Phrase guide

snow goose

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A goose of the species Chen caerulescens, native to North America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

blue goose in the white color phase

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: blue goose, Chen caerulescens

History

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Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ahtna: tsʼenlazeni — Chen caerulescens
  • Breton: gwaz-erc'hegi — Chen caerulescens
  • Bulgarian: снежна гъска (snežna gǎska) — Chen caerulescens
  • Danish: snegås — Chen caerulescens
  • Dutch: sneeuwgans — Chen caerulescens
  • Faroese: snjógás — Chen caerulescens
  • Finnish: lumihanhi — Chen caerulescens
  • French: oie des neiges — Chen caerulescens
  • French: oie blanche — Chen caerulescens
  • Galician: ganso das neves — Chen caerulescens
  • German: Schneegans — Chen caerulescens
  • Greenlandic: kangoq — Chen caerulescens
  • Holikachuk: distsʼin qʼul — Chen caerulescens
  • Icelandic: snjógæs — Chen caerulescens
  • Inuktitut: ᑲᖑᖅ (kangoq) — Chen caerulescens
  • Italian: oca delle nevi — Chen caerulescens
  • Japanese: 白雁 (hakugan) — Chen caerulescens
  • Koyukon: hʉggʉh — Chen caerulescens
  • Low German: Sneegoos — Chen caerulescens
  • Lushootseed: ʔəx̌aʔ — Chen caerulescens
  • Norwegian Bokmål: snøgås — Chen caerulescens
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: snøgås — Chen caerulescens
  • Polish: śnieżyca duża — Chen caerulescens
  • Polish: gęś śnieżna — Chen caerulescens
  • Portuguese: ganso-das-neves — Chen caerulescens
  • Romanian: gâscă de zăpadă — Chen caerulescens
  • Russian: бе́лый гусь (bélyj gusʹ) — Chen caerulescens
  • Northern Sami: muohtačuonjá — Chen caerulescens
  • Spanish: ánsar nival — Chen caerulescens
  • Spanish: ganso blanco — Chen caerulescens
  • Spanish: ganso nival — Chen caerulescens
  • Swedish: snögås — Chen caerulescens
  • Lower Tanana: ts'elozrena — Chen caerulescens