English

Pronunciation

• IPA : /'biːvə(r)/

Noun

beaver

1. An aquatic mammal of the genus Castor, having a wide, flat tail.
2. (vulgar slang) The pubic hair of a woman.
3. A bever.

Translations

• Albanian: kastori
• Basque: kastore
• Belarussian: бабер m
• Bosnian: dabar m
• Breton: avank eurazia
• Bulgarian: бобър (bob@r) m
• Catalan: castor
• Croatian: dabar m
• Czech: bobr m
• Danish: bæver
• Dutch: bever m
• Esperanto: kastoro
• Estonian: kobras (animal); piiber (sexual term in pornographic literature; almost obsolete for the animal)
• Faroese: bævur
• Finnish: majava (1), karvakolmio (2)
• French: castor m (1), motte (2), frifri (2), mistigri (2)
• Frisian: bever
• Friulian: castôr
• Galician: castor
• German: Biber m
• Greek: κάστορας m
• Hungarian: hód
• Icelandic: bifur
• Irish: béabhar
• Italian: castoro m
• Japanese: ビーバー (bībā)
• Ladin: castour
• Latin: castor
• Latvian: bebrs m
• Lithuanian: bẽbras m
• Lower Sorbian: bobr
• Macedonian: дабар (dabar ) m
• Norwegian: bever
• Occitan: vibre
• Polish: bóbr m
• Portuguese: castor
• Romanian: castor
• Romansh: castur
• Romany: vidroy m vidra f
• Russian: бобр (bobr) m
• Sami: mádjit
• Sardinian: castorru , castoro
• Scottish: leas-leathann , biobhair
• Serbian: дабар (dabar ) m
• Slovak: bobor m
• Slovenian: bober m (1)
• Spanish: castor m
• Swedish: bäver
• Turkish: kastor , kunduz
• Ukrainian: бобер (bober ) m
• Upper Sorbian: bobr
• Welsh: afanc , llostlydan

Related terms

• eager beaver