (oc) m, babòta m
Old English: seolcwyrm m
Ottoman Turkish: ایپك بوجكی (ipek böceği)
Persian: کرم ابریشم (fa) (kerm-e abrišam)
Polish: jedwabnik morwowy (pl) m, jedwabnik (pl) m
Portuguese: bicho-da-seda m, sirgo (pt) m
Quechua: murira pillpintu
Romanian: vierme de mătase (ro) m
Russian: ту́товый шелкопря́д (ru) m (tútovyj šelkoprjád), шелкопря́д (ru) m (šelkoprjád)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дудов свилац m, свилобуба f, свилопреља f

Roman: dudov svilac m, svilobuba f, sviloprelja f
Sicilian: vermu dâ sita m
Slovak: priadka morušová f
Slovene: sviloprejka (sl) f
Spanish: gusano de seda m
Sundanese: hileud sutra
Swedish: silkesmask (sv) c
Tajik: кирми абрешим (tg) (kirmi abrešim)
Tamil: பட்டுப்புழு (ta) (paṭṭuppuḻu)
Telugu: పట్టుపురుగు (te) (paṭṭupurugu)
Thai: ตัวไหม (th) (dtua măi), ไหม (th) (măi), บี้ (th) (bîi)
Turkish: ipek böceği (tr)
Ukrainian: шовковичний шовкопряд m (šovkovyčnyj šovkoprjad), шовкопряд m (šovkoprjad)
Urdu: ریشم کا کیڑا
Vietnamese: tằm (vi)
Welsh: sidanbryf m
Zhuang: nonsei

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