Dictionary

cockatiel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌkɒk.əˈtil/ (US)

Etymology

From Dutch kaketielje, possibly a diminutive of kaketoe (“cockatoo”) or derived in Dutch from a diminutive of Portuguese cacatua (“cockatoo”) such as cacatilho or cacatelho. Attested in English since the mid nineteenth century.

Meanings

1. Nymphicus hollandicus, a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest, native to Australia. Avicultural forms come in many color mutations such as White Face Gray, White Face Pearl, Fallow, Pearl Pied, Cinnamon Pearl, and White Face Pied.
   • The smaller parrakeets, such as budgerigars, turquoisines, and love birds, delight In going in and out of the cocoa nuts, but I never saw a cockatiel enter one, nor do I see how they could do so without detriment to their long tails. 1871, Norfolk (pseudonym), “Cockatiels”, in The Exchange and Mart, volume 4, number 139, page 481:

Forms

Relateds

parrot · Nymphicanae · aviculture · Cacatuidae

Synonyms

weero · quarrion

Translations (25)

fr calopsitte (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · nl valkparkiet (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · cs korela (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · sv nymfparakit (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · es carolina (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · pt calopsita (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · af kokketiel (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · pt caturra (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · cy parot copog (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · es ninfa (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · de Nymphensittich (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · ar كُوكَاتِيل (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · hu nimfapapagáj (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · eo nimfiko (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · pl nimfa (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · sv nymfkakadua (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · cy cocatîl (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · ru коре́лла (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · wyi gamayil (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · fi neitokakadu (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · tr sultan papağanı (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · es cacatúa ninfa (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · da nymfeparakit (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · it calopsitta (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest) · ja オカメインコ (a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest)