# scorpion
## English
### Alternative forms

* skorpion (archaic)

### Etymology

From Middle English scorpioun, skorpioun, schorpion, schorpiun, partly from Old English sċorpio and partly from Anglo-Norman scorpïun, Old French scorpïon, escorpïon; all from Latin scorpiō, ultimately from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos). The cheerleading move is so called because of the resemblance of the raised foot to a scorpion's stinger.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈskɔː.pi.ən/, /-pɪ.ən/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˈskɔɹ.pi.ən/, /'skwɚ-/

### Noun

scorpion (plural scorpions)
* Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 8:15:Who led thee through that great and terrible wildernesse, wherein were fierie serpents, and scorpions, & drought, where there was no water, who brought thee foorth water out of the rocke of flint,
* (historical) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
* (figurative) A very spiteful or vindictive person.
* A cheerleading move in which one foot is pulled back and held up with both hands while the performer stands on the other foot.
* (obsolete, biblical) A whip with points like a scorpion's tail.
    Coordinate term: scourge
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 12:11:And now whereas my father did lade you with a heauy yoke, I wil adde to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whippes, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

#### Derived terms

* bark scorpion
* book scorpion
* book-scorpion
* false scorpion
* microwhip scorpion
* pseudoscorpion
* rock scorpion
* scorpionate
* scorpion bowl
* scorpion bug
* scorpionfish
* scorpionfly
* scorpion fly
* scorpion grass
* scorpionid
* scorpionism
* scorpion kick
* scorpionlike
* scorpion lobster
* scorpion plant
* scorpion shell
* scorpion spider
* scorpion volley
* scorpionweed
* sea scorpion
* Trinidad scorpion
* water scorpion
* whip scorpion
* wind scorpion

#### Translations

Abkhaz: амариал (amarjal)
Afar: igix
Afrikaans: skerpioen
Albanian: shkrap (sq) m, akrep (sq) m, sfurk (sq) m
Alcozauca Mixtec: tisǒ'ma
Amharic: ጊንጥ ? (ginṭ)
Arabic: عَقْرَب f or m (ʕaqrab), عَقْرَبَة f (ʕaqraba), عَقْرَبَاء f (ʕaqrabāʔ), عَقْرُبَان m (ʕaqrubān), عُقْرُبَّان m (ʕuqrubbān)
Egyptian Arabic: عقرب m (ʕaʔrab)
Hijazi Arabic: عَقْرَب m (ʕagrab)
Juba Arabic: agrab
Aragonese: arraclán m
Araki: novu
Aramaic:
Hebrew: עקרבא f (‘eqarbā, ‘eqarbo)
Syriac: ܥܩܪܒܐ f (‘eqarbā, ‘eqarbo)
Armenian: կարիճ (hy) (karič)
Assamese: কেঁকোৰাবিছা (kẽkürabisa), ভালুক-মকৰা (bhaluk-mokora), বৃশ্চিক (brissik), বিচ্ছু (bissu)
Asturian: allacrán (ast) m, escorpión (ast) m
Avar: ичӏкӏал (ičʼkʼal)
Aymara: ajarankhu
Azerbaijani: çayan, əqrəb (az)
Baluchi: زیم (zím), زوم
Bambara: bunteni
Bashkir: саян (sayan)
Basque: eskorpioi
Bassa: gĩáá
Bats: მურელ (murel), მუჲრელ (muyrel)
Bau Bidayuh: rieng otis
Belarusian: скарпіён m (skarpijón)
Bengali: বিছা (bn) (bicha), বিচ্ছু (bn) (bicchu), বৃশ্চিক (bn) (briścik) (formal)
Bikol Central: amamatak (bcl)
Bonggi: tingaang
Brahui: تیل (tēl)
Buginese: ᨄᨈᨗᨀᨒ (patikala)
Bulgarian: скорпио́н (bg) m (skorpión)
Burmese: ကင်းမြီးကောက် (my) (kang:mri:kauk)
Cahuilla: suyill
Caló: birberechó
Catalan: escorpí (ca) m
Cebuano: alikdana
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⵖⵉⵕⴷⴻⵎ m (iɣiṛdem), ⵜⵉⵖⵉⵕⴷⴻⵎⵜ f (tiɣiṛdemt)
Central Melanau: selangatip
Chamicuro: ajkolo
Cherokee: ᏥᏍᏛᎾ ᎠᏓᏨᏯᏍᎩ (tsisdvna adatsvyasgi)
Chichicapan Zapotec: llobigwaꞌ
Chinese:
Cantonese: 蠍子 / 蝎子 (hit$^3$ zi$^2$, kit$^3$ zi$^2$)
Eastern Min: 蠍 / 蝎 (kiék)
Hokkien: 蠍仔 / 蝎仔 (zh-min-nan) (giat-á)
Mandarin: 蠍子 / 蝎子 (zh) (xiēzi)
Chol: siñañ
Coatecas Altas Zapotec: nixgui
Coptic: ϭⲗⲏ m (clē)
Crimean Tatar: aqrep
Czech: štír (cs) m
Danish: skorpion (da) c
Darkinjung: dhurauiñ
Dhuwal: buthuŋu
Duala: yolo
Dupaningan Agta: pawiran, annipig
Dutch: schorpioen (nl) m
Egyptian: (wḥꜥt f), (srqt f)
Esperanto: skorpio
Estonian: skorpion (et)
Farefare: nãŋa
Faroese: sporðdreki m, skorpión f
Fijian: batibasaga
Finnish: skorpioni (fi)
Fon: ahɔ́n
French: scorpion (fr) m
Old French: escorpion m
Friulian: sgarpion m
Galician: escorpión (gl) m
Gamilaraay: thula
Georgian: მორიელი (morieli)
German: Skorpion (de) m
Gooniyandi: milaloowa
Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉 f (skaurpjō)
Greek: σκορπιός (el) m (skorpiós)
Ancient: σκορπίος m (skorpíos)
Greenlandic: skorpioni
Guaraní: japeusa, japeusaroto
Gujarati: વીંછી m (vī̃chī)
Hausa: kunama f
Hawaiian: moʻonihoʻawa
Hebrew: עַקְרָב (he) m ('akráv)
Highland Totonac: tantzuca
Hindi: बिच्छू (hi) m (bicchū), बिच्छी (hi) f (bicchī), वृश्चिक (hi) m (vŕścik), अकरब (hi) m (akrab)
Hungarian: skorpió (hu)
Icelandic: sporðdreki (is) m
Ido: skorpiono (io)
Ilocano: manggagamá, bayawak
Indonesian: kalajengking (id)
Inuktitut: ᓯᑯᐊᖅᐱᐅᓂᑦ (sikuaqpiunit)
Irish: scairp f
Isthmus Zapotec: meuxubi
Italian: scorpione (it) m
Japanese: 蠍 (ja) (さそり, sasori), 蝎 (ja) (さそり, sasori), サソリ (ja) (sasori)
Javanese: ꦏꦭꦗꦼꦁꦏꦶꦁ (jv) (kalajengking)
Kabiyé: pɩjɩka
Kalmyk: чим (çim), килнцтә хорха (kilntstä xorxa)
Kannada: ಚೇಳು (kn) (cēḷu)
Kazakh: шаян (şaän), құршаян (qūrşaän), сарышаян (saryşaän)
Khmer: ខ្ទួយ (km) (khtuəy)
Kikuyu: kang'aurũ class 12
Kiliwa: j'ná
Kimaragang: tompoluluuh
Kodava: ತೇಳಿ (tēḷi)
Korean: 전갈(全蠍) (ko) (jeon'gal)
Kumarbhag Paharia: तेले (tēle)
Kumyk: арпелек (arpelek)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: دویپشک f (duypişk)
Northern Kurdish: dûpişk (ku) m
Kyrgyz: скорпион (ky) (skorpion), чаян (ky) (cayan)
Lao: ແມງງອດ (lo) (mǣng ngǭt)
Latin: scorpiō (la) m, nepa f
Latvian: skorpions m
Laz: ანკრეპი (anǩrep̌i), აკრეპი (aǩrep̌i)
Lezgi: акьраб (aq̇rab)
Ligurian: tàncoa f (Genovese)
Limos Kalinga: ammabuy
Linngithigh: mbiwgh
Lithuanian: skorpionas m
Luxembourgish: Skorpioun (lb) m
Maasai: engulupa
Macedonian: шкорпија f (škorpija), акреп m (akrep) (archaic)
Maia: kangir
Malagasy: hefy (mg), maingoka (mg), mambahehitra, mambambohitra (mg)
Malay: kala jengking (ms)
Malayalam: തേൾ (ml) (tēḷ)
Maltese: skorpjun m, għakreb m (dated)
Manchu: ᡳᠰᡝᠯᡝᡴᡠ ᡠᠮᡳᠶᠠᡥᠠ (iseleku umiyaha), ᡥᡳᠶᡝᠰᡝ (hiyese)
Maori: hikutimo
Mapudungun: kaikai piru
Marathi: विंचू m (viñcū)
Mayo: maáchil
Mezquital Otomi: penzū
Middle English: scorpioun
Mingrelian: მორიალე (moriale)
Mirandese: alicran m
Mon: အယဴ (mnw)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хилэнцэт хорхой (xilencet xorxoj)
Mongolian: ᠬᠢᠯᠢᠨᠴᠡᠲᠦ ᠬᠣᠷᠤᠬᠠ (kilinčetü qoruqa)
Mursi: kittô
Nahuatl:
Classical: cōlōtl
Morelos: kolotl
Tetelcingo: culutl
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla: colotl
Navajo: séigoʼ
Nepali: बिच्छी (bicchī)
Northern Sotho: phepheng
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skorpion (no) m
O'odham: nakshel
Occitan: escorpion (oc) m
Old English: þrōwend m
Old Kannada: ತೇಳು (tēḷu)
Old Norse: sporðdreki m, skorpíónn m
Ottoman Turkish: عقرب (ʼakreb)
Oyda: angerdjo
Palantla Chinantec: chi³hniú¹²
Pali: vicchika m
Pashto: لړم (ps) m (laṛam)
Persian: عقرب (fa) ('aqrab), کژدم (fa) (každom), گزدم (fa) (gazdom)
Phuthi: ikgwankcela class 9/10
Piedmontese: scorpion m
Pipil: kulut
Plautdietsch: Skorpion f
Pochutec: kulút
Polish: skorpion (pl) m
Portuguese: escorpião (pt) m, lacrau (pt) m, alacrão (pt) m
Punjabi: ਬਿੱਛੂ m (bicchū), ਠੂਹਾਂ (pa) m (ṭhūhā̃)
Quechua: sira-sira, sirara, sira sira
Rapa Nui: veri 'arahu
Romanian: scorpion (ro) m
Russian: скорпио́н (ru) m (skorpión)
Rwanda-Rundi: inkara (Hangaza)
Saho: igirh
San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: quitsjö
Sanskrit: वृश्चिक (sa) m (vṛścika)
Scottish Gaelic: sgairp f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: шкорпѝо̄н m, шти́павац m, шко̀рпија f
Roman: škorpìōn (sh) m, štípavac (sh) m, škòrpija (sh) f
Shona: chinyaride class 7, rize class 5
Sicilian: furficicchiu m
Sinhalese: ගෝනුස්සා (gōnussā)
Slovak: škorpión m, šťúr m
Slovene: škorpijon (sl) m
Somali: dabaqaroof
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: skorpion m
Upper Sorbian: skorpion m
Southwestern Tepehuan: naksɨr
Spanish: escorpión (es) m, alacrán (es) m
Sranan Tongo: kruktutere
Sundanese: ᮜᮍᮤᮁ (langir), ᮊᮜ (kala)
Svan: კლა̈ჭ (ḳläč̣), მორელ (morel)
Swahili: nge (sw) class 9/10, kisusuli ?
Swedish: skorpion (sv) c
Tagal Murut: lingait
Tagalog: atang-atang, alakdan (tl), pitumbuko
Tajik: каждум (tg) (každum), ақраб (aqrab)
Tamil: தேள் (ta) (tēḷ)
Tangut: 𘝠 (*thjɨ²)
Tarifit: tɣirdent f
Tatar: чаян (tt) (çayan)
Telugu: తేలు (te) (tēlu), వృశ్చికము (te) (vr̥ścikamu)
Tetum: sakunar
Thai: แมงป่อง (th) (mɛɛng-bpɔ̀ng), พฤศจิก (prʉ́t-sà-jìk) (Zodiac)
Tibetan: སྡིག་པ (sdig pa), སྡིག་པ་ར་རྩ (sdig pa ra rtsa)
Tigrinya: ዕንቅርቢት ? (ʿənḳərbit)
Tiwi: amputurrurunga f
Tlahuica: ngi
Torricelli: agə
Turkish: akrep (tr)
Turkmen: içýan, اچیان, چیان
Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎖𐎗𐎁 (ʿqrb)
Ukrainian: скорпіо́н m (skorpión)
Umiray Dumaget Agta: manalipit
Urdu: بچھو m (bicchū), بچھی f (bicchī), عقرب m (aqrab)
Uyghur: چايان (chayan)
Uzbek: chayon (uz), aqrab (uz) (dated, now Zodiac)
Vietnamese: bò cạp (vi), bọ cạp (vi)
Walloon: sicoirpion (wa) m
Warlpiri: karlangu-jarra-parnta, kana-parnta
Wastek: dhiniy
Wayuu: je'yulu
Welsh: sgorpion m
West Coast Bajau: tekaa'
West Frisian: skorpioen c
White Hmong: roob ris teb
Wolof: jiit ji (wo), jiit (wo)
Xhosa: unomadudwane class 1
Yaqui: maáchil
Ye'kwana: münötö
Yiddish: עקדיש m (ekdish), סקאָרפּיאָן m (skorpyon)
Yoruba: akêkê
Yosondúa Mixtec: ndɨsuꞌma
Yucatec Maya: sina’an
Yucuna: ipijí
Zazaki: deşmakul, demaşkul (diq)
Zoogocho Zapotec: bex̱joniꞌ
Zulu: ufezela class 1a/2a :

#### See also

* arachnid
* Scorpio

### Further reading

* scorpion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* “scorpion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “scorpion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scorpiōnem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skɔʁ.pjɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

scorpion m (plural scorpions)
* scorpion

#### Descendants

* → Romanian: scorpion

### Further reading

* “scorpion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* picorons

## Middle English
### Noun

scorpion
* Alternative form of scorpioun

## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French scorpion, from Latin scorpiō, scorpiōnem, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).

### Noun

scorpion m (plural scorpions)
* (Jersey) mole cricket

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French scorpion, from Latin scorpio, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos). Doublet of scorpie.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /skorˈpjon/

### Noun

scorpion m (plural scorpioni)
* scorpion