termite

Etymology
From, which is from , plural of.

Also possibly a derivation from.

Noun

 * 1) A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order.
 * 2) A contemptible person.
 * 1) A contemptible person.

Translations

 * Acehnese: kamuë
 * Aklanon: anay
 * Arabic: أَرَضَة
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: উঁই
 * Banjarese: urup
 * Basque: termita
 * Bau Bidayuh: tirupuod
 * Belarusian: тэрмі́т
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian: термит
 * Catalan: tèrmit
 * Cebuano: anay
 * Central Melanau: belasuwuk
 * Chamicuro: ma'lus̈hana
 * Chepang: क्र्राः
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: termitter
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: termito
 * Estonian: termiit
 * Ewe: baba
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: თერმიტი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hausa:
 * Hebrew: טרמיט
 * Hiligaynon: anay
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ilocano: anay
 * Indonesian:, anai-anai,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Javanese:
 * Kalagan: anay
 * Kannada:
 * Kapampangan: ane
 * Kazakh: аққұмырсқа
 * Khmer:
 * Kikuyu: mũthũa, nguya
 * Kimaragang: tantanai
 * Korean: 흰개미
 * Lubuagan Kalinga: lakoy
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay: anai-anai, (winged, alate types) kelekatu
 * Malayalam:
 * Mansaka: anay
 * Navajo: tsinaʼayąʼii
 * Norwegian: termitt
 * Occitan:, formiga blanca
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, térmita,
 * Punjabi: ਸਓਂਕ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: termit
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Sranan Tongo: uduloso
 * Sundanese: ᮛᮤᮑᮥᮂ
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagal Murut: bubuk
 * Tagalog:, bukbok
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar: термит
 * Tausug: anay
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Tyap:
 * Ukrainian: термі́т
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: tärmit
 * West Coast Bajau: anei-anei
 * Wolof:
 * Zazaki: mermor

Verb

 * 1)  Of a chimpanzee: to catch termites by inserting a stick or vine into their nest and waiting for them to climb up it.

Etymology
. From (plural of ), late variant of the Classical.

Noun

 * 1)  white-bodied, wood-consuming insect

Usage notes
While most dictionaries give termite as masculine, it is commonly used as a feminine noun, due to the ending.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  white-bodied, wood-consuming insect