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cockroach
(kɒkroʊtʃ)
Word forms: plural cockroaches
countable noun
A cockroach is a large brown insect that is sometimes found in warm places or where food is kept.
cockroach in British English
(ˈkɒkˌrəʊtʃ)
noun
any insect of the suborder Blattodea (or Blattaria), such as Blatta orientalis (oriental cockroach or black beetle): order Dictyoptera. They have an oval flattened body with long antennae and biting mouthparts and are common household pests
See also German cockroach, mantisWord origin
C17: from Spanish cucaracha, of obscure origincockroach in American English
(ˈkɑkˌroʊtʃ)
noun
any of an order (Blattaria) of insects with long antennae and a flat, soft body: some species are common household pests
Word origin
Sp cucaracha, wood louse, cockroach, altered by assoc. with cock1 + roach1Image ofcockroach
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British English: cockroach /ˈkɒkˌrəʊtʃ/ NOUN
A cockroach is a large brown insect that is often found in dirty or damp places.
- American English: cockroach
- Arabic: صَرْصُور
- Brazilian Portuguese: barata
- Chinese: 蟑螂
- Croatian: žohar
- Czech: šváb
- Danish: kakerlak
- Dutch: kakkerlak
- European Spanish: cucaracha
- Finnish: torakka
- French: cafard
- German: Küchenschabe
- Greek: κατσαρίδα
- Italian: scarafaggio
- Japanese: ゴキブリ
- Korean: 바퀴벌레
- Norwegian: kakerlakk
- Polish: karaluch
- European Portuguese: barata
- Romanian: gândac de bucătărie
- Russian: таракан
- Latin American Spanish: cucaracha
- Swedish: kackerlacka
- Thai: แมลงสาบ
- Turkish: hamam böceği
- Ukrainian: тарган
- Vietnamese: con gián
Chinese translation of 'cockroach'
cockroach
(ˈkɔkrəutʃ)
n (c)
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蟑螂
(zhāngláng) (只, zhī)