gerbil en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈdʒɜːbl̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈd͡ʒɝbl̩/ (General-American)
Etymology
From French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ, “jerboa”). Doublet of jerboa.
Meanings
- A member of one of several species of small, jumping, mouselike rodents of the subfamily Gerbillinae, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gerbille | alternative, dated | lexicographic | |
| gerbill | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| jerbil | alternative, dated | lexicographic | |
| gerbils | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Mackilligin's gerbil · fringe-tailed gerbil · Hoogstraal's gerbil · Boehm's gerbil · Tarabul's gerbil · Cheesman's gerbil · Petter's gerbil · Przewalski's gerbil · Wagner's gerbil · Cape short-eared gerbil · tamarisk gerbil · bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil · Harwood's gerbil · Flower's gerbil · black-tailed gerbil · dune hairy-footed gerbil · Harrington's gerbil · Mauritanian gerbil · Namib brush-tailed gerbil · hairy-footed gerbil · Mongolian gerbil · fat-tailed gerbil · lesser short-tailed gerbil · Kemp's gerbil · Phillip's gerbil · gerbilarium · antigerbil · Indian gerbil · Emin's gerbil · gerbilectomy · midday gerbil · James's gerbil · Burton's gerbil · Anderson's gerbil
Translations (39)
pt gerbilo (small rodent) · pl suwak (small rodent) · es gerbil (small rodent) · ca jerbu petit (small rodent) · de mongolische Rennmaus (small rodent) · hu versenyegér (small rodent) · vi chuột nhảy (small rodent) · ja スナネズミ (small rodent) · ro gerbil (small rodent) · nl woestijnrat (small rodent) · nv hóółtseiigi naʼatsʼǫǫsí (small rodent) · pl myszoskoczek (small rodent) · bg песчанка (small rodent) · et liivahiir (small rodent) · gl xerbo (small rodent) · sv ökenråtta (small rodent) · it gerbillo (small rodent) · ar عَضَل (small rodent) · ka მექვიშიები (small rodent) · es gerbillo (small rodent) · it ratto delle sabbie (small rodent) · ja ジャービル (small rodent) · de Rennmaus (small rodent) · sv gerbil (small rodent) · fo oyðimørkaíkorn (small rodent) · cmn 沙鼠 (small rodent) · ru песча́нка (small rodent) · eo gerbilo (small rodent) · nl springmuis f renmuis (small rodent) · fr gerbille (small rodent) · nds rennmüüs (small rodent) · nl gerbil (small rodent) · fi gerbilli (small rodent) · de Wüstenrennmaus (small rodent) · hu futóegér (small rodent) · da ørkenrotte (small rodent) · es merión (small rodent) · pl gerbil (small rodent) · bg пясъчна мишка (small rodent)