|
|
Science Fair Project Dictionary
Butterfly
English
Noun
butterfly (plural butterflies)
- A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, usually having colorful/colourful wings.
- A swimming stroke in which the body is prone, the arms are moved in simultaneous circles, and the feet are kicked up and down.
Derived terms
- butterfly bush (see buddleia or buddleja )
- butterfly collector (see lepidopterist or lepidopterology )
- butterfly flower (see schizanthus )
- butterfly knife (see balisong )
Translations
insect
- Aja-Gbe : pkolinouhoin
- Afrikaans: skoenlapper
- Albanian: flutur f
- Amharic: (birrabirro)
- Anglo Saxon : fifoldara
- Arabic: فراشة f (farāsha); (fertito) (Morocco); (fartattu) (Tunisia)
- Aragonese: birabolas (?), pitazana (?)
- Armenian: (teeter), (titer), (teeterneeg), (teeternig) (Eastern); (teeterneeg), (teeternig) (Western)
- Ayamara : taparacu (?)
- Baagandji : bilyululijga
- Balinese: kupukupu
- Bambura : dimago
- Basque: tximeleta , pimpilimpausa , inguma , marisorgin , pinpirin
- Bengali: (projapoti), (prajapati)
- Berber : tèfètuth
- Bosnian: leptir m
- Bulgarian: пеперуда f
- Buli : kpalo
- Bundjalung : banjalahm
- Burmese: (lapia)
- Belarusian: matylok
- Cape Verdean Creole : gorgoleta
- Catalan: papallona f; papalló (Ancient); paloma , palometa , babaiana (Dialectical)
- Cebuano: Alibangbang/kaba-kaba
- Central Carrier : tsangwelht'ah
- Chamorro: ababang
- Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ (kamama)
- Cheyenne : hevavahkema
- Chinese: 蝴蝶 (Pīnyīn: hú dié)
- CJKV Characters: 蝶; 蝴, 胡; 蜨
- Cornish: tykki-Dyw f, tegenn Dyw f
- Croatian: leptir
- Curdian : pirpirk
- Curmangdgi : pilpiluk
- Czech: motýl
- Dagon: peplim (pee plim´)
- Danish: sommerfugl ; sommerflue (North Jutland); skurvefugl (South Jutland)
- Datiwuy : buurnba
- Deri : showparak
- Dhivehi : (kokaa)
- Diyari : karlipilhi
- Djingli : marlimarlirni
- Dutch: vlinder m
- Esperanto: papilio
- Estonian: liblikas
- Ewe: dyekpakpa
- Farsi: (parvanè)
- Fijian: bebe
- Finnish: perhonen
- Font: awadapepe
- Fulani : lilldeh
- French: papillon m
- Frisian: flinter
- Galician: volvoreta
- Gen : abèbe , abè , abey
- German: Schmetterling m, Falter (poetic), Summervogl (Switzerland)
- Georgian: პეპელა (pepela)
- Greek: πεταλούδα f (petalouda)
- Gooniyandi : malimali
- Gruzin : papala , pepelay
- Guarani: panambi
- Gujarati: (patangeo), (patangiyu)
- Gurage: billambilloot
- Hadiya : birabira
- Hausa: balebale , bude littafi , malam bu'de littafi
- Hawaiian: pulelehua
- Hebrew: פרפר (parpar)
- Hindi: (titli); (thithili)
- Hmong : npau npaim
- Hopi: masivie
- Huastec : lemtutu
- Hungarian: pillangó , lepke
- Ibu : olookolombooka
- Icelandic: fidrildi
- Ila : inkongolo , sikapempenya
- Ilocano: kulibangbang
- Indonesian: kupu-kupu , rama rama
- Interlingua: papilion
- Inupiak : taqalukisaq
- Irish: feileacan , follican
- Italian: farfalla f
- Jacaltec : nam
- Japanese: 蝶々 (ちょうちょ , chōcho), 蝶 (ちょう, chō)
- Javanese: kupu
- Kamaba : kimbalut'ya
- Kambatenga : bilatishu
- Kannada: (chitta), (baruthe), (barutha)
- Karok : xatimniim
- Kashmiri: (titili)
- Kikongo : lumbebeba
- Kikuyu : kihuruta
- Kirwanda : ikinyugunyugu
- Kitaita : kifurute
- Koasati : hacokpalpa
- Kokani : pakho
- Konni : kpanjabi
- Korean: (nabi)
- Kroboo : kutuu
- Kurdish: sepirek , pürpüruk
- Kwanyama : onanga
- Kwara'áe : bébe
- Lakhotah Sioux : kimimila (key-me'-me-lah)
- Lamba : ici-pempele
- Lan : bébe
- Lao: (meng kabeua), (maingkabula)
- Latin: papilio
- Latvian: tauriņš
- Lihua : ukulukula
- Lingala : kipouzala , mpornboli
- Lithuanian: drugys , drugelis , peteliškė
- Luo: oguyo
|
|
- Majang : bimbilo
- Malayalam: (poompatta)
- Malay: kupukupu , ramarama
- Malaysian: rama-rama
- Maltese: farfett
- Mandingo : vrievran
- Manobo : kelivangbang
- Manx: foillycan , follican , folican
- Maori: kaakahu kura , kahukura , mookarakara , peepepe , pepeké
- Maranao : paroparo
- Marathi: (phulpakhru), (phoolpaharu)
- Masai : osampurumpuri
- Mataco : choqoq
- Mayan : pepen
- Mayi-Kulan : pardirr
- Megrelian : pharphali
- Mekeo : fefe ; fefe-fefe
- Mekeo (West): pepeo
- Mende : buwa
- Middle English: buterflie
- Mongolian: эрвээхэй (erveekhei)
- Mopan : pempem
- Moré : pilimpiko , abaga
- Motu: kau-bebe
- Mukuni : limpempele
- Murrinh-Patha: manman
- Nahuatl: paplotl , papalotl
- Navajo : k'aalogii , ho'o neno
- Nepali: (putali)
- Neuro : mantech
- Ngaju Dayak : kakupo
- Norwegian: sommerfugl
- Nyungar: bataplai
- Old English: buttorfleoge
- Oriya: (prajapati)
- Oromic : billaacha
- Paakantyi : pilyu-pilyuka
- Paiute : tsoapu
- Paiwan : kalidungudungul
- Pakistan: palmandook
- Palauan : bangikoi
- Patois of St. Thomas : zanimo
- Persian: (parvaneh)
- Peul pucharlar (Guinée Conakry); bidilallah (Mauritania), bedelallah ; palapala (Sierra Leone)
- Polish: motyl
- Portuguese: borboleta f
- Quechua: pillpintu
- Roma: lepetka
- Romanian: fluture
- Russian: бабочка (babochka), мотылёк (motilyok)
- Samoan: pepe
- Sardic : mariavolavola
- Scottish Gaelic: dearbadan-de , dealan-dé
- Sepedi: serurubele
- Serbo-Croatian: leptir
- Setwana : serurubele
- Shona: shavishavi
- Sidamo : bilach'a
- Sinhala: (samanalaya)
- Sioux: kimimi
- Slovak: motýľ
- Slovene: metulj m
- Somali: balanbaalis
- Sotho: sororomele , serurubele
- Soussous : chuani
- Spanish: mariposa f
- Sranantongo : kaperka
- Sumatra Barat : angiak
- Swahili: kipepeo
- Swazi: luvivane
- Swedish: fjäril c
- Tagalog: mariposa, paruparo
- Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
- Taiwanese: (ya-a)
- Tamil: வண்ணத்துப்பூச்சி (vannattuppūchi), (pattampoochi)
- Tatar: kübelek
- Telegu : (chetakoka chiluka), (sitakoka chiluka)
- Teso : eporiporit
- Tewa: pojoaque
- Thai: (meng peeseua), (pi sugnya)
- Tigre: tsenblale
- Tigrigna : tsimblalee'a
- Tiwi : kwarikwaringa
- Tok Pisin: bataplai , bembe
- Trukese : nipwisipwis
- Tshiluba : bulubulu
- Tupinambá: panama
- Turkish: kelebek
- Turkmen: yéllepe
- Twi : afafranto
- Udinian : pepalak , phephalak
- Ukrainian: (metelyk)
- Urdu: (titli)
- Urubu : iyenye , yenjè
- Vietnamese: buom buom , ho diep
- Visayan : kabakaba
- Vahinian : pilpilak
- Waray Waray : rapudapo
- Welsh: pili-pala
- Wik-Ngathan : kalpakalpay
- Wik-Mungkan : konkoniyang
- Wiradjuri : buuja-buuja
- Wolaytigna : mukaw
- Wolof: lëpp-lëpp bi
- Xhosa: ibhabhathane
- Xitchangani : phapharati
- Yiddish: (schmetterling), (zomerfeygele), (flaterl)
- Yndjibarndi : gawarliwarli
- Yoruba: labalaba
- Yup'ik: Caqelngataq
- Zulu: i(lu)vemvane , i(li)jubajubane , i(li)twabitwabi , iveveshane , uvemvane
|
swimming stroke
- Dutch: vlinderslag m
- Finnish: perhosuinti , perhonen
- papillon m
- German: Schmetterling
|
|
- Russian: баттерфляй m
- Spanish: mariposa f
- Swedish: fjärilsim n
- Turkish: kelebek
|
Verb
to butterfly (butterflies, butterflying , butterflied )
- To cut almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly
- butterflied shrimp
See also
- Wikipedia article on butterflies
Science kits, science lessons, science toys, maths
toys, hobby kits, science games and books - these are some of many products
that can help give your kid an edge in their science fair projects, and develop
a tremendous interest in the study of science. When shopping for a science
kit or other supplies, make sure that you carefully review the features and
quality of the products. Compare prices by going to several online stores.
Read product reviews online or refer to magazines.
Start by looking
for your science kit review or science toy review. Compare prices but remember,
Price $ is not everything. Quality does matter.
|
|
