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flamingo en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/ (US)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.

Translations (1)

io flamingea (colour)

flamingo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/ (US)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (countable) 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. 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 266:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.

Forms

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flamingos Number=Plur lexicographic
flamingoes Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

flamboyance (bird)

Deriveds

lesser flamingo · Chilean flamingo · flamingo squat · American flamingo · flamingo flower · Caribbean flamingo · Cajun flamingo · James's flamingo · lawn flamingo · flamingo shot · Andean flamingo · flamingo tongue · Fourchon flamingo

Synonyms

phenicopter (bird)

Translations (103)

cmn 紅鶴 /红鹤 (bird) · is flamingói (bird) · he שְׁקִיטָן (bird) · pt flamingo (bird) · tt кызылказ (bird) · kl aapalualuk (bird) · tr allı turna (bird) · sk plameniak (bird) · ko 플라밍고 (bird) · hy ֆլամինգո (bird) · is flæmingi (bird) · pl flaming (bird) · pl czerwonak (bird) · da flamingo (bird) · acw فلامنقو (bird) · cmn 火烈鳥 /火烈鸟 (bird) · zu ikholwase class 5a/6a (bird) · vi hồng hạc (bird) · uz qizilgʻoz (bird) · as ফ্লেমিংগ (bird) · ca flamenc (bird) · bg фламинго (bird) · lt flamingas (bird) · ms flamingo (bird) · ja 紅鶴 (bird) · hu flamingó (bird) · eo flamengo (bird) · yue 紅鶴 /红鹤 (bird) · oc flamenc (bird) · de Flamingo (bird) · no flamingo (bird) · fa قاز سرخ (bird) · ka ფლამინგო (bird) · sd لاکيڄاڃي (bird) · te పూకొంగ (bird) · cmn 火鶴 /火鹤 (bird) · sa वरहंस (bird) · gl flamengo (bird) · be фламі́нга (bird) · uk фламі́нго (bird) · uk фламі́нґо (bird) · ar فْلَامِينْجُو (bird) · cy fflamingo (bird) · ko 홍학 (bird) · sw heroe (bird) · yue 紅鸛 /红鹳 (bird) · nan-hbl 紅鶴 /红鹤 (bird) · nds Flamingo (bird) · sa बलाक (bird) · ckb سوورەقورینگ (bird) · xal кизлһ (bird) · fr phénicoptère (bird) · et flamingo (bird) · qu pariwana (bird) · arn pital (bird) · zu unondwebu class 1a/2a (bird) · fo flæmingur (bird) · sh пламенац (bird) · sh plamenac (bird) · afb فلامنقو (bird) · yue 火烈鳥 /火烈鸟 (bird) · el φλαμίνγκο (bird) · io flamingea (colour) · az qızılqaz (bird) · tr flamingo (bird) · fr flamant (bird) · zu ukholwase class 1a/2a (bird) · sv flamingo (bird) · ro flamingo (bird) · ja フラミンゴ (bird) · arz بَشَرَوْش (bird) · te సముద్రపుచిలుక (bird) · nl flamingo (bird) · fi flamingo (bird) · cs plameňák (bird) · ay parina (bird) · ar نُحَام (bird) · th นกฟลามิงโก (bird) · nv tsídii jáádnézí (bird) · fi flamingonpunainen (colour) · ckb سوورەقوڵِنگ (bird) · yi פֿלאַמינגאָ (bird) · fa مرغ آتشی (bird) · kk қоқиқаз (bird) · ast flamencu (bird) · tr Flaman kuşu (bird) · kjh хысхылых (bird) · sa क्रुद्ध (bird) · fa فلامینگو (bird) · ru флами́нго (bird) · af flamink (bird) · id flamingo (bird) · he פְלָמִינְגּוֹ (bird) · grc φοινικόπτερος (bird) · es flamenco (bird) · ar بَشْرُوش (bird) · la phoenicopterus (bird) · el φοινικόπτερος (bird) · tl plamengko (bird) · hi राजहंस (bird) · eo fenikoptero (bird) · it fenicottero (bird) · io flamingo (bird)

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