beetle
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The meaning (definition) of the word beetle
a small bug with a hard shiny back that crawls on the ground
The word beetle used in a sentence
“A shiny beetle crawled across the garden path this morning.”
The plural of the word beetle
beetles
How the word beetle is said around the world
| French | scarabée (skah-rah-BAY) |
| Spanish | escarabajo (ays-kah-rah-VAH-khoh) |
| Mandarin | 甲虫 (jyah chuung) |
| Hindi | भृंग (bringg) |
| Arabic | خنفساء (khnfsah) |
| Russian | жук (zhook) |
| Portuguese (EU) | escaravelho (shkah-rah-VAY-loo) |
| Portuguese (BR) | besouro (bay-ZOH-ruu) |
| Japanese | 甲虫 (kohu-CHU-u) |
| German | Käfer (KAIR-fur) |
| Urdu | بھونرا (BHOHN-rah) |
| Punjabi | ਬੀਟਲ (BEE-tuhl) |
| Korean | 딱정벌레 (DDAK-jung-bul-reh) |
| Hebrew | חיפושית (KHEEFV-sheet) |
| Greek | σκαθάρι (skah-THAH-ree) |
| Dutch | kever (KAY-vuhr) |
| Tagalog | salagubang (sah-lah-GOO-bahng) |
| Vietnamese | bọ cánh cứng (baw KAY-urny KEW-urng) |
| Turkish | böcek (ber-JEK) |
| Persian | سوسک (soosk) |
| Polish | chrząszcz (khshawnshch) |
| Ukrainian | жук (zhook) |
| Bengali | গুবরে পোকা (GOO-baw-ray POH-kah) |
| Swedish | skalbagge (SKAHL-bah-guh) |
| Italian | scarabeo (skah-rah-BEH-oh) |
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