roadrunner

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊdˌɹʌnə/
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• General-American: /ˈɹoʊdˌɹʌnɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: R OW1 D R AH2 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From road + runner, probably a calque of Spanish correcaminos (“roadrunner”), from correr (“to run”) + caminos (“roads”).

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• American Sign Language: 𝠃𝤑𝦔񀧡𝤁𝡸񂱡𝤁𝢚񅳁𝣼𝢮񀂁𝤁𝣁񀧡𝤁𝣣񀠁𝤁𝤅񀦁𝣻𝤧񀦁𝣻𝥅񁯡𝤁𝥣񀧡𝤁𝥶 — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: toonꞌ — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: tooꞌn — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Arabic: جواب — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Bulgarian: бя́гаща ку́кувица (bjágašta kúkuvica) — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Bulgarian: зе́мна ку́кувица (zémna kúkuvica) — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Cahuilla: puuish — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Catalan: correcamins — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Czech: kukačka kohoutí — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Dutch: renkoekoek — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Esperanto: vojkurulo — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Estonian: jooksurkägu — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Finnish: juoksukäki — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• French: géocoucou — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• North Frisian: räänkukütjen — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• German: Rennkuckucke — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Greek: γεωκόκκυγας (geokókkygas) — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Hebrew: קוקייה רצנית — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Hungarian: gyalogkakukk — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Icelandic: sprettgaukur — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Irish: reathaí an bhóthair — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Italian: corridore della strada — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Japanese: ロードランナー (rōdorannā) — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Japanese: 道走 (michibashiri) — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Japanese: ミチバシリ (michibashiri) — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Korean: 로드러너 (rodeureoneo) — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Macedonian: земна кукавица (zemna kukavica) — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• San Miguel el Grande Mixtec: súhūn — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Navajo: naatsédlózii — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Norwegian Bokmål: løpegjøker — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Norwegian Bokmål: veiløpere — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• O'odham: taḏai — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Persian: کوکوی دونده — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Polish: kukawka — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Portuguese: papa-léguas — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Romanian: cucul alergător — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Russian: куку́шка-подоро́жник (kukúška-podoróžnik) — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Serbo-Croatian: trkač — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Serbo-Croatian: ptica trkačica — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Spanish: correcaminos — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Swedish: tuppgökar — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Xicotepec de Juárez Totonac: pūꞌyūꞌt — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Turkish: koşar gugukla — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Ukrainian: таязура-подорожник (tajazura-podorožnyk) — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx
• Vietnamese: Chi Chẹo đất — fast-running bird in the genus Geococcyx