albatross

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæl.bəˌtɹɒs/
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• General-American: /ˈæl.bəˌtɹɔs/
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈæl.bəˌtɹɑs/
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 L B AH0 T R AA2 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Uncertain. Probably from Spanish or Portuguese alcatraz (“pelican, gannet, albatross”), probably derived from Arabic الْغَطَّاس (al-ḡaṭṭās, “the diver”) (compare Alcatraz); or from Portuguese alcatruz (“water wheel bucket”), from Arabic الْقَادُوس (al-qādūs), from Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos, “pail, jar”), in reference to the pouch of a pelican. In either case, altered under the influence of Latin albus (“white”). Not derived from modern Arabic قَطْرَس (qaṭras, “albatross”), which is perhaps borrowed from Spanish. For sense development of "burden", see albatross around one’s neck.

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ainu: オㇱカㇺペ (oskampe) — seabird
• Ainu: オンネトリ (onne-tori) — seabird
• Arabic: قَطْرَس (qaṭras) — seabird
• Armenian: ալբատրոս (albatros) — seabird
• Bulgarian: албатрос (albatros) — seabird
• Catalan: albatros — seabird
• Cebuano: albatros — seabird
• Chinese Mandarin: 信天翁 (xìntiānwēng) — seabird
• Chukchi: ӄаӄытъэӄ (qaqytʺėq) — seabird
• Chukchi: ӄаӄытъэӄыт (qaqytʺėqyt) — seabird
• Crimean Tatar: furtuna quşu — seabird
• Czech: albatros — seabird
• Danish: albatros — seabird
• Dutch: albatros — seabird
• Esperanto: albatroso — seabird
• Estonian: albatross — seabird
• Faroese: súlukongur — seabird
• Finnish: albatrossi — seabird
• French: albatros — seabird
• Galician: albatros — seabird
• German: Albatros — seabird
• Greek: άλμπατρος (álmpatros) — seabird
• Hindi: महासामुद्र (mahāsāmudra) — seabird
• Hungarian: albatrosz — seabird
• Icelandic: súlukóngur — seabird
• Icelandic: stormfugl — seabird
• Indonesian: albatros — seabird
• Irish: albatras — seabird
• Italian: albatro — seabird
• Italian: albatros — seabird
• Japanese: 信天翁 (ahōdori) — seabird
• Japanese: アホウドリ (ahōdori) — seabird
• Japanese: 沖の太夫 (oki no tayū) — seabird
• Korean: 신천옹 (sincheonong) — seabird
• Korean: 알바트로스 (albateuroseu) — seabird
• Latin: diomedea — seabird
• Malay: albatros — seabird
• Maltese: albatros — seabird
• Maltese: albatrosa — seabird
• Māori: toroa — seabird
• Navajo: tónteel tsídiitsoh — seabird
• Norwegian Bokmål: albatross — seabird
• Norwegian Nynorsk: albatross — seabird
• Polish: albatros — seabird
• Portuguese: albatroz — seabird
• Romanian: albatros — seabird
• Russian: альбатро́с (alʹbatrós) — seabird
• Serbo-Croatian: албатрос — seabird
• Serbo-Croatian: бурница — seabird
• Serbo-Croatian: albatros — seabird
• Serbo-Croatian: burnica — seabird
• Slovene: albatros — seabird
• Spanish: albatros — seabird
• Swedish: albatross — seabird
• Tagalog: albatros — seabird
• Tongan: katafa — seabird
• Turkish: albatros — seabird
• Ukrainian: альбатро́с (alʹbatrós) — seabird
• Welsh: albatros — seabird
• Welsh: gwas y weilgi — seabird
• Yup'ik: yaarcaq — seabird
• Catalan: albatros — three under par
• Danish: albatros — three under par
• Dutch: albatros — three under par
• Finnish: albatrossi — three under par
• German: Albatros — three under par
• Greek: άλμπατρος (álmpatros) — three under par
• Japanese: アルバトロス (arubatorosu) — three under par
• Polish: albatros — three under par
• Swedish: albatross — three under par
• Bulgarian: затруднение (zatrudnenie) — long-term impediment
• Finnish: heikkous — long-term impediment
• Finnish: rasite — long-term impediment
• Irish: bró mhuilinn — long-term impediment
• Polish: kamień u szyi — long-term impediment
• Polish: kula u nogi — long-term impediment