Definition
A burrowing African mammal with a long snout and tongue that eats termites and ants.
Etymology
From Afrikaans and Dutch, combining 'aard' (earth) and 'vark' (pig), literally 'earth-pig.' The name reflects how Dutch settlers described this peculiar animal they encountered in Africa.
Kelly Says
The aardvark is alphabetically first in most English dictionaries, making it the accidental champion of word lists—all because Dutch colonists thought it looked like a pig from the ground!
Translations
ARالعربية
أرض خنزير
arḍ khinzīr
BNবাংলা
আর্ডভার্ক
ardbark
CACatalà
porc formiguer
pohr fohr-mee-geh
CSČeština
hrabčák
hrah-bchak
DADansk
aardvark
AHRT-vahrk
DEDeutsch
Aardvark
AHRT-vahrk
ELΕλληνικά
ααρντβάρκ
ahrt-vahrk
ESEspañol
ocelote
oh-seh-LOH-teh
FAفارسی
آردوارک
aardvaark
FISuomi
maasusi
mah-soo-see
FRFrançais
oryctérope
oh-ree-TEH-rohpeh
HEעברית
ארדווארק
ar-dva-rak
HIहिन्दी
अर्डवार्क
ardvaark
HUMagyar
földi malac
földi mah-lach
IDBahasa Indonesia
aardvark
AHRT-vahrk
ITItaliano
oritteropo
oh-ree-teh-ROH-poh
KO한국어
아르마딜로
ah-reu-mah-dee-roh
MSBahasa Melayu
aardvark
AHRT-vahrk
MYမြန်မာ
အာ့ဒ်ဗာ့ခ်
aht-vahk
NLNederlands
aardvark
AHRT-vahrk
NONorsk
jordsvin
yord-sveen
PLPolski
mrównik
MROO-vneek
PTPortuguês
ouriço
oo-REE-soh
RORomână
aardvark
AHRT-vahrk
RUРусский
аардварк
ahrd-vahrk
SVSvenska
jordsvin
yord-sveen
SWKiswahili
aardvark
AHRT-vahrk
TAதமிழ்
ஆர்ட்வார்க்
aartvaark
TEతెలుగు
ఆర్డ్వార్క్
aardvaark
THไทย
อาร์ดวาร์ค
aht-vahk
TRTürkçe
aardvark
AHRT-vahrk
UKУкраїнська
аардварк
ahrd-vahrk
URاردو
آرڈ وارک
aardvaark
VITiếng Việt
con trỏ
kohn troh
ZUZU
i-aardvark
ee-ahrt-vahrk