beetle
Signification (Anglais)
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- Any of numerous species of insect in the order Coleoptera characterized by a pair of hard, shell-like front wings which cover and protect a pair of rear wings when at rest.
- A game of chance in which players attempt to complete a drawing of a beetle, different dice rolls allowing them to add the various body parts.
- Alternative letter-case form of Beetle (“car”)
Concepts
Synonymes
small insect
beetling machine
depend on
depend upon
devolve on
overbear
plump out
hinge upon
tumbledung
walk out of
wooden rammer
wooden tamper
coleopteron
coleoptera
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈbiːtəl/
Étymologie (Anglais)
In summary
From Middle English bitle, bityl, bytylle, from Old English bitula, bitela, bītel (“beetle”), from Proto-West Germanic *bitilō, *bītil, from Proto-Germanic *bitilô, *bītilaz (“that which tends to bite, biter, beetle”), equivalent to bite + -le. Cognate with Old High German bicco (“beetle”), Danish bille (“beetle”), Icelandic bitil, bitul (“a bite, bit”), Faroese bitil (“small piece, bittock”).
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