gerbil

gerbil

English

Alternative forms

• gerbille (dated)
• (verb): gerble
• jerbil (dated)

Etymology

French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع‎ (jarbūʿ) or يَرْبُوع‎ (yarbūʿ, “jerboa”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝbl̩/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɜːbl̩/

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• Homophone: Dyirbal
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəl

Noun

gerbil (plural gerbils)

1. One of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus and certain other genera in subfamily Gerbillinae, with leaping powers resembling the jerboa, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.

Translations

small rodent

Bulgarian: пясъчна мишка f (pjasǎčna miška) Catalan: jerbu petit Chinese: Mandarin: 沙鼠 (shāshǔ) Danish: ørkenrotte Dutch: gerbil (nl) m, springmuis (nl) f renmuis f, woestijnrat (nl) f Estonian: liivahiir Faroese: oyðimørkaíkorn n Finnish: gerbilli French: gerbille (fr) f Galician: xerbo (gl) m Georgian: მექვიშიები (mekvišiebi) German: Rennmaus f, Wüstenrennmaus f, mongolische Rennmaus f Hungarian: futóegér, versenyegér Italian: gerbillo (it) m, ratto delle sabbie m Japanese: スナネズミ (sunanezumi), ジャービル (jābiru) Low German: rennmüüs Navajo: hóółtseiigi naʼatsʼǫǫsí Polish: myszoskoczek (pl) m, gerbil (pl) m, suwak (pl) m Portuguese: gerbilo m Romanian: gerbil (ro) m Russian: песча́нка (ru) f (pesčánka) Spanish: jerbo m, gerbo m, jerbillo m, gerbillo m Swedish: ökenråtta (sv) c, gerbil c Vietnamese: chuột nhảy

Verb

gerbil (third-person singular simple present gerbils, present participle gerbilling or gerbiling, simple past and past participle gerbilled or gerbiled)

1. (intransitive) To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.
2. (intransitive, slang) To insert a small animal into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth).

See also

• guinea pig
• hamster
• jerboa
• jird
• mouse
• rat

 

Anagrams

• Bigler, Bilger, Gibler

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gerbille.

Noun

gerbil m (plural gerbili)

1. gerbil

Declension

Declension of gerbil

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) gerbil	gerbilul	(niște) gerbili	gerbilii
genitive/dative	(unui) gerbil	gerbilului	(unor) gerbili	gerbililor
vocative	gerbilule		gerbililor

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• gerbill

Noun

gerbil c

1. a gerbil, especially a Mongolian gerbil (common as a pet)

   Synonym: ökenråtta

Declension

Declension of gerbil
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gerbil	gerbilen	gerbiler	gerbilerna
Genitive	gerbils	gerbilens	gerbilers	gerbilernas

References

• gerbil in Svensk ordbok (SO)