Informatie over het woord octopus (Engels → Esperanto: polpo)

Woordsoortzelfstandig naamwoord
Uitspraak/ˈɒktəpəs/
Shaw‐alfabet𐑪𐑒𐑑𐑩𐑐𐑩𐑕
Meervoudoctopuses, octopodes /ɒkˈtɒpədiːz/

Voorbeelden van gebruik

Amongst this minefield of stinging tentacles, very few octopodes survive their first weeks at sea.
Raw octopus is not a safe food for babies and toddlers, but there are plenty of ways to cook and serve this special seafood to young eaters.
To most of us it has always seemed obvious that an octopus has eight arms.
Do you ever wonder why you don’t often see octopuses swimming?

Vertalingen

Catalaanspop
DuitsKrake
Esperantopolpo; oktopuso
Faeröershøgguslokkur
Franspieuvre; poulpe
Latijnoctopus
Nederlandsachtarm; kraak; octopus
Portugeespolvo
Spaanspulpo