Whisker in Other Languages


graphic from Ali Noel Vyain

This month’s cat vocabulary is the word whisker. A very important thing to a cat. Probably helps them maintain their balance anywhere they might be walking. They are also an attractive looking feature to any cat.

Saying Whisker in European Languages (source)

Language Ways to say whisker
Albanian: mustaqe
Basque: whisker
Belarusian: бакенбарды
Bosnian: dlaka
Bulgarian: мустак
Catalan: bigoti
Croatian: dlaka
Czech: Whisker
Danish: bakkenbart
Dutch: snorhaar
Estonian: põskhabe
Finnish: parta
French: Moustache
Galician: suízas
German: Whisker
Greek: γενειά(geneiá)
Hungarian: darukar
Icelandic: Whisker
Irish: whisker
Italian: baffo
Latvian: ūsas
Lithuanian: siūlinis kristalas
Macedonian: мустак
Maltese: whisker
Norwegian: værhår
Polish: Wąsy
Portuguese: Bigode
Romanian: mustăţi
Russian: бакенбарды(bakenbardy)
Serbian: длака(dlaka)
Slovak: chlp
Slovenian: Dlak
Spanish: Bigote
Swedish: morrhår
Ukrainian: бакенбарди(bakenbardy)
Welsh: trwch blewyn
Yiddish: ווהיסקער

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