English

Pronunciation

• AHD : bŭg
• IPA : /bʌg/
• SAMPA : /bVg/

Noun

1. A member of the family Cimicidae in the order Hemiptera (the "true bugs"). Consists largely of blood-sucking insects with very painful bites who live in or near water and also plant parasites.
2. A colloquial name for an insect. (These flies are a bother. I'll get some bug spray and kill them.)
3. A problem that needs fixing . (The program has a bug in it.)
4. An illness. (He's got the flu bug.)
5. An enthusiasm for something. (I think he's a gold bug, he has over 10,000 ounces in storage.)
6. An electronic listening device. (We installed a bug in her telephone.)
7. A small or invisible image on a World Wide Web page, used to track persons who viewed it. (He suspected the image was a web bug used for detrmining who was visiting the site.)
8. A small, usually transparent or translucent image placed in a corner of a television program to indicate what network or cable channel is televising it. (He did not like the network bug that appeared onscreen .)

Translations

• Bosnian: insekt m (1), buba f (2), bakcil m (4)
• CJK Characters: 虱; 虫
• Chinese: 臭蟲 , 臭虫
• Dutch: insect n
• Finnish: lutikka (1), ötökkä (2), bugi (3), pöpö (4), kärpänen (5), (sala)kuuntelulaite (6)
• French: bogue m
• German: Ungeziefer n (1), Wanze f (3)
• Greek: ζωύφιο n
• Italian: insetto m
• Japanese: 虫
• Korean: 벌레 m
• Polish : robak , robal m (1 colloq), owad m (1), byk m (2), pluskwa f (5)
• Portuguese: erro m
• Slovak: inzekt , chrobák m
• Spanish: chinche w
• Turkish: böcek (2)

Verb

1. To annoy. (Don't bug me, I'm busy)
2. To install an electronic listening device. (We need to know what's going on. We'll bug the place.)

Translations

• Finnish: häiritä (1), ärsyttää (1), asentaa salakuuntelulaite (2)
• French: ennerver (1), enquinquer (1)
• German: nerven (1), verwanzen (2)
• Polish: wkurzać (1) colloq and usually impolite, zakładać pluskwę (2)
• Turkçe: kızdırmak

Further reading

Wikipedia article on true bugs

Wikipedia article on bugs

Wikipedia article on computer bugs

German

noun

der Bug m

1. The front of a ship or boat; the bow.