Noun spider (plural: spiders) Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods of which most species spin webs to catch prey. Translations Albanian: miremangë f Amharic: (shärärit) Arabic: عنكبوت (ankabūt) Armenian: սարդ (sard) Basque: armiarma Catalan: aranya f Cherokee: ᎧᎾᏁᏍᎩ (kananesgi) Cornish: kevnisenn f, kevnis m, gwiader m Czech: pavouk Dutch: spin Estonian: ämblik Finnish: hämähäkki French: araignée f Georgian: ობობა (oboba) German: Spinne f Greek: αράχνη f (arachne) Guarani: ñandu Hausa: gizò-gizò m, tautaù m Hawaiian: nananana Hungarian: pók Ibo: ududo Icelandic: konguló Indonesian: laba-laba Interlingua: aranea Italian: ragno Japanese: 蜘蛛 (くも, kumo) Latin: aranea f Latvian: zirneklis Lithuanian: voras Malay: labah-labah Mandarin: 蜘蛛 (zhī zhū) Manx: doo-oallee f, feeder m Maori: puawerewere, puungaawerewere, puungaiwerewere, puuwerewere, tuuturi Mongolian: аалз (aalz) Nahuatl: tocatl Polish: pająk Portuguese: aranha f Quechua: kusikusi (small), apasanka (big) Romanian: păianjen m Russian: паук (pauk) Slovak: pavúk Slovene: pajek Somali: caaro Spanish: araña f KiSwahili: buibui Swedish: spindel Tagalog: gagambá, álalawa Tamil: சிலந்தி (silanti) Tupinambá: nhandu'ĩ Turkish: örümcek Twi: ananse Vietnamese: nhện, con nhện Volapük: suplaf Welsh: corryn m, pryf copyn m Yiddish: (shpin) f Yoruba: alantakun Yucatec: am Zulu: u(lu)lwembu See also Wikipedia article on spiders