Learn to say "squirrel" in more than 100 different languages!
Language: | Word for "squirrel" | Possible route meaning: | Species applied to this word: |
| Ainu: | akkamui | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel, Eurasian Flying Squirrel |
| Albanian: | ketor | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Alleghany: | ahgwingwoos | - | - |
| Andrandr: * | eckorrel | - | Eastern Gray Squirrel |
| Anishinaabe: | agongos | - | - |
| Apache: | na'iltso' | - | Tassel-eared Squirrel, Arizona Gray Squirrel |
| Arabic: | sangab, alsenjaab | - | Persian Squirrel, Barbary Ground Squirrel |
| Arapahoe: | eenahnunnee | - | - |
| Armenian: | skyurr | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Atakapa: | paktsa'kc | - | Eastern Gray Squirrel |
| Basque: | urtxintxa | "Walnut Otter" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Bengali: | kAtHbIraI | "Cat in a Tree" | Asian Giant Squirrel, Indian Palm Squirrel |
| Breton: | gwinver, kazh-koad, kizhier | - | Red Squirrel |
| Byelorussian: | vevërka | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Caddo: | she'wah | - | - |
| Catalan: | esquirol | Latin, "Shadow Tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Cayuga: | joniskro | - | - |
| Cherokee: | sa-lo-li | - | Eastern Gray Squirrel |
| Cheyenne: | no'ee'e | - | - |
| Chinese: | sung shu | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel, Chinese Rock Squirrel |
| Chinook: | skudzo, ap-poe-poe | - | - |
| Chippewa: | klee-ay | - | - |
| Choctaw: | fani | - | - |
| Chontal: | cece | - | Yucatan Squirrel |
| Cornish: | gwywer | - | Red Squirrel |
| Croatian: | vjeverica | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Cushna: | tshumbo | - | |
| Czech: | veverka | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Danish: | egern | Germanic, "Oak kitten" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Delaware: | honneek | - | Eastern Gray Squirrel |
| Dutch: | eekhoorn | Germanic, "Oak kitten" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Eklektu: * | belka | - | - |
| English: | squirrel | Latin, "Shadow Tail" | Eastern Gray Squirrel, Eurasian Red Squirrel, Fox Squirrel |
| Eskimo: | siksik | - | Arctic Ground Squirrel |
| Esperanto: * | sciuro | Latin, "shadow tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Estonian: | orav | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Finnish: | orava | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| French: | ècureuil | Latin, "shadow tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel, American Red Squirrel, Eastern Gray Squirrel |
| German: | eichätzchen | "Oak kitten" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Gilbertese: | taoumene poukina | - | - |
| Greek: | skiouros | "shadow tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Guarani: | kuatî | - | Brazilian Squirrel |
| Haitian Creole: | ekirèy | French, "shadow tail" | - |
| Hausa: | kurege | - | African bush Squirrel |
| Hawaiian: | aka hehuelo | (not an original phrase) | - |
| Hebrew: | sna'ee, senaye | - | Persian Squirrel |
| Hindi: | gilahri | - | Indian Palm Squirrel |
| Hopi: | sakuna | - | Tassel-Eared Squirrel |
| Hungarian: | mòkus | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Icelandic: | íkorni | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Indonesian: | bajing | - | Prevost's Squirrel, Plantain Squirrel, other Callosciurus |
| Interlingua: * | scuriolo | "shadow tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Irish: | iora rua, iora glas | - | Red squirrel, Grey squirrel (respectively) |
| Italian: | scoiattolo | "shadow tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Japanese: | risu | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel, Japanese Squirrel |
| Kioway: | chahondeton | - | - |
| Klingon: * | qon'Het'wa | - | - |
| Korean: | taramchwi | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Lakota: | tasnaheca | - | - |
| Latin: | sciurus | "shadow tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Latvian: | vàvere | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Maori: | ki~rera | - | - |
| Manx: | roddan biljagh | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Micmac: | ahdoo-doo-wech | - | - |
| Mohawk: | arosea | - | - |
| Mongolian: | kherem | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Natick: | mishaneck | - | American Red Squirrel, Eastern Gray Squirrel |
| Nauran: | itùr iwin | - | - |
| Navajo: | hazèìtsoh | - | Tassel-eared Squirrel |
| Norwegian: | ekorn | "oak kitten" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Oglala Sioux: | zee-cha | - | American Red Squirrel |
| Ojibway: | atchidamoy | "tail in the air" | American Red Squirrel |
| Onandaga: | tshukatakee | - | - |
| Oneida: | tshukweloh | - | - |
| Passamaquoddy: | mihku | - | American Red Squirrel |
| Persian: | sanjaab | - | Persian Squirrel |
| Piapoco: | materi | - | North Amazon Red squirrel, Red-tailed squirrel |
| Polish: | wiewiòrka | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Portuguese: | esquilo | "shadow tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Potawatomi: | sengo, citmowuk | - | American Red Squirrel |
| Quechua: | huayuashi | - | Amazonian Red Squirrel |
| Russian: | byelka | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Sakai: | tupai | - | genus Callosciurus |
| Scottish: | feòrag | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Seminole: | wiyo, e-thlo | - | Eastern Gray Squirrel |
| Seneca: | tyihukwaes | - | - |
| Sioux: | nayhenowenab | - | American Red Squirrel |
| Slovak: | veverica | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Spanish: | ardilla | "like a flame" | Eurasian Red Squirrel, Nayarit Squirrel, Red-tailed squirrel |
| Swahili: | kidiri, kuchipika | - | Bush Squirrel |
| Swedish: | ekorre | "oak kitten" or "shadow tail" | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Tamil: | anil | - | Indian Palm Squirrel, Asian Giant Squirrel |
| Tarahumara: | chi-mu-ri | - | Nayarit Squirrel |
| Thai: | adaì, kra-ro:k | - | genus Callosciurus |
| Turkish: | sincab | - | Persian Squirrel |
| Ukrainian: | bilka | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Üqoi | thqööninikubëlhotii | tree rodent | Unknown |
| Urdu | glehri | - | Persian squirrel |
| Vietnamese: | con sòc | - | Asiatic Palm Squirrel |
| Welsh: | gwiwer | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Xhosa: | unomatse | - | Spiny Ground Squirrel |
| Yankton Sioux: | kee-hah-chah | - | American Red Squirrel |
| Yiddish: | veverke | - | Eurasian Red Squirrel |
| Zulu: | ingwejeje, intshindane | - | African Palm Squirrel |
(Note: *= Artificial Language)
