See weevil on Wiktionary
Download JSON data for weevil meaning in All languages combined (18.0kB)
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "acorn weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "alfalfa weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "apple blossom weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "bean weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "biscuit weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "black vine weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "boll weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "broad-nosed weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "carrot weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "flower weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "fungus weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "giraffe weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "grain weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "granary weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "maize weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "mango weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "New York weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "nut weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "palm weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "pepper weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "pine reproduction weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "pine weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "rice weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "seed weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "strawberry root weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "true weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "vine weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "weevily"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "wheat weevil"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "wevel"
},
"expansion": "Middle English wevel",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "wifel",
"4": "",
"5": "beetle"
},
"expansion": "Old English wifel (“beetle”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*wibil"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wibil",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wibilaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wibilaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*webʰel-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *webʰel-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*webʰ-",
"3": "*(h₁)webʰ-",
"4": "to wave, to weave"
},
"expansion": "*(h₁)webʰ- (“to wave, to weave”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*-el-",
"3": "*-el-, *-l̥-",
"pos": "diminutive or attributive suffix"
},
"expansion": "*-el-, *-l̥- (diminutive or attributive suffix)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wave"
},
"expansion": "wave",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "weave"
},
"expansion": "weave",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "*wivil",
"t": "beetle"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon *wivil (“beetle”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "wevel"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German wevel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wibil"
},
"expansion": "Old High German wibil",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wipil"
},
"expansion": "wipil",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Wiebel",
"3": "",
"4": "beetle; chafer"
},
"expansion": "German Wiebel (“beetle; chafer”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "vãbalas",
"3": "",
"4": "beetle; weevil"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian vãbalas (“beetle; weevil”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "vifill"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse vifill",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "tordyfill",
"3": "",
"4": "dung beetle, scarab"
},
"expansion": "tordyfill (“dung beetle, scarab”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "tortwevel"
},
"expansion": "Dutch tortwevel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "tordýfill"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic tordýfill",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "tordivel"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian tordivel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "tordwifel"
},
"expansion": "Old English tordwifel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "tordyvel"
},
"expansion": "Swedish tordyvel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "ве́блица",
"3": "",
"4": "intestinal worm"
},
"expansion": "Russian ве́блица (véblica, “intestinal worm”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English wevel, from Old English wifel (“beetle”), from Proto-West Germanic *wibil, from Proto-Germanic *wibilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰel-, from *(h₁)webʰ- (“to wave, to weave”), said to be from the woven appearance of a weevil’s larval case, + *-el-, *-l̥- (diminutive or attributive suffix); see also wave and weave.\nCompare Old Saxon *wivil (“beetle”); Middle Low German wevel; Old High German wibil, wipil (modern German Wiebel (“beetle; chafer”)); Lithuanian vãbalas (“beetle; weevil”); Old Norse vifill, as in tordyfill (“dung beetle, scarab”) (whence Dutch tortwevel; Icelandic tordýfill, Norwegian tordivel, Old English tordwifel, Swedish tordyvel); dialectal Russian ве́блица (véblica, “intestinal worm”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "weevils",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "weevil (plural weevils)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"wee‧vil"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "31 37 23 9",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Weevils",
"orig": "en:Weevils",
"parents": [
"Beetles",
"Insects",
"Arthropods",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip."
],
"id": "en-weevil-en-noun-Fxluv2Io",
"links": [
[
"herbivorous",
"herbivorous"
],
[
"beetle",
"beetle"
],
[
"superfamily",
"superfamily"
],
[
"Curculionoidea",
"Curculionoidea#Translingual"
],
[
"snout",
"snout"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "23 37 16 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 50 11 14",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 46 14 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "31 37 23 9",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Weevils",
"orig": "en:Weevils",
"parents": [
"Beetles",
"Insects",
"Arthropods",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles of various sizes, in the family Curculionidae within the superfamily Curculionoidea."
],
"id": "en-weevil-en-noun-BFCrKc56",
"links": [
[
"family",
"family"
],
[
"Curculionidae",
"Curculionidae#Translingual"
],
[
"superfamily",
"superfamily"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "30 64 4 3",
"sense": "beetle of the family Curculionidae",
"word": "snout beetle"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 64 4 3",
"sense": "beetle of the family Curculionidae",
"word": "true weevil"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 64 4 3",
"sense": "beetle of the family Curculionidae",
"word": "nunu"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "daŭhanósik",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "даўгано́сік"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "slónik",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сло́нік"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "šašólka",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шашо́лка"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gǎgrica",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гъгрица"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hobotnik",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хоботник"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "morrut"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snuitkever"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "kärsakas"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trantklukka"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "kärsäkäs"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gurgullo"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rüsselkäfer"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kís",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κίς"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "gurgudju"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "bukbuk"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "tsé neiʼáhí"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gorgojo"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "picudo"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vivel"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dovhonósyk",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "довгоно́сик"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "slónyk",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сло́ник"
},
{
"_dis1": "31 63 3 3",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwiddonyn"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "31 37 23 9",
"kind": "lifeform",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Weevils",
"orig": "en:Weevils",
"parents": [
"Beetles",
"Insects",
"Arthropods",
"Animals",
"Lifeforms",
"All topics",
"Life",
"Fundamental",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Any of many similar, but more distantly related, beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum)."
],
"id": "en-weevil-en-noun-4XkWDvzB",
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "13 8 78 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "similar beetle",
"word": "kuoriainen"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1950, Jack Lindsay, Fires in Smithfield. A Novel of Mary Tudor’s Reign, London: The Bodley Head, →OCLC, page 201",
"text": "But you accuse other men of villainy with too easy a tongue, you weevil. I have never wanted you in this matter, and I have said so.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A loathsome person."
],
"id": "en-weevil-en-noun-FBatJFeT",
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"loathsome",
"loathsome"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative, derogatory) A loathsome person."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"figuratively"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "3 2 1 94",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "loathsome person",
"word": "nilviäinen"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwiːv(ə)l/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwiːvɪl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːvəl"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-weevil.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8c/En-au-weevil.ogg/En-au-weevil.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/En-au-weevil.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "daŭhanósik",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "даўгано́сік"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "slónik",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сло́нік"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "šašólka",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шашо́лка"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "象鼻蟲"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàngbíchóng",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "象鼻虫"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nosatec"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pilous"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snuitkever"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "kalandro"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "grenskarabo"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "kärsäkäsmäinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "charançon"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "balanin"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "cosson"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gurgullo"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "congorxo"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rüsselkäfer"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kís",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κίς"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "ormányosbogár"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "zsizsik"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "curculione"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "calandra"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "balanino"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"alt": "ぞうむし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zōmushi",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "象虫"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zōmushi",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "ゾウムシ"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "gurgudju"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bagumi",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "바구미"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "curculiō"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "bubuk"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "pepeke nguturoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "tsé neiʼáhí"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "kaw",
"lang": "Old Javanese",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "bubuk"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ryjkowiec"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gorgulho"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dolgonósik",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "долгоно́сик"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gorgojo"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vivel"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dovhonósyk",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "довгоно́сик"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "slónyk",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сло́ник"
},
{
"_dis1": "52 44 2 2",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwiddonyn"
}
],
"word": "weevil"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English links with redundant wikilinks",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
"Requests for review of Hausa translations",
"Rhymes:English/iːvəl",
"Rhymes:English/iːvəl/2 syllables",
"en:Weevils"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "acorn weevil"
},
{
"word": "alfalfa weevil"
},
{
"word": "apple blossom weevil"
},
{
"word": "bean weevil"
},
{
"word": "biscuit weevil"
},
{
"word": "black vine weevil"
},
{
"word": "boll weevil"
},
{
"word": "broad-nosed weevil"
},
{
"word": "carrot weevil"
},
{
"word": "flower weevil"
},
{
"word": "fungus weevil"
},
{
"word": "giraffe weevil"
},
{
"word": "grain weevil"
},
{
"word": "granary weevil"
},
{
"word": "maize weevil"
},
{
"word": "mango weevil"
},
{
"word": "New York weevil"
},
{
"word": "nut weevil"
},
{
"word": "palm weevil"
},
{
"word": "pepper weevil"
},
{
"word": "pine reproduction weevil"
},
{
"word": "pine weevil"
},
{
"word": "rice weevil"
},
{
"word": "seed weevil"
},
{
"word": "strawberry root weevil"
},
{
"word": "true weevil"
},
{
"word": "vine weevil"
},
{
"word": "weevily"
},
{
"word": "wheat weevil"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "wevel"
},
"expansion": "Middle English wevel",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "wifel",
"4": "",
"5": "beetle"
},
"expansion": "Old English wifel (“beetle”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*wibil"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wibil",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wibilaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wibilaz",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*webʰel-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *webʰel-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*webʰ-",
"3": "*(h₁)webʰ-",
"4": "to wave, to weave"
},
"expansion": "*(h₁)webʰ- (“to wave, to weave”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*-el-",
"3": "*-el-, *-l̥-",
"pos": "diminutive or attributive suffix"
},
"expansion": "*-el-, *-l̥- (diminutive or attributive suffix)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wave"
},
"expansion": "wave",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "weave"
},
"expansion": "weave",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "*wivil",
"t": "beetle"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon *wivil (“beetle”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "wevel"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German wevel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wibil"
},
"expansion": "Old High German wibil",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wipil"
},
"expansion": "wipil",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Wiebel",
"3": "",
"4": "beetle; chafer"
},
"expansion": "German Wiebel (“beetle; chafer”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "vãbalas",
"3": "",
"4": "beetle; weevil"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian vãbalas (“beetle; weevil”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "vifill"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse vifill",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "tordyfill",
"3": "",
"4": "dung beetle, scarab"
},
"expansion": "tordyfill (“dung beetle, scarab”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "tortwevel"
},
"expansion": "Dutch tortwevel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "tordýfill"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic tordýfill",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "tordivel"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian tordivel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "tordwifel"
},
"expansion": "Old English tordwifel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "tordyvel"
},
"expansion": "Swedish tordyvel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "ве́блица",
"3": "",
"4": "intestinal worm"
},
"expansion": "Russian ве́блица (véblica, “intestinal worm”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English wevel, from Old English wifel (“beetle”), from Proto-West Germanic *wibil, from Proto-Germanic *wibilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰel-, from *(h₁)webʰ- (“to wave, to weave”), said to be from the woven appearance of a weevil’s larval case, + *-el-, *-l̥- (diminutive or attributive suffix); see also wave and weave.\nCompare Old Saxon *wivil (“beetle”); Middle Low German wevel; Old High German wibil, wipil (modern German Wiebel (“beetle; chafer”)); Lithuanian vãbalas (“beetle; weevil”); Old Norse vifill, as in tordyfill (“dung beetle, scarab”) (whence Dutch tortwevel; Icelandic tordýfill, Norwegian tordivel, Old English tordwifel, Swedish tordyvel); dialectal Russian ве́блица (véblica, “intestinal worm”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "weevils",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "weevil (plural weevils)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"wee‧vil"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles, ranging in size from tiny to large, in the superfamily Curculionoidea, the most characteristic species having the head projecting in a distinctive snout with the mouthparts at the tip."
],
"links": [
[
"herbivorous",
"herbivorous"
],
[
"beetle",
"beetle"
],
[
"superfamily",
"superfamily"
],
[
"Curculionoidea",
"Curculionoidea#Translingual"
],
[
"snout",
"snout"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Any of many tens of thousands of species of herbivorous beetles of various sizes, in the family Curculionidae within the superfamily Curculionoidea."
],
"links": [
[
"family",
"family"
],
[
"Curculionidae",
"Curculionidae#Translingual"
],
[
"superfamily",
"superfamily"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
],
"glosses": [
"Any of many similar, but more distantly related, beetles such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum)."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English derogatory terms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1950, Jack Lindsay, Fires in Smithfield. A Novel of Mary Tudor’s Reign, London: The Bodley Head, →OCLC, page 201",
"text": "But you accuse other men of villainy with too easy a tongue, you weevil. I have never wanted you in this matter, and I have said so.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A loathsome person."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"loathsome",
"loathsome"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative, derogatory) A loathsome person."
],
"tags": [
"derogatory",
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwiːv(ə)l/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈwiːvɪl/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːvəl"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-weevil.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8c/En-au-weevil.ogg/En-au-weevil.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/En-au-weevil.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "beetle of the family Curculionidae",
"word": "snout beetle"
},
{
"sense": "beetle of the family Curculionidae",
"word": "true weevil"
},
{
"sense": "beetle of the family Curculionidae",
"word": "nunu"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "daŭhanósik",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "даўгано́сік"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "slónik",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сло́нік"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "šašólka",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шашо́лка"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "象鼻蟲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xiàngbíchóng",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "象鼻虫"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nosatec"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pilous"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snuitkever"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "kalandro"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "grenskarabo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "kärsäkäsmäinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "charançon"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "balanin"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "cosson"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gurgullo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "congorxo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rüsselkäfer"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kís",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κίς"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "ormányosbogár"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "zsizsik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "curculione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "calandra"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "balanino"
},
{
"alt": "ぞうむし",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zōmushi",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "象虫"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zōmushi",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "ゾウムシ"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "gurgudju"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bagumi",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "바구미"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "curculiō"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "bubuk"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "pepeke nguturoa"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "tsé neiʼáhí"
},
{
"code": "kaw",
"lang": "Old Javanese",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"word": "bubuk"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ryjkowiec"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gorgulho"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dolgonósik",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "долгоно́сик"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gorgojo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vivel"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dovhonósyk",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "довгоно́сик"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "slónyk",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сло́ник"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "beetle in the superfamily Curculionoidea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwiddonyn"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "daŭhanósik",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "даўгано́сік"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "slónik",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сло́нік"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "šašólka",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шашо́лка"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gǎgrica",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гъгрица"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hobotnik",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "хоботник"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "morrut"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "snuitkever"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "kärsakas"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trantklukka"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "kärsäkäs"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gurgullo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rüsselkäfer"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "kís",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κίς"
},
{
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "gurgudju"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "bukbuk"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"word": "tsé neiʼáhí"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gorgojo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "picudo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vivel"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dovhonósyk",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "довгоно́сик"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "slónyk",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сло́ник"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "beetle in the family Curculionidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gwiddonyn"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "similar beetle",
"word": "kuoriainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "loathsome person",
"word": "nilviäinen"
}
],
"word": "weevil"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.