Phrase guide

monk parakeet

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Myiopsitta monachus, a parrot of South America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: monk parrot, Quaker parrot

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From monk + parakeet, possibly derived from its taxonomic name, translingual Myiopsitta monachus (literally “monk Myiopsitta”).

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دُرَّة رَاهِبَة — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Catalan: cotorreta pitgrisa — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 和尚鸚鵡 /和尚鹦鹉 (héshàng yīngwǔ) — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塔樓鸚鵡 /塔楼鹦鹉 (tǎlóu yīngwǔ) — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Czech: mníšek — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Dutch: monniksparkiet — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Dutch: muisparkiet — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Dutch: torresparkiet — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Finnish: munkkiaratti — Myiopsitta monachus
  • French: conure veuve — Myiopsitta monachus
  • German: Mönchssittich — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Hungarian: barátpapagáj — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Persian: طوطی راهب (tuti râheb) — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Polish: mnicha — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Russian: кали́та (kalíta) — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Russian: толстоклю́вый попуга́й (tolstokljúvyj popugáj) — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Russian: попуга́й-мона́х (popugáj-monáx) — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Russian: ква́кер (kváker) — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Spanish: cotorra argentina — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Spanish: perico monje — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Spanish: cata — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Spanish: catita — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Spanish: cotorra ventigrís — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Swedish: munkparakit — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Vietnamese: vẹt thầy tu đuôi dài — Myiopsitta monachus
  • Welsh: parotan mynach — Myiopsitta monachus