Definition
Resembling a beaver in appearance, behavior, or character; having qualities associated with beavers such as being industrious, hard-working, or protective of one's home.
Etymology
Beaver plus the English suffix -ish (from Old English -isc), which means 'somewhat like' or 'having the quality of.' Follows the pattern of words like 'childish' or 'foolish.'
Kelly Says
The -ish suffix is one of the most creative in English because it lets us express approximate or partial qualities—something can be reddish without being pure red, or beaverish without literally being a beaver, which gives us a huge amount of expressive flexibility.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
በአይነት እንደ አይነት
be a-inet en-de a-inet
ARالعربية
مثل النحاس
mithal an-na-has
BNবাংলা
বন্য সুগারের মতো
bon-ya su-gar-er moto
CACatalà
com un castor
ko-m un kas-tor
CSČeština
jako bobr
ja-ko bobr
DADansk
som en biber
som en bi-ber
DEDeutsch
biberartig
bee-ber-ar-tig
ELΕλληνικά
όπως ένα βιζόν
o-pos e-na bi-zon
ESEspañol
de castor
de kas-tor
FAفارسی
مانند خرس
man-and khars
FISuomi
myöskään
myöskään
FRFrançais
castor
kas-tor
GUGU
બેવર જેવું
be-ver je-vu
HAHA
kamar beaver
ka-mar bee-ver
HEעברית
כמו דוב
ko-mo dov
HIहिन्दी
बीवर जैसा
bee-var ja-sa
HUMagyar
mint egy vaddisznó
mint egy va-di-sz-no
IDBahasa Indonesia
seperti berang-berang
se-pa-ti ber-ang-ber-ang
IGIG
kama beaver
ka-ma bee-ver
ITItaliano
come un castoro
ko-me un kas-to-ro
JA日本語
ビーバーのような
bii-baa-no-yo-na
KKKK
бөбек сия
bö-bek si-ya
KMKM
ដូចជា រាជ
do-ch-ja ra-ch
KO한국어
비버 같은
bi-beo-ga-ten
MSBahasa Melayu
seperti berang-berang
se-pa-ti ber-ang-ber-ang
NLNederlands
als een bever
als een be-ver
NONorsk
som en bever
som en be-ver
PAPA
ਬੇਵਰ ਵਰਗਾ
be-ver var-ga
PLPolski
jak bobr
jak bobr
PTPortuguês
de castor
de kas-tor
RORomână
ca un beaver
ka un bee-ver
RUРусский
как бобр
kak bobr
SVSvenska
som en bäver
som en bä-ver
SWKiswahili
kama beaver
ka-ma bee-ver
TAதமிழ்
பூனையின் போல்
poo-na-yin pol
TEతెలుగు
బిందెలాంటి
bin-de-la-n-ti
THไทย
เหมือนสัตว์น้ำ
meuan sat-nam
TLTL
tulad ng isang beaver
tu-lad ng isang bee-ver
TRTürkçe
balina gibi
ba-li-na gi-bi
UKУкраїнська
як бобер
yak bobr
URاردو
ببر کی طرح
behr ki tara
VITiếng Việt
như một con hải tước
nhu mot con hai-tước
ZUZU
njeng umnguni
njeng um-ng-uni