ptarmigan

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɑːmɪɡən/
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From Scottish Gaelic tarmachan, of unknown origin. The pt- comes from a mistaken belief in a Greek origin, as if related to ptero- (“wing”).

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aleut: agdiikax — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Bulgarian: бяла яребица (bjala jarebica) — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Chinese Mandarin: 鷓鴣 /鹧鸪 (zhègū) — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Chinese Mandarin: 雷鳥 /雷鸟 (léiniǎo) — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Cornish: tarmagan — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Montagnais: uapineu — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Czech: bělokur — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Danish: fjeldrype — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Dutch: sneeuwhoen — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Faroese: fjallarýpa — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Faroese: rýpa — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Finnish: kiiruna — a small grouse, Lagopus
• French: ptarmigan — a small grouse, Lagopus
• French: lagopède — a small grouse, Lagopus
• German: Schneehuhn — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Greek: βουνοχιονόκοτα (vounochionókota) — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Greenlandic: aqisseq — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Hungarian: hófajd — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Icelandic: rjúpa — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Indonesian: ayam salju — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Inuktitut: ᐊᕿᒡᒋᖅ (aqicciq) — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Irish: tarmachan — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Japanese: 雷鳥 (raichō) — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Lombard: Runcàs — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Norwegian Bokmål: rype — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rype — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Polish: pardwa — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Portuguese: lagópode — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Portuguese: lagopo — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Romanian: cocoș polar — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Romanian: ptarmigan — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Romanian: potârniche albă — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Russian: бе́лая куропа́тка (bélaja kuropátka) — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Russian: тундря́ная куропа́тка (tundrjánaja kuropátka) — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Inari-Sami: kiärun — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Lule-Sami: gierun — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Northern Sami: giron — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Skolt-Sami: ǩeâram — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Southern Sami: gïerene — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Scottish Gaelic: tarmachan — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Serbo-Croatian: snežnica — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Slovak: tetrov obyčajný — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Spanish: lagópodo — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Spanish: perdiz nival — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Swedish: ripa — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Tlingit: xh'eis'awáa — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Volapük: nifagok — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Welsh: grugiar — a small grouse, Lagopus
• Yup'ik: qangqiiq — a small grouse, Lagopus