flamingo

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• US: /fləˈmɪŋɡoʊ/
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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.

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ido: flamingea — colour
• Afrikaans: flamink — bird
• Arabic: بَشْرُوش (bašrūš) — bird
• Arabic: نُحَام (nuḥām) — bird
• Arabic: فْلَامِينْجُو (flamingo) — bird
• Arabic: بَشَرَوْش (bašarōš) — bird
• Arabic: فلامنقو (flamingu, flāmingu) — bird
• Arabic: فلامنقو (flāmingo) — bird
• Armenian: ֆլամինգո (flamingo) — bird
• Assamese: ফ্লেমিংগ (phlemiṅgo) — bird
• Asturian: flamencu — bird
• Aymara: parina — bird
• Azerbaijani: qızılqaz — bird
• Belarusian: фламі́нга (flamínha) — bird
• Bulgarian: фламинго (flamingo) — bird
• Catalan: flamenc — bird
• Chinese Cantonese: 紅鸛 /红鹳 — bird
• Chinese Cantonese: 火烈鳥 /火烈鸟 (fo2 lit6 niu5) — bird
• Chinese Cantonese: 紅鶴 /红鹤 — bird
• Chinese: 紅鶴 /红鹤 (âng-ho̍h) — bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 火鶴 /火鹤 (huǒhè) — bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 火烈鳥 /火烈鸟 (huǒlièniǎo) — bird
• Chinese Mandarin: 紅鶴 /红鹤 (hónghè) — bird
• Czech: plameňák — bird
• Danish: flamingo — bird
• Dutch: flamingo — bird
• Esperanto: flamengo — bird
• Esperanto: fenikoptero — bird
• Estonian: flamingo — bird
• Faroese: flæmingur — bird
• Finnish: flamingo — bird
• French: flamant — bird
• French: phénicoptère — bird
• Galician: flamengo — bird
• Georgian: ფლამინგო (plamingo) — bird
• German: Flamingo — bird
• Greek: φοινικόπτερος (foinikópteros) — bird
• Greek: φλαμίνγκο (flamíngko) — bird
• Ancient Greek: φοινικόπτερος (phoinikópteros) — bird
• Greenlandic: aapalualuk — bird
• Hindi: राजहंस (rājhans) — bird
• Hungarian: flamingó — bird
• Icelandic: flamingói — bird
• Icelandic: flæmingi — bird
• Ido: flamingo — bird
• Indonesian: flamingo — bird
• Italian: fenicottero — bird
• Japanese: フラミンゴ (furamingo) — bird
• Japanese: 紅鶴 (benizuru) — bird
• Kalmyk: кизлһ (kizlğ) — bird
• Kazakh: қоқиқаз (qoqiqaz) — bird
• Khakas: хысхылых (xısxılıx) — bird
• Korean: 홍학 (honghak) — bird
• Korean: 플라밍고 (peullaminggo) — bird
• Central Kurdish: سوورەقوڵِنگ (sûrequlling) — bird
• Central Kurdish: سوورەقورینگ (sûrequrîng) — bird
• Latin: phoenicopterus — bird
• Lithuanian: flamingas — bird
• Low German: Flamingo — bird
• Malay: flamingo — bird
• Mapudungun: pital — bird
• Navajo: tsídii jáádnézí — bird
• Norwegian: flamingo — bird
• Occitan: flamenc — bird
• Persian: قاز سرخ (qaz-e sorx) — bird
• Persian: فلامینگو (felâmingo) — bird
• Polish: flaming — bird
• Polish: czerwonak — bird
• Portuguese: flamingo — bird
• Quechua: pariwana — bird
• Romanian: flamingo — bird
• Russian: флами́нго (flamíngo) — bird
• Sanskrit: वरहंस (varahaṃsa) — bird
• Sanskrit: बलाक (balāka) — bird
• Sanskrit: क्रुद्ध (kruddha) — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: пламенац — bird
• Serbo-Croatian: plamenac — bird
• Sindhi: لاکيڄاڃي (lākhej̄āñe) — bird
• Slovak: plameniak — bird
• Spanish: flamenco — bird
• Swahili: heroe — bird
• Swedish: flamingo — bird
• Tagalog: plamengko — bird
• Tatar: кызылказ (qızılqaz) — bird
• Telugu: సముద్రపుచిలుక (samudrapuciluka) — bird
• Telugu: పూకొంగ (pūkoṅga) — bird
• Thai: นกฟลามิงโก — bird
• Turkish: allı turna — bird
• Turkish: flamingo — bird
• Turkish: Flaman kuşu — bird
• Ukrainian: фламі́нго (flamínho) — bird
• Ukrainian: фламі́нґо (flamíngo) — bird
• Uzbek: qizilgʻoz — bird
• Vietnamese: hồng hạc — bird
• Welsh: fflamingo — bird
• Yiddish: פֿלאַמינגאָ (flamingo) — bird
• Zulu: unondwebu class 1a/2a — bird
• Zulu: ukholwase class 1a/2a — bird
• Zulu: ikholwase class 5a/6a — bird
• Finnish: flamingonpunainen — colour