Meanings
nounedible dormouse (plural edible dormice)
plural edible dormice
- A European edible dormouse or fat dormouse (Glis glis), especially when considered as a food.
- An Iranian edible dormouse or fat dormouse (Glis persicus)
Translations
Catalan liró gris
- liró grisdormouse (Glis glis)
Dutch zevenslaper, relmuis
- zevenslaperdormouse (Glis glis)
- relmuisdormouse (Glis glis)
Esperanto gliro
- glirodormouse (Glis glis)
Finnish unikeko
- unikekodormouse (Glis glis)
French loir gris, Loir gris
- loir grisdormouse (Glis glis)
- Loir grisdormouse (Glis glis)
German Siebenschläfer
- Siebenschläferdormouse (Glis glis)
Icelandic svefnpurka
- svefnpurkadormouse (Glis glis)
Italian ghiro
- ghirodormouse (Glis glis)
Korean 큰겨울잠쥐
- 큰겨울잠쥐 (keun'gyeouljamjwi)dormouse (Glis glis)
Norwegian Bokmål sjusover, syvsover
- sjusoverdormouse (Glis glis)
- syvsoverdormouse (Glis glis)
Polish pilch, popielica
- pilchdormouse (Glis glis)
- popielicadormouse (Glis glis)
Portuguese leirão cinzento
- leirão cinzentodormouse (Glis glis)
Russian полчо́к, со́ня-полчо́к
- полчо́к (polčók)dormouse (Glis glis)
- со́ня-полчо́к (sónja-polčók)dormouse (Glis glis)
Spanish lirón gris
- lirón grisdormouse (Glis glis)
Swedish sjusovare
- sjusovaredormouse (Glis glis)
Turkish kakırca, fındık faresi
- kakırcadormouse (Glis glis)
- fındık faresidormouse (Glis glis)
Cite this entry
APA
edible dormouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edible%20dormouse
MLA
“edible dormouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edible%20dormouse. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “edible dormouse,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/edible%20dormouse.
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