Cockroach

Cock′roach

,

Noun.

[Sp.

cucaracha

.]

(Zool.)

An orthopterous insect of the genus

Blatta

, and allied genera.

Cockroach

COCKROACH

,

Noun.

A genus of insects, the Blatta, of several species. They have four semicrustaceous wings, and resemble the beetle; the head is inflected towards the breast; the feelers are hard like bristles; the elytra and wings are plain and resemble parchment. These animals are very troublesome, as they enter chests of clothes, meal-tubs, pantries, and infest beds. They avoid the light, and have a very unsavory smell.

cockroach

English

A cockroach.

Noun

cockroach ‎(plural cockroaches)

A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea.
(offensive, slang) An unhygienic person or a member of a group of people regarded as unhygienic or rapidly procreating.
(offensive, slang, ethnic slur, Rwanda) A Tutsi.

Synonyms

(black or brown insect): roach (US)

Translations

type of insect

Afrikaans: kakkerlak
Alabama: iskanpatha
Albanian: kacabu (sq)
Arabic: صَرصور m ‎(ṣarṣūr)
Egyptian Arabic: صرصار m ‎(ṣurṣār)
Armenian: ուտիճ (hy) ‎(utič), խավարասեր (hy) ‎(xavaraser)
Asturian: cucaracha f
Azeri: tarakan
Basque: labezomorro
Bau Bidayuh: ribabie
Belarusian: пруса́к m ‎(prusák)
Berber:
Tashelhit: ibnḍr m
Bulgarian: хлеба́рка (bg) f ‎(hlebárka)
Catalan: escarabat m, panerola f
Central Melanau: belipeh
Chinese:

Cantonese: 蟑, 甴

Mandarin: 蟑螂 (zh) ‎(zhāngláng), 蜚蠊 (zh) ‎(fěilián)

Min Nan: 虼蚻 (zh-min-nan) ‎(ka-choa̍h)
Crimean Tatar: qoñuz
Czech: šváb (cs) m
Danish: kakerlak (da) c
Dutch: kakkerlak (nl) f, sissende kakkerlak f
Esperanto: blato
Estonian: prussakas
Faroese: grótlús f, (colloquial) kakkulakkur m
Finnish: torakka (fi), russakka (fi)
French: cafard (fr) m, blatte (fr)
Galician: carroucha (gl) f, cascuda f, cascudo m
Georgian: აბანოს ჭია ‎(abanos č̣ia), ტარაკანი (ka) ‎(ṭaraḳani)
German: Schabe (de) f, Kakerlake (de) f
Greek: κατσαρίδα (el) f ‎(katsarída)
Haitian Creole: blat
Hausa: kyànkyasṑ m
Hebrew: ג׳וּק ‎(juq), תיקן (he) ‎(tikan)
Hiligaynon: tanga
Hindi: तिलचट्टा ‎(tilcaṭṭā)
Hungarian: csótány (hu)
Icelandic: kakkalakki (is) m
Ido: blato (io)
Indonesian: kecoak (id), kacoa, kecoa

Minangkabau: lipeh

Sundanese: cucunguk, cucunguk
Interlingua: blatta
Irish: blatóg f
Italian: blatta f, scarafaggio (it) m
Japanese: 蜚蠊 ‎(ゴキブリ, gokiburi)
Kyushu: アマメ ‎(amame)
Javanese: coro
Kazakh: тарақан ‎(taraqan)
Khmer: កន្លាត (km) ‎(kɑnlaat)
Kikuyu: nyeje
Kimaragang: lipos
Korean: 바퀴벌레 (ko) ‎(bakwibeolle)

Kurdish:
Sorani: سیسرک, سیسارک (ku)
Lao: ສາບ ‎(sāp), ແມງສາບ ‎(mǣng sāp)
Latgalian: brusaks m
Latin: blatta (la) f
Latvian: prusaks, tarakāns m
Lithuanian: tarakonas m
Macedonian: бубашваба f ‎(bubašvaba), лебарка f ‎(lebarka)
Malagasy: kalabe (mg)
Malay: lipas
Malayalam: പാറ്റ (ml) ‎(pāṟṟa), പാററ ‎(pāṟaṟa)
Maltese: wirdiena f, kokroċ m
Maori: kēkerengū, kokoroihe
Meru: njenje
Mongolian: жоом (mn) ‎(žoom)
Navajo: chʼoshtsoh
Neapolitan: scarrafóne
Norwegian:

Bokmål: kakerlakk m

Nynorsk: kakerlakk m
Okinawan: ひーらー ‎(hiiraa), 唐びーらー ‎(とーびーらー, toobiiraa)
Old Tupi: arabé
Persian: سوسک (fa) ‎(susk)
Polish: karaluch (pl) m anim
Portuguese: barata (pt) f, carocha (pt) f
Romanian: gândac (ro) m, libarcă (ro) f
Russian: тарака́н (ru) m ‎(tarakán), пруса́к (ru) m ‎(prusák)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: бубашваба f

Roman: bubašvaba (sh) f, žohar (sh) m (Croatia)
Slovak: šváb m
Slovene: ščurek (sl) m
Sotho: lephela
Spanish: cucaracha (es) f
Swahili: mende (sw) class 9/10, kombamwiko (sw)
Swedish: kackerlacka (sv) c
Tagal Murut: lipos
Tagalog: ipis
Tajik: нонхӯрак (tg) ‎(nonxürak)
Tamil: கக்கலாத்து (ta) ‎(kakkalāttu), கரப்பான் பூச்சி ‎(karappāṉ pūcci)
Telugu: బొద్దింక (te) ‎(boddiṃka)
Thai: แมลงสาบ ‎(maelong sàap)
Tswana: lefele
Turkish: hamam böceği (tr)
Turkmen: saçakçy
Uab Meto: iki
Ukrainian: тарга́н m ‎(tarhán)
Urdu: جهنگر
Vietnamese: con gián, gián (vi)
Volapük: skaraf
Welsh: chwilen ddu f
West Coast Bajau: bobok
Wolof: mbóot mi
Yaeyama: 小虫 ‎(くむす, kumusu)
Yiddish: טאַראַקאַן ‎(tarakan), רוס m ‎(rus), פּרוסאַק m ‎(prusak), קנײַפּער m ‎(knayper), פֿראַנצויז m ‎(frantsoyz), שוואַב m ‎(shvab)

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