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Definition for: hamster

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See also hámster , hàmster , and ħamster

English

a hamster

Etymology

German Hamster

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /'hæmstəɽ/

Noun

Singular
hamster

Plural
hamsters

hamster ( plural hamsters )

  1. A small, short-tailed European rodent, Cricetus frumentarius , often kept as a pet. It is remarkable for having a pouch on each side of the jaw, under the skin, and for its migrations.
    It was the cutest sight to see your hamster stuff his cheeks all puffy with his seed food, where was he going to store it?
  2. ( zoology ) Any of various Old-world rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae .

Translations

  • Basque: hamster
  • Belarusian: хамяк
  • Breton: hamster
  • Bulgarian: хомяк, хамстер (homjak, hamster)
  • Catalan: hàmster m
  • Chinese: 倉鼠 (cāngshǔ), 仓鼠
  • Croatian: hrčak
  • Czech: křeček m
  • Danish: hamster
  • Dutch: hamster m
  • Esperanto: hamstro
  • Estonian: hamster
  • Faroese: hamstari
  • Finnish: hamsteri
  • French: hamster m , rat de blé m
  • Frisian: hamster
  • Friulian: cricęt
  • Galician: hámster
  • German: Hamster m
  • Greek: κρικετόμυς, κρικητός, χάμστερ f
  • Hebrew: אוגר
  • Hungarian: hörcsög
  • Icelandic: hamstur
  • Interlingua: hamster
  • Irish: hamstar
  • Italian: criceto m
  • Japanese: ハムスター (hamusutā)
  • Korean: 햄스터
  • Latin: Mesocricetus, Cricetus
  • Latvian: kāmis
  • Lithuanian: žiurkėnas
  • Lower Sorbian: zemcygaŕ
  • Macedonian: хрчак (hrčak)
  • Maltese: ħamster
  • Norwegian: hamster m
  • Occitan: amstèr
  • Polish: chomik m
  • Portuguese: hamster m
  • Romanian: hamster, hârciog
  • Romansh: furmanter, raffun, raspun
  • Russian: хомяк (homjak) n
  • Sami: hamster
  • Scottish: hamstair
  • Serbian: хрчак (hrčak)
  • Slovak: škrečok
  • Slovenian: hrček m
  • Spanish: hámster m
  • Swedish: hamster
  • Turkish: hamster, cırlak sıçan
  • Ukrainian: хом'як (hom'jak) m
  • Upper Sorbian: žurk
  • Welsh: bochdew

See also

French

Pronunciation

  • SAMPA: /amstER/ ( h aspiré )

Noun

hamster m . ( plural hamsters )

  1. hamster

Other Translations for "hamster"

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Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Codehamster
Hexe8 e1 ed f3 74 65 72
Pig Latinamsterhay

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