louse

Etymology
From, , , from , from , from , from.

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Noun

 * 1) A small parasitic wingless insect of the order Psocodea.
 * 2)  A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.
 * 3) * 1949,  (song)
 * It's then that those louses go back to their spouses. Diamonds are a girl's best friend.
 * It's then that those louses go back to their spouses. Diamonds are a girl's best friend.

Usage notes

 * When used as a term of abuse, the plural is typically louses, though lice is also possible.
 * Informally, it is common to use the plural form lice attributively, e.g. lice check.

Synonyms

 * cootie

Translations

 * Abaza: цӏа
 * Abkhaz: аҵа
 * Acehnese: gutee
 * Afrikaans: luis
 * Ainu: キ, ウㇽキ
 * Aklanon: kuto
 * Albanian:
 * Andi: ноцӏцӏи
 * Apinayé: gô
 * Arabic: قَمْلَة, قَمْل
 * Egyptian Arabic: قمل, قملة
 * Gulf Arabic: قمل, قملة
 * Hijazi Arabic: قمل, قملة
 * Juba Arabic: gomul
 * Moroccan Arabic: قمل, قملة
 * Archi: нацӏ
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: piduclju
 * Assamese: ওকণি
 * Asturian:
 * Avar: нацӏ
 * Aymara: lapʼa
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: бет
 * Basque: zorri
 * Bats: მაწ
 * Belarusian: вош
 * Bengali:
 * Bezhta: нацо
 * Biatah Bidayuh: gutis
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bislama: nakutu
 * Brahui: بوڈ
 * Breton:
 * Brunei Malay: kutu
 * Buginese: utu
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Burushaski: کھرو
 * Caac: ciic
 * Canela: incô
 * Cappadocian Greek: φčείρ
 * Carolinian: ghúúw
 * Carpathian Rusyn: уша
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: tuma
 * Central Melanau: kutou
 * Chamicuro: nijpa
 * Chechen: меза
 * Chepang: क्रास्‌, स्रय्‍क्‌, सेक्‌
 * Chichewa: nsabwe
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 蝨乸
 * Dungan: сыйзы
 * Mandarin:
 * Chuvash: пыйтӑ
 * Czech:
 * Dalmatian: pedoclo
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Dyirbal: ,
 * Eastern Arrernte: arreme
 * Eastern Kayah: sò
 * Erzya: сий
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Even: кумкэ
 * Fala: piollu
 * Fanagalo: ntwala
 * Faroese:
 * Fijian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: pedoli
 * Fwâi: ciik
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მკბენარი, ტილი
 * German:
 * Gorontalo:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: φθείρ
 * Guaraní:
 * Guerrero Amuzgo: kítzkò
 * Haitian Creole: pou
 * Hawaiian: ʻuku
 * Hebrew:
 * Higaonon: tuma
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Hunzib: на̇цǝ, наъцә
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ilocano: kuto
 * Imonda: ku
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: täi, popo
 * Ingush: меза
 * Iranun: kutu
 * Irish: míol cnis
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Javanese:
 * Jawe: ciik
 * Jebero: čimɨŋ
 * Kabuverdianu: piodju
 * Kaingang: ga
 * Kannada:
 * Kashubian: wesz
 * Kayapó: ngôre
 * Kazakh: бит
 * Khinalug: нимцӏ
 * Khmer:, ,
 * Khorasani Turkish: بیت
 * Khumi Chin: ähi
 * Khvarshi: нуца
 * Korean:
 * Kumak: chixic
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: ئەسپێ
 * Laki: ئِسپِژ,
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Southern Kurdish: سپیە
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lak: нацӏ
 * Lakota: hitka la
 * Lao: ເຫົາ, ເມັນ, ໄຮ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Laz: მტი
 * Lezgi: нет
 * Lingala: sili, nsili, monsili
 * Lithuanian: utėlė
 * Livonian: tei
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: Luus
 * Lü: ᦠᧁ
 * Lutshootseed: bəšč'ád
 * Macedonian: вошка
 * Madurese: koto
 * Maguindanao: kutu
 * Makasar: kutu
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: qamla
 * Manchu: ᠴᡳᡥᡝ
 * Mansaka: koto, toma
 * Maore Comorian: ndra
 * Maori: kutu
 * Maranao: tom
 * Marathi: ऊ
 * Maxakalí: kut
 * Megleno-Romanian: piducľu
 * Mingrelian: ტი
 * Mizo: hrik
 * Moksha: си
 * Mongolian:, ᠪᠥᠭᠡᠰᠤ
 * Nanai: чиктэ
 * Navajo: yaaʼ
 * Neapolitan: perucchio
 * Nemi: ciik
 * Ngazidja Comorian: nɗa
 * Northern Ohlone: ká̄i
 * Northern Thai: ᩉᩮᩢᩣ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: lus
 * Occitan:, mirgalhon, ,
 * Odia: ଉକୁଣି
 * Ojibwe: ikwa, ikwag
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: въшь
 * Glagolitic: ⰲⱏⱎⱐ
 * Old East Slavic: въшь
 * Old English: lūs
 * Old Norse: lús
 * Ossetian: сыст
 * Paicî: i
 * Panará: kjãnkô
 * Papiamentu: pieu
 * Pará Gavião: nkô
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Piedmontese: poj
 * Pije: ciik
 * Plautdietsch:
 * Polish:
 * Pontic Greek: φθείρι
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਜੂੰ
 * Pykobjê: aacuu, amcuu, ẽhncuu
 * Quechua: usa
 * Rohingya: 𐴀𐴟𐴙𐴕
 * Romagnol: bdòcc
 * Romani: ʒuv
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sango:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Sardinian: peogu, piogu, piduciu, piducru
 * Scottish Gaelic: mial
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ваш, уш
 * Roman:, ,
 * Sherpa: ཤིག
 * Shor: пит
 * Sicilian: pidocchiu
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Somali:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: weš
 * Upper Sorbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Sranan Tongo: loso
 * Sundanese: ᮇᮒᮦᮒ᮪
 * Svan: ტიშ
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Sylheti: ꠃꠇꠂꠘ
 * Tabasaran: ницц
 * Tagalog: kuto
 * Tajik:
 * Talysh: اسبج
 * Tamil:
 * Tanapag: gúú
 * Taos: phìayána
 * Tapayuna: ngô
 * Tarifit: tiššit
 * Tat: uşbuj
 * Tatar:
 * Tausug: kutu
 * Tedim Chin: hik
 * Telugu:
 * Ternate: gani
 * Tetum: utu
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan: ཤིག
 * Tok Pisin: laus
 * Tsakonian: ψεῖρα
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen:
 * Udi: нецӏ
 * Udmurt: тэй
 * Ukrainian: во́ша
 * Urdu: جوں
 * Uyghur: پىت
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:, ,
 * Vilamovian: łaojs
 * Volapük:
 * Warlpiri: yaka
 * Welsh: ,
 * Xavante: u
 * Xerénte: gó
 * Xhosa: intwala
 * Yakut: быт
 * Yámana: wam
 * Yiddish: לויז
 * Yuanga: ciii
 * Zande: zari
 * Zazaki: ıspıc, espij
 * Zealandic: luus
 * Zhuang: naenz
 * Zulu: intwala
 * ǃXóõ: ʘnó̰õ,  gǁkxʼóni


 * Albanian:
 * Baluchi: بوڈ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: (arme) luis
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, , , , , saloparde
 * Galician: piollo famento
 * German:, Dreckkerl, Lumpenhund,
 * Greek: κοπρόσκυλον,
 * Macedonian: гнида, вошкар, гад
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , га́дская кровь
 * Slovak:, všivavec
 * Slovene: ušivec, gnida
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: పనికిమాలిన వ్యక్తి
 * Turkish: aşağılık kimse

Verb

 * 1) To remove lice from; to delouse.

Translations

 * Arabic: قِمْلَة
 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Guaraní: ky'o
 * Polish:
 * Russian: иска́ть вшей, вычёсывать вшей
 * Spanish: