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{{also|Insect}}
==English==
{{picdic
|image=Insect anatomy diagram.svg
|detail1=
A=[[head]]
B=[[thorax]]
C=[[abdomen]]<br>
1=[[antenna]]
2=lower [[ocelli]]
3=upper [[ocelli]]
4=[[compound eye]]
5=[[brain]]
6=[[prothorax]]
7=[[dorsal artery]]
8=[[tracheal tube]]s
9=[[mesothorax]]
10=[[metathorax]]
11=first [[wing]]
12=second [[wing]]
13=[[midgut]] ([[stomach]])
14=[[heart]]
15=[[ovary]]
16=[[hindgut]]
17=[[anus]]
18=[[vagina]]
19=[[nerve chord]]
20=[[Malpighian tube]]s
21=[[pillow]]
22=[[claw]]s
23=[[tarsus]]
24=[[tibia]]
25=[[femur]]
26=[[trochanter]]
27=[[foregut]]
28=[[thoracic ganglion]]
29=[[coxa]]
30=[[salivary gland]]
31=[[subesophageal ganglion]]
32=[[mouthpart]]s
|detail3=
{{picdicimg|en|image=Tetramorium bicarinatum worker.jpg|link=ant}}
{{picdicimg|en|image=Bee-icone.png|link=bee}}
{{picdicimg|en|image=Goliath beetle.jpg|link=beetle}}
{{picdicimg|en|image=NSRW Butterfly.png|link=butterfly}}
{{picdicimg|en|image=CreativeTools.se - PackshotCreator - Dragonfly top view.jpg|link=dragonfly}}
{{picdicimg|en|image=Fly close.jpg|link=fly}}
{{picdicimg|en|image=Mastotermes darwiniensis.jpg|link=termite}}
{{picdicimg|en|image=AD2009Sep09 Vespula germanica 01.jpg|link=wasp}}
}}

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-}}
From {{bor|en|frm|insecte}}, from {{der|en|la|īnsectum}}, from {{m|la|īnsectus|t=cut into, cut up, with a notched or divided body}}, from perfect passive participle of {{m|la|īnsecō||I cut into, I cut up}}, from {{m|la|in-}} + {{m|la|secō||I cut}}, from the notion that the insect's body is "cut into" three sections ([[head]], [[thorax]], [[abdomen]]). {{cal|en|grc|ἔντομον||insect|nocat=1}}, from {{m|grc|ἔντομος||cut into pieces}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈɪnsɛkt/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-insect.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪnsɛkt|s=2}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{senseid|en|Q1390}}An [[arthropod]] (in the {{taxfmt|Insecta|class}} class) characterized by six [[leg]]s, up to four [[wing]]s, and a [[chitin]]ous [[exoskeleton]].
#: {{ux|en|Our shed has several '''insect''' infestions, including ants, yellowjackets, and wasps.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2013|month=May-June|author=[http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/william-e-conner-1 William E. Conner]
|title=[http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/2013/3/an-acoustic-arms-race An Acoustic Arms Race]
|volume=101|issue=3|page=206–7|magazine=w:American Scientist
|passage=Nonetheless, some '''insect''' prey take advantage of clutter by hiding in it. Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}
# {{lb|en|colloquial}} Any small arthropod similar to an insect, including [[spider]]s, [[centipede]]s, [[millipede]]s, etc.
#: {{ux|en|The swamp is swarming with every sort of '''insect'''.}}
# {{lb|en|derogatory}} A [[contemptible]] or [[powerless]] person.
#: {{ux|en|The manager’s assistant was the worst sort of '''insect'''.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|bug}} {{q|colloquial}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en
|insectageddon|insect house|insect powder
|insecticidal
|insecticide
|insectiform|Persian insect powder
|insectile|antiinsect|deinsectization|disinsect|insectan|insectarium|insectdom|insected|insectiferous|insectkind|insectless|insectlike|insectoid|insectology|insectophobe|insectophobia|insectotoxin|insectproof|insecty|microinsect|noninsect
|insectivore
|insectivorous
|angel insect
|beneficial insect
|coral insect
|ghost insect
|insect hotel
|insect screen
|lac insect
|leaf insect
|Lord Howe Island stick insect
|scale insect
|social insect
|stick insect
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|arthropod of class Insecta}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|insek}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|kandërr|f}}, {{t+|sq|insekt|m}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|ነፍሳት}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|حَشَرَة|f}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|حشرة|f|tr=ḥašara}}
*: South Levantine Arabic: {{t|ajp|حشرة|f|tr=ḥášara}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|միջատ}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|পোক}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|inseutu|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|cücü}}, {{t+|az|həşərat}}, {{t+|az|böcək}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|бөжәк}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|intsektu}}, {{t+|eu|zomorro}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|насяко́мае|n}}, {{t|be|казу́рка|f}}, {{t|be|вуся́к|m}}, {{t|be|гмыз|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|পোকা}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|कीड़ा}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|amprevan|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|насеко́мо|n}}, {{t|bg|инсе́кт|m}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ပိုး}}, {{t+|my|အင်းဆက်}}
* Carpathian Rusyn: {{t|rue|хроба́к|m}}, {{t|rue|хро́бач|f}} {{qualifier|collective}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|insecte|m}}
* Chamicuro: {{t|ccc|sokajsu}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᏍᎪᏱ}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|昆蟲}}, {{t+|yue|蟲|tr=cung4}}
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|чун}}, {{t|dng|чунчунзы}}, {{t|dng|чунчур}}
*: Eastern Min: {{t|cdo|蟲囝}}, {{t|cdo|蟲蟻}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|昆蟲|tr=khûn-chhùng}}, {{t|hak|蟲仔|tr=chhùng-è}}
*: Hokkien: {{t|nan-hbl|蟲豸|tr=thâng-thoā}}, {{t|nan-hbl|昆蟲|tr=khun-thiông}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|昆蟲}}, {{t+|cmn|蟲子}}, {{t+|cmn|蟲|tr=chóng}}
*: Wu: {{t|wuu|昆蟲}}
* Chukchi: {{t|ckt|кээрэчьын|tr=kėėrėčʹyn}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|hweskeren|f}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|böcek}}, {{t|crh|aşer}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|hmyz|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|insekt|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|insect|n}}, {{t|nl|kerfdier|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|insekto}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|putukas}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|skordýr|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hyönteinen}}
* Franco-Provençal: {{t|frp|ensècto|m}}
* French: {{t+|fr|insecte|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|insecto|m}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|მწერი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Insekt|n}}, {{t+|de|Kerbtier|n}} {{q|rare}}, {{t+|de|Kerf|m}} {{q|rare}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|έντομο|n}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἔντομον|n}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|ensèk}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|mea kolo}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|חֶרֶק|m|tr=khérek}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|कीड़ा|m}}, {{t+|hi|कीट|m}}, {{t+|hi|पोका|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|rovar}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|skordýr|n}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|insekto}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|serangga}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|sikiäin}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|insecto}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|feithid|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|insetto|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|昆虫|tr=こんちゅう, konchū}}
* Javanese: {{t|jv|angga-angga}}, {{t+|jv|walang}}
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ಕೀಟ}}
* Kashmiri: {{t|ks|کیٛۆم|tr=kyom}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|жәндік}}, {{t|kk|бунақдене}}, {{t|kk|құрт-құмырсқа}}, {{t|kk|шыбын-шіркей}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|សត្វល្អិត}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|곤충(昆蟲)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|kêz}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|чымын-чиркей}}, {{t|ky|курт-кумурска}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ແມງໄມ້}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|kustūneits|m}}
* Latin: {{t|la|īnsectum|n}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|kukainis|m}}, {{t|lv|insekts|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|vabzdys|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|инсект|m}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|bibikely}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|serangga}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ഷഡ്പദം}}, {{t+|ml|പ്രാണി}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|insett|m}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|beisteig}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|pēpeke}}, {{t|mi|mū}}, {{t|mi|haukituri}} {{qualifier|flying}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|किडा}}
* Mi'kmaq: {{t|mic|jujij|an}}, {{t|mic|juji'ji'j|an}}
* Mon: {{t|mnw|ထၟ}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|шавьж}}, {{t+|mn|шавж}}, {{t|mn|шавьж хорхой}}, {{t+|mn|хорхой}}
* Nahuatl: {{t|nah|yolkatsin}}
* Nanai: {{t|gld|колан|tr=kolan}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|chʼosh bijáád hastání}}, {{t|nv|chʼosh}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|insekt|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|insekt|n}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|insècte|m}}
* Odia: {{t+|or|କୀଟ}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|بوجك|tr=böcek}}, {{t|ota|حشره|tr=haşere}}
* Pannonian Rusyn: {{t|rsk|инсект|m}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|حشره|f|tr=hašara}}, {{t+|ps|خزنده|f|tr=xazǝnda}}
* Pawnee: {{t|paw|pahuks}} {{qualifier|flying}}, {{t|paw|piiruus}} {{qualifier|crawling}}
* Persian:
*: Dari: {{t+|prs|حَشَرَه}}
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|حَشَرِه}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|owad|m}}, {{t+|pl|robak|m}}, {{t+|pl|insekt|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inseto|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|insectă|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|насеко́мое|n}}, {{t+|ru|бука́шка|f}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}, {{t+|ru|козя́вка|f}} {{qualifier|colloquial}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|जन्तु}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|babboi|m}}, {{t|sc|cerpiu|m}}
*: Campidanese: {{t|sc|babballotti|m}}
*: Logudorese: {{t|sc|babbautzu|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|meanbh-fhrìde|f}}, {{t|gd|frìde|f}}, {{t|gd|biastag|f}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ѝнсект|m}}, {{t|sh|бу̏ба|f}}, {{t|sh|ку́кац|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|ìnsekt|m}}, {{t+|sh|bȕba|f}}, {{t+|sh|kúkac|m}}
* Seychellois Creole: {{t|crs|bebet}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|nzettu|m}}, {{t+|scn|insettu|m}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|hmyz|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|žuželka|f}}, {{t|sl|insekt|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|insecto|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|mdudu}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|insekt|c}}
* Sylheti: {{t|syl|ꠙꠥꠇ}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|insekto|f}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|ҳашара}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|பூச்சி}}
* Tarifit: {{t|rif|abeɛɛuš|m}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|бөҗәк}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|పురుగు}}, {{t+|te|కీటకం}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|แมลง}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|འབུ་སྲིན}}, {{t|bo|འབུ}}
* Tigrinya: {{t|ti|ሓሽራ}}
* Tongan: {{t|to|ʻinisēkite}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|böcek}}, {{t+|tr|haşere}}
* Turkmen: {{t+|tk|möjek}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|кома́ха|f}}, {{t|uk|кома́шка|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|کِیڑا|m}}, {{t|ur|حَشَرَہ|m}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|ھاشارەت}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|hasharot}}
* Veps: {{t|vep|gaved}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|sâu bọ}}, {{t+|vi|côn trùng}} ({{t|vi|昆蟲}})
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|näsäk}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|pryf|m}}, {{t+|cy|pryfyn}}, {{t+|cy|trychfil|m}}
* West Frisian: {{t+|fy|ynsekt|n}}
* White Hmong: {{t|mww|kab}}
* Wolof: {{t|wo|gunóor}}
* Yámana: {{t|yag|wankara}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|אינסעקט|m}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|kòkòrò}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|heserat|n}}, {{t|zza|xezende}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|colloquial: any small arthropod}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|бөжәк}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|hmyz|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ötökkä}}, {{t+|fi|öttiäinen}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἔντομον|n}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|虫|tr=むし, mushi}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|벌레}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|kukainis|m}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|പ്രാണി}}, {{t+|ml|കീടം}}
* Mi'kmaq: {{t|mic|jujij|an}}, {{t|mic|juji'ji'j|an}}
* Nanai: {{t|gld|колан|tr=kolan}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|بوجك|tr=böcek}}, {{t|ota|حشره|tr=haşere}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|bichinho|m}}, {{t+|pt|inseto|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|бука́шка|f}}, {{t+|ru|козя́вка|f}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|meanbh-fhrìde|f}}, {{t|gd|frìde|f}}, {{t|gd|biastag|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|bicho|m}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|haşere}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|pryf|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|contemptible or powerless person}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|amprevan|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|нищо́жество|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|nietsnut}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|nilviäinen}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|insecto}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|버러지}}, {{t+|ko|벌레}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|гнида|f}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|കീടം}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zero|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|inseto|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|nimeni|m}}, {{t+|ro|zero|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ничто́жество|n}}, {{t+|ru|ноль|m}}, {{t+|ru|гни́да|f}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|хроба́к|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===See also===
* {{l|en|arachnid}}
* {{l|en|arthropod}}
* {{l|en|beetle}}
* {{l|en|bug}}
* {{l|en|chafer}}
* {{l|en|coleopter}}
* {{l|en|entomology}}
* {{l|en|larva}}
* {{l|en|worm}}

===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}
* {{specieslite|insecta}}
* {{R:wquote|en}}
* {{R:commons}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ceinst|ceints|incest|nicest|scient}}

{{C|en|Insects}}

==Dutch==
{{wikipedia|lang=nl}}

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|nl|insekt||before 1996}}

===Etymology===
Originally having a wider meaning (sense 2), as in Aristotle. From {{der|nl|la|īnsectum||bug; cut up}}, from {{m|la|īnsecō||I cut up into}}. The Latin is a calque of {{der|nl|grc|ἔντομον|t=bug}}, from {{m|grc|ἔντομος}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ɪnˈsɛkt/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-insect.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|in|sect}}
* {{rhyme|nl|ɛkt}}

===Noun===
{{nl-noun|n|-en|+}}

# {{l|en|insect}}, arthropod of the class {{taxfmt|Insecta|class}}
#: {{syn|nl|gekorven dier|kerfdier}}
# {{lb|nl|now|uncommon}} [[bug]] {{gloss|any small arthropod or invertebrate that somewhat resembles an insect}}
#: {{syn|nl|gekorven dier}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|nl|insecticide}} 

====Descendants====
* {{desc|jvn|insèg|bor=1}}
* {{desc|bor=1|pap|insèkt|insekt}}