gecko

Etymology 1
The modern form was probably borrowed into English and other European languages from (1718). Contemporary English forms were (1711) and  (1724). The further origin is not quite clear. Some sources mention a supposed, , or , which would be imitative of the gecko’s chirping sound. Another theory derives it from.

Noun

 * 1) Any lizard of the family . They are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and adhesive toes enabling them to climb on vertical and upside-down surfaces.

Hyponyms

 * ( spp. and spp.)
 * common house gecko
 * ( spp.)
 * ( spp.)
 * fringed gecko
 * house gecko ( spp.)
 * ( spp.)
 * Phnom Laang bent-toed gecko
 * Tanahjampea bent-toed gecko
 * Tanishpa's dwarf gecko
 * tokay gecko
 * warty thick-toed gecko
 * web-footed gecko
 * Yangihissar gecko
 * ( spp.)
 * Phnom Laang bent-toed gecko
 * Tanahjampea bent-toed gecko
 * Tanishpa's dwarf gecko
 * tokay gecko
 * warty thick-toed gecko
 * web-footed gecko
 * Yangihissar gecko
 * tokay gecko
 * warty thick-toed gecko
 * web-footed gecko
 * Yangihissar gecko
 * Yangihissar gecko
 * Yangihissar gecko

Translations

 * Afrikaans: koggelmannetjie
 * Arabic: وَزَغَة
 * Hijazi Arabic: وزغة
 * Moroccan Arabic: بو بريص
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: քարաթոթոշ
 * Assamese: কেঁকো, কেঁকোসাপ
 * Basque: geko, dragoitxo
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: гекон
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 簷蛇
 * Hakka: 簷蛇
 * Hokkien: 蟮蟲
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Coptic: ⲧⲉⲗⲙⲟⲛⲓⲁ
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: geko
 * Finnish: gekko
 * French:
 * Galician: ladra
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἀσκάλαβος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Javanese: tekèk
 * Kazakh: жармасқы
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 도마뱀붙이
 * Lao: ກະໂຫລ່ງ, ກັບແກ້, ກັບໂກ້, ຂີ້ໂກະ, ຈີ່ໂກະ, ສະຣະພູ
 * Malay: tokek
 * Manchu: ᠶᡝᡴᠰᡝᡵᡥᡝᠨ
 * Maori: moko
 * Marathi: पाल
 * Mokilese: soasok
 * Moore: bãngenlɛgsre
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: gekko
 * Nynorsk: gekko
 * Nupe: latswánlatswángi, tswánlagi, màlélégi
 * Nyunga: bidjool
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Sicilian:, passijaturi, , zazzamita
 * Spanish:, geco
 * Swahili: mjusi kafiri
 * Swedish: geckoödla,
 * Tagalog: tuko
 * Tamil: பாரதிக்கு
 * Tashelhit: ⵉⵇⵍⵉ, ⵜⵉⵇⵍⵉⵜ
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish: geko
 * Tày: cắc kè
 * Ukrainian: геко́н
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Walloon: djecok
 * Wolof: wunk
 * Yoruba: aláàmù, ọmọnílé

Verb

 * 1)  To move in the manner of a gecko; to attach to a vertical or upside-down surface.

Etymology
From, further possibly from or. Compare 🇨🇬 for more.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  (any lizard of the family Gekkonidae)

Usage notes
The plural forms with -s are not in the references, but appear to be more common in practice when comparing "två geckos/geckor," "tre geckos/geckor," etc., on Google.