Roach

/roʊtʃ/ noun

Definition

a cockroach; the butt end of a marijuana cigarette; a type of freshwater fish

Etymology

from Old French 'roche' meaning 'rock', referring to the fish; cockroach sense is a shortening

Kelly Says

This word's journey from a French fish name to slang for cockroaches and drug paraphernalia shows how language adapts to whatever needs naming!

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ኢንሰክት
ARالعربية
صرصور
BNবাংলা
তেলাপোকা
CACatalà
cucaratxa
CSČeština
šváb
DADansk
kakerlak
DEDeutsch
Schabe
ELΕλληνικά
κατσαρίδα
ESEspañol
cucaracha
FAفارسی
سوسک
FISuomi
sisilisko
FRFrançais
cafard
GUGU
તેલીવાળો
HAHA
kwado
HEעברית
ג'וק
HIहिन्दी
तिलचट्टा
HUMagyar
csótány
IDBahasa Indonesia
kecoa
IGIG
anya
ITItaliano
scarafaggio
JA日本語
ゴキブリ
KKKK
тарақан
KMKM
កង្កែប
KO한국어
바퀴벌레
MRMR
विविधताले
MSBahasa Melayu
lipas
MYမြန်မာ
ကျောင်းကောင်
NLNederlands
kakkerlak
NONorsk
kakerlakk
PAPA
ਜੂੰ
PLPolski
karaluch
PTPortuguês
barata
RORomână
gândac
RUРусский
таракан
SVSvenska
kackerlacka
SWKiswahili
mende
TAதமிழ்
கரளான்
TEతెలుగు
గిరిజనము
THไทย
สาบ
TLTL
ipis
TRTürkçe
hamam böceği
UKУкраїнська
таргань
URاردو
ایک قسم کی مکھی
VITiếng Việt
gián
YOYO
ako
ZH中文
蟑螂
ZUZU
iphimpi

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