gopher

See also: Gopher

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊfə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoʊfɚ/
Rhymes: -əʊfə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Perhaps from French gaufre, based on the analogy of holes in the ground to the indentations in a waffle.

Noun

gopher (plural gophers)

A small burrowing rodent, especially in the family Geomyidae.
The gopher tortoise.
The gopher rockfish.

Translations

a small burrowing rodent

Bashkir: йомран (yomran)
Belarusian: су́слік m (súslik)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 囊地鼠 (nángdìshǔ), 囊鼠 (nángshǔ)
Czech: sysel m
Finnish: taskurotta
French: gaufre (fr) m, souslik (fr) m
German: Erdhörnchen n, Ziesel (de) m, Zieselmaus f, (of the family Geomyidae) Taschenratte f
Hungarian: tasakospatkány
Japanese: ジリス (jirisu), ハタリス (hatarisu)
Navajo: naʼazísí

Norwegian: jordekorn n;
Bokmål: kinnposerotte m or f (of the family Geomyidae)

Nynorsk: kinnposerotte f (of the family Geomyidae)
Polish: suseł (pl) m
Portuguese: geômis m
Russian: су́слик (ru) m (súslik)
Slovak: syseľ m
Spanish: geómido m, tuza f, taltuza f
Swedish: kindpåsråtta c
Ukrainian: ховра́х m (xovráx), ховрашо́к m (xovrašók)

Etymology 2

Noun

gopher (plural gophers)

Alternative spelling of gofer

See also

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