tadpole
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English tadpolle, taddepol, equivalent to toad + poll (“head”).
Base: toad
Inflected forms:
form: tadpoles
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A young toad or frog in its larval stage of development that lives in water, has a tail and no legs, and, like a fish, breathes through gills.
pos: noun
gloss: The aquatic larva of any amphibian.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: salamander tadpole
gloss: A type of cargo bike that has two wheels in front and one in back.
pos: noun
gloss: A child's basic drawing of a human being, having a detailed head but only sticks for the body and limbs.
pos: noun
gloss: A small child.
pos: noun
tags: informal
examples: Shouldn't you tadpoles be in bed?
gloss: An insignificant person.
pos: noun
tags: derogatory
informal
examples: Woman's voice: You impudent imp! You tadpole! You shrimp!
“[H]ere's this Tooralooral tadpole of a Mayor shovin' his nose into the business and arrestin' our Puddin' without rhyme or reason.”
Synonyms: polliwog
porriwiggle
Derived words: frogpole
Tadfool
tadpole goby
tadpolehood
tadpolelike
tadpole operator
tadpole person
tadpole physa
tadpole shrimp
tadpole tea
tadpolish
tadpolism
toadpole
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: алахы́
roman: alaxə́
lang: Afrikaans
word: paddavis
lang: Afrikaans
word: paddavissie
lang: Afrikaans
word: kikvors
lang: Albanian
word: fulterëz
lang: Arabic
word: شُرْغُوف
roman: šurḡūf
lang: Armenian
word: շերեփուկ
roman: šerepʻuk
lang: Asi
word: ulong-ulong
lang: Assamese
word: লালুকী
roman: laluki
lang: Asturian
word: renacuayu
lang: Asturian
word: rancuayu
lang: Asturian
word: ranuecu
lang: Asturian
word: cabezón
lang: Avar
word: къоркъотӏинчӏ
roman: qxʼorqxʼotʼinčʼ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: çömçəquyruq
lang: West Coast Bajau
word: jejantik
lang: Basque
word: zapaburu
lang: Belarusian
word: апало́нік
roman: apalónik
lang: Bengali
word: বেঙাচি
roman: beṅaci
lang: Bulgarian
word: попова лъжичка
roman: popova lǎžička
lang: Burmese
word: ဖားလောင်း
roman: hpa:laung:
lang: Burmese
word: ဖားတစ်ပိုင်းငါးတစ်ပိုင်း
roman: hpa:tacpuing:nga:tacpuing:
lang: Catalan
word: capgròs
lang: Catalan
word: cullerot
lang: Eastern Cham
word: ꨀꨗꩀ ꨯꨗꨱꩀ
roman: anưk nauk
lang: Chechen
word: сеса
roman: sesa
lang: Chichewa
word: mbululu
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 蝌蚪
roman: kēdǒu
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 拿摩溫 /拿摩温
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 蝌蚪
lang: Czech
word: pulec
lang: Danish
word: haletudse
lang: Drung
word: naku
lang: Dutch
word: dikkopje
lang: Dutch
word: dikkop
lang: Dutch
word: kikkervisje
lang: Erzya
word: ботпря
roman: botpŕa
lang: Esperanto
word: ranido
lang: Esperanto
word: bufido
lang: Estonian
word: kulles
lang: Faroese
word: halapadda
lang: Finnish
word: nuijapää
lang: French
word: têtard
lang: Galician
word: cágado
lang: Galician
word: culler
lang: Galician
word: cabezudo
lang: Georgian
word: თავკომბალა
roman: tavḳombala
lang: German
word: Kaulquappe
lang: Gooniyandi
word: gilyjirrjgi
lang: Greek
word: γυρίνος
roman: gyrínos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: γυρῖνος
roman: gurînos
lang: Hebrew
word: רֹאשָׁן
roman: rošan
lang: Hindi
word: बेंगची
roman: beṅgcī
lang: Hindi
word: मेंढक का बच्चा
roman: meṇḍhak kā baccā
lang: Hindi
word: टैडपोल
roman: ṭaiḍpol
lang: Hungarian
word: ebihal
lang: Hunsrik
word: Mollekopp
lang: Iban
word: emburi
lang: Iban
word: empa
lang: Icelandic
word: halakarta
lang: Icelandic
word: froskungi
lang: Indonesian
word: berudu
lang: Ingrian
word: naappapää
lang: Ingrian
word: naappopää
lang: Ingrian
word: naappojain
lang: Interlingua
word: larva de rana
lang: Irish
word: torbán
lang: Isan
word: ฮวก
lang: Italian
word: girino
lang: Japanese
word: おたまじゃくし
roman: otamajakushi
lang: Japanese
word: オタマジャクシ
roman: otamajakushi
lang: Japanese
word: お玉杓子
roman: otamajakushi
lang: Japanese
word: 蝌蚪
roman: kato
lang: Javanese
word: kecebong
lang: Kalmyk
word: шанһ хорха
roman: şanğ xorxa
lang: Kamta
word: নুকা
roman: nuka
lang: Kamta
word: নুকী
roman: nuki
lang: Kazakh
word: бақашабақ
roman: baqaşabaq
lang: Kazakh
word: ит балық
roman: it balyq
lang: Khmer
word: ក្អាត់
roman: kʼat
lang: Khmer
word: ក្អុក
roman: kʼok
lang: Korean
word: 올챙이
roman: olchaeng'i
lang: Central Kurdish
word: سەرمێکوتە
roman: sermêkute
lang: Kyrgyz
word: көнөкбаш
roman: könökbaş
lang: Lao
word: ຮວກ
roman: hūak
lang: Latgalian
word: kūrcaklys
lang: Latin
word: ranunculus
lang: Latin
word: ranula
lang: Latvian
word: kurkulis
lang: Lezgi
word: варвар
roman: varvar
lang: Lithuanian
word: buožgalvis
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Kauzekapp
lang: Macedonian
word: полногла́вец
roman: polnoglávec
lang: Malagasy
word: tsiboboka
lang: Malay
word: berudu
lang: Malay
word: cebong
lang: Maltese
word: marżebb
lang: Māori
word: hua poraka
lang: Māori
word: punua poraka
lang: Masbatenyo
word: ulu-ulo
lang: Central Melanau
word: belakedou
lang: Mongolian
word: шанаган хорхой
roman: šanagan xorxoj
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠰᠢᠨᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠬᠣᠷᠤᠬᠠᠢ
roman: sinaɣan qoruqai
lang: Tagal Murut
word: tibulu
lang: Navajo
word: tsʼǫʼasánii
lang: Nepali
word: चेपागाडा
roman: cepāgāḍā
lang: Nkonya
word: nwunkpodikpodi
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: rumpetroll
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: lappause
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: rumpetroll
lang: Nuosu
word: ꀌꀠꒊꆱ
roman: uox ba yyp hlyt
lang: Ojibwe
word: boodoonh
lang: Ossetian
word: къӕбила
roman: k’æbila
lang: Pacoh
word: apêq
lang: Pawnee
word: paksaku
lang: Persian
word: بچه قورباغه
roman: bačče-ye qurbâġe
lang: Persian
word: کفچلیز
roman: kafčaliz
lang: Persian
word: کفلیسک
roman: kaflisak
lang: Polish
word: kijanka
lang: Portuguese
word: girino
lang: Romanian
word: mormoloc
lang: Russian
word: голова́стик
roman: golovástik
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ceann-phollan
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пуноглавац
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: punoglavac
lang: Shan
word: ႁူၵ်ႈ
roman: hūuk
lang: Slovak
word: žubrienka
lang: Slovene
word: paglavec
lang: Spanish
word: renacuajo
lang: Spanish
word: ranacuajo
lang: Spanish
word: ajolote
lang: Spanish
word: atepocate
lang: Swahili
word: kiluwiluwi
lang: Swedish
word: grodyngel
lang: Swedish
word: yngel
lang: Tagalog
word: uluulo
lang: Tagalog
word: butete
lang: Tagalog
word: kitikiti
lang: Tai Dam
word: ꪅꪺꪀ
lang: Tajik
word: кафлесак
roman: kaflesak
lang: Tamil
word: தவளைக்குஞ்சு
roman: tavaḷaikkuñcu
lang: Tamil
word: தலைப்பிரட்டை
roman: talaippiraṭṭai
lang: Tamil
word: தவளைக்குட்டி
roman: tavaḷaikkuṭṭi
lang: Tboli
word: bikol
lang: Telugu
word: తోకకప్ప
roman: tōkakappa
lang: Thai
word: ลูกอ๊อด
roman: lûuk-ɔ́ɔt
lang: Tibetan
word: ལྕོང་མོ
roman: lcong mo
lang: Turkish
word: iribaş
lang: Tuvan
word: пага төлү
roman: paga tölü
lang: Ukrainian
word: пу́головок
roman: púholovok
lang: Unami
word: tunahkikwe
lang: Uyghur
word: قۇمچاق
roman: qumchaq
lang: Uzbek
word: itbaliq
lang: Vietnamese
word: nòng nọc
lang: Vietnamese
word: nọc nọc
lang: Vietnamese
word: óc nóc
lang: Welsh
word: grifft
lang: Welsh
word: penbwl
lang: Yiddish
word: קאָפּעקל
roman: kopekl
lang: Yoruba
word: légbélègbé
lang: Zhuang
word: duzrug