flamingo
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flamingo
- /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/ US
Rhymes with -ɪŋɡəʊ
Where it comes from
From Portuguese flamengo (“flamingo”) and Spanish flamenco (“flamingo”), which were adapted from Catalan flamenc (“flamingo”), of disputed ultimate origin in this sense. All three forms are used adjectivally as an ethnonym meaning 'Flemish' (of Germanic origin, cognate to English Fleming); Spanish flamenco refers also to a dance type. Compare also French flamant (“flamingo”).
*The bird's name may derive from the ethnonym by an association of a ruddy complexion or hair color with the Flemings; this etymology is supported by Corominas. (In Spanish, flamenco can be used colloquially as an adjective meaning "robust, healthy-looking".)
* Alternatively, the dance flamenco, the bird name, or both come from attaching the same Germanic-derived ending found in the ethnonym to the distinct root of Latin flamma (“flame”): i.e. Catalan flamenc has been analyzed as flama (“flame”) + -enc. Compare also Portuguese -engo.
noun flamingos · flamingoes
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A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae of the order Phoenicopteriformes.
After Nakuru the light remains only long enough to see the Lake Nakuru, away to the south, with its fringe of pink flamingos, and as the darkness falls the old main line to Kisumu branches to the left.
Similar: phenicopter
- A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
adjective
- Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: flamenco, flemish, fleming, phoenicopterid, greater flamingo, american flamingo, chilean flamingo, phenicopter, lesser flamingo, caribbean flamingo, phœnicopter, red phalarope, james's flamingo, andean flamingo, little swimmer, phalaropodid
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noun bird
| Español | flamenco |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 홍학 honghak, 플라밍고 peullaminggo |
| 日本語 | フラミンゴ furamingo, 紅鶴 benizuru |
| 中文 | 火鶴 /火鹤 huǒhè, 火烈鳥 /火烈鸟 huǒlièniǎo, 紅鶴 /红鹤 hónghè |
| हिन्दी | राजहंस rājhans |
| Kiswahili | heroe |
| Português | flamingo |
| Français | flamant, phénicoptère |
| Deutsch | Flamingo |
| Italiano | fenicottero |
| Ελληνικά | φοινικόπτερος foinikópteros, φλαμίνγκο flamíngko |
| Română | flamingo |
| Русский | флами́нго flamíngo |
| Tiếng Việt | hồng hạc |
| العربية | بَشْرُوش bašrūš, نُحَام nuḥām, فْلَامِينْجُو flamingo |
| עברית | פְלָמִינְגּוֹ, שְׁקִיטָן |
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