different between ants vs cockroach

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ænts/
• Rhymes: -ænts

Noun

ants

1. plural of ant

Verb

ants

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ant

Anagrams

• -stan, -stan-, ASNT, NTAs, Nast, Nats, Sant, Stan, Tans, Tsan, nats, stan, stan', tans

Catalan

Noun

ants

1. plural of ant

Tzeltal

Noun

ants (plural antsetik)

1. woman

See also

• winik

References

• Roberto Santiz Gómez (2010) Raíces posicionales en Tseltal de Oxchuc, p. 22. (retrieved 10th March 2016)

Tzotzil

Alternative forms

• 'antz, 7antz

Pronunciation

• (Zinacantán) IPA^(key): /?änt?s?/

Noun

ants (plural antsetik)

1. woman

Antonyms

• vinik

References

• “?an¢” in Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
• Jorge A. Suárez, The Mesoamerican Indian Languages (1983)

English

Etymology

From Spanish cucaracha (“woodlouse”), from cuca (“butterfly caterpillars”), of onomatopoeic origin; see also Greek ?????? (kókkux) and Late Latin cucus. Influenced, via folk etymology, by cock and roach. Doublet of cucaracha.

Pronunciation

Noun

cockroach (plural cockroaches)

1. A black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea.

   Synonym: (US) roach

2. (slang, offensive) A person or a member of a group of people regarded as undesirable and rapidly procreating.
3. (offensive, slang, ethnic slur, Rwanda) A Tutsi.
4. (Australia, slang, derogatory, humorous) A person from New South Wales.
5. (Australia, slang, obsolete) A hard lump of brown sugar.

Derived terms

• roach

Translations

Further reading

• cockroach on Wikipedia.Wikipedia