tarantula

== English == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin tarantula, from Old Italian tarantola, from Taranto (“seaport in southern Italy”), from Latin Tarentum (“Latin name of the town”), from Ancient Greek Τάρᾱς (Tárās, “Greek name of the town”), genitive Τᾰ́ρᾰντος; compare Modern Greek Τάραντας (Tárantas) and Tarantino Tarde. probably from Illyrian *darandos (“oak”). Sense 3 (“Lycosa tarantula”) is the original sense of the word, and refers to the fact that the spider was common in the Apulia region where Taranto is located. Sense 1 (“New World spider in the family Theraphosidae”), the main modern sense of the word, may have been a transferred use of Spanish tarántula (“tarantula (Lycosa tarantula)”) to describe large, hairy spiders found in the New World. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /təˈɹæn.t͡ʃʊ.lə/ (General American) IPA(key): /təˈɹæn.t͡ʃə.lə/ Hyphenation: ta‧ran‧tu‧la === Noun === tarantula (plural tarantulas or tarantulae) Any of the large, hairy New World spiders comprising the family Theraphosidae. Synonyms: bird spider, monkey spider, rain spider (by extension) A member of certain other groups of spiders, generally characterized by large size, hairiness, or membership of infraorder Mygalomorphae to which Theraphosidae family also belongs. (dated) A species of wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula, native to southern Europe, the mildly poisonous bite of which was once thought to cause an extreme urge to dance (tarantism). [from mid 16th c.] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== tarantella tarantism ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === tarantula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia tarantula (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tarantula”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “tarantula”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “tarantula”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin tarantula. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /taːˈrɑn.ty.laː/ === Noun === tarantula f (plural tarantula's, diminutive tarantulaatje n) (originally) Any wolf spider of genus Lycosa, particularly Lycosa tarantula. Hypernym: wolfsspin synonym of vogelspin (“tarantula, theraphosid spider”) === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “tarantula”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute === Further reading === tarantula on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == Finnish == === Etymology === < English tarantula === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɑrɑntulɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝rɑ̝n̪ˌt̪ulɑ̝] Rhymes: -ulɑ Syllabification(key): ta‧ran‧tu‧la Hyphenation(key): ta‧ran‧tu‧la === Noun === tarantula (colloquial) synonym of lintuhämähäkki (“tarantula”) ==== Declension ==== Inflection for this word is not consistent among speakers. The following is a listing of options from the most to least common: ==== Derived terms ==== == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tarentule. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ta.ranˈtu.la/ Rhymes: -ula Syllabification: ta‧ran‧tu‧la === Noun === tarantula f wolf spider (any spider of the family Lycosidae) (colloquial) tarantula, theraphosid (any spider of the family Theraphosidae) Synonym: ptasznik ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === tarantula in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN tarantula in Polish dictionaries at PWN tarantula in PWN's encyclopedia == Romanian == === Noun === tarantula definite nominative/accusative singular of tarantulă