scorpion

See also: Scorpion

English

A fat-tail scorpion (Androctonus sp.)

Scorpion cheerleading move (4)

Alternative forms

• skorpion (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English scorpioun, skorpioun, schorpion, schorpiun, partly from Old English sċorpio and partly from Anglo-Norman scorpïun, Old French scorpïon, escorpïon; all from Latin scorpiō, ultimately from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos). The cheerleading move is so called because of the resemblance of the raised foot to a scorpion's stinger.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskɔː.pi.ən/, /-pɪ.ən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈskɔɹ.pi.ən/, /'skwɚ-/

Noun

scorpion (plural scorpions)

2. Any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones, related to the spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting in the end.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 8:15:

     Who led thee through that great and terrible wildernesse, wherein were fierie serpents, and scorpions, & drought, where there was no water, who brought thee foorth water out of the rocke of flint,

3. (historical) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
4. (figurative) A very spiteful or vindictive person.
5. A cheerleading move in which one foot is pulled back and held up with both hands while the performer stands on the other foot.
6. (obsolete, biblical) A whip with points like a scorpion's tail.

   Coordinate term: scourge

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 12:11:

     And now whereas my father did lade you with a heauy yoke, I wil adde to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whippes, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Derived terms

• bark scorpion
• book scorpion
• book-scorpion
• false scorpion
• microwhip scorpion
• pseudoscorpion
• rock scorpion
• scorpionate
• scorpion bowl
• scorpion bug
• scorpionfish
• scorpionfly
• scorpion fly
• scorpion grass
• scorpionid
• scorpionism
• scorpion kick
• scorpionlike
• scorpion lobster
• scorpion mouse
• scorpion plant
• scorpion shell
• scorpion spider
• scorpion volley
• scorpionweed
• sea scorpion
• Trinidad scorpion
• water scorpion
• whip scorpion
• wind scorpion

Translations

any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones

• Abkhaz: амариал (amarjal)
• Afar: igix
• Afrikaans: skerpioen
• Albanian: shkrap (sq) m, akrep (sq) m, sfurk (sq) m
• Alcozauca Mixtec: tisǒ'ma
• Amharic: ጊንጥ ? (ginṭ)
• Arabic: عَقْرَب f or m (ʕaqrab), عَقْرَبَة f (ʕaqraba), عَقْرَبَاء f (ʕaqrabāʔ), عَقْرُبَان m (ʕaqrubān), عُقْرُبَّان m (ʕuqrubbān)

  Egyptian Arabic: عقرب m (ʕaʔrab)

  Hijazi Arabic: عَقْرَب m (ʕagrab)

  Juba Arabic: agrab

• Aragonese: arraclán m
• Araki: novu
• Aramaic:

  Hebrew: עקרבא f (‘eqarbā, ‘eqarbo)

  Syriac: ܥܩܪܒܐ f (‘eqarbā, ‘eqarbo)

• Armenian: կարիճ (hy) (karič)
• Assamese: কেঁকোৰাবিছা (kẽkürabisa), ভালুক-মকৰা (bhaluk-mokora), বৃশ্চিক (brissik), বিচ্ছু (bissu)
• Asturian: allacrán (ast) m, escorpión (ast) m
• Avar: ичӏкӏал (ičʼkʼal)
• Aymara: ajarankhu
• Azerbaijani: çayan, əqrəb (az)
• Baluchi: زیم (zím), زوم
• Bambara: bunteni
• Bashkir: саян (sayan)
• Basque: eskorpioi
• Bassa: gĩáá
• Bats: მურელ (murel), მუჲრელ (muyrel)
• Bau Bidayuh: rieng otis
• Belarusian: скарпіён m (skarpijón)
• Bengali: বিছা (bn) (bicha), বিচ্ছু (bn) (bicchu), বৃশ্চিক (bn) (briścik) (formal)
• Bikol Central: amamatak (bcl)
• Bonggi: tingaang
• Brahui: تیل (tēl)
• Buginese: ᨄᨈᨗᨀᨒ (patikala)
• Bulgarian: скорпио́н (bg) m (skorpión)
• Burmese: ကင်းမြီးကောက် (my) (kang:mri:kauk)
• Cahuilla: suyill
• Caló: birberechó
• Catalan: escorpí (ca) m
• Cebuano: alikdana, tanga
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⵖⵉⵕⴷⴻⵎ m (iɣiṛdem), ⵜⵉⵖⵉⵕⴷⴻⵎⵜ f (tiɣiṛdemt)
• Central Melanau: selangatip
• Chamicuro: ajkolo
• Cherokee: ᏥᏍᏛᎾ ᎠᏓᏨᏯᏍᎩ (tsisdvna adatsvyasgi)
• Chichicapan Zapotec: llobigwaꞌ
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 蠍子 / 蝎子 (hit³ zi², kit³ zi²)

  Eastern Min: 蠍 / 蝎 (kiék)

  Hokkien: 蠍仔 / 蝎仔 (zh-min-nan) (giat-á)

  Mandarin: 蠍子 / 蝎子 (zh) (xiēzi)

• Chol: siñañ
• Coatecas Altas Zapotec: nixgui
• Coptic: ϭⲗⲏ m (clē)
• Crimean Tatar: aqrep
• Czech: štír (cs) m
• Danish: skorpion (da) c
• Darkinjung: dhurauiñ
• Dhuwal: buthuŋu
• Duala: yolo
• Dupaningan Agta: pawiran, annipig
• Dutch: schorpioen (nl) m
• Egyptian: (wḥꜥt f), (srqt f)
• Esperanto: skorpio
• Estonian: skorpion (et)
• Farefare: nãŋa
• Faroese: sporðdreki m, skorpión f
• Fijian: batibasaga
• Finnish: skorpioni (fi)
• Fon: ahɔ́n
• French: scorpion (fr) m

  Old French: escorpion m

• Friulian: sgarpion m
• Fula: yaare
• Galician: escorpión (gl) m
• Gamilaraay: thula
• Georgian: მორიელი (morieli)
• German: Skorpion (de) m
• Gooniyandi: milaloowa
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉 f (skaurpjō)
• Greek: σκορπιός (el) m (skorpiós)

  Ancient: σκορπίος m (skorpíos)

• Greenlandic: skorpioni
• Guaraní: japeusa, japeusaroto
• Gujarati: વીંછી m (vī̃chī)
• Hausa: kunama f
• Hawaiian: moʻonihoʻawa
• Hebrew: עַקְרָב (he) m ('akráv)
• Highland Totonac: tantzuca
• Hindi: बिच्छू (hi) m (bicchū), बिच्छी (hi) f (bicchī), वृश्चिक (hi) m (vŕścik), अकरब (hi) m (akrab)
• Hungarian: skorpió (hu)
• Icelandic: sporðdreki (is) m
• Ido: skorpiono (io)
• Ilocano: manggagamá, bayawak
• Indonesian: kalajengking (id)
• Inuktitut: ᓯᑯᐊᖅᐱᐅᓂᑦ (sikuaqpiunit)
• Irish: scairp f
• Isthmus Zapotec: meuxubi
• Italian: scorpione (it) m
• Japanese: 蠍 (ja) (さそり, sasori), 蝎 (ja) (さそり, sasori), サソリ (ja) (sasori)
• Javanese: ꦏꦭꦗꦼꦁꦏꦶꦁ (jv) (kalajengking)
• Kabiyé: pɩjɩka
• Kalmyk: чим (çim), килнцтә хорха (kilntstä xorxa)
• Kannada: ಚೇಳು (kn) (cēḷu)
• Kazakh: шаян (şaän), құршаян (qūrşaän), сарышаян (saryşaän)
• Khmer: ខ្ទួយ (km) (khtuəy)
• Kikuyu: kang'aurũ class 12
• Kiliwa: j'ná
• Kimaragang: tompoluluuh
• Kodava: ತೇಳಿ (tēḷi)
• Korean: 전갈(全蠍) (ko) (jeon'gal)
• Kumarbhag Paharia: तेले (tēle)
• Kumyk: арпелек (arpelek)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: دویپشک f (duypişk)

  Northern Kurdish: dûpişk (ku) m

• Kyrgyz: скорпион (ky) (skorpion), чаян (ky) (cayan)
• Lao: ແມງງອດ (lo) (mǣng ngǭt)
• Latin: scorpiō (la) m, nepa f
• Latvian: skorpions m
• Laz: ანკრეპი (anǩrep̌i), აკრეპი (aǩrep̌i)
• Lezgi: акьраб (aq̇rab)
• Ligurian: tàncoa f (Genovese)
• Limos Kalinga: ammabuy
• Linngithigh: mbiwgh
• Lithuanian: skorpionas m
• Luxembourgish: Skorpioun (lb) m
• Maasai: engulupa
• Macedonian: шкорпија f (škorpija), акреп m (akrep) (archaic)
• Maia: kangir
• Malagasy: hefy (mg), maingoka (mg), mambahehitra, mambambohitra (mg)
• Malay: kala jengking (ms)
• Malayalam: തേൾ (ml) (tēḷ)
• Maltese: skorpjun m, għakreb m (dated)
• Manchu: ᡳᠰᡝᠯᡝᡴᡠ
  ᡠᠮᡳᠶᠠᡥᠠ (iseleku umiyaha), ᡥᡳᠶᡝᠰᡝ (hiyese)
• Maori: hikutimo
• Mapudungun: kaikai piru
• Marathi: विंचू m (viñcū)
• Mayo: maáchil
• Mezquital Otomi: penzū
• Middle English: scorpioun
• Mingrelian: მორიალე (moriale)
• Mirandese: alicran m
• Mon: အယဴ (mnw)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: хилэнцэт хорхой (xilencet xorxoj)

  Mongolian: ᠬᠢᠯᠢᠨᠴᠡᠲᠦ
  ᠬᠣᠷᠤᠬᠠ (kilinčetü qoruqa)

• Mursi: kittô
• Nahuatl:

  Classical: cōlōtl

  Morelos: kolotl

  Tetelcingo: culutl

  Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla: colotl

• Navajo: séigoʼ
• Nepali: बिच्छी (bicchī)
• Northern Sotho: phepheng
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skorpion (no) m

• O'odham: nakshel
• Occitan: escorpion (oc) m
• Old English: þrōwend m
• Old Kannada: ತೇಳು (tēḷu)
• Old Norse: sporðdreki m, skorpíónn m
• Ottoman Turkish: عقرب (ʼakreb)
• Oyda: angerdjo
• Palantla Chinantec: chi³hniú¹²
• Pali: vicchika m
• Pashto: لړم (ps) m (laṛam)
• Persian: عقرب (fa) ('aqrab), کژدم (fa) (každom), گزدم (fa) (gazdom)
• Phuthi: ikgwankcela class 9/10
• Piedmontese: scorpion m
• Pipil: kulut
• Plautdietsch: Skorpion f
• Pochutec: kulút
• Polish: skorpion (pl) m
• Portuguese: escorpião (pt) m, lacrau (pt) m, alacrão (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਬਿੱਛੂ m (bicchū), ਠੂਹਾਂ (pa) m (ṭhūhā̃)
• Quechua: sira-sira, sirara, sira sira
• Rapa Nui: veri 'arahu
• Romanian: scorpion (ro) m
• Russian: скорпио́н (ru) m (skorpión)
• Rwanda-Rundi: inkara (Hangaza)
• Saho: igirh
• San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: quitsjö
• Sanskrit: वृश्चिक (sa) m (vṛścika)
• Scottish Gaelic: sgairp f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шкорпѝо̄н m, шти́павац m, шко̀рпија f

  Roman: škorpìōn (sh) m, štípavac (sh) m, škòrpija (sh) f

• Shona: chinyaride class 7, rize class 5
• Sicilian: furficicchiu m
• Sinhalese: ගෝනුස්සා (gōnussā)
• Slovak: škorpión m, šťúr m
• Slovene: škorpijon (sl) m
• Somali: dabaqaroof
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: skorpion m

  Upper Sorbian: skorpion m

• Southwestern Tepehuan: naksɨr
• Spanish: escorpión (es) m, alacrán (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: kruktutere
• Sundanese: ᮜᮍᮤᮁ (langir), ᮊᮜ (kala)
• Svan: კლა̈ჭ (ḳläč̣), მორელ (morel)
• Swahili: nge (sw) class 9/10, kisusuli ?
• Swedish: skorpion (sv) c
• Tagal Murut: lingait
• Tagalog: atang-atang, alakdan (tl), pitumbuko
• Tajik: каждум (tg) (každum), ақраб (aqrab)
• Tamil: தேள் (ta) (tēḷ), நளி (ta) (naḷi)
• Tangut: 𘝠 (*thjɨ²)
• Tarifit: tɣirdent f
• Tatar: чаян (tt) (çayan)
• Telugu: తేలు (te) (tēlu), వృశ్చికము (te) (vr̥ścikamu)
• Tetum: sakunar
• Thai: แมงป่อง (th) (mɛɛng-bpɔ̀ng), พฤศจิก (prʉ́t-sà-jìk) (Zodiac)
• Tibetan: སྡིག་པ (sdig pa), སྡིག་པ་ར་རྩ (sdig pa ra rtsa)
• Tigrinya: ዕንቅርቢት ? (ʿənḳərbit)
• Tiwi: amputurrurunga f
• Tlahuica: ngi
• Torricelli: agə
• Turkish: akrep (tr)
• Turkmen: içýan, اچیان, چیان
• Ugaritic: 𐎓𐎖𐎗𐎁 (ʿqrb)
• Ukrainian: скорпіо́н m (skorpión)
• Umiray Dumaget Agta: manalipit
• Urdu: بچھو m (bicchū), بچھی f (bicchī), عقرب m (aqrab)
• Uyghur: چايان (chayan)
• Uzbek: chayon (uz), aqrab (uz) (dated, now Zodiac)
• Vietnamese: bò cạp (vi), bọ cạp (vi)
• Walloon: sicoirpion (wa) m
• Warlpiri: karlangu-jarra-parnta, kana-parnta
• Wastek: dhiniy
• Wayuu: je'yulu
• Welsh: sgorpion m
• West Coast Bajau: tekaa'
• West Frisian: skorpioen c
• White Hmong: roob ris teb
• Wolof: jiit ji (wo), jiit (wo)
• Xhosa: unomadudwane class 1
• Yaqui: maáchil
• Ye'kwana: münötö
• Yiddish: עקדיש m (ekdish), סקאָרפּיאָן m (skorpyon)
• Yoruba: akêkê
• Yosondúa Mixtec: ndɨsuꞌma
• Yucatec Maya: sina’an
• Yucuna: ipijí
• Zazaki: deşmakul, demaşkul (diq)
• Zoogocho Zapotec: bex̱joniꞌ
• Zulu: ufezela class 1a/2a

See also

• arachnid
• Scorpio

Further reading

• scorpion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “scorpion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “scorpion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scorpiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɔʁ.pjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

scorpion m (plural scorpions)

1. scorpion

Derived terms

• genêt scorpion

Descendants

• → Romanian: scorpion

Further reading

• “scorpion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• picorons

Middle English

Noun

scorpion

1. Alternative form of scorpioun

Norman

Etymology

From Old French scorpion, from Latin scorpiō, scorpiōnem, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).

Noun

scorpion m (plural scorpions)

1. (Jersey) mole cricket

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French scorpion, from Latin scorpio, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos). Doublet of scorpie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skorˈpjon/

Noun

scorpion m (plural scorpioni)

1. scorpion

Declension

Declension of scorpion

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	scorpion	scorpionul		scorpioni	scorpionii
genitive-dative	scorpion	scorpionului		scorpioni	scorpionilor
vocative	scorpionule			scorpionilor