From book worm
bookworm (plural bookworms
Any of various insects that infest books.
( figurative ) avid book reader .
Synonyms: bibliophage bibliophile bibliovore book lover librophile librovore Hyponyms: helluo librorum bibliomane bibliomaniac 1846 Nathaniel Hawthorne , “Earth's Holocaust”, in Mosses from an Old Manse “This,” remarked the sedate observer beside me, “is a bookworm ,—one of those men who are born to gnaw dead thoughts. His clothes, you see, are covered with the dust of libraries.
insect
Armenian: գրամոլ (hy) ( gramol )
Belarusian: кні́жны чарвя́к m ( knížny čarvják )
Bulgarian: кни́жен че́рвей m ( knížen čérvej )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 書蛀蟲 ／ 书蛀虫 ( shūzhùchóng ) , 蠹魚 ／ 蠹鱼 (zh) ( dùyú )
Czech: knihomol (cs) m
Danish: bogorm (da) c
Dutch: boekenwurm (nl) m
Finnish: kirjatoukka kirjakoi
French: please add this translation if you can
German: Bücherwurm (de) m
Greek: βιβλιοσκώληξ m ( vivlioskólix ) , βιβλιοφάγος (el) m ( vivliofágos )
Hindi: दीमक (hi) f ( dīmak ) , किताबी कीड़ा m ( kitābī kīṛā ) , पुस्तक कीट m ( pustak kīṭ )
Italian: bibliofago m
Japanese: 本の虫 ( ほんのむし, hon no mushi )
Kazakh: кітап құрты ( kıtap qūrty )
Korean: 책벌레 (ko) ( chaekbeolle )
Macedonian: книжен молец m ( knižen molec ) , црвец во книга m ( crvec vo kniga )
Marathi: पुस्तकी कीडा m ( pustakī kīḍā )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bokorm (no) m
Polish: mól książkowy (pl) m
Portuguese: traça (pt) f
Romanian: molie de cărți f
Russian: кни́жный червь (ru) m ( knížnyj červʹ ) , кни́жная вошь f ( knížnaja vošʹ ) , книгое́д (ru) m ( knigojéd )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: књишки мољац m
Roman: knjiški moljac m
Slovak: knihomoľ m
Slovene: knjižni molj m
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: bokmal (sv) c
Turkish: kitap kurdu (tr)
Ukrainian: книжко́вий хроба́к m ( knyžkóvyj xrobák ) , книжко́вий черв'я́к m ( knyžkóvyj červʺják )
Yoruba: igi ìwé
avid reader
Belarusian: кні́жны чарвя́к m ( knížny čarvják ) , кнігае́д m ( knihajéd )
Bulgarian: кни́жен че́рвей m ( knížen čérvej )
Catalan: lletraferit (ca) m lletraferida (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 書蟲 ／ 书虫 (zh) ( shūchóng ) , 書呆子 ／ 书呆子 (zh) ( shūdāizi )
Czech: knihomol (cs) m
Danish: bogorm (da) c læsehest (da) c
Dutch: boekenwurm (nl) m
Finnish: kirjatoukka lukutoukka (fi)
French: rat de bibliothèque (fr) m papivore (fr) m or f bibliophage (fr) m or f
German: Bücherwurm (de) m Leseratte (de) f Bücherbohrer (de) m
Greek: βιβλιοφάγος (el) m or f ( vivliofágos ) , βιβλιόφιλος (el) m ( vivliófilos ) , φιλαναγνώστης (el) m ( filanagnóstis )
Hebrew: תּוֹלַעַת סְפָרִים (he) m ( tolá'at sfarím )
Hindi: किताबी कीड़ा m ( kitābī kīṛā ) , पुस्तक कीट m ( pustak kīṭ )
Hungarian: könyvmoly (hu)
Icelandic: lestrarhestur m
Indonesian: kutu buku (id)
Irish: léitheoir craosach m
Italian: bibliofago m topo di biblioteca m
Japanese: 本の虫 ( ほんのむし, hon no mushi ) , 書痴 (ja) ( しょち, shochi )
Kannada: ಕುಡುಮಿ ( kuḍumi )
Kazakh: кітап құрты ( kıtap qūrty )
Korean: 독서광(讀書狂) ( dokseogwang ) , 책벌레 (ko) ( chaekbeolle )
Macedonian: книжен молец m ( knižen molec ) , книгољубец m ( knigoljubec )
Malay: kutu buku ulat buku
Manx: sheer-lhaider m
Marathi: पुस्तकी कीडा m ( pustakī kīḍā )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lesehest bokorm (no) m
Nynorsk: lesehest m bokorm m
Polish: mól książkowy (pl) m
Portuguese: rato de biblioteca m bibliófago (pt) m
Punjabi: ਕਿਤਾਬੀ ਕੀੜਾ m ( kitābī kīṛā )
Romanian: șoarece de bibliotecă (ro) f
Russian: кни́жный червь (ru) m ( knížnyj červʹ ) , книгое́д (ru) m ( knigojéd ) , книголю́б (ru) m ( knigoljúb ) , библиофи́л (ru) m ( bibliofíl ) , книгоче́й (ru) m ( knigočéj ) ( dated ) , кни́жник (ru) m ( knížnik )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: књишки мољац m
Roman: knjiški moljac m
Slovak: knihomoľ m
Slovene: knjižni molj m
Spanish: ratón de biblioteca m tragalibros (es) m or f comelibros m or f letraherido m
Swedish: bokmal (sv) c läslus (sv) c bokslukare (sv) c
Tagalog: palabasa
Thai: หนอนหนังสือ ( nɔ̌ɔn-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ )
Turkish: kitap kurdu (tr)
Ukrainian: книжко́вий хроба́к m ( knyžkóvyj xrobák ) , книголю́б m ( knyholjúb ) , бібліофі́л (uk) m ( bibliofíl ) , кни́жник m ( knýžnyk ) , кни́жниця f ( knýžnycja ) , книгої́д m ( knyhojíd )
Vietnamese: mọt sách (vi)
Welsh: llyfrbryf m