gryllus

Meaning

1. (declension-2, masculine) cricket, grasshopper
2. (declension-2, masculine) a comic figure

Concepts

cricket

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grasshopper

Translations

grillo

🦗

grillon

🦗

γρύλος

grillo

🦗

grilo

🦗

Grille

🦗

grill

🦗

krekel

🦗

gafanhoto

sauterelle

Heuschrecke

sprinkhaan

cavalletta

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɡryl.lʊs]

Etymology

Either borrowed from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos, “performer in an Egyptian dance, comic figure, caricature”), or onomatopoeic in origin.