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Webster 1913 Edition
Flamingo
Fla-min′go
,Noun.
pl.
Flamingoes
(#)
. [Sp.
flamenco
, cf. Pg. flamingo
, Prov. flammant
, F. flamant
; prop. a p. pr. meaning flaming
. So called in allusion to its color. See Flame
.] (Zool.)
Any bird of the genus
Phœnicopterus
. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber
; the European is P. antiquorum
. Webster 1828 Edition
Flamingo
FLAMIN'GO
, n.A fowl constituting the genus Phoenicopterus, of the grallic order. The beak is naked, toothed, and bent as if broken; the feet palmated and four-toed. This fowl resembles the heron in shape, but is entirely red, except the quill-fethers. It is a native of Africa and America.
Definition 2024
Flamingo
flamingo
flamingo
English
A flamingo
Flamingoes (Phoenicopterus roseus) in flight
Noun
flamingo (plural flamingos or flamingoes)
- A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae.
- A deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
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flamingo colour:
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Synonyms
- (bird): phenicopter
Translations
bird
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colour
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Adjective
flamingo (not comparable)
- Of a deep pink color tinged with orange, like that of a flamingo.
Translations
colour
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See also
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
Esperanto
Etymology
flamo (“flame”) + -ingo (“socket”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flaˈminɡo/
- Hyphenation: fla‧min‧go
Noun
flamingo (accusative singular flamingon, plural flamingoj, accusative plural flamingojn)
- gas burner
See also
- flamengo (“flamingo”)
Finnish
Noun
flamingo
Declension
| Inflection of flamingo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | flamingo | flamingot | |
| genitive | flamingon | flamingojen | |
| partitive | flamingoa | flamingoja | |
| illative | flamingoon | flamingoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | flamingo | flamingot | |
| accusative | nom. | flamingo | flamingot |
| gen. | flamingon | ||
| genitive | flamingon | flamingojen | |
| partitive | flamingoa | flamingoja | |
| inessive | flamingossa | flamingoissa | |
| elative | flamingosta | flamingoista | |
| illative | flamingoon | flamingoihin | |
| adessive | flamingolla | flamingoilla | |
| ablative | flamingolta | flamingoilta | |
| allative | flamingolle | flamingoille | |
| essive | flamingona | flamingoina | |
| translative | flamingoksi | flamingoiksi | |
| instructive | — | flamingoin | |
| abessive | flamingotta | flamingoitta | |
| comitative | — | flamingoineen | |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Portuguese flamingo
Noun
flamingo m (definite singular flamingoen, indefinite plural flamingoer, definite plural flamingoene)
- a flamingo
References
- “flamingo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Portuguese flamingo
Noun
flamingo m (definite singular flamingoen, indefinite plural flamingoar, definite plural flamingoane)
- a flamingo
References
- “flamingo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
flamingos
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowing from English flamingo, from Portuguese [Term?] and Spanish flamengo (“flame colored”), from Old Provençal flamenc (“flame colored”), from Latin flamma (“flame”) (compare Portuguese chama, flama).
Pronunciation
Noun
flamingo m (plural flamingos)
- flamingo (bird)
Related terms
See also
Swedish
Noun
flamingo c
- flamingo (bird)
Declension
| Inflection of flamingo | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | flamingo | flamingon | flamingor | flamingorna |
| Genitive | flamingos | flamingons | flamingors | flamingornas |