noun
Meaning 1
Any of three freshwater dabbling ducks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wigeon
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈwɪdʒən/
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/ˈwɪdʒɪn/
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noun
Meaning 2
A fool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to mallards and teals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: widgeon, Anas penelope
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: duck
Narrower terms: American widgeon, baldpate, Anas americana
History
Etymology
Early 16th century. Probably from Middle French vigeon, from Old French vigeon, vingeon (“wigeon”), from Old French vignier (“to whine or shout”) + -on (“noun suffix”).
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: свирачка (sviračka) — a kind of duck
- Catalan: ànec xiulador — a kind of duck
- Czech: hvízdák — a kind of duck
- Danish: brunnakke — a kind of duck
- Danish: pibeand — a kind of duck
- Dutch: smient — a kind of duck
- Esperanto: Fajfanaso — a kind of duck
- Finnish: haapana — a kind of duck
- French: canard siffleur — a kind of duck
- German: Pfeifente — a kind of duck
- Hungarian: csörgővadkacsa — a kind of duck
- Hungarian: csörgő réce — a kind of duck
- Icelandic: rauðhöfðaönd — a kind of duck
- Irish: lacha rua — a kind of duck
- Irish: rualacha — a kind of duck
- Italian: fischione — a kind of duck
- Japanese: 緋鳥 (hidori) — a kind of duck
- Korean: 홍머리오리 (hongmeoriori) — a kind of duck
- Luxembourgish: Päifint — a kind of duck
- Manx: ommidan — a kind of duck
- Norman: sûfflieux — a kind of duck
- Norwegian Bokmål: brunnakke — a kind of duck
- Polish: świstun — a kind of duck
- Portuguese: piadeira — a kind of duck
- Romanian: rață fluierătoare — a kind of duck
- Russian: свия́зь (svijázʹ) — a kind of duck
- Russian: свия́га (svijága) — a kind of duck
- Northern Sami: snárttal — a kind of duck
- Spanish: silbón — a kind of duck
- Spanish: pato americano — a kind of duck
- Turkish: fiyu — a kind of duck
- Venetan: ciosso — a kind of duck
- Welsh: chwiwell — a kind of duck
- Welsh: chwiw — a kind of duck