"scarab" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈskæɹəb/, /ˈskɛɹəb/ (note: Mary–marry–merry merger) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scarab.wav [Southern-England] Forms: scarabs [plural]
Rhymes: -æɹəb, -ɛɹəb Etymology: From Middle French scarabée, from Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”). Doublet of scarabaeus, now obsolete. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|scarabée}} Middle French scarabée, {{der|en|la|scarabaeus|t=beetle}} Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”), {{doublet|en|scarabaeus}} Doublet of scarabaeus Head templates: {{en-noun}} scarab (plural scarabs)
  1. A beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians. Translations (Scarabaeus sacer): جِعْرَان (jiʕrān) [masculine] (Arabic), скарабей (skarabej) [masculine] (Bulgarian), escarabat piloter [masculine] (Catalan), ⵉⴳⵍⴳⵉⵣ (iglgiz) (Central Atlas Tamazight), 金龜子 (Chinese Mandarin), 金龟子 (jīnguīzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 聖甲蟲 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣甲虫 (shèngjiǎchóng) (Chinese Mandarin), vruboun [masculine] (Czech), x:p-D21:r-xpr (ḫprr) [masculine] (Egyptian), pyhä pillerinpyörittäjä (Finnish), Skarabäus [masculine] (German), σκαραβαίος (skaravaíos) [masculine] (Greek), skarabeo (Ido), スカラベ (sukarabe) (Japanese), skarabeusz [masculine] (Polish), escaravelho [masculine] (Portuguese), scarabeu [masculine] (Romanian), скарабе́й (skarabéj) [masculine] (Russian), скара̀беј [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), skaràbej [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), skarabé (Swedish), bọ hung (Vietnamese), chwilen yr Aifft [feminine] (Welsh), inkuba (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-scarab-en-noun-0NOz~OcX Disambiguation of 'Scarabaeus sacer': 73 22 6
  2. Any species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
    Sense id: en-scarab-en-noun-5PZhXbTX
  3. A symbol, seal, amulet, or gem fashioned to resemble the sacred beetle. Categories (topical): Ancient Egypt Categories (lifeform): Scarabaeoids Translations (symbol): скарабей (skarabej) [masculine] (Bulgarian), escarabeu [masculine] (Catalan), skarabee (Finnish), scarabée [masculine] (French), Skarabäus [masculine] (German), σκαραβαίος (skaravaíos) [masculine] (Greek), szkarabeusz (Hungarian), skarabeo (Ido), scarab [feminine] (Irish), scarabeo [masculine] (Italian), スカラベ (sukarabe) (Japanese), scarabeu [masculine] (Romanian), скарабе́й (skarabéj) [masculine] (Russian), скара̀беј [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), skaràbej [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), escarabeo [masculine] (Spanish), skarabé (Swedish), sgarab [feminine, masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-scarab-en-noun-3vr0zW4X Disambiguation of Ancient Egypt: 22 19 59 Disambiguation of Scarabaeoids: 30 24 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 20 51 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 23 60 Disambiguation of 'symbol': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cockchafer, dung beetle, June bug, scarabaeus [obsolete], scarab beetle Derived forms: scarab beetle, scarabaeid, scarabaeoid Translations (Scarabidae): جِعْرَان (jiʕrān) [masculine] (Arabic), скарабей (skarabej) [masculine] (Bulgarian), skarabedoj [plural] (Esperanto), lehtisarvinen (Finnish), skarabeo (Ido), スカラベ (sukarabe) (Japanese), escaravelho [masculine] (Portuguese), скарабе́й (skarabéj) [masculine] (Russian), скара̀беј [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), skaràbej [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), skarabé (Swedish), bọ hung (Vietnamese), inkuba (Zulu)
Disambiguation of 'Scarabidae': 0 0 0

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      "word": "スカラベ"
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      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Scarabidae",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skaràbej"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Scarabidae",
      "word": "skarabé"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Scarabidae",
      "word": "bọ hung"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "Scarabidae",
      "word": "inkuba"
    }
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    "scarab"
  ],
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}
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/æɹəb",
    "Rhymes:English/æɹəb/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛɹəb",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛɹəb/2 syllables",
    "en:Ancient Egypt",
    "en:Scarabaeoids"
  ],
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      "word": "scarab beetle"
    },
    {
      "word": "scarabaeid"
    },
    {
      "word": "scarabaeoid"
    }
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            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Irish: scarab"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "sgarab",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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        "2": "frm",
        "3": "scarabée"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "scarabaeus",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "scarabaeus"
      },
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      "name": "doublet"
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      "form": "scarabs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "A beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Scarabaeus sacer",
          "Scarabaeus sacer#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "sacred",
          "sacred"
        ],
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          "Egyptian",
          "Egyptian"
        ]
      ]
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    {
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      ],
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          "beetle"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family"
        ],
        [
          "Scarabaeidae",
          "Scarabaeidae#Translingual"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A symbol, seal, amulet, or gem fashioned to resemble the sacred beetle."
      ],
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          "symbol"
        ],
        [
          "seal",
          "seal"
        ],
        [
          "amulet",
          "amulet"
        ],
        [
          "gem",
          "gem"
        ],
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          "resemble",
          "resemble"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskæɹəb/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskɛɹəb/",
      "note": "Mary–marry–merry merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æɹəb"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛɹəb"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scarab.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-scarab.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cockchafer"
    },
    {
      "word": "dung beetle"
    },
    {
      "word": "June bug"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "scarabaeus"
    },
    {
      "word": "scarab beetle"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jiʕrān",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جِعْرَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skarabej",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скарабей"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escarabat piloter"
    },
    {
      "code": "tzm",
      "lang": "Central Atlas Tamazight",
      "roman": "iglgiz",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "word": "ⵉⴳⵍⴳⵉⵣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "word": "金龜子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīnguīzǐ",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "word": "金龟子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "word": "聖甲蟲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shèngjiǎchóng",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "word": "圣甲虫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vruboun"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "ḫprr",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "x:p-D21:r-xpr"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "word": "pyhä pillerinpyörittäjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Skarabäus"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "skaravaíos",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σκαραβαίος"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "word": "skarabeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sukarabe",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "word": "スカラベ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skarabeusz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escaravelho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scarabeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skarabéj",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скарабе́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скара̀беј"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skaràbej"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "word": "skarabé"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "word": "bọ hung"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chwilen yr Aifft"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "Scarabaeus sacer",
      "word": "inkuba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jiʕrān",
      "sense": "Scarabidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "جِعْرَان"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skarabej",
      "sense": "Scarabidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скарабей"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Scarabidae",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "skarabedoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Scarabidae",
      "word": "lehtisarvinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "Scarabidae",
      "word": "skarabeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sukarabe",
      "sense": "Scarabidae",
      "word": "スカラベ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Scarabidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escaravelho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skarabéj",
      "sense": "Scarabidae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скарабе́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Scarabidae",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скара̀беј"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Scarabidae",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skaràbej"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Scarabidae",
      "word": "skarabé"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Scarabidae",
      "word": "bọ hung"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "Scarabidae",
      "word": "inkuba"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "skarabej",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скарабей"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escarabeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "word": "skarabee"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scarabée"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Skarabäus"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "skaravaíos",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σκαραβαίος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "word": "szkarabeusz"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "word": "skarabeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scarab"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scarabeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sukarabe",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "word": "スカラベ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scarabeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skarabéj",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скарабе́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "скара̀беј"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "skaràbej"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escarabeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "word": "skarabé"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "symbol",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sgarab"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "scarab"
  ],
  "word": "scarab"
}

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