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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries도마뱀
Pronunciation / Transliteration: domabaem
"따뜻한 바위 위에 도마뱀 한 마리가 앉아 있었다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A reptile typically having a scaly body, four legs, movable eyelids, and a tapering tail.
"A small green lizard scurried across the warm garden stone." - 2
Any of numerous predatory scaly reptiles of the suborder Sauria.
"The desert monitor is a large carnivorous lizard found in arid regions."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English 'lesarde', coming from Old French 'lesard', which originates from the Latin 'lacerta' meaning lizard. The suffix '-ard' was added in French, and the initial 'l' was later mistaken as part of the definite article in some forms, leading to the English variant.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Lizard" is said worldwide
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lézard
Transliteration: le-zar
"Un petit lézard vert se dorait au soleil."
Eidechse
Transliteration: eye-dech-seh
"Eine kleine Eidechse saß auf dem warmen Stein."
lucertola
Transliteration: lu-tcher-to-la
"La lucertola correva veloce sul muro."
lagarto
Transliteration: la-gar-to
"Un lagarto grande descansaba bajo la sombra."
lagarto
Transliteration: la-gar-tu
"O lagarto apanhava sol na rocha."
छिपकली
Transliteration: chipkali
"दीवार पर एक छोटी छिपकली घूम रही है।"
蜥蜴
Transliteration: xī yì
"一只小蜥蜴在石头上晒太阳。"
도마뱀
Transliteration: domabaem
"따뜻한 바위 위에 도마뱀 한 마리가 앉아 있었다."
トカゲ
Transliteration: tokage
"石垣の上を小さなトカゲが走っていった。"
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