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Meaning of snail | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

sneɪl

Definitions

Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
turtle
tortoise
A slow person; a sluggard.
broadly, informal
A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.
A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.
historical
The pod of the snail clover.
A locomotive with a prime mover but no traction motors, used to provide extra electrical power to another locomotive.

Equivalents

Afrikaans slak

العربية الحلزون حلزون

Azərbaycanca ilbiz

Беларуская сліма́к смоўж

Български охлюв плужек

বাংলা শামুক

བོད་སྐད སྨུག་འབུ

Bosanski pupu slak

Català caragol cargol dropo mandrós

Čeština hlemýžď šnek

Cymraeg malwen malwod malwoden

Dansk snegl

Deutsch Gehäuseschnecke Schnecke

Ελληνικά σαλιγκάρι

Esperanto heliko

Español caracol churo gandul haragán holgazán tlaconete tortuga

Eesti tigu

Euskara barraskilo

Suomi etana kotilo

Français escargot limaçon

Gaeilge seilide

Gàidhlig seilcheag

Galego arlote baleigán camanduleiro cascarolo caxirolo cornacha cornacho cosco galbán gandaina lacazán lampantín langrán larchán loubán moulón nugallán preguiceiro sesillo

עברית חלזון שבלול

हिन्दी घोंगा

Hrvatski pupu slak

Magyar csiga

Հայերեն խխունջ

Bahasa Indonesia bekicot keong siput

Íslenska snigill

Italiano chiocciola lumaca

日本語かたつむりでんでん虫蝸牛

ქართული ლოკოკინა

Қазақша ұлу

ខ្មែរ ខ្យង

한국어 느림보 달팽이 와우

Кыргызча үлүл

Latina cochlea

Lëtzebuergesch Schleek

Lingála libelekete likoló

ລາວ ຫອຍນ້ຳຈືດ

Lietuvių sraigė

Latviešu gliemezis

Malagasy lelosy sifotra

Te Reo Māori pūpū

Македонски влечко полжав роглец

മലയാളം ഒച്ച്

Монгол эмгэн хумс

Bahasa Melayu siput

Malti bebbux għakrux

မြန်မာဘာသာ ခရုပက်ကျိ ပက်ကျိ

Nederlands huisjesslak slak

Polski ślimak

Português caracol caramujo lesma

Română melc

Русский копу́ша тихохо́д улитка

Slovenčina slimák

Slovenščina polž

Shqip kërmill

Српски pupu slak

Svenska snigel

Kiswahili konokono

தமிழ் நத்தை

తెలుగు నత్త

ไทย หอยทาก

ትግርኛ ኣረነ

Tagalog kuhol

Türkçe salyangoz

Українська ра́влик слимак

Tiếng Việt óc

Yorùbá igbin

IsiZulu umnenke

Examples

“‘Children crawled over each other like little grey worms in the gutters,’ he said. ‘The only red things about them were their buttocks and they were raw. Their faces looked as if snails had slimed on them and their mothers were like great sick beasts whose byres had never been cleared. […]’”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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