Information about the word termite (English → Esperanto: termito)

Synonym: white ant

Part of speechcommon noun
Pronunciation/ˈtɜːmaɪ̯t/
Hyphenationter·mite
Shavian alphabet𐑑𐑻𐑥𐑲𐑑
Deseret alphabet𐐻𐐲𐑉𐑋𐐴𐐻
Pluraltermites

Usage samples

It eats mostly termites, and one aardwolf can eat about 200,000 termites during a single night by using its long, sticky tongue to capture them.

Translations

Afrikaanstermiet
Dutchtermiet
Esperantotermito
Italiantermite
Papiamentokomehèn
Saterland FrisianTermite
Spanishcomején
Swahilimchwa