Standard Lemma guide

dingo

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈdɪŋɡəʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈdɪŋɡoʊ/
  • rhymes with -ɪŋɡəʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH1 NG G OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A cowardly or otherwise despicable person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To behave in a cowardly or treacherous manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, informal, intransitive, transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To renege on an agreement or situation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, informal, intransitive, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To let down another individual.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, informal, intransitive, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

wolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: warrigal, warragal, Canis dingo

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wild dog

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Dharug dingu (“tame or domesticated dingo”).

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: դինգո (dingo) — wild dog native to Australia
  • Eastern Arrernte: akngwelye artnwere — wild dog native to Australia
  • Basque: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Bengali: ডিঙ্গো (ḍiṅgō) — wild dog native to Australia
  • Catalan: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 澳大利亞野犬 /澳大利亚野犬 (Àodàlìyà yěquǎn) — wild dog native to Australia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 澳洲野犬 (Àozhōu yěquǎn) — wild dog native to Australia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 丁格犬 (dīnggé-quǎn) — wild dog native to Australia
  • Czech: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Danish: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Dharug: warrigal — wild dog native to Australia
  • Dharug: dingu — wild dog native to Australia
  • Dutch: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Esperanto: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Faroese: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Faroese: dingohundur — wild dog native to Australia
  • Finnish: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • French: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • German: Dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Greek: ντίγκο (ntígko) — wild dog native to Australia
  • Hungarian: dingó — wild dog native to Australia
  • Irish: diongó — wild dog native to Australia
  • Italian: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Japanese: ディンゴ (dingo) — wild dog native to Australia
  • Kala Lagaw Ya: umai — wild dog native to Australia
  • Korean: 딩고 (dinggo) — wild dog native to Australia
  • Australian Kriol: dinggo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Malay: ديڠو — wild dog native to Australia
  • Malay: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Nhanda: ngobano — wild dog native to Australia
  • Nhanda: otthoo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: australsk dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Pitjantjatjara: papa inuṟa — wild dog native to Australia
  • Pitjantjatjara: tjiṯutja — wild dog native to Australia
  • Pitjantjatjara: waltaka — wild dog native to Australia
  • Polish: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Portuguese: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Romanian: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Russian: ди́нго (díngo) — wild dog native to Australia
  • Samoan: maile aivao Ausetalia — wild dog native to Australia
  • Slovak: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Spanish: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Swedish: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Tagalog: dinggo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Thai: ดิงโก (ding-goh) — wild dog native to Australia
  • Turkish: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Vietnamese: đingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Wardaman: ngarrajananggu — wild dog native to Australia
  • Warlpiri: warnapari — wild dog native to Australia
  • Welsh: dingo — wild dog native to Australia
  • Woiwurrung: yirrangin — wild dog native to Australia
  • Yanyuwa: wardali — wild dog native to Australia
  • Yanyuwa: yarrarriwira — wild dog native to Australia
  • Yinggarda: thuthu — wild dog native to Australia
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