ضفدع

Meaning

Noun

1. frog
2. (figuratively, plural-normally) the source of stomach rumbling, the sound of hunger

Verb

1. to have or abound with frogs
2. to shrink or contract; like the movement of a frog's abdomen when vocalizing
3. to audibly pass gas or flatulate

Concepts

frog

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bullfrog

Synonyms

ضفادع

Translations

Frosch

🐸

rana

🐸

rana

🐸

grenouille

🐸

rã

kikker

🐸

βάτραχος

kikvors

🐸

granota

🐸

kurbağa

🐸

granhòta

rana

🐸

ranocchio

granolha

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dˤif.diʕ/

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́Vpardiʕ-. Cognate to Hebrew צְפַרְדֵּעַ (tz'fardéa), Aramaic עֻרְדְּעָנָא (ˁurdəˁānā), Classical Syriac ܐܘܪ̈ܕܥܐ (ˀurdˁā), and Ugaritic 𐎑𐎗𐎄𐎓 (ẓrdʿ). The senses of hunger and gas are onomatopoeic in origin, by comparison of croaking and ribbiting, to a stomach rumbling with hunger and to audible gas noises.