"teddy bear" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-teddy bear.wav [Southern-England] Forms: teddy bears [plural]
Etymology: From Morris Michtom, the owner of a candy store in Brooklyn N.Y., who made the first “Teddy Bear” in the year 1902 in honor of then American President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt when he had heard that he had refused to shoot a bear cub on one of his hunting trips. Head templates: {{en-noun}} teddy bear (plural teddy bears)
  1. A plush toy in the shape of a bear. Categories (topical): Toys Synonyms: teddybear Derived forms: teddy bear coat, teddy bear jacket, teddy bears' picnic Translations (a stuffed toy bear): دُمْيَةُ دُبّ (dumyatu dubb) [feminine] (Arabic), արջուկ (arǰuk) (Armenian), плю́шавы мі́шка (pljúšavy míška) [masculine] (Belarusian), osset de peluix [masculine] (Catalan), osset de feltre [masculine] (Catalan), 啤啤熊 (english: be¹ be¹ hung⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 泰迪熊 (tàidíxióng) (Chinese Mandarin), 玩具熊 (wánjùxióng) (Chinese Mandarin), medvídek [masculine] (Czech), bamse [common-gender] (Danish), teddybjørn [common-gender] (Danish), teddybeer [masculine] (Dutch), knuffelbeer [masculine] (Dutch), pluŝa urso (Esperanto), nallekarhu (Finnish), ours en peluche [masculine] (French), nounours [masculine] (French), Teddybär [masculine] (German), Teddy [masculine] (German), Kuschelbär [masculine] (German), Plüschbär [masculine] (German), Bärchen [neuter] (German), bamse (Greenlandic), דֻּבִּי (dúbi) [masculine] (Hebrew), דֻּבּוֹן (dubón) [masculine] (Hebrew), maci (Hungarian), mackó (Hungarian), bangsi [masculine] (Icelandic), Teddy Bear (Interlingua), Urseto Teddy (Interlingua), béirín [masculine] (Irish), béirín bréige [masculine] (Irish), orsacchiotto [masculine] (Italian), テディベア (tedibea) (Japanese), 縫い包み (nuigurumi) (alt: ぬいぐるみ) (Japanese), 테디 베어 (tedi beeo) (Korean), 곰 인형 (gom inhyeong) (Korean), lācītis (Latvian), Teddy [masculine] (Luxembourgish), мече (meče) [neuter] (Macedonian), плишано мече (plišano meče) [neuter] (Macedonian), beruang peluk (Malay), tetipea (Maori), bamse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), teddybjørn [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), teddybjørn [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), خرسک (xersak) (Persian), بامزی (bâmzi) (Persian), pluszowy miś [animate, masculine] (Polish), ursinho de pelúcia [masculine] (Portuguese), плю́шевый ми́шка (pljúševyj míška) [masculine] (Russian), ми́шка (míška) [masculine] (Russian), teti pea (Samoan), меца [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), меда [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), медо [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), meca [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), meda [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), medo [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), osito de peluche [masculine] (Spanish), teddybjörn [common-gender] (Swedish), nalle [common-gender] (Swedish), nallebjörn [common-gender] (Swedish), ตุ๊กตาหมี (Thai), หมีเท็ดดี้ (Thai), ayıcık (Turkish), peluş ayı (Turkish), peluş ayıcık (Turkish), плю́шевий ведме́дик (pljúševyj vedmédyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), gấu bông (Vietnamese), בער (ber) [neuter] (Yiddish), פּליושן בערעלע (plyushn berele) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-teddy_bear-en-noun-5PE5n0~P Disambiguation of Toys: 72 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 27 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'a stuffed toy bear': 74 26
  2. A lovable, endearing, large, strong, hairy, or sweet man, particularly one who is gentle in spite of a burly or gruff appearance. Categories (topical): People Translations (lovable man): nounours (more often "gros nounours") [masculine] (French), kosebamse [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), papi chulo [masculine] (Spanish), osito [masculine] (Spanish), nallebjörn [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-teddy_bear-en-noun-M7q7f1H9 Disambiguation of People: 34 66 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'lovable man': 23 77

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          "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
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          "word": "orsacchiotto"
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          "roman": "tedibea",
          "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
          "word": "テディベア"
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          "alt": "ぬいぐるみ",
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          "roman": "nuigurumi",
          "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
          "word": "縫い包み"
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          "word": "테디 베어"
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          "roman": "gom inhyeong",
          "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
          "word": "곰 인형"
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          "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
          "word": "lācītis"
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          "roman": "meče",
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          "word": "мече"
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          "roman": "plišano meče",
          "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
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          "word": "плишано мече"
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          "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
          "word": "beruang peluk"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
          "word": "tetipea"
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          "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
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          "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
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          "word": "teddybjørn"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xersak",
          "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
          "word": "خرسک"
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          "roman": "bâmzi",
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          "word": "ตุ๊กตาหมี"
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      "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
      "word": "ตุ๊กตาหมี"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
      "word": "หมีเท็ดดี้"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
      "word": "ayıcık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
      "word": "peluş ayı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
      "word": "peluş ayıcık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pljúševyj vedmédyk",
      "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плю́шевий ведме́дик"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
      "word": "gấu bông"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "ber",
      "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "בער"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "plyushn berele",
      "sense": "a stuffed toy bear",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "פּליושן בערעלע"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lovable man",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nounours (more often \"gros nounours\")"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "lovable man",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kosebamse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lovable man",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "papi chulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lovable man",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "osito"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "lovable man",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nallebjörn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "teddy bear"
}

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