gerbil
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع (jarbūʕ) or يَرْبُوع (yarbūʕ, “jerboa”). Doublet of jerboa.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝbl̩/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɜːbl̩/
Audio (AU) (file) - Homophone: Dyirbal
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəl
Noun edit
gerbil (plural gerbils)
- A member of one of several species of small, jumping, murine rodents, of the genus Gerbillus and certain other genera in subfamily Gerbillinae, with leaping powers resembling those of the jerboa, native to Africa, India, and Southern Europe.
Derived terms edit
- Anderson's gerbil
- black-tailed gerbil
- Boehm's gerbil
- Burton's gerbil
- bushy-tailed hairy-footed gerbil
- Cape short-eared gerbil (Desmodillus auricularis)
- Cheesman's gerbil
- dune hairy-footed gerbil
- Emin's gerbil
- fat-tailed gerbil
- Flower's gerbil
- fringe-tailed gerbil
- hairy-footed gerbil
- Harrington's gerbil
- Harwood's gerbil
- Hoogstraal's gerbil
- Indian gerbil
- James's gerbil
- Kemp's gerbil
- lesser short-tailed gerbil
- Mackilligin's gerbil (Dipodillus mackilligini)
- Mauritanian gerbil (Gerbillus mauritaniae)
- midday gerbil (Meriones meridianus)
- Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)
- Namib brush-tailed gerbil (Gerbillurus setzeri)
- Petter's gerbil (Taterillus petteri)
- Phillip's gerbil (Gerbilliscus phillipsi)
- Przewalski's gerbil (Brachiones przewalskii)
- tamarisk gerbil (Meriones tamariscinus)
- Tarabul's gerbil (Gerbillus tarabuli)
- Wagner's gerbil (Dipodillus dasyurus)
Translations edit
small rodent
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Verb edit
gerbil (third-person singular simple present gerbils, present participle gerbilling or gerbiling, simple past and past participle gerbilled or gerbiled)
- (intransitive) To rotate inside a monowheel or similar apparatus due to sudden acceleration or braking.
- (intransitive, slang) To insert a small animal (typically a gerbil, supposedly) into one's rectum (a sexual practice in urban myth).
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French gerbille.
Noun edit
gerbil m (plural gerbili)
Declension edit
Declension of gerbil
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) gerbil | gerbilul | (niște) gerbili | gerbilii |
genitive/dative | (unui) gerbil | gerbilului | (unor) gerbili | gerbililor |
vocative | gerbilule | gerbililor |
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
gerbil c
- a gerbil, especially a Mongolian gerbil (common as a pet)
- Synonym: ökenråtta
Declension edit
Declension of gerbil | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gerbil | gerbilen | gerbiler | gerbilerna |
Genitive | gerbils | gerbilens | gerbilers | gerbilernas |