Louse
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English
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English lūs, from Proto-Germanic *lus.
Noun
louse (see individual senses for plurals)
- (plural lice) A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Phthiraptera.
- (plural louses) A worthless or contemptible person.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
insect
- Albanian: morr
- Arabic: قَمْلَة (qámlah) f, قَمْلٌ (qámlun) plural
- Bosnian: uš f, vaš f, gnjida f
- Bulgarian: въшка (väška) f
- CJK Characters: 虱
- Chinese: 虱子 (shī zi)
- Czech: veš
- Dutch: luis f
- Esperanto: pediko
- Faeroese: lús
- Finnish: täi
- French: pou m
- German: Laus f
- Greek: ψείρα (pseíra) f
- Hungarian: tetű
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- Indonesian: kutu
- Italian: pidocchio m
- Japanese: 虱 (シラミ, shirami), 寄生虫 (きせいちゅう, kiseichū)
- Korean: 이 (i)
- Lithuanian: utėlė f
- Persian: شِپِش (šepeš)
- Polish: wesz
- Portuguese: piolho m
- Romanian: păduche m
- Russian: вошь (voš') f, вши (vši) plural
- Slovak: voš m, vši plural
- Slovene: uš f
- Spanish: piojo m
- Swedish: lus c
- Tok Pisin: laus
- Vietnamese: con rận
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worthless person
- Albanian: qelbanik
- Arabic: سَافِلٌ اِبْنُ كَلْب (sáafil íbnu kalb) m
- Bulgarian: гад (gad) m and f
- Dutch: (arme) luis m
- Finnish: luopio, hylkiö, epatto
- French: salaud m
- German: Dreckskerl m
- Greek: κοπρόσκυλον (kopróskylon) n, ασυνείδητος (asyneíðitos) m
- Portuguese: piolho m, sem-vergonha m and f, canalha m and f
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- Romanian: păduche m
- Russian: гнида (gnída) m and f, гад (gad) m and f, гадская кровь (gádskaja krov') m and f
- Slovak: všivák m, všivavec m
- Slovene: ušivec m, gnida f (highly pejorative)
- Spanish: sinvergüenza m and f, canalla m and f
- Turkish: aşağılık kimse
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See also
- Wikipedia article on the louse
