leech

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
2. (figuratively) A person who derives advantage from others in a parasitic fashion.
3. (dated) A glass tube designed for drawing blood from damaged tissue by means of a vacuum.

Verb

1. (literally, transitive) To apply a leech medicinally, so that it sucks blood from the patient.
2. (figuratively, transitive) To drain (resources) without giving back.

Verb

To treat, cure or heal.

Sinónimos

bloodsucker

parasite

bleed

🩸

sponge

🧽

sponger

worm

🪱

hirudinean

phlebotomise

phlebotomize

insect

slug

hirudo

surgeon

sycophant

toady

venesect

feed upon

Hirudinaria manillensis

cling

flea

freeload

hanger-on

blood-sucker

physician

Traducións

sangsue

sanguijuela

sanguisuga

Blutegel

bloedzuiger

βδέλλα

sanguessuga

sangonera

Egel

hirudo

mignatta

parasita

Blutsauger

lijk

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/liːt͡ʃ/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: leche

Herdado de Old English: lǣċe

Relativo a Middle Dutch: lake

Relativo a neerlandés: laak

Relativo a Old Irish: líaig

Relativo a serbocroata: ljèkār

Relativo a polaco: lekarz

Relativo a Old Frisian: lētza

Relativo a Old Saxon: lāki

Relativo a Old High German: lāhhi

Relativo a dinamarqués: læge

Relativo a Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃

Herdado de Middle English: lechen

Relativo a sueco: läka

Herdado de Middle English: lek

Relativo a frisón occidental: lyk

Relativo a neerlandés: lijk

Relativo a Middle High German: geleich

Relativo a latín: ligō

Relativo a ucraíno: нали́гати

Relativo a albanés: lidh

In summary

From Middle English leche (“blood-sucking worm”), from Old English lǣċe (“blood-sucking worm”), akin to Middle Dutch lāke ("blood-sucking worm"; > modern Dutch laak).