tarantula

See also: Tarantula, tarántula, tarântula, tarantúla, and tarantulă

English

WOTD – 29 March 2020

Etymology

A tarantula (Brachypelma smithi; sense 1)

Avicularia avicularia, sometimes called the pinktoe tarantula (sense 1)

Calisoga longitarsis, a type of funnel-web tarantula (family Nemesiidae) (sense 2).

A tarantula (Lycosa tarantula; sense 3).

From Medieval Latin tarantula, from Old Italian tarantola, from Taranto (“seaport in southern Italy”), from Latin Tarentum (“Latin name of the town”), from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās, “Greek name of the town”) (compare Modern Greek Τάραντας (Tárantas) and Tarantino Tarde). probably from Illyrian *darandos (“oak”).

Sense 3 (“Lycosa tarantula”) is the original sense of the word, and refers to the fact that the spider was common in the Apulia region where Taranto is located. Sense 1 (“New World spider in the family Theraphosidae”), the main modern sense of the word, may have been a transferred use of Spanish tarántula (“tarantula (Lycosa tarantula)”) to describe large, hairy spiders found in the New World.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tə.ˈɹæn.t͡ʃʊ.lə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /tə.ˈɹæn.t͡ʃə.lə/
• Hyphenation: ta‧ran‧tu‧la

Noun

tarantula (plural tarantulas or tarantulae)

1. Any of the large, hairy New World spiders comprising the family Theraphosidae.

   Synonyms: bird spider, monkey spider, rain spider

   • 1857, John Askew, chapter II, in A Voyage to Australia & New Zealand, including a Visit to Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Hunter’s River, Newcastle, Maitland, and Auckland; […], London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.; Cockermouth, Cumbria: D. Fidler, […], →OCLC, page 100:

     Cockroaches, centipedes, tarantulas, scorpions, and mosquitoes are abundant in summer. [...] Tarantulas and scorpions are little noticed by those who have been there any length of time.

   • 1873 May 3, “The Tarantula—an Interesting Native of California”, in Friends' Intelligencer, volume XXX, number 10, Philadelphia, Pa.: John Comly, publishing agent, […]; Merrihew & Son, printers, […], published 1873–1874, →OCLC, page 156, column 2:

     In the southern portions of the State we have met with specimens of brown tarantula weighing a full Troy ounce, but these were of unusual size. The wood tarantula is the largest of all, occasional specimens weighing an ounce and a half, inhabits dead wood, is very active on a warm day, is found of sunning himself, and is quite courageous, leaping on a large lizard, with a perfect recklessness of consequences. [From the Alta California.]

   • 1892 January, J. J. Rivers, “Description of the Nest of the Californian Turret Building Spider, with Some Reference to Allied Species”, in Townshend Stith Brandegee, editor, Zoe: A Biological Journal, volume II, number 4, San Francisco, Calif.: Zoe Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 319:

     The other Californian species of notable spiders belonging to the Theraphosidae are: The great tarantula of Southern California, Arizona, and Texas, and the lesser tarantula belonging to the middle of California. The use of the word "tarantula" is rather wide and dubious in application. While the tarantula of the Southern States is of the same family as the true tarantula of Spain—Lycosidæ—the Californian tarantula is of the Theraphosidæ (Mygalidæ). In fact the name carries with it no meaning of value because in each locality the name is bestowed upon the largest hairy spider of the region, irrespective of its classification or habits.

   • 1910 November, C. L. Edholm, “A Queer Pet”, in H[enry] H[aven] Windsor, editor, Popular Mechanics Magazine, volume 14, number 5, Chicago, Ill.: Popular Mechanics Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 616, column 2:

     Visitors to Southern Arizona find the privacy of their homes invaded in a delightfully free and easy way by the original settlers of that region, namely the scorpions, centipedes, tarantulas, etc. [...]

   • 2004, Sy Montgomery, “Expedition to Les Grottes”, in The Tarantula Scientist, New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 42:

     Clarabelle is a pinktoe tarantula—one of the very first tarantulas described by Western scientists. The gentle pinktoes were originally tree-dwelling forest tarantulas, but these days they're happy to build their silky retreats in the eaves of houses, in shrubs, and in the tube-like curves of pineapple leaves on plantations, too.

   • 2010, Peter M[acGarr] Rabinowitz, Lisa A. Conti, “Toxic Exposures”, in Human–Animal Medicine: Clinical Approaches to Zoonoses, Toxicants and Other Shared Health Risks, Maryland Heights, Mo.: Saunders Elsevier, →ISBN, page 81, column 1:

     Tarantulas are found in parts of the United States and are frequently sold as pets. Tarantula bites usually do not cause significant envenomations but may cause local tissue swelling. Another hazard of tarantulas is that contact with the hairs of the back, which are released when the tarantula is distressed, can cause local skin reactions as well as a granulomatous reaction of the cornea and conjunctiva of the eye (ophthalmia nodosa) that requires urgent ophthalmologic attention. Dogs or cats that attempt to eat tarantulas may gag or vomit.

   • 2014, Bear Grylls, “Insects (and Other Creepy Crawlies)”, in Extreme Food: What to Eat when Your Life Depends on It, London: Bantam Press, →ISBN; republished London: Corgi Books, Transworld Publishers, 2015, →ISBN, part 3 (The Whole Hog), pages 216–217:

     The best tarantulas for cooking are the Thai Zebra variety (Haplopelma albostriatum). These are very common in Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia, where they are a popular fast food (and one that children love to hunt for). You can go to a Cambodian market and buy live, defanged tarantulas by the dozen from huge wicker baskets, ready to take home and cook.

2. (by extension) A member of certain other groups of spiders, generally characterized by large size, hairiness, or membership of infraorder Mygalomorphae to which Theraphosidae family also belongs.
   • 1971, Wolfgang Bücherl, “Spiders”, in Wolfgang Bücherl, Eleanor E[vans] Buckley, editors, Venomous Animals and Their Venoms, volume III (Venomous Invertebrates), New York, N.Y., London: Academic Press, →ISBN, section IV (Description, Distribution, and Biology of Dangerous Species), page 225:

     The small funnel-web tarantulas are sedentary but notable for their aggressiveness and the strong action of their venom on human beings. A. robustus and formidabilis have caused human deaths.

   • 2009, “Glossary”, in P. A. Sebastian, K. V. Peter, editors, Spiders of India, Himayatnagar, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh: Universities Press (India), →ISBN, page 428:

     tergites: dorsal sclerites on the body; the hard plates on the abdomen of the atypical tarantulas that indicate segmentation

   • 2016 March 29, Josephine-De-France, “The Vicious”, in And Then There Are Bitches, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

     The name "tarantula" is also mistakenly applied to other large-bodied spiders, and the "dwarf tarantulas". Both are classified in different families. Huntsman spiders of the family have also been termed "tarantulas" because of their large size.

3. (dated) A species of wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula, native to southern Europe, the mildly poisonous bite of which was once thought to cause an extreme urge to dance (tarantism). [from mid 16th c.]
   • 1588, R[obert] Greene, “The Third Nights Exercise”, in Perimedes the Blacke Smith, a Golden Methode, how to Vse the Minde in Pleasant and Profitable Exercise: […], London: Printed by Iohn VVolfe, for Edward VVhite, →OCLC:

     [I]t is better to be pained with the ſting of a Snake, and recouer, then be tickled with the venime of Tarantula and dye laughing: [...]

   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “An Heape of Other Accidents Causing Melancholy. Death of Friends, Losses, &c.”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 1, section 2, member 4, subsection 7, page 151:

     Many men catch this malady [i.e., melancholy] by [...] ſtinging with that kind of ſpider called Tarantula; [...] Their ſymptomes are merrily deſcribed by Iovianus Pontanus. Ant. dial. how they daunce alogether, and are cured by Muſick.

   • 1723, Giorgio Baglivi, “A Dissertation of the Anatomy, Bitings, and Other Effects of the Venemous Spider, Call’d, Tarantula”, in The Practice of Physick, Reduc’d to the Ancient Way of Observations: […] Together with Several New and Curious Dissertations; Particularly of the Tarantula, and the Nature of Its Poison: […] Written in Latin, 2nd edition, London: Printed for D. Midwinter, B. Lintot, G[eorge] Strahan, J. Round, W[illiam] Taylor, J. Osborn, and J. Clark, →OCLC, chapter I (The Etymology of the Name, and the Several Sorts of Tarantula’s), page 314:

     A Tarantula is a venemous Spider, ſo call'd from Tarentum, an ancient City of Magna Gracia, upon the Ionian Sea. Thoſe who are once bit by it, are never quite cur'd of the Venom; for it revives every Year, and occaſions a long Series of Evils, which would be very annoying to the Patients, if they did not take due Care of their Health by Dancing and Balls.

   • 1837 February, Leon Dufour, “Art. II. Observations upon the Tarantula (Lycòsa Taréntula).”, in Edward Charlesworth, editor, The Magazine of Natural History, and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, and Meteorology, volume I, number 2 (New Series), London: Printed [by A[ndrew] Spottiswoode] for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, […], →OCLC, page 72:

     On May 7, 1812, during my stay at Valencia, in Spain, I took, without hurting him, a tarantula of tolerable size, which I imprisoned in a glass covered over with paper, in which I had made a square opening. [...] He quickly accustomed himself to his cell, and ended by becoming so familiar, that he would come to eat out of my fingers the living fly that I brought him. [Translated from the Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 1835.]

   • 1865, Captain Valikhanof [i.e., Shoqan Walikhanov], “Sketches of Travels in Dzungaria, by Capt. Valikhanof”, in John and Robert Michell, transl., The Russians in Central Asia: […] Translated from the Russian, London: Edward Stanford, […], →OCLC, pages 74–75:

     We [...] passed the night at a spring in a valley of the Kalkan hills, which literally swarmed with snakes, tarantulæ, scorpions, and other reptiles; for a long time after I could not shake off the recollection of that horrible resting-place.

   • 1996, Jonathan Kellerman, chapter 7, in The Web (Alex Delaware; 10), New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, →ISBN; republished London: Headline Publishing Group, 2008, →ISBN:

     I must confess they're my favorite. So bright. They quickly recognize individuals. And they respond to kindness. All tarantulae do. That's why your little Lycosa made such a good pet, Robin.

Derived terms

• atypical tarantula
• Brazilian whiteknee tarantula
• eastern tarantula
• tarantula hawk
• tarantula killer
• tarantulalike
• tarantulated

 

Related terms

• tarantella
• tarantism

Translations

spider of the family Theraphosidae

• Arabic: رُتَيْل m (rutayl)

  Hijazi Arabic: رُتيلا f (rutēla), رُتيل m (rutēl)

• Armenian: սարդ-թռչնակեր (sard-tʿṙčʿnaker), մկնասարդ (mknasard)
• Assamese: বাঘ মকৰা (bagh mokora)
• Bashkir: бөйө (böyö)
• Catalan: taràntula (ca) f
• Central Sierra Miwok: hyp·yp·i-
• Cheyenne: ma'xemo'ôhtáevé'ho'e
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 捕鳥蛛／捕鸟蛛 (bǔniǎozhū)

• Czech: tarantule f
• Dutch: vogelspin (nl) m
• Esperanto: tarantulo
• Finnish: lintuhämähäkki (fi)
• French: tarentule (fr) f, mygale (fr) f
• Galician: tarántula (gl) f
• German: Vogelspinne (de) f
• Greek: ταραντούλα (el) f (tarantoúla)
• Hebrew: טָרַנְטוּלָה f (ṭāranṭūlā́)
• Hungarian: madárpók (hu)
• Icelandic: tarantúla f
• Italian: tarantola (it) f
• Japanese: 大土蜘蛛 (オオツチグモ, ōtsuchigumo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: tarantul f, tevnpîrka gir

• Latvian: tarantuls m, putnu zirneklis m
• Navajo: naałʼaashii
• Polish: ptasznik (pl) m, tarantula (pl) f
• Portuguese: tarântula (pt) f
• Quechua: apanqura, apasanka
• Romanian: tarantulă (ro) f
• Russian: пау́к-птицее́д (ru) m (paúk-pticejéd), пау́к-птицея́д m (paúk-pticejád)
• Scottish Gaelic: tarantula m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: па̏ӯк пти̏ча̄р m

  Latin: pȁūk ptȉčār m

• Spanish: tarántula f
• Swahili: bui
• Swedish: fågelspindel (sv) c
• Zoogocho Zapotec: šojtaoꞌ

wolf spider of the species Lycosa tarantula

• Arabic: رُتَيْل m (rutayl)
• Armenian: մորմ (hy) (morm)
• Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 狼蜘蛛 (lángzhīzhū)

• Danish: tarantel c
• Dutch: tarantula (nl) m
• Finnish: taranteli, tarantella (fi), provencentaranteli
• French: tarentule (fr) f, mygale (fr) f
• German: Tarantel (de) f
• Greek: ταραντούλα (el) f (tarantoúla)
• Italian: tarantola (it) f
• Japanese: 子守蜘蛛 (コモリグモ, komorigumo), タランチュラ (ja) (taranchura)
• Kazakh: түкті мигаломорф (tüktı migalomorf)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tarantell m

  Nynorsk: tarantell m

• Persian: رتیل (fa) (roteyl)
• Polish: tarantula (pl) f
• Portuguese: aranha-lobo f
• Russian: тара́нтул (ru) m (tarántul), мизги́рь (ru) m (mizgírʹ) (technically Lycosa singoriensis)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тара̀нтула f, тара̀нтел m, тара̀нтела f

  Latin: taràntula (sh) f, taràntel m, taràntela (sh) f

• Spanish: tarántula f
• Uzbek: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• tarantula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• tarantula (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “tarantula”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “tarantula”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “tarantula”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Finnish

Etymology

< English tarantula

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑrɑntulɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝rɑ̝n̪ˌt̪ulɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ulɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ta‧ran‧tu‧la

Noun

tarantula (colloquial)

1. Synonym of lintuhämähäkki (“tarantula”).

Declension

• There's no established inflection for this word. Most commonly it is treated as "koira"-type nominal, but also "kulkija"- and "kala"-types have their supporters.

Inflection of tarantula (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		tarantula	tarantulat
genitive		tarantulan	tarantulien
partitive		tarantulaa	tarantulia
illative		tarantulaan	tarantuliin
		singular	plural
nominative		tarantula	tarantulat
accusative	nom.	tarantula	tarantulat
	gen.	tarantulan
genitive		tarantulan	tarantulien tarantulainrare
partitive		tarantulaa	tarantulia
inessive		tarantulassa	tarantulissa
elative		tarantulasta	tarantulista
illative		tarantulaan	tarantuliin
adessive		tarantulalla	tarantulilla
ablative		tarantulalta	tarantulilta
allative		tarantulalle	tarantulille
essive		tarantulana	tarantulina
translative		tarantulaksi	tarantuliksi
abessive		tarantulatta	tarantulitta
instructive		—	tarantulin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tarantula (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tarantulani tarantulani accusative nom. tarantulani tarantulani gen. tarantulani genitive tarantulani tarantulieni tarantulainirare partitive tarantulaani tarantuliani inessive tarantulassani tarantulissani elative tarantulastani tarantulistani illative tarantulaani tarantuliini adessive tarantulallani tarantulillani ablative tarantulaltani tarantuliltani allative tarantulalleni tarantulilleni essive tarantulanani tarantulinani translative tarantulakseni tarantulikseni abessive tarantulattani tarantulittani instructive — — comitative — tarantulineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tarantulasi tarantulasi accusative nom. tarantulasi tarantulasi gen. tarantulasi genitive tarantulasi tarantuliesi tarantulaisirare partitive tarantulaasi tarantuliasi inessive tarantulassasi tarantulissasi elative tarantulastasi tarantulistasi illative tarantulaasi tarantuliisi adessive tarantulallasi tarantulillasi ablative tarantulaltasi tarantuliltasi allative tarantulallesi tarantulillesi essive tarantulanasi tarantulinasi translative tarantulaksesi tarantuliksesi abessive tarantulattasi tarantulittasi instructive — — comitative — tarantulinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tarantulamme tarantulamme accusative nom. tarantulamme tarantulamme gen. tarantulamme genitive tarantulamme tarantuliemme tarantulaimmerare partitive tarantulaamme tarantuliamme inessive tarantulassamme tarantulissamme elative tarantulastamme tarantulistamme illative tarantulaamme tarantuliimme adessive tarantulallamme tarantulillamme ablative tarantulaltamme tarantuliltamme allative tarantulallemme tarantulillemme essive tarantulanamme tarantulinamme translative tarantulaksemme tarantuliksemme abessive tarantulattamme tarantulittamme instructive — — comitative — tarantulinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tarantulanne tarantulanne accusative nom. tarantulanne tarantulanne gen. tarantulanne genitive tarantulanne tarantulienne tarantulainnerare partitive tarantulaanne tarantulianne inessive tarantulassanne tarantulissanne elative tarantulastanne tarantulistanne illative tarantulaanne tarantuliinne adessive tarantulallanne tarantulillanne ablative tarantulaltanne tarantuliltanne allative tarantulallenne tarantulillenne essive tarantulananne tarantulinanne translative tarantulaksenne tarantuliksenne abessive tarantulattanne tarantulittanne instructive — — comitative — tarantulinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tarantulansa tarantulansa accusative nom. tarantulansa tarantulansa gen. tarantulansa genitive tarantulansa tarantuliensa tarantulainsarare partitive tarantulaansa tarantuliaan tarantuliansa inessive tarantulassaan tarantulassansa tarantulissaan tarantulissansa elative tarantulastaan tarantulastansa tarantulistaan tarantulistansa illative tarantulaansa tarantuliinsa adessive tarantulallaan tarantulallansa tarantulillaan tarantulillansa ablative tarantulaltaan tarantulaltansa tarantuliltaan tarantuliltansa allative tarantulalleen tarantulallensa tarantulilleen tarantulillensa essive tarantulanaan tarantulanansa tarantulinaan tarantulinansa translative tarantulakseen tarantulaksensa tarantulikseen tarantuliksensa abessive tarantulattaan tarantulattansa tarantulittaan tarantulittansa instructive — — comitative — tarantulineen tarantulinensa

Inflection of tarantula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		tarantula	tarantulat
genitive		tarantulan	tarantuloiden tarantuloitten
partitive		tarantulaa	tarantuloita
illative		tarantulaan	tarantuloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tarantula	tarantulat
accusative	nom.	tarantula	tarantulat
	gen.	tarantulan
genitive		tarantulan	tarantuloiden tarantuloitten tarantulainrare
partitive		tarantulaa	tarantuloita
inessive		tarantulassa	tarantuloissa
elative		tarantulasta	tarantuloista
illative		tarantulaan	tarantuloihin
adessive		tarantulalla	tarantuloilla
ablative		tarantulalta	tarantuloilta
allative		tarantulalle	tarantuloille
essive		tarantulana	tarantuloina
translative		tarantulaksi	tarantuloiksi
abessive		tarantulatta	tarantuloitta
instructive		—	tarantuloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tarantula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tarantulani tarantulani accusative nom. tarantulani tarantulani gen. tarantulani genitive tarantulani tarantuloideni tarantuloitteni tarantulainirare partitive tarantulaani tarantuloitani inessive tarantulassani tarantuloissani elative tarantulastani tarantuloistani illative tarantulaani tarantuloihini adessive tarantulallani tarantuloillani ablative tarantulaltani tarantuloiltani allative tarantulalleni tarantuloilleni essive tarantulanani tarantuloinani translative tarantulakseni tarantuloikseni abessive tarantulattani tarantuloittani instructive — — comitative — tarantuloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tarantulasi tarantulasi accusative nom. tarantulasi tarantulasi gen. tarantulasi genitive tarantulasi tarantuloidesi tarantuloittesi tarantulaisirare partitive tarantulaasi tarantuloitasi inessive tarantulassasi tarantuloissasi elative tarantulastasi tarantuloistasi illative tarantulaasi tarantuloihisi adessive tarantulallasi tarantuloillasi ablative tarantulaltasi tarantuloiltasi allative tarantulallesi tarantuloillesi essive tarantulanasi tarantuloinasi translative tarantulaksesi tarantuloiksesi abessive tarantulattasi tarantuloittasi instructive — — comitative — tarantuloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tarantulamme tarantulamme accusative nom. tarantulamme tarantulamme gen. tarantulamme genitive tarantulamme tarantuloidemme tarantuloittemme tarantulaimmerare partitive tarantulaamme tarantuloitamme inessive tarantulassamme tarantuloissamme elative tarantulastamme tarantuloistamme illative tarantulaamme tarantuloihimme adessive tarantulallamme tarantuloillamme ablative tarantulaltamme tarantuloiltamme allative tarantulallemme tarantuloillemme essive tarantulanamme tarantuloinamme translative tarantulaksemme tarantuloiksemme abessive tarantulattamme tarantuloittamme instructive — — comitative — tarantuloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tarantulanne tarantulanne accusative nom. tarantulanne tarantulanne gen. tarantulanne genitive tarantulanne tarantuloidenne tarantuloittenne tarantulainnerare partitive tarantulaanne tarantuloitanne inessive tarantulassanne tarantuloissanne elative tarantulastanne tarantuloistanne illative tarantulaanne tarantuloihinne adessive tarantulallanne tarantuloillanne ablative tarantulaltanne tarantuloiltanne allative tarantulallenne tarantuloillenne essive tarantulananne tarantuloinanne translative tarantulaksenne tarantuloiksenne abessive tarantulattanne tarantuloittanne instructive — — comitative — tarantuloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tarantulansa tarantulansa accusative nom. tarantulansa tarantulansa gen. tarantulansa genitive tarantulansa tarantuloidensa tarantuloittensa tarantulainsarare partitive tarantulaansa tarantuloitaan tarantuloitansa inessive tarantulassaan tarantulassansa tarantuloissaan tarantuloissansa elative tarantulastaan tarantulastansa tarantuloistaan tarantuloistansa illative tarantulaansa tarantuloihinsa adessive tarantulallaan tarantulallansa tarantuloillaan tarantuloillansa ablative tarantulaltaan tarantulaltansa tarantuloiltaan tarantuloiltansa allative tarantulalleen tarantulallensa tarantuloilleen tarantuloillensa essive tarantulanaan tarantulanansa tarantuloinaan tarantuloinansa translative tarantulakseen tarantulaksensa tarantuloikseen tarantuloiksensa abessive tarantulattaan tarantulattansa tarantuloittaan tarantuloittansa instructive — — comitative — tarantuloineen tarantuloinensa

Inflection of tarantula (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		tarantula	tarantulat
genitive		tarantulan	tarantulojen
partitive		tarantulaa	tarantuloja
illative		tarantulaan	tarantuloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tarantula	tarantulat
accusative	nom.	tarantula	tarantulat
	gen.	tarantulan
genitive		tarantulan	tarantulojen tarantulainrare
partitive		tarantulaa	tarantuloja
inessive		tarantulassa	tarantuloissa
elative		tarantulasta	tarantuloista
illative		tarantulaan	tarantuloihin
adessive		tarantulalla	tarantuloilla
ablative		tarantulalta	tarantuloilta
allative		tarantulalle	tarantuloille
essive		tarantulana	tarantuloina
translative		tarantulaksi	tarantuloiksi
abessive		tarantulatta	tarantuloitta
instructive		—	tarantuloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tarantula (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tarantulani tarantulani accusative nom. tarantulani tarantulani gen. tarantulani genitive tarantulani tarantulojeni tarantulainirare partitive tarantulaani tarantulojani inessive tarantulassani tarantuloissani elative tarantulastani tarantuloistani illative tarantulaani tarantuloihini adessive tarantulallani tarantuloillani ablative tarantulaltani tarantuloiltani allative tarantulalleni tarantuloilleni essive tarantulanani tarantuloinani translative tarantulakseni tarantuloikseni abessive tarantulattani tarantuloittani instructive — — comitative — tarantuloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tarantulasi tarantulasi accusative nom. tarantulasi tarantulasi gen. tarantulasi genitive tarantulasi tarantulojesi tarantulaisirare partitive tarantulaasi tarantulojasi inessive tarantulassasi tarantuloissasi elative tarantulastasi tarantuloistasi illative tarantulaasi tarantuloihisi adessive tarantulallasi tarantuloillasi ablative tarantulaltasi tarantuloiltasi allative tarantulallesi tarantuloillesi essive tarantulanasi tarantuloinasi translative tarantulaksesi tarantuloiksesi abessive tarantulattasi tarantuloittasi instructive — — comitative — tarantuloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tarantulamme tarantulamme accusative nom. tarantulamme tarantulamme gen. tarantulamme genitive tarantulamme tarantulojemme tarantulaimmerare partitive tarantulaamme tarantulojamme inessive tarantulassamme tarantuloissamme elative tarantulastamme tarantuloistamme illative tarantulaamme tarantuloihimme adessive tarantulallamme tarantuloillamme ablative tarantulaltamme tarantuloiltamme allative tarantulallemme tarantuloillemme essive tarantulanamme tarantuloinamme translative tarantulaksemme tarantuloiksemme abessive tarantulattamme tarantuloittamme instructive — — comitative — tarantuloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tarantulanne tarantulanne accusative nom. tarantulanne tarantulanne gen. tarantulanne genitive tarantulanne tarantulojenne tarantulainnerare partitive tarantulaanne tarantulojanne inessive tarantulassanne tarantuloissanne elative tarantulastanne tarantuloistanne illative tarantulaanne tarantuloihinne adessive tarantulallanne tarantuloillanne ablative tarantulaltanne tarantuloiltanne allative tarantulallenne tarantuloillenne essive tarantulananne tarantuloinanne translative tarantulaksenne tarantuloiksenne abessive tarantulattanne tarantuloittanne instructive — — comitative — tarantuloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tarantulansa tarantulansa accusative nom. tarantulansa tarantulansa gen. tarantulansa genitive tarantulansa tarantulojensa tarantulainsarare partitive tarantulaansa tarantulojaan tarantulojansa inessive tarantulassaan tarantulassansa tarantuloissaan tarantuloissansa elative tarantulastaan tarantulastansa tarantuloistaan tarantuloistansa illative tarantulaansa tarantuloihinsa adessive tarantulallaan tarantulallansa tarantuloillaan tarantuloillansa ablative tarantulaltaan tarantulaltansa tarantuloiltaan tarantuloiltansa allative tarantulalleen tarantulallensa tarantuloilleen tarantuloillensa essive tarantulanaan tarantulanansa tarantuloinaan tarantuloinansa translative tarantulakseen tarantulaksensa tarantuloikseen tarantuloiksensa abessive tarantulattaan tarantulattansa tarantuloittaan tarantuloittansa instructive — — comitative — tarantuloineen tarantuloinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• meksikonpunapolvitarantula

 

Polish

tarantula

Etymology

Borrowed from French tarentule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ranˈtu.la/

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• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: ta‧ran‧tu‧la

Noun

tarantula f

1. wolf spider (any spider of the family Lycosidae)
2. (colloquial) tarantula, theraphosid (any spider of the family Theraphosidae)

   Synonym: ptasznik

Declension

Declension of tarantula

	singular	plural
nominative	tarantula	tarantule
genitive	tarantuli	tarantul
dative	tarantuli	tarantulom
accusative	tarantulę	tarantule
instrumental	tarantulą	tarantulami
locative	tarantuli	tarantulach
vocative	tarantulo	tarantule

Further reading

• tarantula in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tarantula in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• tarantula in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Noun

tarantula

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of tarantulă