name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
vicuna
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/vɪˈkuːnjə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: V IH0 K Y UW1 N AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A South American mammal, Lama vicugna, closely related to the alpaca, llama, and guanaco.
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noun
Meaning 3
small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller; valued for its fleecy undercoat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Vicugna vicugna
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: even-toed ungulate, artiodactyl, artiodactyl mammal
noun
Meaning 4
a soft wool fabric made from the fleece of the vicuna
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fabric, cloth, material, textile
noun
Meaning 5
the wool of the vicuna
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: wool
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Vicuña, itself of Basque origin.
Borrowed from Spanish vicuña, itself borrowed from Quechua wik'uña.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: vikoenja — vicuna
- Asturian: vicuña — vicuna
- Belarusian: вікунья (vikunʹja) — vicuna
- Bulgarian: вику́ня (vikúnja) — vicuna
- Catalan: vicunya — vicuna
- Chinese Mandarin: 小羊駝 /小羊驼 (xiǎoyángtuó) — vicuna
- Dutch: vicuña — vicuna
- Estonian: vikunja — vicuna
- Finnish: vikunja — vicuna
- French: vigogne — vicuna
- Galician: vicuña — vicuna
- Georgian: ვიკუნია (viḳunia) — vicuna
- German: Vikunja — vicuna
- Hungarian: vikunya — vicuna
- Interlingua: vicunia — vicuna
- Italian: vigogna — vicuna
- Japanese: ビクーニャ (bikūnya) — vicuna
- Kazakh: викунья (vikunä) — vicuna
- Korean: 비쿠냐 (bikunya) — vicuna
- Macedonian: ви́куња (víkunja) — vicuna
- Macedonian: ви́коња (víkonja) — vicuna
- Polish: wigoń — vicuna
- Polish: wikunia — vicuna
- Portuguese: vicunha — vicuna
- Quechua: wik'uña — vicuna
- Russian: вику́нья (vikúnʹja) — vicuna
- Spanish: vicuña — vicuna
- Thai: บิกุญญา (bi-kun-yaa) — vicuna
- Ukrainian: віго́нь (vihónʹ) — vicuna