noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˈpiːˌfaʊl/
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noun
Meaning 1
A bird of the genus Pavo or Afropavo, notable for the extravagant tails of the males; a peacock (unspecified sex).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
very large terrestrial southeast Asian pheasant often raised as an ornamental bird
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bird of Juno
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pheasant
Narrower terms: peachick, pea-chick, peacock, peahen, blue peafowl, Pavo cristatus, green peafowl, Pavo muticus
History
Etymology
From pea (“peacock”) + fowl. Compare Icelandic páfugl (“peafowl”), Swedish påfågel (“peafowl”), Danish påfugl (“peafowl”).
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
طَاوُوس
(ṭāwūs)
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Assamese:
ম’ৰা
(möra)
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Asturian:
pavu
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Breton:
paun
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Bulgarian:
паун
(paun)
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Chechen:
тӏаус
(tʼaws)
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Chinese Cantonese:
孔雀
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Chinese Mandarin:
孔雀
(kǒngquè)
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Czech:
páv
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Danish:
påfugl
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Dutch:
pauw
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Esperanto:
pavo
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Finnish:
riikinkukko
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
French:
paon
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Galician:
pavón
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Georgian:
ფარშევანგი
(parševangi)
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
German:
Pfau
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Hungarian:
páva
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Icelandic:
páfugl
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Ido:
pavono
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Indonesian:
merak
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Italian:
pavone
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Central Kurdish:
تاوس
(tawis)
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Māori:
pīkao
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Navajo:
tsídii bitseeʼ naashchʼąąʼí
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Norwegian Bokmål:
påfugl
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Norwegian Nynorsk:
påfugl
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Ossetian:
мӕлхъ
(mælq)
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Polish:
paw
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Portuguese:
pavão
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Romanian:
păun
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Russian:
павли́н
(pavlín)
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Slovene:
pav
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Spanish:
pavo
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Spanish:
pavo real
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Spanish:
pavorreal
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Swedish:
påfågel
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
Volapük:
paf
— pheasant of the genera Pavo or Afropavo
