lizard

See also: Lizard

English

A lizard.

Etymology

From Middle English lesarde, lisarde, from Anglo-Norman lusard, from Old French lesard (compare French lézard), from Latin lacertus. Displaced native Middle English aske, from Old English āþexe (> modern English ask, askard).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪz.əd/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪz.ɚd/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪzə(ɹ)d

Noun

lizard (plural lizards)

Any reptile of the order Squamata that is not a snake or an amphisbaenian, usually having four legs, external ear openings, movable eyelids and a long slender body and tail.
(chiefly in attributive use) Lizard skin, the skin of these reptiles.
- 1990 October 28, Paul Simon, “Proof”, The Rhythm of the Saints, Warner Bros.
  Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby / Silver foil to trim your wedding gown
(colloquial) An unctuous person.
(colloquial) A coward.
(rock paper scissors) A hand forming a "D" shape with the tips of the thumb and index finger touching (a handshape resembling a lizard), that beats paper and Spock and loses to rock and scissors in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock.
(in compounds) A person who idly spends time in a specified place, especially a promiscuous female.
lounge lizard; lot lizard; beach lizard; truck stop lizard

Derived terms

legless lizard (Pygopodidae spp.)
lizard brain
lizard catshark (Schroederichthys saurisqualus)
lizard fish (Synodontidae spp.)
lizard hawk (Kaupifalco monogrammicus)
lizard orchid (Himantoglossum hircinum)
lizard plant (Tetrastigma voinierianum)
lizard-skin
lizard snake (Thamnophis spp.)
lizard-stone
lizard tail (Saururus spp., Piper spp.)
lounge lizard
pinecone lizard (Tiliqua rugosa)
rock lizard
sleepy lizard (Tiliqua rugosa)
stump-tailed lizard (Trachysaurus rugosus)
tree lizard (Urosaurus spp)
wall lizard
woodlizard
worm lizard (Amphisbaenia spp.)

Translations

reptile

Abenaki: kakadôlôgw
Adyghe: щыдырхъуае (śədərχʷaaje), хьамплъыжь (ḥaamplˢəź)
Afrikaans: akkedis
Akkadian: 𒅴 𒋃 (ṣurārû)
Albanian: hardhucë (sq) f, hardhje (sq) f, hardhël m
Amharic: እንሽላሊት (ʾənšəlalit)
Arabic: سِحْلِيَّة‎ f (siḥliyya), ضَبّ‎ m (ḍabb), عَظَاءَة‎ f (ʿaẓāʾa), بُرْص‎ m (burṣ)
Egyptian Arabic: برص‎ f (borṣ)
Hijazi Arabic: سَحْلِيَّة‎ f (saḥliyya)
Iraqi Arabic: بريعصي‎ f (bṛīʿṣi)
Lebanese Arabic: حردون‎ f (ḥardown)
Moroccan Arabic: بوبريص‎ m (būbrīṣ)
Aragonese: sargantana
Armenian: մողես (hy) (mołes)
Assamese: জেঠি (zethi)
Asturian: llagartesa (ast) f
Aymara: jararankha
Azerbaijani: kərtənkələ (az)
Bashkir: кеҫәртке (keθärtke)
Basque: musker
Belarusian: я́шчарка (be) f (jáščarka)
Bengali: টিকটিকি (bn) (ṭikṭiki)
Breton: kazh-raden
Brunei Malay: cacak
Buginese: cica
Bulgarian: гу́щер (bg) m (gúšter)
Burmese: အိမ်မြှောင် (my) (imhmraung)
Buryat: гүрбэл (gürbel)
Catalan: llangardaix (ca) m, sargantana (ca) f
Catawba: wapiri
Chechen: моьлкъа (mölqʼa)
Cherokee: ᏙᏲᎯᎳ (doyohila), ᏘᏲᎭᎵ (tiyohali)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 蜥蜴 (sik¹ jik⁶)
Dungan: шәчунзы (šəčunzɨ), шәмачунзы (šəmačunzɨ)
Hakka: 狗嫲蛇 (kiéu-mà-sà), 山狗太 (sân-kiéu-thai), 蜥蜴 (sit-thit)
Mandarin: 蜥蜴 (zh) (xīyì)
Min Dong: 杜墊, 杜垫 (dô-dâing)
Min Nan: 杜墊, 杜垫 (tō͘-tēng), 蜥蜴 (sek-e̍k)
Wu: 四腳蛇, 四脚蛇 (sr jiaq zo)
Chiricahua: ma’ishǫ́í
Chuvash: калта (kalt̬a)
Cornish: peswarpaw m, pajarpaw m, pedrevan f
Crimean Tatar: kesertki (northern dialect kesquyruq)
Czech: ještěrka (cs) f, ještěr (cs) m
Dalmatian: lačar f
Danish: firben (da) n, øgle (da) c
Daur: isel
Dutch: hagedis (nl) m
Dzongkha: ཙི་ཙི་དམརམོ (tsi tsi dmrmo)
Egyptian:

(ꜥšꜣ m)
Elfdalian: ella f
Emilian: (Reggio Emilia) arzintèla f, (Bologna) lusért f, (Modena) luśèrta f
Erzya: метьказ (metʹkaz)
Esperanto: lacerto (eo)
Estonian: sisalik (et)
Even: исэл (isəl)
Faroese: edla f, ødla f
Finnish: lisko (fi)
French: lézard (fr) m
Friulian: lisierte f
Gagauz: guşter
Galician: lagarto (gl) m, lagartixa f
Georgian: ხვლიკი (xvliḳi)
German: Eidechse (de) f (small), Echse (de) f
Alemannic German: Heidenëchsli n, Heidëchsli n, Aaideggs n
Greek: σαύρα (el) f (sávra)
Ancient: σαύρα f (saúra)
Greenlandic: sisamavilik
Guaraní: teju
Haitian Creole: leza
Hausa: ƙadangare
Hawaiian: moʻo
Hebrew: לְטָאָה‎ (he) f (l'ta'á), חַרדוֹן‎ (he) f (khardón)
Hiligaynon: tiki
Hindi: छिपकली (hi) f (chipaklī)
Hungarian: gyík (hu)
Icelandic: eðla (is) f
Ido: lacerto (io) m
Igbo: ugwere
Ilocano: alutiit
Indonesian: kadal (id)
Ingush: шолкъ (šolqʼ)
Interlingua: lacerta
Irish: earc m, laghairt f
Italian: lucertola (it) f
Japanese: 蜥蜴 (ja) (とかげ, tokage), トカゲ (ja) (tokage)
Javanese: kadhal (jv)
Kalmyk: гүрвлдә (gürvldä)
Kannada: ಹಲ್ಲಿ (kn) (halli)
Kapampangan: lupisak
Karachay-Balkar: гургун (gurgun) (Balkar), кеселекке (keselekke) (Karachay)
Karakalpak: kesirtke
Kashmiri: کینٛکہٕ لٔٹ‎ (kēnkụ lạṭ), کرٛینٛکہٕ لٔٹ‎ (krēnkụ lạṭ)
Kayapó: êtuwa
Kazakh: кесіртке (kesırtke)
Ket: тульн
Khakas: килескі (kileskì)
Khmer: ជីងចក់ (ciing cɑk)
Kikuyu: njagathi class 9
Korean: 도마뱀 (ko) (domabaem)
Kumyk: гесертки (gesertki), гьалкъа (halqa)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: مارمێلکە‎ (ku) (marmêlke)
Kyrgyz: кескелдирик (ky) (keskeldirik)
Lao: ກະປອມ (ka pǭm), ຈີ່ໂປ່ມ (chī pōm), ປອມຂາງ (pǭm khāng)
Latgalian: škierzlots
Latin: lacerta (la) f
Latvian: ķirzaka f
Laz: მთხოლარი (mtxolari)
Lezgi: чурчул (čurčul)
Ligurian: grîgoa
Limburgish: aektes (li) m
Lithuanian: dríežas m
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: evertaske (Gronings, Stellingwerfs), eveltasse (Drents, Twents)
German Low German: Adderditsch, Eerdditsch (Holstein), Eevtask, Evertasch
Luxembourgish: Eidechs f, Omes f
Macedonian: гуштер m (gušter)
Malagasy: androngo (mg)
Malay: cicak (ms)
Malayalam: പല്ലി (ml) (palli)
Maltese: wiżgħa f, gremxula f
Manx: jialgheer m
Maori: ngārara, ngaha, moko, kumukumu
Marathi: सरडा (sarḍā)
Mari:
Western Mari: шӓкшӓльӹ (šäkšälʹÿ)
Mauritian Creole: lezar
Mingrelian: ხვილარი (xvilari)
Mongolian: гүрвэл (mn) (gürvel)
Nahuatl:
Central: cuetzpalin
Central Huasteca: ketspali
Classical: cuetzpalin
Nanai: исэлэн
Nanticoke: oh!kaush-kiss
Navajo: naʼashǫ́ʼii
Neapolitan: lacierto m
Nepali: छेपारो (chepāro)
Newar: माय्‌बिलि (mæbili)
Norman: lêzarde f (Jersey)
Northern Yukaghir: валудул (waludul)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: øgle m or f, firfisle m or f
Nynorsk: øgle f, firfisle f
Northern Sámi:deaččalakkis
Occitan: cernalha (oc) f, angròla (oc) f
Old English: āþexe f
Old Saxon: egithassa f
Oriya: ଝିଟିପିଟି (or) (jhiṭipiṭi)
Orok: эсилэ
Ossetian: гӕгкуыри (gægk°yri), гӕккуыритӕ (gækk°yritæ)
Papiamentu: lagadishi
Pashto: لټکه‎ f (laṭᶕka)
Persian: مارمولک‎ (fa) (mârmulak), سوسمار‎ (fa) (susmâr), چلپاسه‎ (fa)
Piedmontese: lazerta f
Plautdietsch: Äajdakjs f, Äajdakjsel m
Polish: jaszczurka (pl) f
Portuguese: lagarto (pt) m
Punjabi: ਕਿਰਲੀ (pa) f (kirlī)
Quechua: qaraywa, ararankha
Rapa Nui: moko
Romanian: șopârlă (ro) f
Romansch: lischerna f, luschard m
Russian: я́щерица (ru) f (jáščerica), я́щерка (ru) f (jáščerka) я́щер (ru) m (jáščer) (large one, including dinosaurs)
Samoan: mo'o
Samogitian: drėižā m
Sanskrit: मुषली (sa) (muṣalī)
Sardinian: tiligherta f, tilicherta f, tilicheta f, tziligherta f, lugesti, lucesti, lugestra, luxeta, atalighelte, atalighelta f, atiligherta f, cabixeta f, calaxerta f, calixerta f, caluxerta f
Scots: lizard
Scottish Gaelic: laghairt m or f, dearc-luachrach f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гу̏штер m
Roman: gȕšter (sh) m
Seychellois Creole: lezar
Shona: dzvinyu
Shor: келескин (keleskin)
Sicilian: gièrdula (scn) f, lucerta (scn) f, lucèrtula (scn) f
Silesian: jaszczurki f
Sinhalese: කටුස්සා (kaṭussā)
Slovak: jašter m, jašterica (sk) f
Slovene: kuščar (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: jašćeŕ m, jašćerica f
Upper Sorbian: ješćelca f
Southern Altai: келескен (kelesken)
Spanish: lagarto (es) m, lagartija (es) f (small)
Svan: ჰა̈შდა̈კუ̂ (häšdäḳû)
Swahili: mjusi
Swedish: ödla (sv) c
Tagalog: butiki
Tajik: калтакалос (kaltakalos), калпеса (kalpesa)
Tamil: பல்லி (ta) (palli)
Taos: k’ùołàxenlo’óna
Tatar: кәлтә (tt) (kältä)
Telugu: బల్లి (te) (balli)
Thai: กิ้งก่า (th) (gîng-gàa)
Tibetan: རྩངས་པ། (rtsangs pa)
Tigrinya: ጠበቕ (ṭäbäḳʰ)
Tongan: moko
Tsakhur: баӏнек, калез
Tswana: kgatlampane
Turkish: kertenkele (tr)
Turkmen: kelpeze, suwulgan, hažžyk
Tuvan: селеске (seleske)
Ukrainian: я́щірка (uk) f (jáščirka)
Urdu: چھپکلی‎ f (chipkalī)
Uyghur: كەسلەنچۈك‎ (keslenchük)
Uzbek: kaltakesak (uz)
Venetian: luxèrta f, łuxèrtoła f, luxèrtola f, uxèrta f, oxèrtola f, lisarda f, ixèrdola f, risàrdoła f, ruxèrtola f, bisèrgoła f, tarantèla f
Vietnamese: thằn lằn (vi)
Vilamovian: edikjys n
Volapük: lasär (vo)
Walloon: cwarpece (wa) f, cwate-peces (wa) f
Welsh: madfall (cy) f
West Flemish: aketissn m
West Frisian: hagedis c
Western Apache: na’ishǫ́’
Westrobothnian: årmskrøl f
White Hmong: ntses qa
Yakut: күлгэри (külgeri), тыймыыт (tıymııt)
Yiddish: יאַשטשערקע‎ f (yashtsherke)
Yoruba: aláǹgbá
Zazaki: marmalok c pl
Zhuang: duzcoengmax

unctuous person

coward — see coward

Middle English

Noun

lizard

Alternative form of lesarde