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[[Image:Brachypelma edit.jpg|thumb|right|A spider.]]
==English==
===Etymology===
From late Old English [[spiþra]], from [[spinnan]] ‘to spin’. Cognate with German [[Spinne]].
===Pronunciation===
*spī'də(r), /ˈspaɪdə(r)/, /<tt>"spaId@(r)</tt>/
*:'''Homophones''': [[Spyder]]<!-- various sports cars [proper noun?] -->
*:[[Rhymes:English:-aɪdə(r)|Rhymes: -aɪdə(r)]]
===Noun===
'''spider''' (''plural'' [[spiders]])
# Any of various eight-legged, predatory [[arthropod]]s of which most [[species]] spin [[web]]s to catch prey.
# {{italbrac|internet}} A program which follows links on the [[World Wide Web]] in order to gather information.
# {{italbrac|Chiefly Australian}} A “[[float]]”; a drink made by mixing [[ice-cream]] and a [[soda]] or [[fizzy drink]] (such as [[lemonade]]).
# {{italbrac|slang}} A spindly person.
{{rfc|surely this sense applies just as much to pool and possibly billiards}}
# {{snooker}} A stick with an arch-shaped head that is used to support the [[cue]] when the [[cue ball]] is out of reach at normal extension
====Derived terms====
*[[spidery]]
====Translations====
'''arthropod'''
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*Albanian: [[merimangë]] {{f}}
*[[Amharic]]: [[ሸረሪት]] (shärärit)
*[[Amuzgo]]: [[kítònkwé]]
*Arabic: {{ARchar|[[عنكبوت]]}} (ʕankabūt) {{m}}
*Armenian: [[սարդ]] (sard)
*[[Basque]]: [[armiarma]]
*Bosnian: [[pauk]] {{m}} (1)
*Catalan: [[aranya]] {{f}}
*[[Cherokee]]: [[ᎧᎾᏁᏍᎩ]] (kananesgi)
*[[Cebuano]]: [[damang]]
*CJKV Characters: [[鼅]], [[蜘]]; [[鼄]], [[蛛]]<!-- commas separate different forms of same character; semicolons separate unrelated characters -->
*Chinese: [[蜘蛛]] (zhīzhū)
*[[Cornish]]: [[kevnisenn]] {{f}}, [[kevnis]] {{m}}, [[gwiader]] {{m}}
*Croatian: [[pauk]] {{m}}
*Czech: [[pavouk]] {{m}}
*Danish: [[edderkop]] {{m}}
*Dutch: [[spin#Dutch|spin]] {{m}}
*Estonian: [[ämblik]]
*Finnish: [[hämähäkki]]
*French: [[araignée]] {{f}}
*[[Georgian]]: [[ობობა]] (oboba)
*German: [[Spinne]] {{f}}
*Greek: [[αράχνη]] (arákhni) {{f}}
*[[Guaraní]]: [[ñandu]]
*[[Hausa]]: [[gizò-gizò]] {{m}}, [[tautaù]] {{m}}
*Hawaiian: [[nananana]], [[pūnāwelewele]]
*Hindi: [[मकड़ा]] (makda), [[मकड़ी]] (makdi) <!--The d is really a retroflex flap /ɽə/ -->
*Hungarian: [[pók]]
*[[Ibo]]: [[ududo]]
*Icelandic: [[konguló]] {{g|Icelandic}}
*[[Ilocano]]: [[lawwa]]
*Indonesian: [[labah]]
*[[Interlingua]]: [[aranea]]
*Italian: [[ragno]] {{m}}
*Japanese: [[蜘蛛]] ([[くも]], kumo)
*Korean: [[거미]] (geomi)
*Latin: [[aranea]] {{f}}
*Latvian: [[zirneklis]] {{g|Latvian}}
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*Lithuanian: [[voras]] {{m}}
*Malay: [[labah-labah]]
*[[Manx]]: [[doo-oallee]] {{f}}, [[feeder]] {{m}}
*[[Maori]]: [[puawerewere]], [[puungaawerewere]], [[puungaiwerewere]], [[puuwerewere]], [[tuuturi]]
*Mongolian: [[аалз]] (aalz)
*Nepali: (maakoora) [[Category:Articles which need Devanagari script]]
*[[Nahuatl]]: [[tocatl]]
*Norwegian: [[edderkopp]] {{m}}
*Persian: (‘ankabut) [[Category:Articles which need Arabic script]]
*Polish: [[pająk]] {{m}}
*Portuguese: [[aranha]] {{f}}
*[[Punjabi]]: (makkarī) [[Category:Articles which need Punjabi script]] [[Category:Articles which need Arabic script]] [[Category:Articles which need Devanagari script]]
*[[Quechua]]: [[kusikusi]] {{italbrac|small}}, [[apasanka]] {{italbrac|big}}
*Romanian: [[păianjen]] {{m}}
*Russian: [[паук]] (paúk) {{m}}
*Samoan: [['apogāleveleve]]
*Slovak: [[pavúk]] {{m}}
*Slovene: [[pajek]] {{m}}
*Somali: [[caaro]]
*Spanish: [[araña]] {{f}}
*Swahili: [[buibui]]
*Swedish: [[spindel]] {{c}}
*[[Tagalog]]: [[gagambá]], [[álalawa]]
*[[Tamil]]: [[சிலந்தி]] (silanti)
*[[Telugu]]: [[సాలీడు]] (saaleeDu)
*[[Tupinambá]]: [[nhandu'ĩ]]
*Turkish: [[örümcek]]
*[[Twi]]: [[ananse]]
*Vietnamese: [[nhện]], [[con nhện]]
*[[Volapük]]: [[suplaf]]
*Welsh: [[corryn]] {{m}}, [[pryf copyn]] {{m}}
*[[Yiddish]]: [[שפין]] (shpin) {{f}}
*[[Yoruba]]: [[alantakun]]
*[[Yucatec]]: [[am]]
*[[Zulu]]: [[ulwembu]], [[ululwembu]]
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'''computer program'''
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'''drink'''
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'''slang: a spindly person'''
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'''Snooker spider'''
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===Verb===
# {{internet}} (of a computer program) to follows links on the [[World Wide Web]] in order to gather information.
#: ''The online dictionary is regularly '''spidered''' by search engines.
===See also===
*[[arachnid]]
*[[w:spider|Wikipedia article on spiders]]
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