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gadwall

noun · 1 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: /ˈɡædwɔːl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈɡædˌwɔl/ without the cot–caught merger
  • cot-caught-merger: /ˈɡædˌwɑl/

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noun

Meaning 1

A common, widespread dabbling duck which breeds in the northern hemisphere (Mareca strepera, syn. Anas strepera).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Origin unknown. In use since the 17th century.

Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بط سماري — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Armenian: մոխրագույն բադ (moxraguyn bad) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Belarusian: качка-неразня (kačka-njeraznja) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Bengali: পিয়াং হাঁস (piẏaṅ hãs) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Bulgarian: сива патица (siva patica) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Burmese: ဘဲမဲ (bhai:mai:) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Catalan: ànec griset — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Chechen: мокха акха бад (moqa aqa bad) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Chinese Mandarin: 赤膀鸭 (chì bǎng yā) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Chuvash: сӑрӑ кӑвакал (sără k̬ăvak̬al) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Cornish: hos loos — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Czech: kopřivka — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Danish: knarand — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Dutch: krakeend — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Esperanto: knaranaso — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Faroese: sutlont — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Finnish: harmaasorsa — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • French: canard chipeau — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • North Frisian: madelan — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Georgian: რუხი იხვი (ruxi ixvi) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • German: Schnatterente — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Greek: χαυλέλασμος (chavlélasmos) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Greek: αγριόπαπια (agriópapia) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Greek: καπακλής (kapaklís) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Hungarian: kendermagos réce — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Icelandic: gargönd — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Irish: gadual — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Italian: canapiglia — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Japanese: オカヨシガモ (okayoshigamo) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Korean: 알락오리 (allagori) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Luxembourgish: Schnadderint — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Malayalam: ഗ്യാഡ്വാൾ (gyāḍvāḷ) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Maltese: kuluvert griż — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠷᠣ ᠨᠣᠭᠣᠰᠣ (boro noɣoso) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Nepali: खडखडे हा“स (khaḍakhaḍe hā“sa) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Polish: krakwa — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Portuguese: frisada — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Romanian: rață pestriță — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Russian: се́рая у́тка (séraja útka) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Northern Sami: ránessnárttal — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Shor: пор ӧртек (por örtek) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Slovak: kačica chripľavá — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Spanish: pato friso — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Swedish: snatterand — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Thai: เป็ดเทาก้นดํา (pèt thaw kôn-dam) — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Turkish: boz ördek — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Uzbek: irgʻa — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Vietnamese: vịt cánh trắng — a common and widespread dabbling duck
  • Welsh: hwyad lwyd — a common and widespread dabbling duck