Butterfly

[Loiks]

Afrikaans: vlinder
Anglo Saxon: fifoldara
Danish: sommerfugl ('summer bird')
Danish (North Jutland): sommerflue ('summer fly')
Danish (South Jutland): skurvefugl
Dutch: vlinder
English: butterfly
Faroese: firvaldur, fiðrildi, summarfuglur (for some reason, I'm sure, that 'summarfuglur' is a breed of 'firvaldur/fiðrildi' but I need to look into this
Frisian: flinter
German: Schmetterling / Falter
Icelandic: fiðrildi
Middle English: buterflie
Old English: buttorfleoge
Norwegian (Bm): sommerfugl [/full] ('summer bird')
Norwegian (Nn): sumarfugl/sommarfugl [/fugl]
Swedish: fjäril
Yiddish: פֿלאַטערל [flaterl]

Catalan: papallona
French: papillon
Galician: bolboreta
Italian: farfalla
Portuguese: borboleta
Romanian: fluture
Spanish: mariposa
Occitan: parpalhon
Lombard: parpajon

Lithuanian: drugelis
Latvian: tauriņš

Serbian: лептир [leptir]

Greek: πεταλούδα [petaludha]

Persian: پروانه [parvâne]

Khalka Mongol: эрвээхэй [erveehey]

Japanese: ちょうちょう [chōchō], ちょう [chō]

Korean: 나비 Romanization "nabi" IPA /napi/--> [nabi]

Taiwanese (Hokkien): 蝴蝶 [_o'diab], ya-a

Paiwan (native to Taiwan): kalidungudungul

Samoan: pepe

Hawai‘ian: pūlelehua
Reo Māori (CI): pepe
Reo Māori (NZ): pēpepe, pūrerehua
Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
Vānanga Rapa Nui :pepa, peparere

Cebuano: alibangbang, kaba-kaba
Waray Waray: rapudapo

Malayalam: poompatta
Malay: kupukupu, ramarama

Arabic (Standard): فراشة (f) [farāsha]
Hebrew: פרפר [parpar]

Inuktitut: tarralikitaaq
Inupiak: taqalukisaq

Estonian: liblikas
Finnish: perhonen, perho
Northern Sami: beaiveloddi
Udmurt: бубыли (bubyli)

[malikot]

Afrikaans: vlinder
Anglo Saxon: fifoldara
Danish: sommerfugl ('summer bird')
Danish (North Jutland): sommerflue ('summer fly')
Danish (South Jutland): skurvefugl
Dutch: vlinder
English: butterfly
Faroese: firvaldur, fiðrildi, summarfuglur (for some reason, I'm sure, that 'summarfuglur' is a breed of 'firvaldur/fiðrildi' but I need to look into this
Frisian: flinter
German: Schmetterling / Falter
Icelandic: fiðrildi
Middle English: buterflie
Old English: buttorfleoge
Norwegian (Bm): sommerfugl [/full] ('summer bird')
Norwegian (Nn): sumarfugl/sommarfugl [/fugl]
Swedish: fjäril
Yiddish: פֿלאַטערל [flaterl]

Catalan: papallona
French: papillon
Galician: bolboreta
Italian: farfalla
Portuguese: borboleta
Romanian: fluture
Spanish: mariposa
Occitan: parpalhon
Lombard: parpajon

Lithuanian: drugelis
Latvian: tauriņš

Serbian: лептир [leptir]

Greek: πεταλούδα [petaludha]

Persian: پروانه [parvâne]

Khalka Mongol: эрвээхэй [erveehey]

Japanese: ちょうちょう [chōchō], ちょう [chō]

Korean: 나비 Romanization "nabi" IPA /napi/--> [nabi]

Taiwanese (Hokkien): 蝴蝶 [_o'diab], ya-a

Paiwan (native to Taiwan): kalidungudungul

Samoan: pepe

Hawai‘ian: pūlelehua
Reo Māori (CI): pepe
Reo Māori (NZ): pēpepe, pūrerehua
Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
Vānanga Rapa Nui :pepa, peparere

Cebuano: alibangbang, kaba-kaba
Waray Waray: rapudapo
Tagalog: paruparo, paparo, mariposa

Malayalam: poompatta
Malay: kupukupu, ramarama

Arabic (Standard): فراشة (f) [farāsha]
Hebrew: פרפר [parpar]

Inuktitut: tarralikitaaq
Inupiak: taqalukisaq

Estonian: liblikas
Finnish: perhonen, perho
Northern Sami: beaiveloddi
Udmurt: бубыли (bubyli)

[Formiko]

Afrikaans: vlinder
Anglo Saxon: fifoldara
Danish: sommerfugl ('summer bird')
Danish (North Jutland): sommerflue ('summer fly')
Danish (South Jutland): skurvefugl
Dutch: vlinder
English: butterfly
Faroese: firvaldur, fiðrildi, summarfuglur (for some reason, I'm sure, that 'summarfuglur' is a breed of 'firvaldur/fiðrildi' but I need to look into this
Frisian: flinter
German: Schmetterling / Falter
Icelandic: fiðrildi
Middle English: buterflie
Old English: buttorfleoge
Norwegian (Bm): sommerfugl [/full] ('summer bird')
Norwegian (Nn): sumarfugl/sommarfugl [/fugl]
Swedish: fjäril
Yiddish: פֿלאַטערל [flaterl]

Catalan: papallona
French: papillon
Galician: bolboreta
Italian: farfalla
Portuguese: borboleta
Romanian: fluture
Spanish: mariposa
Occitan: parpalhon
Lombard: parpajon

Lithuanian: drugelis
Latvian: tauriņš

Serbian: лептир [leptir]

Greek: πεταλούδα [petaludha]

Persian: پروانه [parvâne]

Khalka Mongol: эрвээхэй [erveehey]

Japanese: ちょうちょう [chōchō], ちょう [chō]

Korean: 나비 Romanization "nabi" IPA /napi/--> [nabi]

Taiwanese (Hokkien): 蝴蝶 [_o'diab], ya-a

Paiwan (native to Taiwan): kalidungudungul

Samoan: pepe

Hawai‘ian: pūlelehua
Reo Māori (CI): pepe
Reo Māori (NZ): pēpepe, pūrerehua
Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
Vānanga Rapa Nui :pepa, peparere

Cebuano: alibangbang, kaba-kaba
Waray Waray: rapudapo
Tagalog: paruparo, paparo, mariposa

Malayalam: poompatta
Malay: kupukupu, ramarama

Arabic (Standard): فراشة (f) [farāsha]
Hebrew: פרפר [parpar]

Inuktitut: tarralikitaaq
Inupiak: taqalukisaq

Estonian: liblikas
Finnish: perhonen, perho
Northern Sami: beaiveloddi
Udmurt: бубыли (bubyli)

Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ kámama (Also means elephant!)

Esperanto: papilio

[leander11]

Afrikaans: vlinder / skoenlapper
Anglo Saxon: fifoldara
Danish: sommerfugl ('summer bird')
Danish (North Jutland): sommerflue ('summer fly')
Danish (South Jutland): skurvefugl
Dutch: vlinder
English: butterfly
Faroese: firvaldur, fiðrildi, summarfuglur (for some reason, I'm sure, that 'summarfuglur' is a breed of 'firvaldur/fiðrildi' but I need to look into this
Frisian: flinter
German: Schmetterling / Falter
Icelandic: fiðrildi
Middle English: buterflie
Old English: buttorfleoge
Norwegian (Bm): sommerfugl [/full] ('summer bird')
Norwegian (Nn): sumarfugl/sommarfugl [/fugl]
Swedish: fjäril
Yiddish: פֿלאַטערל [flaterl]

Catalan: papallona
French: papillon
Galician: bolboreta
Italian: farfalla
Portuguese: borboleta
Romanian: fluture
Spanish: mariposa
Occitan: parpalhon
Lombard: parpajon

Lithuanian: drugelis
Latvian: tauriņš

Serbian: лептир [leptir]

Greek: πεταλούδα [petaludha]

Persian: پروانه [parvâne]

Khalka Mongol: эрвээхэй [erveehey]

Japanese: ちょうちょう [chōchō], ちょう [chō]

Korean: 나비 Romanization "nabi" IPA /napi/--> [nabi]

Taiwanese (Hokkien): 蝴蝶 [_o'diab], ya-a

Paiwan (native to Taiwan): kalidungudungul

Samoan: pepe

Hawai‘ian: pūlelehua
Reo Māori (CI): pepe
Reo Māori (NZ): pēpepe, pūrerehua
Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
Vānanga Rapa Nui :pepa, peparere

Cebuano: alibangbang, kaba-kaba
Waray Waray: rapudapo
Tagalog: paruparo, paparo, mariposa

Malayalam: poompatta
Malay: kupukupu, ramarama

Arabic (Standard): فراشة (f) [farāsha]
Hebrew: פרפר [parpar]

Inuktitut: tarralikitaaq
Inupiak: taqalukisaq

Estonian: liblikas
Finnish: perhonen, perho
Northern Sami: beaiveloddi
Udmurt: бубыли (bubyli)

Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ kámama (Also means elephant!)

Esperanto: papilio

[Eoghan]

Afrikaans: vlinder / skoenlapper
Anglo Saxon: fifoldara
Danish: sommerfugl ('summer bird')
Danish (North Jutland): sommerflue ('summer fly')
Danish (South Jutland): skurvefugl
Dutch: vlinder
English: butterfly
Faroese: firvaldur, fiðrildi, summarfuglur (for some reason, I'm sure, that 'summarfuglur' is a breed of 'firvaldur/fiðrildi' but I need to look into this
Frisian: flinter
German: Schmetterling / Falter
Icelandic: fiðrildi
Middle English: buterflie
Old English: buttorfleoge
Norwegian (Bm): sommerfugl [/full] ('summer bird')
Norwegian (Nn): sumarfugl/sommarfugl [/fugl]
Swedish: fjäril
Yiddish: פֿלאַטערל [flaterl]

Scottish Gaelic: Amadan-dè / Cailleach-oidche / calaman-dè / gròmag

Catalan: papallona
French: papillon
Galician: bolboreta
Italian: farfalla
Portuguese: borboleta
Romanian: fluture
Spanish: mariposa
Occitan: parpalhon
Lombard: parpajon

Lithuanian: drugelis
Latvian: tauriņš

Serbian: лептир [leptir]

Greek: πεταλούδα [petaludha]

Persian: پروانه [parvâne]

Khalka Mongol: эрвээхэй [erveehey]

Japanese: ちょうちょう [chōchō], ちょう [chō]

Korean: 나비 Romanization "nabi" IPA /napi/--> [nabi]

Taiwanese (Hokkien): 蝴蝶 [_o'diab], ya-a

Paiwan (native to Taiwan): kalidungudungul

Samoan: pepe

Hawai‘ian: pūlelehua
Reo Māori (CI): pepe
Reo Māori (NZ): pēpepe, pūrerehua
Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
Vānanga Rapa Nui :pepa, peparere

Cebuano: alibangbang, kaba-kaba
Waray Waray: rapudapo
Tagalog: paruparo, paparo, mariposa

Malayalam: poompatta
Malay: kupukupu, ramarama

Arabic (Standard): فراشة (f) [farāsha]
Hebrew: פרפר [parpar]

Inuktitut: tarralikitaaq
Inupiak: taqalukisaq

Estonian: liblikas
Finnish: perhonen, perho
Northern Sami: beaiveloddi
Udmurt: бубыли (bubyli)

Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ kámama (Also means elephant!)

Esperanto: papilio[/quote]

[huhmzah]

Afrikaans: vlinder / skoenlapper
Anglo Saxon: fifoldara
Danish: sommerfugl ('summer bird')
Danish (North Jutland): sommerflue ('summer fly')
Danish (South Jutland): skurvefugl
Dutch: vlinder
English: butterfly
Faroese: firvaldur, fiðrildi, summarfuglur (for some reason, I'm sure, that 'summarfuglur' is a breed of 'firvaldur/fiðrildi' but I need to look into this
Frisian: flinter
German: Schmetterling / Falter
Icelandic: fiðrildi
Middle English: buterflie
Old English: buttorfleoge
Norwegian (Bm): sommerfugl [/full] ('summer bird')
Norwegian (Nn): sumarfugl/sommarfugl [/fugl]
Swedish: fjäril
Yiddish: פֿלאַטערל [flaterl]

Scottish Gaelic: Amadan-dè / Cailleach-oidche / calaman-dè / gròmag

Catalan: papallona
French: papillon
Galician: bolboreta
Italian: farfalla
Portuguese: borboleta
Romanian: fluture
Spanish: mariposa
Occitan: parpalhon
Lombard: parpajon

Lithuanian: drugelis
Latvian: tauriņš

Serbian: лептир [leptir]

Greek: πεταλούδα [petaludha]

Persian: پروانه [parvâne]

Urdu: پروانه [pervâna] or تتلى [titli]
Punjabi: تتلى [titli]
Hindi: तितली [titli]


Khalka Mongol: эрвээхэй [erveehey]

Japanese: ちょうちょう [chōchō], ちょう [chō]

Korean: 나비 Romanization "nabi" IPA /napi/--> [nabi]

Taiwanese (Hokkien): 蝴蝶 [_o'diab], ya-a

Paiwan (native to Taiwan): kalidungudungul

Samoan: pepe

Hawai‘ian: pūlelehua
Reo Māori (CI): pepe
Reo Māori (NZ): pēpepe, pūrerehua
Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
Vānanga Rapa Nui :pepa, peparere

Cebuano: alibangbang, kaba-kaba
Waray Waray: rapudapo
Tagalog: paruparo, paparo, mariposa

Malayalam: poompatta
Malay: kupukupu, ramarama

Arabic (Standard): فراشة (f) [farāsha]
Hebrew: פרפר [parpar]

Turkish: Kelebek

Inuktitut: tarralikitaaq
Inupiak: taqalukisaq

Estonian: liblikas
Finnish: perhonen, perho
Northern Sami: beaiveloddi
Udmurt: бубыли (bubyli)

Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ kámama (Also means elephant!)

Esperanto: papilio

[huhmzah]

I think it's kind of interesting that the word for butterfly in so many languages has some kind of a phonetic "echo" / repetition of a sound in them:

"papallona", "farfalla", "pulelehua", "titili", "pepe", "kabakaba", "paruparo", "kupukupu", "ramarama", "parpar", "kamama" etc.

[Danysh]

Afrikaans: vlinder / skoenlapper
Anglo Saxon: fifoldara
Danish: sommerfugl ('summer bird')
Danish (North Jutland): sommerflue ('summer fly')
Danish (South Jutland): skurvefugl
Dutch: vlinder
English: butterfly
Faroese: firvaldur, fiðrildi, summarfuglur (for some reason, I'm sure, that 'summarfuglur' is a breed of 'firvaldur/fiðrildi' but I need to look into this
Frisian: flinter
German: Schmetterling / Falter
Icelandic: fiðrildi
Middle English: buterflie
Old English: buttorfleoge
Norwegian (Bm): sommerfugl [/full] ('summer bird')
Norwegian (Nn): sumarfugl/sommarfugl [/fugl]
Swedish: fjäril
Yiddish: פֿלאַטערל [flaterl]

Scottish Gaelic: Amadan-dè / Cailleach-oidche / calaman-dè / gròmag

Catalan: papallona
French: papillon
Galician: bolboreta
Italian: farfalla
Portuguese: borboleta
Romanian: fluture
Spanish: mariposa
Occitan: parpalhon
Lombard: parpajon

Lithuanian: drugelis
Latvian: tauriņš

Serbian: лептир [leptir]

Greek: πεταλούδα [petaludha]

Persian: پروانه [parvâne]

Urdu: پروانه [pervâna] or تتلى [titli]
Punjabi: تتلى [titli]
Hindi: तितली [titli]

Armenian(Eastern): թիթեռ [t'it'er], թիթեռնակ [t'it'ernak]

Khalka Mongol: эрвээхэй [erveehey]

Japanese: ちょうちょう [chōchō], ちょう [chō]

Korean: 나비 Romanization "nabi" IPA /napi/--> [nabi]

Taiwanese (Hokkien): 蝴蝶 [_o'diab], ya-a

Paiwan (native to Taiwan): kalidungudungul

Samoan: pepe

Hawai‘ian: pūlelehua
Reo Māori (CI): pepe
Reo Māori (NZ): pēpepe, pūrerehua
Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
Vānanga Rapa Nui :pepa, peparere

Cebuano: alibangbang, kaba-kaba
Waray Waray: rapudapo
Tagalog: paruparo, paparo, mariposa

Malayalam: poompatta
Malay: kupukupu, ramarama

Arabic (Standard): فراشة (f) [farāsha]
Hebrew: פרפר [parpar]

Turkish: Kelebek

Inuktitut: tarralikitaaq
Inupiak: taqalukisaq

Estonian: liblikas
Finnish: perhonen, perho
Northern Sami: beaiveloddi
Udmurt: бубыли (bubyli)

Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ kámama (Also means elephant!)

Esperanto: papilio

[null]

Afrikaans: vlinder
Anglo Saxon: fifoldara
Danish: sommerfugl ('summer bird')
Danish (North Jutland): sommerflue ('summer fly')
Danish (South Jutland): skurvefugl
Dutch: vlinder
English: butterfly
Faroese: firvaldur, fiðrildi, summarfuglur (for some reason, I'm sure, that 'summarfuglur' is a breed of 'firvaldur/fiðrildi' but I need to look into this
Frisian: flinter
German: Schmetterling / Falter
Icelandic: fiðrildi
Middle English: buterflie
Old English: buttorfleoge
Norwegian (Bm): sommerfugl [/full] ('summer bird')
Norwegian (Nn): sumarfugl/sommarfugl [/fugl]
Swedish: fjäril
Yiddish: פֿלאַטערל [flaterl]

Catalan: papallona
French: papillon
Galician: bolboreta
Italian: farfalla
Portuguese: borboleta
Romanian: fluture
Spanish: mariposa

Lithuanian: drugelis
Latvian: tauriņš

Serbian: лептир [leptir]

Greek: πεταλούδα [petaludha]

Persian: پروانه [parvâne]

Khalka Mongol: эрвээхэй [erveehey]

Japanese: ちょうちょう [chōchō], ちょう [chō]

Korean: 나비 Romanization "nabi" IPA /napi/--> [nabi]

Chinese (Mandarin): 蝴蝶 [hú dié]

Taiwanese (Hokkien): 蝴蝶 [_o'diab], ya-a

Paiwan (native to Taiwan): kalidungudungul

Samoan: pepe

Reo Māori (CI): pepe
Reo Māori (NZ): pēpepe, pūrerehua
Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
Vānanga Rapa Nui :pepa, peparere

Cebuano: alibangbang, kaba-kaba
Waray Waray: rapudapo

Malayalam: poompatta
Malay: kupukupu, ramarama

Arabic (Standard): فراشة (f) [farāsha]
Hebrew: פרפר [parpar]

Inuktitut: tarralikitaaq
Inupiak: taqalukisaq

Estonian: liblikas
Finnish: perhonen, perho

[Kubi]

Afrikaans: vlinder / skoenlapper
Anglo Saxon: fifoldara
Danish: sommerfugl ('summer bird')
Danish (North Jutland): sommerflue ('summer fly')
Danish (South Jutland): skurvefugl
Dutch: vlinder
English: butterfly
Faroese: firvaldur, fiðrildi, summarfuglur (for some reason, I'm sure, that 'summarfuglur' is a breed of 'firvaldur/fiðrildi' but I need to look into this
Frisian: flinter
German: Schmetterling / Falter
Icelandic: fiðrildi
Middle English: buterflie
Old English: buttorfleoge
Norwegian (Bm): sommerfugl [/full] ('summer bird')
Norwegian (Nn): sumarfugl/sommarfugl [/fugl]
Swedish: fjäril
Yiddish: פֿלאַטערל [flaterl]

Scottish Gaelic: Amadan-dè / Cailleach-oidche / calaman-dè / gròmag

Catalan: papallona
French: papillon
Galician: bolboreta
Italian: farfalla
Lombard: parpajon
Occitan: parpalhon
Portuguese: borboleta
Romanian: fluture
Spanish: mariposa

Lithuanian: drugelis
Latvian: tauriņš

Bulgarian: пеперуд [peperud]
Croatian: leptir
Czech: motýl
Serbian: лептир [leptir]

Greek: πεταλούδα [petaludha]

Urdu: پروانه [pervâna] or تتلى [titli]
Persian: پروانه [parvâne]
Punjabi: تتلى [titli]
Hindi: तितली [titli]

Armenian(Eastern): թիթեռ [t'it'er], թիթեռնակ [t'it'ernak]

Khalka Mongol: эрвээхэй [erveehey]

Japanese: ちょうちょう [chōchō], ちょう [chō]

Korean: 나비 Romanization "nabi" IPA /napi/--> [nabi]

Taiwanese (Hokkien): 蝴蝶 [_o'diab], ya-a

Paiwan (native to Taiwan): kalidungudungul

Hawai‘ian: pūlelehua
Reo Māori (CI): pepe
Reo Māori (NZ): pēpepe, pūrerehua
Samoan: pepe
Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
Vānanga Rapa Nui :pepa, peparere

Cebuano: alibangbang, kaba-kaba
Indonesian: kupu-kupu
Malay: kupukupu, ramarama
Waray Waray: rapudapo
Tagalog: paruparo, paparo, mariposa

Malayalam: poompatta

Arabic (Standard): فراشة (f) [farāsha]
Hebrew: פרפר [parpar]

Turkish: Kelebek

Inuktitut: tarralikitaaq
Inupiak: taqalukisaq

Estonian: liblikas
Finnish: perhonen, perho
Northern Sami: beaiveloddi
Udmurt: бубыли (bubyli)

Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ kámama (Also means elephant!)

Chinese (Mandarin): 蝴蝶 [hú dié]

Esperanto: papilio

[Formiko]

Afrikaans: vlinder / skoenlapper
Anglo Saxon: fifoldara
Danish: sommerfugl ('summer bird')
Danish (North Jutland): sommerflue ('summer fly')
Danish (South Jutland): skurvefugl
Dutch: vlinder
English: butterfly
Faroese: firvaldur, fiðrildi, summarfuglur (for some reason, I'm sure, that 'summarfuglur' is a breed of 'firvaldur/fiðrildi' but I need to look into this
Frisian: flinter
German: Schmetterling / Falter
Icelandic: fiðrildi
Middle English: buterflie
Old English: buttorfleoge
Norwegian (Bm): sommerfugl [/full] ('summer bird')
Norwegian (Nn): sumarfugl/sommarfugl [/fugl]
Swedish: fjäril
Yiddish: פֿלאַטערל [flaterl]

Scottish Gaelic: Amadan-dè / Cailleach-oidche / calaman-dè / gròmag

Catalan: papallona
French: papillon
Galician: bolboreta
Italian: farfalla
Lombard: parpajon
Occitan: parpalhon
Portuguese: borboleta
Romanian: fluture
Spanish: mariposa

Lithuanian: drugelis
Latvian: tauriņš

Bulgarian: пеперуд [peperud]
Croatian: leptir
Czech: motýl[
Russian: бабочка (babochka)
Serbian: лептир [leptir]

Greek: πεταλούδα [petaludha]

Urdu: پروانه [pervâna] or تتلى [titli]
Persian: پروانه [parvâne]
Punjabi: تتلى [titli]
Hindi: तितली [titli]

Armenian(Eastern): թիթեռ [t'it'er], թիթեռնակ [t'it'ernak]

Khalka Mongol: эрвээхэй [erveehey]

Japanese: ちょうちょう [chōchō], ちょう [chō]

Korean: 나비 Romanization "nabi" IPA /napi/--> [nabi]

Taiwanese (Hokkien): 蝴蝶 [_o'diab], ya-a

Paiwan (native to Taiwan): kalidungudungul

Hawai‘ian: pūlelehua
Reo Māori (CI): pepe
Reo Māori (NZ): pēpepe, pūrerehua
Samoan: pepe
Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
Vānanga Rapa Nui :pepa, peparere

Cebuano: alibangbang, kaba-kaba
Indonesian: kupu-kupu
Malay: kupukupu, ramarama
Waray Waray: rapudapo
Tagalog: paruparo, paparo, mariposa

Malayalam: poompatta

Arabic (Standard): فراشة (f) [farāsha]
Hebrew: פרפר [parpar]

Turkish: Kelebek

Inuktitut: tarralikitaaq
Inupiak: taqalukisaq

Estonian: liblikas
Finnish: perhonen, perho
Northern Sami: beaiveloddi
Udmurt: бубыли (bubyli)

Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ kámama (Also means elephant!)
Tlingit: stl'aka'm*

Yoruba: labalábá

Chinese (Mandarin): 蝴蝶 [hú dié]

Esperanto: papilio

*I've been told that the Tlingit word is actually a direct Haida borrowing

[Martine]

Afrikaans: vlinder / skoenlapper
Anglo Saxon: fifoldara
Danish: sommerfugl ('summer bird')
Danish (North Jutland): sommerflue ('summer fly')
Danish (South Jutland): skurvefugl
Dutch: vlinder
English: butterfly
Faroese: firvaldur, fiðrildi, summarfuglur (for some reason, I'm sure, that 'summarfuglur' is a breed of 'firvaldur/fiðrildi' but I need to look into this
Frisian: flinter
German: Schmetterling / Falter
Icelandic: fiðrildi
Middle English: buterflie
Old English: buttorfleoge
Norwegian (Bm): sommerfugl [/full] ('summer bird')
Norwegian (Nn): sumarfugl/sommarfugl [/fugl]
Swedish: fjäril
Yiddish: פֿלאַטערל [flaterl]

Scottish Gaelic: Amadan-dè / Cailleach-oidche / calaman-dè / gròmag

Catalan: papallona
French: papillon
Galician: bolboreta
Italian: farfalla
Lombard: parpajon
Occitan: parpalhon
Portuguese: borboleta
Romanian: fluture
Spanish: mariposa

Lithuanian: drugelis
Latvian: tauriņš

Bulgarian: пеперуд [peperud]
Croatian: leptir
Czech: motýl
Polish: motyl
Russian: бабочка (babochka)
Serbian: лептир [leptir]

Greek: πεταλούδα [petaludha]

Urdu: پروانه [pervâna] or تتلى [titli]
Persian: پروانه [parvâne]
Punjabi: تتلى [titli]
Hindi: तितली [titli]

Armenian(Eastern): թիթեռ [t'it'er], թիթեռնակ [t'it'ernak]

Khalka Mongol: эрвээхэй [erveehey]

Japanese: ちょうちょう [chōchō], ちょう [chō]

Korean: 나비 Romanization "nabi" IPA /napi/--> [nabi]

Taiwanese (Hokkien): 蝴蝶 [_o'diab], ya-a

Paiwan (native to Taiwan): kalidungudungul

Hawai‘ian: pūlelehua
Reo Māori (CI): pepe
Reo Māori (NZ): pēpepe, pūrerehua
Samoan: pepe
Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
Vānanga Rapa Nui :pepa, peparere

Cebuano: alibangbang, kaba-kaba
Indonesian: kupu-kupu
Malay: kupukupu, ramarama
Waray Waray: rapudapo
Tagalog: paruparo, paparo, mariposa

Malayalam: poompatta

Arabic (Standard): فراشة (f) [farāsha]
Hebrew: פרפר [parpar]

Turkish: Kelebek

Inuktitut: tarralikitaaq
Inupiak: taqalukisaq

Estonian: liblikas
Finnish: perhonen, perho
Northern Sami: beaiveloddi
Udmurt: бубыли (bubyli)

Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ kámama (Also means elephant!)
Tlingit: stl'aka'm*

Yoruba: labalábá

Chinese (Mandarin): 蝴蝶 [hú dié]

Esperanto: papilio

[Steisi]

Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)

Isn't this simply butterfly versus moth? As far as I know butterflies are mostly diurnal.

[Æren]

Afrikaans: vlinder / skoenlapper
Anglo Saxon: fifoldara
Danish: sommerfugl ('summer bird')
Danish (North Jutland): sommerflue ('summer fly')
Danish (South Jutland): skurvefugl
Dutch: vlinder
English: butterfly
Faroese: firvaldur, fiðrildi, summarfuglur (for some reason, I'm sure, that 'summarfuglur' is a breed of 'firvaldur/fiðrildi' but I need to look into this
Frisian: flinter
German: Schmetterling / Falter
Icelandic: fiðrildi
Middle English: buterflie
Old English: buttorfleoge
Norwegian (Bm): sommerfugl [/full] ('summer bird')
Norwegian (Nn): sumarfugl/sommarfugl [/fugl]
Swedish: fjäril
Yiddish: פֿלאַטערל [flaterl]

Scottish Gaelic: Amadan-dè / Cailleach-oidche / calaman-dè / gròmag

Catalan: papallona
French: papillon
Galician: bolboreta
Italian: farfalla
Lombard: parpajon
Occitan: parpalhon
Portuguese: borboleta
Romanian: fluture
Spanish: mariposa

Lithuanian: drugelis
Latvian: tauriņš

Bulgarian: пеперудa [pepe'ruda]
Croatian: leptir
Czech: motýl
Polish: motyl
Russian: бабочка (babochka)
Serbian: лептир [leptir]

Greek: πεταλούδα [petaludha]

Urdu: پروانه [pervâna] or تتلى [titli]
Persian: پروانه [parvâne]
Punjabi: تتلى [titli]
Hindi: तितली [titli]

Armenian(Eastern): թիթեռ [t'it'er], թիթեռնակ [t'it'ernak]

Khalka Mongol: эрвээхэй [erveehey]

Japanese: ちょうちょう [chōchō], ちょう [chō]

Korean: 나비 Romanization "nabi" IPA /napi/--> [nabi]

Taiwanese (Hokkien): 蝴蝶 [_o'diab], ya-a

Paiwan (native to Taiwan): kalidungudungul

Hawai‘ian: pūlelehua
Reo Māori (CI): pepe
Reo Māori (NZ): pēpepe, pūrerehua
Samoan: pepe
Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
Vānanga Rapa Nui :pepa, peparere

Cebuano: alibangbang, kaba-kaba
Indonesian: kupu-kupu
Malay: kupukupu, ramarama
Waray Waray: rapudapo
Tagalog: paruparo, paparo, mariposa

Malayalam: poompatta

Arabic (Standard): فراشة (f) [farāsha]
Hebrew: פרפר [parpar]

Turkish: Kelebek

Inuktitut: tarralikitaaq
Inupiak: taqalukisaq

Estonian: liblikas
Finnish: perhonen, perho
Northern Sami: beaiveloddi
Udmurt: бубыли (bubyli)

Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ kámama (Also means elephant!)
Tlingit: stl'aka'm*

Yoruba: labalábá

Chinese (Mandarin): 蝴蝶 [hú dié]

Esperanto: papilio

[Tenebrarum]

Afrikaans: vlinder / skoenlapper
Anglo Saxon: fifoldara
Danish: sommerfugl ('summer bird')
Danish (North Jutland): sommerflue ('summer fly')
Danish (South Jutland): skurvefugl
Dutch: vlinder
English: butterfly
Faroese: firvaldur, fiðrildi, summarfuglur (for some reason, I'm sure, that 'summarfuglur' is a breed of 'firvaldur/fiðrildi' but I need to look into this
Frisian: flinter
German: Schmetterling / Falter
Icelandic: fiðrildi
Middle English: buterflie
Old English: buttorfleoge
Norwegian (Bm): sommerfugl [/full] ('summer bird')
Norwegian (Nn): sumarfugl/sommarfugl [/fugl]
Swedish: fjäril
Yiddish: פֿלאַטערל [flaterl]

Scottish Gaelic: Amadan-dè / Cailleach-oidche / calaman-dè / gròmag

Catalan: papallona
French: papillon
Galician: bolboreta
Italian: farfalla
Lombard: parpajon
Occitan: parpalhon
Portuguese: borboleta
Romanian: fluture
Spanish: mariposa

Lithuanian: drugelis
Latvian: tauriņš

Bulgarian: пеперудa [pepe'ruda]
Croatian: leptir
Czech: motýl
Polish: motyl
Russian: бабочка (babochka)
Serbian: лептир [leptir]

Greek: πεταλούδα [petaludha]

Urdu: پروانه [pervâna] or تتلى [titli]
Persian: پروانه [parvâne]
Punjabi: تتلى [titli]
Hindi: तितली [titli]

Armenian(Eastern): թիթեռ [t'it'er], թիթեռնակ [t'it'ernak]

Khalka Mongol: эрвээхэй [erveehey]

Japanese: ちょうちょう [chōchō], ちょう [chō]

Korean: 나비 Romanization "nabi" IPA /napi/--> [nabi]

Taiwanese (Hokkien): 蝴蝶 [_o'diab], ya-a

Paiwan (native to Taiwan): kalidungudungul

Hawai‘ian: pūlelehua
Reo Māori (CI): pepe
Reo Māori (NZ): pēpepe, pūrerehua
Samoan: pepe
Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
Vānanga Rapa Nui :pepa, peparere

Cebuano: alibangbang, kaba-kaba
Indonesian: kupu-kupu
Malay: kupukupu, ramarama
Waray Waray: rapudapo
Tagalog: paruparo, paparo, mariposa

Malayalam: poompatta

Arabic (Standard): فراشة (f) [farāsha]
Hebrew: פרפר [parpar]

Turkish: Kelebek

Inuktitut: tarralikitaaq
Inupiak: taqalukisaq

Estonian: liblikas
Finnish: perhonen, perho
Northern Sami: beaiveloddi
Udmurt: бубыли (bubyli)

Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ kámama (Also means elephant!)
Tlingit: stl'aka'm*

Yoruba: labalábá

Chinese (Mandarin): 蝴蝶 [hú dié]

Vietnamese: bướm, bươm bướm (poetic: hồ điệp)
Khmer: មេអំបៅ [mēi ombao]

Esperanto: papilio

[DelBoy]

Afrikaans: vlinder / skoenlapper
Anglo Saxon: fifoldara
Danish: sommerfugl ('summer bird')
Danish (North Jutland): sommerflue ('summer fly')
Danish (South Jutland): skurvefugl
Dutch: vlinder
English: butterfly
Faroese: firvaldur, fiðrildi, summarfuglur (for some reason, I'm sure, that 'summarfuglur' is a breed of 'firvaldur/fiðrildi' but I need to look into this
Frisian: flinter
German: Schmetterling / Falter
Icelandic: fiðrildi
Middle English: buterflie
Old English: buttorfleoge
Norwegian (Bm): sommerfugl [/full] ('summer bird')
Norwegian (Nn): sumarfugl/sommarfugl [/fugl]
Swedish: fjäril
Yiddish: פֿלאַטערל [flaterl]

Irish: féileacán
Scottish Gaelic: Amadan-dè / Cailleach-oidche / calaman-dè / gròmag

Catalan: papallona
French: papillon
Galician: bolboreta
Italian: farfalla
Lombard: parpajon
Occitan: parpalhon
Portuguese: borboleta
Romanian: fluture
Spanish: mariposa

Lithuanian: drugelis
Latvian: tauriņš

Bulgarian: пеперудa [pepe'ruda]
Croatian: leptir
Czech: motýl
Polish: motyl
Russian: бабочка (babochka)
Serbian: лептир [leptir]

Greek: πεταλούδα [petaludha]

Urdu: پروانه [pervâna] or تتلى [titli]
Persian: پروانه [parvâne]
Punjabi: تتلى [titli]
Hindi: तितली [titli]

Armenian(Eastern): թիթեռ [t'it'er], թիթեռնակ [t'it'ernak]

Khalka Mongol: эрвээхэй [erveehey]

Japanese: ちょうちょう [chōchō], ちょう [chō]

Korean: 나비 Romanization "nabi" IPA /napi/--> [nabi]

Taiwanese (Hokkien): 蝴蝶 [_o'diab], ya-a

Paiwan (native to Taiwan): kalidungudungul

Hawai‘ian: pūlelehua
Reo Māori (CI): pepe
Reo Māori (NZ): pēpepe, pūrerehua
Samoan: pepe
Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
Vānanga Rapa Nui :pepa, peparere

Cebuano: alibangbang, kaba-kaba
Indonesian: kupu-kupu
Malay: kupukupu, ramarama
Waray Waray: rapudapo
Tagalog: paruparo, paparo, mariposa

Malayalam: poompatta

Arabic (Standard): فراشة (f) [farāsha]
Hebrew: פרפר [parpar]

Turkish: Kelebek

Inuktitut: tarralikitaaq
Inupiak: taqalukisaq

Estonian: liblikas
Finnish: perhonen, perho
Northern Sami: beaiveloddi
Udmurt: бубыли (bubyli)

Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ kámama (Also means elephant!)
Tlingit: stl'aka'm*

Yoruba: labalábá

Chinese (Mandarin): 蝴蝶 [hú dié]

Vietnamese: bướm, bươm bướm (poetic: hồ điệp)
Khmer: មេអំបៅ [mēi ombao]

Esperanto: papilio

[DelBoy]

Scottish Gaelic: Amadan-dè / Cailleach-oidche / calaman-dè

hehe, do these mean what they look like to my Irish eyes?
God's idiot/ night witch/ God's pigeon?

[Mulder-21]

Afrikaans: vlinder / skoenlapper
Anglo Saxon: fifoldara
Danish: sommerfugl ('summer bird')
Danish (North Jutland): sommerflue ('summer fly')
Danish (South Jutland): skurvefugl
Dutch: vlinder
English: butterfly
Faroese: firvaldur, fiðrildi
Frisian: flinter
German: Schmetterling / Falter
Icelandic: fiðrildi
Middle English: buterflie
Old English: buttorfleoge
Norwegian (Bm): sommerfugl [/full] ('summer bird')
Norwegian (Nn): sumarfugl/sommarfugl [/fugl]
Swedish: fjäril
Yiddish: פֿלאַטערל [flaterl]

Irish: féileacán
Scottish Gaelic: Amadan-dè / Cailleach-oidche / calaman-dè / gròmag

Catalan: papallona
French: papillon
Galician: bolboreta
Italian: farfalla
Lombard: parpajon
Occitan: parpalhon
Portuguese: borboleta
Romanian: fluture
Spanish: mariposa

Lithuanian: drugelis
Latvian: tauriņš

Bulgarian: пеперудa [pepe'ruda]
Croatian: leptir
Czech: motýl
Polish: motyl
Russian: бабочка (babochka)
Serbian: лептир [leptir]
Slovak: motýľ

Greek: πεταλούδα [petaludha]

Urdu: پروانه [pervâna] or تتلى [titli]
Persian: پروانه [parvâne]
Punjabi: تتلى [titli]
Hindi: तितली [titli]

Armenian(Eastern): թիթեռ [t'it'er], թիթեռնակ [t'it'ernak]

Khalka Mongol: эрвээхэй [erveehey]

Japanese: ちょうちょう [chōchō], ちょう [chō]

Korean: 나비 Romanization "nabi" IPA /napi/--> [nabi]

Taiwanese (Hokkien): 蝴蝶 [_o'diab], ya-a

Paiwan (native to Taiwan): kalidungudungul

Hawai‘ian: pūlelehua
Reo Māori (CI): pepe
Reo Māori (NZ): pēpepe, pūrerehua
Samoan: pepe
Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
Vānanga Rapa Nui :pepa, peparere

Cebuano: alibangbang, kaba-kaba
Indonesian: kupu-kupu
Malay: kupukupu, ramarama
Waray Waray: rapudapo
Tagalog: paruparo, paparo, mariposa

Malayalam: poompatta

Arabic (Standard): فراشة (f) [farāsha]
Hebrew: פרפר [parpar]

Turkish: Kelebek

Inuktitut: tarralikitaaq
Inupiak: taqalukisaq

Estonian: liblikas
Finnish: perhonen, perho
Northern Sami: beaiveloddi
Udmurt: бубыли (bubyli)

Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ kámama (Also means elephant!)
Tlingit: stl'aka'm*

Yoruba: labalábá

Chinese (Mandarin): 蝴蝶 [hú dié]

Vietnamese: bướm, bươm bướm (poetic: hồ điệp)
Khmer: មេអំបៅ [mēi ombao]

Esperanto: papilio[/quote]

[Sebike]

Afrikaans: vlinder / skoenlapper
Anglo Saxon: fifoldara
Danish: sommerfugl ('summer bird')
Danish (North Jutland): sommerflue ('summer fly')
Danish (South Jutland): skurvefugl
Dutch: vlinder
English: butterfly
Faroese: firvaldur, fiðrildi
Frisian: flinter
German: Schmetterling / Falter
Icelandic: fiðrildi
Middle English: buterflie
Old English: buttorfleoge
Norwegian (Bm): sommerfugl [/full] ('summer bird')
Norwegian (Nn): sumarfugl/sommarfugl [/fugl]
Swedish: fjäril
Yiddish: פֿלאַטערל [flaterl]

Irish: féileacán
Scottish Gaelic: Amadan-dè / Cailleach-oidche / calaman-dè / gròmag

Catalan: papallona
French: papillon
Galician: bolboreta
Italian: farfalla
Lombard: parpajon
Occitan: parpalhon
Portuguese: borboleta
Romanian: fluture
Spanish: mariposa

Lithuanian: drugelis
Latvian: tauriņš

Bulgarian: пеперудa [pepe'ruda]
Croatian: leptir
Czech: motýl
Polish: motyl
Russian: бабочка (babochka)
Serbian: лептир [leptir]
Slovak: motýľ

Greek: πεταλούδα [petaludha]

Urdu: پروانه [pervâna] or تتلى [titli]
Persian: پروانه [parvâne]
Punjabi: تتلى [titli]
Hindi: तितली [titli]

Armenian(Eastern): թիթեռ [t'it'er], թիթեռնակ [t'it'ernak]

Khalka Mongol: эрвээхэй [erveehey]

Japanese: ちょうちょう [chōchō], ちょう [chō]

Korean: 나비 Romanization "nabi" IPA /napi/--> [nabi]

Taiwanese (Hokkien): 蝴蝶 [_o'diab], ya-a

Paiwan (native to Taiwan): kalidungudungul

Hawai‘ian: pūlelehua
Reo Māori (CI): pepe
Reo Māori (NZ): pēpepe, pūrerehua
Samoan: pepe
Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
Vānanga Rapa Nui :pepa, peparere

Cebuano: alibangbang, kaba-kaba
Indonesian: kupu-kupu
Malay: kupukupu, ramarama
Waray Waray: rapudapo
Tagalog: paruparo, paparo, mariposa

Malayalam: poompatta

Arabic (Standard): فراشة (f) [farāsha]
Hebrew: פרפר [parpar]

Turkish: Kelebek

Hungarian: pillangó, pille, lepke

Inuktitut: tarralikitaaq
Inupiak: taqalukisaq

Estonian: liblikas
Finnish: perhonen, perho
Northern Sami: beaiveloddi
Udmurt: бубыли (bubyli)

Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ kámama (Also means elephant!)
Tlingit: stl'aka'm*

Yoruba: labalábá

Chinese (Mandarin): 蝴蝶 [hú dié]

Vietnamese: bướm, bươm bướm (poetic: hồ điệp)
Khmer: មេអំបៅ [mēi ombao]

Esperanto: papilio

[ilaana]

Afrikaans: vlinder / skoenlapper
Anglo Saxon: fifoldara
Danish: sommerfugl ('summer bird')
Danish (North Jutland): sommerflue ('summer fly')
Danish (South Jutland): skurvefugl
Dutch: vlinder
English: butterfly
Faroese: firvaldur, fiðrildi, summarfuglur (for some reason, I'm sure, that 'summarfuglur' is a breed of 'firvaldur/fiðrildi' but I need to look into this
Frisian: flinter
German: Schmetterling / Falter
Icelandic: fiðrildi
Middle English: buterflie
Old English: buttorfleoge
Norwegian (Bm): sommerfugl [/full] ('summer bird')
Norwegian (Nn): sumarfugl/sommarfugl [/fugl]
Swedish: fjäril
Yiddish: פֿלאַטערל [flaterl]

Scottish Gaelic: Amadan-dè / Cailleach-oidche / calaman-dè / gròmag

Catalan: papallona
French: papillon
Galician: bolboreta
Italian: farfalla
Portuguese: borboleta
Romanian: fluture
Spanish: mariposa
Occitan: parpalhon
Lombard: parpajon

Lithuanian: drugelis
Latvian: tauriņš

Serbian: лептир [leptir]

Greek: πεταλούδα [petaludha]

Persian: پروانه [parvâne]

Khalka Mongol: эрвээхэй [erveehey]

Japanese: ちょうちょう [chōchō], ちょう [chō]

Korean: 나비 Romanization "nabi" IPA /napi/--> [nabi]

Taiwanese (Hokkien): 蝴蝶 [_o'diab], ya-a

Paiwan (native to Taiwan): kalidungudungul

Samoan: pepe

Hawai‘ian: pūlelehua
Reo Māori (CI): pepe
Reo Māori (NZ): pēpepe, pūrerehua
Tahitian: pepe (daytime), pūrehua (night)
Vānanga Rapa Nui :pepa, peparere

Cebuano: alibangbang, kaba-kaba
Waray Waray: rapudapo
Tagalog: paruparo, paparo, mariposa

Malayalam: poompatta
Malay: kupukupu, ramarama

Arabic (Standard): فراشة (f) [farāsha]
Hebrew: פרפר [parpar]

Greenlandic: taqaleqisaaq, pakkaluaq, paluaq, utsuppaluaq
Inuktitut: tarralikitaaq
Inupiak: taqalukisaq

Estonian: liblikas
Finnish: perhonen, perho
Northern Sami: beaiveloddi
Udmurt: бубыли (bubyli)

Cherokee: ᎧᎹᎹ kámama (Also means elephant!)

Esperanto: papilio