spiderweb

See also: spider-web and spider web

English

A spider's web

Alternative forms

spider's web, spider’s web, spider web, spider-web

Etymology

From Middle English spiþere webb, equivalent to spider +‎ web.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspaɪ̯dəwɛb/

Noun

spiderweb (plural spiderwebs)

The net-like construct of a spider containing sticky strands to catch prey.
(figurative) Something that resembles a spider's web in being mesh-like, entrapping, or fragile.

Hypernyms

web

Related terms

cobweb
web

Translations

net-like construct of a spider

Afrikaans: spinnerak (af)
Arabic: بَيْت اَلْعَنْكَبُوت m (bayt al-ʕankabūt), نَسِيج اَلْعَنْكَبُوت m (nasīj al-ʕankabūt)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܢܘܠܐ m (nawlā), ܓܘܓܝ f (gəwāḡay)
Armenian: սարդոստայն (hy) (sardostayn), ոստայն (hy) (ostayn)
Aromanian: pãndzinã f
Asturian: telaraña f
Azerbaijani: hörümçək toru (az)
Bashkir: ау (aw), үрмәксе ауы (ürməkse awı)
Belarusian: павуці́на f (pavucína)
Bengali: মাকড়সার জাল (makṛośar jal)
Breton: gwiad-kevnid (br) ?
Bulgarian: па́яжина f (pájažina)
Burmese: ပင့်ကူအိမ် (my) (pang.kuim)
Catalan: teranyina f
Cebuano: lawa-lawa
Chamicuro: pujsemu
Chinese:
Cantonese: 蠄蟧絲網／蠄𮔚丝网 (kam⁴ lou⁴ si¹ mong⁵), 蜘蛛網／蜘蛛网 (zi¹ zyu¹ mong⁵)

Mandarin: 蜘蛛網／蜘蛛网 (zh) (zhīzhūwǎng), 蛛網／蛛网 (zh) (zhūwǎng)
Cornish: gwias kevnis m
Czech: pavučina (cs) f
Danish: spindelvæv (da) n
Daur: атаакий шулс (ataakij šuls)
Dutch: spinnenweb (nl) n
Erzya: сёксть pl (śoksť)
Esperanto: araneaĵo (eo)
Estonian: ämblikuvõrk
Faroese: eiturfon n, lokkanet n, kongurvág f, spinnilvevur m, eiturkoppanet n, eiturkoppanót f, lokkaroykur m
Fijian: lawalawa
Finnish: hämähäkinseitti (fi), seitti (fi)
French: toile d’araignée (fr) f, toile (fr) f, arantèle (fr) f
Galician: tea (gl) f, tea de araña f, arañeira f
Georgian: აბლაბუდა (ka) (ablabuda), ობობას ბადე (obobas bade), ქსელი (kseli)
German: Spinnennetz (de) n, Spinnwebe (de) f, Spinnengewebe n, Spinngewebe n
Greek: ιστός αράχνης m (istós aráchnis)
Ancient: ἀράχνιον n (arákhnion)
Hebrew: קוּרֵי עַכָּבִישׁ (he) m
Hindi: जाल (hi) m (jāl), मकड़ी का जाल m (makṛī kā jāl)
Hungarian: pókháló (hu)
Hunsrik: Spinneweb f
Icelandic: kóngulóarvefur (is) m
Ido: araneotelo (io), araneoreto (io)
Ingrian: hämöverkko
Interlingua: tela de aranea
Irish: líon damhán alla m, líontán damhán alla m
Italian: ragnatela (it) f
Japanese: クモの巣 (ja) (kumonosu), 蜘網 (ja) (chimō), 蛛網 (ja) (chumō)
Kapampangan: agi
Kazakh: өрмек (örmek)
Khmer: មងពីងពាង (mɔɔng piing-pieng), ឧណ្ណា (km) (ʔunnaa)
Kikuyu: nyũmba ya mbũmbũĩ class 9
Korean: 거미줄 (geomijul)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: tevnepîrik (ku)
Kyrgyz: жөргөмүш тору (jörgömüş toru)
Ladino: tiralanya
Lao: ໃຍແມງມຸມ (nyai mǣng mum)
Latgalian: staipeknis ?
Latin: arāneum n, arānea f, cassiculus m
Latvian: zirnekļa tīkls m, zirnekļtīkls m
Ligurian: tägnâ f
Lithuanian: voratinklis ?
Luxembourgish: Spaweck m
Macedonian: паја́жина f (pajážina)
Malay: sawang
Malayalam: ചിലന്തിവല (cilantivala)
Maltese: għanqbuta f
Manx: sneeuane m, feegan m (round)
Maori: māwhai, māwhaiwhai, tukutuku
Marathi: जाळे n (jāḷe), कोळिष्टक n (koḷiṣṭak)
Mi'kmaq: go'gwejijua'pi inan, awo'wejituo'pi inan (Bear River)
Middle English: web
Mingrelian: ბონდღი (bondɣi), ბორბოლიაშ მოსა (borboliaš mosa)
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Mokilese: pwijehn ohnmwahnloang
Mongolian: аалзны тор (aalzny tor)
Nahuatl: tzahualli, tocatzahualli
Navajo: naʼashjéʼii bitłʼóól
Neapolitan: babbalòtte f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: spindelvev (no) m or n, edderkoppnett n, kingelvev m or n, edderkoppspinn n

Nynorsk: spindelvev m, edderkoppnett n, kingelvev m, edderkoppspinn n
Occitan: telaranha (oc) f, rantela (oc) f
Persian: تار عنکبوت (târ-e 'ankabut)
Piedmontese: ragnà f
Polish: pajęczyna (pl) f
Portuguese: teia (de aranha) f, aranheira (pt) f
Romagnol: tlarâgna f
Romanian: pânză de păianjen f
Romansch: taila-filien f (Rumantsch Grischun), teila filien f (Sursilvan), tela filient f (Sutsilvan), teila-filunza f (Surmiran), taila d'aragnun f (Puter), taila d'arogn f (Vallader)
Russian: паути́на (ru) f (pautína)
Scottish Gaelic: lìon an damhan-allaidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: па̏учина f, паукова мрежа f, паукова пређа f

Roman: pȁučina (sh) f, paukova mreža f, paukova pređa f
Sicilian: filinia (scn) f
Slovak: pavučina (sk) f
Slovene: pajkova mreža f
Spanish: telaraña (es) f, tela de araña f
Sranan Tongo: anansititei
Sundanese: ramat lancah
Swedish: spindelnät (sv) n, spindelväv (sv) c
Tagalog: agiw (tl), lawalawa
Tajik: тори тортанак (tori tortanak)
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Thai: ใยแมงมุม (yai-mɛɛng-mum), หยากไย่ (th) (yàak-yâi)
Tibetan: སྡོམ་ཐག (sdom thag)
Tocharian B: wpelme ?
Turkish: örümcek ağı (tr)
Turkmen: kerep
Ukrainian: павути́на f (pavutýna)
Urdu: جال m (jāl)
Uzbek: oʻrgimchak ini
Venetian: scarpìa (vec) ?
Vietnamese: mạng nhện (vi)
Volapük: raänidaspuled, spuled (vo)
Walloon: arantoele (wa) f, rantoele (wa) f, arincrin (wa) m, araegnreye (wa) f
Welsh: gwe (cy) f, gwe pryf copyn f, gwe corryn f
White Hmong: tsev kab laug sab
Yiddish: שפּינוועב m (shpinveb)
Zhuang: muengx, muengxgyau, rongzgyau

something that resembles a spider's web

Finnish: seitti (fi)
Malayalam: വല (ml) (vala)
Romanian: păienjeniș (ro) n
Russian: паути́на (ru) f (pautína), сеть (ru) f (setʹ)

Verb

spiderweb (third-person singular simple present spiderwebs, present participle spiderwebbing, simple past and past participle spiderwebbed)

(transitive) To connect or cover as if with spiderwebs.

Anagrams

Web spider

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