Bug

See also: bug, buug, búg, büg, and bůg

English

Proper noun

Bug

  1. the Bug River, flowing northwest 450 mi. between Belarus and Poland.
  2. the Bug River in Ukraine, flowing 530 mi. to the Dnieper estuary.

Synonyms

Translations

Noun

Bug (plural Bugs)

  1. (slang) A Volkswagen Beetle car.
  2. (slang) A Bugatti car.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German buoc (“animal shoulder”), from Old High German buog (“animal shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *bōguz (“arm; shoulder”). The common contemporary meaning (“bow”) stems via German Low German from cognate Middle Low German bôch, from Old Saxon bōg. More at bough.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːk/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /buːx/ (northern and central Germany; becoming rare for this particular word)
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːk, -uːx
  • Homophone: Buch (nonstandard)

Noun

Bug m (genitive Buges or Bugs, plural Buge or Büge)

  1. (nautical) bow, prow (of a ship)
  2. nose (of an aircraft)
  3. shoulder joint (of an animal)
  4. joist, joint (in woodwork)

Declension

Antonyms

  • Heck (end of a ship)

Plautdietsch

Noun

Bug f

  1. (nautical) bow, prow (of a ship)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buk/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophones: Bóg, bóg, buk

Proper noun

Bug m inan

  1. the Bug river

Declension

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