bedbug - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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an adult bedbug

• bed bug, bed-bug

Proto-West Germanic *badi

Middle English bed

English bedbug

From bed + bug.

• (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɛdˌbʌɡ/

bedbug (plural bedbugs)

1. A small nocturnal insect pest of humans, of species Cimex lectularius (common bedbug) and Cimex hemipterus (tropical bedbug) that feeds on the blood of humans during sleep.
   Synonyms: (obsolete UK slang) mahogany flat, (obsolete UK slang) Norfolk Howard, (slang) B-flat
   Fiona rapidly discovered that the hotel was infested with bedbugs.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 81:
     In Morocco, love philtres are composed of yolk of egg and bedbugs.
2. Any similar insect of family Cimicidae, that feeds on the blood of humans and certain other warm-blooded animals.

• antibedbug
• bedbuggy
• bedbuglike
• crazy as a bedbug
• don't let the bedbugs bite

small nocturnal insect pest of humans

• Afrikaans: weeluis

• Albanian: kore (sq) m

• Arabic: بَقّ m (baqq)
  Egyptian Arabic: بق (baʔʔ)
  Moroccan Arabic: بق (baqq)

• Aramaic:
  Classical Syriac: ܦܫܦܫܐ m (pešpšā)

• Armenian: փայտոջիլ (hy) (pʻaytoǰil)

• Assamese: উৰহ (uroh), কাপোৰ-ওকণী (kapür-ükoni)

• Asturian: chincha (ast) f

• Azerbaijani: taxtabiti

• Balinese: titih

• Banjarese: pampijit, tempijit

• Bashkir: ҡандала (qandala)

• Basque: zimitz

• Belarusian: пасце́льны клоп m (pascjélʹny klop), клоп m (klop)

• Bislama: stingfli

• Bulgarian: креватна дървеница f (krevatna dǎrvenica)

• Catalan: xinxa (ca) f, xinxa de llit f

• Cebuano: kuting, dugho

• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 臭蟲 / 臭虫 (zh) (chòuchóng), 壁蝨 / 壁虱 (zh) (bìshī), 蜰蟲 / 蜰虫 (zh) (féichóng), 床蝨 / 床虱 (zh) (chuángshī)

• Czech: štěnice (cs) f

• Dalmatian: cinko m

• Danish: væggelus c

• Dutch: bedwants (nl) m or f, wandluis (nl) m or f

• Esperanto: cimo (eo), litcimo

• Estonian: voodilutikas

• Faroese: veggjalús f

• Finnish: lude (fi), lutikka (fi)

• French: punaise (fr) f, punaise de lit (fr) f, punaise des lits (fr) f

• Georgian: ბაღლინჯო (baɣlinǯo)

• German: Wanze (de) f, Bettwanze f, Hauswanze f, Wandlaus f (older term)

• Greek: κοριός (el) m (koriós)
  Ancient Greek: κόρις m (kóris)
  Pontic Greek: κορίδιν n (korídin), κόρδα f (kórda)

• Hawaiian: ʻuku lio

• Hebrew: פשפש \ פִּשְׁפֵּשׁ (he) m (pishpésh), פשפשאי מיטה

• Hindi: खटमल (hi) m (khaṭmal)

• Hungarian: poloska (hu), ágyi poloska (hu), vérszívó poloska, házi poloska

• Icelandic: veggjalús f

• Ido: cimo (io)

• Indonesian: kepinding (id), kutu busuk (id), bangsat (id), tinggi (id), pijat-pijat (id)

• Ingrian: lucikkain

• Irish: míol leapa m

• Italian: cimice (it) f, cimice da letto f, cimice dei letti f

• Japanese: 床虱 (ja) (とこじらみ, tokojirami), 南京虫 (ja) (なんきんむし, nankinmushi), 床虫 (ja) (とこむし, tokomushi)

• Javanese: tinggi (jv)

• Kannada: ತಿಗಣೆ (kn) (tigaṇe)

• Kapampangan: suldut

• Khmer: សង្កើច (km) (sɑŋkaəc)

• Kikuyu: ngũngũni class 9/10

• Korean: 빈대 (ko) (bindae)

• Kyrgyz: кантала (ky) (kantala)

• Ladino: chincha f

• Lao: ເຮືອດ (hư̄at), ໂຕເຮືອດ (tō hư̄at)

• Latin: cīmex m

• Latvian: blakts f

• Laz: მკორიდა (mǩorida)

• Lithuanian: patalinė blakė f

• Low German:
  German Low German: Wandluus f

• Lü: please add this translation if you can

• Luhya: ebisururi

• Macedonian: тавтабита f (tavtabita)

• Malay: pijat, pijat-pijat

• Malayalam: മൂട്ട (ml) (mūṭṭa)

• Maltese: baqq

• Manx: meeyl lhiabbagh f

• Middle English: maddok

• Mi'kmaq: tepine's anim

• Mongolian: бясаа (mn) (bjasaa)

• Navajo: wóósitsʼílí

• Norman: bog'se f

• Norwegian:
  Bokmål: veggedyr (no) n, veggdyr n, veggelus m or f
  Nynorsk: veggedyr n, veggdyr n, veggelus f

• Ojibwe: minaagojiisi

• Old Norse: veggjalús f

• Pannonian Rusyn: блощина f (bloščina)

• Persian: ساس (fa) (sâs)

• Piedmontese: simes f

• Polish: pluskwa (pl) f

• Portuguese: percevejo (pt) m

• Punjabi: ਖਟਮਲ m (khaṭmal)

• Romanian: ploșniță (ro) f, păduche de pat

• Romansh: pidra da letg f

• Russian: клоп (ru) m (klop), посте́льный клоп (ru) m (postélʹnyj klop)

• Scottish Gaelic: bògas na h-oidhche m

• Shan: ႁိူတ်ႈ (shn) (hōet)

• Slovak: ploštica posteľná f

• Slovene: stenica (sl) f

• Spanish: chinche (es) f, chinche de cama f

• Sundanese: tumbila (su)

• Swahili: kunguni (sw)

• Swedish: vägglus (sv) c

• Tagalog: surot

• Tajik: сос (sos)

• Tamil: மூட்டைப் பூச்சி (ta) (mūṭṭaip pūcci)

• Telugu: నల్లి (te) (nalli)

• Thai: เรือด (th) (rʉ̂ʉat), ตัวเรือด (dtua rêuat)

• Tibetan: འདྲེ་ཤིག ('dre shig)

• Tok Pisin: musmus

• Turkish: tahtakurusu (tr)
  Ottoman Turkish: تخته قوروسی (tahta kurusu)

• Turkmen: tagtabit

• Ukrainian: пості́льний клоп m (postílʹnyj klop), клоп m (klop)

• Unami: mpòkës

• Urdu: کھٹمل m (khaṭmal)

• Vietnamese: rệp (vi)

• Volapük: pünet (vo)

• Waigali: güza

• Welsh: pycsen f

• Yakut: хаптаҕай (qaptağay)

• Yiddish: וואַנץ f (vants)

• Zapotec:
  Isthmus Zapotec: bidi

• Zhuang: rwed

• Zulu: please add this translation if you can

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