octopus
The meaning (definition) of the word octopus
a soft sea animal with eight wiggly arms
The word octopus used in a sentence
“The octopus uses its eight arms to catch fish in the ocean.”
The plural of the word octopus
octopuses
How the word octopus is said around the world
| French | pieuvre (pyervr) |
| Spanish | pulpo (POOL-poh) |
| Mandarin | 章鱼 (jahng yew) |
| Hindi | ऑक्टोपस (awk-TOH-puhs) |
| Arabic | الأخطبوط (ahl-OOKH-too-boot) |
| Russian | осьминог (usy-myee-NOHK) |
| Portuguese (EU) | polvo (POHL-vuu) |
| Portuguese (BR) | polvo (POH-vuu) |
| Japanese | タコ (TAH-koh) |
| German | Oktopus (AWK-taw-puus) |
| Urdu | آکٹوپس (ahk-TOH-puhs) |
| Punjabi | ਆਕਟੋਪਸ (AH-kuh-toh-puhs) |
| Korean | 문어 (MOO-nu) |
| Hebrew | תָמְנוּן (tahm-NOO-nuh) |
| Greek | χταπόδι (khtah-POH-thee) |
| Dutch | octopus (AWK-toh-pus) |
| Tagalog | pugita (poo-GEE-tah) |
| Vietnamese | bạch tuộc (bayky TOO-uhky) |
| Turkish | ahtapot (ah-tah-PAWT) |
| Persian | اختاپوس (ohkh-TAH-poos) |
| Polish | ośmiornica (awsh-myawr-NYEE-tsah) |
| Ukrainian | восьминіг (vohs-MI-nyeeh) |
| Bengali | অক্টোপাস (AWK-toh-pahsh) |
| Swedish | bläckfisk (BLEK-fisk) |
| Italian | polpo (POHL-poh) |
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