flamingo

See also: Flamingo and flamingó

English

A flamingo
Flamingoes (Phoenicopterus roseus) in flight

Etymology

From Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamengo (flame colored), from Provençal flama (flame).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋɡəʊ

Noun

flamingo (plural flamingos or flamingoes)

  1. A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae.
  2. A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
    flamingo colour:  

Synonyms

Translations

Adjective

flamingo (not comparable)

  1. Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.

Translations

See also


Danish

Noun

flamingo c (singular definite flamingoen, plural indefinite flamingoer)

  1. flamingo (bird)

Declension

References


Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese flamingo. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌflaːˈmɪŋ.ɡoː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: fla‧min‧go

Noun

flamingo m (plural flamingo's, diminutive flamingootje n)

  1. flamingo, bird of the family Phoenicopteridae
    Synonym: zeegans
  2. (Suriname) scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber
    Synonym: rode ibis

Esperanto

Etymology

flamo (flame) + -ingo (socket)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flaˈminɡo/
  • Hyphenation: fla‧min‧go

Noun

flamingo (accusative singular flamingon, plural flamingoj, accusative plural flamingojn)

  1. gas burner

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Finnish

Noun

flamingo

  1. flamingo

Declension

Inflection of flamingo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative flamingo flamingot
genitive flamingon flamingojen
partitive flamingoa flamingoja
illative flamingoon flamingoihin
singular plural
nominative flamingo flamingot
accusative nom. flamingo flamingot
gen. flamingon
genitive flamingon flamingojen
partitive flamingoa flamingoja
inessive flamingossa flamingoissa
elative flamingosta flamingoista
illative flamingoon flamingoihin
adessive flamingolla flamingoilla
ablative flamingolta flamingoilta
allative flamingolle flamingoille
essive flamingona flamingoina
translative flamingoksi flamingoiksi
instructive flamingoin
abessive flamingotta flamingoitta
comitative flamingoineen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Portuguese flamingo

Noun

flamingo m (definite singular flamingoen, indefinite plural flamingoer, definite plural flamingoene)

  1. a flamingo

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Portuguese flamingo

Noun

flamingo m (definite singular flamingoen, indefinite plural flamingoar, definite plural flamingoane)

  1. a flamingo

References


Portuguese

flamingos

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English flamingo, from Portuguese and Spanish flamengo (flame colored), from Old Occitan flamenc (flame colored), from Latin flamma (flame) (compare Portuguese chama, flama).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /flɐ.ˈmĩ.ɡu/
  • Hyphenation: fla‧min‧go

Noun

flamingo m (plural flamingos)

  1. flamingo (bird)

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Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Flamingo, from Spanish flamengo or Portuguese flamengo (flame colored).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flaˈmin.ɡo/

Noun

flamingo m (plural flamingi)

  1. flamingo (bird)

Declension

Derived terms

  • flamingo andin
  • flamingo chilian
  • flamingo minor
  • flamingo roz

Paronyms

See also

  • fenicopteriform

References


Spanish

Noun

flamingo m (plural flamingos)

  1. flamingo

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch flamingo. (The bird that in English is known as flamingo is known instead as segansi.)

Noun

flamingo

  1. scarlet ibis, Eudocimus ruber
    Synonym: korikori

Swedish

Noun

flamingo c

  1. flamingo (bird)

Declension

Declension of flamingo 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative flamingo flamingon flamingor flamingorna
Genitive flamingos flamingons flamingors flamingornas
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