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Definition: Cockchafer |
CockchaferNoun1. Any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cockchafer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
Note: Cockchafer \Cock"chaf`er\, noun. [See Chafer the beetle.]. (references) |
Synonyms: CockchaferSynonyms: May beetle (n), May bug (n), Melolontha melolontha (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cockchafer |
| English words defined with "cockchafer": Chafer ♦ Dumbledor. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "cockchafer": Melolonthidian. (references) |
| "Cockchafer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Cockchafer" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cockchafer | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cockchafer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zhuzhak (dwarf), vizhë. (various references) | |
Arabic | خنفساء كبيرة متلفة للنبات, الدودة البيضاء. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | майски бръмбар (chafer, may bug). (various references) | |
Czech | chroust (may beetle). (various references) | |
Danish | sortrandet oldenborre (chafer), Sankthans-oldenborre (European chafer, European june beetle, European june bug, june beetle, june bug, summer chafer), almindelig oldenborre (common cockchafer, common European cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer). (various references) | |
Dutch | zandmeikever (chafer), witte worm (common cockchafer, common European cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer), St.Jansfever (European chafer, European june beetle, European june bug, june beetle, june bug, summer chafer), meikever (june bug), kastanje-meikever (chafer), junikever (European chafer, European june beetle, European june bug, june beetle, june bug, summer chafer), gewone meikever (common cockchafer, common European cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer). (various references) | |
Finnish | turilas (chafer), saksanturilas (common cockchafer, common European cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer), kesäturilas (chafer), juhannusturilas (European chafer, European june beetle, European june bug, june beetle, june bug, summer chafer). (various references) | |
French | ver blanc (common cockchafer, common European cockchafer), turc (common cockchafer, common European cockchafer), man (common cockchafer, common European cockchafer), hanneton vulgaire (common cockchafer, common European cockchafer), hanneton solsticial, hanneton forestier, hanneton européen, hanneton de la St.-Jean, hanneton commun (common cockchafer, common European cockchafer), hanneton. (various references) | |
German | maikäfer (june bug). (various references) | |
Greek | μηλολόνθη (cockchafers, common cockchafer, common European cockchafer, June beetles, May beetle, May beetles, May grub, scarabs, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer). (various references) | |
Hungarian | cserebogár (chafer, dor-bug, may bug, may-beetle, miller). (various references) | |
Italian | maggiolino (may bug). (various references) | |
Manx | carnoain (flying beetle, may beetle). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ockchafercay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | escaravelho (beetle, dor, dor-beetle, dor-bug, scarab), besouro (beetle, bug, chafer, death-watch, dor, dor-bug, maybug). (various references) | |
Romanian | cãrãbuş (beetle, may beetle, may bug). (various references) | |
Russian | майский жук (chafer, may bug, May-bug). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vrsta bube, gundelj (chafer, may bug). (various references) | |
Spanish | cochorro (common cockchafer, common European cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer), melolonta forestal (chafer), melolonta (common cockchafer, common European cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer), gusano blanco (chafer, common cockchafer, common European cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer), gallina ciega (blindman's buff), escarabajo de San Juan (European chafer, European june beetle, European june bug, june beetle, june bug, summer chafer), abejorro común (common cockchafer, common European cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer), abejorro (bumblebee, humble-bee, maybug). (various references) | |
Swedish | vanlig ollonborre (common cockchafer, common European cockchafer, May beetle, May grub, white bug, white grub, white grub chockchafer), pingborre (European chafer, European june beetle, European june bug, june beetle, june bug, summer chafer), ollonborre (may bug), kastanjeborre (chafer). (various references) | |
Turkish | mayısböceği (chafer). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | хрущ (chafer, may bug). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Amphimallon solstitiale, Amphimallon solstitialis, Melolontha hippocastani, Melolontha melolontha. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cockchafer": cockchafers. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "cockchafer" (pronounced 'Cock"chaf`er'): Acetifier, Acidifier, Aletaster, Almsgiver, Amplifier, Ant-eater, Anywhither, Armor-bearer, Backbiter, Backhander, Bagpiper, Ball-flower, Barkeeper, Barnburner, Barnstormer, Bartender, Base-burner, Basifier, Batfowler, Beaucatcher, Beautifier, Bedmaker, Bedswerver, Bee-eater, Beefeater, Bellwether, Benefiter, Birdcatcher, Blackmailer, Blacksalter, Bloodflower, Bloodsucker, Bogsucker, Bondholder, Bookbinder, Bookholder, Bookkeeper, Bookmaker, Bookseller, Bootmaker, Bottleholder, Boxkeeper, Boycotter, Breechloader, Brickfielder, Bricklayer, Brickmaker, Bull-roarer, Bushfighter, Bushwhacker. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-e-f-h-k-o-r" | |
-3 letters: caroche, coacher. | |
-4 letters: caroch, chafer, choker, chorea, cocker, hacker, hocker, ochrea, orache, recock. | |
-5 letters: acock, afore, cache, chafe, chare, chark, check, chock, choke, chore, coach, crack, crake, creak, croak, crock, facer, faker, farce, force, freak, frock, hacek, ocher, ochre, ocker, ocrea, orach, reach, roach. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-c-e-f-h-k-o-r" | |
+1 letter: cockchafers. | |
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