gander

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• /ˈɡæn.də(ɹ)/
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• UK: /ˈɡæn.də(ɹ)/
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• General-American: /ˈɡæn.dɚ/
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* As an English surname, from the noun gander. * Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Ganter, itself related to French ganter (“to glove”). * As a north German surname, from Gandern in Brandenburg. * Also as a north German surname, from Ganter (“male goose”). * As a south German and Alemannic German surname, from Gand (“scree”). The town in Newfoundland is named after Gander Bay or Gander Lake, the names of which derive from the noun gander.

From Middle English gandre, from Old English gandra, ganra (“gander”), from Proto-West Germanic *ganʀō, from Proto-Germanic *ganzô (“gander”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵhh2éns (“goose”). The meaning "a look" is derived from the image of craning one's neck like a goose. The meaning 'a man apart from his wife' is derived from a concept of a grass widower, and of calling a husband a goose. Cognates Cognate with Dutch gander (“gander”), Low German Gander, Ganner (“gander”), dialectal German Gandert (“gander”), German Ganter (“gander”), Norwegian gasse (“gander”), Icelandic gassi (“gander”). Compare also Lithuanian gañdras (“stork”). Related to goose, gannet.

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: patan — a male goose
• Albanian: patok — a male goose
• Belarusian: гуса́к (husák) — a male goose
• Bulgarian: гъсо́к (gǎsók) — a male goose
• Chinese Mandarin: 雄鵝 /雄鹅 (xióng'é) — a male goose
• Czech: houser — a male goose
• Czech: husák — a male goose
• Danish: gase — a male goose
• Danish: hangås — a male goose
• Dutch: ganzerik — a male goose
• Dutch: gent — a male goose
• Dutch: gander — a male goose
• Dutch: mannetjesgans — a male goose
• Esperanto: viransero — a male goose
• Faroese: gásasteggi — a male goose
• Finnish: uroshanhi — a male goose
• French: jars — a male goose
• Galician: ganso — a male goose
• Galician: sangano — a male goose
• Georgian: მამალი ბატი (mamali baṭi) — a male goose
• German: Gänserich — a male goose
• German: Ganter — a male goose
• German: Ganser — a male goose
• Greek: χήνος (chínos) — a male goose
• Greek: αρσενική χήνα (arsenikí chína) — a male goose
• Hungarian: gúnár — a male goose
• Ido: gansulo — a male goose
• Irish: gandal — a male goose
• Italian: oca maschio — a male goose
• Japanese: 雄ガチョウ (osu-gachō) — a male goose
• Lao: ຫ່ານຜູ້ (hān phū) — a male goose
• Lithuanian: žą̃sinas — a male goose
• Low German: Ganter — a male goose
• Low German: Ganner — a male goose
• Macedonian: гусак (gusak) — a male goose
• Manx: kellagh guiy — a male goose
• Norman: pithot — a male goose
• Norman: gars — a male goose
• Norwegian Bokmål: gasse — a male goose
• Norwegian Bokmål: hanngås — a male goose
• Norwegian Bokmål: gåsestegg — a male goose
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gasse — a male goose
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hanngås — a male goose
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gåsestegg — a male goose
• Old English: ganra — a male goose
• Pannonian Rusyn: ґунар (gunar) — a male goose
• Plautdietsch: Gaunta — a male goose
• Polish: gąsior — a male goose
• Portuguese: ganso — a male goose
• Romanian: gâscan — a male goose
• Romanian: gânsac — a male goose
• Russian: гусь (gusʹ) — a male goose
• Russian: гуса́к (gusák) — a male goose
• Serbo-Croatian: gusak — a male goose
• Serbo-Croatian: гусан — a male goose
• Serbo-Croatian: gusan — a male goose
• Slovak: gunár — a male goose
• Slovene: gosak — a male goose
• Spanish: ganso — a male goose
• Swedish: gåskarl — a male goose
• Swedish: hangås — a male goose
• Ukrainian: гуса́к (husák) — a male goose
• Volapük: higan — a male goose
• Yiddish: גאָנער (goner) — a male goose
• Bulgarian: глупак (glupak) — a fool, simpleton
• Czech: trouba — a fool, simpleton
• Czech: jeliman — a fool, simpleton
• Dutch: uil — a fool, simpleton
• Dutch: uilskuiken — a fool, simpleton
• Finnish: tollo — a fool, simpleton
• Finnish: tolvana — a fool, simpleton
• Finnish: hölmö — a fool, simpleton
• Finnish: pöljä — a fool, simpleton
• Finnish: ääliö — a fool, simpleton
• Georgian: სულელი (suleli) — a fool, simpleton
• Georgian: ჩერჩეტი (čerčeṭi) — a fool, simpleton
• Georgian: შტერი (šṭeri) — a fool, simpleton
• Greek: βλάκας (vlákas) — a fool, simpleton
• Italian: oca — a fool, simpleton
• Portuguese: paspalhão — a fool, simpleton
• Russian: глупе́ц (glupéc) — a fool, simpleton
• Russian: болва́н (bolván) — a fool, simpleton
• Russian: проста́к (prosták) — a fool, simpleton
• Bulgarian: поглед (pogled) — (slang) a look
• Czech: zběžný pohled — (slang) a look
• Dutch: blik — (slang) a look
• Dutch: kijkje — (slang) a look
• Finnish: vilkaisu — (slang) a look
• Georgian: ხედვა (xedva) — (slang) a look
• Georgian: გამოხედვა (gamoxedva) — (slang) a look
• German: Blick — (slang) a look
• Hungarian: pillantás — (slang) a look
• Hungarian: pislantás — (slang) a look
• Italian: occhiata — (slang) a look
• Portuguese: olhada — (slang) a look
• Romanian: ocheadă — (slang) a look
• Romanian: privire — (slang) a look
• Romanian: ochire — (slang) a look
• Russian: взгляд (vzgljad) — (slang) a look
• Spanish: vistazo — (slang) a look