pochard

English

Aythya ferina (common pochard)

Alternative forms

poachard
pocard

Etymology

Apparently originally from poach (“to poke”) +‎ -ard. Compare poker.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊtʃəd/, /ˈpɒtʃəd/

Noun

pochard (plural pochards)

Any of various diving ducks of the subfamily Aythyinae, especially the common pochard, Aythya ferina.

Synonyms

(diving duck): scaup

Derived terms

Translations

duck

Czech: polák (Aythya), zrzohlávka (Netta)
Dutch: tafeleend (nl)
Finnish: punasotka (fi)
Greek: γκισάρι n (gkisári)
Hungarian: barátréce (hu)
Icelandic: skutulönd (is) f
Italian: fistione m

Korean: 흰죽지 (huinjukji)
Macedonian: кафеноглава потопница f (kafenogláva potópnica), аламбаш m (álambaš)
Navajo: Tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ naalʼeełí bitsiiʼ halchíiʼii
Russian: ныро́к (ru) m (nyrók)
Spanish: porrón m
Venetian: tersiòło m

References

pochard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Aythyinae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

French

Etymology

From poche +‎ -ard.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔʃaʁ/
Audio (file)

Noun

pochard m (plural pochards)

(colloquial) drunk, drunkard

Further reading

“pochard” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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