Etymology

From Latin centi-, hundred, + -pede , feet

Pronunciation

[cen-ti-pede] /sen'tah-peed/

Noun

centipede (centipedes )

1. An insect with a large number of legs, traditionally one hundred

Related terms

• millipede

Translations

• Chinese Characters: 蜈, 蚣; 蝍
• Chinese: 蜈蚣 (wúgóng)
• Dutch: duizendpoot m
• French: centipède m

  Hundertfüßer m

• Greek: σαρανταποδαρούσα f
• Indonesian: kelabang
• Italian: centopiedi m
• Japanese: ムカデ , 百足 (むかで, mukade) (The kanji mean "100 feet" and do not have a reading which matches the katakana/romaji. This is called jukujikun (熟字訓 ).)
• KiSwahili: tandu
• Korean: 지네

  stonoga f

• Portuguese: centípede m
• Russian: стоножка f (stonozhka)
• Slovak: stonožka f
• Spanish: ciempiés m

See also

• Wikipedia article on centipedes

Proper noun

Centipede

1. Brand name of a computer game program.