skorpion

See also: Skorpion, škorpion, and škorpión

English

Noun

skorpion (plural skorpions)

1. (archaic, nonstandard) Alternative form of scorpion

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Danish

Noun

skorpion c (singular definite skorpionen, plural indefinite skorpioner)

1. scorpion

Declension

Declension of skorpion

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skorpion	skorpionen	skorpioner	skorpionerne
genitive	skorpions	skorpionens	skorpioners	skorpionernes

Further reading

• “skorpion” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “skorpion” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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Estonian

Heterometrus laoticus

Etymology

From German Skorpion, from Latin scorpio, ultimately from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskorpio̯n/, [ˈskorpio̯n]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -orpion
• Hyphenation: skor‧pion or skor‧pi‧on

Noun

skorpion (genitive skorpioni, partitive skorpioni or skorpionit)

1. (zoology) scorpion (Scorpio)
   1. An arachnid, who kills its prey with its venomous sting in the end of its curved tail.

      Ta kardab skorpione ja mürgiseid sisalikke.

      She is afraid of scorpions and poisonous lizards.

Declension

Inflection of skorpion (ÕS type 19/seminar, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	skorpion	skorpionid
accusative	skorpioni	skorpionid
genitive	skorpioni	skorpionide
partitive	skorpioni	skorpione skorpionisid
illative	skorpioni skorpionisse	skorpionidesse skorpionesse
inessive	skorpionis	skorpionides skorpiones
elative	skorpionist	skorpionidest skorpionest
allative	skorpionile	skorpionidele skorpionele
adessive	skorpionil	skorpionidel skorpionel
ablative	skorpionilt	skorpionidelt skorpionelt
translative	skorpioniks	skorpionideks skorpioneks
terminative	skorpionini	skorpionideni
essive	skorpionina	skorpionidena
abessive	skorpionita	skorpionideta
comitative	skorpioniga	skorpionidega

Inflection of skorpion (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	skorpion	skorpionid
accusative	skorpioni	skorpionid
genitive	skorpioni	skorpionite
partitive	skorpionit	skorpioneid
illative	skorpionisse	skorpionitesse skorpioneisse
inessive	skorpionis	skorpionites skorpioneis
elative	skorpionist	skorpionitest skorpioneist
allative	skorpionile	skorpionitele skorpioneile
adessive	skorpionil	skorpionitel skorpioneil
ablative	skorpionilt	skorpionitelt skorpioneilt
translative	skorpioniks	skorpioniteks skorpioneiks
terminative	skorpionini	skorpioniteni
essive	skorpionina	skorpionitena
abessive	skorpionita	skorpioniteta
comitative	skorpioniga	skorpionitega

Derived terms

• skorpioniline

References

• skorpion in Sõnaveeb

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos), via Latin scorpio.

Noun

skorpion m (definite singular skorpionen, indefinite plural skorpioner, definite plural skorpionene)

1. scorpion

References

• “skorpion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos), via Latin scorpio.

Noun

skorpion m (definite singular skorpionen, indefinite plural skorpionar, definite plural skorpionane)

1. scorpion

References

• “skorpion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɔr.pjɔn/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔrpjɔn
• Syllabification: skor‧pion

Noun

skorpion m anim

1. scorpion (arachnid of the order Scorpiones)

Declension

Declension of skorpion

	singular	plural
nominative	skorpion	skorpiony
genitive	skorpiona	skorpionów
dative	skorpionowi	skorpionom
accusative	skorpiona	skorpiony
instrumental	skorpionem	skorpionami
locative	skorpionie	skorpionach
vocative	skorpionie	skorpiony

Further reading

• skorpion in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• skorpion in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin scorpio.

Noun

skorpion c

1. (zoology) scorpion
2. (astrology) Scorpio (person of that star sign)

Declension

Declension of skorpion
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skorpion	skorpionen	skorpioner	skorpionerna
Genitive	skorpions	skorpionens	skorpioners	skorpionernas

See also

Zodiac signs in Swedish (layout · text)
Väduren ♈︎	Oxen ♉︎	Tvillingarna ♊︎	Kräftan ♋︎
Lejonet ♌︎	Jungfrun ♍︎	Vågen ♎︎	Skorpionen ♏︎
Skytten ♐︎	Stenbocken ♑︎	Vattumannen ♒︎	Fiskarna ♓︎

References

• skorpion in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skorpion in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skorpion in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)