Noun butterfly (plural: butterflies) a flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, often with colorful wings a swimming stroke in which the body is prone, the arms are moved in simultaneous circles, and the feet kick up and down Picture (1) Translations Aja-Gbe: pkolinouhoin Afrikaans: skoenlapper Albanian: flutur f Amharic: (birrabirro) Anglo Saxon: fifoldara Arabic (Standard): فراشة f (farāsha) Arabic (Morocco): fertito Arabic (Tunisia): fartattu Aragonese: birabolas(?), pitazana(?) Armenian (Eastern): teeter, titer, teeterneeg, teeternig Armenian (Western): teeterneeg, teeternig Ayamara: taparacu (?) Baagandji: bilyululijga Balinese: kupukupu Bambura: dimago Basque: tximeleta, pimpilimpausa, inguma, marisorgin, pinpirin Bengali: projapoti, prajapati Berber: tèfètuth Bulgarian: пеперуда f Buli: kpalo Bundjalung: banjalahm Burmese: lapia Belorusian: matylok Cape Verdean Creole: gorgoleta Catalan: papallona f Catalan (Ancient): papalló Catalan (Dialectical): paloma, palometa, babaiana Cebuano: Alibangbang/kaba-kaba Central Carrier: tsangwelht'ah Chamorro: ababang Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ (kamama) (1) Cheyenne: hevavahkema Chinese Characters: 蝶 (dié); 蝴, 胡 (hú) Chinese: 蝴蝶 (Pīnyīn: hú dié) Cornish: tykki-Dyw f, tegenn Dyw f Croatian: leptir Curdian: pirpirk Curmangdgi: pilpiluk Czech: motýl (1) Dagon: peplim (pee plim´) Danish: sommerfugl Danish (N. Jutland): sommerflue Danish (S. Jutland): skurvefugl Datiwuy: buurnba Deri: showparak Dhivehi: kokaa Diyari: karlipilhi Djingli: marlimarlirni Dutch: vlinder m (1), vlinderslag m (2) English (Middle English): buterflie (1) English (Old English): buttorfleoge (1) Esperanto: papilio Estonian: liblikas Ewe: dyekpakpa (PG) Farsi: parvanè Fijian: bebe Finnish: perhonen Font: awadapepe Fulani: lilldeh French: papillon m Frisian: flinter Galician: volvoreta Gen: abèbe, abè, abey German: Schmetterling m, Falter (poetic) Georgian: პეპელა (pepela) Greek: πεταλουδα, (petalouda) Gooniyandi: malimali Gruzin: papala, pepelay Guarani: panambi Gujarati: patangeo, patangiyu Gurage: billambilloot Hadiya: birabira Hausa: balebale, bude littafi, malam bu'de littafi Hawaiian: pulelehua Hebrew: פרפר (parpar) Hindi: (titli; thithili) Hmong: npau npaim Hopi: masivie Huastec: lemtutu Hungarian: pillangó, lepke Ibu: olookolombooka Icelandic: fidrildi Ila: inkongolo, sikapempenya Ilocano: kulibangbang Indonesian: kupu-kupu, rama rama Interlingua: papilion Inupiak: taqalukisaq Irish: feileacan, follican Italian: farfalla f Jacaltec: nam Japanese: 蝶々 (ちょうちょう, chōchō), 蝶 (ちょう, chō) Javanese: kupu Kamaba: kimbalut'ya Kambatenga: bilatishu Kannada: chitta, baruthe, barutha Karok: xatimniim Kashmiri: titili Kikongo: lumbebeba Kikuyu: kihuruta Kirwanda: ikinyugunyugu Kitaita: kifurute Koasati: hacokpalpa Kokani: pakho Konni: kpanjabi Korean: nahby, nabi Kroboo: kutuu Kurdish: sepirek, pürpüruk Kwanyama: onanga Kwara'áe: bébe Lakhotah Sioux: kimimila (key-me'-me-lah) Lamba: ici-pempele Lan: bébe Lao: meng kabeua, maingkabula Latin: papilio Latvian: tauriņš Lihua: ukulukula Lingala: kipouzala, mpornboli Lithuanian: drugelis, peteliške Luo: oguyo Majang: bimbilo Malayalam: poompatta Malay: kupukupu, ramarama Malaysian: rama-rama Maltese: farfett Mandingo: vrievran Manobo: kelivangbang Manx: foillycan, follican, folican Maori: kaakahu kura, kahukura, mookarakara, peepepe, pepeké Maranao: paroparo Marathi: phulpakhru, phoolpaharu Masai: osampurumpuri Mataco: choqoq Mayan: pepen Mayi-Kulan: pardirr Megrelian: pharphali Mekeo: fefe; fefe-fefe Mekeo (West): pepeo Mende: buwa Mongolian: эрвээхэй (erveekhei) Mopan: pempem Moré: pilimpiko, abaga Motu: kau-bebe Mukuni: limpempele Murrinh-Patha: manman Nahuatl: paplotl, papalotl Navajo: k'aalogii, ho'o neno Nepali: putali Neuro: mantech Ngaju Dayak: kakupo Norwegian: sommerfugl Nyungar: bataplai Oriya: prajapati Oromic: billaacha Paakantyi: pilyu-pilyuka Paiute: tsoapu Paiwan: kalidungudungul Pakistan: palmandook Palauan: bangikoi Patois of St. Thomas: zanimo Persian: parvaneh Peul (Guinée Conakry): pucharlar Peul (Mauritania): bidilallah, bedelallah Peul (Sierra Leone): palapala (PG) Polish: motyl Portuguese: borboleta f Quechua: pillpintu Roma: lepetka (PG) Romanian: fluture Russian: бабочка (babochka), мотылёк (motilyok) Samoan: pepe Sardic: mariavolavola Scottish Gaelic: dearbadan-de, dealan-dé Sepedi: serurubele Serbo-Croatian: leptir Setwana: serurubele Shona: shavishavi Sidamo: bilach'a Sinhala: samanalaya Sioux: kimimi Slovak: motýľ Slovenian: metulj Somali: balanbaalis Sotho: sororomele, serurubele Soussous: chuani Spanish: mariposa f (1,2) Sranantongo: kaperka Sumatra Barat: angiak Swahili: kipepeo Swazi: luvivane Swedish: fjäril Tagalog: mariposa, paruparo Taiwanese: ya-a Tamil: வண்ணத்துப்பூச்சி (vannattuppūchi), (pattampoochi) Tatar: kübelek Telegu: chetakoka chiluka, sitakoka chiluka Teso: eporiporit Tewa: pojoaque Thai: meng peeseua, pi sugnya Tigre: tsenblale Tigrigna: tsimblalee'a Tiwi: kwarikwaringa Tok Pisin: bataplai, bembe Trukese: nipwisipwis Tshiluba: bulubulu Tupinambá: panama Turkish: kelebek Turkmen: yéllepe Twi: afafranto Udinian: pepalak, phephalak Ukrainian: metelyk Urdu: titli Urubu: iyenye, yenjè Vietnamese: buom buom, ho diep Visayan: kabakaba Vahinian: pilpilak Welsh: pili-pala Wik-Ngathan: kalpakalpay Wik-Mungkan: konkoniyang Wiradjuri: buuja-buuja Wolaytigna: mukaw Wolof: lëpp-lëpp bi Xhosa: ibhabhathane Xitchangani: phapharati Yiddish: schmetterling, zomerfeygele, flaterl Yndjibarndi: gawarliwarli Yoruba: labalaba Yup'ik: Caqelngataq Zulu: i(lu)vemvane, i(li)jubajubane, i(li)twabitwabi, iveveshane, uvemvane Verb To cut almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly (butterflied shrimp) See also
Translations Aja-Gbe: pkolinouhoin Afrikaans: skoenlapper Albanian: flutur f Amharic: (birrabirro) Anglo Saxon: fifoldara Arabic (Standard): فراشة f (farāsha) Arabic (Morocco): fertito Arabic (Tunisia): fartattu Aragonese: birabolas(?), pitazana(?) Armenian (Eastern): teeter, titer, teeterneeg, teeternig Armenian (Western): teeterneeg, teeternig Ayamara: taparacu (?) Baagandji: bilyululijga Balinese: kupukupu Bambura: dimago Basque: tximeleta, pimpilimpausa, inguma, marisorgin, pinpirin Bengali: projapoti, prajapati Berber: tèfètuth Bulgarian: пеперуда f Buli: kpalo Bundjalung: banjalahm Burmese: lapia Belorusian: matylok Cape Verdean Creole: gorgoleta Catalan: papallona f Catalan (Ancient): papalló Catalan (Dialectical): paloma, palometa, babaiana Cebuano: Alibangbang/kaba-kaba Central Carrier: tsangwelht'ah Chamorro: ababang Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ (kamama) (1) Cheyenne: hevavahkema Chinese Characters: 蝶 (dié); 蝴, 胡 (hú) Chinese: 蝴蝶 (Pīnyīn: hú dié) Cornish: tykki-Dyw f, tegenn Dyw f Croatian: leptir Curdian: pirpirk Curmangdgi: pilpiluk Czech: motýl (1) Dagon: peplim (pee plim´) Danish: sommerfugl Danish (N. Jutland): sommerflue Danish (S. Jutland): skurvefugl Datiwuy: buurnba Deri: showparak Dhivehi: kokaa Diyari: karlipilhi Djingli: marlimarlirni Dutch: vlinder m (1), vlinderslag m (2) English (Middle English): buterflie (1) English (Old English): buttorfleoge (1) Esperanto: papilio Estonian: liblikas Ewe: dyekpakpa (PG) Farsi: parvanè Fijian: bebe Finnish: perhonen Font: awadapepe Fulani: lilldeh French: papillon m Frisian: flinter Galician: volvoreta Gen: abèbe, abè, abey German: Schmetterling m, Falter (poetic) Georgian: პეპელა (pepela) Greek: πεταλουδα, (petalouda) Gooniyandi: malimali Gruzin: papala, pepelay Guarani: panambi Gujarati: patangeo, patangiyu Gurage: billambilloot Hadiya: birabira Hausa: balebale, bude littafi, malam bu'de littafi Hawaiian: pulelehua Hebrew: פרפר (parpar) Hindi: (titli; thithili) Hmong: npau npaim Hopi: masivie Huastec: lemtutu Hungarian: pillangó, lepke Ibu: olookolombooka Icelandic: fidrildi Ila: inkongolo, sikapempenya Ilocano: kulibangbang Indonesian: kupu-kupu, rama rama Interlingua: papilion Inupiak: taqalukisaq Irish: feileacan, follican Italian: farfalla f Jacaltec: nam Japanese: 蝶々 (ちょうちょう, chōchō), 蝶 (ちょう, chō) Javanese: kupu Kamaba: kimbalut'ya Kambatenga: bilatishu Kannada: chitta, baruthe, barutha Karok: xatimniim Kashmiri: titili Kikongo: lumbebeba Kikuyu: kihuruta Kirwanda: ikinyugunyugu Kitaita: kifurute Koasati: hacokpalpa Kokani: pakho Konni: kpanjabi Korean: nahby, nabi Kroboo: kutuu Kurdish: sepirek, pürpüruk Kwanyama: onanga Kwara'áe: bébe Lakhotah Sioux: kimimila (key-me'-me-lah) Lamba: ici-pempele Lan: bébe Lao: meng kabeua, maingkabula Latin: papilio Latvian: tauriņš Lihua: ukulukula Lingala: kipouzala, mpornboli Lithuanian: drugelis, peteliške Luo: oguyo Majang: bimbilo Malayalam: poompatta Malay: kupukupu, ramarama Malaysian: rama-rama Maltese: farfett Mandingo: vrievran Manobo: kelivangbang Manx: foillycan, follican, folican Maori: kaakahu kura, kahukura, mookarakara, peepepe, pepeké Maranao: paroparo Marathi: phulpakhru, phoolpaharu Masai: osampurumpuri Mataco: choqoq Mayan: pepen Mayi-Kulan: pardirr Megrelian: pharphali Mekeo: fefe; fefe-fefe Mekeo (West): pepeo Mende: buwa Mongolian: эрвээхэй (erveekhei) Mopan: pempem Moré: pilimpiko, abaga Motu: kau-bebe Mukuni: limpempele Murrinh-Patha: manman Nahuatl: paplotl, papalotl Navajo: k'aalogii, ho'o neno Nepali: putali Neuro: mantech Ngaju Dayak: kakupo Norwegian: sommerfugl Nyungar: bataplai Oriya: prajapati Oromic: billaacha Paakantyi: pilyu-pilyuka Paiute: tsoapu Paiwan: kalidungudungul Pakistan: palmandook Palauan: bangikoi Patois of St. Thomas: zanimo Persian: parvaneh Peul (Guinée Conakry): pucharlar Peul (Mauritania): bidilallah, bedelallah Peul (Sierra Leone): palapala (PG) Polish: motyl Portuguese: borboleta f Quechua: pillpintu Roma: lepetka (PG) Romanian: fluture Russian: бабочка (babochka), мотылёк (motilyok) Samoan: pepe Sardic: mariavolavola Scottish Gaelic: dearbadan-de, dealan-dé Sepedi: serurubele Serbo-Croatian: leptir Setwana: serurubele Shona: shavishavi Sidamo: bilach'a Sinhala: samanalaya Sioux: kimimi Slovak: motýľ Slovenian: metulj Somali: balanbaalis Sotho: sororomele, serurubele Soussous: chuani Spanish: mariposa f (1,2) Sranantongo: kaperka Sumatra Barat: angiak Swahili: kipepeo Swazi: luvivane Swedish: fjäril Tagalog: mariposa, paruparo Taiwanese: ya-a Tamil: வண்ணத்துப்பூச்சி (vannattuppūchi), (pattampoochi) Tatar: kübelek Telegu: chetakoka chiluka, sitakoka chiluka Teso: eporiporit Tewa: pojoaque Thai: meng peeseua, pi sugnya Tigre: tsenblale Tigrigna: tsimblalee'a Tiwi: kwarikwaringa Tok Pisin: bataplai, bembe Trukese: nipwisipwis Tshiluba: bulubulu Tupinambá: panama Turkish: kelebek Turkmen: yéllepe Twi: afafranto Udinian: pepalak, phephalak Ukrainian: metelyk Urdu: titli Urubu: iyenye, yenjè Vietnamese: buom buom, ho diep Visayan: kabakaba Vahinian: pilpilak Welsh: pili-pala Wik-Ngathan: kalpakalpay Wik-Mungkan: konkoniyang Wiradjuri: buuja-buuja Wolaytigna: mukaw Wolof: lëpp-lëpp bi Xhosa: ibhabhathane Xitchangani: phapharati Yiddish: schmetterling, zomerfeygele, flaterl Yndjibarndi: gawarliwarli Yoruba: labalaba Yup'ik: Caqelngataq Zulu: i(lu)vemvane, i(li)jubajubane, i(li)twabitwabi, iveveshane, uvemvane Verb To cut almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly (butterflied shrimp) See also
