cormorant
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cormorant
- /ˈkɔːməɹənt/ UK
- /ˈkɔɹməɹənt/ US
- /ˈkɑm(ə)ɹənt/ Southern US, dated
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PIE word
*ḱorh₂wós
From Middle English cormeraunt (“great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo); other types of aquatic bird”) [and other forms], from Old French cormaran, cor-maraunt [and other forms] (modern French cormoran), possibly variants of *corp-marin, from Medieval Latin corvus marīnus (literally “sea-raven”), with the ending -morant possibly derived from French moran (“marine, maritime”), from Breton mor (“sea”), with -an corrupted in English to -ant. Latin corvus is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós (“raven”), which is imitative of the harsh cry of the bird; while marīnus (“of or pertaining to the sea, marine”) is from Latin mare (“sea”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“sea; standing water”), possibly from *mer- (“sea; lake; wetland”)) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’).
Cognates
* Catalan corbmari
* Occitan corpmari
* Portuguese corvomarinho
noun cormorants
- Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo). Th' Eele-murthering Hearne, and greedy Cormorant, / That neare the Creekes in moriſh Marſhes haunt.
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A voracious eater; also, a person who, or thing which, is aggressively greedy for wealth, etc.
In lyke maner who will nat haue in extreme detestation the insatiable gloteny of Vitellius, Fabius Gurges, Apicius, and dyuers other, to whiche carmorantes, neither lande, water, ne ayre, mought be sufficient.
Similar: glutton, animal, belly-god, big back, buzgut, cormorant, dog, epicure, gannet, gorger, gourmand, gormandizer
adjective more cormorant · most cormorant
- Voracious; aggressively greedy. Anti-masonry is as cormorant as death, and will not be satisfied though one half the human race be immolated to appease its infernal appetite.
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noun seabird of the family Phalacrocoracidae
| Español | cormorán |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 가마우지 gamauji |
| 日本語 | 鵜 u, 鷀, 鸕, 鶿 u |
| 中文 | 鸕鶿 /鸬鹚 lúcí, 鸕䲿 /鸬䲿, 鸬鹚 lúcí, 魚鷹 /鱼鹰 yúyīng |
| Kiswahili | mnandi |
| Português | cormorão, biguá |
| Français | cormoran |
| Deutsch | Kormoran |
| Italiano | cormorano, divoratore, ghiottone, mangione, marangone |
| Ελληνικά | κορμοράνος kormorános, ευρωπαϊκός κορμοράνος evropaïkós kormorános, φαλακροκόρακας falakrokórakas |
| Română | cormoran |
| Русский | бакла́н baklán |
| Tiếng Việt | cốc, cốc đế |
| العربية | غَاقِيَات ḡāqiyāt |
| עברית | קורמורניים |
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title = {cormorant},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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