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beetle en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [ˈbɪi̯ʔəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯ʔl̩] t-glottalization
  • /ˈbiʔəl/ t-glottalization
  • /ˈbiːtəl/
  • [ˈbɪi̯ɾəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯ɾl̩] t-flapping
  • [ˈbɪi̯tʰəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯tʰl̩]
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈbiɾəl/ t-flapping

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *bitilô, *bītilaz Proto-West Germanic *bitilō, *bītil Old English bitula, bitela, bītel Middle English bitle, bitel, bityl, bytylle English beetle From Middle English bitle, bityl, bytylle, from Old English bitula, bitela, bītel (“beetle”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitilō, *bītil, from Proto-Germanic *bitilô, *bītilaz (“that which tends to bite, biter, beetle”), equivalent to bite + -le. Cognate with Old High German bicco (“beetle”), Danish bille (“beetle”), Icelandic bitil, bitul (“a bite, bit”), Faroese bitil (“small piece, bittock”).

Meanings

  1. Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
  2. (uncountable) A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
    • Guessing competitions were tackled with much enthusiasm, followed by a beetle drive, and judging by the laughter, this was popular with all. 1944, Queen's Nurses' Magazine, volumes 33-35, page 12:
  3. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”).
    alt of Beetle
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:beetle.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bittle alternative, obsolete lexicographic
betel alternative, obsolete lexicographic
bittil alternative, obsolete lexicographic
beetles Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

water scavenger beetle · cigar beetle · stink beetle · titan beetle · May beetle · black beetle · stag-beetle · striped blister beetle · bombardier beetle · carrion beetle · ten-lined June beetle · soldier beetle · Darwin's beetle · June beetle · carpet beetle · ladybeetle · Betsy beetle · pleasing fungus beetle · confused flour beetle · black carpet beetle · deathwatch beetle · cardinal beetle · spotted cucumber beetle · dung beetle · Carolina metallic tiger beetle · Hercules beetle · wardrobe beetle · cigarette beetle · larder beetle · jewel beetle · ant beetle · Goliath beetle · pumpkin beetle · rain beetle · furniture beetle · Atlas beetle · pinacate beetle · beetle bank · kangaroo beetle · bacon beetle · clown beetle · banded cucumber beetle · harlequin lady beetle · toe-winged beetle · elm bark beetle · blue ground beetle · spring-beetle · darkling beetle · Oriental beetle · fiddle beetle · thunder beetle · bloody-nosed beetle · ladybird beetle · elm beetle · snout beetle · shit beetle · fur beetle · hide beetle · wasp beetle · water beetle · lady beetle · huhu beetle · gold beetle · Alexander beetle · watermelon beetle · fire beetle · musk beetle · mealworm beetle · smaller European elm bark beetle · khapra beetle · monoceros beetle · ground beetle · lightning beetle · skin beetle · whirligig beetle · oil beetle · false potato beetle · overbeetling · eight-spotted flea beetle · pie-dish beetle · squash beetle · frog-legged beetle · Asiatic beetle · peach bark beetle · snap beetle · green June beetle · potato beetle · golden beetle · tobacco beetle · cactus longhorn beetle · picnic beetle · rhinoceros beetle · hog-beetle · marsh beetle · seed beetle · Christmas beetle · beetlelike · blind as a beetle · beetleskin · deadnettle leaf beetle · tiger beetle · pintail beetle · beetle-crusher · beetly · tortoise beetle · cane beetle · storehouse beetle · beetle-squasher · sexton beetle · Colorado potato beetle · thunderbolt beetle · goldsmith beetle · beetler · lined flat bark beetle · stag beetle · pill beetle · snapping beetle · mimic beetle · flea beetle · click beetle · Jeffrey pine beetle · bark beetle · sacred beetle · Colorado beetle · lizard beetle · Carolina tiger beetle · beetle-headed · beetle drive · elephant beetle · shield beetle · tapestry beetle · lantern beetle · Asian lady beetle · powder-post beetle · striped cucumber beetle · cereal leaf beetle · flour beetle · ant nest beetle · beetle grass · net-winged beetle · Beatles · sun beetle · Japanese beetle · carrot beetle · burying beetle · railway beetle · Fuller's rose beetle · leaf-beetle · rhino beetle · capricorn beetle · spider beetle · beetle bug · dorbeetle · blister beetle · wasp nest beetle · drugstore beetle · sunflower beetle · scarab beetle · ambrosia beetle · Bess beetle · rove beetle · death-watch beetle · asparagus beetle · riffle beetle · hister beetle · beetlebrain · cedar beetle · yellow-crescent blister beetle · Mexican bean beetle · fungus beetle · raspberry beetle · ironclad beetle · Moccas beetle · red flour beetle · beetle-browed · Say blister beetle · dung-beetle · leaf beetle · longhorn beetle · plague soldier beetle · trilobite beetle · powderpost beetle · bean beetle · beetle-sticker · museum beetle · bill-beetle · green fruit beetle · flower beetle · long-horned beetle · bread beetle · bee beetle · scarlet lily beetle · diving beetle · cucumber beetle · crab-like rove beetle · cadelle beetle · hairy click beetle · diamond beetle · tumbling flower beetle · beetlehead · grain beetle · spring beetle · beetle brow · biscuit beetle · beetle mite · scavenger beetle · ox beetle · beetleweed · orange blister beetle

Synonyms

bug (insect)

Translations (168)

nap scarrafone (insect) · mel buyun (insect) · arz جيز (insect) · ak amankuo (insect) · sh tvrdokrilac (insect) · es escarabajo (insect) · uz qoʻngʻiz (insect) · bjn karariang (insect) · ko 갑충 (insect) · fa-ira سوسْک (insect) · lt vabalas (insect) · be жук (insect) · bn গুবরে পোকা (insect) · se gobbá (insect) · mk бумбар (insect) · ti ሕንዚዝ (insect) · kl sikannertooq (insect) · id kumbang (insect) · ltg vabale (insect) · bo བསེ་ལེ་པད་གོག (insect) · grc κάνθαρος (insect) · ru жесткокры́лый (insect) · yi זשוק (insect) · cmn 甲蟲 /甲虫 (insect) · hi गुबरैला (insect) · wo gunóor bi (insect) · sq brumbull (insect) · ta வண்டு (insect) · dsb bruk (insect) · tg гамбуск (insect) · pt besouro (insect) · kk қоңыз (insect) · rsk хробак (insect) · izh pöröläin (insect) · jv kumbang (insect) · crh qoñuz (insect) · ar خُنْفُسَاء (insect) · am ጢንዚዛ (insect) · egy a:p-SA-A-i-i-L1 (insect) · tr böcek (insect) · eo skarabo (insect) · he חִפּוּשִׁית (insect) · ga ciaróg (insect) · hsb žuk (insect) · nds-de Sebber (insect) · gsw Chäfer (insect) · mt ħanfusa (insect) · hu bogár (insect) · mi pāpapa (insect) · nds-de Sever (insect) · yi דזשוכע (insect) · mn ᠴᠣᠬᠤ (insect) · srn asege (insect) · el σκαθάρι (insect) · ltg vaguls (insect) · da bille (insect) · sv skalbagge (insect) · th แมลง (insect) · es acatanca (insect) · uk жук (insect) · oc escarabat (insect) · hak 蛄仔 (insect) · sh бу̏ба (insect) · lld chëifer (insect) · cs brouk (insect) · is bjalla (insect) · sa भ्रमर (insect) · te భ్రమరం (insect) · eu kakalardo (insect) · an escarabaxo (insect) · vi bọ cánh cứng (insect) · ba ҡуңыҙ (insect) · fro escharbot (insect) · lb Kiewerlek (insect) · be цвердакры́лы (insect) · pl żuk (insect) · sh bȕba (insect) · fi kovakuoriainen (insect) · nn bille (insect) · tt коңгыз (insect) · ru жук (insect) · my ပိုးတောင်မာ (insect) · ja 甲虫 (insect) · ml വണ്ട് (insect) · pl chrząszcz (insect) · gd daol (insect) · qu akatanga (insect) · ca escarabat (insect) · fo klukka (insect) · wyi maimborogul (insect) · ps ګونګټ (insect) · br c'hwil (insect) · lo ແມງ (insect) · ang ċeafor (insect) · ms kumbang (insect) · fr scarabée (insect) · yue 甲蟲 /甲虫 (insect) · mi tātaka (insect) · th แมง (insect) · ro gândac (insect) · es catanga (insect) · nv chéłchaaʼ (insect) · de Käfer (insect) · th ด้วง (insect) · cjs кӱйе (insect) · kxd kumbang (insect) · ky коңуз (insect) · nds-de Käver (insect) · cy chwilen (insect) · ayz kwiak (insect) · ms کومبڠ (insect) · ug قوڭغۇز (insect) · uk твердокри́лий (insect) · az böcək (insect) · lo ດ້ວງ (insect) · mn цох (insect) · it scarabeo (insect) · uk джук (insect) · ak ɔbankuo (insect) · nds-de Säver (insect) · it coleottero (insect) · tt бөҗәк (insect) · vo karab (insect) · nan-hbl 龜仔 /龟仔 (insect) · vo cäf (insect) · gl escaravello (insect) · et mardikas (insect) · sne gieng (insect) · ur بَھون٘را (insect) · dz ཨ་ཝ་གླང (insect) · lv vabole (insect) · pdt Kjniepa (insect) · bdr utod (insect) · ast escarabayu (insect) · ka ხოჭო (insect) · mi pepeke (insect) · hy բզեզ (insect) · acw خُنْفُسانة (insect) · alt коҥус (insect) · ml ഭ്രമരം (insect) · sw mende (insect) · pt escaravelho (insect) · tk tomzak (insect) · gd daolag (insect) · xsv grombōle (insect) · uk хрущ (insect) · sh тврдокрилац (insect) · mk тврдокрилец (insect) · bg бръ́мбар (insect) · nl kever (insect) · he חיפושית (insect) · sq zhuzhak (insect) · cmn 甲殼蟲 /甲壳虫 (insect) · km កញ្ចុកបត្តសត្វ (insect) · tn khukhwane (insect) · ceb bakukang (insect) · rsk буба (insect) · sah хомурдуос (insect) · nb bille (insect) · mi pītara (insect) · ur گوبْرِیلا (insect) · hi भृंग (insect) · sl hrošč (insect) · mg borera (insect) · sk chrobák (insect) · prs قَانْغوزَک (insect) · ckt тыӄиӈэвыт (insect) · la coleopterum (insect)

wikidata: Q22671

beetle en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • [ˈbɪi̯ʔəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯ʔl̩] t-glottalization
  • /ˈbiʔəl/ t-glottalization
  • /ˈbiːtəl/
  • [ˈbɪi̯ɾəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯ɾl̩] t-flapping
  • [ˈbɪi̯tʰəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯tʰl̩]
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈbiɾəl/ t-flapping

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *bitilô, *bītilaz Proto-West Germanic *bitilō, *bītil Old English bitula, bitela, bītel Middle English bitle, bitel, bityl, bytylle English beetle From Middle English bitle, bityl, bytylle, from Old English bitula, bitela, bītel (“beetle”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitilō, *bītil, from Proto-Germanic *bitilô, *bītilaz (“that which tends to bite, biter, beetle”), equivalent to bite + -le. Cognate with Old High German bicco (“beetle”), Danish bille (“beetle”), Icelandic bitil, bitul (“a bite, bit”), Faroese bitil (“small piece, bittock”).

Meanings

  1. To move (away) quickly, to scurry away.
    • He beetled off on his vacation.
    • “[…] But he seems to have beetled off somewhere as usual. […]” 1983, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night, Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, page 144:
    • Her eyes still closed, his aunt smiled cruelly. “I know what you are dying to say, Bertie. Go ahead—take the cheap shot. I’ll squash you like the nasty little bug you are.” ¶ Thus chastened, the little man beetled away. 2005, James Doss, The Witch's Tongue, →ISBN, page 178:
    • In the falling darkness Harry saw small collections of lights as they passed over more villages, then a winding road on which a single car was beetling its way home through the hills. … 2003, J. K. Rowling, “The Department of Mysteries”, in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, →ISBN, page 766:
    • I beetled across to our table, but no Pauline, no Mr Cresswell, no Mr Rudyard. 1982, A Woman of No Importance (TV programme)

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bittil alternative, obsolete lexicographic
betel alternative, obsolete lexicographic
beetles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
beetling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beetled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beetled Tense=Past lexicographic
bittle alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Relateds

chafer · firefly · ladybird · bug · scarab

beetle en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • [ˈbɪi̯ʔəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯ʔl̩] t-glottalization
  • /ˈbiʔəl/ t-glottalization
  • /ˈbiːtəl/
  • [ˈbɪi̯ɾəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯ɾl̩] t-flapping
  • [ˈbɪi̯tʰəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯tʰl̩]
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈbiɾəl/ t-flapping

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English bitel? Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHsder. Proto-Germanic *brūwō Proto-West Germanic *brūu Old English brū Middle English brouwe Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed Middle English brouwed Middle English bitel-brouwed English beetle From Middle English bitel-brouwed (“beetle-browed”). Possibly after beetle, from the fact that some beetles have bushy antennae.

Meanings

  1. Protruding, jutting, overhanging.
    • beetle brows

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more beetle Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most beetle Degree=Sup lexicographic

beetle en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • [ˈbɪi̯ʔəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯ʔl̩] t-glottalization
  • /ˈbiʔəl/ t-glottalization
  • /ˈbiːtəl/
  • [ˈbɪi̯ɾəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯ɾl̩] t-flapping
  • [ˈbɪi̯tʰəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯tʰl̩]
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈbiɾəl/ t-flapping

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English bitel? Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHsder. Proto-Germanic *brūwō Proto-West Germanic *brūu Old English brū Middle English brouwe Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed Middle English brouwed Middle English bitel-brouwed English beetle From Middle English bitel-brouwed (“beetle-browed”). Possibly after beetle, from the fact that some beetles have bushy antennae.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To loom over; to extend or jut (above).
    • He stood a barehead boy upon a cliff / Pine-crowned, that hung high beetling a bleak north sea, / His long bright hair did stream like yellow silk, […] 1871, The Spectator, volume 44, page 519:
    • The heavy chimney beetled over the thatched roof.
    • I was indeed gently affected, and shared his fears, remembering well the bulging walls of the old house, and the toppling mass of heavy chimney work which beetled over the roof, beneath which these poor doves had made their nest. 1858 January-March, Dean of Pimlico, “A Story for the New Year”, in Dublin University Magazine reprinted in Littell's Living Age, volume 56 (volume 20 of the second series), Littell, Son & Company, page 63:
    • Impelled by some obscure quest, I ascended a rift or cleft in this beetling precipice, noting as I did so the black mouths of many fearsome burrows extending from both walls into the depths of the stony plateau. 1941, Chapman Miske, The Thing in the Moonlight:
    • By the power of an imperious spirit, Peter was able to extend his meagre five feet two in space by expanding his chest, cocking his crest, inflating his whiskers, and beetling his brows. 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 69:
    • Each beetling rampart, and each tower sublime. 1822, William Wordsworth, In a Carriage, upon the Banks of the Rhin:
    • To the dreadful summit of the cliff / That beetles o'er his base into the sea. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
beetles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
beetled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beetled Tense=Past lexicographic
beetling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

beetle en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • [ˈbɪi̯ʔəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯ʔl̩] t-glottalization
  • /ˈbiʔəl/ t-glottalization
  • /ˈbiːtəl/
  • [ˈbɪi̯ɾəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯ɾl̩] t-flapping
  • [ˈbɪi̯tʰəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯tʰl̩]
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈbiɾəl/ t-flapping

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-tromder.? Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Germanic *bautilaz Proto-West Germanic *bautil Old English bīetelder. Old English bȳtel Middle English betel English beetle From Middle English betel, from Old English bȳtel, bīetel (“hammer”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautil (“hammer, mallet”), equivalent to beat + -le. Cognate with Low German Bötel (“mallet”).

Meanings

  1. A type of mallet with a large wooden head, used to drive wedges, beat pavements, etc.
  2. A machine in which fabrics are subjected to a hammering process while passing over rollers, as in cotton mills; a beetling machine.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
beetles Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (5)

ota طوقماق (mallet) · bg трамбовка (mallet) · fi puunuija (mallet) · de Holzhammer (mallet) · fr mailloche (mallet)

beetle en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • [ˈbɪi̯ʔəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯ʔl̩] t-glottalization
  • /ˈbiʔəl/ t-glottalization
  • /ˈbiːtəl/
  • [ˈbɪi̯ɾəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯ɾl̩] t-flapping
  • [ˈbɪi̯tʰəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯tʰl̩]
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈbiɾəl/ t-flapping

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-tromder.? Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Germanic *bautilaz Proto-West Germanic *bautil Old English bīetelder. Old English bȳtel Middle English betel English beetle From Middle English betel, from Old English bȳtel, bīetel (“hammer”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautil (“hammer, mallet”), equivalent to beat + -le. Cognate with Low German Bötel (“mallet”).

Meanings

  1. To beat with a heavy mallet.
  2. To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine.
    • to beetle cotton goods

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
beetles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
beetling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beetled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
beetled Tense=Past lexicographic

beetle en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • [ˈbɪi̯ʔəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯ʔl̩] t-glottalization
  • /ˈbiʔəl/ t-glottalization
  • /ˈbiːtəl/
  • [ˈbɪi̯ɾəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯ɾl̩] t-flapping
  • [ˈbɪi̯tʰəl] ~ [ˈbɪi̯tʰl̩]
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈbiɾəl/ t-flapping

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese bétele, from Malayalam വെറ്റില (veṟṟila) or Tamil வெற்றிலை (veṟṟilai).

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of betel.
    alt of betel
    • Scatter black sand, and offer camphor, sandal, flowers, beetle-leaves, and all sorts of fragrance. 1816, John Callaway, Yakkun Nattannawa: A Cingalese Poem, Descriptive of the Ceylon System of Demonology, page 10:
    • "It consists of the beetle leaf, in which the piece of an areca-nut is mixed with some lime out of the oyster and muscle shells, and so put into the mouth and chewed. Out of the beetle leaves, during the preparation, the fibres that are hard and rough are first drawn to the leaf; the form of a little horn is then given, open at the bottom, and pointed at the top, which when the areca-nut is inserted is closed, and so chewed." 1835, The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 157, E. Cave, pages 614–615:
    • Beetle-leaf is absolutely a primary necessary article of life; every person consumes it daily, especially when travelling; the hindoo of caste has great difficulties in the way of cooking food, which are augmented whenever from home, and the beetle alleviates his hunger. 1835, Alexander's East India and Colonial Magazine: 1835,1/6, page 547:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
beetles Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

beetle leaf · beetle nut