scarab

English

A scarab beetle, Oxysternon conspicillatum.

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle French scarabée, from Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”), from Ancient Greek κάραβος (kárabos, “beetle”).

Noun

scarab (plural scarabs)

The species Scarabaeus sacer of beetle, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.
Any species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
A symbol, seal, amulet, or gem fashioned to resemble the sacred beetle.

Synonyms

cockchafer, dung beetle, June bug

Derived terms

Translations

Scarabaeus sacer

Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⴳⵍⴳⵉⵣ (iglgiz)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 金龜子 (zh), 金龟子 (zh) (jīnguīzǐ), 聖甲蟲, 圣甲虫 (shèngjiǎchóng)
Egyptian:

(ḫprr m)
Finnish: pyhä pillerinpyörittäjä
German: Skarabäus (de) m

Greek: σκαραβαίος (el) m (skaravaíos)
Ido: skarabeo (io)
Polish: skarabeusz (pl) m
Portuguese: escaravelho (pt) m
Romanian: scarabeu (ro) m
Russian: скарабе́й (ru) m (skarabéj)

Scarabidae

Finnish: lehtisarvinen
Ido: skarabeo (io)

Portuguese: escaravelho (pt) m
Russian: скарабе́й (ru) m (skarabéj)

symbol

Catalan: escarabeu m
Finnish: skarabee (fi)
French: scarabée (fr) m
German: Skarabäus (de) m
Greek: σκαραβαίος (el) m (skaravaíos)
Hungarian: szkarabeusz (hu)

Ido: skarabeo (io)
Italian: scarabeo (it) m
Japanese: スカラベ (sukarabe)
Romanian: scarabeu (ro) m
Russian: скарабе́й (ru) m (skarabéj)
Spanish: escarabeo m

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Translations to be checked

Arabic: جعل‎
Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} скарабей m (skarabej)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} scarabeo (it) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: скарабеј m

Roman: skarabej m

Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} skarabej (sh) m

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