snail

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
2. (broadly, informal) A slow person; a sluggard.
3. A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.
4. (historical) A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
5. The pod of the snail clover.
6. A locomotive with a prime mover but no traction motors, used to provide extra electrical power to another locomotive.

Verb

To move or travel very slowly.

Conceptes

cargol

caragol

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Sinònims

slug

escargot

helix

pond snail

spiral shell

shellfish

conch

mollusk

screw

seashell

sloth

🦥

slowcoach

sluggard

snail-shell

winkle

sea slug

slug-abed

nudibranch

buccinum

mollusk

at sign

mollusc

cochlea

freshwater

hermit crab

humming

marine

mollusc

Traduccions

escargot

🐌

caracol

🐌

Schnecke

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chiocciola

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slak

🐌

lumaca

caracol

🐌

cochlea

🐌

huisjesslak

🐌

limaçon

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σαλιγκάρι

salyangoz

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caramujo

🐌

σάλιαγκας

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/sneɪl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: snaile

Heretat de anglès antic: sneġel

Cognat amb baix alemany: Snagel

Cognat amb alemany: Schnegel

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: snigill

In summary

From Middle English snayl, snail, from the Old English sneġel, from Proto-Germanic *snagilaz. Cognate with Low German Snagel,
Snâel, Snâl (“snail”), German Schnegel (“slug”). Compare also Old Norse snigill, from Proto-Germanic *snigilaz.