polvo

Concepts

octopus

🐙

octopuses

devilfish

cuttlefish

octupus

blekksprut

gewone achtarm

krake

meritursas

pieuvre

polpo

polpo di scoglio

polvo

pulpo

octopi

squid

🦑

common octopus

Synonyms

pop

Translations

poulpe

🐙

pulpo

🐙

pieuvre

🐙

ahtapot

🐙

Krake

pop

🐙

polpo

🐙

octopus

🐙

Tintenfisch

Oktopus

🐙

piovra

🐙

χταπόδι

أخطبوط

🐙

axtapot

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpow.vu/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: polypus

Cognate with Galician: polbo

Cognate with Spanish: pulpo

Cognate with Italian: polpo

Cognate with French: poulpe

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese polbo, from Latin polypus (“octopus”), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous). Doublet of pólipo.
Cognate with Galician polbo, Spanish pulpo, Italian polpo, French poulpe, pieuvre.