cocoon

Etymology
From, diminutive of.

Pronunciation

 * [kʰɘ̞ˈkʰu̟ːn]

Noun

 * 1) The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
 * 2) Any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: kokon
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: ко́кан
 * Bulgarian:, какавида
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kokono
 * Estonian: nukk, kookon
 * Faroese: spunahylki
 * Finnish: ; kokongi
 * French:
 * Georgian: აბრეშუმის პარკი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: કોશેટો
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: कोकून
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: lirfuhýði, egghylki
 * Ido:
 * Irish: cocún
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: សំបុកនាង
 * Korean: 고치
 * Kyrgyz: пилла
 * Latvian: kokons
 * Macedonian: кокона
 * Malay: kokun
 * Maori:
 * Marathi: कोश
 * Navajo: kʼaalógii bitʼoh, iichʼąhii bitʼoh
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kokong
 * Nynorsk: kokong
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Kockun
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Rwanda-Rundi: cocon
 * Scottish Gaelic: cochall
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Latin:
 * Slovak: kokón, kukla
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: tilas, supot-uod
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ко́кон
 * Urdu: کوکُون
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: kokun
 * Welsh: cocŵn
 * Yiddish: קאַקון


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:

Verb

 * 1)  To envelop in a protective case.
 * 2)  To withdraw into such a case.
 * 1)  To withdraw into such a case.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: koteloida
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: koteloitua
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish: