Dictionary

parakeet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌpaɹəˈkiːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpaɹəkiːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈpɛɹəkit/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle French perroquet, probably a diminutive form of the personal name Pierre; some variant forms perhaps via Italian parrocchetto, Spanish periquito.

Meanings

1. Any of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions.
   • 'Is it that it talks?' asked the lady. And the Phoenix replied in excellent French. It said, 'Parfaitement, madame!' 'Oh, the pretty parrakeet,' said the lady. 1904, E. Nesbit, The Phoenix and the Carpet:
   • According to one legend, the parakeets escaped from the set of The African Queen, John Huston's 1951 film made at Shepperton studios. 2009 October 12, Patrick Barkham, The Guardian:
   • we had loved them for our pastimes, as we do apes, monkies, or perokitoes, and not as man. 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

Norfolk Island parakeet · keet · Malabar parakeet · long-tailed parakeet · Layard's parakeet · Derbyan parakeet · Raiatea parakeet · monk parakeet · Alexandrine parakeet · plum-headed parakeet · Nicobar parakeet · New Caldeonian parakeet · grey-headed parakeet · parakeet auk · Alexandra's parakeet · golden parakeet · white-winged parakeet · black-fronted parakeet · parakeetitis · Carolina parakeet · white-eared parakeet · Newton's parakeet · Chatham Islands parakeet · sulphur parakeet · ring-necked parakeet · blossom-headed parakeet · parakeet auklet · Seychelles parakeet · horned parakeet · Reischek's parakeet · austral parakeet · zebra parakeet · shell parakeet · slaty-headed parakeet · emerald parakeet · echo parakeet · sulfur parakeet · Ouvea parakeet · rose-ringed parakeet · red-crowned parakeet · red-breasted parakeet · lorikeet · yellow-crowned parakeet · Antipodes parakeet · Malherbe's parakeet

Translations (51)

mi porete (various species of small parrots) · io perucho (various species of small parrots) · ko 잉꼬 (various species of small parrots) · eo konuro (various species of small parrots) · my ကြက်တော (various species of small parrots) · tr muhabbetkuşu (various species of small parrots) · ms nuri (various species of small parrots) · nb parakitt (various species of small parrots) · el παπαγαλίνα (various species of small parrots) · nl parkiet (various species of small parrots) · hu papagáj (various species of small parrots) · it parrocchetto (various species of small parrots) · sv parakit (various species of small parrots) · ast periquitu (various species of small parrots) · nv tsídii yáłtiʼí yázhí (various species of small parrots) · ta கிளி (various species of small parrots) · pl papużka (various species of small parrots) · gl periquito (various species of small parrots) · da parakit (various species of small parrots) · ja 鸚哥 (various species of small parrots) · es periquito (various species of small parrots) · ru попуга́йчик (various species of small parrots) · my ကျေး (various species of small parrots) · ru попуга́й (various species of small parrots) · mi torete (various species of small parrots) · cmn 長尾鸚鵡 /长尾鹦鹉 (various species of small parrots) · ru длиннохво́стый попуга́й (various species of small parrots) · mi pōreterete (various species of small parrots) · nrf pèrrotchet (various species of small parrots) · fr perruche (various species of small parrots) · vi két (various species of small parrots) · eo papago (various species of small parrots) · cy parotan (various species of small parrots) · nn parakitt (various species of small parrots) · ro peruș (various species of small parrots) · pt periquito (various species of small parrots) · ar دُرَّة (various species of small parrots) · dsb papagajik (various species of small parrots) · ja インコ (various species of small parrots) · cy paracît (various species of small parrots) · fi aratti (various species of small parrots) · af parkiet (various species of small parrots) · uz toʻtiqush (various species of small parrots) · ca periquito (various species of small parrots) · he דְּרָרָה (various species of small parrots) · ga pearaicít (various species of small parrots) · ar بَارَاكِيت (various species of small parrots) · es perico (various species of small parrots) · de Sittich (various species of small parrots) · vi vẹt (various species of small parrots) · mi kawatere (various species of small parrots)