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English
A polar bear
Etymology
Coined by Thomas Pennant in A Synopsis of Quadrupeds (1771).
Pronunciation
Noun
polar bear (plural polar bears )
A hypercarnivorous species of bear, Ursus maritimus , whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle .
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
Ursus maritimus
Albanian: ariu polar
Amharic: የበሮዶ ድብ ( yäbärodo dəb )
Arabic: دُبّ أَبْيَض m ( dubb ʔabyaḍ ) , دُبَّة بَيْضَاء f ( dubba(t) bayḍāʔ ) , دُبّ قُطْبِيّ m ( dubb quṭbiyy ) , دُبَّة قُطْبِيَّة f ( dubba(t) quṭbiyya )
Armenian: սպիտակ արջ ( spitak arǰ )
Assamese: বগা ভালুক ( boga bhaluk )
Azerbaijani: ağ ayı (az)
Basque: hartz zuri
Belarusian: бе́лы мядзве́дзь m ( bjély mjadzvjédzʹ )
Breton: arzh gwenn (br) m
Bulgarian: бя́ла ме́чка f ( bjála méčka ) , поля́рна ме́чка f ( poljárna méčka )
Burmese: ဝင်ရိုးစွန်းဝက်ဝံ ( wang-rui:cwan:wak-wam )
Catalan: os polar (ca) m , os blanc (ca) m
Cherokee: ᏲᎾ ᎤᏁᎦ ( yona unega )
Cheyenne: vóhpenáhkohe
Chickasaw: falammi nita' , nita' aakapassaa-asha' , nita' tohbi'
Chinese:
Mandarin: 北極熊 / 北极熊 (zh) ( Běijíxióng ) , 白熊 (zh) ( báixióng )
Chukchi: умӄы
Cornish: arth gwynn m , ors gwynn m
Cree: ᐧᐋᐸᔅᒄ ( yaapaskw )
Czech: lední medvěd , medvěd lední (cs) , polární medvěd m
Danish: isbjørn (da) c
Dutch: ijsbeer (nl) m
Esperanto: blanka urso (eo)
Estonian: jääkaru
Faroese: hvítabjørn f
Finnish: jääkarhu (fi)
French: ours blanc (fr) m , ours polaire (fr) m
Galician: oso polar (gl) m
Georgian: თეთრი დათვი ( tetri datvi )
German: Eisbär (de) m , Polarbär (de) m
Greek: πολική αρκούδα (el) f ( polikí arkoúda )
Greenlandic: nanoq (kl)
Gujarati: ધ્રુવીય રીંછ ( dhruvīya rī̃ch )
Hawaiian: nanuka
Hebrew: דוב הקוטב m ( dov ha-kotev )
Hindi: ध्रुवीय भालू m ( dhruvīya bhālū )
Hungarian: jegesmedve (hu)
Icelandic: ísbjörn (is) , hvítabjörn (is)
Ido: urso blanka (io)
Inari Sami: jieŋâkuobžâ
Indonesian: beruang kutub (id)
Ingrian: valkia karhu , merikarhu
Inuktitut: ᓇᓄᖅ (iu) ( nanoq ) , nanuq (iu)
Inupiaq: nanuq
Inuvialuktun: nanuq
Irish: béar bán m
Italian: orso polare m , orso bianco m
Japanese: ホッキョクグマ (ja) ( Hokkyoku-guma ) (北極熊 (ja) ), シロクマ ( shirokuma ) (白熊 (ja) )
Kalmyk: цаһан аю ( tsağan ayu )
Kazakh: ақ аю ( aq aü )
Khmer: ខ្លាឃ្មុំទឹកកក ( khlaa khmum tɨk kɑɑk )
Komi-Zyrian: еджыд ош ( jedžyd oš )
Korean: 흰곰 ( huin'gom ) , 북극곰 (ko) ( Bukgeukgom )
Koyukon: taah kʼetlaaghozeʼ
Lakota: matȟóska
Latvian: leduslācis m , polārlācis m , baltais lācis m
Lithuanian: baltasis lokys
Luxembourgish: Äisbier (lb) m , Polarbier (lb) m
Macedonian: бела мечка f ( bela mečka )
Malay: beruang kutub (ms)
Maliseet-Passamaquoddy: wapsq anim
Mansi:
Northern Mansi: то̄рев ( tōrev )
Maori: pea huka
Mongolian: цагаан баавгай ( cagaan baavgaj )
Nahuatl: ātlācamāyeh
Norman: blianc-ours m
Northern Sami: jiekŋaguovža
Norwegian: isbjørn (no) m
Pawnee: kurukstaakaa
Persian: خرس قطبی m ( xers-e qotbi )
Plautdietsch: Ieesboa m
Polish: niedźwiedź polarny (pl) m , niedźwiedź biały (pl) m
Portuguese: urso-polar m , urso-branco m
Quechua: yuraq ukumari
Romanian: urs polar (ro) m , urs alb (ro) m
Russian: бе́лый медве́дь (ru) m ( bélyj medvédʹ ) , поля́рный медве́дь m ( poljárnyj medvédʹ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сјеверни медвјед /северни медвед , бијели медвјед /бели медвед , поларни медвјед m /поларни медвед m ,
Latin: sjeverni medvjed /severni medved , bijeli medvjed /beli medved , polarni medvjed m /polarni medved m
Slovak: ľadový medveď m
Slovene: polarni medved (sl) m , beli medved m
Spanish: oso polar m , oso blanco (es) m
Swahili: dubu barafu
Swedish: isbjörn (sv) c
Tajik: хирси қутбӣ ( xirs-i qutbi )
Tamil: துருவக் கரடி ( turuvak karaṭi )
Thai: หมีขั้วโลก (th) ( mǐi-kûua-lôok ) , หมีขาว (th) ( mǐi-kǎao )
Tibetan: བྱང་སྣེའི་དོམ་དཀར ( byang sne'i dom dkar )
Tsimshian: mooksgm'ol
Tundra Nenets: сэр' варк ( ser' wark° )
Turkish: kutup ayısı (tr)
Udmurt: тӧдьы гондыр ( töďy gondyr )
Ukrainian: бі́лий ведмі́дь m ( bílyj vedmídʹ )
Urdu: قطبی بھالو m ( qutbī bhālū )
Uyghur: ئاق ئېيىق ( aq ëyiq )
Uzbek: oq ayiq
Vietnamese: gấu trắng Bắc Cực , gấu Bắc Cực (vi) , gấu trắng
Welsh: arth wen (cy) f , arth y gogledd f
West Frisian: iisbear c
Yiddish: ווײַסער בער m ( vayser ber )
Yup'ik: arlunaq , nanuaq
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