squab

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈskwɒb/
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• General-American: /ˈskwɑb/
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• rhymes with -ɒb
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Unknown. Possibly related to dialectal Swedish skvabb (“fatty, flabby”). First attested in the 17th century.

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: زُغْلُول (zuḡlūl) — young dove or pigeon
• Arabic: جَوْزَل (jawzal) — young dove or pigeon
• Armenian: դոխ (dox) — young dove or pigeon
• Armenian: աղավնյակ (aġavnyak) — young dove or pigeon
• Armenian: աղավնու ձագ (aġavnu jag) — young dove or pigeon
• Bulgarian: неоперено пиле — young dove or pigeon
• Catalan: colomí — young dove or pigeon
• Chinese Cantonese: 乳鴿 /乳鸽 (jyu5 gaap3) — young dove or pigeon
• Chinese Mandarin: 乳鴿 /乳鸽 (rǔgē) — young dove or pigeon
• Czech: holoubě — young dove or pigeon
• Esperanto: kolombido — young dove or pigeon
• Finnish: kyyhkysenpoikanen — young dove or pigeon
• French: pigeonneau — young dove or pigeon
• French: colombeau — young dove or pigeon
• French: colombelle — young dove or pigeon
• Georgian: ხუნდი (xundi) — young dove or pigeon
• German: Jungtaube — young dove or pigeon
• German: ungefiederte Jungtaube — young dove or pigeon
• German: Taubenküken — young dove or pigeon
• German: Taubenbaby — young dove or pigeon
• Greek: πιτσούνι (pitsoúni) — young dove or pigeon
• Ancient Greek: περιστεριδεύς (peristerideús) — young dove or pigeon
• Hungarian: galambfióka — young dove or pigeon
• Hungarian: varjúfióka — young dove or pigeon
• Polish: gołębię — young dove or pigeon
• Polish: gołąbek — young dove or pigeon
• Portuguese: borracho — young dove or pigeon
• Russian: голубо́к (golubók) — young dove or pigeon
• Russian: голубёнок (golubjónok) — young dove or pigeon
• Russian: голу́бка (golúbka) — young dove or pigeon
• Serbo-Croatian: golubić — young dove or pigeon
• Serbo-Croatian: golupče — young dove or pigeon
• Slovak: holúbä — young dove or pigeon
• Spanish: pichón — young dove or pigeon
• Spanish: palomino — young dove or pigeon
• Swedish: duvunge — young dove or pigeon
• Ukrainian: голуб'я (holubʺja) — young dove or pigeon
• Ukrainian: голубеня (holubenja) — young dove or pigeon
• Volapük: pijunül — young dove or pigeon
• Chinese Mandarin: 乳鴿肉 /乳鸽肉 (rǔgēròu) — meat of a young dove or pigeon
• Esperanto: kolombidaĵo — meat of a young dove or pigeon
• Esperanto: kolombidoviando — meat of a young dove or pigeon
• Finnish: kyyhkysenliha — meat of a young dove or pigeon
• French: pigeonneau — meat of a young dove or pigeon
• German: Täubchen — meat of a young dove or pigeon
• German: Täubchenfleisch — meat of a young dove or pigeon
• Greek: πιτσούνι (pitsoúni) — meat of a young dove or pigeon
• Korean: 비둘기고기 (bidulgigogi) — meat of a young dove or pigeon
• Pannonian Rusyn: голубчецина (holubčecina) — meat of a young dove or pigeon
• Portuguese: borracho — meat of a young dove or pigeon
• Russian: голубя́тина (golubjátina) — meat of a young dove or pigeon
• Spanish: pichón — meat of a young dove or pigeon
• Vietnamese: thịt bồ câu — meat of a young dove or pigeon
• Volapük: pijunülamit — meat of a young dove or pigeon
• Finnish: mustavariksen poikanen — young rook
• French: bébé corneille — young rook
• French: bébé freux — young rook
• French: petit de la corneille — young rook
• French: petit du freux — young rook
• Greek: νεοσσός τρυπανοκόρακα (neossós trypanokóraka) — young rook
• Greek: νεογνό τρυπανοκόρακα (neognó trypanokóraka) — young rook
• Hungarian: varjúfióka — young rook
• Polish: gawronię — young rook
• Serbo-Croatian: goluždravac — young rook
• Swedish: råkunge — young rook
• Bulgarian: твърда възглавница (tvǎrda vǎzglavnica) — thick cushion
• Chinese Mandarin: 墊子 /垫子 (diànzi) — thick cushion
• Finnish: istuintyyny — thick cushion
• Greek: μαξιλάρα (maxilára) — thick cushion
• Hungarian: díványpárna — thick cushion
• Portuguese: coxim — thick cushion
• Russian: поду́шка (podúška) — thick cushion
• Swedish: soffkudde — thick cushion