scarab

English

a scarab beetle, Oxysternon conspicillatum

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Middle French scarabée, from Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”). Doublet of scarabaeus, now obsolete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskæɹəb/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈskɛɹəb/
• Rhymes: -æɹəb, -ɛɹəb

Noun

scarab (plural scarabs)

1. A beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.
2. Any species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
3. A symbol, seal, amulet, or gem fashioned to resemble the sacred beetle.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     The scarab, which is a very small one, Leo had insisted upon having set in a massive gold ring, such as is generally used for signets, and it was this very ring that I now picked up.

Synonyms

• cockchafer, dung beetle, June bug, scarabaeus (obsolete), scarab beetle

Derived terms

• scarab beetle
• scarabaeid
• scarabaeoid

Descendants

• → Irish: scarab
• → Welsh: sgarab

Translations

Scarabaeus sacer

• Arabic: جِعْرَان m (jiʕrān)
• Bulgarian: скарабей m (skarabej)
• Catalan: escarabat piloter m
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵉⴳⵍⴳⵉⵣ (iglgiz)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金龜子／金龟子 (zh) (jīnguīzǐ), 聖甲蟲／圣甲虫 (shèngjiǎchóng)

• Czech: vruboun m
• Egyptian: (ḫprr m)
• Finnish: pyhä pillerinpyörittäjä
• German: Skarabäus (de) m
• Greek: σκαραβαίος (el) m (skaravaíos)
• Ido: skarabeo (io)
• Japanese: スカラベ (sukarabe)
• Polish: skarabeusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: escaravelho (pt) m
• Romanian: scarabeu (ro) m
• Russian: скарабе́й (ru) m (skarabéj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: скара̀беј m

  Roman: skaràbej (sh) m

• Swedish: skarabé (sv)
• Vietnamese: bọ hung (vi)
• Welsh: chwilen yr Aifft f
• Zulu: inkuba (zu)

Scarabidae

• Arabic: جِعْرَان m (jiʕrān)
• Bulgarian: скарабей m (skarabej)
• Esperanto: skarabedoj (eo) pl
• Finnish: lehtisarvinen
• Ido: skarabeo (io)
• Japanese: スカラベ (sukarabe)
• Portuguese: escaravelho (pt) m
• Russian: скарабе́й (ru) m (skarabéj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: скара̀беј m

  Roman: skaràbej (sh) m

• Swedish: skarabé (sv)
• Vietnamese: bọ hung (vi)
• Zulu: inkuba (zu)

symbol

• Bulgarian: скарабей m (skarabej)
• Catalan: escarabeu (ca) m
• Finnish: skarabee (fi)
• French: scarabée (fr) m
• German: Skarabäus (de) m
• Greek: σκαραβαίος (el) m (skaravaíos)
• Hungarian: szkarabeusz (hu)
• Ido: skarabeo (io)
• Irish: scarab f
• Italian: scarabeo (it) m
• Japanese: スカラベ (sukarabe)
• Romanian: scarabeu (ro) m
• Russian: скарабе́й (ru) m (skarabéj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: скара̀беј m

  Roman: skaràbej (sh) m

• Spanish: escarabeo m
• Swedish: skarabé (sv)
• Turkish: skarabe
• Welsh: sgarab m or f

Anagrams

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