earthworm

English

An earthworm

Etymology

From Middle English erthe-worm, erþe-worm, erþe worm (also as worm of þe erthe, worm of þe erþe), equivalent to earth +‎ worm. Compare Saterland Frisian Äidwurm (“earthworm”), West Frisian ierdwjirm (“earthworm”), Dutch aardworm (“earthworm”), less common German Erdwurm (“earthworm”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

earthworm (plural earthworms)

A worm that lives in the ground.
A worm of the family Lumbricidae, or, more generally, of the suborder Lumbricina.
(figurative) A contemptible person; a groveller.

Synonyms

(a ground-living worm): rainworm, groundworm; wiggler, red worm, red wiggler (Southern US); nightwalker (New England); nightcrawler (Northern US, Western US); dew worm (US Great Lakes region, Canada)

Hyponyms

(a ground-living worm): baitworm; fishworm (Northern US, Central US); angleworm (Northern US); fishing worm (Southern US) - fish bait

Translations

worm (animal)

Acehnese: please add this translation if you can
Albanian: rrajzë (sq) f, glistër (sq) f
Amis: 'atikak
Arabic: دُودَة الْأَرْض‎ f (dūda(t) al-ʾarḍ), خُرْطُون‎ m (ḵurṭūn)
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Assamese: কেঁচু (kẽsu)
Aymara: sillq'u
Azerbaijani: soxulcan (az)
Bashkir: селәүсен (seläwsen)
Basque: zizare
Bengali: কেঁচো (kẽco)
Bulgarian: дъждовен червей m (dǎždoven červej)
Catalan: cuc de terra m, llambric m
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Cham:
Eastern Cham: laning
Western Cham: please add this translation if you can
Chamicuro: taykonono
Cherokee: ᎤᏥᏯ (utsiya)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 蚯蚓 (jau¹ jan⁵)
Hakka: 䘆公 (hién-kûng)
Mandarin: 蚯蚓 (zh) (qiūyǐn), 地龍／地龙 (zh) (dìlóng)
Min Nan: 杜蚓 (tō͘-ún, tō͘-ín, tō͘-kún, tō͘-kín), 杜蚓仔 (zh-min-nan) (tō͘-kún-á, tō͘-ún-á), 牛貫, 牛贯 (gû-kǹg), 塗蚓 (zh-min-nan) (thô͘-ún)
Czech: žížala (cs) f, dešťovka (cs) f
Danish: regnorm (da) c
Dutch: aardworm (nl), regenworm (nl)
Dzongkha: ལྕོང་འབུཔ (lcong 'bup)
Esperanto: lumbriko
Estonian: vihmauss
Faroese: reyðmaðkur (fo) m
Finnish: liero (fi)
French: ver de terre (fr) m, lombric (fr) m (formal), lèche (fr) f (Louisiana)
Galician: miñoca f, mioca f, lombriga f
Gallo: bidjin m
Georgian: ჭიაყელა (č̣iaq̇ela)
German: (usual) Regenwurm (de) m; (other names) Aalwurm m, Erdwurm m, Tauwurm m; (biology) Gemeiner Regenwurm m
Greek: γαιοσκώληκας m (gaioskólikas), σκουληκαντέρα (el) f (skoulikantéra)
Ancient Greek: (Doric Greek) γαφάγας m (gaphágas)
Guaraní: sevo’i
Hebrew: שִׁלְשׁוּל‎ (he) m (shilshúl)
Hindi: केंचुआ (keñcuā), केचुआ (hi) m (kecuā), केँचुवा (hi) m (kẽcuvā), किञ्चिलिक (hi) m (kiñcilik), दीप्तरस (hi) m (dīptaras)
Hungarian: földigiliszta (hu)
Iban: belut
Icelandic: ánamaðkur (is) m
Ido: lombriko (io)
Indonesian: cacing tanah (id)
Irish: péist talún f, cuideog f, agaill f, anglach m
Italian: lombrico (it) m
Japanese: 蚯蚓 (ja) (みみず, ミミズ, mimizu, きゅういん, kyūin)
Javanese: cacing lemah
Kalmyk: улан хорха (ulan horha)
Komi-Permyak: нидзыв (nʹidzʹyv)
Korean: 지렁이 (ko) (jireong'i)
Latin: lumbrīcus m
Latvian: slieka f
Lithuanian: sliekas m
Luxembourgish: Reewuerm m
Malay: cacing tanah (ms)
Malayalam: മണ്ണിര (maṇṇira)
Manchu: ᠪᡝᡨᡝᠨ (beten)
Manx: dhiane m
Mbyá Guaraní: evo'i
Middle English: erþe worm, worm, maddok
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: чийгийн улаан хорхой (čiigiin ulaan xorxoj)
Nanai: пэнтэ
Navajo: łeeyiʼ chʼosh
Norman: vèr dé tèrre m (Jersey)
Norwegian: meitemark m, meitemakk m
Old English: reġnwyrm m
Ottoman Turkish: صوغلجان‎ (soğulcan)
Polish: dżdżownica (pl) f
Portuguese: minhoca (pt) f
Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
Romagnol: mondavèscuv m
Romanian: râmă (ro) f
Russian: дождево́й че́рвь m (doždevój čérvʹ), земляно́й червь m (zemljanój červʹ)
Sanskrit: किञ्चिलिक (sa) m (kiñcilika), किञ्चुलुक (sa) m (kiñculuka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: глиста f
Roman: glista (sh) f
Sicilian: casèntaru (scn) m
Slovak: dážďovka f
Southern Altai: чойлошкон (čoyloškon)
Spanish: lombriz de tierra f, gusano de tierra m
Swahili: choo (sw)
Swedish: daggmask (sv)
Tagalog: bulateng lupa
Tamil: மண்புழு (ta) (maṇpuḻu)
Tausug: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: వానపాము (te) (vānapāmu)
Thai: ไส้เดือน (th) (sâi-dʉʉan)
Turkish: yer solucanı (tr)
Tày: đươn
Vietnamese: giun đất (vi), trùn (vi)
Volapük: tailavum (vo), lumbrig
Welsh: abwydyn m, mwydyn m, pryf genwair m
White Hmong: cua nab
Zhuang: ndwen
Zulu: umsundu class 3/4

person

Finnish: liero (fi)
German: Kriecher m
Greek: σκουλήκι (el) n (skoulíki)
Hungarian: csúszómászó (hu), talpnyaló (hu)
Russian: червя́к (ru) m (červják)
Swahili: choo (sw)

References

earthworm in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
earthworm at OneLook Dictionary Search
Earthworm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

heartworm